Tuesday, October 14
We had a very busy day teaching in many different classrooms. We were checking out SMART Boards, updating galleries, and demonstrating the Senteo Responders. We also were very pleased to be visited by one of the Chinese teachers from the Concord College, Psyche. She had just learned about the Senteo Responders the previous day. Then, after having attended our two our session from 4:00 - 6:00, she taught a class from 7:00 - 8:00. Nevertheless, after a long day of teaching she also found time to put together a most impressive Senteo lesson. Joey and I were extremely impressed! After teaching until 3:00 the CIS School we headed back to the Concord College with Psyche to do a session with the Canadian teachers. We wouldn't require a translator this evening! On the way we ran into a major traffic jam. We used the time wisely by teaching Psyche some English while she taught us Mandarin. She had a great time laughing at Joey and I as we tried to say "We are teachers". Our Miramichi dialect caused that to be interpreted as "We are rats"! Psyche had great fun listening to us trying to get the pronunciation correct. We finally did and celebrated together. Then we taught Psyche the most important Miramichi response to the most asked Miramichi question. You should now hear her response to, "How's she going?" Without missing a beat, and with the best mixed Chinese/Miramichi inflection she now responds, "The very best!"
After doing a PD session with the English teachers we returned to our dorms, dropped off our bags and headed out in two different taxis to Tianaman Square. Bruce, Joan, and Jan arrived right under the picture of Mao like they were supposed to. Kora, Joey and I ended up on the other side of the Forbidden City. We now know why it is called a city. Wow! It is huge as we found out as we tried to walk around it! We kept crossing over moats and rounding corners, only to find more corners. On our left was one giant red wall. On our right the most interesting Chinese environments that ranged from parks to houtons. We finally gave up and hailed another taxi driver who laughed at our dilemma and finally got us to Mao's picture at the front gate of the Forbidden City. I was never so glad to see Chairman Mao! He was our lifeline to our colleagues this evening. After taking a most interesting walk along the streets outside of the Beijing Hotel we finally settled into a meal at the Outback. We completed the day reminiscing about another fascinating, event filled day in Beijing!
We had a very busy day teaching in many different classrooms. We were checking out SMART Boards, updating galleries, and demonstrating the Senteo Responders. We also were very pleased to be visited by one of the Chinese teachers from the Concord College, Psyche. She had just learned about the Senteo Responders the previous day. Then, after having attended our two our session from 4:00 - 6:00, she taught a class from 7:00 - 8:00. Nevertheless, after a long day of teaching she also found time to put together a most impressive Senteo lesson. Joey and I were extremely impressed! After teaching until 3:00 the CIS School we headed back to the Concord College with Psyche to do a session with the Canadian teachers. We wouldn't require a translator this evening! On the way we ran into a major traffic jam. We used the time wisely by teaching Psyche some English while she taught us Mandarin. She had a great time laughing at Joey and I as we tried to say "We are teachers". Our Miramichi dialect caused that to be interpreted as "We are rats"! Psyche had great fun listening to us trying to get the pronunciation correct. We finally did and celebrated together. Then we taught Psyche the most important Miramichi response to the most asked Miramichi question. You should now hear her response to, "How's she going?" Without missing a beat, and with the best mixed Chinese/Miramichi inflection she now responds, "The very best!"
After doing a PD session with the English teachers we returned to our dorms, dropped off our bags and headed out in two different taxis to Tianaman Square. Bruce, Joan, and Jan arrived right under the picture of Mao like they were supposed to. Kora, Joey and I ended up on the other side of the Forbidden City. We now know why it is called a city. Wow! It is huge as we found out as we tried to walk around it! We kept crossing over moats and rounding corners, only to find more corners. On our left was one giant red wall. On our right the most interesting Chinese environments that ranged from parks to houtons. We finally gave up and hailed another taxi driver who laughed at our dilemma and finally got us to Mao's picture at the front gate of the Forbidden City. I was never so glad to see Chairman Mao! He was our lifeline to our colleagues this evening. After taking a most interesting walk along the streets outside of the Beijing Hotel we finally settled into a meal at the Outback. We completed the day reminiscing about another fascinating, event filled day in Beijing!
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