Carson Brock, Student

Hello again! We had another wonderful day of eating and teaching in the classroom at Nanjing Shu Ren. After classes ended, my mom and I ventured down the street to the high school’s athletic complex. I was happy to find soccer goals, but they didn’t have nets in them; so my plans changed from shooting to passing with my mom. She is definitely not a soccer “baller.” After a few minutes of trying to explain to my mom how to kick the ball straight, a Chinese man came over and joined the fun. When it was over I was thinking how cool it was to play soccer in China. No language barrier, no cultural barrier, and no skill barrier - just two guys and a soccer ball. 

Later that night we went to dinner with the top principal of the school. The school has about thirty different principals, and they are all called “potatoes.” But this top principal, the king of principals, emperor principal, lord principal. Whatever you may want to call him, he is called the “Big Potato” by the students. The dinner was wonderful, and afterward I was so tired I got back and fell asleep right away. 
See you next time.
Carson

P.S.: From now on, I would like to be called the “Big Potato.”