First Day of Teaching

Today was my first day of teaching. I taught two classes of speaking and pronunciation to freshman English majors. They are so cute! Most of them had never seen a foreigner before today. So I think that I scared a few students and was not understood very well by most. On their celebrity scale I am up there with Lionel Richie (which surprisingly his music is a pretty big deal over here in the student community). I had two students ask me for my autograph and one of my classes gave me a standing ovation when I walked into the classroom. I'm not kidding! I am so excited about getting to know all of my students. I think I am going to be a good teacher but it is going to take a lot of work. For one thing I have never been good at speaking slow but I'm sure I will be a master at it when I come home next summer. So I am apologizing in advance if next summer I speak to any of you like you are four years old.

I have always said that Texas is the best state in the whole United States, but last week I finally found proof that I was right!




That's right...I found Texas Grilled Beef chips in VIETNAM! Our great state is known around the world. I can not tell you the excitement that I had enjoying a piece of home here in Vietnam. I have also decided that I am going to educate my students about Texas. I think it would be a disservice to my students if I did not teach them about the best state in America. For starters today I taught all of my students the word ya'll. It was wonderful hearing a whole room full of Vietnamese students saying it. It made me feel not so far away from home.