Say What???

I got this email today from Christina who is our co-teacher in the Foreign Language College. This makes last semester's holiday explanation letter (which I thought, at the time, was humorously nonsensical) seem like nothing. Why, oh why, do they go through all of this hassle to pretend to have holidays!!!??? Katie and I spent half an hour with a calendar trying to "interpret" how this affects our schedules and our lessons. We're still not sure how this is going to all play out. Especially when I have 5 classes that all need to have the same lesson taught to them on 3 different days when some of those days are "holidays" that might/might not be made up. Good grief.

Hello!

I am writing to inform you of three coming holidays for celebrating some traditional Chinese festivals. First, we will have a three-day holiday for celebrating Tomb-sweeping Day; that is , from April 4th to April 6th, among which April 4th is a lawful holiday, and April 5th and April 6th are Saturday and Sunday respectively.

Second, we will have a three-day holiday for celebrating the International Labor Day; that is from May 1st to May 3rd, among which May 1st is a lawful holiday. On May 3rd we will enjoy our Saturday as usual, but if you originally have class on May 4th, then you need to come to have that class on May 2nd; meanwhile, if you originally have class on May 2nd, then you need to come to have that class on May 4th. In other words, if normally you do not have class on Sundays, then you will be free on May 2nd; but on May 4th we will have Friday’s classes for substitution.

Third, we will have a three-day holiday for celebrating Chinese Dragon-boat Day; that is from June 7th to June 9th, among which June 8th is a lawful holiday, and June 7th is Saturday as usual. We will have the previous Sunday( June 8th) on June 9th( Monday); in other words, if originally you do not have class on June 8th, then you will be free on June 9th. I hope that you may give me a feedback to show that you have seen it, otherwise you will be disturbed by me on telephone. Anyway, may these special days bring you great fun!