Where are the rural students?
Several weeks ago, a few RCEF staff went to visit rural schools about an hour’s drive from our headquarters site, Guan Ai School. The facilities were impressive: buildings in stable condition, spacious walkways, lots of room for running around. Coming from Guan Ai, which is bursting at the seams, we felt a bit envious! [...]
A Lifetime of Riches
Yesterday I gave a lecture to all the teachers. The topic was identical to the title of this blog post. In fact what caused me to select this topic was being moved by an introduction to a book that I read. it said:
You probably have unlimited riches
A chest full of treasure and a cupboard full [...]
Smoking in Rural China
Over 300 million Chinese citizens are smokers. According to a study reported in the British Medical Journal, 75% of Chinese men smoke and nearly 50% of them will die from smoking-related illnesses if present smoking levels remain unchanged. The problem is especially pronounced in rural areas. According to Professor Teh-wei Hu at the University of [...]
Making social studies more relevant for rural students
Third grade social studies teacher, Sun Huiguo, recently taught a great lesson on map-making and directions, with little help from the curriculum or textbook. In a unit on “My Family”, one lesson is devoted to the geographic location of students’ homes and directions for getting there. The textbook asks students to draw and describe the [...]
Today is a Day for Change
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Today marks a great change. A change that we have been waiting for for a long, long time. A change that will alter the very way we perceive things.
Today is a day for inclusiveness. Today is a day to bring people together so that they may reading off the same page. Because today [...]
“Their War is Not Over”
This weekend, I went with a group of Japanese and Chinese activists to a county in northern Shanxi that was a stronghold of the Japanese army during World War 2. We visited village girls, wives, and mothers who had been raped by Japanese soldiers. The girls are old women now. Every year more pass away, taking [...]