Category: the classroom

HELP!! (Batch #2)

Below is the second batch of new Chinese flags to choose from. For more information, please scroll down and read the previous entry. For clarification: I would like you to tell me your three top picks for Batch… Read More

HELP!! (Batch #1)

UPDATED CLARIFICATION: I would like you to tell me your three top picks for Batch #1 and your three top picks for Batch #2. I am allowed to submit three pictures from each class for the final judgment…. Read More

The Chinese flag

The curriculum the team has developed for our sophomore oral students is focused on communication as a global citizen. The first semester, students learn about cultural values such as individualism and collectivism, particularism and universalism, and high and… Read More

7:49 AM

Have you ever had that dream where your alarm doesn’t go off and you miss an important exam? That dream almost became a reality for me today. My first thought when I woke up this morning was, “Wow!… Read More

Too good to be true

Recently, I gave my writing students a somewhat simple and in my eyes easy homework assignment. Their job was simply to write a paragraph. A 5-8 sentence paragraph that began with a topic sentence and ended with a… Read More

Happy Birthday JLNU!

This week the school celebrated its fiftieth anniversary. The remarkable thing is that my company has had teachers here for half of that history. In recognition of that fact, our company’s president was in town to commemorate the occasion…. Read More

Happy Teacher’s Day!

Today is national teacher’s day, which translates into obscenely large flower and fruit baskets for teachers. These tokens of gratitude are presented with well wishes like, “I hope you more and more beautiful for many years to come.”… Read More

Sore feet

The first week back always gets you. It takes awhile to get all the little piggies used to standing and being in heels for hours on end. The first week is always the most brutal…and I’m feeling it… Read More

Sensory women

Right now in my sophomore writing classes we’re doing a unit on story-telling. This weekend the sophomores have one of their most important exams of their college careers, so a “light” unit on something that they naturally excel at (creativity)… Read More

End of week one

It’s hard to believe I’ve only been back “at work” for a week! There has been quite a bit of activity since I received my class schedule late last Saturday night. This term is looking like it will be… Read More