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A Daily Dose of MJ

November 24th, 2009
Posted in teaching

Yesterday, in my first grade class, we were learning about different kinds of soil. One of the workbook questions asked the students to draw something that they would see in soil. Typical answers would have been ants, worms, rocks, dead plant or animal matter, etc. Sky drew a stick figure in his soil, and when [ READ MORE ]

Dirty Hand

November 4th, 2009
Posted in teaching

Allen spent most of class time today with his left hand down his pants. When I caught him the first time and told him to take his hands down his pants, he told me, “Teacher, I like.” Ten seconds later, his hand was back in his pants. Again, “Allen, take your hand out of your [ READ MORE ]

I’m Learning Too

November 3rd, 2009
Posted in teaching

Teaching has taught me a few things such as teaching insolent junior high boys makes my face break out more due to the stress. It also makes me want to come home some days (like today) and just eat a pint full of ice cream and listen to Eminem. More importantly though, teaching has made [ READ MORE ]

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Hi, I'm Tina, I'm 24, and I'm teaching English in Taipei.

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