Many Chinese students are reluctantly cajoled intointernationalbusiness degrees and are sacrificing their truetalents. With anemerging generation of business graduates, it isforeseeable thatthe world＇s knowledge of Chinese culture willforever be water－colors of mountainous Yangshuo and dandyemperors.

　　I specialize in preparing students for the InternationalEnglishLanguage Testing System IELTS , a key hurdle along the waytooverseas study programs in theUK, Canada, Australia andNewZealand. Chinese IELTS students typically come from well－heeledfamilies and share an almost unanimous ambition tostudyinternational business abroad. Sadly, that ambition is notalwaysof their own choosing. Case in point my bcenterest student,Bobo,who recently passed his IELTS test with flying colors. Bobo isnotjust a gifted linguist but also a highly accomplishedclarinettist.As a mr of the Shanghai Youth Orchestra, Bobo hasperformed inParis, Berlin, London, Vienna, Singapore, Tokyo andmany locationsthroughout China. It is his″taboo″ dream to become aprofessionalclarinettist in a major Chinese or internationalorchestra. Whytaboo？ His parents steadfastly refuse to allow him topursue hispassion. Bobo even had to smuggle his clarinet out of hishome toplay for our class after I jokingly dared him to prove hismusicalabilities.