So on Saturday night they picked us up at the airport. I managed to get into a rather lively discussion somehow with this guy (they sent over a bunch of German and English students to be our "tutors") who had very strong opinions that "Growing Pains" was a far better television series than "Friends." While I partially agreed with him, it's pretty amazing to see the degree to which students in China use the American tv shows they can find on the internet or on dvd to learn English, and how much they actually end up thinking about it. I mean for us it's just sheer entertainment, but for him, he was adamant that America should take better care of the type of programming they decide to share with the world. I decided not to go into a detailed discussion with him about what Mike's friend "Boner" actually means in everyday slang...
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