Dalton's Confucius Classroom Presents: Living In China
Dalton's Confucius Classroom, presented a presentation called "Living in China" on Tuesday, November 8, during High School interval period. The group enjoyed an informal lunch seminar and discussion...
Successful young professionals Jonathan Hirsch, Dalton '01, CTO, HMS LLC and Morgan A. Jones, Middlebury/Johns Hopkins SAIS, Queens Borough Director of Community Affairs, Office of the Mayor, NYC, representatives from both public and private sectors who speak fluent Chinese and who have lived, studied, and worked in China, shared their personal experiences. They spoke about their time in China, and how this important experience, coupled with mastery of Chinese language and culture, helped shape their personal growth and career development.
Ms. Mona Zhao mzhao@dalton.org,Director of Dalton's Confucius Classroom program and Mandarin teacher, hosted the event and Adam Lanphier, Mandarin teacher moderated. Ms. Zhao also provided a few of the photographs.
Associate Head of School, Jim Best (right) jokes with Adam Lanphier (left) and Jonathan Hirsch '01 who was on hand to describe his experiences as a software developer and entrepreneur in China.