KICKSTARTER PROJECT!
A few hours ago I launched a Kickstarter project to raise money for the printing of WAIJIAO, my comic essay about teaching in China (My girlfriend and I lived there for four years, during which time we created this blog. We also have another website called Resolving Chaos). My goal is $1000, which will cover [...]
English Programme for Children: That was a Funny Thing I Did
Having survived twelve weeks and twenty four classes of the English Programme for Children I am ready to put it behind me and search out the humor in the experience. The “Program” involved teaching a class of twenty Chinese kindergartners an assortment of English terms (random in my eyes but no doubt the favorites of [...]
What My Student Gave Me: an unabridged journal entry
May 20, 2008 – Yichang, China “Dazed morning at the primary school, raspy voice trying to read a book about butterflies over the constant murmurs of the students. One of my students, the one with the possessed eyes, has now given me a little ‘present’ – twice now. Actually, today before class he came up [...]
