Since 2012, groups of Shanghai American School middle school 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 current group of students arrived in Xizhou on April 19, 2014. Guests from around the world are encouraged to follow their journey--reading, responding, and becoming a part of the learning adventure.
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I've decided to use the time in the Microcampus in the local village of Xizhou to the fullest by studying some of the local religious practices and beliefs of the people there. How are their routines tied into their traditions? Do their behaviors and actions differentiate from... more
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I have narrowed my ideas to religious life of the Bai people. Religion has always been interesting to me. So I think that this topic stuck out to me because I love learning about new religions and being able to contrast them to others. This topic is important to me because 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
