Tuesday, June 30, 2009

On Being Different

I threw this question, "How does it feel to be Chinese," at Maya after she sang me some Chinese songs. I was sort of expecting a noncommital "OK," instead of "Different."

Maya's preschool class was pretty diverse -- 13 kids in the class, with one African-American, one Hispanic, one Lebanese, one Chinese. And Maya realized she was the only Chinese. And that made her different.

1 comment:

Jeff and Madeline said...

Thanks for sharing your thoughts Maya. It is hard to be different sometimes and other times it is fun, I wish for you the best of balance between them both!