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On Sunday, May 2, the Association of Northern California
Chinese School (ANCCS) conducted a large scale Chinese Culture Contest at
Overseas Chinese Society in San Jose. Developing Virtue Boys Secondary
School won First Place and the Girl School came in second.
Starting the year before last, ANCCS began imposing more
restrictions on the students qualified to participate, hoping that Chinese
culture will genuinely be instilled in Asian youths growing up in the
United States. Over the years we have seen that their intent has
eventually borne fruit.
During the competition, each question had to be answered
within three seconds, or before the emcee finished reading the question.
All the participants, in addition to being familiar with Chinese history,
geography, literature, philosophy, etc., had to be exceptionally calm and
focused. After four hours of heated competition among the fourteen groups,
the boys and girls students outscored the rival teams. Their calm and
steady performance merits praise. At the same time, the honor belongs to
the teachers and great assembly who supported them behind the scenes. |
