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Taking the Long View
If I had first moved to China in the digital age, the face smack emoji would have punctuated many of my communications with people back home as I experienced a culture quite different from my… Read more
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Up on my Watchtower
Of all the students I know, preschool all the way through graduate students, four have been on my mind. This school year, they are seniors in high school. In Come Set Them Free: A Tale… Read more
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Bearing Sorrow
The last day of November, my friend and her son joined me for an American Thanksgiving celebration. It was their first one. When the guests around my table took turns speaking their gratitude, my friend… Read more
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Cycles of Blessing
I met with a professional success this week. Over the last few years at my school, I’ve done some one-on-one professional development with other teachers. We’ve even published academic articles about our experiences. Then, as… Read more
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Double Eleven
On a Sunday morning here, I was listening to a recording of a sermon from an American church. The pastor had been addressing married couples and switched her attention to others in the congregation: “Children… Read more
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“Waistful” Moments
At the beginning of a culture course I taught, students would turn in anonymous questions which were answered throughout the semester as appropriate. One year, a student asked, “Why do Americans always carry a large… Read more
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Oasis of Hope
A drive through my Chinese province affords a clear picture of life on the edge of the Gobi Desert. Swaths of sandy ground stretch out toward a border of brown, craggy mountains. On windy days,… Read more
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