The fifteenth day of the Chinese New Year. I spent most of the time doing the proofreading I started yesterday. Having finished it, I feel quite relieved now. (more…)
Archive for February, 2010
The 15th Day of the Chinese New Year
Sunday, February 28th, 2010The 14th Day of the Chinese New Year
Saturday, February 27th, 2010The fourteenth day of the Chinese New Year. In the morning, I meandered around the Dabi Lake (大埤湖). It’s been a long time since I last visited it. Walking with my arms swinging back and forth, I took in the peaceful sight while exercising. (more…)
The 13th Day of the Chinese New Year
Friday, February 26th, 2010
The thirteenth day of the Chinese New Year. A great day! Two guest speakers talked to my two classes in the morning: Max (呂元鐘) and Mingkun (李明錕) .
Max visited my homeroom class 214 this morning around 9am. He gave a talk to my students for 2 hours. (more…)
The 12th day of the Chinese New Year
Thursday, February 25th, 2010The twelfth day of the Chinese New Year. I had a special guest in the afternoon. Eric (李鎮宇), a student who graduated around 7 years ago, showed up in my office. He told me he was admitted to the graduate school at National Yangming University and is going to major in bio-informatics (生物醫學資訊). (more…)
The 11th Day of the Chinese New Year
Wednesday, February 24th, 2010The eleventh day of the Chinese New Year. We had a morning assembly, in which our principal Mr. Wu (吳正東校長) read to the juniors the 20 commandments on the wall at Harvard University. I missed the first few but was glad that I heard at least a very good sentence: “If you don’t walk today, you will need to run tomorrow.” This sentence is related to what we are learning in Unit One, “Putting Things Off.” (more…)
The 10th Day of the Chinese New Year
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
(The photos were taken and put on this entry on Feb. 28.)
The 10th Day of the Chinese New Year. I saw both my classes today and gave each student a bookmark I made, with the song “The Rose” and the poem “The Oak.” It seems that today’s lesson was taken from nature. “The Rose” conveyed the idea that everyone is the seed of love, or rather, the seed of anything. I told Class 209 that even if they didn’t feel love, they can start to love someone. The poem “The Oak” was written by Alfred Tennyson, a famous English poet. Chris introduced it to me the other day and I fell for it right away. The poem goes like this: (more…)
The 9th Day of the Chinese New Year
Monday, February 22nd, 2010The ninth day of the Chinese New Year. School starts. I was so glad to see my students. At the morning assembly, I cast a long look at each of my homeroom students. Cute, I told myself. We were destined to meet each other. I love them. (more…)
The 8th Day of the Chinese New Year
Sunday, February 21st, 2010The eighth day of the Chinese New Year. I’m still working on my assignment. Besides, I have to get prepared for tomorrow, the first day of the new semester. How I wish I could go out strolling and beaming in the sun on this last day of the winter vacation! It was recalling the last staza of the poem by Robert Frost that kept me stuck on my chair: (more…)
The 7th Day of the Chinese New Year
Saturday, February 20th, 2010The seventh day of the Chinese New Year. I spent almost the whole day at home, doing an assignment. For lunch I ate only a tzongtze.
With a time keeper, I got the idea of how much time I spent on each unit. The answer is: about 8-10 minutes. I love to use the time keeper. It helped me work more efficiently. And it reminded me to take a 15-minute break every 50 minutes. (more…)
The 6th Day of the Chinese New Year
Friday, February 19th, 2010The sixth day of the Chinese New Year. At noon, I had lunch with Losan (羅珊老師), a former colleague now retired, Chris (林詠梅老師), and Melody (陳美麗老師). Losan called me yesterday and proposed this gathering three days before school starts. We had a wonderful time, chatting about everything. Most of the time we talked about the importance of the influence parents have on their children. What children need most is love and proper guidance from their parents. If parents don’t put them on the right course, they would easily go astray.
Family education should start at a very early age, period.