Zhengzhou, May 19: Diary, a discussion with students about their teachers has gotten me to thinking of my ex-governor of Georgia, Zell Miller, who said, “It’s easier to change the course of history than a history course.” It’s so contrary to Mark Twain’s description of an education as a dynamic process of unlearning. It is. [...]
Zhengzhou, Wednesday morning, June 1. Diary, after celebrating National Children’s Day with a bunch of Chinese K-8 students I’m leaving for the States to be with my Susan. I’m biting at the bit to be with her. I felt a heavy weight lift from my shoulders and soul as soon as I changed my flights [...]
Here I am sharing my last 2011 China Diary entry first: Thursday, June 2. It’s about five hours into a Delta flight somewhere over the Pacific, leaving China five days before the Study Abroad Program is concluded. The classes at Zhengzhou University are completed; I’ll just miss out on the winding down days in Zhengzhou [...]
