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| 21st October 2008 Henry | Invitation to a second visit to Hainan - From: #97 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China ("Tropical" Island of Hainan, China's smallest Province) Hi Hans, unfortunately you did not have a memorable visit to Hainan due to your unfortunate physical conditions and contant rain.I sugest a return visit to Sanya,the southern resort city of Hainan where most tourists visit when they are in Hainan. |
| 17th October 2008 June | - From: #104 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China (Freshmen Military Training at TTC, Sep. 2008) Hi, Hans, in this story, the reactions of those students at the first encounters with you are vivid and very true. Due to a completely different cultural background and the isolation, this kind of behavior is rather a failed coverage in a reserved way for the excitement deep inside. Just wish more opportunities for these young people to exchange with the world beyond. Oh, military training for students and civilians isn't a new thing at all. It's really an old tradition and many had fun of it. Really happy to see the white clouds drifting in the blue sky in the photos. Hope the sky stays that way! |
| 17th October 2008 June | - From: #105 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China ("Superior" Evaluations for TTC by the Education Department of Jiangsu) Dear teacher Hans I'm pleased to read this entry. Your descriptions and photos have refleted the reality of students' life today in China from various aspects. Indeed, great needs of improvements not only for education, but also for everything in the country will last a long period. We shouldn't forget, China may have become much stronger now, however, it's regarded just as an emerging-market by the western powers. That's the reason, that many students are keen to search for opportuinities of sudying abroad, and you've brought exactly what they desire for. Isn't it great? You deserve our love! To stay for teaching over a long period is kind of major committment or even some sacrifice. Best regards, and enjoy your days there! June |
| 12th October 2008 William | - From: #105 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China ("Superior" Evaluations for TTC by the Education Department of Jiangsu) Hey Mr. Schneider, pictures look great I hope your doing good sir. |
| 12th October 2008 jtayli | Evaluations - From: #105 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China ("Superior" Evaluations for TTC by the Education Department of Jiangsu) Hans, you write a good travel blog, I grant you that, but you have mainly given us the brochure version of China, with a glossy, sugary coating…………………………………………………. My college also has just had its 5-year evaluation, which it too was given top marks, though little has changed in some of the more important, academic aspects of the college. Many of the improvements or changes were superficial or decorative - including some incredibly gaudy lights. After the inspection I still see students using text books that have stories about buying gramophone records, or celebrating Christmas in a manner befitting the 1950s. More desks are being put into already overcrowded classrooms to cater for the ever increasing intake of students. I still see students endlessly sleeping or playing with their mobile ‘phones at the back of most classes. We still have teachers who receive little in the way of any kind of professional teacher training. I still see outdated teaching methods, with little innovation employed or understood in classrooms………………………………………………………………………………………… During the inspection, students were forbidden to hold hands or put their arms around each other while on campus. Teachers, including overseas teachers, had to be prepared for snap lesson inspections - though it was doubtful if an overseas’ lessons would be inspected. At my wife’s university, my wife had to teach some extra oral lessons, so some students could rehearse what they might say if asked questions by an inspector……………………………………………….. Though, to be fair at an ethical high-street bank I used to work at in England, they too received an award of some kind for ‘investing in people’, but the reality was quite different. |
| 11th October 2008 Miriam Castillo | - From: #105 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China ("Superior" Evaluations for TTC by the Education Department of Jiangsu) Hans you look great, you look Chinese already, Carinos, Miriam |
| 8th October 2008 Sue | Hi from Koln - From: #104 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China (Freshmen Military Training at TTC, Sep. 2008) Hi there to my favourite "Panda"! Thanks for the memories and the chuckles! I see nothing much has changed. Looks like you had great weather this year, though. |
