Junior English Corner had just finished this evening at 7pm, when, stepping outside the otherwise empty 6th floor room we have been allowed to make use of, we were greeted with a truly amazing sight. In front of us, stretched across the end of valley fully from one side to the other was a twin set of rainbows. One was clear and vibrant, the other slightly faint. As we walked down the stairs all the other students began to notice it and soon the entire school was stood along the balconies, shouting out 'haoguai!' (beautiful!) and generally making the most enormous racket. Sure it was beautiful, but did it really justify all this attention and excitement? I'd never seen the students so animated. I even passed Susan standing outside her classroom, on the phone, telling someone all about it with a big smile on her face.
Something seemed special, so I went home, got my camera, walked back into school, up the 6 flights of stairs, just in time to catch the fading remains. The pictures aren't great, but they show the countryside well as the air was clear and fresh after the previous storm. I took a few more of the sunset and storm clouds above the hills surrounding Lanshan, which show the nature of this place pretty well.
As I walked back down again I passed two of the Senior 3s that we eat with. They were still on the balcony staring at the sky. I told them that I'd just been taking pictures of the rainbow and they said they'd taken some pictures too. I commented on all the fuss made by the students earlier and joked that it was like they'd never seen one before. It was then that these two students let on that in fact, they hadn't. 19 years in Lanshan and this was the first rainbow they'd ever seen. Now that
is special.
Junior English Corner had just finished this evening at 7pm, when, stepping outside the otherwise empty 6th floor room we have been allowed to make use of, we were greeted with a truly amazing sight. In front of us, stretched across the end of valley fully from one side to the other was a twin set of rainbows. One was clear and vibrant, the other slightly faint. As we walked down the stairs all the other students began to notice it and soon the entire school was stood along the balconies, shouting out 'haoguai!' (beautiful!) and generally making the most enormous racket. Sure it was beautiful, but did it really justify all this attention and excitement? I'd never seen the students so animated. I even passed Susan standing outside her classroom, on the phone, telling someone all about it with a big smile on her face.
Something seemed special, so I went home, got my camera, walked back into school, up the 6 flights of stairs, just in time to catch the fading remains. The pictures aren't great, but they show the countryside well as the air was clear and fresh after the previous storm. I took a few more of the sunset and storm clouds above the hills surrounding Lanshan, which show the nature of this place pretty well.
As I walked back down again I passed two of the Senior 3s that we eat with. They were still on the balcony staring at the sky. I told them that I'd just been taking pictures of the rainbow and they said they'd taken some pictures too. I commented on all the fuss made by the students earlier and joked that it was like they'd never seen one before. It was then that these two students let on that in fact, they hadn't. 19 years in Lanshan and this was the first rainbow they'd ever seen. Now that is special.
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