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Earning Respect in the Classroom
This is the main building in which I teach, building number three. Maureen has most of her classes in building four. However, we do share one teaching room on the third floor of this four story building, a classroom that … Continue reading
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The Freshmen Arrive.
Saturday and the end of the first week of regular classes means that it is time for the freshmen to move onto the campus. Unlike the return of the sophomores, juniors and seniors who arrived over a period of a few … Continue reading
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The First Day of School
Yesterday’s walk to the main campus gave me a lot of opportunities for photographs including this one. This is the scene at a high school about six blocks from the apartment. Since school starts on September 1st, these students are … 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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