Drips and drabs from my life as a teacher in Sichuan Province.

Thursday, December 7, 2006

Pic o' the Day #6


This is the Crazy English Speech Contest. Crazy English is a whole franchise of products for students learning English. The methods are different from traditional methods used in China and lots of students use it in one way or another.

I took this picture through the window. I wanted to pop in for a moment, but knew that if I did, I would end up being a judge and then giving a speech myself at the end of the night. I was coming back from my classes on the new campus and was really tired. I leave my apartment at 2:00 pm, arrive at the new campus at 3:00 pm, teach from 3:50-6:15 and then arrive home at 7:15pm. I guess I'm getting soft, but that commute wears me out.

The student speaking is Edward, a sophomore from Class 12. The man under the balloons is the Party leader for the Foreign Languages department, the largest department at our university.

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