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Ying Wa Explorers Series: Dr Lee's Exploration 2 (Scotland Trip Sum-up)

5/14/2018

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For those of you who haven't explored all my previous posts for our Scotland Educational Trip (28 Apr - 5 May), here are the individual links (Click them!):

Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4, Day 5, Day 6, and Day 7
And for those of you interested in the ANSWERS to the QUESTIONS posted in each entry. Here you go:
Day 1:
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Q1 - How do you make sense of this idiom "You may go further and do a lot worse"?

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According to a staff member I talked to, the idiom is showing a sort of national identity. It asks the Scottish people NOT to go south for England as it will only do bring them bad fortune.
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Q2 - I found these weird items for sale at a hidden corner at the Edinburgh airport. What are these?

They are a kind of mini toothbrush for chewing. One pound each, available in the lavatory.

Day 2:

Q1 - The tour guide said it was a good thing to see these fungi, can you guess why?

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Fungi only survive in clean air. Having fungi growing all over the trees implies that the air in the location is very clean.
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Q2 - whose room was it? And why do you think so? 

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It was Mrs Lam's room. I have no idea how you could guess it right but some of you did guess it right with very good reasoning!
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Day 3:

Q1 - As far as you can see from this short clip, how does their maths lesson differ from yours at school?

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In fact, all of your answers are sensible. I notice mainly the grouping and the use of the small board for each student. But you know your maths lessons better than I do.
Q2 - Are you always ready and comfortable to share with a visitor what you are good at?

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This is a self-reflective question which can only be answered by yourselves. But I'm glad to see quite a few of you answering "yes"!
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Day 4:

Q1 - Can you tell what was so special about this poster?
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This one is super hard...The speech bubbles on the poster were actually sound devices. I pressed on it and it played a sentence which was prerecorded by a student. Those sentences were statements on children's rights.

Q2 - why did I go to Stirling today?

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It was because I wanted to visit my old school -  The University of Stirling.
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Q3 - By the look of them, could you guess what they are?

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Those are study pods for small group gathering for discussion and homework.

Day 5:

I didn't give any question this day. But I'm glad to answer yours.
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Day 6:

Q1 - In the Chinese Booth of the fair, could you tell/guess which two activities were offered?

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Surprisingly, some of you did give me the right answers...The two games were chopstick skills and Chinese calligraphy.

Q2 - Do you understand what sort of difficulties Keren needs to get through and what achievement she had got?

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I appreciate those who attempted to respond to this as the audio in the clip might be too hard for some of you. Keren struggled with her deafness and that she had no language when she first moved to Scotland. Adjusting her life with hearing students in school was also a challenge. But Keren still managed to win a poetry award! 
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Day 7:

Q1 - Try to listen to him (Prof Mattieson) carefully (maybe several times) and see if you could understand what he said here! Try to sum it up!

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Another good challenge here. Prof Mattieson summed up the relationship between the Scottish and London Government and said that the former could run their own education policies.

Q2 - Among the many moments I recorded in these travelogue articles for Scotland, which one do you think is my favourite and why?

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There are in fact too many memorable moments that could be my favourite. If I must choose, my meeting with Prof Mattieson, interaction with some individual Scottish students, and tour in Stirling were among my top favourite parts of this tour.

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To conclude, as I have shared with my students in the morning assembly, be a world explorer and bring back your learning to share with others in Hong Kong. The world is a huge classroom and everyone can be your teacher. As for our P.6 boys, another tour is upcoming, be prepared to dig deep!

Dr H C Lee
3 Comments
Geoff Wong 6A(30)
5/17/2018 07:28:03 pm

Dear Dr.Lee:
Wow! Your answers are really great! I just couldn't think of the answers when I saw the questions! As to me, it was a mystery and I presently noticed that I got at least 5 answers incorrect! WHAT A HUGE MISTAKE!!! (But I will keep on never giving up, HA...)
After reading your passage, I was really and totally amazed by the answer of the Question 1 in Day 4... It was pretty creative to put sound devices on the poster (However, I wonder what was the use of it...) and Ying Wa can imitate this to improve our schoolmates' spoken English!
In addition, I have some questions:
Firstly: In Day 1, I would like to know if the mini toothbrush were common and popular in Scotland or even the whole UK, because personally speaking, it was quite expensive.
Secondly: In Day 6, I wonder how long Chinese Booth of the fair took. A day, a week, or a whole year?
Thanks for Dr.Lee's answers and I think that Scotland is amazing as there are many new and weird (to HongKongers) things to discover! Incredible!!!!!!

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Ryan Kwan
5/17/2018 10:33:02 pm

Hi Dr Lee, thank you for sharing your wonderful journey with us.
I have some questions to ask you.
First, I would like to ask about the toothbrush. Is the toothbrush really for chewing? After using them to brush our teeth, are we supposed to like, eat them?
Next, I would like to ask about the idiom "You may go further and do a lot worse". Are the Scottish people racist? Do they hate the English?
I would also ask how long had you been studying in Scotland. Were you only studying in The University of Stirling or also studying in other schools? That must be the reason why your English is so good. If we want to improve our English, we MUST study overseas.
And I have a last question to ask you, did you sit in the study pots with the other teachers? I would love to sit in there as I find those spherical objects very interesting and I have never sat in those study pots.
Dr Lee, I truly think that you have succeeded in bringing back your journey to share with us. Thank you for sharing with us!

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Cedric 6a 23
5/19/2018 10:21:24 pm

Dear.Dr Lee:
After I read this Scotland trip sum up,I found that this trip is full of fun,I think that this trip is a opportunity for you to be a real explorer.There are many thing that I really don't know,like the question 2 on day 1,I want to know (what does the mini toothbrush for chewing for?)
Next,I want to ask a question regarding to the question 3 in day 4,(before using the study pools,do the students need to pay for the rent ,if yes, how much is it ?
Lastly,I want to ask that are you very surprised that you could see the old Ying Wa boys in Scotland?
Dr Lee, I truly think that you have succeeded in bringing back your journey to share with us. Thank you for sharing with us!

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