School started. 第二學期開始囉！

雖然在星期五開學有點奇怪，但是這對學生應該不錯，因為學生有一個周末的時間來準備"真正的"開學。
It was wired that the school started on Friday, but it should be good for students to get real ready to school over the weekend.


我有快一個沒有看到學校了，看到學校有很多學生走來走去，可以感受到學校的活力呢！這個學期我修了兩門課：美國音樂和演說。聽完第一天的課程介紹，我覺得我選了兩門很難的課，因為要花很多時間準備考試和演講，而且這學期我的教學職責也比較重，多了一些類似語言角落的課和中國新年活動的準備。


I hadn't seen the school for a while, almost a month I think. Seeing lots of people walking in the campus I can feel the energy of the school. For this semester, I take the courses of American music and public speaking. After the first day of introducing the class content, I feel like I have chosen very hard courses which need lots of studying for the tests and speech and I have more duties for Mandarin as well such as the mini class and Chinese New Year event. 


就美國音樂這堂課來說，看起來很多東西要聽和讀，即使老師說會有一點作業和考試，但根據老師說的"一點點"，對學生而言是"很多"，因為作業和考試是老師的評分基礎和確保學生有讀書。
For American music, it seems we have to listen and read a lot. Even though the teacher said there will be a few assignments and tests, but according to the experience I had last semester. I know "a few" for teachers means "a lot" for students because tests and assignments are the basic reference for teachers to grade and make sure students to study.


沒有人不會注意到演說老師戴的領帶，是有個超人圖案、紅藍鮮明的領帶，我聽說因為他的教學特質很特別，而看到他的領帶，我就知道他的聲譽其中一部份是來自那裡了。我也不會忘記他舉的例子，要當個親吻高手，你得要常常練習親吻人，雖然他後來提到開車當另一個例子，我也非常同意他說的練習才能成為高手，但是他的"親吻"例子讓我印象深刻。
No one would not notice the tie the teacher was wearing. It was a big superman on the tie with bright red and blue colors. I heard this teacher is famous because of his special teaching style and I know part of his fame from seeing his superman tie. I will never forget what he said in class that to be a good kisser, you need to practice a lot and to be a good public speaker is the same principal. Then, he used driving as another example, and I could not agree with him that practice makes perfect but the kissing example impressed me.


目前，因為這學期看起來很難的兩門課和更多的教學職責，我非常的焦慮，再加上剩下不到四個半月的時間我就要離開了，我覺得我必需要好好管理自己的時間才行。
I am anxious because of the seem-to-be-hard class I take and more duties of teaching. Plus, there will be less than 4.5 months for me before I leave. I feel like I definitely need to manage my time well.


我觀察到的：
開學第一天，大部份的學生都在找教室，找到教室後就在教室裡發呆。


What I have observed: first day of the school, most of the students will look for their classroom and idle in the classroom doing nothing.


我體驗到的：
(1) 下公車後，有人稱讚我的笑容，這讓我很高興。
(2) 做了一些中國的剪紙，中國新年活動用。


What I experienced: 
(1) a man praised my smile when I got off the bus. 
(2) did some Chinese paper cutting for Chinese New Year event.