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February 13, 2008
Beast Children
When I returned from Qinghai earlier this month, some of you probably felt that my characterization of Tibetan children as "absolute terrors" and "complete animals" was a bit harsh. Well, you were right. I should have limited my criticism only to the boys, as the following video clearly shows:
Pay careful attention to that cluster of boys in the second row on the right hand side. In less than one minute, they're caught pulling hair, biting fingers, hitting each other. And what's going on with those boys in the back left? It looks like they've got a gambling ring or a porno mag stashed back there. These kids don't even pay attention when one of their Tibetan teachers comes into the classroom 45 seconds into the video...
Am I crazy, or are these kids out of f#%@in' control!?
posted February 13, 2008 at 08:37 PM unofficial Xinjiang time | HaoHao This!
Comments
That's a group that needs songs and games to stay focused on English. Most kids do from time to time. I taught Taiwanese kids at buxibans that were almost as wild, but yeah that's a tough crowd.
Posted by: ouyang at February 14, 2008 12:31 AM
I'm sure busting out the digital camera doesn't help keep them in line.
Posted by: Lucas at February 14, 2008 07:51 PM
You're probably right about that, but believe me... the reason I busted out my camera was to record the unbelievably bad behavior that had been going on in front of me for at least 15 minutes. I simply gave up and decided to make lemonade (for the blog) out of lemons (the students).
Posted by: michael at February 14, 2008 07:54 PM
it is not that bad. kids are always like that. i had seen much worse situation in beijing when i was with the group of rural migrant kids. and the class was much bigger.
Posted by: oiwan at February 15, 2008 06:35 PM
This is great - thanks! I'm going to show it to my daughter who is sick to death of the behaviour of the boys in her primary school class (in the UK).
Posted by: Luisetta at February 20, 2008 06:03 PM