Human Slingshots
Really?!?? AKA, Cultural Mishaps in China, They Will Happen
After judging a speech competition all morning at a school that is not my own, I was asked to hand out the second place prizes. They also asked some other teachers, but I missed the details because they only gave them in Chinese and I didn’t understand everything. I was only supposed to hand out 4 of 12 prizes. But the prize girl kept handing me certificates, so I kept handing them out, while the audience laughed at me. I didn’t know what was going on, so I just kept going until someone stopped me. Later, I was interviewed for the school news, on video, and the girl interviewing me asked me this question: Random Girl: “When you made the mistake and everyone was laughing at you, what did you feel inside?” Really, random girl? Really? On camera you ask me this? Really? Two years ago, this would have devastated me. Now, I just have to laugh and say, “Oh well! Such is life in China.” Cultural mistakes will be made. It happens. For the record, I told her I felt that it is maybe go...
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And I'm seriously coveting that pickup plowing in the background (one of my Uncles had a blue and white Ford growing up that still defines "pickup" to me.)
I didn't even notice that pickup snowplow until you pointed it out. I think it belongs to the complex. They do a good job of quickly clearing snow. We had a lot of it last weekend, that's for sure.