Wednesday, July 9, 2008

End of training

What you don't see is that my screens have all the prompts and questions in Chinese. I have no idea what I clicking but it seems to work. Or - I might have ordered an original Ming vase...

We had our final training sessions today - it has been a lot to absorb - some reassuring: we are teaching teachers who want to speak and learn English and we all know how to talk so this will be OK. Vs the "Well one time..." stories that stand out in the minds of the experienced teachers. Who know what happened to the teachers who did not come back?

And the next phase has lots of...er...opportunities. In that we fly somewhere at 6 tomorrow morning and then take a bus/train/car/van/something (meeting at a TBA location and time) for 2 hours and are met by??? at??? to be taken to the teaching area which is??? And may change after 2 days??? Our lodgings is at??? and Dinner will be served at??? Or maybe not. Opportunity for adventure!

But Monday (or maybe Sunday) we meet the students and begin to teach. I'm sure those moments will make this minor angst a non-memory.

1 comment:

Kathey said...

What an experience!! Thanks for keeping us updated. Sounds like "flexibility" is the key word to success. This is a big stretch for someone who had a hard time giving up the keys to the office. Good for you - our thoughts and prayers are with you!
love you, kate