Dear friends,
Last Wednesday, I was invited to Ruei-Siang Senior High School to cook with thirty-nine high school students. This was the second high school I've been to since coming to Taiwan. The first high school I visited was Xiao Gang High School (please see previous posts), where I gave a Q&A session on American life. This time, I made steamed dumplings with the students. The high school not only invited four of us Fulbrighters (me, Billy, Vicky, and Nicki), but they also invited two Rotary foreign exchange students from America and Germany. It was neat to talk to all of these high school students about their experience and life in Taiwan. We also had lengthy conversations about American pop culture. Little did I know that the students were going to put on a singing show for us! One student, Amour (His name is actually "Mo," but the students like to call him "Amour" because it stands for "love" in French), sang a song from the famous Taiwanese movie Cape No. 7 with two other students.

Amour with two other students singing songs from Cape No. 7 (left), Vicky singing with Frank (right)

Afterwards, Vicky (another Fulbrighter) got up and sang "This Moment" by Kelly Clarkson with Frank. All of the students were so talented! I know this because after Vicky and Frank sang, the entire class of 39 students got up and sang traditional Taiwanese songs.

After their singing performances, I taught the students the Hokey-Pokey and Macarena. They were not shy at all! When I taught my elementary students in English Club the Hokey-Pokey and Macarena, they were running away because they did not want to be embarrassed. The high school students, though, were not afraid to shake their bootie =D Cooking and dancing with the high school students was a great way to end a day!

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