Delicous treasure from one of my adorable students today – another gave me some Bon Bons. Since I had to work on #thanksgiving (not a Holiday abroad 😭), this was quite the treat!
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So #Old
20 JunMy students have been taking graduate pictures. 📷 🎓 They keep talking about how ‘old they are’ now – they’re like 19-24. 😱 Horrible I know. . . I’m 27! They’re aging me folks! If they’re ‘old’ – I’m one step out of the grave 👻
#TeachingLols ~ That’s a lot of Kids!
6 Apr😆
So I’m working with my international students (Mongolia, Indonesia, and India) and asked what they did this summer.
One girl goes off because she expected to have a vacation, but got stuck working. She starts listing all of her chores, complaining, and the other students are just nodding along commiserating.
She finally gets to the part where she had to babysit her siblings and cousins. The kids are like “yep, yep” right up until she goes “So, I just want to say that I’ve learned from this summer. I mean, I am totally not going to have more than 5 kids. That’s just more than enough.” Said completely sincerely with no inflection or emphasis at all. You could see them start to nod again, stop, look at one another and turn in unison to stare at her. One girl goes “FIVE kids” with eyes real big. She goes “Yeah! I mean, I think stopping there is plenty.” They stare some more. I crack up secretly on the inside.
This in the country where 2 kids is only just now allowed universally and is still pretty rare in the cities.
#Turtle says Welcome Back!
20 Feb
Blowing #bubbles soft and fine! ❤ The people are returning from #SpringFestival at last! My favorite #cafe (The Bridge Cafe) reopened finally with #coffee, hot #tea, #carbonara, and #pizza! And they brought their #turtles with them!!! 😊 He is blowing bubbles at me 😜
#travel #animals #lifeabroad #thegoodlife #foodie
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