Today is day six here in Harbin. Our first Saturday, my first PJ day. There is something special about lounging around your apartment, skyping your father, and writing yet another curriculum whilst in your pajamas. And you bet your bippy that is exactly what happened. Last night, we were given our teaching assignments which sent a new ripple of excitement through our entire team, as well as a tidal wave of confusion. It was announced that Laura and I will have all freshman classes, all of whom are majoring in English of some kind. Proudly, we've titled ourselves "Team Fresh". Don't worry, T-Shirts to come. :)
Laura and I spent the entire day together crafting our opening lesson plans {so that we are ready to go. So typical in China will you be approached and told "oh, you have to teach a class in 10 minutes"}, and planning how to structure our new course of 'Pronunciation and Phonetics'. Our class schedules have yet to be created due to the fact that all college freshman have to attend military training for a month. We are greatly excited about our curriculum, calm yet terribly confused about the scheduling [I'm not even going to try to explain it until things have been finalized], and absolutely stoked to work together.
It's been six days of hustle and bustle, sweeping and bleaching, shopping and organizing, and we still have a long way to go. Yet, within that time our humble abodes have turned from prison cells to cozy places of stay. Yes, lots of work is still to be done, but if you're looking for something to do for the next four minutes of your life, I encourage you to check out the following:
A quick tour of the apartment here at Heilongjiang East College. Located in Harbin, China.
I love your apartment!! So great!! And the lamps add a great touch (and light too)
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