I don’t think I have gone through a learning process as intense as the current one, which started in the days after arriving in China in 2006. But, though China, of course, never ran out of surprises, I did come to terms with Chinese society. I came to understand Chinese social mores, and the horrific historical baggage which so many still carried on their backs. While I deplored many aspects of my life in China, I understood too the causes and attitudes under which these had come about. I knew adulation and utter contempt; but knew exactly where both were coming from. And I knew what my value was to that society. In retrospect, learning to urinate squatting over a hole, facing an open-weave basket full of discarded, unwrapped sanitary napkins, used toilet paper and excited blow-flies, with my students , caused less anguish than coming ‘Home’ did. The things I’m learning now that I am a full-t