how not to start the semester

Student: “Do you think your hairstyle is strange?”

Me: “No. I can see several strange hairstyles in this room, but mine is not one of them. Do you think my hair is strange?”

Student: “Yes. Like a monkey.”

The same student then went on to correct my English with that old favourite of all foreign teachers: “But my teacher said….”

Oh well, I have a very fortuitous break tomorrow which involves a trip to Shidu. Of course, this will mean me spending far more time in front of a camera than should be considered healthy wearing clothes I’d rather not be wearing, but it must be done. I’ll explain that when I get back. Maybe.

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wangbo

A Kiwi teaching English to oil workers in Beijing, studying Chinese in my spare time, married to a beautiful Beijing lass, consuming vast quantities of green tea (usually Xihu Longjing/西湖龙井, if that means anything to you), eating good food (except for when I cook), missing good Kiwi ale, breathing smog, generally living as best I can outside Godzone and having a good time of it.

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