As I mentioned before, one of the main reasons that we were able to come on this awesome trip was with the understanding that we would promote Monte Vista while we were here. Yesterday, we did just that.
We started off the day by getting together all of the promoting tools (brochures, business cards, USB things, etc.) and setting off for one of the biggest agencies in Taiwan. An agency is a business that specializes in placing students in international schools. The agency that we visited was the same one that placed Eric at Monte Vista. We arrived and were met by two very nice ladies who were eager to hear what we had to say. We began to take out all of the promoting tools that I had and let them see and inspect them all. Eric was very helpful here because although they did speak English, Eric was able to make some things clearer in Chinese. He was also one of our biggest advertising tools. A guy from Taiwan that went to this school and is now going to UPenn. That is huge! A rival school to Monte Vista is Robert Louis Stevenson High School in Pebble Beach. If was fun to find out that all of the international students at RLS that applied to UPenn were rejected. Monte Vista must be doing something right. The ladies seemed to be very excited that we had come. They were very impressed that Monte Vista would send us to advertise and how that sets Monte Vista appart from other schools. Until yesterday, the agency didn't know much about Monte Vista. Now, they know so much more that they believe, with the iPads and Eric, they can send many more students to our school. It was a great way to start the day!
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| The Gang with the gals from the Agency. See what they're holding? |
After the successful time at the agency we went to a well-deserved lunch at a local Japanese ramen place. We were enjoying our meal when out of nowhere a woman walks in and pays for our meal. We find out that Eric's dad knew where we were and called an old friend to come and pay for our food. We couldn't believe it. The hospitality here is amazing! They are the nicest people ever! God is so good to us!
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| Eric's school's logo |
When lunch was over, we made our wat to Eric's middle school. The middle school wasn't as successful as the agency but we did get to drop off some brochures and I sang a song for one of the classes. They loved me. The school was very nice and, according to Eric, had a lot of new buildings. We met one of Eric's teachers and she was super cool. She taught Literature at the school. A cool thing that this school had were ESL classes taught by American teachers.
Overall, it was a great day and we got the word out about Monte Vista. Hopefully, because of this trip, there can be a couple more students coming to Monte Vista in Fall 2012.
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| I like this photo |
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