Online Baptist

I missed a few xanga posts but I just posted tonight so I'll go ahead and put that one in here:

I love teaching. One of my students told me last night that I was his best friend.
I love being able to build these kinds of relationships with my students. I can't wait until I can get to Korea and...

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A little background info...
As many of you may have figured out by now, I went with Alex and Billy to NYC last Saturday. We all met at about 6:15 at the subway, where we took it from Owings Mills to Baltimore. From Baltimore, we took a bus(that happened to be owned by Chinese) to New York.

I think I speak for the three of us when I say that we had an awesome time. We must've walked five miles up there. A quick overview of what we saw:

We were dropped off in front of Macy's, walked from there to...

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Sunday, September 09, 2007


Picture this...
You're on a bus, on your way back from an exhausting and exhilarating day in New York City. Two hours down, one to go. You glance around at your fellow passengers. A light bus home. About 5 white, English speakers. About 10 Asian, Chinese speakers. The white Americans are grouped together. Three guys in one row, a guy and his mother in the row ahead of them.

Suddenly, the driver calls out something unintelligible. We are curious. The Americans exchange...

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I love my students...

Monday was student orientation for my September classes. I spent the evening gettting to know each of my eight students. They are all so different in their own ways. But they all love to learn and almost all of them love to interact.

Last night was my first night of regular classes for this month. I kept two of my classes from the first month, since August was a kind of breaking-in period. I love getting to know each of the kids and the friendships that I am able to build...

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Busy, Busy, Busy
You know, it's kind of funny. A few months ago, I was talking about how busy I was trying to get everything in order with college. Sure, I'll admit, it was kind of stressful trying to make sure I did everything at the right time in order to start my online classes and get my exams done. But my word, that was nothing!

Now, I can definitely say that I am busy. Very busy. But I am learning to be more organized with my time, so that is a good thing. I know I will...

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