Sophie TS #18

 Today, Kiki and I talked about the history of Thanksgiving. She has very little existing schema on it, so I filled her in one the history of it and why it has evolved to be such a family-oriented holiday. She also taught me about Dragon Boat, a similiar holiday in China. We discussed tang ping, which is a Chinese movement that rejects and rebels against their aggressive work schedules and high expectations. We discussed the correlates of tang ping in America. I brought a book and she read a chapter out of it; it was connected to tang ping through its discussion of how shopping, drugs, and other addictions are substitutes for real human needs of connection and fulfillment. It discusses how these replacements help us both realize and ignore the general lack of fulfillment in modern society. This is an advanced reading text, but it also covers some more esoteric themes, making it a challenging read for Kiki. Overall, she seemed to enjoy the reading and engaged with it quite a bit. 

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