| 8th October 2008 George | I appreciate your presence in China - From: #104 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China (Freshmen Military Training at TTC, Sep. 2008) Hello, and what an excellent blog, and more so an excellent life you are living there! Without such a life you couldn't not make such a blog! I lived in China for 1.5 years and recently returned to the US. I appreciate and encourage your sincere, secure and confident engagements with the Chinese people, I especially like how you are not at all off put by any negligence but rather confront it joyously. That is most excellent! Though it is unfortunate I think that so few Chinese seem to realize the political motivation behind the military training, which if you did not know was implemented around 1990...I like how you focused on the experience itself, which as you stated is mandatory and for now inevitable. I am glad to know that there is a fair-minded, and apparently very intelligent, kind-hearted, and interested American such as yourself living there in China and creating such blessed connections. Godspeed brother! |
| 7th October 2008 quidamtyro | Amazing Post - From: #104 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China (Freshmen Military Training at TTC, Sep. 2008) Wow. I've never posted a comment before---but I clicked on your blog by chance and just wanted to thank you for this post. It's completely fascinating. |
| 29th September 2008 Patt Barrington | Chine teachers' information - From: #103 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China (To Respect Teachers and Value Education, A Traditional Virtue of China.) Sir, as I was about to log on to travelblog, I noticed the wording of the education remarks below the picture on the home page. I am not a teacher, but feel they are so under valued here in the United States. I so enjoyed your blog and wanted you to know that. My work and play experiences last year in the Yucatan (and US hurricanes now that I am back in Texas) are nothing compared to your information. Thank you so much. And belated Happy Teacher's Day ! Patt Barrington aka pattusa Orange, Texas |
| 28th September 2008 June | - From: #103 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China (To Respect Teachers and Value Education, A Traditional Virtue of China.) Dear Mr Schneider, I've just read through this 103th entry. What I all want to say is thank you from my heart. Though I haven't managed to read all your blogs, I'm intended to download and store all your writings and photos, possibly on a disc, just in case that one day these precious pieces would become suddenly no more available. You've connected my hometown to the western world much nearer, for the still unabled to face and experience a real outside world, in such a gorgeous way at such a high standard. While having been bridging a life between the west and east, I understand every bit of feelings in your detailed descriptions. Also the benefit of helping to improving my English by reading your blogs is huge. Only if I could bring you a bunch of flowers! |
| 28th September 2008 Bishal | Nice travel blog - From: #103 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China (To Respect Teachers and Value Education, A Traditional Virtue of China.) Hey hans.I read almost all of your blogs and I really like to thank you and appreciateyour work,Keep on going like this. |
| 27th September 2008 Susan Goodman | Following your blogs - From: #103 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China (To Respect Teachers and Value Education, A Traditional Virtue of China.) Hi Hans, I realized I've been reading your blogs for a long time now; all the time you've been in Taizhou. For this entry I liked being reminded of the first days of school at a Chinese university. Also the pix of the Imperial Exam Academy is similar to Fuzi Miao in Nanjing where the exams were held. Nanjing also has the wax figures, but none sleeping! Thanks for continuing to blog. I enjoy it. |
| 27th September 2008 Sue | Memories! - From: #103 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China (To Respect Teachers and Value Education, A Traditional Virtue of China.) Hi from Salzburg, Austria! Great to see you finally got the opportunity to ride in one of the boats in our park! Everything looks so much greener now! It also looks a lot warmer than it is in Europe at the moment! Thanks also for the details as I accidentally sent my notes home , so have had to "ad-lib" with some of my blogs! |
| 23rd September 2008 Katherine | beautiful photos! - From: #102 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China (Lu Shan Mountain, Jiangxi Province,PRC, - UNESCO World Heritage Site and Landscape) Hans, once again you have introduced us to another magnificent part of China that is off the normal tourist route. Your photos are lovely and I must say, you are looking really fit, and must be to have walked those steps! Thanks again(I will email privately soon to update you.) |
