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Sidewalk Seamstress
This is a scene from just outside of the gates of the main campus of C.I.T. Students don’t exactly come to university with deep pockets. Many students come from poor homes and the extra money just isn’t there. So services … Continue reading
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Things Aren’t Always As They Appear – Misperceptions
Here is a scene that we came upon during our second week in Changzhou, parents and grandparents at a set of school gates waiting to pick up their children at the end of a school day. When we came upon … Continue reading
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An Introduction to Teaching ESL
This was Maureen’s first class, the first day of a new term in September, 2006. Luckily, I didn’t have a course to teach at that time, so I was able to take a few photos of this special event. … Continue reading
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Welcome To C.I.T.
Well, I am continuing in preparing for our next trip to China as I practice writing Chinese characters. Both Maureen and I are focused on this next teaching year in Changzhou as we do our shopping and cleaning the clutter … Continue reading
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Green Spaces in Changzhou
Being from Canada, a land that is basically empty of people in many places and where nature runs free, it was important for us to find “green” spaces in the city. As we stretched our journeys beyond the first boundaries … Continue reading
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Tagged China, Chinese, chinese language, communicate, communication, ESL, ESL blog, foreign teacher, FT, green spaces, Jiangsu, Mandarin, Sunshine Garden, teaching esl, xinbei, YángGuāng HuāYuán, yuán, 园, 阳光花园
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Bath House or Restaurant?
A week into our first experience of China we began to get a better idea of our new home away from home. As we wandered, always carrying a a camera of course, we continued to discover more and more of … Continue reading
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Tagged bath house, Buddha, Changzhou, China, Chinese, chinese language, communicate, communication, ESL, ESL blog, face, fàndiàn, foreign teacher, FT, Jiangsu, Mandarin, restaurant, shrine, teaching esl, xinbei, 饭店
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Recycling: Doing it Right in Changzhou
In a field just east of China Dinosaur Park in the Xinbei district of Changzhou, a mixture of modern and not so modern technology are at work together as a site is being cleared for a new development. One of … Continue reading
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On Being Understood in China
Not too far from the Xinbei campus of C.I.T. is a lake that was often used by bathers, clothes washing older ladies, and fishermen. This is a scene from August, 2006. When I left in 2008, the beach had been … Continue reading
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