Tuesday, March 06, 2007

Who would use a fork?










Americans are not the only people who stereotype. At meals, the servers give forks to anyone with white skin. And of course, stereotypes are apt to be wrong. The other day, a waitress offered a knife and fork to Sir Barry Jowett who has lived heare 13 years. Charles Bedell, head teacher at the Oxford English Academy has been in China for, I think, three years, and of course he's gotten the hang of chopsticks. I don't use a knife and fork when in China; nor does Dr. Jack Rhoton most of the time.

Below: Charles Bedell, Dr. Weixing Chen, and Dr. Jack Rhoton at a banquet

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