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Sunday, July 11, 2010 Shenzhen, China We have received many hour-by-hour schedules of our activities. We keep receiving them because they keep changing. Often, they change before we get a new schedule. This morning at 8:30, we gathered in the lobby to get on our bus to go to a tea ceremony. At 8:40, with […]
This post pretty much skips the first week I have been in China, but I figure I need to start getting something on here. I will try to point out when things are out of order. On Saturday morning, we went to our school to get our classrooms ready. Unfortunately, our materials were not available […]
There are many things I love about my iPad so far, but last night I fell asleep while reading and woke up when it hit me in the face. For that, I would have rather had a book.
Tuesday, July 6, 2010 7am Taipai, Tawain We lost Monday. At home right now, it’s 4:00 yesterday. We’re in the future, and it’s good, says one of my travelling companions. On Sunday, July 4, I woke up anxious, which only got worse after Rebecca brought over chai to see me off. I drove in to […]
Welcome to Upsidedownandbackwards.com! In case you’re wondering about the name, well, Acroyoga is one of my favorite things to do. (acroyoga.org) In addition, in the last year, I gave up my tenure at San Diego City Schools, helped start the visionary school of my dreams (xaraschools.org), experienced the end of a ten-year relationship, and decided […]
