the teachers here are also extremely talented. honestly, i've never had so many good teachers. maybe it is because there is such a large talent pool here or maybe because china has a more standardized school of education which has led to a more efficient way of teaching effective teaching methods, or maybe it's just that ACC is really amazing at hiring and supporting teachers. who knows. but all the teachers are extremely friendly, they all had our names memorized with pictures we sent earlier so that they greeted me with a familiar sounding "nihao wang qinhui!" and they seem to genuinely want and pursue activities with us OUTSIDE the classroom. it's still early, but they seem very interested in us, and us learning chinese. no matter where we are or what we are talking about outside of class they'll stop you and tell you to repeat it until its perfected before the conversation can move on, and yet they still maintain there interest in the conversation (which the intensity usually has greatly dipped due to the corrections). it's amazing.
plus the number of teachers is something amazing. something like 39 teachers for 59 students! and all the teachers already know my name!
of course the more pessimistic view of all this is that the american dollar goes much farther than it does in the US.
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Ah the best way to educate people. It is a never ending puzzle as to what works best, and can it be mass marketed?
Very hierachical social familial structure. Each one plays a role.
Learning the culture and language are equally important in communication and interaction. Great work, keep it up, makes life interesting.
d, i didn't really read all of them, im running off the scuba. hahaha, not off the scuba, to, but i really am running off the scuba, aka off the deep end. but the videos are terrific. and my dad is glad his map is being used. alrighty. just wanted to let you know that i read this too, not just your parentals. have fun kiddo. -s
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