And SO my first week of teaching is over. I think it went really well :) Days 1 and 5 were the best, with the middle days varying in my ability to get the kids to participate. Today was perfect... just this awesome vibe between me and the students, lots of interaction and tons of fun... I asked them to write some anonymous feedback both wednesday and this afternoon, and today I got several "can every day be like today?" comments! (at least more constructive than wednesday's comments which generally consisted of "you are so beautiful and so kind.")
I've been slacking a bit in chinese class this week... when we're lesson planning every night, its hard to study for chinese and I think all of our language progress has taken a beating.

My hostmom is a professor at the school and today she told me that although school just started up again on monday, from tomorrow on, the school is cancelling classes and having a(nother) one month summer break because of the heat (a university worker died the other day from the heat, and many of the students have been hospitalized). She said the administration just made the decision this afternoon, and I guess I don't know for sure, but I assume that means all students including mine! Soooo model school may be over just one week after it began. Which would really be too bad... I have two more weeks planned, and was going to meet my kids for a ping-pong tournament next week! I'll update when I know more.

As of now, two of the trainees have gone back home. None from my training hub though. I hope we don't lose anymore... everybody here is really great.