Day 2 of Our Volunteer Teaching Assignment in Guangxi, China

Day 2

Front entrance to the school where we are teaching for the next 2 weeks

We have a busy daily schedule;  we are teaching in the morning, afternoon and attending team meeting in the evening.



 All the volunteers on our team eat with the students in the summer program at lunch and dinner everyday during our two week teaching assignment at the school.

The outdoor field of the secondary school

Unfortunately, I have a little difficulty stomaching the food as the dishes served are quite spicy to my taste. For those who like spicy food, the food from the school kitchen would be fine.

We salivated at these beautifully decorated cakes

We found 2 bakery shops in the neighbourhood.

Students in China work very hard and they start their school day at around 7:30am and go until 10:00 p.m. Fortunately, this grueling schedule does not apply to the summer program.

Students at the school usually have a break at mid day for lunch and a nap. The good news is we also have a  break for lunch, rest or a nap between 12pm - 3pm when we can relax a little and seek shelter from the heat.

S. and I walked around the neighbourhood and discovered some of the shops.  We found quite a few shops selling the same thing: cell phones while others sell snacks, drinks, stationery and clothing stores. We also found two bakery shops, our favorite.




After dinner with our students, we will have our daily evening team meeting at 8:30pm. The best part of the day is when we can have some quiet time alone in our hotel room to relax. The hotel offers good amenities with air-conditioning and western style toilet; therefore no complaint there. Our favourite evening past time in China is watching TV.  We enjoy the TV shows in our air-conditioned room as we could learn about the news and the latest development in China.

Things are going well; I have no complaint about teaching in China. I only wish  that the staff washroom was located closer to our building.

We love our students in Class No. 3! 

Our team is enjoying teaching in China. I love the students already, particularly the boys who are very lively and enthusiastic. Some of my students live close to the school and that in many families, both of their parents work. There is  a student whose parents are silkworm farmers and another student's father is a silk thread maker.

One thing I did not expect to find is how popular cell phones are among the high school students in China. Many secondary school students have and carry their cells with them to school. A sign of China's economic growth and the improvement in the Chinese living standard, perhaps?

R.T.
Guangxi, China