Teaching is More Than Students in a Classroom

This is Violin, our co-teacher.  No, she doesn’t always dress like this.  Here, Violin is taking part in a dance competition at the main campus.  With more than a thousand Chinese college instructors on campus, there are a lot of then who are taking part in traditional dance lessons with the aim of taking part in this annual event.  Of course there is more to it than simply practicing for a competition, there is the idea of staying in shape with exercise.

One of the side benefits is the ability to call upon these teachers, as well as a number of other staff members, to take part in performances in honour of visiting dignitaries.

Here you can see all the different groups that took part in the performance/competition.  At the end of the competition, the all worked as one for a final dance in order to create a wonderful rainbow effect of colour in motion.  Maureen took these photos when she attended this performance at the main campus while I slaved in the classroom on our campus.  Don’t you feel sorry for me?