Tongren, Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai, China

I attended Rebkong Dzong Nationality School from Grade 7-12, 1997 – 2003

I was 12 years old when I went to boarding school. I attended [Rebkong Dzong Nationality School] from Grade 7-12, from 1997 to 2003. The school was two hours walking distance from my home. I went home every weekend. But in my school, there were students who were from far off, they couldn’t go home on the weekend as they couldn’t get there by walking and they didn’t have the bus fare. So usually they just stayed back and went home only if there was some emergency. There was no phone facility at that time. We had to buy our own bedding, food, etc. In the common kitchen, they provided soup for lunch.

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