Yeah, I know - - - I keep writing about how things are changing in Việt Nam. But gimme a break – this is a just a fun observation..
When we first got here, all the desks in the classrooms were like this. With big two-to-a-desk classrooms, it was hard to break classes into small groups for speaking practice, or role playing. The desks were bulky and heavy, and most were not this nice.
But, beginning with the Fall 2005 semester, classrooms were changed over to foldable student desks that made it easy to quickly rearrange a room. Nice change, eh?
However, I’ve found that there are some things common to all students to world over. They get
bored a create “desk art.”
It’s the same as you see in any school - - well, okay, maybe you won’t see Chinese characters on an Alabama school desk.
But there are lots of doodled flowers – and of course, romantic paeans to the student’s current love.
(Be sure to read the comments - some interesting observations have been made by Vietnamese.)
