Teacher, Teacher!

205! That is the total amount of stairs it takes to get from the front of the school to my board (my bed). yes, I counted!

Anyways, my first vacation is the 22nd of this month, and we decided to go to Beijing! I'm so excited. it is a 5 day break, but i'm not sure of everything were doing there yet...i will give you more details.

The other day i found a McDonalds! I have never been more excited in my life to eat there. i was literally jumping up and down giggling when i saw they had fries, hamburgers, ketchup, and McFlurrys!!! I ate everything on my plate even though I didn't think i could eat it all. i have never been that full in my entire life!! it was pretty much the best lunch ever!

Teaching is going...uhm? I don't really know the word! every day is different. I swear the kids are bi-polar! some days they are little devils and i yell and put them i time out, and i give dirty looks, but some days they are angels! they are so good in lessons and they participate, and it is so much fun!

for example, Wednesday. i swear i put half of my class in time out because they are just out of control! I made this one girl cry because she got put there, and this other kid just about made me swear to never have kids! he was being sOoOoOO bad! he wouldn't stop talking, he was making animal sounds, he was touching and hitting everyone around him, and by the time i took away all his stars, i was fed up! i grabbed him and yanked him from his seat and started dragging him to the hallway to call for someone to take him away. but no. (this kid is probably the same, or heavier than me) he plops himself on the ground and starts panicking with fear in his voice he starts to yell NO CHINESE TEACHER over and over and over. (the Chinese teachers don't mess around...) by the time im finishing yanking him to the doorway, i am completely exhausted, ad he is almost in tears. (by this time all the other students are silent and staring in amazement, probably at my super strength because he is so massive!) well, i bend over and grab him by the shoulders and say if you promise to keep your hands to yourself and don't say aNoThEr word i will let you stay. he immediately got up and ran to his seat and was silent the rest of the class. yes, i felt terrible, but he deserved it!

Today however, was amazing. the kids were so sweet and i actually had fun with each of the students! this little boy named Tony started tickling me during opening so i tickled him back...not a good idea. soon everyone around us had joined in and they were attacking me with there little fingers! it was cute, but they should have been paying attention. another kid was messing around with some boys around him while the rest of us were singing a song, so i went behind him and grabbed his arms and made him do all the movements. soon, people were shoving him out of the way so that i would help them with the movements...(i should not be allowed to sit with these kids!) after opening Ringo ran to me and held on to my stomach and would not let go! so, everyone followed. we were trying to get kids to there classes but they were all hanging on me. i don't think the other teachers like me for playing with the kids...but what can i say?? I am just the favorite!

i am in charge of rotating the kids to there next classes. so today while rotating a group of girls huddled around me and started feeling my stomach..weird right? it gets weirder. so after trying to get them to line up and failing miserably, they all start chanting something in Chinese over and over. they chanted what sounded like a curse or something the entire way to their next class. luckily, we passed Kelly and I asked her what they were saying, and this is it. "teacher teacher you are so pretty, teacher teacher you have become so skinny!" I laughed so hard when Kelly told me that. these girls are so cute! i want to take one home! but peter said no...haha i hope they will continue to get better for us now that they know what to expect.

Tomorrow is teacher appreciation day! i guess all the teachers have tournaments with basketball, badminton and ping-pong? We are invited so I'm hoping it will be pretty fun!