This is less than a 5 minute walk from our school, and it's a China you don't see when you visit Beijing or Shanghai and do what the tourists do. A block up was a barber cutting hair on the street corner. I'll share that photo tomorrow.
For the next few days I'll share a number of different sights and sounds and 'Chinglish' phrases that help to make this a wonderful experience here. There are many hard-to-describe events and circumstances that happen here and our staff will say T.I.C. - "This is China". I'll use this same term to celebrate and share in the adventure our family is having here.
Just to put a little perspective on T.I.C. - one of my teachers shared her elevator ride to her apartment with a neighbor and her goat today... T.I.C.
I also contribute to the Connected Principals Blog and Posterous 'Quick Thoughts'. - - - A husband, a parent... An educator, a student... A thinker, a dreamer... An agent of change. - - - Think Good Thoughts, Say Good Words, Do Good Deeds.