Doellman China blog

One blog I found from China was a professor talking about the lack of glasses available for children. Parents think giving their children glasses because they think it will make the children's eyesight worse over time. This leads to problem in the classroom when students refuse to answer questions because they cannot see the board or overhead. It is also disruptive in class with students leaving their seats to get closer to the board to take notes. I found this interesting because parents in the U.S. have their children in glasses as early as two or three years old.

Another interesting blog I found was of reports of factories closing in China, sounding vaguely familiar to what Americans went through over the last 30 years. Unemployment in certain areas of the country are skyrocketing, with 400 factories closing in one part of the country alone. Most companies are moving to Mexico to reduce export costs.

The last blog I found was two Americans teaching English in China's Xinjiang district. The couple live in near six other foreigners and have a KFC near by. But 70 other teacher lives close together, eating at western restaurants on a regular basis, more than Chinese restaurants. American movies are prevalent and buy western snacks. After being in Europe for a few days, I was amazed when our trip leaders went into McDonald's. I swore I wouldn't eat anything I could get at home, but after a while it was a comfort. So I can understand these teachers spending years teaching English to want to enjoy something a little more familiar.