After a fun filled and hectic weekend living and experiencing life with the aboriginals, I was brought over to another elementary school in 草屯，南投. The school is located in a village and there were paddy fields that were surrounding the four faces of the school. This is something that I can never get to see in Singapore. 周校长 was telling me how the school plans to get their students into planting/ growing crops in these field around the school and getting them to reap what they sow at the end of the 学期 (semester). There's no chance students in Singapore will get to experience a school life like this unless if they study overseas.
Similar to 健行国小，I was required to enter each class and share with them the culture of Singapore. While conducting the lesson, I saw the difference in the level of English of students between Taichung city and Nantou. I spoke to some students personally and they told me how their parents wish their kids to speak more of their Min Nan Yu (taiwan language). Also, the school's population was much less than the one in Taichung. Excluding the teachers, the school has a population of 146. Being a smaller school has its plus point, one of it being, I feel that students teachers ratio is smaller than in Taichung, making it easier to manage every single person. Students from the village tend to be a little more innocent too. Their view/ opinions are even simpler than the students in Taichung when asked about their ambitions.
Overall, my week in Nantou was truly an eye opener to how life is like staying in a village in Taiwan.
I shall let the pictures do to the talking for now (:
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| This is what greets you upon entering the school |
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| Maize that surrounds the 4 sides of the school |
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| An oven that took an army personnel of the school 4 months to build this |
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| Barbecue time |
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| P1 students having their lesson |
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| Graduating students rehearsing for their graduation ceremony |
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