CAMERON AT CHINESE SCHOOL

Cameron's program director sent us a newsletter emphasizing the rigor of the Mandarin program. The students begin classes at 8 AM and spend five hours per day at school. Four hours are for language study and one hour is for cultural explorations, like tai chi, calligraphy and touring historical sites. (Photos courtesy of NSLI-Y Suzhou Newsletter #1)

That's Cameron in the center, learning what is described as "the iconic and tranquil movements of this ancient exercise".

(Cameron is 4th from left)

Poet Zhang Li made this Suzhou bridge famous in the 8th century.

Moon falls, crow caws, frost fills the sky;

Under Maple Bridge, fishermen's flares confront my weary eyes. 

Outside the city walls lies Hanshan Temple; 

Late at night the sound of its bell reaches a traveler's boat.

~Posted by Pam Hughes