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Sidwell Friends Offers Trips to China

In 1984, at the behest of Chinese Premier Zhao Ziyang, Sidwell Friends students, teachers, and administrators traveled to China for the first of several summer trips to the country. Presently, the Program offers students regular summer trips to China. Groups usually visit traditional areas of China as well as the large, modern cities of Beijing and Shanghai, where they meet with students and teachers from Sidwell's sister schools. In addition, faculty and staff occasionally travel to China to enhance their awareness and knowledge of Chinese culture. Trips such as these can dramatically raise the consciousness of the School community to Chinese concerns, deepening the commitment of students studying Chinese language and history. [/quote]

Yes, I was there then. It was for 11th and 12th graders, btw. This trip was only offered to kids who were in the Chinese program which was very small at the time. And again, you're speaking of one the highest income groups in the city: Sidwell parents. And even then, it was  considered gauche to just assume that people would all be fine with such an extravagant trip for teenagers. The kids who took Chinese then were huge nerds. Behavior problems on the trip would have been non-existent. The cohort that would be sending a class full of 5th -8th graders to France nowadays would be a much wilder bunch.[/quote]

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