Chinese High School Students Admitted to Harvard Univ.

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Barbara Demick, For Chinese, getting into Harvard is a class act. Los
Angeles Times, June 4, 2010.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-china-college-20100605,0,4546217.story

Quote:

"There are currently 36 Chinese undergraduates at Harvard (the number of
graduate students is much larger), but of 2,110 students accepted for the
upcoming freshman class, at least nine are from China.

"She [An American expatriate] recalled one [Beijing] high school student she
was advising, who, when asked to write an essay about a person she admired,
picked Adolf Hitler. "It was one of those 'Lost in Translation' moments. I
had to explain to her, 'Listen, this is really not going to work.' "


Note:
(a) class act (n): "an example of outstanding quality or prestige"  www.m-w.
com
(b) Shanghai Qibao High School (Group)  上海市七宝中学教育集团
http://www.zhidaode.com/s/MTA5OTAyfHx8d3d3LnFpYmFvLnNoLmNuLw==.html

七宝中学 appears to derive its name from 上海市闵行区七宝镇. See
deguawatao, 地道七宝镇没了. YouTube, Aug. 31, 2008.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sutPW8-HzPc

(c) For "Wedgewood-blue," See Wedgwood
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wedgwood
("Wedgwood, strictly Josiah Wedgwood and Sons, is a British pottery firm,
founded on May 1, 1759 by Josiah Wedgwood, which in 1987 merged with
Waterford Crystal, creating Waterford Wedgwood, the Ireland-based luxury
brands group")

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