Monday:
I spoke at the morning assembly to give my thanks to both the students and the teachers. I wanted to thank them for the opportunity and also for the warm welcome that I have recieved. I will truly miss both the kids and the teachers!!
Tuesday:
Dr. Chan (big head hancho principle like guy who only comes once a month) came today. He lives in Australia so he isn't here much. He's probably one of the nicest guys you'll ever meet though. He's chinese but has lived in Australia so long that he has an Australian accent! He's hilarious too! He wrote me a letter giving me thanks and telling me that Kama's doors are always open to me if I ever come back to China.
Wednesday:
We had a nice, cool windy day today. So in the evening during the dinner break me and some of the form 5 girls went outside to fly kites. We did that for a while, then sat and watched a soccer game between the international section and the korean section! That was fun! Then the girls and I went to the canteen for dinner. It was so fun to just get to hang out and talk with them. They are such fun girls and they have so many questions! I was also really impressed with their english! They were asking me all about america, my family, my friends, my town, and even just my opinion on things that are happening in the world. It was so great! Then during the evening study session they came to the office and wanted to see pictures from america and they wanted to listen to english/american music. Oh and it was so sad, they were telling me how much they will miss me. They said, "teacher, really everyone in our class loves you so much and we hate to see you go!!"
Thursday:
I was "invited" today to the party that I wasnt supposed to know about yet. The form 5 kids made me this awesome invitation saying "Miss Jessica, You are warmly welcome to our class on Friday at 11:45am for a special party!!" They were so excited about it too!!
During the dinner break I played in a volleyball game: International section vs. Korean Section. It was a close game, but the International section won!!
And then during the night study classes the International section had a singing contest and I was invited to be a judge for it. The students who entered could only sing in English. It turned out pretty well. We had a lot of glitches with the sound system but it still went well. The students who performed all did fantastic!
As it turned out the winners were:
1st place = two 11th grade students - Vanessa and Dean singing "Way back into love."
2nd place = two 11th grade students - Marissa and Eric singing "Yesterday once more."
3rd place = two 9th grade students - Lynn and Phoebe singing "I'm with you."
Friday:
And now friday, my last day of student teaching, my last day in Dongguan, my last day at Kama. It was such a great day. Everyone has known that this would be my last day so today in all my classes the students all were sure to tell me they would miss me and such. And I made sure to get pictures of all my classes. So the classes in general were fun.
Then during lunch I went to my party that the Form 5 kids were throwing for me. The party started at 11:45, so me and some of the other teachers walked down to the Form 5 classroom. They were all there, plus the form 3 kids and the form 1 kids! They had big tables up in the middle of the room with all kinds of food and drinks. They had drawn a big sign on one of the chalk boards for me. And they had a whole program worked out. Mr Goh said some words and then the form 5 class had a song to sing to me. They sang me an English song, "Goodbye my friend." It was amazing!!! I won't lie, I nearly cried!! Then at the end of the song one of them ran to the back room and came out with a big bouquet of flowers! They told me that they all had a special meaning. There were blue flowers meaning "dont forget me," roses mean "we love you," daisies are "always remember," and lilies are "good luck." Then they had me go up front to say a few words. So I thanked them for the wonderful party and told them how much I would miss them all! Then they brought me out a gift. They had made me two photo albums so that I "never forget them!" They are awesome. Then Madame Gao, the principle of the international section came and presented me with a gift from Kama. It is a crystal plaque with the school emblem and seal. It is really nice!
Then we all just hung out and ate lunch! They even went out and got pizza for the party! Those kids are wonderful!! I'm going to miss them so much!
Finally, later in the evening I went out to dinner with all the Intenational section teachers. We got so spend time together for one last time and we had a really good time. I am also going to miss the teachers as well! They have all been so wonderful!
Tomorrow (saturday) I will leave Kama International School. They have arranged a car to pick me up at 9am to take me back to Guangzhou to Mallory's school. I will get to hang out there for a bit, then our adventure to Xi'an and Beijing will begin. Then it is back to America!!
So in conclusion, its a bittersweet ending. I am glad to be able to say that I am finished with student teaching and I will soon be returning to America. But at the same time I am so sad to go. I have loved being in China and I will miss my students SO much. This has been such an amazing experience and I could not have asked for a better end to it!!
Also: I have uploaded a ton of pictures from my last week (mostly from my last day) to my flickr site! Check them out! <-- follow this link!
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