The Kids Are Back For First Time Since March 11th, Day II: Highlights —Somehow yesterday I became “Mr. Kyle” after two colleagues called me this in front of students. Now new sixth graders are calling me “Mr. Kyle.”🤣 —A sixth grader in my homeroom who I just met was involved in FIVE different “violent” incidents…
Category: Life in China
Students are Back! First Day in Class Since March 11th
Some witnessings of the day: A sixth grade boy removing ear wax from the ear of a fellow sixth grade boy. A girl brand new to our school offering to give a brand new mask she had to another student—five of whom did not have a mask within an hour of arriving at school. “I…
Chill the **** Out
You know that feeling, the gnawing keeping you up night before a big event—such as students returning to campus for the first time since Friday, March 11th? Chill. Just chill the **** out. What else is there to do? Burn ourselves with stress for what? Life is oh so short. The kids are all probably…
Took this pic on Sunday,
, is it really a fucking movie? What do you think?
Surprise
Return to the office (school), Day VI Some surprises are not welcome. Finally settling in, actually kind of looking forward to meeting the homeroom no one in job interview ever told me I’d have, my Chinese co-teacher & I had plans. We’d established good rapport. We put up background paper and border over the cork…
Pizza in Shanghai
Vegan, of course. One week into my quest to record something of every day here in Shanghai, I would be remiss to not encourage every visitor to stop by and see Chef Lorenzo at Topolino. 685 Xikang Road, Jingan district. Take the 7 train to Changping Road (昌平路), exit 4. Just a few short minutes…
So it was written
In my novel, written last year, it was the Voyage to the Crystal Grotto which helped fortify me in pandemic separation from Serena. This very afternoon, Serena & I took the Voyage together. And so Shanghai Disneyland yet again fortified our relationship. In what must be at least our 16th trip together, we meandered, walked…
Where Will You Go?
As you work your job, making the money to support your lifestyle, where will you go? What is your true passion? What is your creative or life goal(s)? Perhaps it’s one and the same with your job. For that, you are blessed. Perhaps it’s a hybrid, as mine partially is—earning income from teaching reading-writing, but…
Robots
Robots are cleaning our school hallway
“Just Smile”
Day II: Back in School (teachers and staff only) That’s what Sherry told me. 5 preps. 4 different grades. 2-3 different subjects, depending on how you look at things. Principal acknowledging my new schedule is among top 3-4 most packed/complex. I could cry. I could scream and yell. But Sherry told me to smile. And…
A Lot More to Add, But First This…
19:00/7pm. I have a ton more pics and stories to share. Many are already in FB feed (Kyle Macy Hall, Shanghai). I’ll get more in here in near future… Meanwhile, how’s a man supposed to feel about going into the office tomorrow at 08:00 for the first time in about 5 months? Due to online…
Don't Let My Parents Read This 