A funny thing happened the last day in one of the oral classes.
The class was divided into two groups and they were having an activity to force them into speaking with one another in English.
The activity was to draw a map of China and then add the neighbouring countries. (One point for the correct location and two points if the
English spelling was correct.) If you think that this is easy, look to the west of China to see what lies there. The students are very competitive and also have a great sense of fun.
One half of the class had put Taiwan as a neighbouring country.
The other half instantly started shouting (and I mean shouting) that Taiwan IS a part of China.
They were pointing and aggressively disagreeing.
This went back and forth for a minute or more, and luckily they were good natured.
I thought, "This could be a problem any minute!"
To solve the problem, I split the difference on points.
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