JISHOU, HUNAN — I haven’t written much lately, because I’ve been a little busy. Classes have started, and I only have half my schedule in place still. The freshmen start classes next month.
In addition to my university classes, I have also become a private tutor to three students (ages 8 to 25), a teacher of two small groups of primary students, and a guest “lecturer” for a friend’s middle-school weekend enrichment school. Since the uni is sending two students to the provincial English-speaking contest, I will also coach their pronunciation and intonation skills for the next four weeks or so.
Here’s my schedule right now:
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 8:00-9:40
Oral English English Composition Oral English 2008- English Composition Oral English
10:10-11:50 (11-12) Miki's Oral English
English Composition
2:30-3:30
Harry tutor
Lizzie and Color
3:00-4:40 Eights
English Composition Lizzie and Color Sixes 5:00-6:00
Clark tutor
Clark tutor
Clark tutor
8:00-9:00 Niki tutor
Niki tutor
2009-Z1
2009-G2
Z2
2008-G1
2008-Z1
class
2009-Z2
2009-G1
tutor
2008-G2
tutor
All the classes labeled 2009 (China uses year of entry, not graduation, to denote classes) will not meet until after the National Holiday ends Oct. 8. This weekend, 4,000 freshmen arrived, and will have 10 days of orientation and military training until the holiday begins Oct. 1. I can’t comment on those classes yet, but I anticipate being very busy reading and marking 70 freshman compositions and 70 sophomore compositions each week or so.
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