Friday, 25 November 2011

Happy Teachers' Day!

Last week it was Teacher Appreciation Day in Vietnam.  Our school was decorated with a huge banner and flowers in the main lobby.  Kids brought us gifts like it was Christmas.  I received chocolate, face wash, body scrub, lotion, perfume, fancy hair pin, a bracelet, and a beautiful lotus lantern lamp.  John got things like cuff links, flowers, chocolate, and a gift certificate to a fancy restaurant.  One of my friends got cold hard cash! 



In the afternoon there was a ceremony for the whole school.  All the teachers assembled in a circle and some high school students came to us each to hand out flowers.  I felt like I was at a rose ceremony on "The Bachelor."  They should have asked us "will you accept this rose?" ... ha ha!  We also got a gift certificate for a grocery store from the Vietnamese school owners.

Anyway, the funny thing was that when all the teachers were down in the rose circle, the kids were in the stands unsupervised.  I looked over and the little kids were going a bit crazy with their newfound freedom.  Oh well.  Happy Teachers' Day!!

2 comments:

  1. Happy Teachers' Day, indeed! There should be more days like this all over the world! What a wonderful gesture to show how much you are appreciated!!!

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  2. hahaha AWESOME! Happy Teacher's Day!

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