I am so Happy 😂 ‘Dingbats’ is an official ‘symbol’ category on #Kingsoft #WPS . . . . So from now on, Whenever I think someone’s being an idiot, I could stick random secret ‘dingbat’ symbols in my messages. 😂😄😆
Tag Archives: Humor
#Facepalm #Ditz #Dingbats!
5 MarVote Sugar for Participation!
26 DecMe: Your assignment is NOT a presentation — you are supposed to lead a class discussion. 
Student: 
I don’t understand.
I don’t understand.Me: You ask the class questions and get them to participate and talk. 😐
Student: 
Our grade means the class has to TALK to us? But teacher, this is not the China way. Maybe we do not like to talk in class. Maybe we will all have a very bad grade.
Our grade means the class has to TALK to us? But teacher, this is not the China way. Maybe we do not like to talk in class. Maybe we will all have a very bad grade. Me (in my mind): Welcome to the life of the laowai laoshi (foreign teacher) and the struggle for participation! 
Me (in reality): You can do this. Maybe call on people one by one. Or ask your friends to help you. Or offer the first person to talk candy.
Student: . . . . . . . 😑
WeChat 5 minutes later . . . . “You may use every way to force your classmates to work for you. Teacher Olivia recommends sugar.”
Me: Bwahahahahahahahaha . . . Behold, the power of sugar! 😝😆🤣🍡🍨🍬🍭🍫🍰🎂🍪🍩
#Movie Night!
20 DecGathers the shells AND holds your phone! The all-around perfect movie night companion!
Actually, #sunflower seeds are REALLY popular as a snack here in #China – my students always bring a ton to movie night 😜
Abbreviations are CRAZY
28 NovMe: “If I give you Q, TVC, and TFC you can find TC, AVC, AFC, SMC, ATC, etc.”
Students: 😓😵
Me: 🤣 Let’s try it step by step. . .
Door #Warmers – Life Up North
18 Oct#Changchun (my home city in #China ) just started putting up these red ‘door’ warmers for the winter. Supposedly, it’s so that our hands don’t freeze to the door handle. 😱❄ If your doors need anti-freeze mechanisms, It’s time to just give up, bury yourself in a blankie, and hibernate until Spring comes next JULY! (**Apparently, I moved to the frozen tundra 😭)
To be fair. . . . We’ve been wearing heavy winter coats, hats, Thermal gloves, scarves, and breathing smoke signals since mid-October
😜😂
#BacktoSchool
10 OctThis is what happens when there is an 8-day Holiday and then you are the teacher for the 8:00am morning class😜 Break time – they start to crash!
Heading Home
7 OctWaiting to head home to #China!
RANT: Reminded how much I HATE #United Airlines. Had to pay $100 for my second suitcase – KoreanAir, JAL, Air China, China Southern . . . . all give me two suitcases when flying to Asia from US. Not the American airline company though!.
Rant over – now Waiting at my gate 😜 Judging by the #dinosaur bones – it might be a long wait 😂 Flight just delayed Due to broken plane. 😣
#Teaching Humor ~ #Holiday Misses
30 SepThat moment when you are supposed to have 93 students in class, but the school re-scheduled your class for the Saturday before a week long National Holiday. . . . and so only 9 students arrive. Then you go to your 65 student class and have exactly ONE poor boy come alone. Oh well, extra credit handed out and movie party/class about aligning incentives correctly went on like planned 🤣😂
Teaching Confusion. . . .
24 SepI have more than 600 students this semester between all three classes I teach (I teach the entire junior and sophomore years – – all majors). But there is always that magic moment when a student adds me on Wechat with the profile image of a random (though adorable) bunny, the username “RainbowsareCute🌺” and the clarifying statement “Teacher, I am your student. What chapter is for the next class?. . . . . .
Well, that’s a VERY good question. If I knew how I knew you, I could possible know the answer 🤣😂💚 Let us now ponder the mystery together!
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