This couldn't be better for Gavin! How much is it??? $1,000 USD for a group of classes - that are about $20 each. You have to pay for the who set of classes and promise to refund the difference of what you do not use (....which you will never be able to trust in China). Soccer - $15 per class....for group lessons of 14 kids. Really???? In a country where professors, doctors, and working professionals make $1000-1500 per month - how can businesses like this exist...yet these classes are packed. The only thing that I can think is that you have the finanical resources of 12 great grandparents, 4 grandparents, and 2 parents all being channeled down to just one child.
Chinese people have extremely strong family relationships, but their community relations aren't fantastic. If it were a group of Americans you would get all the neighborhood kids together, hire a coach/recruit a parent, and you would move forward paying .50-$1 for classes instead of $15 for a group lesson of 14. Chinese people just don't act that way....it isn't common/acceptable so they just do not do it. Any work inside the home is degraded to the point where it brings shame on the family - even if it is with your own children.
A friend tried to organize a handful of her friends this Summer to do something, and at first her Chinese friends committed, but once they started thinking about guiding all of the activities they all backed out.
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