Kristine School

On way to her school bus pick up point this morning, I asked Kristine what she got to do for those 30 minutes between her arrival at school and class begins. She said the students all have to stay inside their classes in their seats. They can leave their classrooms only to toilets, or to the drinking water fountain.

They dont get to play in the compaound. The teachers do not want them to run around. It sounds so regimented compared to her Melbourne school, where school is FUN!!!! I asked her if she liked her Beijing school. To my surprise, she said yes. I asked her why. She said she gets to learn different things.

Thats the spirit!