5/03/2009

Volunteer Experience(II)

Undergo a long process of volunteer work, I slowly adapt the volunteer work and even enjoy it. I volunteered doing administrative tasks for Ms. Bartell at Grand Canadian Academy at Nanjing Foreign Language School, #30 East Beijing Road, Nanjing, Jiangsu, P.R. China during term 3 from February until the end of April, 2009. I learn a lot from the volunteer work. My job is to help teachers easily to finish their work. Therefore, I have a lot of things to do, whatever these kind of things are taking all the troubles or little staff. The most troubled things such as updating excel files with student marks and grades and delivering fundraiser money to band and calculating how much money was controlled. Generally I will create PowerPoint presentations to be used in the next class and translate documents needed for primary school volunteering, The Most simple thins are alphabetizing DVD’s, replenishing water jugs, organizing drawers, keeping staff room orderly and delivering magazines to teachers, etc.

I notice that teachers are always teaching students, marking papers, planning classes, talking and teaching students how to speak English, meeting parents, and be an advisor of clubs. I found in order to be teachers the most important qualification is to have practical experience. I do the volunteer in the GCA staff room because it can give me a real experience. Teachers also have the heavily responsibility, they should to be patient when students have questions, to be kind but not too kind, organized, disciplined, extroverted, helpful and showing students the way of being mature, teach students how to be a society man or woman.

I think to be a teacher will be fine, because I think this job is quite steady, I can have this job forever if I like to. Also I believe that I may succeed and have more fun by teaching, that’s why I enjoy this kind of work. On the other hand, I feel confused because if I can do well in this job maybe I should organize myself more. In addition, I am looking forward when I grow up and to be a teacher teaching students. I think teacher may be my best way to choose because this job’s future outlook is good and needed, whatever the society change, there always need teachers to teach, therefore this kind of job is stabilized and useful, I means teacher’s mission is to teach student, they are needed.

From the volunteer work, I found the connection between the experience and employability skills, and the benefit to the community and to myself. Pay more attention on the quality, not on the speed. No matter how big or small the thing is, we must attach importance to it, put more effort on it and to be patient and careful. I realized the importance of volunteer work. It could help me to get more impression of the society; adapt the environment of society; know the status of society. I believed that I have learnt many useful skills during this volunteer work.







Religious Service


On December 14th, 2008 I was going to Mochou Road Christianity church with Ms. Bartell and my schoolmates. I was arrived here at 1:40 in front of the church gate and waiting for other people. I was very interested in Christianism, therefore I choose this particular religion. It gave me a deep impression by the structure of the building.

Even though I did not have religious belief, I was really like christianism. When I arrived in the church, I found I love the structure of the church. This church was built in Cathic-style and the outward appearance was always looked like a rood. The wall of the building was brownish, but looked very clean and it gave me a feeling of heavenliness. The inside of the church built very high, and looked like it will reaching up into the sky, give people a feeling of holiness. That’s why I like Christianism very much.

On the other hand, I found the speech was very boring, only the sings were fine sounding. Maybe because I could not totally understand what the nuns’ meaning, but I really do not think it was interesting when I was listening. I think this was only thing I found it was boring in the church. Maybe christianism have the difference to the Buddhism, therefore I cannot accept. However even I do not like the speech, I was always attracted by the religion relief, the mysterious, holy and sacrosanct culture.

I recommend you to sense this kind of faith enthusiastically.











The best pieces of work from the classes

Art Obsession Project






PE lesson, play badminton in the gym.





Social Poster Project






Science lab



Planning TV series quiz




Math quiz












Mandarine Exam



English Class-work








Participate in a Service Activity organized by a GCA teacher


Cooking Lesson

It was on Saturday, April 11th in 2009, some of our students were going to learn how to cook. At 9 o’clock, students almost arrived in GCA, because everyone was interesting in cooking western food. I was learning how to make cookies with some girls following our “little tutor”. Our tutor was called Pauline, she is a French exchange students and very lovely.

Firstly, we got all the materials together from supermarket, and then we started to make the cookies ---- Chocolate Cookies. We need some butter, some white sugar, some brown sugar, an egg, some flour, yeast and chocolate. Secondly, we heat up the butter from solid to liquid. Then, put the same mass of white sugar and brown sugar into the butter liquid. After that, use stirring rod to stir them into solution. Then put an egg and some flower into the solution, and mix them together into paste. Afterwards put a little yeast and the chocolate pellet into the paste and mix them. The above was preparing the cookies, and it seemed already finished. Thereupon, divided them into small pieces and then put them into roaster, and spend 15-20 minutes the cookies would be finished. After the cooking lesson, we got home and made by ourselves. About one and half an hour, we finish the cooking cookies and the cookies were accomplished even we made our clothes very dirty.

From this cooking lesson, I was interested in making the dessert by my self. I think I will continue to learn how to cook the dessert. I was really enjoying the cooking lesson.

