{"id":11364,"date":"2011-11-23T12:43:42","date_gmt":"2011-11-23T18:43:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.wnpt.org\/mediaupdate\/?p=11364"},"modified":"2018-11-06T14:45:58","modified_gmt":"2018-11-06T20:45:58","slug":"npt-reports-confucious-classroom-first-in-nashville-public-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.wnpt.org\/mediaupdate\/2011\/11\/23\/npt-reports-confucious-classroom-first-in-nashville-public-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"(NPT Reports) Confucious Classroom First in Nashville Public Schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11337 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.wnpt.org\/mediaupdate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/education_watch1-300x35.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"35\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"580\" height=\"327\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/juIqS7yl-iQ?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The road to China starts on Hillsboro Pike in Nashville for some high school students in Davidson County Public Schools. They are learning Chinese from Mei Ni, a teacher who traveled half-way around the world, leaving behind a university teaching job in China, to establish the Confucious Classroom at Hillsboro High School.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it is a great honor,\u201d says Mei Ni.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s my aim to let them learn more about China, including Chinese culture, the way Chinese people live, and the way Chinese people think through language.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Hillsboro Confucious Classroom is the first in Davidson County Public Schools and one of only 12 classrooms in Tennessee funded by the Confucious Institute at the University of Memphis. Nashville public school officials believe language lessons like this can evolve into sophisticated opportunities in the global economy for some of these students. Mandarin Chinese is the most spoken language in the world and China has the world\u2019s second largest economy\u2014behind the United States.<\/p>\n<p>In summer 2011, a few Hillsboro High students and teachers visited China. Hillsboro already had a focus on international business and communication, so the Chinese class is becoming a popular language choice. Cortland Owens says he expected to take Spanish his freshman year, but opted instead for Chinese.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11365 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.wnpt.org\/mediaupdate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Confucious-Classroom-04.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"303\" height=\"171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.wnpt.org\/mediaupdate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Confucious-Classroom-04.jpg 702w, https:\/\/blogs.wnpt.org\/mediaupdate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Confucious-Classroom-04-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 303px) 100vw, 303px\" \/>\u201cI felt I\u2019d have another opportunity to take Spanish in the future, so I chose Chinese while it was available now,\u201d says Cortland Owens, who says he has an \u201cA\u201d and is doing well in the class. \u201cAt the time I took it I was not aware of how unique it was. But now that I am a part of it I\u2019m really excited and want to do well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Those words\u2014in any language&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0 Dr. Hsiang-te Kung, who directs the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.memphis.edu\/cium\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Confucious Institute at University of Memphis\u00a0 <\/a>and helped arrange grants to fund the program at Hillsboro High.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause of economic growth in china, they do have a lot of money and instead of using the money for something else, they think the cultural exchange, through language&#8211; the people understand each other,\u201d explains Dr. Kung. \u201cSo instead of fighting, people can actually can communicate, can talk to each other and create a harmonious society. That\u2019s really the purpose. That\u2019s what I really believe in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Kung traveled to Nashville in early November to join Metro School officials for the dedication of the Confucious Classroom.\u00a0 He also visited the classroom and met with students\u2014giving them his approval.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think Miss Mei Ni has done an outstanding, great job of teaching the students and students like her, and she works with them and they have learned a lot of Chinese language and also culture. They seem to really adapt and adopt well,\u201d says Dr. Kung.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Kung is a native of China, and you could say he has a birthright to assess a classroom named after the ancient Chinese philosopher, Confucious. Kung is a 75th generation descendant of Confucious.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we can all understand each other better, know each other better, and communicate with each other better with the language\u2014then I think the work can be more harmonious,\u201d says Kung. \u201dThat\u2019s really\u00a0 even 2,500 years ago what Confucious trying to say. He really thinks about a harmonious world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That is an ancient Chinese proverb that seems to still have meaning for a new generation of learners at Hillsboro High&#8211; like Jared Akers, who spoke during the dedication program for the Confucious Classroom.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hope to be part of a society that bridges the international gap through my future endeavors. I hope one day to be an influence to other young people and to help create opportunities like this.\u00a0 Again, thank you for being here and making Hillsboro part of this unique relationship.\u00a0 Xie xie (thank you).\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; The road to China starts on Hillsboro Pike in Nashville for some high school students in Davidson County Public Schools. 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