On our way to the main campus for lunch, we saw a man laying on the sidewalk surrounded by garbage and a bicycle leaning against the curb. It looked like he'd been hit and was knocked unconscious. A teacher we knew on the shuttle, walked with us to the man. He was still breathing, but we weren't sure if he was hurt. We couldn't wake him up. Others around him figured he was sleeping. We walked back to inform a policeman, who went to check it out. On our way back, we saw that the man and his mess was no longer there. Whether he was taken away in an ambulance or a police car or left on his own, we don't know.
L. got a strange phone call from someone saying the police wanted to see her passport and visa. The school still has our passports, so we couldn't show them. They said they would come Thursday to check it out. We have no idea what this is all about.
About 20 students were at my class tonight. We went through lessons 6-8 (only the top part of 8). I played the CD I made of the ESL Gold mp3 and wma files for the class, which they liked a lot. One of the students got blank CDs and sold them to her classmates for 2 kuai a piece. 19 of them altogether, which I'll make copies and bring back next week. They wanted to pay me for the trouble of copying, but I told them it wasn't necessary. We then played Bingo for the last half hour, using words we had during the week. L. got some candy prizes to give away. The game was well received, even tho' a few of them (the older students) couldn't spell the words.
A man named Mr. Li asked me if I would be interested in teaching middle-school students oral English at 150 kuai/hour. A friend of his, Mr. O, is the one of the headmasters of this school. I'll have to think about it....
