Teacher's Day

In Vietnam, they don't have mother's day or father's day but they do have Teacher's Day. Teacher's Day is when students pay respect and give thanks to those that have educated them and given them knowledge. Students visit all their favorite teacher's from previous years and thank them too. It's a really big deal and, I think, a nice tradition.

This years Teacher's Day was celebrated on November 20th, a saturday.
Because it fell on a weekend, we celebrated it on friday. I was showered with gifts including a beautiful silk bag with a lotus flower on it, roses and hair products. The students organized a feast of food and held a small ceremony where they nominated one student to give a speech who thanked us for being such wonderful educaters. They then sang a song for us and required that we returned the favor. It was very touching and made us all feel very special and worhtwhile as teachers.