Christmas Turkey

This is what a Christmas turkey dinner in China looks like for a foreigner in a small city who is lucky enough to find a restaurant that will offer turkey!

Wow, not sure where to begin. This is my first attempt at blogging. Hopefully, I will get the of it and become comfortable and proficient.Well, to begin, this is my second year back in China as teacher. I work for Teachoverseas.org, a Christian organization that seeks to share our faith through establishing relationships by providing excellent teaching. I must say that I thoroughly enjoy what I do. I teach business courses, in English, to 3rd year college students. The students are between the ages of 20-22 years old, and have all been studying English for quite some time now, most of them since high school. The problem is that up until now, they have never had a chance to practice what they have been learning. They will all tell you that their English is poor, but for never having had a chance to practice spoken English, I think they do a great job.The main reason listed for taking this course is to improve their spoken English. They also love the fact they get to have a foreign teacher and, by doing so, get to learn about American culture. In turn, I get to learn a great deal about Chinese culture. The funny thing is, that except for their looks and language, they are very much like American kids, at least interest wise. They love to listen to pop music, go to movies, surf the net, and just hang out with friends. I often tell them, that except for the language and some of the cultural habits, that people in America and China probably are more alike than they are different. I see the Chinese people doing the same things American people do everyday. Things like going to work, going shopping, going to the park to play with their kids, picking their kids up from school, and host of activities that you would find Americans, for that matter, people in most any other country doing. I think that sometimes, if we could all just sit down and talk with one another the world would be a much better place. I know that sounds pretty naive, but I still believe it to be true. Well, I did not really sit down prepared to write, and anything more I write would just sort of keep rambling on without much more direction or order. So, I will end here for now, and come back with a more directed posting the next time I come back.