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| So Pretty |
Hello Everyone. Hope all of you had a great week. This week's blog is going to be all about sharing photos and reminiscing about the last month. We had the quietest week so far, so I want to share with you some of the images around our area and Guangzhou.
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| Part of Guangzhou Architecture |
SCHOOL: This week we just taught classes. The only thing to really report is that my tenth grade class was getting ready to mutiny. The reason was that they are really stressed out about the IGCSE exam in May. They felt like I was going too slow and not prepping them enough. I have never had a class ask for more homework, so I gave it to them. I printed them out a practice test that had eighty problems. They have to do it for homework over the weekend. I am then going to evaluate each student independently and give them work in the areas that they are the weakest. So much for quality versus quantity. Cecelia had a week in which her schedule changed constantly, but she is pretty much enjoying it. She doesn't begin teaching until 11:20 each day, so this gives her the opportunity to exercise in the mornings like she has always wanted. The only bummer is that I work most mornings and am done usually by lunch. I usually hang around for lunch and then head out to the driving range to practice. That's pretty much it for school. Overall the week was very relaxing without much going on, Thank Goodness!!!
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| Beautiful Garden |
ADVENTURES: Well we didn't really go anywhere this week. We were trying to keep a close eye on money, since we were getting a little low after our month of traveling. The exciting thing is that Cecelia and I have picked up bit of part time work on the side. She is tutoring the twin sons of one of my Chinese friends in English. I have been offered a position to teach English to a group of executives in Beijiou. For both of us, it is a nice way to make some extra spending money for our upcoming travels.
We did have a party this week with some of the staff. The party was called "This Ain't Your Mom and Dad's Slide Show Party!!!" The theme and goal of the party was to get together and share our travels over the holiday in a video format. Our friends Marileze and Adam hosted it at their house and I was kind of the coordinator for video presentations. We ended up with about 15 to 20 people and seven videos. The places that were represented were Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Tibet, Philipines, Bali and of course China. Many of the videos had music and a story. Others just shared their experience and discussed what they did. It was really great to see the variety of things that people did. There were vacations for resting and vacations for adventures, but everyone really felt like they had an outstanding experience. Our video was a recap of the many things that we did during our time off. I am including our video. Many of you will have seen the things that we did in previous blogs, but it will give others a chance to catch up with our adventures of the last month.
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| Lion Dance |
Finally, I would like to send an invitation out to you to ask any questions about China that you would like. It is funny how we get questions from people at home that are stereotypes of China. Things like, "How is it living in a communist country". Only 4% of the entire 1.8 billion people are registered in the Communist Party and they are more democratic than communist. The majority of Communists live near Beijing where the government works, kind of like our government, where most of our elected officials live off the government in Washington D.C. A lot of things have changed in China since Mao left office. We saw some of the little red books that people used to carry around. A larger number of the population follow the teachings of Confucius. The government here is trying to balance the Legalism of Communism with the care of the people like Confucius.
So ask your questions and I will do my best to give you factual non biased answers.
Until next week, enjoy the video and the pictures.
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