...ItGOesON::::::: They Learned; I Learned

Friday, June 23, 2006

Had lots of fun with my students today. There was a new guy in my class. His name's Mahlu. Mahlu's an pure african, a very Chinese african. He speaks English and Chinese (Cantonese and Mangarin), but his Chinese's far more better than his English. His parents are very obsessed with China. They spent most of their holidays in China. Actually I was a bit shocked when I first saw Mahlu because he's black. I wasn't being a racist, just he's the first black student I've ever had. Black people aren't common in Hong Kong. Most of these black people are not rich as they usually make money by selling their strength. Obviously, Mahlu is an exception - he's a rich kid; his parents are rich. He lives in a very nice place; and he goes to a so called "noble" kinder-garten where my students go to.

I always learn something from my students. Today I learned two things. First, kids learn more than you think through games. Second, must read bible stories to my own kids. After class, I played "Reese says (or Simon says)" with the kids. Everybody knows the rules of "Reese/Simon says" - you do what Simon says. Most kids like this game. However, Sarotta didn't like it. She didn't want to follow what I say so she suggested that everyone should do what they want to do. Then Mahlu said games wouldn't be funny without rules. That is soo true! And deep! During the class I read the kids a story about tooth-fairy. Tooth fairy is a fairy who collects children's fallen milk teeth. Personally I don't believe there's such a creation called fairy. But I still wanted to know what my students think. I asked them if they believe there are fairies. Mahlu believed it with no doubts. He said he hadn't seen one yet but he knew they would come to him when he's asleep. This is cute and it shows that kids believe what they are told.