We’re now into our third week of classes here, and we have the opportunity to work with over a hundred new students (I took pictures of each one to learn their names):
Along with the new group of students, Mark also has a new lunch schedule, giving him the opportunity to spend time with small groups of students and get to know them better. They meet and eat at small restaurants in the village behind our school, often having rich conversations over a bowl of cheap food.
English Corners are also back into full swing. In order to accommodate all of the students that would like to attend, we now meet on Thursday and Friday afternoons. Even though it’s about a month late, this week we discussed Valentine’s day, relationships and the meaning of love:
It’s awesome that you’ll be having lunch with Bob Dylan soon! 🙂 Love you guys.
Some of our students choose interesting English names. Oddly enough, our Bob Dylan doesn’t play music (but our “Rhyme Lee” does). It seems appropriate (in a strange sort of way) that a Chinese guy would choose that name, since the original Bob Dylan was actually born “Robert Zimmerman.”