I didn’t think much when I saw the scruffy black furred creature sitting in our kitchen. Her face seemed too long, her body too stout. She was downright unappealing to look at. At first. Her name, much like herself, appeared out of nowhere. Jenn was taken with Topeka the day she found her. A stray […]
Like/Not-Like The Others
Several months ago I wrote about the experience of visiting ACCA’s pre-school Mandarin class at Emory University. It didn’t go well. Nevertheless we decided to enroll Penelope in the Spring semester class, accepting the risk of Penelope hating it. If she hated it we would withdraw her and forfeit the tuition. If she enjoyed the […]
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I Wish We Had This Problem
A fascinating article here from Mandarin Immersion Parents Council on Lake Forrest, Illinois immersion program. I wish we had the problem. As it stands the only public immersion school is in Henry County (don’t live there, can’t enroll in the charter school). Attendance in the Lake Forrest immersion class has skyrocketed, leaving the English program in […]
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Overcoming Talent
It’s been seven years since I took my first Mandarin Chinese class at the Atlanta International Language Institute. I should be proud that I’m still studying Chinese, but I’m not. It pains me to think how much I should know right now. I should be able to breeze through a simple newspaper article or take […]
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Snowpocalypse Now! (and Then)
It’s Monday, February 10th 2014. Two weeks ago it snowed in Atlanta. For a myriad of reasons all hell broke loose. According to meteorologist Atlanta and the surrounding areas are in for worse weather the next few days. *** I stepped into the kitchen. Frigid air jolted me awake. I walked to the thermostat with […]
