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A Letter to the Newton (Massachusetts) Community

By Fengsuo Zhou, Yaxue Cao, published: June 11, 2014

 

(Henry Degroot is a student at Newton North High School, Massachusetts. He wrote a pro-democracy note in a Chinese student’s notebook during an exchange program in Beijing and signed it. A Chinese teacher found out. Henry was detained for five hours, forced to apologize by his American teachers, and, back to America, the school barred him from prom.) Continue reading

Newton student penalized for democracy notes in China-Messages are called out of bounds

By Ellen Ishkanian | GLOBE CORRESPONDENT JUNE 06, 2014


“I hoped the kids would read it and think about why this foreigner was writing this,” Henry DeGroot said.
MATTHEW J. LEE/GLOBE STAFF

“I hoped the kids would read it and think about why this foreigner was writing this,” Henry DeGroot said. Continue reading