After graduating from Stanford in 2017,I first taught at an innovative school in Beijing, where the tuition was 150,000 yuan per year. A year after, I moved to Zhangjiakou, Hebei, to help found a new high school whose tuitionwas a mere8,000 yuan per year. During my third job, as the acting director of the Center on Rural Education at 21stCenturyEducation Research Institute, I worked to serve small-sized rural schools where the cost to operate an entire school typically does not exceed 60,000 yuan a year.

At UWC Changshu China, students are inspired to become dreamers who do. Students take initiatives to engage in the local community and make an impact through learning by doing.

It was on the April 22nd of 1970 that the concept of an Earth Day was first put forward: a day of solidarity and symbolism to spread a message that the Earth needs to be cared for and protected, preserved for the people of that time and for future generations, such as us. Now 2020 marks the 50th year for which we’ve been commemorating this day. Today, in terms of awareness and concern we are certainly doing much better than we were 50 years ago and the situation is no longer how it was in the April of 1970 and that begs the question: 50 years later, is the Earth Day still relevant?

For UWC students, we believe, united with a heart of love, we can be stronger.

Working together and seeing the same smile on the faces of different colors, we are proud to be UWCers.

"The fragrance of the rose lingers on the hand that casts it."

"We hope to build a bridge connecting people all over the world through sharing real stories to promote understanding."

Sustainability is a core value of UWC. In UWC Changshu China, sustainability is one of the focal points of our co-curricular education programme.

March 23rd to March 30th was the Project Week for students of the graduating class of UWC Changshu China.

We should cherish the opportunity we have and contribute more to narrowing the gap in education between urban and rural areas.