A visit to Su Xue Wei's school
Today we had the wonderful opportunity to visit the middle school which Su Xue Wei attended. We were greated by the head teacher and school principal. We taken first to a conference room where they had fresh fruit- bananas and oranges, and hot tea for us. We were most definately welcome guests. It is obvious that the teachers love her, she was greated with hugs and smiles. Her grandparents met us at the school and toured with us. Grandma greeting me with a kiss and holding my arm as we walked through the school.
The first room we visited was her class. She is in the 6th grade here. She did not change classes except for specials like computer and music. The gender imbalance present all through China now was obvious in this school, even in her own classroom. Of 21 students, just 5 of them were girls. We saw the seat she sat in, and saw how she interacted with her friends, like any teenage girls would at home. Great to see her acting silly, she is an amazing kid.
We then visited the computer room, music room and auditorium.
In a room which contained the history of the school with lots of pictures we came across a picture of Yao Ming- apparently he attended this school! Of all the schools in China!
When we were leaving the school grounds her class came right out to say their goodbyes, she did very well, no tears- except for me that is. I got very emotional seeing this sweet child, and how she fit right in at this school, then thinking how different she will feel for quite a while back home. How she loves to chat with her friends, how long will it be before she can talk girl talk with a new friend? This will be such a long, hard adjustment for her. Thankfully she seems like a very resilient child, who rolls with the changes that are happening in her life.
Today after lunch she and I headed over to the department store next to our hotel for some mother-daughter shopping. At first I was concerned that Jennifer could not join us, but really I think it was good that we had to depend on each other. There were a couple of difficult moments when we could not get a question across, but really we did OK. She picked out a couple of pants, and tops. One cute pair of jeans- which when she has a pair of jeans that fit her well, show how little she truly is. She bought shoes that she was quite thrilled with. And at one point when modeling one of her new outfits she said "this is very good!"
We are off to KFC tonight for dinner- her favorite, and really my stomach is not so good tonight so not sure if I will be eating anything. The kids seem alright thankfully but I definately had something not so good.
KFC just arrived- so more tomorrow-
Tomorrow is packing day. How we are going to pack all of this up I am not so sure
Love to all of you from China! For pictures click here.
The first room we visited was her class. She is in the 6th grade here. She did not change classes except for specials like computer and music. The gender imbalance present all through China now was obvious in this school, even in her own classroom. Of 21 students, just 5 of them were girls. We saw the seat she sat in, and saw how she interacted with her friends, like any teenage girls would at home. Great to see her acting silly, she is an amazing kid.
We then visited the computer room, music room and auditorium.
In a room which contained the history of the school with lots of pictures we came across a picture of Yao Ming- apparently he attended this school! Of all the schools in China!
When we were leaving the school grounds her class came right out to say their goodbyes, she did very well, no tears- except for me that is. I got very emotional seeing this sweet child, and how she fit right in at this school, then thinking how different she will feel for quite a while back home. How she loves to chat with her friends, how long will it be before she can talk girl talk with a new friend? This will be such a long, hard adjustment for her. Thankfully she seems like a very resilient child, who rolls with the changes that are happening in her life.
Today after lunch she and I headed over to the department store next to our hotel for some mother-daughter shopping. At first I was concerned that Jennifer could not join us, but really I think it was good that we had to depend on each other. There were a couple of difficult moments when we could not get a question across, but really we did OK. She picked out a couple of pants, and tops. One cute pair of jeans- which when she has a pair of jeans that fit her well, show how little she truly is. She bought shoes that she was quite thrilled with. And at one point when modeling one of her new outfits she said "this is very good!"
We are off to KFC tonight for dinner- her favorite, and really my stomach is not so good tonight so not sure if I will be eating anything. The kids seem alright thankfully but I definately had something not so good.
KFC just arrived- so more tomorrow-
Tomorrow is packing day. How we are going to pack all of this up I am not so sure
Love to all of you from China! For pictures click here.
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