3/15/2009

Go to an Exihibition with my friends

Ancient Chinese Lacquer Exhibition

As we know, China is the first country that used lacquering technology. On the 15th of March, I went to the Nanjing Museum with Abby and Edward. We visited the Ancient Chinese Lacquer Exhibition at 12:50 p.m., and we learn more about the lacquering technology and have fun there.

The title of the exhibition is “Ancient Chinese Lacquer”. In this Exhibition, there are many different kinds of lacquered artworks. Including carved throne, Carved Box with Lucky Patterns and Characters, Screen with Flower and Bird Design Inlaid with Precious Stones and Brown Mallow-petal Plate, etc. These lacquer products all had unique, shining and attractive designs, rich and magnificent decorated, with a wide application.

I’d like the carved throne which made in Qin Dynasty in A.D. 1644-1911. It was a rectangle with 140 centimeters high, 150 centimeters long and 90 centimeters wide which made by Black Wood. Also there are carven dragons on it with the most sophisticate skills, so it looked magnificent decorated and well-made. I feel majestic of the carved throne because of the patterns on it. Just imagine if I sit on this throne and everyone should fall on him or her knees, how am I great and all of you should proud of me.

From the exhibition of the lacquer products, I learned how to appreciate an artwork that different to before. Such as define many kinds of Black Woods and choose the suitable wood block as the floor board. It’s good for our daily life and this experience let me know China is the famous lacquering technology country and I’m proud of it.







2/07/2009

Eat at a Swiss Restaurant with My Friends

On Sunday, the 1st of March, I went to a Swiss restaurant called “Bebbis Restaurant” with my classmates Abby and Edward. We choose here because many classmates have fun here. Even though I have lived in Nanjing 4 years, I never know where it located in Nanjing. Luckily, Edward knows it. Edward bring Abby and I to the place that it’s in Xinjiekou. We arrived here at about six thirty.

In the restaurant, all the tables and chairs are made by wood. Also, there are some traditional music of Switzerland. Everything made us feel comfortable and concordant. Therefore the environment and the atmosphere here was fine, because we could quietly talk when we had meals and no noise here. I ordered Munich Baked Rice with pork sausage over baked with rice which was differing to the food I ate before. The taste and the manner were not the same as the Chinese traditional rice. I should used spoon instead of the chopsticks to eat the rice. Also the most important thing is the taste was totally different with Chinese food because the sour taste. However, I think the taste of rice with little sour and sweet is pretty good. I extremely like it. There’s also a fancy food called “Chocolate Fondue” which is chaffy dish with chocolate. We eat the chaffy dish with fruit. The taste was fresh and sweet. Very cool! The service there also very good, the waitress had good manners and I had a good time there with my friends.

I think I will recommend my friends to have meals there if they want to have a real experience of Swiss food because the fancy food here.







Volunteer Experience

Virtually, volunteer work was not very general in China, on the contrast, western country do this well. In my opinion, volunteer work was a very hallowed. No selfish, but love. We know that judge a student not only on the exam marks. It should be according to the students’ ability and integrated development. Thus, the Chinese education — putting more attention on the study and ignore the practice is very boring and insipid. Therefore, western people have chance to get the jobs more than Chinese people, and they can adapt the environment of the society better. As a result, I decided to do be a volunteer to make up the shortage.

Last year, I have been a volunteer for the drama “The Taming of the Shrew”. There were many students willing to help Ms. Hadley and Ms. Mistchrich. Hence, we have divided into three groups to do our job. Our group’s job was to paint the bricks on the wall. Firstly, we should find many smooth boards to build as a wall. Then, we carried the boards to the entrance of GCA. After that, we brushed white on the board as backdrop. Then we didn’t draw grey on the board mixed with dark brown and green until the board was dry, because we wanted to let the board looked like the old city walls. Then, we drew irregular quadrilateral in brownish-red to make it looked like bricks. In the end, we used grey again to make the “wall” look old. The process of painted was very difficult, because we are all green hands. We tried many times to mix colors, so we could make sure the wall looked like a real one. During our experience, we failed many times. Sometimes the color of the bricks was too dark; sometimes the color of the bricks was too light; sometimes the bricks looked too dirty; sometimes it looked too simple… There were too many mistakes. Luckily, we find the right way at last. Finally, we waited the wall dry, then, the walls were done. When we finish it, incredible, it really looked like an old wall. I couldn’t believe my eyes. It looked like the real one. All of us felt successful and proud. When I pass by the wall, I always proud to tell my friends that it was made by me!

The volunteer work I only did 3 times for the wall, but I learnt a lot from it. I know that we should do everything should step by step, and we should do things carefully and patiently. Pay more attention on the quality, not on the speed. No matter how small or big the thing is, we should attach importance to the weaknesses and put more effort on the practice. I realized the importance of volunteer work. It could help me to get more impression of the society; adapt the environment of society; know the status of society. I believed that I have learnt many useful skills during this volunteer work.


The wall on the side was made by us.