National Honor Society
Today Cici brought a letter home from school. She had no idea of its significance. It was an invitation to submit her resume to join the National Honor Society, based on her very high grade point average. I talked to her about it and told her I will help her prepare a resume. Then I talked to Ping about what this means for Cici and her college admissions process. Ping wanted to pass some of the credit back to me for working with Cici, but I told her that this is all Cici's effort. It seemed to put a little extra spring in Cici's step this evening.
Cici's Texas ID card finally arrived. Ping and Cici admired it and talked about something in Chinese at length. Then they asked me a question that highlights one of the sharp differences between America and China.
Can Cici use the Texas ID card to travel to other states in America, they wanted to know? She can travel to other states in America without the ID card, I told them, though it is a good idea to always carry an ID card.
In China, it is not so easy to travel from one part of China to another for most people, and it is very difficult to move to another province or work in another province. Each person in China has a hukou, which is their official place to live and work. One cannot just decide to change their hukou. Changes are permitted only under strict circumstances. Moreover, even though Ping changed her hukou from Shandong province where she was born to Guangdong province, she still must return to Shandong province to renew her driver's license.
The girls are still getting accustomed to the benefits of living in a free country.
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