I get so much from my students that for some time I have been itching to share some of it, but how to respect their privacy and confidentiality? Well hopefully using a sort of twitter technique and offering only snippets and keeping to generalities it will be okay. I learn so much from meeting people from all over the world, so everynow and then I will share snippets from them. Their comments are, I hope factual, but that is not guaranteed as I may have misunderstood them or they me or their answer is just to use the language for example.
PM2.5 ( a new expression for me) and heat reflection from glass, but pollution is going down in Beijing. In turn the student found out that China is not alone with pollution problems and that we have a lot of pollution in the UK
60 men 55 women - retirement age China. Many younger people help their parents financially.
Big eyes and a round face are considered beautiful features in China.
Chile is linked to the world through its shipping.
In Pakistan one of my students, a woman, had a much better schooling than I did, a much more rounded affair. Good to hear positives re education for girls in Pakistan.
Just taught a person going home from work using Uber and did the whole lesson whilst on the way home! The student posed a great question querying how do people in countries like the UK or US plan for things long term when governments and policies and plans keep changing. The student is from China, but knows both the UK and US well. At the end of the conversation we discovered we had both studied in Manchester!
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