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Over the course of this school year, fourth and fifth graders at Guan Ai learned all about sweet potatoes. Past lessons in this year-long unit included explorations into the history and culture of the sweet potato and how it is eaten and used in the village: [Part 1] [Part 2] [Part 3]. Principal Sun of [...]

Selling eggs may just be an ordinary thing in the eyes of villagers but it can be an exciting learning experience for the students from Guan Ai Primary School. Five of our students, Sara Lam and I (Principal Sun) went to the marketplace as an out-of-school educational experience to sell the eggs from the chickens [...]

We invited some teachers from Dulangkou School to come and give some training to our teachers. We really appreciated them giving up their precious holidays to come, and we benefited greatly from their instruction. Firstly, we witnessed the admirable cultivation of a famous school’s teachers: their bearing was unified, graceful and cultured; it mixed modesty, [...]

After hearing Ron Song say that he wanted to do an experiment that involved throwing eggs from the second story, I immediately envisioned a ground littered with yellow cracked eggs. More than a little suspicious about the idea, I asked, “You sure this will work?” To my surprise, he replied back confidently, “It’ll work.” And [...]

I brought lots of glass bottles to the science experiment class because I thought that plastics bottles would be easier for the students to knock over. Ron Sung watched the class and offered some suggestions for improvement. He asked me, “How do feel the class went?” I said, “Not too bad, though perhaps a little [...]

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目前，我们面临太多的机遇和挑战，能不能把握机遇，给自己一个学习改变的机会，那就要看自己有没有改变自我的愿望和积极主动的态度。也许有的老师感觉茫然不 知所措，这个也是正常的。势必接受新的事物也不是那么容易，主要是思想观念的问题。也许想一想，究竟哪种方法对学生的成长有利，哪些学习方法学生更喜欢 呢？让老师也少费劲，我们是不是值得思考？当然，我也知道老师们都有自己的顾虑，那主要来自考试和家长的压力。从关爱学校三年来的历程看，我们的教学成绩 始终位于中游，有人会提出考试不公平等种种理由解脱，但我们认为我们还是没走出自己的路子。如果我们总是被考试和家长束缚着自己的思想，不去尝试改变，那 我们的教育就没有意义和价值。与其这样，那还不如做出大胆改革的选择，最坏也不过如此，试一试也许会柳暗花明。因此希望我们的老师积极努力，不要放弃，共同努力，迈开步伐迎接黎明的曙光。 A Bold Decision At present, we are faced with too many opportunities and challenges. Whether or not you are able to seize such an opportunity, to reap the benefits of change, that all depends on if you have a proactive attitude and are willing to improve yourself. Perhaps there are [...]

On August 24th, a new school term started at Guan Ai Elementary School. The textbooks didn’t arrive in time, so we spent the first week doing a public survey for our health education. The study was carried out over four days: on the first day, we went to the village to examine the problems of [...]