Tuesday, November 28, 2006

Learning to be Chinese in America


The arrival of holidays brings the end of the National Adoption Month. However, adoption experiences continue.

In a recent article in What's Up? Annapolis magazine, Gladney China mom Lynn Schwartz wrote about how Ibbi Fei Yan, her daughter from Shanghai, and her friends learn to be Chinese in America.

On most Saturday mornings, she watched Ibbi Fei Yan and her classmates with awe and pride as their young minds grasp a new language, for the Chinese characters, although exquisitely beautiful, remain a mystery to her.

To read the full article, please click here.

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