We found the bus station and a few more interesting shops, but Chris started to feel really bad so we started for home, I diverted en route to pick up a few things and as I got to my door I found two grade 3 students standing outside, apparently they texted asking to come over and when I didn't reply they came anyway! I let them in as Chris was fast asleep and then chatted for 40 minutes or so before another knock, 5 of my grade one students had turned up, apparently I have agreed to meet them too under similar circumstances! I let them in and the grade 3s got a bit childish saying they were more important and talking over the grade ones, but i like my grade ones as they are my students so I stood up for them!
Then another knock on the door and Zack (another grade 3) arrived a day early to use our computers, i let him in too.
A little while later yet another knock and Bella had turned up another grade one student!
A few of the grade ones actually started doing homework at the back of my room before some wandered off, then the grade threes left, leaving bella and her friends!
I woke Chris up with the thought of food and Chris and I and 4 of the grade ones went out to find some food, before we really knew what was going on Bella had grabbed a taxi and bundled us all inside and we went off across town to peoples park.
Outside the park were a few hundred people dancing but bella led us straight through the middle (and got us a few hundred stares in the process).
We saw the park and had a quick look around before going to a restaurant where you choose all the foods you want, they cook them and bring them to the table, and you eat them off skewers, uncooked kebab buffet maybe? haha.
After we had all eaten we went to the nearby bookshop and spent a while looking at all the books, found some really cool old books and even a few english ones, I bought Animal Farm in English and a chinese world map, and also found a map of the local area! Excellent!
Bought a few more things in a local shop before leaving the other students who live in town behind and bella helping us get a taxi back to the school.
This morning I woke to knocking on the door, Zack from yesterday was back for more downloading and talking, he had read my fromers guide to china and pointed all the incorrect dates in the history of china from memory, amazing! and discussed a few points that were simplifications that he was a little upset about, but he is a nice kid.
The amount they study is crazy, 7-22:00 every weekday, then a test every saturday morning, they get the afternoon off then sunday morning off then a class on sunday afternoon before back into it on monday. I have no idea how they keep this up! And in Grade 3 they work even harder doing extra study until midnight most nights then still up at 6 for class!
Today is lovely and warm, opened all the windows and cleaned a bit, Chris has decided to do his English corner but I am going abstain and keep trying to design tomorrows class, but I just don't know which was to go, It will take some time to get used to making my mind up and just dragging the students along with me without worrying if they are actually interested. Chris doesn't have that problem....
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