(NAME-MCE) Earthquake in China

[fwpc9816 at mb.infoweb.ne.jp]

Now is the time the international community including warring powers  
be committed to get together and work for saving the lives at risk in 
the disaster-striken areas.  The disputed parties in many parts of the 
globe are not supposed to be engaged in killing, one another, mass merders, 
which have been committed by people of diverse values.  

I sincerely pray the people who are still pinned under the wreckage will be 
rescued in the shortest possible time.

Hisashi Igarashi 
qfive.mce at nifty.com


----- Original Message -----
>Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 16:44:29 -0400
>From: "Bill Howe" <bill at billhowe.org>
>To: "NAME-MCE - National Association for Multicultural Education Email
>	Discussion Group" <Name-mce at nameorg.org>
>Subject: (NAME-MCE) Earthquake in China
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>This note is from my brother Bob. He and his wife are in China teaching
>English for two years.
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>You may have heard some news today about an earthquake. We're quite
>alright. I was teaching and Maria was at home.
>Our teacher training taught us about classroom management, problem
>students, pronunciation problems, grammar problems, but it did not say
>anything about what to do in an Earthquake.
>I was teaching today and was just about to start when one of the kids
>jumped up and pointed to the overhead screen. It was shaking. Then I
>looked up and the lights were swaying. By now, all of the kids were on
>their feet, screaming.
>Ohhh... this is an earthquake.
>Strangely enough, I didn't panic. It was kinda cool. The floor was
>shaking. I could feel my brain bopping around in my head - and I was
>experiencing a little vertigo. The head teacher for the class just
>happened to be in the room. He told the students to sit back down.
>HUH? Sit down?
>By now, the tremors had stopped. Hmmmm...but what about after shocks?
>I looked out the window to see if the other teachers had taken their
>kids out. I couldn't see anyone. Kinda odd. I called Maria to see if
>she was ok. She had felt the table and floor shake.
>My class monitor was pretty freaked. He wanted to go out. I asked him
>to go see what the other classes were doing. Yes, the bottom floors
>were emptying out. Enough for me. "Okay everyone. Leave your books
>(yes, the students had gathered up their books). Walk slowly and
>carefully out of the building."
>Isn't funny that the students would save their books?
>When we got outside, the class head teacher was already there. Funny.
>He tells the students to stay put and he goes outside.
>They say, in th event of earthquake, you should go under your desk.
>What do I know? All I know, was I had a class of 60 students on the
>5th floor. I didn't want to be this high if the tremors got worse or
>if there were aftershocks. I've seen the construction quality of the
>buildings here, and I would be MUCH more comfortable standing on solid
>ground rather than on the 5th floor.
>Well, thankfully, my city was far away from the epicentre of the
>earthquake. We only felt the shockwaves. The earthquake measured 7.8
>on the Richter scale. In other cities, 4 student died when a primary
>school and water tower collapsed. 100 were injured. 900 students are
>trapped. Please remember those were lost their lives and those who
>were injured.
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>Bill Howe
>Asian Pacific American Coalition (APAC) - http://apaact.com/
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>13th Annual New England Conference on Multicultural Education (NECME)
>October 8, 2008, Connecticut Convention Center - Hartford, Connecticut
>http://www.necme.org
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