The exchange program that brought 24 U.S. high school students to China continues. At the Great Wall, the music teacher of Lincoln High School sat down with CGTN's Lu Sirui to talk about the program.

LU SIRUI Beijing "So, how do your students feel about China after this trip?"

LYNN KAREN EISENHAUER Music Teacher, Lincoln High School "I love the fact that they will go home with so many stories to tell and share – places they visited, the food they ate. All that is really great. But what they will retain in the long run are the relationships they have built – even in just brief interactions with other students – the people they've met in course of their travels, visits to schools and performances. I also think that for some of them, this has brought changes in perspective. We visited such wonderful schools where students actually invested in their own education, as opposed to the sentiment of 'my mom makes me go to school' or 'we have to go to school.' I think that some of them will now see education through a different lens and value it more. I also think maybe Chinese kids can learn from American kids the value of competition and the pressures of it. We should find joy, but we should also work hard."

LU SIRUI Beijing "During the rehearsal, I saw you giving the children some instructions. Do you know the meaning of the song?"

LYNN KAREN EISENHAUER Music Teacher, Lincoln High School "I can't translate word for word. I wish I spoke Mandarin better. But the idea of optimism and hope. I think that connects with the youth, who are our future. It became famous a little after China had opened to the West. And it's always interesting when I just sing the initial parts of it. Almost every Chinese person that I've met, whether here or in the U.S., knows it."