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Reaching for the Future

Day6

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As said earlier, the Suzhou Industrial park is an area of about 30 square miles and it houses vast numbers of international businesses.  Previously farm area and small residential communities, it has exploded in its growth to include skyscraper housing complexes, science and technology firms, and government offices for this province.  The first photo may look somewhat similar to a Manhattan skyline.  It is taken from the front of the school - and I tried to capture the vast growth (in the background) and the upcoming transformation of the former farm land.  This is everywhere within Suzhou.

We held an emergency evacuation drill yesterday.  Remember that SSIS has 1420 students and about 200 staff.  Within 7 minutes, everyone had been evacuated and then it was determined that one female Chinese student was unaccounted for. Within 2 minutes, they knew that she had passed the guarded gates, went home to pick up an assignment, and was then “caught” by the school administration. Teachers had the safety drill procedures down to a science. You see in the second photo the SSIS staff who do not have classes in the foreground and in the background are students lined up by class and teacher. The man with the gray jacket and “roadcrew” vest to the left is the Director of SSIS.
Lastly, toward the end of the day I went to the main lobby just to relax.  En route, I took this photo to show you the international flavor of the school.  Look at the faces.  The kiosks are displays of student work that change twice a week.

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