I cannot believe how nice these kids are! It amazed me how sincere the letters were, despite the fact that they were school assignments. I'm a little bit overwhelmed at the amount of letters I received. I want to respond to all of them, but it looks like some might have to wait a little bit.
It amazed me how different their schooling system is; most of them study from 6am to 10pm. Some days I'm not even awake for that many hours. All of them mentioned that they are kind of lonely. It surprised me because college in America is very social.
In my autobiography I mentioned that I play soccer. I got a lot of responses saying that in China soccer is a boy's sport. Most of the girls that responded played volleyball at one point. Also, a lot of them play badminton and table tennis.
I was surprised at how many of the students had siblings. Some of them had three siblings even. Only one of them mentioned having a pet. That's weird to be because pets are such a big part of our lives here. At least mine is.
I think that I will keep in touch with some of the students. I'm excited to learn more about their culture and daily lives.
Sorry Ms. James I don't have a cute animal video for this post!
