By the Way

By Kevin Although I wore short sleeves for much of the last week, my students were continually shocked. In fact, most Chinese people are sho...

By Ruth So yesterday we went on a bike ride with students and...nothing broke! Amazing. Not nearly as exciting to write about, I must say, ...

By Kevin As we pulled into the bicycle repair shop at the end of the bike storage yard on campus, I wondered how much it would cost to get m...

This afternoon I was sitting on the couch doing some Wheaton reading when a persistent knock came on the door. A Chinese knock, and pro...

By Kevin Last weekend we went on another long bike ride with students. If you remember reading about our long bike ride last semester, there...

By Ruth I don’t like giving homework very much because then I have to grade it. I still give homework sometimes because it’s marginally use...

Yesterday one of my cute little sophomore girl students spit on the floor of the classroom (in the middle of class) and then wiped the spit ...

By Ruth (but then, you would have guessed that very quickly...) Part 1 – Playing Cards I use playing cards in class to divide student...

By Kevin As we walked to dinner last night, we were surprised to see a small tent set up outside the adjacent apartment buildings, with a pa...

By Kevin BOOM. The explosion shook the windows of the office where Wes and I were meeting with students for office and library hours. We wer...