By the Way

It’s always interesting to hear students’ stories, even if it is one variation of the same story over and over again, it amazes me each time...

Old Woman Enjoying Shaanxi Opera Originally uploaded by kevsunblush Shaanxi Opera is a special form of grating Chinese music that the old pe...

By Kevin Friday afternoon, an unknown number popped up on the cell phone. "This is the monitor from class 1," she began. "I...

Thursday night, May 7 by Kevin I just had the realization that my Tuesday class was in the same classroom where mass cheating going on. My j...

by Kevin Today my frustrations with my culture classes boiled over into full-on anger. Anger mixed with sorrow about my student's souls....

By Ruth Today and tomorrow the school is holding their annual sports meet. My students were asking what sports meets are like in America, b...

By Kevin I apologize in advance for the shameless plug, but I just published a book titled "Chinese + English = Chinglish." You sh...

by Ruth Yesterday our team was looking over a passage in the Psalms that says, “He makes my feet like the feet of a deer, so I c...

by Ruth Thanks to the economic slump, many of my friends (the non-China variety, anyway) seem to be buying houses this year. I would be lyi...

by Ruth Last weekend we decided it was time for a cheese run. On our first semester trip to Metro (the supermarket in Xian which has im...