China day5
Up at 5:30 ..am the second one out. 50 minutes of running. Same group out for about 1/2 hour.
No ceremonies today but another staff meeting to discuss what we were doing today. Apparently some kids fall asleep in class and that is considered an absence...I asked if my solution of kissing them full on the lips would be culturally not allowed...yep...so there went my solution. Also appears they are very good at cheating so we talked about that a little. Also no carrying of electronic devices into the room...mp3, telephones etc. Apparrently they were text messages into the exam room for one of their sessions.
Some interesting tests and now the big one...We had to have some kids choose their English names. Many of them had some already. This is to get them ready for universities or high school exhanges.....a couple of interesting ones. One guy( we have all boys...31) took Tommy and his buddy took Hilfiger. Not sure if he will be able to keep it. Apparently they have had some real winners in previous years. Another chose Easter...we convinced him to change. After the break he came baack and said ok...William...... Sky......Rex...Cody.....Mark...Artest.....T. Jackson.......They have until the end of the week and then they are supposed to keep them. Seems like some can change the name several times.
Played hangman and stuck them on a name ....Yao Ming...a famous basketball player. ...Had a draw for 3 Canadian lapel pins. Kids are somewhat the same all over the world.
Did some correcting and THEN...success...I contacted the Canadian embassy and got to talk to someone about Womes softball tickets. Said they would get to me about where to order.
1/2 hour later we had the number and I asked who wanted to go. 8 are now going. Saturday aat 3 pm after Bobs party at a field about 1 hour (we think) away. 8 people to get into the field and the tickets are delivered here . Cost 115 rmb....translated about $14. The tickets were 10 rmb each....$1.50 expensive ones were 30 rmb but they were sold out. But I had to give the phone up to our Chinese helpers because I couldn't make heads or tails out of it.
We are planning what to wear and to yell and whether we will be mugged since we will be playing China. Oh well, an experience.
Air Canada is beginning to piss me off. Any luck..nope.
From some comments, this is already a better group than last year and people are already having more fun......duhhhh, that's part of the experience ain't it.
We ate out again...Fish that was really hot c/w the head in the pot which came boiling by the way. One of the best meals yet.
Bob picked up some detergent and towels and rolls and we are ready for breakfast tomorrow.
I left some work to correct here so this has caught me up with the blog and I hope to keep better track of this and soon I will put on some pictures. Need some batteries for the camera and some adapters and I am off and running.
Go Riders ....as I head to the front room and correct and listen to some music that Jennifer burned for me. I think they will be well used. We will be buying speakers for my computer and use it as our stereo as the one at the school probably should stay there and not be brought back and forth.
Good night from BCCSC
No ceremonies today but another staff meeting to discuss what we were doing today. Apparently some kids fall asleep in class and that is considered an absence...I asked if my solution of kissing them full on the lips would be culturally not allowed...yep...so there went my solution. Also appears they are very good at cheating so we talked about that a little. Also no carrying of electronic devices into the room...mp3, telephones etc. Apparrently they were text messages into the exam room for one of their sessions.
Some interesting tests and now the big one...We had to have some kids choose their English names. Many of them had some already. This is to get them ready for universities or high school exhanges.....a couple of interesting ones. One guy( we have all boys...31) took Tommy and his buddy took Hilfiger. Not sure if he will be able to keep it. Apparently they have had some real winners in previous years. Another chose Easter...we convinced him to change. After the break he came baack and said ok...William...... Sky......Rex...Cody.....Mark...Artest.....T. Jackson.......They have until the end of the week and then they are supposed to keep them. Seems like some can change the name several times.
Played hangman and stuck them on a name ....Yao Ming...a famous basketball player. ...Had a draw for 3 Canadian lapel pins. Kids are somewhat the same all over the world.
Did some correcting and THEN...success...I contacted the Canadian embassy and got to talk to someone about Womes softball tickets. Said they would get to me about where to order.
1/2 hour later we had the number and I asked who wanted to go. 8 are now going. Saturday aat 3 pm after Bobs party at a field about 1 hour (we think) away. 8 people to get into the field and the tickets are delivered here . Cost 115 rmb....translated about $14. The tickets were 10 rmb each....$1.50 expensive ones were 30 rmb but they were sold out. But I had to give the phone up to our Chinese helpers because I couldn't make heads or tails out of it.
We are planning what to wear and to yell and whether we will be mugged since we will be playing China. Oh well, an experience.
Air Canada is beginning to piss me off. Any luck..nope.
From some comments, this is already a better group than last year and people are already having more fun......duhhhh, that's part of the experience ain't it.
We ate out again...Fish that was really hot c/w the head in the pot which came boiling by the way. One of the best meals yet.
Bob picked up some detergent and towels and rolls and we are ready for breakfast tomorrow.
I left some work to correct here so this has caught me up with the blog and I hope to keep better track of this and soon I will put on some pictures. Need some batteries for the camera and some adapters and I am off and running.
Go Riders ....as I head to the front room and correct and listen to some music that Jennifer burned for me. I think they will be well used. We will be buying speakers for my computer and use it as our stereo as the one at the school probably should stay there and not be brought back and forth.
Good night from BCCSC
posted by 12thhobo | 4:53 AM
1 Comments:
Bravo Darryl pour ton audace et merci pour tes nouvelles.
Je te souhaite une excellent année en Chine et à bientôt,
Denis
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