The morning starts slowly as we recover from our big night at the opera.  Judy has lots of essay grading to complete.  Then she has to write comments for all her students.

I have to begin entering comments for my students.  Student reports will be distributed soon after the mid-term exams.  BHSFIC just started a web=based grade reporting system, so there are quirks that need to be worked out.  One of the quirks is that each student has a “Western” name, but their online identity is Chinese.  We can only identify them by referencing their student id# which takes a long time.  An alphabetized list won’t work

We leave around 5:30 to travel to Lili’s American Diner (LAD).  It’s a “hole in the wall” restaurant specializing in burgers and other assorted western foods.  We’re meeting a group from BISS.  Nationalities at dinner include, England, Canada, Korea, Australia, Israel, and of course, the US.

I didn’t mention this in yesterday’s blog, but Arvis, Kyra’s Latvian husband talked at dinner last night about the Ukraine problem.  He grew up in the soviet system in Latvia, and has many Russian friends.  For me, it was really interesting hearing about the difficulties he has experienced talking to his friends of many years who still live in Russia and how polarized politically they have become.

Dani, the BISS secondary principal rode with us to dinner last night, and talked about her new job.  She will be an administrator at an international school in Prague, Czechoslovakia.  She had to get the original copies of her university diplomas verified with an Australian government stamp, and then shipped to her new school.  She previously thought a Chines visa was tough to get, but it’s nothing like the “red tape” she’s experienced in the Czech Republic.