By Judy Lightfoot Crosscut In an ancient Buddhist parable, an ox runs away from a young herder. Traditionally, a series of ten drawings shows the boy searching everywhere for the beast, eventually finding it and taking charge, then climbing onto its back to ride it home. Award-winning Seattle author and retired University of Washington professor […]
North Dakota teacher wants more students to learn Mandarin
With a morning class of Fargo South High School students dragging, the Mandarin Chinese teacher beckons one of her charges to the front of the classroom to play a Chinese version.