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Since the opening of the new Language College here at Bishop Heber the school has been introducing many exciting initiatives. One of these is the introduction of the teaching of CHINESE. We decided to interview some of the students, who have recently taken this new and exciting option, to find out exactly why they chose such an unusual language. "I am learning Chinese because it is the most widely used language and it might help me get a good job in the future." (Matthew, BHHS.) "I am learning Chinese because it is different to anything I have ever done before and I think it is interesting." (Robert Bates) "I am learning Chinese because I wanted to learn a more exotic language and the country and culture sound very interesting. It has made me want to know more." (Isabel Walker) "Chinese is a language which, to me, is much more adventurous than many others." (Jessica Lloyd) Our new teacher, Mrs Hong Xia Zhu, kindly wrote a short article explaining what life is like in China for young students.
Every morning they get up at about six o'clock. Some of them are asked by their parents to read English or Chinese for half an hour before breakfast. After a quick breakfast, they leave home at about seven o'clock. Most of them ride bikes to school. They often arrive at school at half past seven. After they put their schoolbags in the classroom, they gather on the school playground to get ready for morning exercises. It takes fifteen minutes. After that, they do some reading in the classroom for another fifteen minutes. The first lesson begins at ten past eight. They have four lessons in the morning and each period lasts forty-five minutes. Between every two periods, there is a break for ten minutes. The morning lessons finish at a quarter to twelve. Lunch is two hours. The students can have lunch either at school or at home and it's also the time for students to relax. They can play ball games, read books in the school library or just chat with friends. The afternoon lessons start at two o'clock. They often have three periods in the afternoon. School is over at twenty to four. The students on duty have to stay behind to clean their classrooms. After they arrive home and have a short rest, they begin to do their shoal work. They must go over all the information they have been given in class before starting their homework. After the evening meal they can watch T.V. for half an hour, then they go back to their homework. They can't finish until ten o'clock. They often spend three hours on their homework every day. They finally go to bed at about eleven!
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