I am here in Shanghai and all is well. It is hard to even begin to tell how things are. I have set up some pictures at cholshouser2000.shutterfly.com with the password of chinadoll. I will be updating the albums periodically and that is where you will be able see the bulk of pictures. You can also order pictures from there or post some of your own for me to see. It is pretty cool!!!
Well, I have had almost two weeks here and am getting settled in nicely. We are expecting 117 Freshman this year. The sophomores begin classes on Monday, 9/18. I am teaching the Freshman Fundamentals of Nursing I this semester and we begin class on Monday 9/25. I will be teaching 12 hours a week since the Freshman class is so large. We will split them up into 3 separate classes. I will be teaching Pediatrics in the Spring. The Freshman have some time in adaptation classes to get them ready for college and for english. The campus is lovely and very modern. I feel like I am on an American campus except for all the people who don't speak a lot of english.
I met some of the girls today and they are very nice. Our accommodations, as you can see in the pictures at shutterfly, are fantastic. Much more than I ever expected. I live in a 4 story service apartment building that is run like a hotel with linen and cleaning service once a week. My office at present is on the first floor and I live on the third floor. Our classes and lab rooms are just a building away.
There are nine of us on the team and I hope to get a group picture soon so that I can introduce everyone. There are seven girls and two boys. Five of us teach nursing courses and the other four teach the english and sciences. It is a great group of people that are committed to what we doing here. Continue to remember us in your thoughts.
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