I know that I have written about uniforms before but man are they tough. At morning assembly today I saw two boys getting told that they must get haircuts. Apparently their side burns were too long (at some schools they would have just cut it for them.) The girls aren't safe either. No curls for them. The discipline teacher actually combs through their hair and checks for them everyday. And the prefects, yes like in Harry Potter, they run around with these check sheets and make sure that everyone has on the right color socks, that their shirts are tucked in, that their belts are tight, etc. Anyone who deviates gets their name written down. After so many times you might get ...A BLUE PAPER AHHHHHHHHHHHH! Still don't know what that means. I do know that blue is bad and red is good, beyond that I am clueless. I assume that there is some form of punishment associated with them but I don't know what it is, I tried to ask a student and they wouldn't tell me.
The kids are amazing. I cannot believe how well they speak English. America should really direct more money and resources towards foreign language (and really all other subjects)instruction. Of course, Hong Kong does not run on a free and public system. Almost all students pay tuition and that is even if the students have the privilage of attending the school of their choice. If you don't pass the test or you aren't the child of some sort of movie star, you are not getting in. The really good schools do have scholarship programs, but those are reserved for the geniouses. And I mean the geniouises.
Well it's that time again...past my bed time.
Emma!
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like you are going through quite the interesting cultural exchange. Keep it up! Learn as much as you can and make sure you have time for fun :)
Rex