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China goes Gaga

I don’t think it can be overstated how much Chinese students love Lady Gaga.  This may sound like an exaggeration, but Lady Gaga might just spark a revolution here. ….No, seriously, when I was at that damn Crazy English Camp, small children under the age of 10 were listening to her music.  It’s not hard [...]

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Li Yang is an evil son of a bitch – conclusion

Li Yang ruined my last class with my students.  That bastard picked that time period, when all the foreign teachers had class, to sign autographs.  I really enjoyed my class and most of them were in line for that asshole.  I pulled them out of line with five minutes left so I could have my [...]

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Li Yang is an evil son of a bitch – Tim Lyde edition

Following Li Yang’s “I’m mature.  Nothing offends me” comments, we walked back to the hotel for lunch.  We ate lunch and dinner in a private room at the hotel’s restaurant.  They put out the same buffet for each meal.  Good food, but the same stuff for each meal for 12 days. …. At lunch that [...]

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Li Yang is an evil son of a bitch, Part II

I wanted to make it through the next day without any problems.  I actually wrote down in my journal that this was a goal of mine.  Didn’t happen.  I was assigned to a Junior 2 class.  Junior 2 students in China are the equivalent to eighth graders in America.  Each class had four Chinese teachers, [...]

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