Day 2 teaching

My biggest frustration with the for-profit education scheme is the cheapness when it comes to supplies. In Dalian, I was issued 2 dry erase pens for the whole summer of teaching. They lasted about 3 days because they were old pens from the last teacher. Now this summer, I have blackboards. I have the left over box of chalk from the previous class. The English camp is using a school that is out for the summer. Now I watched these parents pay a huge amount for these English lessons, I don't understand why I can't have a box of new chalk. I'm all for recycling but these nubs are the worst. I'm on an island and there isn't any chalk for sale. During the school year, I work for the public university system and each room is stocked with boxes and boxes of chalk.
On a more pleasant note, Princess has curls again! When she was a baby, she had the cutest curls, now with the humidity they are back! She's never experienced hot weather for very long, but doesn't seem to mind at all.

Curls

She has fallen in love with a family of cats at the island market. They are the skinniest things. I was impressed with the mama cat (who is skinny too)

Mama cat feeds baby cat at island market

that brought her kitty a big stuffed bun from the garbage. The little cat that it was given to, started eating right away and the other little kitties were creeping over on their bellies. We would have stayed longer to watch the scene unfold but it smelled too bad.

Hefei, China