| 22nd September 2008 Michelle | Hello! - From: #101 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China (The City of Yangzhou, Taizhou's Beautiful Neighbor) Hi Mr. Schneider! Looking very sharp there in your suit! I'm so happy to see you're doing well. |
| 20th September 2008 Arwen | Beautilful Yangzhou - From: #101 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China (The City of Yangzhou, Taizhou's Beautiful Neighbor) Dear Hans, I"m your student in Nanjing Normal University Taizhou College. I'm so happy to see the pictures of Yangzhou. I have been staying in that city for two years, and have visited the Slender West Lake. It is very beautiful. Your photos reminds me of the happy time when I was there with my friends. Thanks. |
| 20th September 2008 Fengming | I admire you - From: #102 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China (Lu Shan Mountain, Jiangxi Province,PRC, - UNESCO World Heritage Site and Landscape) As a Chinese,I haven't travel so mang beautiful places,and I admire you so much for your teaching in class,you always made us smiled the whole lesson,but from it we aslo can learn much from you ,even as a Chinese we don't know much about our country... Thank you very much! Wellcome Back! |
| 20th September 2008 Write a Book! | - From: #102 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China (Lu Shan Mountain, Jiangxi Province,PRC, - UNESCO World Heritage Site and Landscape) Great blog! Great writing and great photos! I hope you can deal with these materials and write a book in the future, introduce real China and Chinese cultures to American people. |
| 19th September 2008 Hans | 2 year contract question/answer - From: #102 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China (Lu Shan Mountain, Jiangxi Province,PRC, - UNESCO World Heritage Site and Landscape) I teach at Taizhou Teachers College in Taizhou, Jiangsu. I have had two 1year contracts, and my time here at our college has been that of being with a family. After discussion with the Foreign Affairs Director at my college this past year, it was a mutual decision that both parties, they and I, wanted to maintain this professional relationship for another two years. They offered the contract and I was happy to sign it. Of course, I will have to renew the visa yearly in order to receive my Foreign Expert Certificate, but that will be taken care of by my college. I like the security of knowing my residence for another two years. It helps me follow the progress of the students I have been teaching, and organize my adventures in China yet to come. There is still so much I wish to see and do in this incredible country. |
| 19th September 2008 jtayli | John Nanchang China - From: #102 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China (Lu Shan Mountain, Jiangxi Province,PRC, - UNESCO World Heritage Site and Landscape) Hi. I am very interested to know how you signed a three year teaching contract. Is it possible you could leave a comment and let me know how you did that and how it works? I'm sure other teachers here in China would be interested to know. Thnaks. John |
| 18th September 2008 maria sabando | Wow - From: #102 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China (Lu Shan Mountain, Jiangxi Province,PRC, - UNESCO World Heritage Site and Landscape) Mr. Schneider! you look so thin! Im glad to see that you are staying healthy :) |
| 17th September 2008 Sue | Wow another reason to return to China! - From: #102 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China (Lu Shan Mountain, Jiangxi Province,PRC, - UNESCO World Heritage Site and Landscape) What a beautiful area, Hans! Impressed you did all the stairs- I can appreciate what you accomplished after my time on Huang Shan! |
| 17th September 2008 Hans | Correction has been made from PRC to PLA. - From: #102 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China (Lu Shan Mountain, Jiangxi Province,PRC, - UNESCO World Heritage Site and Landscape) I have made the correction, and thank you for bringing it to my attention. |
| 17th September 2008 Not PRC | - From: #102 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China (Lu Shan Mountain, Jiangxi Province,PRC, - UNESCO World Heritage Site and Landscape) Nanchang is steeped in China's recent history, and is often thought of as the birthplace of The Peoples Republic of China. --------------------------------- birthplace of The Peoples‘ Liberation Army(PLA). |
| 16th September 2008 Jorge Padrón | - From: #101 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China (The City of Yangzhou, Taizhou's Beautiful Neighbor) Nice to hear from you again! I envy you for having such a lovely summer! |
