1. I was having my students categorize their Chinese vocab words by parts of speech (fascinating!) today, and we were talking about (the lack of) grammar instruction in English classes, and one of them said, “English has always been about how you feel about books.” I told him I would write that down.
2. Is it Chinese to be pushy? Or are other Chinese people pushy because I am also Chinese? This is a work- and life-related question.
3. Sosie will not put on clothes. I blame this on Juan-Boy.
4. I am eating tortilla chips and whitefish dip with wine-from-a-box for dinner for the second night in a row. I blame this on Juan-Boy too.
5. The end of the quarter is Friday, and for this, I am happy I switched departments. I will not grade another essay until my students are in fourth-year Chinese