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Trip - Teach in Nanjing China - Oct. & Nov. '03 at Bangkok by movinon

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	Being A Foreigner In China
	Being a foreigner here in Nanjing is like being a cross between a celebrity, an separate-class citizen, and an alien from outer space. Foreigners are sometimes celebrated, often segregated, and occasionally gawked at like circus freaks. Celebrity: I just graduated from college, I am 21 years old, and I have no teaching
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	Don't Be Kind To Japanese, Part I
	Early on in the semester, school officials instructed me to assign the students four compositions per semester. We spent two weeks in class talking about customs, etiquette, and manners, so I decided to assign a paper with the topic of “DOs and DON’Ts in Chinese culture.” Well, 400 papers are quite
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Dos, Don'ts, and "One, Two, Three, DEATH!"

A complete list of DOs, DON’Ts, and gray areas in Chinese culture, according to my students:

Fairly ordinary:

Red and gold are good colors, used to represent prosperity or for celebration.

Always give your seat on the bus to the elderly, children, and pregnant women.

Honor the old and cherish the children.

Always bring

	Tangerine Dreams (Food and Digestion, Part III)
	Coming to China has enabled me to finally realize a childhood dream. No, it has nothing to do with becoming a teacher, helping children, learning to read Chinese characters, or anything like that. If you have read my previous travelogues (or paid any attention to the title of
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	All Hallows' Eve
	Every week I have to come up with a new lesson from scratch. This can be quite difficult at times, especially since I try hard to keep the children interested. Holiday weeks are like freebies, though. I can just cram the lesson full of holiday material, so it makes my job
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