“Children’s Day” is fast approaching here in China (June 1st), so local primary schools have been working hard to prepare programs for parents and dignitaries. The school directly across the street recently organized a marching band. The first practice was interesting to watch, but the constant repetition of their single song began to wear on us!
Click here to listen to Marching Band
The kids also prepared a song for their Children’s Day presentation:
Click here to listen to Childrens day singing
This seems to be a higher-end school where the students dress nicely each day, often in matching uniforms. They also take field trips in chartered buses:
On Thursday, though, we took some of our university students to visit a different kind of “school”:
This facility is located in a relatively poor neighborhood and provides after-school programs for the children of migrant workers:
In cooperation with the local government and civic committees, this facility is making a real difference in the lives of these kids,
helping them with homework and teaching them important values:
As with most NGO’s, they need more volunteer helpers and are currently seeking a manager. Let us know if you’re interested…
Whenever I see these young kids in a super choreographed routine I always wonder just how long the kids practiced and perfected it. I would love to see a documentary on the prep of something like this. Like do the kids that just don’t get it, get kicked out or do they work tirelessly so everyone is perfect?
I’m not sure they get kicked out, but there certainly appears to be plenty of “public shaming” to achieve compliance.