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About the Author
Harry G was a student on the Microcampus trip of 2014 in the Groundbreakers
group, the 6th Microcampus group ever. This group left in early March and returned
in early April. During this trip, he had a project called an inquiry project to find out
about the management of restaurants in Xizhou.

About Microcampus
After more than two years, thousands of bits of advice from community members,
and countless logistical challenges, the first Microcampus group made the 2000-plus
kilometer journey from Shanghai to Xizhou, Yunnan Province, during the spring of
2012. This brave group of 11 Grade 8 students spent a month away from Shanghai
during the school year, not knowing what to expect from such an experience.
Through the ups and downs, sore ankles, occasional stomachaches, adapting to local
plumbing, and perhaps a bit of nagging from their chaperones, the first group paved
the way to an expanded, more polished program moving forward. Above all else,
their positive approach made it all worth doing again . . . and again.

Author’s Acknowledgments
Special thanks to Mr. Tafel, Ms. Mai, all other chaperones, the Linden Centre staff,
and all others involved in making Microcampus possible. I would also like to thank
all of the people that were kind enough to allow me to interview them during my
information gathering process.