Welcome to the saga of Mark Teacher! In 2009, Mark Teacher set out to Taiwan. A land of red lanterns, kung fu, and fireworks! A place where white skin, a degree, and a pulse can bring amazing riches!

Mark Teacher: Episode 1: Snowflake-Like Object

Our valiant hero, Mark Teacher, embarks on his tenth interview since landing in Taiwan — the land where a "degree and a pulse" guarantee riches, babes, and glory as an English teacher at a cram school! He meets Mrs. Wang, the boss of Stantord English Cram School, named for one of the most famous universities in the United States where many of the students' parents hope their children will later attend — Stantord University.

It appeared the class needed to be greased up first with some friendly banter...

Meanwhile, while the class vegetated, a white object floated down, slowly. Was it a snowflake?

He tried a simple greeting, hoping to elicit the typical answers of "I'm fine, thank you, and you?" or "SO-SO" or "bad, because I go to English class."


...nothing.

A comet?

Determined to make this lesson educational in some way, shape or form, Mark Teacher inquired about information that was written right on the whiteboard...

...they aren't sayin' anything!

A white blood cell?

Hitting rock bottom, Mark Teacher asked a question which most Taiwanese second graders can answer, but unfortunately, Mark was met with silence.

...nothing. No reaction.

Was it a neuron?

Teacher Mark despaired, for he knew his teaching demo was blown...

...was it passive resistance?

When suddenly, there was a cacophonic bang!

Mark Teacher inquired to Mrs. Wang (seated in the back of the room, taking notes) as to what the gargantuan, eardrum-destroying sound had been...

...and she answered him.

Join us next week as Mark Teacher continues his adventures, and generates some Anarchy in the R.O.C.!