We made a visit to a rural primary school near Xi An in the morning...it reminded me a bit of cambodia althou i'd say the facility here is still slightly better and there are definitely more teachers and better reading materials...i soon found out that this school has been one of the 'improvement projects' undertaken by some HK volunteers...once again this reinforces my conclusion that volunteer work is needed to keep oneself agitated abt issues...the most influential way for someone to bring abt substantial change is by becomin a policy-maker..
the main square of the school with the national flag
me and my buddy Tallon posing behind the school's table tennis table...behind us is the slogan "safe journey to school"
a regular class in session during our visit...the slogan above the black board reads "study hard, pursue excellence"....i found out later that these kids were having their annual exam the day we arrived...i hope that we didn't cause too much disturbance...anyway, they're taking their exams 1 month after the national norm as the children had a 1 month break a while ago so that they can stay home to help out with the harvest season in the fields...
me with 2 of the boys in the class...all of them are required to wear this red cloth tied around their neck in school...i think it's supposed to serve as a reminder of the efforts of the revolution in the early years of PRC...
one of the school teacher grabbed me and Tallon and presented his caligraphy to us...iw as pleasantly surprised...it's a simple chinese poem welcoming us to his school...after some talk i found out that this dude's been teachin math for 40 years! and yes he's smoking while he took the pic with us...
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