Holidays Unveiled

Today's weather:  High = 23  Low = 13

Sunny

It looks like the weather has finally turned, and today was just absolutely frickin gorgeous.  The whole week is looking good, and we can finally say goodbye to winter.  On that note, people are out and about in full swing to prepare for the annual Tomb Sweeping festival.

The way the holidays will work is such:

6-days work in a row from now until March 31

April 1, 2, 3, 4   Qing Ming (tomb sweeping) Holiday

April 5, 6     student teachers come to visit and give presentations, so we effectively get a break

April 7, 8, 9   Easter Holiday

Qingming and Easter usually happen close together.  Both holidays have similar themes, interestingly enough, to do with tombs.  

This time we got a really nice break with the Chinese admin offering the Easter break, saying it was as important to Canadian teachers as Christmas!  This was an amazing gesture, and unexpected.  

For all intents and purposes we then have a "spring break", and Term 3 will effectively end March 30.

Some progress was made on the AP conundrum today (see a few posts back) and will keep updating that one.