When I was a kid / the first / English sentence / that I learned / was not about daddy or mommy. / The first English sentence I learned / was written all over my toys / and it was / made in China. // All my toys, / electronics, / and school supplies were made in China / and the kid in me / always wondered. / Why is this made in China. / Why not somewhere else? / Now that I'm in China I found the answer. // This country works in ways that I've never ever seen before. / They work hard. / They work fast. / They work cheap. / There are a billion Chinese people who built everything from skyscrapers to laptops to iPhones to stupid plastic toys. // To make this / in a different country / then that country needs to be / better, / faster, / and cheaper / than here in China.// Yes. / And from what I see / that's a really hard thing / to do. / That's one minute, / see you tomorrow!