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Travel Exchange Learning 2014 Er-Chong Junior High School 2014 UK School Visits Er-Chong Junior High School 805 - Eric Tsai

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Before departure, my English teacher introduced England's scenic spot to us, also taught us the differences between American English and the British English to lets us integrate quickly after arriving England. I also surfed Internet to look up some materials, and found out the differences of culture, life..., for example: our voltage is 110V, and their voltage is 220V ; An English pound to Taiwan dollar is 51:1. I was too excited to sleep the day before the departure. On the other hand, I was afraid my English is not good enough to communicate with the foreign students. Travel preparation

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Visits Queens School I was surprised they had such a large campus. The campus is connected with a forest. There are a camping site in the school. It also has stadium, gym and dance classroom.

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Various Courses Their classroom is a two-floor building. Students go to school only four courses in a day. various courses include art, theater, mathematics and crafts...

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My School Partners This is my school partner -Scott. He is twelve years old and two years younger than me. In the UK, they start to go to school when they are five years old. I studied art, drama and math with him, and we played basketball after lunch. Its hard to say goodbye with Scott when we left Queens school.

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Bellerbys College The teacher in school asked us what we want to be in the future. We can choose : artist, engineer, lawyer, and psychologist ... I want to be an engineer, because math is my favorite subject.

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The Tour of Museum I went to British Museum, Vitoria and Albert Museum, National Maritime Museum, and Tate Modern Museum. The most impressed me was British Museum There were many world famous historical heritages there. Its very big, and maybe you will get lost if its your first time to visit there.

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the British Museum The British Museum is one of the most famous museums. It was established in 1753.

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Tate Modern Museum Tate Modern is the international modern national gallery and there are so many contemporary art from 1900.

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The National Maritime Museum (NMM) in Greenwich is the leading maritime museum of the United Kingdom and may be the largest museum of its kind in the world. National Maritime Museum

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Victoria and Albert Museum The Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) in London, it is the world's largest museum of decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 4.5 million objects.

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Big Ben Big Ben is the nickname of the clock tower at the north end of the Palace of Westminster in London, named after the great bell within the clock.The tower is officially known as the Elizabeth Tower (prior to being renamed in 2012 it was known as simply "Clock Tower") to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II.

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The London Eye is a giant Ferris wheel on the South Bank of the River Thames in London. Also known as the Millennium Wheel, its official name was originally the British Airways London Eye, then the Merlin Entertainments London Eye, and since January 2011, the EDF Energy London Eye. London Eye

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In the UK, some buildings are tall and special. The roofs are sharp and they are very different from Taiwan.. British Building

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British Street The streets in the UK are narrow but clean. There is no wild cat, dog, and garbage on the streets. Its a tidy country.

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It took me several hours to take airplane to British, however, it was worthy. I studied with my school partner- Scott in Queens school all day, and loved the active classes in western culture. British education is fun and open, and the environment of Queens school is nice and huge. There were many students wanted to take pictures with us when we were are! After this trip, I can understand more culture in the UK. Thanks the principle and teachers to let me to have this opportunity to go to the UK! My flections

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Thank you!