F2F Class Notes 1st December (Celeste)***

Continue writing the story below. Talk about why it is important for your children to know what it is like to not have money.

Original

Most of the Chinese / Most Chinese parents have one child only , and they save over half of money for their child. These money just prepare for child’s life in future. Of cause they spend money for educations until their child become an adult.Then they spend a lot of money for child’s wedding , because the wedding in China is the biggest event for a family. If parents are rich, they will buy an apartment for their child and a car, even no need to work. I don’t know these phenomenons are wrong or correct , but I think I will do other different things for my children.

I will spend money for my children until they have a job. Of course I save some money for my children but I never tell them about money. When they have some problems  to need my help, I will this money to help me. For example, my daughter met a boy and the boy is a American and my daughter likes the boy but she can’t speak English. And she say to me need money to learn English and I will help her. If she want to learn piano, I can buy a piano for you, you need to study hard.

Edited

Most of the Chinese / Most Chinese parents only have one child, and they save over half of their money for their child. This money is just prepared for the child’s life in the future. Of course, they spend money on education until their child becomes an adult. Then they spend a lot of money on their child’s wedding because weddings in China are the biggest event for  families. If parents are rich, they will buy an apartment and a car for their child, and financially support them so they don’t need to work. I don’t know if these phenomenons are wrong or right/are correct or incorrect, but I think I will do things differently for my children.

I will spend money on my children until they have a job. Of course, I will save some money for my children but I will never tell them about this money. When they have some problems and need my help, I will use/spend this money to help them. For example, if my daughter likes an American boy but she can’t speak English, I will help her. If she wants to learn piano, I can buy a piano for her, but I will tell her “you need to study hard and not give up.”

I think they need to know what it is like to be poor. I mean, it is not easy to earn  money. You should work to get money by yourself.

Vocabulary

part time – less than 30 hours per week

full time – 30-4o hours per week

seasonal – only work during part of the year