My Job Fall Semester: The Boring Stuff
One of my fellow teachers, Chris, created this with an app during his class. The seniors are bit livelier in my class, but not much. I’ve been talking at length about weekend trips out of Hangzhou, but what did I actually do when I stayed put? As far as work is concerned, the fall and early winter are busy in my office, which I share with four Chinese counselors. Yes, there are four Chinese and one foreign college counselor (that’s me!) at the international department of our school—a department which has 50-60 students in each graduating class. If you are surprised, that makes two of us. My high school back in Ohio was on the small side—my graduating class had 175 students or so—and we had one college counselor, Mr. Stahlman. I remember meeting with him to discuss universities and applications one afternoon for no more than 20 minutes. Although I cannot recall it, we probably had a follow up meeting later my senior year, and he was always available if I wanted to email him, ...