First freshmen class

I taught my first freshmen class today. I had a few older people in my class, like one who is a mom with children from South Korea. She looks like a typical Korean lady from the soap operas. I also had a student from Inner Mongolia. I totally flew over Mongolia on my way to China. This class is so much more enthusiastic about everything. I like this class way better than my sophomore class. I was really surprised how well some of these freshmen spoke considering they’ve been away from English for 3 months. All the guys sit in the back, I’m not sure if they’re trying to be “slackers” or if they’re just afraid of all of the girls. It’s the same in my sophomore class; the two guys sit in the back. I was trying not to fall out of my shoes because they’re a little bigger than I thought. When I was at the store, the lady said “Oh, ok” to them and gave me the matching shoe. I’m not sure it’s the same size as the other one, since neither are marked with sizes at all. It doesn’t matter really, they’re still cute shoes.

I’ve noticed the Chinese all have very cute shoes. I’ve yet to see one ugly pair of shoes. When I get paid, I’m going shoe shopping for everyone. The hairstyles here range from very cute to very bizarre. I’m not sure if some of them are trying to be punk or just super trendy but long mullets are in with some girls as is having long hair half curly and half straight underneath. I’ve noticed ponytails are very common here and there are not so many girls with long hair which is weird, because I thought everyone would have long hair. The guys dress pretty much the same as in the US, except a lot of them have red string necklaces with jade carved stones on them. China’s a lot more westernized than I thought. No one wears traditional clothing here except a few of the elderly and it’s just the shirts even then.