Grand Hotel Taichung

... because she had scored a 77% on it. The Chinese teacher thought that the parents would be upset about the score so she didn't want to send it home. I was like, she got 77% on the test, she had a practice test and a packet full of work to study from. She was concerned that the parents would be upset about it. Yes, I understand if the parents are upset but the test still needs to get sent home! There is a Chinese teacher that I work with when I supervise the kindergartners who won't let the ...

... train for a race :) We finished in under 45 minutes. It was a good morning! I then came home and slept all day. That is way too early to be waking up! <br><br>One last note, there was another earthquake here in Taiwan. It was just Southwest of where I was last weekend. It could be felt here in Taichung. It was at about 2AM so I was sleeping and didn't feel it but many of the other teachers felt it. We are also waiting to see if either of the 2 typhoons that are in the Pacific ...

... that trail. Along the way we some some big bugs! I saw the biggest spider I have ever seen. It was as big as my fist!! GROSS!! We also saw a worn that had to have been almost a foot long!! After the first part of our hike we decided to grab a little bit of food. We found a little cafe' but they didn't have an English menu. One of the teachers on the trip decided to be adventurous and pointed to an item under one of the few English titles that said ...

... nicer to her. She just had little gifts hidden around her room. It has been a lot of fun to have them both back! <br><br>On Saturday the roommates all had breakfast together. We made French toast and hash browns! YUMMY! Then on Saturday night we had one last farewell party for one of the teachers. We went out to a bar called PJ's were she was going to be singing later. It was a beautiful night, though it was hot there was a constant breeze blowing through. It was interesting to ...

... minutes of eye relaxation in order to clear our minds for the most important decision of our long day; what would we tease our taste buds with this evening for dinner? I was off to sleep and Tania is still awake with her newest book. This was no ordinary nap.<br><br>I awoke, about a half an hour in, with an alarm I am unfamiliar with. I have been used to car horns, roaring trucks, beeping scooters and an occasional screeching ...

... Italian place and well the picture of the foamy heart was kinda how we felt to be sitting down for dinner. It was a very nice meal. We then wandered around trying to find a night life only to discover that everything shuts down around 9:30. We found a couple foreigners and joined them for some drinks and games of dice. We managed to get a cab back to our hotel even after we were told they were all sleeping, and the hotel laughed at us for thinking they could call us one.

... me with an opportunity to make some money as a storyteller one Saturday morning in September. One of the teachers at our school recently hurt her foot after a scooter accident and was going to be unable to attend the session she committed to, so I was asked if I would be interested in the opportunity. Getting in front of a group of children and their parents and telling a children's story for an hour is not really my ...

... taught in "such an environment." I was very shocked when I received news that I was losing a group of students due to such an instance. It was one of the very few times in my life that I have ever felt discriminated against and I would be lying if I said I was not extremely offended by her remarks about me without ever having met me. The administrator told me that I should not worry and that she still had some students lined ...

... for a year or more. Sharon is the lone girl in our classroom. She is extremely quiet and does not say a single word unless you ask her to. However, she is so polite! She always says "good morning" to me, and takes great pleasure in her role as "line leader" for the week; marching triumphantly to the front of the line whenever we have to go to the library or on our bathroom break. Charlie is our classroom's "star quarterback." He is very popular with ...

... obviously cause a lot of damage. The students were also impressed with the museum's "earthquake simulator," which was a room that you could sit in and experience what an actual earthquake feels like. The second part of the field trip was rather entertaining. We piled into the school vans and drove to a local dairy farm high in the mountains. The farm must be a tourist attraction because it had it's own restaurant where we ate at prior to ...