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September 30, 2004

Not far enough south

The school did an excellent job of not telling us on time when our vacation would begin and end. Then again, administration in China is known for lack of timeliness and organization. We really only found out when we were...

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Posted by Robert on September 30, 2004 12:43 PM
Category: National Holiday (Sept to Oct) 2004

September 27, 2004

Speech Competition!

The weekends have been highly unstructured and spent lazing about that I'd decided to do some sight-seeing around Changsha and learn the bus routes all in a span of two days. My colleagues were settling into playing ping pong with...

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Posted by Robert on September 27, 2004 10:12 PM
Category: September 2004, Teaching Tales

September 25, 2004

From the Background to the Forefront

Being an Eastern-Westerner, I'm seen less as a capable English teacher than any Caucasian instructor this school can get. It's like saying that Vanilla Ice couldn't rap to save his butt compared to MC Hammer. Wait, that wasn't a good...

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Posted by Robert on September 25, 2004 02:03 PM
Category: September 2004, Teaching Tales

September 16, 2004

College Life: First Impressions

Life is never like it is in the movies. If this blog of mine ever becomes a movie, heck, if my life were made into a movie for some reason, I'd be the first to NOT go to it and...

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Posted by Robert on September 16, 2004 01:18 PM
Category: September 2004, Teaching Tales

September 12, 2004

Montezuma's Revenge and Four Legged Beggars

Don't drink the water, they say. Man, I thought it was bottled water they served me! Penn and Teller, magicians/performers/mystery debunkers extraordinaire, have a show called "Bulls**t". In it they have an episode that touches on bottled water, the biggest...

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Posted by Robert on September 12, 2004 01:43 PM
Category: September 2004
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