2 days in 1

Since I did not blogg a few nights ago, I have been one day behind in my blogging, so tonight I am going to put 2 days into one to catch up before heading out to Nanjing and starting my next adventure in Guangzhou.

So after our lessons on Wednesday, we were asked to give our lessons again to the college students at the Jiangsu Institute of Education and of course, we all said yes. I struggled with this a little since I was not happy with the inquiry part of my lesson and they wanted me to teach it to future Chinese teachers...but it turned out GREAT!!! Just as I had envisioned the lesson in my head was how it played out in the college classroom. AND I believe that without the laungue barrier and time constraint the lesson could be successful in a Chinese classroom. I was also able to tell them the modification to the idea that I used in an 8th grade classroom in America. One big difference from the middle school lesson was that we allowed each group to build their designs and execute them outside and a few of the designs both wowed and impressed us, and their execution was even more impressive.

On our walk to lunch I started to feel terrible. I suffered through lunch and Dr. Hua could see that a few of us were not feeling good and offered to let us go back to the hotel to rest instead to traveling to the other JIE campus for another presentation to future teachers. This was very generous and all 3 of us took him up on his offer and we were all very grateful!!!

The rest of the group returned around 5:30 pm and we all met in the lobby at 6 to walk to dinner. This night it was KFC, and although I was happy to have something other than Chinese food...KFC was not as you would get in the States. After dinner, we went to Chinas equivelent to our Walmart. It was pretty interesting...then it was time for bed.

Today was a sightseeing and shopping day and that is just what we did. We visited the Confusious Temple, the Nanjing Folklore Museum and another famous ancient house which was hosting local artisans. The shopping was AMAZING! It was so fun bartiring with the vendors...after my first successful bargin, I got more confidence and was able to get some amazing stuff for amazing prices. When I got back to my hotel room, I laid everything out and figured out who else I still needed to buy for. I will have to go on another shopping trip in Hong Kong. :)

Tonight was the farewell dinner with the JIE administrators and after the wild and crazy night with the Wuxi crowd, more everyone took it easy and we all made it back to the hotel early in the evening so that we can all pack to leave tomorrow morning.

So, this time tomorrow I will be in my hotel room in Guangzhou and I am just hoping and praying that the hotel is nice....I don even know if it is going to have Internet. I will soon find out :)

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