OK - 4 degrees at 6 pm!
Whew, now THAT was a tough week!!! Facetiously spoken ...
I got up this morning at 5 am, prepared the PowerPoint (PPT the students call it) for the test, taught my 8 am, traveled to Zha Bei campus, had lunch, printed out the student's grades, chatted with Murray ("you stood me up Saturday night!" So we're on for this weekend! Gotta do that Secret ... shhhh ... Santa thing! Drinks!). Then I went off to class, taught the two sections there - mortgages and the basics of MBS and CMOs (Mortgage Backed Securities and Collateralized Mortgage Obligations) and reiterated how to calculate whether to take the points or not on a mortgage. They are now ready for the Midterm Exam - right on schedule WE ARE AT MIDTERM!!!
Now I have to get the test ready. BUT HEY - MY WEEK IS DONE! Laughing - I wish, but the teaching part is!
I have to go down to Zha Bei tomorrow to chat with Brad, the Assistant Dean for the English teachers, as he wants to reevaluate some of the students' grades (all the sections for "this one" 20 week class are being reconsidered - we only had one assignment! Weird, in my opinion ... but no worries). So I will go to the fabric market and run around the city a little I believe. I still need to get the test ready tomorrow for photocopying!
So it is cold here - hard to explain how cold it really is as the temperature belies the feeling. However, the toughest part is that the students have no heat in their dorms!! Then they come to class in Zha Bei and there is no heat in the classrooms!! Talk about crazy - how are they supposed to do well? In Jia Ding there is heat in the classrooms, which I am beginning to think is worse! As the students have no heat in the dorm, they come to class and cannot help but fall asleep with the heat blasting!
Ah, well - I have also heard some of the teachers in Zha Bei complain about how cold their apartments are!??!
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Just back from dinner with four of my colleagues. We had a beef dish, Kung Pao Chicken, Greens, won ton soup, tomato/egg drop soup, spicy tofu, caramelized eggplant, rice and drinks (I had a beer). We paid 89 yuan for the meal - that came to 18 yuan each or about $2.30! Oh, I am stuffed! Since I was up until 1:30 am and the got up at 5 am, I am out ... hope this sounds alright as I have little energy to reread....
I got up this morning at 5 am, prepared the PowerPoint (PPT the students call it) for the test, taught my 8 am, traveled to Zha Bei campus, had lunch, printed out the student's grades, chatted with Murray ("you stood me up Saturday night!" So we're on for this weekend! Gotta do that Secret ... shhhh ... Santa thing! Drinks!). Then I went off to class, taught the two sections there - mortgages and the basics of MBS and CMOs (Mortgage Backed Securities and Collateralized Mortgage Obligations) and reiterated how to calculate whether to take the points or not on a mortgage. They are now ready for the Midterm Exam - right on schedule WE ARE AT MIDTERM!!!
Now I have to get the test ready. BUT HEY - MY WEEK IS DONE! Laughing - I wish, but the teaching part is!
I have to go down to Zha Bei tomorrow to chat with Brad, the Assistant Dean for the English teachers, as he wants to reevaluate some of the students' grades (all the sections for "this one" 20 week class are being reconsidered - we only had one assignment! Weird, in my opinion ... but no worries). So I will go to the fabric market and run around the city a little I believe. I still need to get the test ready tomorrow for photocopying!
So it is cold here - hard to explain how cold it really is as the temperature belies the feeling. However, the toughest part is that the students have no heat in their dorms!! Then they come to class in Zha Bei and there is no heat in the classrooms!! Talk about crazy - how are they supposed to do well? In Jia Ding there is heat in the classrooms, which I am beginning to think is worse! As the students have no heat in the dorm, they come to class and cannot help but fall asleep with the heat blasting!
Ah, well - I have also heard some of the teachers in Zha Bei complain about how cold their apartments are!??!
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Just back from dinner with four of my colleagues. We had a beef dish, Kung Pao Chicken, Greens, won ton soup, tomato/egg drop soup, spicy tofu, caramelized eggplant, rice and drinks (I had a beer). We paid 89 yuan for the meal - that came to 18 yuan each or about $2.30! Oh, I am stuffed! Since I was up until 1:30 am and the got up at 5 am, I am out ... hope this sounds alright as I have little energy to reread....
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