12 hour work day.

Today was my first day of student observations as the professor!

One of the main parts of my job as a "practicum instructor" is to visit my students for a class and grade them/help them with their teaching. This is such a great job for me because I really care about ESL teaching in C.hina and I see this as a huge chance to help my students become more comfortable with their lives here. There are so many factors involved in these visits besides just giving grades - and I love it. I get to be an encourager, guide, cultural liaison, and mentor all at once. It's a dream job.

7:00am:

drinking soy milk at KFC because I was 1.5 hours early to my first class. I used that time to edit the hospital's papers on "gastroenterology."

I went to two colleges today, the first one had especially useful English in the potties...

The second college was an umbrella parade...

and was nestled amongst the mountains on the outskirts of HZ...

I really love my job...

5:30pm:

Creepy fake-ish smile at the end of a long day observing students in their classrooms. 2 observations down, 10 to go.

Long day. Good life.

walk slow. xoxo.