Today started off like any other day: wake up freaking early, eat something new for breakfast, go to school, hang out until it is time for our Taiwanese siblings to start class... and thats where the pattern stopped. Turns out that the whole school had an English test today so while everyone was taking their quiz Kathleen, Page, Ethan, Dustin, and I got to see what tests are like in Taiwan. All I can say is that the way they take tests here would not work in the U.S. First of all, there are NO TEACHERS IN THE ROOM. The students are trusted to not cheat during these tests. And big thing is... THEY DON'T! They don't talk or look at each other's papers or NOTHING. We were all extremely surprised by that and how honorable these students are! Ok so after the quiz we were taken down to the front of the school and got in the school's car to go to Dasi High School. We were divided into three groups (Kathleen, Dustin, and Ethan were with me) are sent off to see different classes. First we went to Chinise were we got to "read" a Taiwanese novel. Then we went to Earth Science and hung out and finally we went to P.E. and played hardcore games of basketball. The best part of the day was when we got to make DUMPLINGS!!!! It was SO MUCH FUN. I must have made atleast 10 dumplings... Anyways, after making/eating dumplings the whole delegation got to talk and play around with a few kids who were chosen to spend the day with us. They were the cutest things I have ever seen. At first they were all shy and kept on stammering. They kept on saying "I am very shy right now because you guys are so very beautiful and handsome". But after a couple of minutes they all opened up and began to joke around. We talked about the World Cup and a girl (Jennifer) had to guts to beat Ryan up! It was so hilarious! They were all so nice and funny and cute. After Dasi High School we went to Mei-Wha Elementary School where we were taught all about tops. OH MY GOSH, we met the Top Team and they are they most talented 12 year olds I have EVER met. They could make the tops jump and spin on their hands and could make them fly. It was FASCINATING. After they were done with their presentation, they showed us how to spin tops and do certain tricks. Best part was that we actually got to keep the tops we were given to practice on. I have a feeling Mimi is going to get sick of me playing with my top pretty soon...
So once we got back to our home school (YFHS) my crazy family (Kathleen, Page, Mimi, Demi, Dustin, Matt, Ethan, and I) went out for dinner. Ok so dinner was most certainly an experience I will never forget. Page, Kathleen, and I split two dishes. They were soups that tasted like tea but were frozen...yeah...it was very interesting... However, dessert was AMAZING. Kathleen and I ordered this mango thing. First of all, it was HUGE. It was a mango icee with slices of mango and on top on the mango icee mountain was mango ice cream. It was seriously one of the best things I have EVER had. Alright so after dinner we all went to look around the city and shop. I decided that since we were shopping I might as well look for things for my family. We must have walked all over Taiwan and I did not buy a single thing. NOT ONE! My legs are sore from walking all over town, but tomorrow my CRAZY family and I are going to the Night Market. I am super duper freaking excited for that. Lets hope that I will be ablet o find something tomorrow and if not, oh well. Walking around the night market and trying new things will most definately make up for it!
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