Eric's Beijing Diary

I took Jordan with me to the graduation dinner today. Actually graduation lunch. This morning at 9 o'clock, I went to the picture taking session in front of the library. Hard to believe that these young people I first met three-and-a-half years ago are now leaving this institution. I was talking to one of them, a very bright young lady who is on her way to a graduate assistanceship in Boston. I first met her when she was a freshman in Langfang, just in from the countryside. I remember I asked her then what she wanted to be when she "grew up." She said, "a farmer." Four years changes a few things.