Anyways i get a call from the guy that has been "taking care of us". His name is Stone. Well i got a call form Stone and asked to meet because he has our teaching schedules! FINALLY!!!! Music to my ears! We meet up and hands us our schedules and is off to his home city. See why i put " " around taking care of us.
Well we have 7 classes a week...each class being 45 minutes. I keep scanning over the schedule and see that i teach today! Not 1 but classes but 2! And the first class was in a hour and a half! Good thing i had my first slide show prepared!
You would not believe how hard it is to read chinese characters. Because they use the characters for their numbers and it took us forever just to figure how the rooms were numbered. Seriously no joke! Down one hallway the numbers went like this : 9, 14,10,11,12, 13. Sad part it took Lee and i about 15 mins just to figure this out!
After knowing where i had to be in a hour i went back to my flat and got dressed for teaching and ran through my slide show one last time. yes i was nervous but packed up for class and headed out the door for my very first class.
When i first walked into my first class. There was cheering! No joke! Everyone was laughing, girls were blushing, and i was red in my face. i could feel it. But not shakey. I was calm and ready for action. Had no idea how to get my presentation on the projection screen. The class was trying to help me but so hard to understand 40 or so kids telling you what to do in broken english! But then one kid ran out of the rooom and returned with a remote and key. Thankfully he was able to get it all ready for me. His name is Carter. They assigned themselves english names which helps because their chinese name are so hard to pronounce and very long! It went smoothly but it takes alot of patience because not all the kids know what you are saying. The ones that know english better, translate it for their friends. its kind of cute it you really look at it.
I have the hardest time speaking slowly and pronouncing everything correctly. but i learned alot from the first class which i think made the second class a little bit more fun. They love pics! So if you want to be in my presentations and famous... please send pics!!! Overall it went very smoothly and i'm ready for the next few months! I just have to think of some great topics to share with them. Again if you have any ideas please let me know. i am open to anything and everything! If you have questions about the teaching or the classroom environment please ask because i now know!
Hahahaha pretty funny story, so i have a pic of Kellie and i while we were at McCall. well the chinese people are very weird when it comes to the opposite sex. Kids and adults but the kids are so funny to watch and listen. Well each time they see that pic they all scream nu pengyou which is girlfriend in chinese. They loved talking about her. Like how to spell here name,because a few of the girl adopted "Kelllie' to be their english name. I shouldn't have any problem forgetting that name ;-) I attached a pic of kellie's name on the board so they could spell it the right way. This totally made the class fun! Girls were blushing, boys laughing it was TONS of FUN!!!
After my second class some boys came up and asked if i wanted to play basketball with them. Keep in mind this is during their supper time, so these boys were willing to sacrifice their supper to play with me! I couldn't say no, so i played with them! Great fun it was! There is a pic of the boys! From left to right it goes, me, scotty, bill, and cory! WHAT A GREAT DAY!!!!! and the best part it has only just begun!
I love you all so much and hope to hear from people soon!!!
-Jordan
Beijing Time
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