The students were dismissed earlier last night so that they can have sufficient rest. *fingers crossed*.... 2 boys still managed to oversleep?!... even with the morning calls! *faints*
Fortunately we managed to make it on time. We visited Penang Chinese Girls' School (Private) today. It is a small school... but it sure is MIGHTY... small & mighty... There are only 300 students in this independent school (note: here, independent means that the school does not receive any suppport from the country, the medium of instruction is Chinese Lang, and there is a great emphasis on the traditional Chinese Culture and virtues) .
Our girls had a culture shock -- the skirts of every girl go way beyond the knee, school rules states that the students need to write in officially to ask for permission to keep long hair. That's not all, all those with long hair need to bun up their hair in a hairnet everyday! (P/S: the students there thought that our Peicai uniform looks very cool.... because the girls wear them "fashionably short") WELL.... GRUNTS. We teachers all think that the girls there look so demure and refined... they speak gently and politely... if only our students.....
We were invited to play "tug of war" with the girls.... and guess what... We suffered a crushing defeat. Even with the help of the boys! Would u believe it?!?!
We were then ushered to the school hall to be part of their Teachers' Day celebrations. It was a touching and impactful one. There were only 13 classes in the entire school. But the girls put up such a fantastic show that we could not stop clapping and cheering.
One thing which struck me : This school values 6 aspects of education, instead of the 5 we have here (morally, intellectually, physically, socially, aesthetically). 德智体群美 VS 德智体群美劳
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