Letters to America: Autumn 2000

bulletSeptember 1, 2000
bulletSeptember 6, 2000
bulletSeptember 12, 2000
bulletMei You Wen Ti
bulletEducation in China
bulletSports Week at Xinhua
bulletI Take a Bath
bulletMy trip to Tibet and Sichuan Province
bulletBicycling in China or Death Race 2000
bulletFunny language misunderstandings
bulletI am interviewed by the Yangzhou Daily
bulletRead my answers to Questions submitted by students
bulletComments from readers

bullet Xin Hua Middle School and Student Life
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Who am I?

My name is John Horrigan.  I am a teacher and librarian from Coleytown Middle School in Westport, Connecticut. If you want to contact me, you can send me an email... cmslmc@hotmail.com

What am I doing here?

I am teaching conversational English to Senior High Students in Xinhua Middle School in Yangzhou, China. I will be teaching here until January, 2001. I am teaching in China under a program sponsored by the Westport Board of Education and ACLS in New York City.

Where is Yangzhou?

Yangzhou, in Jiangsu Province, China. We are located right on the Yangtze (Changjiang) River about 100 miles from Shanghai. Yangzhou is also located on the Grand Canal, an ancient man-made waterway that links Beijing (Peking) in the north with Hangzhou in the south. Click on the links to see maps and learn more! Click if you want to see the Chinese flag and hear the national anthem.

If you want to learn more about China, visit the....  

China Institute, 125 East 65th Street, New York, NY 10021, T: (212) 744-8181, F: (212) 628-4159, email: info@chinainstitute.org    

Read about the other Westport teachers' experiences in Yangzhou!

         This page was last updated on Tuesday, December 04, 2001  Author: John Horrigan

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