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Beijing is abuzz with preparations for the Olympics. Here on the campus of NCUT where we are staying, the flurry of activity is especially evident, for the campus is in the heart of Beijing.
Hundreds of volunteers have been recruited, and they are given a rigorous training in English language and foreign customs. Teachers with foreign experience are being pressed into service to assist. Several of these are the NCUT faculty trained at ETSU last summer. Very gratifying.
I was a professor of curriculum and instruction at East Tennessee State University and am now in emeritus status. Currently, I teach English composition part-time at George Mason University. I have taught in Cincinnati, Turkey, China and the Czech Republic.
Wednesday, July 09, 2008
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I recognize many of those in the picture. Good to see them again. Send them my greetings.
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