My gorgeous friend, Audrey, teaches English once a week at this migrant school, not really very far from where we live. By 'migrant' it means children who come from another province but at school in Shanghai for a variety of reasons, such as their parents have jobs in Shanghai. Chinese education is provided for the children in their home province, and as relocating permanently around China is not easy, so when many of these children reach high school age they will be sent back to the home province to attend high school, and will then most likely live with extended family. Migrant Schools like this one cater for a large number of children in not really very much space. There were THIRTY SIX children, ranging from 5 to 8 years old, in this SMALL classroom, with a blackboard and seemingly few resources, yet were amazingly enthusiastic, keen to participate and super well behaved! Thanks for taking me Audrey, I hope to come again and help out next time!!!
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