Day One

The Monk and the Student

I chose this folk-tale because I thought it would be interesting coming from China because I think the whole chinese culture is very interesting. From experience, I know how chinese do prayer worship because my grandmother is from Taiwan, and some chinese cultures, and traditions have influenced culture in there country she said. She believes in all religion that teaches good attitude and morals, but her main practice is Buddhism.

I also chose this folk-tale because after reading it, I thought it had some good humor in it. The teacher fell asleep in his class everyday, and he told a student he did because Buddha gave him knowledge, and information to teach the class. Well one day, the student he told fell asleep in his class, and the teacher got very mad, and after he yelled at the student, the student said I dreamt of Buddha, and he told the teacher that Buddha said,"Never in my life have i seen your teacher."

I chose the new culture the be Spanish because Hispanics are crazy, and i would like to see the reaction of a Spanish teacher. Also Hispanic kids are not as courteous as any asian kid. So i think if it was rewritten in this language more problems would occur