Today is the last day to go to the Detention Center. Inside, there is no longer the excitement that I felt when I went there for the first time, but a calm heart and a slightly lingering, peaceful state of mind.

Let’s start with something I have noticed before but didn’t mention: the Detention Center in Richmond only has a uniform requirement for clothing – that is, gray clothing – but no requirement for shoes. The juvenile offenders we saw on our visits were all wearing a variety of designer shoes, and if you didn’t look at their clothes, they seemed no different than kids who go to school outside of Richmond.

Back to the topic. This time we discussed two topics: one was “What is your favorite food?” and the other was about favorite music and relate it to our own experiences. This time my group was a little less cooperative with me. When it came to the topic of music, because I hadn’t learned about the artists they were talking about, my group members just started talking with each others – it was obvious that they were very interested in the music, but they refused to answer the questions and share their own experiences in the form of a chat. They even joked to me about their favorite food being cockroaches when talking about food.

Interestingly, one of them also said today that he would love to visit China and I shared with him some of the famous Chinese food and Chinese table customs. They were interested in the low prices in China and I told them that making money in the US and spending it in China is the best way to save money.