The Puberty Chronicles

This year Becca and I are molding the minds of 880 Chinese teenagers. The puberty is palpable, the frustration does not rival the humor and joy of this job. Here are a few fall highlights.


SEPTEMBER

Mr. Micah….goes to……..a……woman hospital” –Betty, when asked to do share a “holy cow” situation (ala Alice Gynecology Hospital).

Mr. Micah makes Dirty Frank cry and tremble after falsely accused him of using his cell phone.

The kids clapping with joy over Mr. Matt being “in love.”

David (pictured)changes his name to “June.”

Teddy shares his French nude beach experience with the class.

Two boys display EXCELLENT teamwork (meaning they are cuddling and sharing 1 piece of paper).Miss Balge asks Mr. Micah to draw “weeds” on the board. He unintentionally draws “weed” and Huang calls him out on it.

· William has “backside surprise” with an arrow on his nametag. Miss Balge looks and sees nothing on the back and asks about the surprise. William replies, "Today...no surprise."

· Miss Balge almost biffs it up the platform while teaching. She recovers, but breaks her shoe in the process.

Holy Herry (pictured mid-drool) singing “maiawho, maiaah, miahahaaha” before class.

OCTOBER

Kevin draws a certain male appendage on the board during HOLES character drawing time.

Crystal gives Mr. Micah her phone number and asks him to call her after 5.

Holy Herry's nametag reads: Holy Herry Hole

Miss Balge asks a kid “how are you doing today?” before class and he starts reciting the Oral English mantra of “Today we are going to try hard, talk often, and trust our English."

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I love these kids.

米佳