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Pictures, en masse, of my experience of the International Teacher's Day in Viet Nam. I had no idea that teachers were so well respected and that this holiday was so important in Viet Nam!  One of my ILA students who gave me a paper-craft card and shiny new pen.  Interestingly, this girl isn't actually my student. I gave her a level test back in September and she still remembered me for some reason. She gave me a cute hand-drawn card.  I got to sit in the VIP section for the Teacher's Day ceremony at the Phan Tay Ho middle school. This picture doesn't do justice to the size of the student audience. Note the kids sitting on the second floor. There is an additional floor above that with more students and even more students in the back of the school.  I stuck around to get pictures of the stage. I hadn't actually noticed the girls in front of me while I was doing this, but apparently they noticed me. They promptly ran over...  ...and i...

This isn't my normal kind of post, but it's still related to Viet Nam. If you've got the time,  this article  is extremely well done and shares an interesting viewpoint into the politics of the South China Sea. Enjoy!

In Vietnam, they don't have snow days, they have storm days. Classes this afternoon got canceled, but I can't say I'm sad about that. With an incredibly full day tomorrow, I couldn't be happier to have the extra time to lesson plan tonight.