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It also mentioned difficulties encountered by Chinese students in schools conducted by foreigners during the Opium War.
A-chick wrote: “Mr. Brown is the best teacher that I know in my life, and his school is too. In this part of the country I think there is no such school as his.
"Here there is a school for Deaf and Dumb in New York. But if Chinese were so, he would not learn anything, neither how to read nor write, until he died.
"When school first formed had five boys - after about nine months some went home, because English were at war with China. Afterwards eldest of them whose name was A-ling went home, because he did a very bad thing and committed a great sin against God, as in the law of Moses and the prophets.
"A-tseuk was taken home by his father. One day, as the English were fighting with the Chinese, his father came to Mr. Brown's school and wanted to take A-tseuk home. On the same day Mr. Brown was not at home. Then he wished to take him back without asking Mr. Brown. But A-tseuk wouldn't go, and his father gave him a flogging and he cried, and after about an hour they went. Next morning, father came and wanted to take his things home, when Mr. Brown saw him he rebuked him and he went home.
"Now in this school our teacher has appointed a monitor to keep the boys still when the teacher is out, and the school in order, and they ring the bell to call the boys into study their lessons and say them to the teacher."
The letter shows that A-chick had made good progress in English after two years' study.
A year and a half after writing it, he was qualified to serve as an interpreter.
In 1842 the Treaty of Nanking was signed and the British were granted the right to trade at six treaty ports. This privilege meant
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It also mentioned difficulties encountered by Chinese students in schools conducted by foreigners during the Opium War.
A-chick wrote: “Mr. Brown is the best teacher that I know in my life, and his school is too. In this part of the country I think there is no such school as his.
"Hear there is a school for Deaf and Dumb in New York. But if Chinese were so, he would not learn anything, neither how to read to write, until he died.
"When school formed had five boys - after about nine months some went home, because English were at war with China. After- wards eldest of them whose name was A-ling went home, because he did a very bad thing and committed a great sin against God, as in the law of Moses and the prophets.
"A-tseuk was taken home by his father. One day, as the English were fighting with the Chinese, his father came to Mr. Brown's school and wanted to take A-tseuk home. On the same day Mr. Brown was not at home. Then he wished to take him back without asking Mr. Brown. But A-tseuk wouldn't go, and his fa- ther gave him a flogging and he cried, and after about an hour they went. Next morning, father came and wanted to take his things home, when Mr. Brown saw him he rebuked him and he went home.
"Now in this school our teacher has appointed a monitor to keep the boys still when the teacher is out, and the school in order, and they ring the bell to call the boys into study their lessons and say them to the teacher."
The letter shows that A-chick had made good progress in English after two years' study.
A year and a half after writing it, he was qualified to serve as an interpreter.
In 1842 the Treaty of Nanking was signed and the British were granted the right to trade at six treaty ports. This privilege meant
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