Towards the end of orientation in January, we finally got to visit a couple of government (public) schools where we were welcomed with food, performances, small pink towels, and paparazzi. And a 30-minute iMovie video listing all of the awards that the school has received alongside super intense pump-up music. It was quite difficult restraining myself from fist pumping and Indian head bobbing to the scrolling list of choral speaking accolades.

Pause your cat / dog / African bull frog YouTube videos and play the vids below of one of the welcoming performances. (And then you can watch the African bull frog video.)

Apparently this was a “band 2” (out of 7) upper-tier school, whereas we’re all working at band 5 and 6 schools. So it was a productive lesson on what not to expect.