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back to school

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Language classes start next week (maybe?)  (In my nostaligia, I wish we were in a typical  western class with lots of textbooks like these, but the reality is that we usually have only one or two books and we spend most of our time talking.) 

We typically don’t get our schedule until the day before classes start.  This week we’ve been filling out forms and collectinng a lot of RED stamps from various police officials.  (These are a good thing even though it sounds intimidating!)   We still need to get our visas renewed, but we’ve already taken a lot of the preliminary steps to do that.  We just need to go down to that particular office and fill out a few more pieces of paperwork and pay our fees.

I’m ready for classes again.  It’s nice to have a routine and to have a somewhat "regular schedule".  This summer has been a good break from that, but it’s time to rev up again.  The girls will be in Chinese pre-school five mornings a week this semester.  That should be interesting…

So, if my posts are a bit "spotty" the next few weeks, you’ll know why!

4 responses to “back to school”

  1. Gordon Tibbits Avatar
    Gordon Tibbits

    Hi Todd,

    There is definite comfort in routine. For a certain percentage of each day you know what to expect. Routine will begin to take shape here at our house as well.

    I was thinking about your comments on spitting and the mariners. Those outside of American culture must wonder why professional ball players have to masticate a rather large amount of chewing tobacco to effectively hit homeruns or strike someone out. It certainly has not helped the Mariners. Even though they did beat the Yankees last night.

    It was great to have a real-time text conversation with you a couple of days ago. I’m glad that you are doing well and anticipating new challenges and classes.

    Thinking of you in Seattle,

    Gordon

  2. yeti Avatar
    yeti

    gordon,
    i love how your mind works! my post on spitting was not intentionally related to the post about jamie moyer (the mariner) but i can see what you’re getting at. i guess i’m drawing correlations without even trying. i’m some kind of genius. (ha-ha)

    great chatting with you, too. thanks for the well-wishing and for the comment. i’ll try to lay of the tobacco while i’m here in xining…the smoking here is bad enough.

    from asia,
    the man they call yeti

  3. pete Avatar
    pete

    Man….After looking at my required list of books for Greek (and this is even online Greek, not classroom Greek), two books sounds GREAT, not to mention much less expensive. My Lexicon alone was 150 bucks!

  4. yeti Avatar
    yeti

    pete: good point…i guess i shouldn’t complain. plus, they don’t charge $80 for one book here like they did back in the States. but i also wasn’t forced to sit in desks that looked like they were designed for 3rd graders when i was in college in the states. it’s give and take, i suppose.

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