Wuxi as in sushi

Let's see - today's the 26th and I left on the 15th so it's been 11 days. Wow - seems like it's been much more than that! Today was the first day that we were to return to school to prep, and our Chinese counterparts didn't show up so our leader said take yourselves home until further notice!  So Ryan and I, the other new cohort, stuck around and fine-tuned our computers (mine was a total mess so we just wiped it clean and installed a fresh copy of Windows 7). But we still haven't finalized what classes we'll be teaching or the class schedule yet. The veterans said don't be surprised if we don't know until Monday, the first day of school.Can you say flexible?
So Dipont, the company we work for, sent us to Wuxi for a 2 day conference with all their schools - there was a few hundred of us at least I'd say. Wuxi is just west of Shanghai - and it was hot and humid there. It was painful to see the presenters up there, who had to wear shirts and ties, with their shirts totally soaked through with sweat. A/C worked in some rooms, not in others. It ended with a banquet where the food kept coming non-stop. I couldn't tell you what any of it was, but for the most part it was pretty tasty. I can use chopsticks ok, but there are sometimes when I just say the hell with it and grab a fork and stab it. Our flight back got delayed (a common occurrence in China I'm told) - it's a 2 hour flight back - and we didn't get back to our apartments until after 4 am.
So today I'll introduce my partners in crime at Gaoxin High School No.1 in Xián:

Darryl - Principal, South Africa, AP Statistics
David - Scotland, AP Economics
Zach - Houston, AP English
Paul - Canada, AP Economics
Constantinos - Greece, AP Physics
Kyle - Arkansas, AP English
Chris - Ireland, AP Economics
Ryan - Toronto, AP Calculus
Nicole - Blue Mountains, Australia, AP Chemistry
Virginia - Phillipines, AP Chemistry
Saeed - Montreal via Iran, AP Physics, math
Chris - England, Physics and math

You'll notice that many of them say Economics - some of them teach other stuff too but I don't know what it is yet. Most of this school is centered on AP, but some of it is based on A-level British stuff (don't ask me).
We are still short a couple English teachers and a Geography teacher that they are working on filling at this moment. Anyone interested???

The principal shared with me last years math results - over 80% of the students in Calculus BC got 4 or 5 (mostly 5). Simply incredible!
I will go into details in further entries, but I want to keep these relatively short if possible to keep you from falling asleep!