Two Down!

I just finished my second and last class of the the day, my first day truly teaching with a full schedule here in China. The classes went well. The students are very low level so there was a lot of review and basics work going on, but it was fun. Exhausting, but fun. One class was full of girls only, the other full of boys only. I don't think I have to tell you which was the rowdy one. It was so interesting to go from the all girls class, which was quiet and giggly, to the all boys class, which was rambunctious, loud and silly. It was pretty hilarious actually. I had to really keep the activities moving because their attention spans lasted about 5 minutes!

The students for some reason really like to take pictures of me (I think this is a common occurrence for most foreign teachers but funny none the less) while I am teaching or just standing around. And no matter how many times I tell them, "no pictures in class, we can take pictures afterwards," they continue to take them. I am not sure exactly what the appeal is of having a terrible picture of a foreign person making funny faces while they talk, but oh well. It seems to amuse them.