I have been very busy! 2 teachers had to leave for business and guess who gets to cover her classes? That’s right. This guy (pointing to myself) So I have been teaching about 5 classes a day. Except yesterday...there was a huge assembly in the gym and it was packed! Look at the picture. There are so many kids. The whole thing lasted a little over an hour. It was so uncomfortable because almost every kid was crammed in there and I was sitting on this plastic stool! 
There were thousands of these little red stools and all the kids were sitting on them! Except for the older kids in the seats in the bleachers. The seats are made of wood but are still very uncomfortable. Well the whole assembly was awarding like “honor students.
Now in the next picture I am with a gift holding one of these certificates. Her name is Angela and she is my class 10. She is super smart and is very kind! Helps me tons in the class. That class would be a circus if it wasn’t for her helping me out!
Teaching never gets old! Kids love to have you in your class and are super eager to learn! Yes there are some kids that sit in the back and don't participate but I try my hardest to get them involved. Some of them just don’t care. Like they know the material they just don’t care about school. So I am working on that. Also working on my chinese. I can introduce myself and that’s about it. I try practicing in front of my students and they love it because I know I totally butcher it.
I feel great, eating well. Exploring any new item of “food” I can get my hands on. Like everything here looks disgusting but actually really tastes very good! Finally found a source of dairy! It’s this fruit milk. They take like green apple juice and mix it with milk, but they also do bananas, oranges and I think I saw kiwi. But its very good and I will make sure to bring some home for everyone to try. Yes, even you amy!
Met a new friend and his name is Xiang but it sounds like “shawn” or “sean” so that is what I call him. Hahahah Well after dinner I was escorted, yes escorted, to the field where all their track and field events happen. They had so many things going on! There were kids being taught Kung Fu, kids running the mile (I think its required daily), kids preparing to do track, badminton, and there was Xiang. I had a soccer ball so he and I did penalty shots on each other. Very fun! He told me that a lot of the teachers play soccer on Saturdays so I am very excited to play with them. I’ll make sure to get lots of pics with them!
Well that’s just a gist of what my life has been going on. Staying busy and making more and more friends each and every day. If there is anything you want to see a picture of, please let me know. Might be fun for me to try and make it happen. I love and miss you all dearly! Swi gen. (means goodbye in chinese).
Love
Jordan
There were thousands of these little red stools and all the kids were sitting on them! Except for the older kids in the seats in the bleachers. The seats are made of wood but are still very uncomfortable. Well the whole assembly was awarding like “honor students.
Now in the next picture I am with a gift holding one of these certificates. Her name is Angela and she is my class 10. She is super smart and is very kind! Helps me tons in the class. That class would be a circus if it wasn’t for her helping me out!
Teaching never gets old! Kids love to have you in your class and are super eager to learn! Yes there are some kids that sit in the back and don't participate but I try my hardest to get them involved. Some of them just don’t care. Like they know the material they just don’t care about school. So I am working on that. Also working on my chinese. I can introduce myself and that’s about it. I try practicing in front of my students and they love it because I know I totally butcher it.
I feel great, eating well. Exploring any new item of “food” I can get my hands on. Like everything here looks disgusting but actually really tastes very good! Finally found a source of dairy! It’s this fruit milk. They take like green apple juice and mix it with milk, but they also do bananas, oranges and I think I saw kiwi. But its very good and I will make sure to bring some home for everyone to try. Yes, even you amy!
Met a new friend and his name is Xiang but it sounds like “shawn” or “sean” so that is what I call him. Hahahah Well after dinner I was escorted, yes escorted, to the field where all their track and field events happen. They had so many things going on! There were kids being taught Kung Fu, kids running the mile (I think its required daily), kids preparing to do track, badminton, and there was Xiang. I had a soccer ball so he and I did penalty shots on each other. Very fun! He told me that a lot of the teachers play soccer on Saturdays so I am very excited to play with them. I’ll make sure to get lots of pics with them!
Well that’s just a gist of what my life has been going on. Staying busy and making more and more friends each and every day. If there is anything you want to see a picture of, please let me know. Might be fun for me to try and make it happen. I love and miss you all dearly! Swi gen. (means goodbye in chinese).
Love
Jordan
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