Retiring [never!] Teacher Hans, how can you even use the term 'retiring' when we all know you have so much to offer yet. If you can contact me, I have many wonderful things to tell you about a past student of yours who credits you with all the good things that are happening to him.
hahaha those picture captions are so... you.
thanks for adding me to your blog :) i had it on my favorites but i didn't know i could get e-mails about new entries.
i love you!
Thank you very much indeed, Hans, for all the good memories about China and all the remarks about me and our small college. Actually, face to face communication can create wonders, this, I think, is the case with common people like you and me, and it also holds true between state leaders. Chinese people are friendly and hospitable to American people and American people have been helping us all the time from the past during and even before that Anti-Japanese War during which Japanese invaders had killed too many Chinese innocent people.
taizhou is a lovely place I visited there in June 2005 with my son(age six, adopted as an infant from Taizhou).We found the people kind and enjoyed the park and museum of Mei Lan Fang,as well as other places.
Great Snaps Those are great photos once again. You should really start offering your photos to companies to get some money off of them. At least that will help you with your travels, so you can add more color pins to that map hanging in your class. Well have a good Spring Break MR.S
- From a student in your 6th period.
Minority costumes of China Hans, you write a most interesting Blog. Last month, here in Guilins Sister City, Hastings, New Zealand, we celebrated the 25th anniversary of our Sister City relationship. Hastings / Guilin were first New Zealand China Sister Cities. We invited 4 very lovely dancers from Guilin to attend our celebrations. While here, they paraded through our central city business district wearing the most stunning and colourful minority costumes from Guangxi province. Where ever they went, people just stood in amiration and were so pleased to speak with the dancers and admire the most intricate of needlework in the costumes. The minority costumes are truely a wonderful testament to the cultures found throughout China. I was so pleased to see similar photos in your Blog Hans.
All the best, and I look forward to reading about your teaching experiences later this year.
Best Wishes!!! I can only wish you the best and it doesn't surprise me that you've made so many friends, you are a great person and your students are blessed to have you as a teacher. Good luck in your trip, I will certainly follow your adventure!
hey did you know that there are laws against leaving for china this year if your initials are H.S.? looks like you have to stay :). those were some impressive pictures from china. did you take all of them yourself? well, i guess i should get used to using this now.. see you soon
lieber hans
es ist mir ein vergnügen und eine besondere freude dich mit diesem blog begleiten zu können und so ein stück deines lebens miterleben zu dürfen. Deine erfahrungen scheinen vielfältig , kurios und ungewöhnlich zu sein...wenn ich allein an die 'stuhlgänge' denke :-))
ich wünsche dir, dass du den herauforderungen mit humor und deiner dir eigenen gelassenheit begegnen kannst und freue mich sehr auf weitere berichte. herzliche grüße aus dem immer noch tief verschneiten süden deutschlands von
karin
Incredible Those are truly beautiful sights. The trip also sounds very exciting. Can we come along to visit??? Let us know once you settle down.
Greetings from your student in Bremen!
sounds amazing wow schneider. your stories are amazing and the photos are beautiful. I'm so happy for you to move there in the summer. I'm sure you can't wait. I've been wanting to come visit you every day but I'm working now and my schedule is 8-5... no holidays. so its hard to get a chance to stop by gables. I hope ... I better see you before you leave...
what an awesome adventure you are about to go on. I have always admired your commitment to your job/vocation, your sense of adventure along with a giving of yourself to your family, students and community. Have fun in this next phase of your life...look forward to reading all about it.
Your neice!!
There's a long way to go Hans, I'm amazed by how many of your students have wished you well on this journey so far -it seems that you are a very inspiring teacher!
I'm really looking forward to hearing about how the actual teaching goes.
Your comments on US politics are interesting too -what negative aspects of China have you encountered? A chinese local making the same criticisms about 'the party' on the web would probably get his article blocked across China. It's the way people feel so tolerant of such restricted freedom of speech that often surprises me.
Happy Chinese New Year!
Greetings Hi Hans! Thanks for the message on my blog, I'm looking forward to learning more about your adventure. I'll be updating my blog every few days too, even though I am back in London now. Best of luck! Dawei
It seems that you are very very prepared for what is to come ahead.... Its a knowing fact that you would be a great teacher like you have been to us.... And theres no way the Chinese kids would not love you like how your student love you here. I would definently continue to read your blogs throught your course of your Voyage..... But until then... See you in class.
4th period German class student, 1/10/06 I have been reading your online travel journal,I am so happy that you gave the class this site. This definantly is a way to keep up with your adventure and is very interesting. I will miss you very much, and I am secretly dreading the new German teacher that will replace you next year. Missing you already. This is a great journal!!!
i'm going to miss you i'm going to miss you Mr. Schneider, but i know u are going to make many kids happy with ur funny jokes and storytelling. wish you the best of luck. your student
After 38 years as a Foreign Language Teacher and Foreign Language Dept. Chair at Coral Gables Sr. H.S., and A.J. Professor of German at the University of Miami, I have left Florida in June of 2006, where my home is in Miami Beach, Florida, USA. I have just signed another year's teaching-contract (my 8th year now) with Taizhou University in the city of Taizhou, located about 3hrs north of Shanghai, in Jiangsu Province, CHINA.
I thought it would be informative for others and rewarding for me personally, to log the progress of my efforts from beginning to end, as a Travel and Photo Jo... full info
kathy
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inspiration
I believe that u are one of those people who has an opportunity to be remembered all around the whole world. Your pictures are amazing!