What is to Come

Here's the plain run down:

I am moving to Tianjin, China where I will be teaching kindergarten!!
Many of my students will be Korean.
I will have some American students and a few from various other countries.
I have signed a two year contract.
I get to have two hours of tutoring in Mandarin every week!

Tianjin is about a 40 minute bullet train ride from Beijing, China. Take a car from Beijing to my new home city and you will be traveling for two hours, southeast.

This school has been around since 1986.
It's a nice sized school going from preschool to high school.
My class will probably have between 11-16 students. (So cute!)

Some of my students will be able to speak English fluently and some won't know any.
They git ter learn how ter speak English right good from me. (BAhahahaha!)

I have plans for lots of singing, moving, pictures, smelling, tasting, touching, and smiling.
We'll have a good time...and they will speak beautiful English at the end of the year.

Outside of school I have hopes to help with "English Corner" where Chinese (college?) students come to learn English (and I may be able to practice some Mandarin!), I also hope to visit the orphanage in the city once a week, and then I would like to get to know the junior high/high schoolers and have adventures biking around my neighborhood.
(We'll see how overwhelmed I am when I get there. I must take it SLOW!)
I am excited for the gatherings together outside of the school. I hear it's very international!

I have already been talking with my roommate. Her name is Bethany. She seems very lovely.

Our apartment sounds HUGE. Bethany has her own room. I have the master bedroom (because she is so generous) with a king-sized bed and my own bathroom. (!!!!!)

It has been YEARS since I have had my own bedroom or bathroom.

We have a kitchen, an office, and I would assume a smaller living area. (Maybe I can take pictures when I get there.)

So, there's the run down.
This is what I am EXPECTING will happen. We'll see how far from reality I am.

I'll seek to keep you posted as I can!
--Thanks for THINKING of me.--