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mat chen · Joined: 01 Nov 2009 Posts: 494 Location: xiangtan hunan

The news just disclosed a mass stampede at a school in China where 8 children died. I worked in schools in Taiwan where it was impossible to let all the students leave at the same time for the same reasons. So what do you do? You play a simple game with the kids and say anyone who has red socks on, can go. Anyone wearing a green sweater, can go and so on.
Now the same thing occurs in universities and I do the same thing I tell the students they can leave after asking me a question. I only answer the question one time. It takes about ten minutes to clear fifty people but a much better system because often the serious and shy students are left behind and I can do some quality time with them.
Sometimes the Chinese need to learn not to rush everywhere. Take a book with them while they are waiting in line for the bus or train. Or today do some text messaging.
I am sure they would also cut down on all the pick pocketing that goes on here also.

Teatime of Soul · Joined: 12 Apr 2007 Posts: 905

I'll be you don't ask them, "What is the air speed velocity of an unladen swallow?"

Laughing

mat chen · Joined: 01 Nov 2009 Posts: 494 Location: xiangtan hunan

Unladen swallow or a virgin swallow? Na the idea is they must ask me a question and then they can leave. I do this in university classes to get around the hounds from hell who make sure you teach 1hour 30 minutes to the exact second. Also it wakes up the sleepers in the back of the room ,wanting to get to the basketball court early.

A man called Roger · Joined: 04 Nov 2009 Posts: 96

My wife tells me that this is at least the third time Chinese children have been killed in this manner.

samhouston · Joined: 17 Jan 2007 Posts: 418 Location: LA

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/dec/08/children-killed-china-school-stampede

A man called Roger · Joined: 04 Nov 2009 Posts: 96

chinatwin88 · Joined: 31 Aug 2009 Posts: 379 Location: Peking

killian · Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2009 2:51 am Post subject:

this is strictly on the administrations heads. my middle school staggers the go home bells into three subgroups. no way everybody gets out at once. same for lunch time. teachers/staff are posted at potential trouble spots to keep things clear. the kids are taught/drilled that running in the halls is never OK.

as confucius opined: the young cannot teach traditions to the old. the leaders gotta lead. negligence to do so will get you sacked.

A man called Roger · Joined: 04 Nov 2009 Posts: 96

My wife told me that that the school started as normal the very next day - normal classes - right back into routine.
TV reports from the school didn't show shocked children - but kids giggling and fighting to get into the front of the pack so they could get on the tube!!!!

Blogs commenting this scene voiced the feeling of many Chinese how such a deadly event seemed to leave so little impact on the school and the seeming lack of respect for the dead!!!!!!!

killian · Posted: Fri Dec 18, 2009 9:47 am Post subject:

yeah, in china each class is its own little world. the only stuff that matters to 3.2 class is what directly happens to 3.2 class. bad news in 3.3 class might as well be a million miles away.