Adoption classes

A couple of weeks ago we took more of our adoption classes. We had one on multicultural families as well as one on Chinese culture. I know what you're thinking, why do we need multicultural classes? Aren't we going to raise our child American? Yes. Absolutely. However, we cannot be ignorant to the fact that even though she will be raised American, she is in fact, Chinese and will look very different than we will. Most of the class was focused on dealing with OTHER people (people can be so cruel, even if it's unintentional). For example, the agency had one family who walked up to the family eating at a restaurant and asked, "Are these your exchange students?" And others have been asked questions like "How much did she cost?" (note: SHE didn't cost anything. the ADOPTION had fees for services).
One of the most interesting things from the class was at the end of the class, two of CCAI's employees talked. Both were adopted from Korea. They talked about their experiences being raised in the US.
The other class was equally as interesting. It was about China, some of the history, culture and language, as seen by both someone from China as well as an American. It was interesting and educational. One of the families had their son with them, probably 11 or 12 years old. This kid was smart; almost TOO smart. Not only did he know that Russia was the largest country (China 3rd largest), but also knew a fair amount about Chinese geography and landmarks.
We have another class tomorrow, on assisting our child's development starting in China. I'm sure this will be equally as informative as the previous classes have been.