Hosting China Students for Immersion Programme

The week before national day was celebrated, Ortus hosted a group of students from China, and I was involved in leading them around the places of interest in Singapore. However, contrary to my belief that China students are disciplined and well-behaved, the students were not only talkative but also disobedient and did not listen to of our instructions. Thus, our plans were greatly disrupted and could not follow as planned. Originally, we were supposed to bring them to Little India, followed by Chinatown and then to Toa Payoh. However, the students were uncoorperative and moved very slowly. Hence, after visiting Little India, we skipped to Toa Payoh to have our dinner. We did not even have the time to bring them around to show them our HDB flats and bubble tea. After dinner, we took a charted bus from Toa Payoh to the Night Safari. When we entered, many of them did not follow closely to each other, resulting in the group being split into two groups for the tram ride. The China students also disobeyed instructions and continued using flash photography despite repeated reminders. Finally, after the tram ride, it was time to head home. This trip has changed my mindset of China students and will make me think twice before hosting anymore in future.