December 30, 2019

Creating a culture of kindness

“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view… Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.” ― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird Empathy is an essential skill and it starts with putting yourself in someone else’s shoes to help you understand perspectives that […]

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Xiansheng: Keystone Student Thespians Relive the Glory Days of Revered Chinese Intellectuals

The now-defunct National Southwestern Associated University or Lianda is considered a “miracle” in the history of Chinese education. The institution was formed by the Xiansheng (“teacher”), or the community of teachers and students from the Peking University, Tsinghua University, and Nankai University that retreated to Kunming during the Japanese occupation of China in 1937. Lianda

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