Students and teachers alike look forward to the end of a semester. At the National Taiwan University of Chiayi it was a little more bittersweet as it was my last day working and sharing with great groups of students. Whether sleeping or speaking in class they were always assured encouragement from me somehow. These are a few shots on the last day of classes, one just a group shot of the business presentation class, and then a few shots from the Culture Theory class. The culture class's final assignment was to create a short play revolving around a particular cultural event in Taiwan, whether over a holiday, at home, or abroad. They approached this with creativity, and mostly humor, resulting in frequent laughs. As you will see from the shots, the peace sign is a common addition to group shots; I have yet to meet a group of Taiwanese who are not instantly willing to jump into a group photo at the drop of a hat. As you will see, university classrooms are pretty much alike the world over, but not the students. Quite a creative bunch, Taiwanese English students choose their own names, I've heard quite a few very interesting ones with equally fascinating reasons behind the nome de plume: Imperinator, Joying, Apple, Gallen, Surprise, and Thumb to name just a few.
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| Group shot love |
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| Particularly like the wonder twin powers duo in the back |
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| The culture gang |
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| A ghost in his shirt |
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| If you couldn't tell they are at a cafe at an amusement park |
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| Aaaaahhh yeeeesss |
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| That's a sleeping foreigner about to be bothered by a juggling youth |
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| Script reading practice |
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| Presentation class power |
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| My illustrious and unbelievably tall teaching assistant makes himself know in this shot. |
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