June 08, 2005
Rote-learning, Humiliations, Muppet Labour
This funeral plot's for you...if you do not march blindly behind School policy! muahahahahahah!...Read this update
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December 28, 2004
Making Die-Hard Habits Die...Hard
Donuts. Lasagne. Feta cheese. Bad habits that die hard. Going cold turkey is basically what being in China is about if you're a foreigner intent on staying here for more than a year. I've tried to apply the frozen fowl...Read this update
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November 02, 2004
Maybe
One of the annoying things I'm trying to wean my students off of, is the use of the word, "Maybe". I know the British are said to use "indeed" rather uselessly, while North Americans hang onto the word, "interesting" in...Read this update
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October 10, 2004
Critically thinking outside a box of Urban Legends
One of the things I'm trying to teach my students is the concept of Critical Thinking. Sadly, it is sorely lacking at this college - not that this school is representative of all Post-Secondary schools in even this province, yet...Read this update
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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...Read this update
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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...Read this update
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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...Read this update
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