Kelsey's First Day Teaching
Today was the first day of daughter Kelsey's education practicum at the Chengdu Longjiang Road Primary School. Kelsey and I have journeyed to China together so that I may paint and she can do her practicum although she is a painter and will also be painting with me in her spare time. You may follow along on her teaching and traveling experiences in China at her blog at www.educationpracticums.weebly.com. Kelsey had an exciting time getting introduced to the school at the Monday morning weekly flag-raising assembly. The children were adorable. All day they were running up to her and wanting to greet her. After a week of observation and lesson planning she will begin classroom instruction with the students who are all taking English classes each week. There are over 1200 students in the school.
Back at Wenshu Monastary Vegetarian Restaurant
Dinner at the Wenshu Monastary was so good last week that we had to return for another feast. We ordered what we thought was a nice tofu dish along with some vegetable pancakes and a mushroom stirfry. We were shocked when this immense bowl of red hot peppers arrived at our table.
With incredible bravery Kelsey dug in. So did I. Wow, our lips and tongues tingled with the burn of the Sichuan pepper and amazingly I think that the tongue numbing effect actually allowed us to tolerate more of the heat of the dish. You have not tried Sichuan food until you have experienced the tingling sensation of their special pepper!
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