Shell in China
Thursday, October 19, 2006
I miss middle schoolers!
Yesterday was an interesting day. Thad and I went out to a local middle school to meet Emily, a PCV in Tianshui. Emily was coming to town to visit student teachers from her university that are working out here and she was bringing a toaster oven for us with her. We said we would meet her at the school to make the transition easier, so we went there at 4 as planned. While we waited for her to arrive, we were greated by staff from the school and asked if we would stay and talk to the students. We said that we would and when Emily arrived, we were all ushered into a large room that had probably about 300 middle school students crammed into it. At the front of the room was a long table set up with microphones on it. We were to sit up there as a panel and answer questions! It went really well, but was not quite what we expected when we went to get the oven! (I wished I had dressed a little nicer as there were about a million pictures taken of us!) The whole situation made me miss teaching middle school and miss my students in Marsing. College students are great, but China has really driven home to me how much I love middle school! Anyway, I think I am going to try to volunteer out at that middle school as one of my secondary projects. I actually ran into one of the English teachers in the grocery store this evening and we talked about it briefly. I will have to talk to my dean about arranging it, but I think that adding some middle school back into my life would make me happier! (Not that I am unhappy...don't worry Mom!!)
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Blog of a Peace Corps China volunteer serving as a TEFL teacher in Cheng Xian, Gansu, China.
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- Name: Michelle Ross
- Location: Chengxian, Gansu, CN
In America, I teach 8th grade English and reading and really enjoy spending time with middle school students. Some people think I am crazy for it, but Marsing has a great group of kids and I love being a part of their lives as they grow up! Right now I live in China and teach English and teaching methods to students who want to be teachers. I am here through Peace Corps, which I think is a fabulous experience and something that more people should look into doing! The application process can be a bit of a pain, but it is well worth the time and effort. Check out Peace Corps and give something back to the world that has given you so much!! Teaching runs in the family, as just about everyone is involved in education in one way or another. My dad is retired, but he was a teacher, counselor and principal for 30+ years, my mom is an elementary counselor, my sister and husband are both teachers and my brother will finish his teaching degree this next spring! "Those who can, do; those who can do magic, teach!"
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