Done with Grades!

Got our grades submitted for the 503 students we had on our rolls this term... these two soon-to-be-senior English majors asked to get together one more time (they will be on the main campus next year.)

Among their questions: "Where do 'people' get the motivation to leave their families and work as foreigners in far-away places?"  You can imagine the fun we had with that one!

We leave for the airport at 5:45 a.m. (our time) Tuesday!

Future Engineers

These 64 all took their Oral English final exams today! The pictures were taken right before the exam; do they look nervous?

 Top (L2R):  Mr. K, Dave, Thomas, Nemo, Samuel, Chen, Bob, Vinn, Leo, Hunter, Eric;
Middle:  Dennis, Joshua, Lee, Ken, John, Justin, David, Henry, Castle, Jason;
Front:  Angelica, Zora, Willow, Sidney, Jade, Ada, Valerie, Lou, Carole, Rita, Beatrice

Top (L2R):  Mr. K, Cannon, Andy, Royce, Jackson, Harold, Johnson, Chung, Eric, Ezreal, Tony, Davis, Victor Zhai, Black;
Middle:  Vincent, Caesar, Drake, Gary, Kevin, Victor Cai, Lawrence, Donald, John, Brick, Evan, Mark, Karl;
Front:  Jessica, Phoebe, Hermione, Mona, Daisy, Jade, Alicia

Visiting Their Old Teacher

L2R: Marc, Taylor, GK, Nelson, Luther and Herman

Nothing warms the heart of this old prof like a visit from a former student... these future engineers and programmers decided to multiply the blessing by five... we chatted for hours while Grace was giving exams about everything from their classes and relationships to plans for the summer and hopes for the future.  Taylor will complete his undergraduate studies in Chicago (Illinois Institute of Technology), Herman in Canberra, Australia and the other three at our main campus in downtown Beijing, where they all plan to add a second major (in Business or Law)... good men!

Net Reading Exams

The Net Reading Classes both had their finals this morning... now I have 198 pages of essays to grade!!

Top (L2R): Vivian, Summer, Jessica, Leona, Cinderella, Andre, Cane, Sue, Timmy, Holly, Helen, Mr. K
Middle: Melody, Lily, Mary, Cathy, Harriet, Jane, Iris, Tiffany, Randi, Fay, Annabelle, Rae, Rosy;
Front: Gelara, Elina, Swallow, Jen, Doris, Kate, Cecily, Amy, Serena, Sherry, Sunny

Top (L2R): Ian, Nicholas, Alessa, Wendy, Christy, Sunny, Judy, Mia, Joyce, Mandy, Elsa, Mr. K;
Middle: Sophia Zhao, Daisy Zhang, Amy, Gina, Summer, Jill, Catherine, Jean, Sophia Mei, Nancy, Lily;
Front: Cicy, Andrea, Gabrielle, Melissa, Vivian, Debby, Viola, Helen, Daisy Hu

First Exam

It's a small, but absolutely delightful class of twelve soon-to-be-senior English majors... my Monday 4:10-6:00 A/V class!  The last one ends 6:00 p.m. Friday... Grace and I fly out Tuesday morning (the 24th)

Perfect Timing

We found a little park just east of campus... thought it might be fun for a change to grill out for our last team meal before final exams!

The food and fellowship were great... the fun was cut short however by one of our first thunderstorms of the year!

We ended up sharing in the nearby shelter some of our favorite memories of our individual fathers and of the goodness of the One we have in common!

Temporary housing for the people charged with landscaping the park (we assume)... our subway station in the background