March 10: Crossing the Street in China with Ayden

Ayden Writes:

For today’s blog entry, I will be writing about how to cross the street in China. Crossing the street in China is very different than crossing the street in America. First of all, the streets in China are much bigger than the streets in America. The streets in our neighborhood have five lanes, four for cars and one for bikes and motorcycles. Also the streets don’t have stop signs. I have also noticed that Chinese don’t have speed limits.

When you are little in America, your parents teach you to stop, look and listen. In China parents teach you to keep on walking across the street. When you are crossing a street in China, you have to keep walking and not stop. The cars will just move around you.

Many drivers in China don’t follow the traffic signals. The drivers sometimes go through red lights, turn when they are not suppose to and much more. It is terrifying crossing a street. But when you get to the other side, you feel proud of yourself. When I am walking on the sidewalk, the cars on the street sort of look like hair that hasn’t been brushed for a while because all of the cars are moving in different directions very close to each other and look like a big knot.. When I get back to America it will be so easy to cross the street.