So far, our exchange students have: asked to sleep in the same room (they are male and female\u2026 so no); asked to go to all the classes together (maybe on Wednesday and Friday); refused to go to bed at a decent time; they shower twice a day for half an hour at a time; seem to have no interest in America, though they say they do.\u00a0 They\u2019re not being really good foreign exchange students, but they are finally interacting with my kids a little.\u00a0 They still seem scared of me.\u00a0 I guess I\u2019m scary.<\/p>\n
Today, I led 30 of my wife\u2019s 90 students who went on a Mission College field trip.\u00a0 The public transportation there was a blast \u2013 two busses, two light rail trains.\u00a0 We got everyone there on time.\u00a0 Our tour started immediately.\u00a0 Leo, our guide, was very informative and sort of laid-back.\u00a0 I went to places on that campus that I had never been to, and I used to go to school here!\u00a0 It was a good tour.<\/p>\n
Alas, I wish I could say the same for lunch.\u00a0 We were told that we would have a dining hall all to ourselves.\u00a0 Some big wigs asked at the last moment if they could throw some sort of gala, and they took the place instead.\u00a0 We had to eat outdoors.\u00a0 Also, the wonderful looking lunch that was described to us is not what we got.\u00a0 Our lunches were not worth the price we paid.\u00a0 The administrator \u201cdecided\u201d on her own to change our menu, figuring that middle school kids didn\u2019t eat much.\u00a0 All the kids left hungry.\u00a0 We may not go back to Mission college if they persist in mistreating us this way.<\/p>\n
Yeah, my group caught a couple of busses\/trams early and got home way before the other two groups.\u00a0 This turned out to be a good thing because our exchange students had to be somewhere by 4PM (the organizers announced at 11PM last night of this sudden, three hour change in the schedule).\u00a0 I was able to get them there on time\u2026 and then I went to school.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
So far, our exchange students have: asked to sleep in the same room (they are male and female\u2026 so no); asked to go to all the classes together (maybe on Wednesday and Friday); refused to go to bed at a … Continue reading