My Summer with VUS

 
The final section of the kid's summer scrapbook project is about their English class at the school, VUS.

By following a guided script, they write about where their school is located, what their course is, who their teacher is, who their friends at VUS are...

Good way to make students reflect on their learnings and experience in English class? Or good ol' brand-name reinforcement and advertisement for VUS?

In any case, the children's depictions of the VUS buildings are quite reflective as they showcase the well-known maroon-red color facades of the franchise across the city. On a more shocking note, the students described me, their teacher, as having "blue eyes"?!? What??? How could I have blue eyes? Well, I am sure they were just re-copying the sample script that was handed out to them... But they did manage to change the nationality part to "Canada" for me though... They would've assumed I would have blue eyes?

But then again, a lot of students in Vietnam have a misconception of Canada as being a Caucasian-only country, as is illustrated in the following dialogue that I have with students of all levels (including adults) all too often:

(First day of class:)
- Teacher, where are you from?
 - I'm from Canada!
(whole class heaves "ahhh" in wonderment...)
- But, you look Asian!!!

Their depictions of me: