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Monthly Archive for April, 2007

The War on Freetime

A week from today is the beginning of the May Day holiday, seven days of honoring the homeland and workers, and, if the kids are like me when I was a kid, playing lots of video games and sleeping in. Seven days, which is a great break for anyone, May Day is the closest thing [...]

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Of homerooms and fresh air

Forgive me, blog, but it has been over 10 days since my last post. I’ve suddenly found myself very busy, working five days a week again, up to five classes a day (on Friday, none the less). I started at my own school last week, and it’s been a tiring experience. I must confess, blog, [...]

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Not a Happy Panda

I think I’ve said this before, but the biggest problem with teaching kids in China is the structure of the school. Not the physical foundations of the schools, although sometimes they confuse me. No, I mean, the way the schools teach. It works like this: First, and most importantly, the schools teach to an exam, [...]

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