| 7th September 2008 Otto Zequeira | Beautiful photos and entry - From: #101 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China (The City of Yangzhou, Taizhou's Beautiful Neighbor) I enjoyed this walk through a city miles away. |
| 7th September 2008 June | old Yangzhou - From: #101 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China (The City of Yangzhou, Taizhou's Beautiful Neighbor) Dear Hans, thank you for this new blog with these incredible 102 photos! About 40 years ago, the places you've seen were, however, very quite and much more natural, run-down though but free of entry. The bright colours of the ancient historical places are evidence of the eager for commercialisation. Hum, the authentic beauty was much more seductive. |
| 6th September 2008 Sue Storr | Hi from Sue in Latvia! - From: #101 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China (The City of Yangzhou, Taizhou's Beautiful Neighbor) Great to see you off and running again! I have finally been able to upload my photos so expect to see a spate of entries in the next few weeks (17, I believe!) Great to see our city of Yangzhou again! Brings back so many good memories! Please give my regards to everyone! Enjoy your new "extensions"! |
| 6th September 2008 Carmen Rodriguez | - From: #101 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China (The City of Yangzhou, Taizhou's Beautiful Neighbor) Hans thanks for sharing such beautiful pictures. Glad to hear from. Thanks,Carmen |
| 6th September 2008 Celia | - From: #101 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China (The City of Yangzhou, Taizhou's Beautiful Neighbor) schneider! so happy that you're back. ive missed your entries. how lucky are you to be surrounded by buddhist monks and lotus flowers? i'd be in heaven. hope all is well with you and i'm so happy to hear that you'll be in your element for another 2 years. it makes me sad that it'll probably be a while before we see you though. love you and i'm always thinking about you. |
| 2nd September 2008 Jorge Barrera | Thanks... - From: #99 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China (Thoughts on China's Tragic Earthquake, and my most recent visit to the 29th Olympic City, Beijing) Thank you Herr Schneider for this blog. I have learned so much from China from you. It's such a beautiful country, I hope I can visit one day. |
| 29th August 2008 Mark Mark | I'm moved deeply - From: #100 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China (Olympic-Torch-Relay in Taizhou; an historic day for the home-town of China's President, Mr. Hu Jintao) Until to now , I still not finish reading and touring this place, thank you Mr.Hans Schneider , I read many many story and got many many knowledge, just like a piece of sponge, I'm still absorbing the nutrition of the knowledge, thank you give me the chance to visit here, I will never gorget.Good luck |
| 18th August 2008 Jorge Barrera | The city is so beautiful. - From: #80 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China ( China's pollution has no easy solution.) What great pictures. It's cool to see the city and the neighborhoods where people live. It looks like its an ever growing city. |
| 18th August 2008 Jorge Barrera | How fun. - From: #90 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China (2008, The Year of the Rat) Wish I could have seen these sooner. Better late than never. Looks like so much fun over there. Reminds me of German class, I loved every minute of it. |
| 18th August 2008 Jorge Barrera | What a gret experience. - From: #100 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China (Olympic-Torch-Relay in Taizhou; an historic day for the home-town of China's President, Mr. Hu Jintao) I loved this blog, it's not a fun as being there huh? Thanks for sharing something that I would never have known. It was very interesting seeing someplace different than here. |
| 21st July 2008 frankie du berry | Thanks - From: #96 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China (My city in China: THIS IS TAIZHOU, the City of the Pheonix, Part 1) Thank you for sending all these photos of the reality of China... better than the stuff from journalists! |
| 18th July 2008 surfer | wow - From: #46 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China ( First visit to Beijing) it seems they all love u, bec of u'r true intention to help. keep on doing good..frnd |
