Epilogue: Learning from China

On October 29, we visited Wuxi No. 1 Middle School. Although the trip was still young, we had seen several schools, had talked with many teachers, and had shared with each other what we had learned from reading and talking. We were beginning to form impressions of Chinese education. During a meeting with the faculty of the middle school, I was asked to say something about what we were learning from our trip. I felt a little on the spot. The things I was learning were undoubtedly shaped and informed by talking with other delegates, but they surely couldn’t be presented as the "official" view of our delegation.