Daniel Xie’s Reflection
The trip to Shennongjia was an unforgettable experience and I thank CAFA and Qiaobao for being able to make it possible. I learned a lot from this experience. One of the things that I learned was how different the...
Jessica Wang’s Reflection
This trip to teach children in China was fun and enlightening despite the unexpected difficulties throughout the experience. I traveled to rural China for two weeks in June with eight other students to help the students practice and learn...
Andrew Zhen’s Reflection
I would be lying if I said I wasn’t initially skeptical about this trip, traveling around the world with a bunch of strangers — some of whom were still freshies — for company. Looking back, I am grateful that...
2019 Teaching in China Program Concluded
We are pleased to announce that Thousand Mile has concluded its 2nd year of the Summer teaching program. Two groups of nine students embarked on a journey to two Chinese middle schools in Shennongjia and Ji’an. They worked to...
Final Update Before Departure
Earlier in April, we held a meeting for teams to practice teaching. Teams were to prepare teaching material (powerpoints) and “taught” for at least 20 minutes. Suggestions were provided throughout and after each “lesson” to help teams to improve...
2019 Updates
For the 2019 Teaching in China Program, we have formed two groups of 9. One group will be teaching in Shennongjia, and the other group will be teaching in Jiangxi. In late January, we held a combined meeting. During...
2019 Program
In June 2019, we’ll form two teams and go to teach two places in China. Shennongjia, Hubei Ji’an, Jiangxi