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It has been a long time since I have been a teacher in YongXing Middle School in Fuyang, but every once in a while, I will get an email from one of my students. The one below is from Tiffany, a student I’ve mentioned before – here. Anyway, it made me smile, and I thought I would sure it with you all.
Dear Gabe ,
Do you remenber me? I’m your student in YongXing Middle School.I’m now a senior school student .do you know FUYANG MIDDLE SCHOOL?I’m now in this school .It’s been a long time.Now our foreign teacher is a black from the US.I think your class is better than hers.Her accent always remind me of you.I miss you…..
Where are you now?I’m looking forward to hear from you.^^
I’ve asked for the new teacher’s email. I would love to chat with her and find out what has been happening in the school since I left and how she has dealt with the students. I heard that the teachers that came right after us didn’t stay very long. I don’t know the reason, but I’m sure it had something to do with the students and their rotten behavior or something that the Director of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Zhou, did to make them mad has hell. Either one is very probable. I know that both of them happened to me.
Well, I’ll be putting up the picture of my office soon, as well
Hey Gabrielle,
you must’ve done a really good job as a teacher because to be honest the english in that email is pretty good!
March 19, 2008 @ 11:55 PM
@ Meiguanxi – Well, thank you very much for that compliment. I tried very hard to be a good teacher, even though most of my students could care less. Tiffany was a good student and tried to participate in any way that she could. I’m sure if I had seen her every day, her English would have been freaking awesome, but I only had each class once a week.
I really noticed the change in my student’s English when I taught at WECL, in Xiamen. I taught them everyday for multiple hours. They went from just about no English, to being able to communicate in with me pretty well. That made me very happy.
March 20, 2008 @ 9:09 AM
Hi Gabrielle,
I wanted to ask if we could connect on linkedin, or correspond via email.
I taught English in Harbin, China at a training center for two years. Yesterday, I received a contract offer to teach at Yongxing Middle School in Fuyang. The contract starts in February 2013. I have read some of your blogs and the school sounds like a typical private Chinese school. I have some other questions which I’d like to address through email. Would that be possible? If so, I have provided my email above and perhaps you could let me know soon.
Thank you,
Brian B
December 15, 2012 @ 10:42 AM
Hey Gabrielle
Love yr blog. My husband and I live and teach in Xiamen and I found you as I was googling “Wanshi Botanical Gardens”!
Happy New Year
January 6, 2013 @ 7:59 AM