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Virtual China - Questions for Bikers Group #1

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Virtual China - Questions for Bikers Group #1
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From: Joyce Burtch 
Bikers Group 1 (Mr. Fischer)

The People and Countryside
1. What kind of animals do you see as you're going through the countryside?
2. Under what conditions can someone go to a "retirement home"? We
learned everyone must work in China - that there are no free rides.
3. Is watermelon always the last course of a meal for the students as it
is for the Chinese people?
4. Are there fruit trees in orchards? What kind of fruit is growing out in
the countryside?
5. How wide is the road you're traveling on?
6. What does the typical house in the country look like? Do they have
modern conveniences? T.V.?, toilet, shower, ovens, hot water when you want
it? How do they receive news of what is going on in the cities?

School-Kids
1. How many days a week do students attend classes? How many hours a day do
they attend? Can everyone attend school? Do the teacher's have permission
to hit students? Do they have a lot of homework?
2. What happens if a student doesn't do their homework? What is likely to
happen if a student receives poor grades? Is there schooling for
handicapped or mentally challenged kids? If not, what do they do to learn
3. Do they have computers, calculators to use in class?
4. Do they have textbooks they use? What kind of math are 7th graders there
working on?
5. What U.S. product is the most desired by kids you meet?
6. If you go to an orphanage...what conditions does a child go there?
Do they have "foster homes"
7. Are unwanted babies put in orphanages?
8. How do kids feel about the idea of one family, 1 child?

Religion
1. How old is the oldest monastery in China?
2. How is it decided who will go live at the monastery?
3. Do the kids who go there, stay there for life?
4. How does the monastery support itself and feed the people there - donations?

Industry
1. How many hours a day does a factory worker work and how much do they
get paid (U.S. money) for a day's work?
2. What is involved in "clam harvesting"? Can just anyone start a
business and get into it?
3. What is involved in duck egg preservation? Are they decorated?
Do they not have chickens? Are these highly prized? How much do they cost
(U.S.dollars)?
4. How many hours a day does a rice worker put in and how much do they
get paid a day (U.S. money)?
5. When you see river traffic, how are there enough fish for everyone there
to live off of?
6. Are there river "patrol" cops who make sure no one runs into anyone
else and follows rules? Are there any rules for boat traffic?
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elmels@schnet.edc.gov.ab.ca Elmer Elson Elementary School)
FROM: Mrs. Masterson  Elmer Elson Elementary School
LOCATION: Mayerthorpe, Alberta, Canada

1.What type of recreational activities do Chinese children enjoy?
2.Do the Chinese have the same cattle breeds as we do in Canada? (Charlais,
Angus, Simmental)
3 What season is it there now?  What is the climate like?
4. Do they have any Chinese comic books?  If they do, who are their
favorite characters?
5. Are there many public swimming pools and hotels in China?
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From: "Amy J. Martin" 

1. What kinds of things do you carry with you on your bikes?
2. Did you do any kind of preparation or training so that you could ride
long distances comfortably?
3. What kind of bikes are you riding? Your own? The School's?
4. Did you really like the idea of taking the trip by bicycle?
5. What is duck egg preservation?
6. What is something that suprised you at Wu Xi Middle School?
7. What are some typical "school rules" at Wu Xi Middle School?
8. Do they have a school band? Choir? Interscholastic sports?
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"St Hilda's Anglican School for Girls" 
FROM:Alexis Barton ;Emma Barlow; Katherine Tate;Sherlene Heng
LOCATION:   
FROM:   Elmer Elson Elementary School

1.  Are there public libraries in China?
2.  What types of music do the Chinese teenagers like to listen to?
3.  Do they televise sports on T.V. ? Which sports are on ?
4.  Do Chinese people hunt animals for food ? Which animals do they hunt?
5.  What are some popular male names in China ? Female names ?
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From: "St. John's School" 

1. What is the most popular food in China?
2. Do you watch U.S movies in China?
3. Do they eat american food?
4. what kind of sports do they play in China?
5. what kind of music do they listen to?
6.Do kids in China like to Rollerblade?
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From: "St. John's School" 

1. How long is the trip going to take?
2. How many people are going?
3. Was the trip fun?
4. Are you going to have some free time to go around and shop and buy gifts?
5. Did you want to go to this trip?
6. Are you going to write a report when you come back?
7. Are you going to the trip for fun?
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