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"It's the most sacred game alive"
-Rex (on the video game, The World of Warcraft)
"Like shadows that go and follow along with us, sometimes we are in joy and sometimes we are in sorrow"
- Bill (doing an oral presentation on a topic of his choosing, "Joy and Sorrow")
"Our teachers tell us that a leaf is green. We learn to repeat back, a leaf is green - but maybe we've never seen a leaf"
- Zack (on writing a "for or against" essay for the first time)
"Today we can see many famous people's life. When they were young they did dreamer, witness, milk-sender and many other experience. If you want to be successful first you should work hard. Second, never give up. Everyone has their own life. What do you think?"
- Smart (conclusion to an in-class essay on whether or not changing jobs is a good thing)
Get out your magnifying glass and check out where I'm living - Qingdao, China - just across the Yellow Sea from bright yellow South Korea
(scarf courtesy Zuye)
The schools where I taught in Guatemala struggle from a lack of resources and funding. Click below to help Manos De Colores continue to offer scholarships and educational classes to students who couldn't otherwise afford it.
Some ramblings on my rambling.
My Students Say the Darndest Things!
"It's the most sacred game alive"
-Rex (on the video game, The World of Warcraft)
"Like shadows that go and follow along with us, sometimes we are in joy and sometimes we are in sorrow"
- Bill (doing an oral presentation on a topic of his choosing, "Joy and Sorrow")
"Our teachers tell us that a leaf is green. We learn to repeat back, a leaf is green - but maybe we've never seen a leaf"
- Zack (on writing a "for or against" essay for the first time)
"Today we can see many famous people's life. When they were young they did dreamer, witness, milk-sender and many other experience. If you want to be successful first you should work hard. Second, never give up. Everyone has their own life. What do you think?"
- Smart (conclusion to an in-class essay on whether or not changing jobs is a good thing)
What's the best summer job?
Get out your magnifying glass and check out where I'm living - Qingdao, China - just across the Yellow Sea from bright yellow South Korea
Ethan's Blog
Links I like
China Books
- 'Iron and Silk' By Mark Salzman
- 'Life and Death in Shanghai' By Nien Cheng
- 'Out of Mao's Shadow' By Philip P. Pan
- 'River Town' By Peter Hessler
- 'Wild Swans' By Jung Chang
Caminante, no hay camino,
Se hace camino al andar.
Traveler, there is no path,
Paths are made by walking.
Antonio Machado
Se hace camino al andar.
Traveler, there is no path,
Paths are made by walking.
Antonio Machado
Zuye, Elton y yo
(scarf courtesy Zuye)
midsection of caterpillar steals the show
The schools where I taught in Guatemala struggle from a lack of resources and funding. Click below to help Manos De Colores continue to offer scholarships and educational classes to students who couldn't otherwise afford it.
Guatemala Books & Movies
- Black Gold (Documentary film about the coffe trade, er in Africa actually)
- Discovering Dominga (Documentary film about a Guatemalan-American woman who was adopted at age 11 after her parents were killed during the civil war. She goes back to Guatemala to find out what really happened to her family.)
- Las Voces Inocentes (El Salvadorian film about child soldiers)
- Romero (Film about Catholic Bishop Romero during the civil war in El Salvador)
- Silence on the Mountain: Stories of Terror, Betrayal, and Forgetting in Guatemala by Daniel Wilkinson
- The Ultimate Spanish Review and Practice
- When the Mountains Tremble (heartbreaking documentary film about the genocide against the indigenous population here in Guatemala)
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