One of my great joys as a "Foreign Friend" at Taizhou Teachers College is when I am invited to rural schools in neighboring towns for a day-long visit, and I have the opportunity to interact with excited youngsters of all ages, who make their home on the campus. Such visits are usually made possible on weekends, and they provide me with unique opportunities to understand more clearly the system of education in China, and the expectations of students and teachers. The visits also become a unique resource and reference for my class-room instructions at TTC, since almost all of my college students are the future teachers of China. The visits also expose these young, rural, Chinese students, especially in the smaller towns and cities, to a Western faces, their culture, and their mannerisms. Unfortunately, few native
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