Skip to content
  • Epic Quest
  • Contact Me!
  • About Me
Instagram YouTube Facebook
Menu

Writer. Traveler. Tea Drinker.

Writer. Traveler. Tea Drinker. Doing all three in China
Instagram YouTube Facebook
  • Epic Quest
  • Contact Me!
  • About Me
Hit enter to search or esc to close
Home  >  China • Teaching English  >  Classroom Confessions
Posted inChina Teaching English

Classroom Confessions

Posted By Becky Ances Posted on November 11, 2013
Please install Travelera Share Buttons plugin

The bunny in happier daysThere’s a foreign teacher who used to work here that had a bunny. He moved to another city in China, and try as he might, he found no viable way to bring the bunny with him. He really loved the bunny but aside from spending hundreds of dollars renting a car and driver, he couldn’t bring him with him.
So, he asked a student to take care of it. She lives in Lin’an, and the bunny had stayed at her house successfully in the past during holidays. She said her parents were happy to take care of it, and off it went.
In class the other day, the students were doing some work, and I was walking around and as I passed her, I decided to ask her about the bunny. I hadn’t asked in months.
“So hows Iain’s bunny?” I asked.
“Good,” she said. “He eats lots of vegetables.”
“Good to hear,” I said.
But here’s the thing. This student is one of my “babies.” One of the students I’ve taught almost every semester for the past 4 years. One of the students in the class I know very, very well. And something seemed, well, just not quite right. So I looked at her a little skeptically.
“Really?” I said.
She stammered a bit and paused, and didn’t look me in the eyes. “Yes, really.”
“Really?” I said this time stretching it out.
“Okay, it died!” she burst out. “A dog bit it. I’m so sorry!”
She looked really sad, and upset, and obviously felt really bad. But I couldn’t help but laugh. Not because it had died, but because of the way I found out.
Poor bunny. You had a good life.

Tags: bunny classroom confessions Pets Teaching English
Previous Article Celebrating the Red Sox win in China
Next Article You Win This Round, Color!

Related Posts

“Do You Like Bread?”

I passed by a friendly woman whose family I buy fruit from and stopped for a minute to chat. She was standing in front of a cooler she had dragged out from her store a little down a side street and she was selling cold watermelon cut up into containers

Read More about “Do You Like Bread?”
Please install Travelera Share Buttons plugin

100 Years of the CCP and All I Got was This Lousy Light Show

Okay, I click-baited you with that title. It wasn’t a lousy light show at all, it was quite spectacular but “…and all I got was this spectacular light show” isn’t how the t-shirt goes, so there you have it. So yeah, July 1st was the 100th anniversary of the founding

Read More about 100 Years of the CCP and All I Got was This Lousy Light Show
Please install Travelera Share Buttons plugin

Leave a Reply

Cancel reply

Recent Posts

  • The Five Books I Keep Returning To
  • “Do You Like Bread?”
  • 100 Years of the CCP and All I Got was This Lousy Light Show
  • I Wouldn’t Expect to Like This But…
  • This Meme is Stupid

Archives

Categories

Meta

  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.org

Recent Posts

  • The Five Books I Keep Returning To Becky Ances July 30, 2021
  • “Do You Like Bread?” Becky Ances July 16, 2021
  • 100 Years of the CCP and All I Got was This Lousy Light Show Becky Ances July 6, 2021
  • Popular
  • Recent
  • The Swiss Family Robinson are a Bunch of Jerks December 11, 2009
  • Making it Official: My Chinese Boyfriend December 7, 2012
  • Good Chinese Wife Review and a Chance to Win a Free Book!! July 27, 2014
  • 10 Signs You've Lived in China a Long Time March 29, 2014
  • The Five Books I Keep Returning To July 30, 2021
  • “Do You Like Bread?” July 16, 2021
  • 100 Years of the CCP and All I Got was This Lousy Light Show July 6, 2021
  • I Wouldn’t Expect to Like This But… June 23, 2021

Subscribe Now to Our Newsletter, It’s Free!

Get the best content delivered straight into your inbox!

Facebook Twitter Google+

About

I’m an American who has been living in China for more than a decade! This is my blog where I muse about all things China. Please also check out my YouTube channel “Badminton Becky” and my other badminton blog at www.badmintonbecky.com

Social Media

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Google+
  • Instagram
  • YouTube

Recent Posts

  • The Five Books I Keep Returning To July 30, 2021
  • “Do You Like Bread?” July 16, 2021
  • 100 Years of the CCP and All I Got was This Lousy Light Show July 6, 2021
© Copyright 2017. Theme by BloomPixel.