Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Random Interesting Anecdotes from Class...

~I did a lesson that included a list of letters to an advice column about family problems that the students were supposed to come up with solutions to. In one of my graduate student classes, one groups of girls performed a skit, where they suggested sending the rebellious teenage boy down to the countryside so he could learn to appreciate the benefits he had in life. For whatever reason, my immediate thoughts were "how very Chinese." However, many other groups thought that his parents should try harder to understand where he was coming from. I had more than one group devise a "Parent Trap"-like plan to stop two parents from fighting.

~I did a lesson in class today on describing people. The guy I asked to describe Hu Jintao stood up and said "He is cool. That's all."

It's interesting how each class of students has a different feel and leaves me with a different impression. Thankfully the class I was a bit anxious about in the beginning is turning out better than expected.

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