The book walks the steps that made the little You Ai (Friendship) Hope School into the primary and most significant cause in my later life, a center of energy, creativity and vitality that's entirely absorbing and often exciting. It's diverse, from working with officials and teachers on long range planning to teaching basic child development to leading wonderful munchkins in an impromptu PE class.

What's it really like in the China of today? Here's aunique view of one person's activitiesin China, during 26 visits. It's achance to feel the pulse of daily life, tomeet the actual people involved, across-section, from rural people withno money, to urban ones of greatmeans, from the young to the veryold, and to participate in the buildingof a rural school.

Preface

Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 Context: The Years Before China

Chapter 3 Meeting China, Finding Personal and Professional Niches

Chapter 4 More Students, More Connections, Books, Travels and Talks

Chapter 5 Groundbreaking and Dedication of You Ai School

Chapter 6 Consolidation, Teaching, Big Expansion at the School

Chapter 7 Looking Back, Looking Forward

Epilogue