Message from staylor

[Anonymous]

This session was quite useful. I love the usage of visuals, including maps and photographs to enhance the 'lesson' being taught. What was especially interesting was how several teachers had to stand on the newspaper in order to signify just how crowded the subways are. I was amused, thinking to myself how Americans love our "personal space" and how there is absolutely NONE in that subway system! It must be a pickpocket's dream.

I was rather surprised to find out that before the Tiananmen Square incident, many Americans had positive views of China. Since I was only 6 when the incident occurred, I had no idea what was happening in the world to make Americans have such a positive view of a repressive authoritarian regime like China. I am not at all surprised, however, to find that to this day most Americans maintain a negative view. I, myself, have quite a negative view of them, given their poor human rights record (I worked with Amnesty International during college) among other things.