Suits and Shorts

The Chinese students respect theirr teacher a lot. Much more than most of us could understand since we tend to not respect our teachers all that well.
It's a professional relationship at least at first.

A few weeks ago, I invited a couple of guys to have have dinner with me at a local restaurant. When I saw them waiting for me down stairs, I thought, "uh-o". Both of these guys were in suits! I was in shorts and wearing an untucked, casual shirt. I may of had sandles on too....I can't remember.

Well, I was hoping I hadn't come across offensive. I had never had this issue before. I've done the dinner thing with students a bunch of times, but this time, they thought they should dress up for some reason. I still can't explain what they were thinking. Anyway, I didn't draw attention to our definate difference in dress, but it eventually came up. So, I tried to cover it up by letting them know that I was honoring them by dressing casually, b/c that meant that "We were freinds". Of course, I meant that, but I had to be a quick thinker on that one.