Friday Night Live

One of my 8th Grade English Classes

Some of my students attend the Korean Academy 7 days a week and

will start their homework (for both schools) at 10PM and get to bed by 1AM or so.

No kidding.

I no longer complain that my workload is too much...for a variety of reasons.

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The End of the Week.
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For the past two Friday evenings I have participated in what is locally referred to as an English corner at the Harvest café, right outside our apartment building here in Jiu Hua Li.

The phrase English Corner commonly applies to informal periods of instruction in English held at schools and colleges in China. These sessions are sometimes led by native Chinese teachers or less often by teachers who are native speakers of English. The emphasis in these sessions is on improving the oral English skills of the participants. Often the activities in primary and secondary schools focus on cultural activities such as Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas among other festivals and holidays common in English speaking countries. As an informal session the topics can be far ranging. Usually English Corner activities are held on Friday afternoons after lunch in many schools.

Alice (daughter) and Crystal were just a few of many visitors last Friday….small crowd I am told. However, this past Friday, was pretty packed out with a few high school, and mostly college age and working adults who want to meet people and improve their English. The café closes at 9:30—believe it or not—I am all talked out by then….am trying to listen more. We cover a variety of topics and all issues are on the board. Very compelling.

 
Love to All--Brian