So, I haven't posted anything for a while because not too much has happened...life has just pretty much been going on as normal here...except for one pretty dang sweet adventure I had today. :) Every fall, all the schools in Hefei hold a poetry contest for the students and the teachers. Last year, the Guanghua School (the one I am at) won first ...

I survived my first week of teaching! There were times when I wanted to just run out of the classroom crying but I didn't and I got through it ok. First of all, to all you teachers (especially the younger grades), I HAVE SO MUCH RESPECT FOR YOU!!! It is so much work to get lesson plans together and then to make sure that I have everything I need...