The morning started with a flag raising ceremony. Can you find Asa in this picture?
This is a picture of Miriam's homeroom; you can see the parents lined up on stools in the back of the classroom. The first class was Chinese and they read a story about famous Russian poet; I honestly understood about half of what they were talking about.
The next class was music class music class that started with the kids sing as the teacher accompanied them on the piano.
The piano-led song soon was soon turned into a "rap" that the kids danced to and ended with a "peace sign" salute!
When we returned to Miriam's homeroom there was a break between classes and it was a delight to see how much Miriam enjoyed talking with her classmates.
Before the next class (English) there was a song that blared over the loud speakers to lead the kids in their eye relaxation exercises. You will note that Miriam is not participating as we actually found the exercises gave her pink eye and other nasty eye related illnesses!
The next class was the foreigner taught English class where Miriam was definitely the most active in class room participation. Her teacher is a New Zealander named Ben and he did a great job of building a lesson that was interactive.
The main focus of the English class was an egg drop experiment where they were required to break into small groups. Here is Miriam intensely discussing what their group should be called. They decided to call their group "sweet"!
Next was an English class led by a local teacher and then lunch, which I was able to enjoy as well. It is actually not that different than the cafeteria food in my office complex and the kids all ate at their desks.
Finally, before leaving I stopped to see Asa's classroom. Here is Asa getting ready to leave class to go to play practice. Miriam and Asa are both staring in a play that is part of a district-wide public service announcement contest; I hope to be able to have a video to share on this soon!
