A newspaper-clipping: A holiday-visit to the school for deaf children in Taizhou.
Earlier this month, I went to visit a school for deaf children in the old part of Taizhou, to bring them some small presents. By coincidence, a Taizhou newspaper photographer happened to be there and took this photo. (Sorry about the quality, since it is a photo of the picture in the newspaper).
It appeared in the Taizhou newspaper earlier this past week. I am sad to say, that the students, who accompanied me are not in this photo, though it is they who deserve more credit They spend time with these children almost every week and they are the ones who need to be honored. I must thank them for bringing me there.
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