SAS: Are we still an American school?
By Gavin Chen What makes a school American? Is it the nationality of its students? The languages spoken in the hallways? Cultural identities? These are questions that some students—and perhaps even faculty members—have wondered about privately. SAS has experienced major demographic changes over the past decades. A growing proportion of students have spent most of their lives in China, and the student body today is more diverse than ever before. At the same time, fewer students hold U.S. citizenship than in previous decades. Yet having an American passport doesn’t automatically make someone more “American” than anyone else. Increasing diversity does … Continue reading SAS: Are we still an American school?