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From left, Ford kids Hudson, 12, Mara, 8, Emma, 15 and and Bennett, 14, pose atop large pots at a hidden away mountaintop monastery in the Fujian Provence of Putian, China, during their six-month world trip earlier this year.
 “We got to stay at a Buddhist monk monastery in exchange for picking tea leaves on their tea plantation and cleaning candle wax out of thousands of glass jars,” Emma wrote to The Press. “Giving back to earth and the Buddhist monk community and supporting the cycle of life helped me realize that the art of giving is so much more beneficial than receiving.” (Courtesy photo)

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The world is  their classroom
June 6, 2018 1 a.m.

The world is their classroom

By DEVIN WEEKS