Have you ever heard about a math teacher that teaches Chinese in class? Luckily, we have a teacher like this. He is a good teacher and has many tips for us. When we are ahead, he says that we shall take a rest. We asked him to tell some jokes, and he said he would tell us a history story. Then we asked him to talk about his first love, and he said it was short and sweet. Curiously, we kept on asking," Please, the latest one!" He said that would be history. Later, he told us the story in his mp3 which he put a lot of stories in. Because the story was written in ancient Chinese, I couldn't understand it most of the time.

The thing I found out was that we join the class and feel more excited when we are having Math, Earth Science, and Social studies. Two of the class teachers are men. I thought there were two reasons. One is because the men in KGHS are one in a thousand, and the other is that men are not afraid to be silly, and that makes us feel good.

Every thing seemed to be just on track. It ought to be like this, but the typhoon came. Because of it, four of our schools that participate in our Korean teaching didn't come, neither did Betty nor Lynn. What is worst, our teacher's computer couldn't connect to the Internet at the final important minute, and there were some problems that made it, so we couldn't use our own computers. I think that our students were too nervous to speak, and forgot what to say. Instead, the Koreans showed they were well-prepared in their speaking. Finally, we stood around in front of teacher's laptop and introduced the things that should be said by our students.

This is a really big shock for me, even though I thought I was ready for it. In senior high, I have to study so much more than in the junior high. The things I have to memorize, like social studies is 3 times more than before. Math is harder, and there is also some time for clubs. That makes me study late, sometimes even until12:00. Before, I always took a rest at 10:00. Ninth grade was busy, but I never went to bed later than 12:00. I must find some way, like changing my study plan, and study the things in different times, instead of one time.

Beaty and Lynn

Lynn is my new student that exchanged with Jason. I taught them the story about a picnic today, and how to make a sandwich for dinner. Because I don't like the boring pictures, I want to change the lessons my teacher gives us to more attractive things.

They replied fervently and that makes me feel very happy. While I was talking, they would color the pictures or write down the Chinese to tell me that they understood.

I think the lessons are a little bit easy for them, so I teach them more about the pictures. I asked them if they would like me to speak English, and they said, "Yes!" However, I still put some Chinese between the sentences, and try to make every word clear and slow.

When I am talking to Tobey, I never need to think about this, and I am worried if they can understand me.

My teacher said that one of the girls is very good. If there are activities interview, she will be one of the members. She has her own story, and soon the teacher will share it with me.

Our school has become very famous around these few days. Everybody inside is very active in the reformation, since we want the school to loosen the sock rules. First we just told the principal about it at the weekly meeting, and then the students wrote some articles about this on blogs. I couldn't believe of how big this effect was! The reporter came and asked us some questions, and then they reported it, "Say no to the little zebra." The next day, KGHS really passed down the questionnaires to teachers, parents, and students. The inspector said that the news of this was on the first page of one of the newspapers, and page rank has gone to third.