Hey everyone!
Quick update so that you all know that I am alive.
I am in fact alive.
The end….
But really, I got pretty sick this last week so I wasn’t
able to do everything that I wanted to. I think I am going to officially make
Saturdays the official update days so look for things to come out on your
Saturday.
Two cool things happened since I’ve talked to you all last.
Moon festival and Teacher’s day.
Moon Festival, or Mid-Autumn Festival, is the time of year
where the moon is the largest in the sky. It is a great time for families and
friends to get together and would be more of an equivalent to Thanksgiving or
Christmas than what we consider a “festival”. It made me miss my family quite a
bit, but I was able to hang out with some friends here.
Teacher’s day was meaningful and very much so needed.
National Teacher’s day is a holiday where students honor their teachers for
teaching them. It’s an amazing holiday and I will soon post pics of the awesome
cards and gifts my students gave me.
Speaking of which, I have decided that the next full episode
of Hoosier in Taiwan will be about Tamkang High school, the place where I
currently work. I will be interviewing some administrators here, to talk about
my job and the benefits of being at such a historic site. If I can get the
clearance, I will also be recording some of the student’s habits as well.
School is a LOOOOOOOOOOOTTT different here and it may be a
bit controversial at times, but it is nonetheless an amazing thing to be a part
of. I would have posted it today, but the Moon Festival, teacher’s day, and
some sort of flu thing I probably got from my students and the rapidly shifting
temperature, prevented me from doing the shooting that I wanted to. I did
complete my street walk of Old street and will be posting that this Saturday.
Again, thanks for sticking with me and I hope to hear from
you all soon. !
Love,
Apelles Johnson
Hoosier in Taiwan.
