Anna Lee's Internship Update

I wrote back to Anna Lee to find out what she will be doing in the USA.  It is still a little unclear as to what she will be doing but, regardless, it will be a great opportunity for her.



I will be helping in the program called Teacher's Shadow in January, and from February through March i will sitting at Education Department for Student Service. I planned to travel to some places in the states, but not yet sure yet...

Thanksgiving Greeting from Selia

I don't even know when certain holidays are celebrated in China.  But I hear form my students every St Patrick's Day, Easter, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas and 4th of July.  it's been two years and they still remember to wish me well.  I heard from several students today!!!!!!!!!!

 

 

 

Dear Bridget,

Happy Thanksgiving, thank you for teaching me so much.

Love

Selia

China- a year later

It was a year ago today that I left to travel in  China.  While I only stayed for three months, I still feel a trememdnous connection to all of the people I met there.  I still hear regularly from many of my students. One student, Tina, in now studying at Fort Hayes University.  Selia was here this summer and is now back in CA, doing an internship for an NGO.  She is going to research Chinese policies as they related to childwelfare.  One student, Gabrielle, is just finsihing up a one month trip here. She came with a select group of students who participated in a workshop at the University of Arizona.  Agatha is studying for her GREs so she must be thinking of studying abroad.  Emily has returned to her village and working for a small company.  She is worried about losing her English skills. As I read her emails, I see her skills slipping away.  Olivia has stepped up as the new student leader of the OWrld Academy and I can just hear her confidence soaring with each new email.  Gloria continues to plug away at being a genuinely nice person.  Corina is worried about her brother who dropped out of school to get married.   Amber has been quite lately.  I haven't heard from her so I hope things are alright.  There are several students that I never heard from again.  I set all of them up on google email accounts so we could stay connected.  But they just never go to this site.  They set me up with a QQ account which is the Chinese facebook.  But I cant figure it out.  So we have slipped away from each other.  And that is my lose.