Questions #3 (Final question): What things did you bring from home that you're glad you brought?
- My own craft items (popsickle sticks, yarn, extra construction paper)
- Picture of my family/friends for bedside
- Board games and card games for my classroom
- Music, pictures, cell phone that works in china (unlocked cell phone)
- Neck pillow for flight, laptop, ipod, sling purse, small blanket, stickers, stamps, American flag bandanas for my kids, t-shirt/hat for my TA, construction paper
- Laundry bag, watch**, extra towels, prizes for class, US currency for student gifts
- Nail polish remover, photos from home, hair care products from home if you’re African American (couldn’t find what I needed in shanghai), sheets
- Mp3 player, books
- Bible, laptop, pictures of family, movies, gifts
- Sheets, pillow, big handheld mirror, popcicle sticks (wish I would have brought big ball of yarn/string)
- SNACKS! Plenty of snacks! They lasted the whole month and I was able to share with my TA and students. Small blanket was also good, since my room was always cold.
- School supplies, bring lots. I didn’t bring enough
- Entertainment, school supplies/crafts, food, speakers (for ipod), shaving cream (to write with on desks and for shaving), deodorant (can’t buy deodorant in shanghai)
- Pillow and extra blanket
- Wish I would have brought more coffee and more books
- Computer (read right off of it in my classroom and used it in my dorm for music), wooden ice cream sticks and shaving cream for crafts and learning games
- Brought extra English workbooks
- Iron, wish I’d brought sheets and pillow case and towel
- Computer, usb drive; wish I’d brought books and movies
- Laptop, construction paper, markers (amber note: hard to find good markers in china; couldn't find crayola brand), glue
- Tape/string/yarn to hang kids work or decorations from ceiling, ipod, laptop, favorite snacks (fruit rollups), pictures of your family/friends, deodorant
- Crafts, my own pillow, comfort foods, blankets, towels
- Candy, scissors, glue, crayons
