Sports Day

Every year, the students get two days off of studying to compete in a schoolwide athletic competition. Since there are over 2,000 students, only the best get to compete. The others write essays. We, as the foreign teachers, read and gave points for good English essays.

The Opening Ceremony for Sports Day began with a parade


Several of my students were flag-bearers.


Our neighbor's Grandmother (奶奶) and baby, who has learned to wave at the foreign teachers everytime she sees us now!


The four of us with some of our competitors, the other teachers who ran against us in the teacher relay.


Team Red.

The foreign teachers ran a relay race against the other teachers at Xiuning. Of course, we knew we would finish last. So we cheated. Zoe cut across the field. If you watch the video closely, you can see her cut. When she handed the baton to me, we played leap frog for a moment. Then, I ran to the end.