Chinese Education Values: To
get to their school, 80 children (aged 6 to 17) in the mountaintop
village of Pili, China, near the borders with Tajikistan and
Afghanistan, make a 120-mile journey that includes 50 miles on foot or
by camel. The most dangerous parts of the route are an inches-wide path
cut into a cliff (over a 1,000-foot drop), a 600-foot-long zip-line drop
and crossings of four freezing rivers (easier in winter when they are
frozen solid). The kids must make the chaperoned treks four times a year
-- coming and going for each of two long sessions. According to one
teacher, Ms. Su, the kids generally enjoy the adventure. The government
is building a road to the village, but it will not be finished until
2013. [Daily Telegraph (London), 11-15-2011]
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