Nowism: “Your holiday break actually starts today”
My month and a half long break starts today. I just found this out today.
Today’s moment of nowism: a completely new schedule, effective tomorrow
I will no longer be teaching 15 third and fourth grade classes. Instead, I will teach 16 first grade classes. This all starts tomorrow, which I found out at a meeting earlier this afternoon.
“Oh, they didn’t tell you?”
One thing that really bugs me about Chinese culture: Nowism. It’s when you find out important things like meeting times, vacation days and canceled classes right as they are happening.
As frustrating as it is, nowism is an inescapable phenomenon that happens to everyone here, including myself.
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Bridget O'Donnell, 22, is a designer for the China Daily in Beijing. She graduated from the University of Michigan in 2009 and lived in Shenzhen for eight months before moving to Beijing. More »Where am I?
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