Last Day in Guzhen and on to Kaiyin and Shiqi!

               My last night in Guzhen was a little sad. I really grew to love the group there, but they had a head teacher now so i was moving to another school to help them. The morning I was to leave it ended up being really rainy which made traveling a little more interesting. Sweet Ann helped me get my stuff loaded in the car and told the driver where to take me. It took even longer getting there because of the rain and the driver spoke no English. Also, Asian drivers are crazy! You add rain to that and it makes for one exciting drive. I made it to Kaiyin and found their head teacher who then helped me carry my suitcases up four flights of stairs to the room where i was going to stay. Next we went to see the classes. It was their first day of teaching but they were short eight teachers due to the visa problems so it was a little crazy. After school I got to hang out with the teachers that are actually coming to my school once we get to go. That evening i asked if it would be more beneficial for me to go over to the Shiqi school because they were running without a head teacher. Without much hesitation they decided that would be great. Once again on the move! :P So after a quick breakfast at Kaiyin i set off for Shiqi.

Kaiyin Breakfast (Surprisingly good!)

             This time i just went for the day to see how things were going. I got there right as they were starting to teach their first class ever. You could tell they didn't have a lot of guidance, but it wasn't complete chaos. After class and a delicious lunch i met with each of the teachers to ask them some questions and see how I could best help in my short time there. I decided it would be good if I came over and stayed for a couple days to help get things organized or at least ease their worries a bit. It was a fun couple days! I had some early morning run ins with cockroaches and did a lot of traveling between classrooms. I like to believe I helped a lot while being there, but I'm a little bias.

           Friday they celebrated teacher appreciation day. It was the best thing ever! They had a little ceremony before school to recognize all the teachers and give them flowers. Then in every class they gave us more flowers or a flower cookie. It was adorable.

Cute Shiqi Teachers

Cute Kindy Kids

All the Teacher Appreciation Day gifts