Mike In China

I'm officially back in Shanghai and had my first day back at work. Immediately upon arriving at the Shanghai airport I was reminded of all the things that make China so different from the rest of the world (including Vietnam and Thailand) as all the Chinese people on the flight tried to get up and run to the front of the plane the second we landed. The flight attendants had to unbuckle and go yell at them because they wouldn't sit down. Crazy. Then I was repeatedly budged by little old ladies in every line to get through customs. Insane. Sadly, after one day all the loudness and rudeness seems normal again already. As for teaching, I still teach at the two schools I taught at last semester so that makes me happy because I liked the schools and the kids. Unfortunately, both schools cut back on the number of classes so my schedule has three new schools in it and crazy random times. One good thing is that my two first grade classes got turned into only one, and its mostly just the good kids from the two old classes! I think maybe the parents of kids that got bad grades didn't want to spend the money because they didn't think the class is worth it due to their children's ' bad grades. I wish I could just go up and say, it is worth it, but your kid is a stupid brat. Oh well. Not everything is for sure yet with my schedule, so I will let you know when I know more. Let's see, what else is new... oh yeah! I went on a five week vacation of AWESOMENESS!?! Hahaha . I apologize for not updating my blog at all while traveling but I was busy enjoying things and thought it would be better if I posted all the pictures at the same time (which by the way I took over 700 of including video). I also realized that since I am going to be doing a lot of studying for the LSAT that my life won't be quite as interesting back in China and I won't have as much to post on my blog. So I will slowly give you detailed accounts of my vacation (and that way I can relive it to). In retrospect, it really was a crazy, awesome time filled with new people and new experiences. I will start the posting tomorrow, so be prepared! And also be warned, because things get crazier as the trip goes on!