We've been home -- at Changsha University of Science & Technology -- for about a week now, in a fourth floor apartment of the foreign teacher building on campus. Team building, logistical/legal stuff, unpacking, shopping, exploring, and class prep have consumed our days!
Things you might like about this new place
- big windows = lots of sunlight
- no prison bars on windows
- washing machine is not in kitchen
- bathtub = happy swimmer Titus
- dining table seats six = more guests!
- less mold on walls
- veggie market just outside campus
- groups of toddlers and their guardians congregate daily in a nearby shaded corner to play
- green play spaces on campus
Not as Agreeable
- British neighbor below blaring Elton John and Dire Staights during nap time
- pretty much only foreigners live in our building (though there are plenty of Chinese all around)
- kitchen stove operates like a gas grill: turn on big tank of gas under stove, light stove, cook, turn of gas, stove goes off, hope not to smell gas
On Monday Drew will begin teaching "Audio-Visual Oral English" to juniors!
I (Rachel) will teach Freshmen Oral English beginning in October, as the freshmen all have military training this month. We're excited and nervous. Can we do it? And do it well?
more later ----
rach
You have your place looking amazing! I want to move in.
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