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 chose the visitor's guide because it would allow me to fully explore the entire area. Sometimes I feel like I... more
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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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Wood Carving had my attention the minute I saw this topic. Just admiring the carvings are not enough for me. Having more interest in art, I want to learn how to carve wood myself. But, before I do that, I need to understand wood carving more as a whole. Right now, all I pretty much know is that... more
