The opening ceremony (thats right, opening ceremony) was epic. Every team including us as the referees had to march around the track and do a small performance in front of where the principle was sitting as they passed him. There were speeches, balloons being set into the air, a raising of the flag.... definitely a bit better than my sports day memories which I think include an egg & spoon race and a few flags. The events themselves were pretty familiar; running, jumping, tug of war etc, but obviously the Chinese students are amazing at everything so it was quite interesting to watch. So proud of some of my little grade one students as well! The pressure put on them is so intense. I'm not really sure how seriously the school takes the results of the day, but some of the class teachers were so aggressive when their classes weren't performing very well, even the really young children.
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