Henry DeGroot

An American high school student says ‘Democracy is for cool kids’ — and got in trouble

An American high school senior ran into some trouble with Chinese school authorities. Henry DeGroot, an 18-year-old from Newton, Massachusetts, just spent his spring semester on a study abroad program in China. While he was there he wrote something in the notebooks of some Chinese students that got him in hot water. An American high school senior ran into some trouble with Chinese school authorities. Henry DeGroot, an 18-year-old from Newton, Massachusetts, just spent his spring semester on a study abroad program in China. While he was there he wrote something in the notebooks of some Chinese students that got him in hot water.