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He passed.....Can you?

So today Rob obtained his Chinese drivers license. Yippee!!!!! He went through numerous paper trails and had to take the test 3 times, but PTL it is done! So we thought you might enjoy reading some of the test questions and seeing if you could pass Chinese driving 101 :-) Enjoy! (answers will be posted at the bottom) 1. The wrong measure to rescue a person sustaining burns all over his body is to: A. Use sandy soil to cover B. Swiftly put out the flames on his clothes C. Spray cool water to his body D. Take off burning clothes 2. When encountering somebody herding animals and obstructing the traffic, the driver should continuously honk to warn. A. Right B. Wrong 3. When a head-on collision is unavoidable, the driver should free the steering wheel, raise the legs and lie sideward on the right seat at the moment of the head-on collision. This can ensure his body is not stuck by the steering wheel. A. Right B. Wrong 4. When the driver sens...

Life's Not Fair

Did you ever whine to your mom when you were a kid about something stupid? You know; your sister took your toy, some other kid had a nicer bike, ect.... Of course your wonderful mother responded, "Life's Not Fair, get used to it." I suppose all truly amazing mothers and fathers have said that at some point. I am pretty sure I have already said that to Robbie once or twice. How is it then that we grow up still imagining life will turn out fair? We somehow always expect that things will balance out, people will be nice, and generally life will be somewhat fair. If you're American like me, you probably feel pretty entitled to that reality. I know I do. I am always slightly shocked and appalled when life is flat out NOT FAIR. I feel as if there should be a solution to these things. I feel like we should be able to confront the unfairness; be it from people, government, employers, or sometimes even God and have it corrected. Because after all, I deserve for thi...