Closing Ceremony of Japanese Festival at TTC, Photo #3
This young man is a master of the traditional and ancient, two-stringed Chinese instrument called the "Erhue" . He is now taking the time to teach me the basics. Though it only has two strings, it is known to be the most difficult Chinese musical-instrument to master. I can now attest to that fact.
#107 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China (Fall Semester-2008, Activities continue at TTC) December 18th 2008 There is no more doubt, that winter has arrived in Taizhou. Students are huddling and holding each other for warmth, as they rush to their early morning classes. The students now sport their down-winter-jackets in all the most fashionable colors, but their smiles are more temporary as they pass me on their way to "where-ever".
These colder months begin the time, when I miss the warm Florida ... read more
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
