Hi all, Hannah, Blair, and I are seniors at Christchurch School. For our integrated senior project, we are working to give back to people who have become like family - the rural Himalayan community of Agora. We want to bring light to the lives of the women in the village. The three of us will … Continue reading Women of Agora – A Senior Project
In China money is power. There is a clear dichotomy between the upper class and the lower class. Some people are fighting to feed their families while others are spending money as if it’s nothing to them. On the second to last day we went to a shop that sold t-shirts for over 200$ while … Continue reading Group Reflection
By Laura Bowden Today was one of the rare days we didn’t wake up early. Not only that, but we also waited an extra hour before going on the hour long subway ride to Peking University. It was miracle we were even allowed to go on campus - all due to a stranger’s kindness. Dr. … Continue reading A Good Day
By Claude Owen Today was an eventful and tiring day. We started off the day with breakfast from a street vendor that was some of the most delicious food I have had so far on this trip. It had some sort of salty sauce spread over an egg and some peppers wrapped up in a … Continue reading A Rare View
By Holden White & Moammar AlHammad Today we visited the second largest square in the world, Tiananmen square, and we saw and learned a lot there. One of the things that we learned is that Mao was the first leader of the People’s Republic of China but was not the first person who created the communist party. … Continue reading Normalcy, a Square and Governance
By Laura Bowden Today we woke up early for breakfast to eat with Paul’s sister and mother. It was good, as usual, but strange, I never thought I’d eat seaweed salad for breakfast. Then we left for Paul’s uncles only an hour or so away. The temple was in the middle of a poorer county … Continue reading Incense and Smoke
By Claude Owen Today we woke up at Paul’s childhood home. For breakfast we visited a Chinese morning market, and ate from a street vendor. In the market, there were hundreds of people sitting on chair with things ranging from live fish to chickens to peanuts to radishes out in front of them, all yelling … Continue reading Action or Awareness
On our 6th day in China we started off another day at Paul’s factory. At the factory we got to enjoy pretty much a feast for breakfast. After that we headed to a meet a provincial official that Paul’s mother is friends with. He then took us to a museum where we learned about Buddhism, … Continue reading Alive and Optimistic
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