friends

on friday i met venus and coco. they were both very quiet but i learned quite a bit about what their schools were like just by comparing ours to theirs. when piper told them her zodiac sign and asked if they knew what it meant, they understood and informed us that they were both pisces. i shared my appreciation for track and also that i'm on the yearbook staff here. venus was very interested in our journalism room and the fact that we create and disseminate our own work to our peers. i showed her last year's yearbook and she was fascinated, flipping through all the pages and seeing all the faces and pictures. we basically made our way through the whole school, and they were surprised at all the different electives we have. venus said "i wish that i studied here" because our school looks much easier and like more fun. this experience made me honestly grateful that high school in america isn't just all work and we have classes that we actually enjoy along with the more difficult ones. i also learned that a lot of the things i take for granted about our school systems aren't an option in most chinese schools. if we had more time i would probably have asked what venus and coco's schedules would have been like had they gone to kickapoo or a school like it.