| 16th July 2008 Cristina Pena | Media Request - From: #100 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China (Olympic-Torch-Relay in Taizhou; an historic day for the home-town of China's President, Mr. Hu Jintao) Dear Photographer Hi my name is Cristina Pena and I’m apart of American Public Media’s nationwide radio show called “Weekend America.” Every month we run a short piece on the various weekend photos we receive on our Weekend America Flickr. However, for the month of August, we would like to have a special “Olympics in Beijing” photo theme. Your Olympic photos sparked our interest and we would like to speak to you, if possible in the coming days about why you took the photo, what was going on at the time and exactly where and how long you where there. If you are interested in sharing your Beijing Olympic photo flickr story, or know of anyone else traveling to Beijing during the Olympics, please contact me at cpena@americanpublicmedia.org or 213.621.3523 x 523 Thank you. Here is a link to give you an idea of what we do! http://weekendamerica.publicradio.org/display/web/2008/04/24/americas_weekend/ Cristina Pena Weekend America 261 Figueroa Street., Suit 200 Los Angeles, CA 90012 (213) 621-3523 x523 cpena@americanpublicmedia.org |
| 16th July 2008 sybil | wonderful - From: #100 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China (Olympic-Torch-Relay in Taizhou; an historic day for the home-town of China's President, Mr. Hu Jintao) the experiences are really memorable |
| 8th July 2008 surfer | so amazing - From: # 8 Retiring Teacher preparing to teach in China (Thought on education in China) you have a heart of constant focus of your gool. and you deserve a greet honor; to the people ,u'r family of course to our GOD. see you my frnd. |
| 4th July 2008 Hugh | Thank you !! - From: #99 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China (Thoughts on China's Tragic Earthquake, and my most recent visit to the 29th Olympic City, Beijing) I'd like to shake hands with you ,however,the situation does not permit ^_^ by the way,are you now still in China or you have gone to America to spend your summer vocation? thank you for all the photos and the passeges you write!!it brings me happiness. |
| 28th June 2008 tao | hello,Mr.Schneider - From: #99 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China (Thoughts on China's Tragic Earthquake, and my most recent visit to the 29th Olympic City, Beijing) you are my eyes to the world, Coz I have not much money to travel around.i love you.i am your fans. |
| 24th June 2008 yang | - From: #100 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China (Olympic-Torch-Relay in Taizhou; an historic day for the home-town of China's President, Mr. Hu Jintao) wonderful experiences, I wish i had the chance to attend the torch relay in nanjing. |
| 18th June 2008 Sue Storr | Finally got a decent internet connection! - From: #100 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China (Olympic-Torch-Relay in Taizhou; an historic day for the home-town of China's President, Mr. Hu Jintao) Hi Hans Free Wifi at my hostel has now reconnected me with my cyber world! Lucky you with some of those photos! It truly was a wonderful experience, wasn't it? Can you please email me the full size photo you took of me with the Taizhou granny. I want to put her on my upcoming blog as well! |
| 16th June 2008 Sandra Cordoba | - From: #100 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China (Olympic-Torch-Relay in Taizhou; an historic day for the home-town of China's President, Mr. Hu Jintao) This is pretty amazing :] i'm sure you never imagined yourself viewing the Olympic Torch in China when you were my age, huh? |
| 12th June 2008 Ryan | - From: #99 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China (Thoughts on China's Tragic Earthquake, and my most recent visit to the 29th Olympic City, Beijing) I love China, I love Beijing,and you, of course^_^ |
| 8th June 2008 Margie | Hey! - From: #99 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China (Thoughts on China's Tragic Earthquake, and my most recent visit to the 29th Olympic City, Beijing) I'm sooo glad you're okay schneider. I still miss you so much. This was a really sad post, but I am glad to have heard about the earthquake from you. Though it's the first I've heard about the frogs. The buildings for the Olympics are amazing. I only wish I could go and see it for myself. Stay well, keep writing and your photos are amazing! |
| 5th June 2008 Susan Goodman | Amazing earthquake blog - From: #99 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China (Thoughts on China's Tragic Earthquake, and my most recent visit to the 29th Olympic City, Beijing) Hans, You know that I check your blogs every now and then because I taught in Jiansu province also (Nanjing). Your blog was the first that I heard of the frogs. A Chinese visitor here in Atlanta said she had heard of un-natural events that seemed to presage the earthquake. I will let her know about your blog. Your pictures were the first I saw of the swimming arena. Amazing architecture! Thanks for all you write and photograph. |
| 1st June 2008 Maria Sabando | - From: #99 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China (Thoughts on China's Tragic Earthquake, and my most recent visit to the 29th Olympic City, Beijing) God Bless China. God Bless you. I miss you. One of your beloved students. |
