Expect the Unexpected PublishedJune 07, 2021 by Jessica Zhong One word to encapsulate this week would be unexpected. Well, not that anything has been exceedingly expected about our program … Read more
Grueling Grins & Breathtaking Berries PublishedMay 31, 2021 by Jessica Zhong This is the first week I’ve been consistently tired. Some of the adrenaline of meeting the kids and starting to … Read more
DukeEngage Zhuhai Week 3 PublishedMay 31, 2021 by Sua Cho #1 I worked with Elise on a presentation of how to effectively use virtual backgrounds to teach over zoom. Before … Read more
DukeEngage Zhuhai Week 2 PublishedMay 24, 2021 by Sua Cho #1 This week’s topic was restaurants and food. The question of the day was, “What is your favorite food?” From … Read more
微信与微笑 (Weixin yu Weixiao): WeChat and Smiles PublishedMay 23, 2021 by Jessica Zhong It’s only Week 2, and I have already been so encouraged by the middle schoolers’ incredible passion and enthusiasm. Our … Read more
DukeEngage Zhuhai Week 1 PublishedMay 16, 2021 by Sua Cho #1 Before starting my first week of DukeEngage Zhuhai, I began with the first step to every successful project: research. … Read more
7995 miles away from you PublishedMay 16, 2021 by Wendy Shi This first week of teaching has been overwhelming but in a good way. I met so many new students, and … Read more
Our Hearts Are Bigger Than Our Zoom Screens PublishedMay 16, 2021 by Andrew Lee What are you doing this summer? I’m teaching English to 7th graders in China, from Durham. However, this past … Read more
Welcome to Duke Engage Zhuhai… Zoom edition! PublishedMay 16, 2021 by Jessica Zhong Our first week looked nothing like the first week of Duke Engage Zhuhai in 2019, to say the least. Perhaps … Read more
First week of teaching (and learning!!!) PublishedMay 16, 2021 by Alan Tang I could not have imagined a better week to start DukeEngage. It was a somewhat rocky start for me. I … Read more