I'm not unemployed anymore - I actually have a very fabulous job as a preschool teacher with the University of Michigan child care centers. But I'm still posting, albeit a little more irregularly, and I don't want to ignore the personal progress I've made since starting this blog by renaming it.

Blog inspiration: I read 48 States in 48 Days by Paul Jury in the summer of 2011. It was fabulous...although he planned way less for his roadtrip than I would have. And at the same time, my lovely Anna was constantly reminding me that our lives were awesome, despite the fact that we didn't have job prospects, new cars, boyfriends/husbands, houses, etc., like so many people we knew. So, in an effort to appreciate my life and the crazy uncertainty that it is, I started writing this blog about the little adventures I have. (And by "writing a blog," I mean "making a list" because I make lists, not narratives.) Even if there isn't a BIG adventure that happens every day, I try to find at least one thing to list :)

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Another Day In The Office

  • In surprising contrast from when I last tried to show a movie to my students, today they were quiet and couldn't take their eyes off the screen. Woohoo! I could actually work on things and know that they weren't going to kill each other.
  • Also, I managed to keep my older students busy, engaged and interested for 75 minutes! We learned a little about Chinese culture by playing games and doing some activities. They were good (energetic, but good) and tried to speak English when I asked them to. I gave them Rice Krispie Treats that I made and, though being skeptical at first, they loved them (and loved learning how to say "Rice Krispie Treat"). They were also really amused with teaching me Korean words for things in the classroom - they tried to teach me about 20 different terms. I don't remember any of them.
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