好久不見
好久不見 ( how jo bu jian) which in English means long time no see. Upon returning to Taiwan for another I found this phrase very useful to know because almost everyone I know has said it to me. So this year I am teaching a plethora grades, I am not even sure which ones yet. However, I know I am teaching fifth grade again and first grade. I think I will enjoy teaching first grade because the first class, although exhausted at the end went very very well. I taught the ABC: apple, bear and cat and a story AND a song which we sang and did the motions to countless times. Later the same day I was getting my lunch and my first graders saw me and started shouting "Teacher Joanna" "Hello" with huge smiles. It had really only been a few hours since they last saw me, but their reaction was as if they hadn't seen me for a very long time. More to come...