Saturday, April 08, 2006

Class photos

I've got nothing really to post, so I will post some photos from my classes again :)


One of my worst classes.... a stage b class full of three troublemakers that ruin it for everyone else.



Stephen, One of the three troublemakers. This kid makes my skin crawl.



One of the unfortunates in my hellish stage B class



Two students from my most terrifying stage A class - the one where parents decide to sit in... scary!



And in contrast, one of my favourite classes - a very well behaved and smart Kindergarten class



CoCo, a sweet little Kindergarten student with a hot stripper name



Frank, another Kindergarten kid with a hot Greek Deli-owner's name



Fanny, putting face to lens



I forget this kid's name, but he likes to strike a pose



Sherry, acting goofy



Fanny in a different perspective



I forget her name too



Grover, another one of my students



Two students studying before class



Teacher Belinda and Tony posing for the camera



Uh oh.. an older kids picks a fight with poor, little Doris...



Oof! Someone taught poor little Doris a few things.... this photo was taken a millisecond before she hoofed the kid in the balls. Needless to say he crumpled like a ton of bricks.

6 Comments:

At 10:41 PM, Anonymous Joyce said...

What a bully...

Good for Doris.

 
At 12:17 AM, Anonymous Ruth said...

I find it interesting that they all seem to have Western sounding names.

We could call the kid that got kicked "Won Hung Lo".. Hee

 
At 12:43 AM, Blogger Bryan said...

Haha... Funny...

The children are born with Chinese names. They are then given 'English' names through various means - sometimes by their parents, sometimes by the schools, sometimes the students choose their own.

We mainly know the children by their English names.

Sometimes the English names are given because they sound similar to their Chinese names, but sometimes other influences come into play (which is why you occasionally get children named strange things like Gasoline, Gearshift and Adrenalyne).

A friend of mine's English name is Ivy, but she is considering changing it to Yvonne, which sounds almost exactly like her Chinese name.

Also, as a note, Chinese names are usually given with the family name first... NBA player Yao Ming, for example - in Western form his name is Ming Yao (Yao being his family name, and Ming being his given name) but he's chosen to use his Chinese name.

This is common among Asians who wish to have a western-sounding name. My good friend Ann back home is Korean (you've met her, Aunt Ruth) - but her Korean name is something different (it escapes me at the moment... please help me out, Ann!)

 
At 9:27 PM, Anonymous You know who... said...

I think they should stick with their given names, as the English name they choose is usually an "old" name, like Doris & Fanny. Is anyone named "Joyce"? LOL, LOL I do like "Coco though!! Now, that's cool!

 
At 1:48 AM, Anonymous Joyce said...

Bet there isn't one JILL!

Joyce

 
At 1:55 AM, Blogger Bryan said...

Actually, there is someone named "Jill".. but he's a guy :)

 

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