{"id":374,"date":"2010-09-07T14:08:33","date_gmt":"2010-09-07T06:08:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/laowaiteacher.wordpress.com\/?p=374"},"modified":"2010-09-07T14:08:33","modified_gmt":"2010-09-07T06:08:33","slug":"another-first-day-at-c-i-t","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/pilgrim\/index.php\/2010\/09\/07\/another-first-day-at-c-i-t\/","title":{"rendered":"Another First Day at C.I.T."},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Well, today Maureen got to attend her first class. \u00a0Of course we took the obligatory photos of the first day heading off to school. \u00a0And yes, mine was taken\u00a0yesterday. \u00a0Today we both taught at the same time in the same building with her on the first floor and me on the second floor.<\/p>\n

For me, it was a repeat of yesterday’s lesson, an introductory lesson. \u00a0Of course I can never quite do the same lesson without some on-the-spot changes.<\/p>\n

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As Maureen entered her classroom, the students all began clapping as they were thrilled to have her as their new Foreign Teacher for English.<\/p>\n

When we both finished our lessons and met outside the building, a class full of my former students, the Tibetan group, saw us and were excited that we had returned to the campus. \u00a0They have another two months of their program before they return to Tibet and the next stage of their life journey. \u00a0It is interesting how so many connections from the past teaching terms in China have survived the two year absence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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