Yesterday was my longest teaching day–3 hours
in the morning and 2 1/2 in the afternoon. Even
though I have the same 42 students the whole
time, we meet in different classrooms each day.
The FengXian campus is huge–total enrollment
for the University (all campuses) is 40,000.
Each day when I get off the bus I have to find a
new building. It’s a beautiful campus, and very
modern, with the exception of the bathrooms,
which are still “squatters.”
Today’s class began at 8:00, which meant I
boarded the bus at 6:45 a.m., before they even
start serving the rice gruel. But I’ve found a
French bakery, so I pick up a croissant and a
banana the night before, which beats the gruel,
hands down.
I spent the afternoon with friends from home.
Susan and I have taught together for many years.
Her daughter, Andrea, is here teaching nursing
at another university. The dad, Doug, is here
with them only until Sunday. We went to Yuan
Garden, ate dumplings and shopped for souve-
nirs. Ran into a group of BYU students on a
whirlwind 2-week tour studying business in
Asia. Fun day.