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Posted on: Marco Polo in China

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Posted on: International vs. Local Schools

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Posted on: International vs. Local Schools

I'll give it a shot mate [corrections welcomed],

from 11m53s:

John： 啊，那我想问你一下。。

..so I want to ask you

Dilu： 嗯

mm

John： 。。我知道你认识很多什么在这【届？】国际学校工作的人

I know you know a lot of folk who work at International schools

Dilu： 啊，有一些

ah, some..

John： 那，是不是有钱就可以上国际学校？

so, is it the case that if you have the money you can go to an International school?

Dilu： 啊， 不是。 我听说上国际学校的小孩儿一定要有国外的护照【huzhao makes sense and is what is said in the following discussion but sounds a bit like fuzhao here...guess I'm just tingcuoing ].

ah, no that's not the case. I've heard that the kids must have a foreign passport to go to an International school.

John: 噢

oh

Dilu： 并不说你有钱就可以去上的

it's not at all correct to say that if you have the money you can just go

John： 那中国人就不能上【啦？】？

so Chinese kids just can't go then?

Dilu： 如果你没有外国的护照应该就不可以

.it should be the case that if you don't have a foreign passport you can't go

John： 噢， 但是有的中国人的孩子有外国护照

oh, but there are some Chinese kids that have foreign passports

Dilu: 啊，对。有些中国人呢，他【们。。omitted?] 会在生小孩儿的时候就跑到国外去。 小孩儿就是那里比如美国的护照，然后再回到中国上国际学校

ah, right. Some Chinese parents take off overseas when they're kids are born so the kids can get a passport from that country [eg get an US passport], and then when they return to China they can go to an International school.

John： 啊，明白了。那，反过来呢？你是外国人，你想想本地学校可以吗？

ah, I understand. So what about the reverse situation? You're a foreigner and you're considering a local school...is that possible?

Dilu： 嗯，这个好像可以吧， 没有特别的【显着？】

oh, seems to be possible, but it's not very ?prominent [common?].

John： Ok

Dilu： 那，我跟John都没有这方面的经验。。。。

so, as John and I don't have experience in this area....[goes on to say that if have experience come and leave comments on the board]

Please point out if there was a section of the discussion that you were referring to that was outside this attempted translation. IHTH :)

Posted on: International vs. Local Schools

btw, your examples gave me a chuckle...Chinese silver [plastic+lead], hehe.

Posted on: International vs. Local Schools

I tend to agree with what you say in regard to fairness. I'm curious though when you say:

"fair price based upon your Chinese speaking ability"

...what you think the thinking behind this is? Not disagreeing here, just curious what you think the mindset is. I would find insights into that extremely interesting.

Posted on: International vs. Local Schools

I agree. Parents are still their childrens first teacher.

I also would like to hear more about the home schooling situation in China...the laws, the frequency, the demographics, and the practice.

Posted on: International vs. Local Schools

感谢你分享你的经验。。挺有趣。

“I wonder if we really know at what age we need to start encouraging kids to ask "why?", or "How come I cannot do it this way" ”

。。。this question surprised me a little. I thought "why" was one of the first words kids learnt, and once they learn it they get on a roll with it and it's wonderful and seems very natural. Trouble is they really do get on a roll and it requires a modicum of patience to hang in there and answer their questions. It's a shame if this natural thirst for knowledge is ever quashed, but I think sometimes it is discouraged.

Posted on: What is your job?

不用谢[you're welcome] mate. Google is your friend. It gives 281,000 results for "婚礼摄影师". The inverted commas are important I think.

Posted on: What is your job?

I don't know, but it seems to me the latter is more specific to the ceremony itself.

Posted on: International vs. Local Schools

很有趣。多谢你的链接