During week three, a revised teaching schedule permitted the American student teachers to stay with the same classes for five consecutive days. The topic of the week was Sports, including Badminton, Basketball, Baseball, and Volleyball. San Sin students learned about technical sports vocabulary, aided by many pictures and lots of creativity on the part of the teachers. The San Sin students talked about their school teams and national sports teams, and the teachers compared well-known Taiwanese and American athletes. With such healthy exchanges of information, the teachers learn as much as the students do!
Due to a nearby typhoon, the weather in Kaohsiung continued to be sporadically very rainy. As the week progressed, the weather improved. Neither rain nor shine prevented the students from asking their teachers to participate in outside activities. They hosted their teachers to shopping trips to the Sanduo Shopping District, the Hanshin Arena, and the Dream Mall. Some of the teachers went bowling with the teaching assistants, some attended yoga, some went to KTV (karaoke), and many ate mango! And all were treated to a special lunch and traditional tea ceremony by Mr. Shih. His unlimited kindess to the teachers is so touching!
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