Gwen Wade, group leader of the 2016 Clark Atlanta Student Leaders Study Mission to China, can't stop playing with the dragon after a dragon dance on Saturday. [Photo by Yan Dongjie/chinadaily.com.cn]

Fambro said it was impressive to see that Chinese students usually know what they want and aim for it when they go to school, which is quite different from students in the US.

"It's too short at ime to learn about everything, but what we've got to know so far are all impressive enough, which you will never know without coming," to China, Fambro said.