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 have decided to investigate moral reasoning behind daily choices for my topic, looking at the relationship between a person's level of moral reasoning and their behavior. This topic is particularly important to me because during... more
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For my mircocampus inquiry project, I will be studying the Yunnan cuisine. I feel that travelers often overlook the local food aspect of a place's culture. What we do not realize is that the food they eat and how they make it tells us a lot more about their culture than we actually think. It... 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
