Lessons learned in county classes

They called me "grandpa". And they meant it. The preschoolers at the Huichang Zhulan Demonstration School had never seen anyone with light hair aside from the elderly.

I'm a blond 33-year-old. I'm getting there, but I have a few years and hairs to go. I hope.

I've been to many places where few, if any, foreigners tread - but this was a new one for me. Other scenes at the rural school in Jiangxi province's Huichang county reminded me of visiting similar classrooms elsewhere in the country.