June 23, 2006
The teams went back to their work projects.
The survery teams were able to meet with a goverment geologist. This is a great plus, because he will be able to help in gaining the equipment needed if a well is necessary. Scott said that was a huge benefit. They spent the day scouting out materials and resources. A very good day.
The sanitation team continued their excellent teaching. The curriculum for this part is very well done. Interactive with lots of modes being used.
The English Team returned to the Middle School to teach our American Holidays lesson. This time we broke into about seven groups. Art and I were together. We taught about the holidays, emphasizing the BIG American holidays - Fourth of July, Easter and Christmas. It gave us a chance to talk about New Years, Valentine's, St. Patrick's, Easter (wow!), Mother's Day, Father's Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day, Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas (wow, again!). Well, we had no problem telling them the historical events surrounding the holidays and why we celebrate them. The Chinese textbooks had a section about American Holidays that mentioned no Easter Bunny, but the real person behind the holiday! Cool.
Then, and we couldn't have ever planned this one, the local news station showed up with a camera man and reporter. They filmed us teaching and interviewed Kathleen about our work here. Could we have ever thought that kind of thing would happen. We will be on a two minute segment of the 8:00 news tonight on the Wenshan Channel 1. Hum, coincidence, I think not!
After the lunch break we will return to the school for "English Corner." It is a time when the students are free to interact with each other, and us, practicing their English. Hum, good timing after the Holiday lesson...yep!
Then we will meet for dinner with the teachers. That will be fun.
This is a short, but amazing post, don't you agree? Our bus is leaving in 30 minutes.
To my family, I'll try to check email again. And to those responding to the blog, the icons and text on them are all in Chinese so I haven't figured out how to responds yet! My Mandarin Chinese isn't that great yet!
Keep up the P.R. It's working!
The survery teams were able to meet with a goverment geologist. This is a great plus, because he will be able to help in gaining the equipment needed if a well is necessary. Scott said that was a huge benefit. They spent the day scouting out materials and resources. A very good day.
The sanitation team continued their excellent teaching. The curriculum for this part is very well done. Interactive with lots of modes being used.
The English Team returned to the Middle School to teach our American Holidays lesson. This time we broke into about seven groups. Art and I were together. We taught about the holidays, emphasizing the BIG American holidays - Fourth of July, Easter and Christmas. It gave us a chance to talk about New Years, Valentine's, St. Patrick's, Easter (wow!), Mother's Day, Father's Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day, Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas (wow, again!). Well, we had no problem telling them the historical events surrounding the holidays and why we celebrate them. The Chinese textbooks had a section about American Holidays that mentioned no Easter Bunny, but the real person behind the holiday! Cool.
Then, and we couldn't have ever planned this one, the local news station showed up with a camera man and reporter. They filmed us teaching and interviewed Kathleen about our work here. Could we have ever thought that kind of thing would happen. We will be on a two minute segment of the 8:00 news tonight on the Wenshan Channel 1. Hum, coincidence, I think not!
After the lunch break we will return to the school for "English Corner." It is a time when the students are free to interact with each other, and us, practicing their English. Hum, good timing after the Holiday lesson...yep!
Then we will meet for dinner with the teachers. That will be fun.
This is a short, but amazing post, don't you agree? Our bus is leaving in 30 minutes.
To my family, I'll try to check email again. And to those responding to the blog, the icons and text on them are all in Chinese so I haven't figured out how to responds yet! My Mandarin Chinese isn't that great yet!
Keep up the P.R. It's working!
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