Pictures of the teachers' accommodation at Huanghe Science & Technology College, Zhengzhou, Henan, China. Hey,
Last week, we also had (another) cooking class - this time from Lily (Rice Lady). Having served me lunch or dinner on an almost daily basis during the two semesters I've been at HuangKeDa, she's concerned that I won't be able to get decent Chinese food when I come back to the UK, specifically Kung Pao chicken. We've looked into her sending daily tupperwares for my lunch but Lily doesn't think the rice will keep, and of course it can't be reheated. I say 'of course' like I would know these things, but I do know since my many cooking classes with students and now also with Lily, who showed us how to make the best Kung Pao chicken in China (this is a verifiable fact, by the way; I've tried it elsewhere and it just doesn't match up). See pictures of me frying chicken, cucumber, carrot and peanuts like an absolute pro. I think there's an amusing Chinese joke to be made here - I'm wearing a Superman tshirt, the Chinese for which is "chao ren", literally 'super' and 'man'. I'm also frying, the Chinese for which is also pronounced "chao". You see? Chao ren while wearing Chao ren? Brilliant! Comic genius! Except chao is pronounced with a different tone so nobody Chinese will accept it. X Hey,
I've put up some more photos. When I told B8, my class of 27 nursing students (all girls, it's a great class), that I was leaving, they insisted on having their photos taken with me as soon as class was over. X The South Campus Library Huanghe Science & Technology College, or "HuangKeDa" as it is usually known, is a large, private university in Zhengzhou, Henan, China. There are 12 schools: Information Technology, Engineering, Business, Journalism & Media, Music, Industrial Arts, Medicine, Physical Education (Sports Sciences), Foreign Languages (English, Korean, Japanese), Chinese for Foreigners, Nationalities and International Studies. Students take either three- or four-year courses. There are approximately 1'500 members of staff, 40'000 students and an annual enrolment of some 17'000 new students. There are two campuses, north and south. There are currently (2011) approximately 25 foreign teachers at HuangKeDa including: Americans, Canadians, English, Ghanaian, Irish, Japanese, Kiwi and Scottish. Most teachers, if not all, live in university-provided accommodation oat the south campus. Most teachers, if not all, teach all their classes at either the School of Foreign Languages or the School of International Studies. Both Schools are situated on the south campus, not five minutes walk from the foreign teachers' residence. The typical contract (2011) is 20 hours of teaching per week - although this may be subject to change. Foreign teachers are almost always required for classes in Oral English as the College looks to increase its foreign staff, and it's also worth checking to see what other classes may need teachers. If you have any questions about working at HuangKeDa, please feel free to send me a message through the Contact Me page. For more information, please contact [email protected] or visit the official (Chinese) website www.hhstu.edu.cn
I'm talking to a student about Saturday night. He wants Anna and me to present The King's Speech to members of English Club. He asks me to give him a copy of the film (with subtitles), a photo of the two of us, and brief bio.
English Club then does this with them: ... yesterday was International Women's Day. I'm not sure if it was intentional, but here it's as if the whole thing was a Chinese idea. Preparations for "Chinese Women's Day" started last week with...
Lin: Sen Sen (Ed), I want to ask you something. Sen Sen (me) is rushing around with photocopies of pointless crosswords in hand, cursing the broken printer, with four minutes until the start of class. Sen Sen can't remember in which room he's supposed to be teaching in four minutes, so really ought to have left the office already to begin a search of the six-storey building for a familiar face. Me: Of course, Lin. What's up? Hey,
I'd forgotten about this, but last semester we were all asked/told to submit a four page teaching plan for an example class by the end of the week for review by a professor in the Department. In hindsight, some of may have been a bit snotty about having to do it: at the time, our pay was about a week late, again, and nobody ever, ever writes a four page plan for a class. |
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