China Bound
dated 2009-07-03 | posted in columns | topic Culture | permanent link
China on My Mind
The dusty second grade classroom of the Guang Primary School in Xian, China overflowed with forty-five children. All had chairs but some had to share desks. When six of us from our Overseas Adventure Travel group (www.oattravel.com) walked into the room, the children stood up and stared. I asked the teacher, who spoke to us through our bi-lingual trip leader, if the kids had ever seen Europeans or Amerians before.
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