South Africa President Election.

South Africa President Election.

Next Wednesday is the election of South Africa president. And now there's a campaign called "Stop Zuma", it was started by opposition leader Helen Zille. She can't stop Jacob Zuma (leader of the African National Congress) to be the next South Africa's president. But she hope to stop A.N.C. from two-third of the votes.

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The Three Test, Fifa's Sheep and Tamari of Tamarinda

First story: The Three Test
We read a story called The Tree Test. It is a story from Africa.
I learned about their religion. They believe that humans can talk to animals and animals can talk humans.

Second story: Fifa's Sheep
This story boy that never listen to adults... (You can read the whole story by clicking on the link)
I learned that Africans love to tell stories because they don't have enough money to buy books, and even that they can buy books they can't really read. Another thing that I learned is that their toy was sheep, they make signs on their sheep. And most of them love in country side (rural). And they sell grass to earn money. They live in the house that its roof was made of grasses, because grasses are cheaper. I also learned that only few people has cars, most them walk

Third story: Tamari of Tamarinda
In this story I learned that Africans also believe in magic.

My Photo Journal....

Sandra's Photo Journal.

Hi! I'm a student from HIS. Now come with me and I'll introduce our city to you.

My Bedroom.
I live with my And this is also where I do my homework. There's a bed, desk, wardrobe... I wake up at 7:15.

Some of they (African Student) has rent a room near the school and lived by them self.




School Sign.
Our school (Hsinchu International School) sign is bamboo. Because

Eat Breakfast.
After I brush my teeth, comb my hair, and change my clothes. I go to dinning room and eat breakfast that my mom had prepared. Most of the time breakfast are breads, porridge, cereal...

The students that lived by them self cook the meal by them self.





Go to school.
I go to school about 7:50~8:00. My mom drive my sister and I to school. From my house to school is about 10~15min.

Most of them walk to school. Because car is too expensive to them, only a few of them.

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School.
At day A, I study Science, Wellness, Independent Learning, and Language Arts. And B day I study Humanities, Math, Creative Writing, and ESL. And we use computer to study.

They only study Language, Science, and Math. They use books for study.




Lunch.
The school will prepare lunch for students, some of us eat the lunch that our parents made.

They need to cook their lunch at school.

Back To Home.
I came back from school. I will pet my pet first then do my homework. And after I done my homework I will practice my violin and piano.

The first thing when they came back from school is to water their garden after school every day. And they need to help their family to wash clothes, hang out to dry, ironing, grinding spices, making kenkey, cook, etc.


Sports.
We play soccer at the soccer field and basketball at basketball field.

They play soccer at the open area. Because they don't have many money to build a soccer field.