There is good and bad hiding everywhere. I don't want to give the impression that this bad day occurred because of China, it didn't. It just happened to happen in China, where I don't speak the language that well, which always makes things more difficult. I had a fun lesson prepped. However, I was unprepared to be challenged about Taiwan and Tibet, have one of my favorite classes acting like jerks, and have a student throw the Japanese flag on the ground. Needless to say I was feeling very down about my students. I was comforted by the knowledge that I had next week for them to redeem themselves. I get home in tears, and am comforting myself with some Back to the Future, when I get a text that I will not have any classes starting next week. My vacation has been extended (by only one school). So they don't get to redeem themselves. Oh well!!
Then to the gym, I canceled my Chinese class because I was a mess. I went to cycling, and hurt my ankle. Then to the shower, where I lost my keys and had to cut my lock. This process was complicated because a friend of mine, who is also a foreigner had earlier that evening cut someone else's lock in a stupid misunderstanding. They clearly thought that I was her and must have asked me like 40 times. "this is really your stuff." "Yes it is my stuff" "are you sure?" "yes". So they cut it open, I lost a 5kuai lock and will have to get another one. This one I will write my name on! But I got my stuff back.
To end on a high note!
I taught Rose today, she is a student who I am helping with her pronunciation. Together we will learn the phonetic alphabet, and we have fun saying stupid sentences to help with pronunciation. Spending an hour with her is a ray of sunshine for me!
I read through some interesting reports where students poured their hearts out about "Growing pains" and "agreeing with puppy love" whatever the hell that means.
I got Lamian and watermelon juice! And I managed to invite some people to my birthday, in Chinese!
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