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
A Letter to the Newton (Massachusetts) Community已关闭评论
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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.
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“I hoped the kids would read it and think about why this foreigner was writing this,” Henry DeGroot said. Continue reading
Newton student penalized for democracy notes in China-Messages are called out of bounds已关闭评论
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