Since 2012, groups of Shanghai American School Grade 8 students have taken four-week journeys to the village of Xizhou in Southwest China's Yunnan Province as participants in the school's Microcampus program. As representatives of their campuses, these students leave the "bubble" of their home city of 22 million people and become immersed in a new community of 2000 people, 2000 kilometers from home, at 2000 meters above sea level.
The Wildfires group--the twenty-third--were in Xizhou from March 9th through April 5th, 2019. Guests from around the world are encouraged to follow their journey--reading about, responding to, and joining in the learning adventure.
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I think that studying tea would be interesting because tea is a healthy and traditional Chinese drink that is made from the leaves of plants or petals from flowers. It’s different from other drinks of this decade. If I were to study about tea, I think that I would learn how tea... more
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I chose to investgate farming because I get to see what and how people farm in southern China. I have always wondered what people farm in China. I know they farm rice, potatoes, and even apples, but I would like to learn more about how they farm it and why they farm it. This... more
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I’ve decided to choose Bai Nationality Study since I am really interested in their culture. I wish to specify on one special part about the Bai nationality, tea. I would like to study the evolution of tea culture. I would like to study the changes in the Bai minority tea... more
