New School Term Will Begin Tomorrow!
By williamjisir
@williamjisir66 (594)
Hangzhou, China
August 27, 2016 8:09am CST
Tomorrow our new school term will begin. All the teachers and students will be kept very busy for their work and study. I am very happy that I will see all of my old students again after the long summer vacation for about two months.
Today some of us colleagues talked about what will be the teaching content for the first period of class when meeting the students. Most say that we will talk about how they spent the summer vacation and ask them to say something that they find interesting during the summer vacation.
I will be in the classroom at 7:35 in the morning for the first morning class. I am getting excited to see my students.
By the way, some of you might wonder why we do not begin our new school term on September 1st. Now I would like to let you know about it. It is mainly because of the G20 conference that will be held in our capital city--Hangzhou. From the 28th of August, cars from elsewhere cannot enter Hangzhou till September 8th. That's why our boss decided to have the new school term begin on the 28th. Today all of the old students have arrived at school, except the new students, who will arrive on the 8th of September after G20 conference.
Thanks for reading and responding. Take care.
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8 responses
@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
31 Aug 16
Very interesting they close the city for cars for the G20. My mother was a teacher, she loved every day and every child. What grade of students do you teach?
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
2 Sep 16
@williamjisir66 I'll bet it's fun, I loved high school.
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@williamjisir66 (594)
• Hangzhou, China
3 Sep 16
@PainsOnSlate It is fun and I love my students.
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@williamjisir66 (594)
• Hangzhou, China
1 Sep 16
I teach senior high school students aged from 15 to 18.
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@simone10 (54187)
• Louisville, Kentucky
13 Sep 16
@williamjisir66 You are very welcome! It's good to see someone who really loves their job.
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@williamjisir66 (594)
• Hangzhou, China
12 Sep 16
You are so nice and kind to say so. I appreciate it a lot. Thank you, Sharon.
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@williamjisir66 (594)
• Hangzhou, China
29 Aug 16
So the kids in your place went back to school a few days earlier than ours.
@Letranknight2015 (51964)
• Philippines
28 Aug 16
Buh, humbug! school is more important! what's with this G20 anyways! they should apologize for delaying school year.
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@williamjisir66 (594)
• Hangzhou, China
29 Aug 16
The school year begins a week earlier than usual, when we are supposed to begin on September 1st.
@CinnamonGrl (7084)
• Santa Fe, New Mexico
27 Aug 16
I hope you enjoy your school year. Can I ask whether you teach a grade or a particular subject?
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@williamjisir66 (594)
• Hangzhou, China
28 Aug 16
Thank you for asking. I teach senior high school students. I teach them English.
@williamjisir66 (594)
• Hangzhou, China
28 Aug 16
For head teachers, they need to come to school at six and then there will be a small gathering or meeting. We have a long school time from the first morning class at 7:35 to 11:00 and 1:30 till 4:20 in the afternoon. Every teacher has to babysit the students for two evenings from 6:30 p.m till 9:05. It is a long time. I don't like to babysit in the evening, but I can do nothing as this is required for all the teachers to have two evenings...It is too much.
@ModernDayWriter (3318)
• New Delhi, India
28 Aug 16
@williamjisir66 yes after hearing this it is too much
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@williamjisir66 (594)
• Hangzhou, China
28 Aug 16
So you had the same experience. Yes, many roads are closed for tight security and there are a lot of policemen on some of the majoy roads and some cars outside the city will be asked to stop for a security check-up. Thank you. My first day teaching went well.
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