Students in China - Scott in Hebei
One of Willow 's students, Scott Towsey, gave a speech in Chinese at a
banquet on May 28, 2007. The occasion was the opening of a new factory in
Hebei Province. About 250 people attended including provincial, county, and
township communist party officials and representatives from many of Cascade
Corporation's Asian operations along with the President and Chief Financial
Officer of Cascade.
Because of my brief celebrity, some of the communist party officials adopted
me for the afternoon and made sure I was introduced around and included in
toasts even if I was only drinking Sprite. It was filmed too but I don't
know if I will ever see it. Thanks for your help. It was a lot of work and
pretty intense but I'm glad I did it."
Scott has been in Willow's class for a little more than one year, finished
the level I part I text, and is now on Part II. He studies hard, and is
especially focused on speaking Mandarin with the correct tones. With
Willow's help, he wrote most of the speech himself.