2012 Pearson Global Learning Fellowship

In a few short hours I will leave for China. Including layovers, it will be close to a 24-hour journey. I am grateful for the chance to see China --- I never thought I would get to go there! Here is a list of my pre-departure impressions:

Biggest fear: Not surviving the experience
Greatest hope: Making lifelong friendships with people in my group or with Chinese people I meet
The one thing I'm really looking forward to seeing: The Forbidden City
The one thing I will not do: Eat grasshoppers
The one thing I simply must do: Experience an authentic marketplace
The one thing I am not looking forward to: Getting sick

Please follow my adventures here and let me know your thoughts about all that I will share with you about this amazing journey.

Thank you to the NEA Foundation and the Pearson Foundation for this opportunity.

2012: A Year of Travels!

Madame is currently in Washington D. C. to learn about the educational tour of China she will be taking in June 2012. In fact, this will be a year of many travel experiences:

• February 2012: Washington D.C.
• March 2012: Picardie, France
• April 2012: Phoenix, Arizona & visiting students from Montdidier, France
• June 2012: China
• July 2012: Washington D.C. and (possibly) Haïti

The educational tour of China is for the 2012 Pearson Foundation Global Learning Fellowship. We will be learning about Chinese history & culture through an online college course and then touring Beijing and Shanghai, China. We will see the sites and visit schools while we are in China. It should be quite exciting!