Grade 2 Visit Reflection

Today our whole geo class went to the lower school computer lab to work on Google Earth with the kids of Ms. Hunter's grade 2 class. I had two 8 year olds in my group and their names were Seoyou and Floor. I got along with both of them really well and we worked together having fun traveling to different places around the globe. They found it very fascinating to be able to see buildings and mountains in 3D and especially that we were able to make a circle around the Eiffel Tower as if we were really there.
It was an amazing experience to have with the kids. Especially that they found Google Earth so fascinating. I got along especially well with Floor as she is also Dutch. We were able to speak Dutch to each other the entire time, yet also being considerate of Seoyou. We were not able to complete the whole tour, actually just get started with it, as we explored many landmarks and interesting countries they did not have as their special places to visit. Going into the activity I was really nervous to work with kids, since it's outside of my comfort zone, not having younger siblings myself. Yet, as I was able to joke around, make them laugh, and have loads of fun with them, it turned out not being so bad after all.
Once the activity was done and we went downstairs for snacks with them Floor shared some of her food with me and we were able to spend more time together. This experience was amazing, it was really fun playing around with a geography related app and would love to do it again, kids aren't so bad after all.

China becomes lenient with the One-Child Policy

China is not as strict about their one-child policy anymore and are allowing adults that are an only child to have 2 children instead of just 1. They are making these changes due to the aging population they are facing now and this will take a toll on not having enough in the working class to take care of all these elderly living off of pension. In the countryside they are being more lenient about it and allowing families to have two kids if the first was a girl. Many couples in China go through abortions if they have a girl, since many want a boy to be able to work and take care of the parents when they are older. Yet it says that, "By the end of the decade, demographers say China will have 24 million "leftover men" who, because of China's gender imbalance, will not be able to find a wife." (BBC News - China reforms: One-child policy to be relaxed).