Jon Schiesser

Well the last couple of days have been very interesting. After 10 days without a break, (although we really only worked 4 hours a day) we all traveled to the Great Wall of China. We all decided on going to a place where not a lot of tourists typically travel. Were we ever RIGHT!!!!!! The WHOLE time on the wall we may have seen a total of 10 other tourists. It was outstanding! Our whole trip was very interesting, however. First, we woke up at the crack of 7:30 (on our day off) and we all hoped in a bus (barely big enough for all of us. all of us being all of the Cambridge people, and Iowa along with AIESEC). We were told that this ride was only going to take about 3 hours. As ... read more

Its been a very long time since I last wrote, and lots and lots have happened since. First, during the last two weeks, I have taught two different classes. First, I taught a class that consisted of rising third graders. This means they would be entering third grade in the fall. This was a challenge, the misunderstanding of the languages really was a challenge to overcome. The first day, we were just thrown into working, so we really didn't know how to teach or what we SHOULD be teaching. However, after the first day all of my fellow interns and myself got into a "rhythm". All of us started teaching, and playing games. It was amazing. I was very happy, and proud to see not only myself, but several other interns rise to the challenge of ... read more

Today was interesting, I went to the Lama temple, which is a place where 70 monks pray and live. I saw possible the most incredible thing of my entire life. There was a statue of Buddha that stood 80 feet tall, and was carved from a single piece of Wood. It was an incredible site. Such amazing detail, and I really can’t describe it in words. I wish I would have been able to take pictures, however, it was not allowed to be taken because there were many, many people that were praying. It was an amazing site!! Also, we were able to go to the “earth goddess temple”. We stumbled upon this on our way to the Lama Temple, but it was more than worth the money to go and see it. Inside of this ... read more