Ok you students out there, you think you have it bad? Here is my Chinese students' daily schedule:
7:40-7:45 Prep time (they keep their classroom clean and manage chalkboards, etc)
7:45-8:25 1st period
8:35-9:15 2nd period
9:25-10:05 3rd period
10:05-10:25 Morning exercises
10:25-11:05 4th period
11:15-11:20 Eye exercises
11:20-12:00 5th period
12:00-12:40 Lunch
12:40-2:10 Study hall
2:10-2:30 Free time (the boys RUN to the basketball courts!)
2:30-2:40 Prepare classroom
2:40-3:20 6th period
3:30-3:35 Eye exercises
3:35-4:15 7th period
4:25-5:05 8th period
5:10-6:10 9th period if applicable or study hall
Normal students go home now or boarding students:
6:10-7:00 Dinner, free time
7:00-9:30 Study hall
9:30-10:00 Free time
10:00pm Lights out
The students don't leave the classroom. They stay in the same room all day and the teachers rotate classrooms to come to them. I taught them about American high school life today and they were greeeeen with envy at how much free time the American student has. Can you blame 'em?
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Day in the life of a Chinese student:
Posted by Maria Davis 梦遥 at 12:11 AM
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3 comments:
how many days a week do they go to school? A long time ago I heard it was 6 days....is that right?
Hey Jen! I figured out a loophole so I can respond to comments now! Most of my students have just a five day week and they get the weekend off. The older students will sometimes have Saturday classes because they are studying so hard for their exams. And sometimes they'll randomly assign weekend classes so they can get weekdays off. For example, we have a holiday on Wed Oct 1st and in order to get the Monday and Tuesday off, we have to teach Saturday and Sunday. Its just silly.
I am studying about China and I was wondering, when do they wake up, have breakfast, and all the other things they do before school?
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