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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Out of all the choices, textiles stood out to me because I use these every day, and I would be nothing without these. I enjoy creating things, and I can already do basic knitting, but I would like to get... more
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I am interested in learning about village governance in Xizhou because I’ve experienced and learned about various types of governments such as Democracy and Communism. I think it would be interesting to compare these forms of government to a small village government. I plan to... more
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The topic that seems most interesting to me is the Traditional Chinese Medicine. I have always had an interest in becoming a doctor in the future. I love seeing change in people, but seeing it through medicine is miraculous. The way the body works is just amazing, and I would like to study the... more
