The Exchange - National Committee on United States-China Relations

since July 1. I am now teaching Senior
3 (Grade 12). Because the national
entrance exam next year will be held
in June, which is a month before the
usual time, almost all the Senior 3
students in Nanjing have to continue
their studying at school in July.
Teaching Basic English
David Krueger
“When I was in America I missed my
family and friends in China. But now I
often think of you [Margot], our group
of 24 teachers, and my host family.
<strong>The</strong>se day I am always thinking of
doing something good for my family,
my school, and my students. Is this
because I was a year in the U.S.A.”
Gong Yan
Snowden International School,
Boston, MA.
shuangzi@hotmail.com
“Almost more than 30 hours no sleep
[on the way back to Nanjing], so don’t
have to adjust to the time difference.
Feel so good at home. Started
immediately I got home, dirty, a mess.
I’m home for several days already, safe
trip, back safe and sound but tired.
“Had a wonderful year in Boston,
almost moved to tears when finding
Snowden faculty doing a special
farewell occasion for me on my last few
minutes there, speech, roses, cake, and
a card.
“Ten months of fine, beautiful, sweet
memories, well covering homesickness,
well balancing me from falling on the
side of homesickness. And a lot more.”
Wang Qianrong
Brookline High School, MA.
qianrong_wang@hotmail.com
“Last weekend our host family took us
to New York for a family get-together
and [we] saw a musical “Thoroughly
Modern Millie” in Marquis <strong>The</strong>atre,
which was fabulous. <strong>The</strong> music was
good and the singing was fantastic. I
enjoyed the lines so much I could even
remember some.”
Yang Haiyan
Belmont Public Schools, MA.
yyn518@hotmail.com
David Krueger teaching local police officers in Changzhou
I was asked to teach a class at the local police substation. <strong>The</strong>y wanted
to learn 50 phrases and sentences in English. <strong>The</strong>re were about 25 police
officers in the class. Afterwards they asked questions about police work
in Milwaukee, salaries and hours. Police in Changzhou work about 14
hour shifts every day.
“I think the most wonderful part of our
exchange program is people build
their friendship and a mature understanding
on different cultures and begin
to appreciate some of the differences.
I do hope the exchange program
will last forever and more and
more teachers will be able to have this
great opportunity to explore new culture,
new world and . . . friendship.”
Yu Xiaoyun
Lincoln School, Brookline, MA.
yuxiaoy5899@yahoo.com
“Last Saturday night, I was alone at
home and I managed to write the
following poem to express my love for
Brookline. I have no idea about poetry
at all, I just hope to express myself.”
How do you like Brookline,
Up in the air so blue
I do like it so much,
For I think it a place of Shangri-la.
Above the houses and the trees,
I can see so wide,
Birds and clouds and sky,
And even all over Brookline.
I look down into the rivers,
Down in the rivers so clear,
Stone and sand and fish,
And even all in the water.
To my left and to my right,
I can see so many,
Lilacs and peaches and maples,
And even all the plants in the world.
Changzhou
David Krueger
Changzhou No. 3 Middle School,
Jiangsu Province.
dgkrueg@yahoo.com
“It’s sweltering hot. Tomorrow we play
baseball at my primary school. It may
be the last time I see my students.”
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