Material 60

Cultural Differences

" I think students in China are just trained from such an early age to just be quiet in class, and not talk to your neighbor and focus. And that’s fine because that’s how they grew up. But in America, they are not trained like that starting from elementary school." – Bridget

Material 64

Cultural Differences

" I think the most important thing if you're a non-native American coming here, is that you have to understand how the American school system works and you have to understand how American kids are, in that they are not raised like kids in China." – Nina

Material 68

Race, Ethnicity, and Social Justice

"我们学校（同事）白人居多（……）没有什么其他的弱势群体。"– Qian Hua

Material 70

Race, Ethnicity, and Social Justice

"如果我只讲这个Asian, anti-Asian的东西，你其他black， brown的学生他们的死活我都不管的话，那其实是非常不公平的。"– Yao Liu

Material 77

Race, Ethnicity, and Social Justice

"就是这个黑人运动，然后我们也会正面的去遇到这样的问题，这是跟social justice有关的。"– Helen

Material 78

Race, Ethnicity, and Social Justice

"As a white person doing Chinese I kind of have a bit of an obligation to stop out stereotypes that my kids might have about China."– Lance

Material 79

Race, Ethnicity, and Social Justice

"there might be something that is a cultural topic or a racist topic that gets brought up and I like to jump on that and talk about that."– Nina

Material 81

Race, Ethnicity, and Social Justice

"我就说 so if anyone一定要 encounter being discriminated because of this, I would take care of this。"– Mark

Material 100

Professional Development and Job Security

"我们教中文为外语的很重要一点就是 connection，你如果把学生给connect住了...他知道这个老师特别花时间问问他其他学科的状况，他还是会来上你的选修课。"– Mark

Material 102

Professional Development and Job Security

"做老师也成了高风险，所以说话要很要很小心，我觉得再就是跟学生之间关系...尽量的不要有conflict 和tension。"– Qiaoliang Chen