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This was hard. May I have done it right...
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I love beaches and since I can't seem to get to real, live, white, sandy beaches, I relish pictures and relax through them.

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We currently live in Taiwan. It has always been our goal to visit other countries, but it isn't easy when there are four people compared to just yourself. So, inexpensive travel and accomodations are important.

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I am an ESL Religion Teacher and I find it challenging to teach Bible subjects to students who are not Christian and who don't know English fluently; most of the Religion classes I teach have a lot of discussion which requires the ability to express yourself. Thus, I'm having to read the chapter with them, go through the words, give definitions and give example sentences. In order for them to buy into the class, I have to show them how the vocabulary in the chapter is used in everyday conversation and then they are motivated to learn it. It's a challenge, but this seems to be the best way.

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We live in Taiwan where Mandarin Chinese is the spoken and written language. It is popular for people to be in an English class, so many speak, but many more do not. So, I've had to learn a little Chinese to get around. It's fun, kind of like a puzzle. I've learned how to say most of the basic most needed phrases. Now, I'm learning vocabulary. Eventually, I'll learn how to express myself with feeling words. Learning another language is like a hobby here; if my "real" job demands my time, I have to put my hobby on the shelf for awhile. However, the beauty of this job is that I continually hear Chinese sounds, so it's not fully on the shelf; I'm learning even when I'm not focusing on it.