(Still no Internet, but I’m still alive, everyone! I’m just
in Central China.)
We are halfway through the first day, and everyone is on
lunch break now. We’ve had quite an adventure this morning, but I have higher
hopes for the afternoon.
I’m feeling much better after yesterday, but still queasy,
so breakfast and lunch were just to get my nutrients in, not much of a culinary
event. We were lied to for our food, but I think that it was all taken care of.
What everyone was waiting for was our arrival and first few classes at the
school. There were a lot of students – nearly 200 – but our teachers were able
to get them organized and situated. Because our first assembly ended so early,
we had lots of time for them to get to know each other in team time. Media and
I ran around checking on all the rooms and recording their progress. Some of
the local teachers were puzzled as to why some of our teachers weren’t up to
their standards, and it simple had to be said that the local teachers have had
years of teaching experience and also speak Chinese, while our teachers and Yew
Wah students have been teacher for a short time (for some, only a few hours),
and they still had their sea legs. We could definitely see improvement as the
period and classes passed.
We are offering crazy games, music, drama, English
conversation, and sports (basketball, today). The students are given 2 hours
off for lunch since many of them must travel home to eat, so that gives us a
good siesta, too. I have to go track down some of the other teachers now, and
make sure they are all set for the travel time after this camp. Here’s to a
good ending to this day!
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