Session 5 reflections

Professor Gersh just made my night by telling the class that the written assignment is due on Monday. I am about quarter-way through it and I know it would have been "tight" to get it done tonight; I will try anyways.
Today we were working on getting resources for our culture quest project and already I am excited about it. I was looking at the education system and realize that the education system there is very similar to the system back home in Jamaica. Students compete for limited spaces in institutes of higher learning and also students must pass examinations to get into high schools.
Maybe this is one of the reasons why students there do much better than students in the US.
I am hoping that I will learn more about education in China and that I will use the information obtained to create an interesting and informative website for people to visit. Also, I am hoping that this experience will help me engage my students in more meaningful activities in my lessons so they walk away with more from the lessons.