Sunday, July 30, 2006

Closing Ceremony















The "Closing Ceremony" of our teacher training featured zany skits reminiscent of camp as well as pompous academic speeches and awards. Above: a teacher participant doing a Kung Fu routine. Below: yours truly and her fellow teachers are given ostentatious certificates of merit by the Chinese educational authority in bright red, gold embossed folders.
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