{"id":196,"date":"2011-08-30T10:22:22","date_gmt":"2011-08-30T14:22:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/?p=196"},"modified":"2011-08-30T10:20:51","modified_gmt":"2011-08-30T14:20:51","slug":"chinese-fire-drill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/chinese-fire-drill\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese Fire Drill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/chinese-fire-drill\/img_0713-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5654\" aria-label=\"IMG 07131 E1314713602701 150x150\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-5654\"  alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2011\/08\/IMG_07131-e1314713602701-150x150.jpg\"><\/a>Well it&#8217;s back to school, and you know what that means: orientation. The following is orientation for an &#8220;Earthquake Evacuation Drill&#8221; which is essentially a fire drill or \u6d88\u9632\u6f14\u4e60 (xi\u0101o f\u00e1ng y\u01cen x\u00ed). I figured it would be a good reason to get out of the teacher&#8217;s office, so I grabbed my video camera or \u6444\u50cf\u673a (sh\u00e8xi\u00e0ngj\u012b), expecting something interesting to materialize. I was not disappointed.<\/p>\n<p>After watching a highly dramatized re -enactment of the Sichuanese Earthquake or \u56db\u5ddd\u5730\u9707 (s\u00ecchu\u0101nd\u00eczh\u00e8n), I was told to stand out in the hall, and wait&#8230; I could feel tension building and the atmosphere changing as other teachers began to nervously enter the halls. Within seconds, the quiet linoleum halls were filled with a raucous throng or \u4eba\u7fa4 (r\u00e9nq\u00fan) of middle-schoolers, yelling, laughing and \u00a0darting every which way. It was sheer madness:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Chinese Fire Drill Part 1\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cx37VKfNeqw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Yet, unlike western-centric fire drills, where remaining calm, walking and maintaining order are fundamentals, this fire drill was a lesson in controlled chaos. Children were pushing and shoving, knocking down each other, and slipping as they crammed into the staircases. Fat kids fell behind while mousey students tried not to get trampled. Even the teachers were running, pushing and redirecting children like pinballs. Man, I love the incentivized &#8220;run for your life&#8221; mentality. Get&#8217;s people MOVING.<\/p>\n<p>As the students exited the building, I began to realize the true student poopulation of schools in China (ours had 6,000 plus students!). Just when it looked like a stampede would occur, the children miraculously and almost unconsciously, formed in, and fell into perfectly ordered groups (much like a brigade):<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"outside fire drill\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1ZefoD8sb5k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Soon announcements came from the school VP hailing this fire drill as successful and &#8220;the fastest time yet&#8221; as students, workers and teachers all cheered in unison. Words don&#8217;t entirely do this justice, so if interested, check out the videos:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/seeitbelieveit08?feature=mhw4#p\/a\/u\/0\/cx37VKfNeqw\">Chinese Fire Drill Part 1<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/seeitbelieveit08?feature=mhw4#p\/a\/u\/1\/1ZefoD8sb5k\">Chinese Fire Drill Part 2<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"263\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2011\/08\/IMG_07131-e1314713602701-263x350.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image tmp-hide-img\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2011\/08\/IMG_07131-e1314713602701-263x350.jpg 263w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2011\/08\/IMG_07131-e1314713602701-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2011\/08\/IMG_07131-e1314713602701.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 263px) 100vw, 263px\" \/><p>Well it&#8217;s back to school, and you know what that means: orientation. The following is orientation for an &#8220;Earthquake Evacuation Drill&#8221; which is essentially a fire drill or \u6d88\u9632\u6f14\u4e60 (xi\u0101o f\u00e1ng y\u01cen x\u00ed). 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