SSAB - June 2, 2025

It’s Dragon Boat Weekend! Back into Changping for the last time! Why do we even have classes this week?! Summer plans? A resurgence of COVID? Smokers didn’t COVID? Where’s the evidence of alcohol helping you do stuff? Saw the latest Mission: Impossible movie. Not bad. Long. Kinda sappy. And they finally gave me soap in the hotel again! Donate to the show! PayPal link below! https://www.paypal.me/stevensirski?locale.x=en_CA *** Show notes n tracks up on stevensirski.com And on Notion: https://stevensirski.notion.site/SSAB-The-Audio-Blog-of-Steven-Sirski-00acfe344e164bfab191d3cddf6952b2?pvs=4 Newsletter over at stevensirski.substack.com Language vlog on http://www.youtube.com/@stevenslanguagevlog Hope you have a great end of long weekend! 00:00 Introduction and Recent Events 00:38 Living Situation and Job Contract 02:39 Teaching Philosophy and Challenges 07:05 Grading System and Student Appeals 14:05 End of Semester Reflections 19:48 Dragon Boat Festival and Weekend Activities 22:41 Mission Impossible Movie Review 29:53 COVID-19 Resurgence and Media Skepticism 36:42 Soap Adventures and Future Plans 38:23 Conclusion and Farewell