School: Dorchester – St. Louis Catholic has Chinese Visitor (Sep 1973)

Transcriber: Stan

Surnames: Au

----Source: Tribune/Phonograph (Abbotsford, Clark Co., Wis.) 27Sep 1973

Social Study terms such as physical characteristics and cultural traits took on a new meaning for students at St. Louis School, Dorchester, when Theresa Au, a Chinese nursing student at Loyola University, Chicago, visited there Wednesday.

The children asked Theresa many questions, and she spent time explaining the educational system in Hong Kong. She pointed out that there is a heavy emphasis on being a good student in Hong Kong, because a good education is the key to job position.

Miss Au told the children that she had learned to speak Chinese as a child, but learned to write in English before she learned to write in Chinese. She demonstrated how to write the Chinese symbols. She explained the meaning of her Chinese name, which translated means “filled with wisdom”, and names of her sisters.

Miss Au told about the marriage customs that used to exist in China. The children were surprised to hear that Theresa’s mother was engaged when she was nine years old. However, Mrs. Au did not meet her husband until the day of the marriage. ….(the rest of my article was cut off)….