My 1st week of teaching by The Lone Wolf of Fenghua

So i've had my first week of teaching and all my lessons have gone really well! In fact i bloody well rocked it! So that was a big relief, fortunately my first 2 weeks worth of lessons is talking about 'me' though which is a subject i know quite well, I may struggle more when the English begins!! I teach 2 year groups age 14-16 over 2 weeks, 12 classes per year group. each class has 50 to 60 students in. I didn't request this age group but now i've got it i quite like it. They can speak a good level of English so they know what i'm waffling on about most of the time. Plus they are quite cheeky and if they try to take the mickey i can take it back and get away with it. I've been going through some major ego building since i've been a celebrity here at the school. They've been saying ohh you so handsome! you have beautiful eyes! you are so cool! I like your style! haha! I've also found i'm constantly being challenged to games of Basketball and 'Soccer' and as a representative of England I cant be seen to be backing down on a challenge so i've had a few games with them at lunch breaks. I beat them all at football but Basketball they've got the edge on me at the moment..but don't you worry.. when they are sitting in their lessons i'll be out on the court getting some sneaky practice in! I'm glad i have something to practice as i'm constantly trying to find things to do to kill time at the moment!! To be honest i'm getting pretty damn lonely now! The kids are great and the teachers have been very nice and supportive but they are all older than me and keep themselves to themselves most of the time. So there is no socialising going on and i'm not just the only foreigner at the school i'm at, I'm the only foreigner in the whole city of Fenghua! Estimated population of over 480,000!! I'm a lone wolf... The lone wolf of Fenghua. I really am like some kind of alien to the people here. But also i'm a bit of a bloody celebrity?! its absolutely mental!! I'm constantly being mobbed wherever i walk in the school, shouted at and waved at and asked for my photo, its crazy! I had been trying to hide in my room till the attention died down a bit but even there i'm not safe from them! The attention does not seem to be dying down any time soon either but at least now alot of them know my name. So i no longer get pointed at and have hundreds n thousands of chinese kids screaming "laowai"at me! Curious to find out what "Laowai" meant i asked a fellow teacher.. it means 'foreigner'!! haha I decided that i need to make the most of my weekends to meet up with other 'Laowai' and so the lone wolf of Fenghua got on a bus for a 2 hour ride to Hangzhou to find a wolfpack......

• China
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