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<\/a><\/p>\nAs we arrived, the 1,000+ kids were getting ready to do their morning exercises.\u00a0 I will probably never see this many children under the age of 12 so well organized.<\/p>\n
We even joined in with the exercises!<\/p>\n We were split up into smaller groups and had the opportunity to talk to the kids in their English class.\u00a0 Two of my classmates, Erica and Drew, and I went to the 4th grade class.\u00a0 The kids were ridiculously cute.\u00a0 We spoke to them in English and Chinese which they enjoyed a lot. Once we found out they didn’t have English names, we gave all 40 of them good ol’ American names like Bobby, Sally, Tom, and Janet.\u00a0 We had a blast!<\/p>\n We then visited an auditorium that had multiple classes.\u00a0 Their English was not good so we had to speak all in Chinese.\u00a0 One kid asked about American money so I passed around a 1, 5, and 10 dollar bill.\u00a0 I’ve never heard more ohhhhhh and ahhhhhh’s in my life!<\/p>\n We did have one interesting cultural gaffe.\u00a0 One of the kids was…well, chubby.\u00a0 He was very chubby.\u00a0 Another student raised his hand to ask a question.\u00a0 He pointed at this chubby kid and asked us if we had fat children like him in America.\u00a0 The chubby kid voluntarily stood up to show us and was laughing.\u00a0 Drew, Erica and I had no idea what to say.\u00a0 How was this a question? We all felt very uncomfortable said\u00a0\u5bf9 (which means yes) and moved on to another question.\u00a0<\/p>\n We talked to our program director about it later because we didn’t know if our response was okay or not.\u00a0 She said that talking about a person’s height and weight like that is not offensive in China.\u00a0 They are not as politically correct as Americans try to be.\u00a0 Although I felt bad that another student pointed out that student’s chubbiness, the chubbier kid didn’t mind.\u00a0 He was used to it, hence him laughing and showing us when we didn’t respond at first.\u00a0 Talking with kids is always an eye opener when learning about another culture because they can help you understand their culture better than any adult.<\/p>\n All the kids!<\/p>\n We played with them at recess.\u00a0 Someone in my program got the bright idea to give out their “autograph” to the kids.\u00a0 Suddenly, we were swarmed with kids sticking pens and their English textbooks in our face hoping for us to sign it.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n