i had one of the most eloquent classes ever yesterday. we talked about change...yes...still. that's what happens when you teach the same lesson plan for one week. they talked about chengdu changed, but many offered vignettes on how change affected their lives.
one girl spoke about her grandmother's farm in the country. for a long time, it didn't have anything. it was a hut, and to get there you had to climb a mountain. the water came out of a well, which you had to climb another mountain to get. there was no electricity, and everything was quite rustic.
two years after my student was born, her father put in an electric line to the house. soon they had a refrigerator, air conditioning, and most importantly a tv.
was their life better? she didn't say.
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