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YIIP Blog 2010: Helpful Hints
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Thursday, May 13, 2010. Already over 40 blogs are up and ready to go. Most interns are on their way or leaving shortly so expect the first blog assignment early next week. In the meantime, I want to share with you some helpful hints on writing an effective blog from our friends at the Institute for Research and Innovation in Sustainability. For many of you, this is your first time blogging so I thought it might be of use. Hi, welcome to the IRIS blogging tutorial! ANATOMY OF AN EFFECTIVE ENTRY. Informati...
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YIIP Blog 2010: May 2010
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Tuesday, May 25, 2010. Assignment 1 - Set the Scene. Are you there yet? I think just about everyone has boarded a plane and made their way to their internship. Congratulations! You are now in the trusted arms of our partner organizations. I am very much looking forward to hearing how it is going. Your first blog assignment is just that. Paint a picture of the scene for us. Where are you? What are you doing? What does it look like? How do you feel? Start with the basics and go from there. How do locals in...
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YIIP Blog 2010: Welcome!
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Tuesday, May 4, 2010. Welcome participants of the York International Internship Program. I want to start by saying how excited I am for all of you as you embark on your international endeavour for the summer. You have been a really fantastic group to work with and I look forward to seeing what you make of this opportunity. I encourage you to have fun with this and see it as a new challenge if you have never blogged before. Take pride in your writing and push yourself to make it sound good. Don't ...View ...
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YIIP Blog 2010: June 2010
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Tuesday, June 15, 2010. Assignment 2 - What has changed? Most of you are a good month into your internship and are likely well on your way to adapting. What I am interested in this week is how you have adapted. What have you changed in yourself to become more effective in your host culture? Often these changes are quite subtle and may require some introspection. Start with the easy stuff. How do you greet people (kiss on the cheek, more formal with names)? How do you eat your food (chopsticks, fingers)?
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The early bird in Nanjing | Adri goes to China
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Adri goes to China. Just another WordPress.com site. The road from TO to NK. The early bird in Nanjing. May 12, 2010 in Uncategorized. I love waking up early in Nanjing. I would never do in Toronto. It seems that I’m still very jetlagged… even a week later. To be honest though,. Waking up at 5 am. Every morning has its perks. The early morning air is very fresh on my walk over to JESIE and the sun is at a rare full glow in the morning. 99 Days in India. The York International Internship Program. Address ...
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Lesson of the day: you never know who’s listening | Adri goes to China
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Adri goes to China. Just another WordPress.com site. The road from TO to NK. Lesson of the day: you never know who’s listening. May 15, 2010 in Uncategorized. Something happened yesterday that got me thinking about certain perspectives I (and maybe others) unconsciously hold. Cagri and I were on our way back to the apartment, walking down Bei Jing Xi Lu and talking about random topics. At this point, we had started arguing in jest about quantum physics. 8221;, hoping to end it. She said but that. I work ...
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Holy cramoly, Beijing was awesome! | Adri goes to China
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Adri goes to China. Just another WordPress.com site. The road from TO to NK. Holy cramoly, Beijing was awesome! July 27, 2010 in Amazing and Exciting Travels. The places you will go! I really want to describe it more eloquently than that though. It’s been more than a month as well since I went to Beijing, so I hope I can remember the little exciting parts. I’m also not kidding when I say that Beijing was the best part of my travels so far. Hello, sweet and historic architecture! Big screen TVs, drinks se...
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Taking a bite out of Nanjing | Adri goes to China
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Adri goes to China. Just another WordPress.com site. The road from TO to NK. Taking a bite out of Nanjing. May 10, 2010 in Uncategorized. I came to China with only the Mandarin phrase ni hao. How are you) in my arsenal. To date, I have added a few more key phrases, the most used so far is sou yo shi wo hao chi. All the food is delicious). This is useful because WE HAVE BEEN EATING ALOT! I mean… I’m not complaining! I could eat my way around China and be perfectly happy. The only non-delicious thing was c...
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“Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths theater” | Adri goes to China
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Adri goes to China. Just another WordPress.com site. The road from TO to NK. 8220;Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths theater”. May 20, 2010 in Uncategorized. Maybe it is cliche to pull a title from a quote (this one from Gail Godwin) but when I saw it I knew how perfectly it described this day. This day was, of course, My First Day Teaching English in China. I was pretty excited because I had decided on teaching adjectives. A simple list of 8 describing characteristics, like. So I ...