Throughout my school life,phones offered one significant benefit:a means of communication,via either text or call.Typing out a message,“back in the day,”required quite the skill set,i.e.,understanding the code of th...Throughout my school life,phones offered one significant benefit:a means of communication,via either text or call.Typing out a message,“back in the day,”required quite the skill set,i.e.,understanding the code of the numbered buttons.展开更多
Educational systems vary from country to country and culture to culture;the educational means with which we teach the next generation have arguably one of the greatest sociological influences on culture as a whole.Now...Educational systems vary from country to country and culture to culture;the educational means with which we teach the next generation have arguably one of the greatest sociological influences on culture as a whole.Nowhere is this infl uence on societal structures more obvious than on the contemporary generation of youth in China.Education has played a vital role in China’s history since ancient times.To name but a few landmarks in the history of education in China,for example,Confucian teachings;the Tang Dynasty(618-907)imperial civil service examination;and also the imperial college started in the third century.Despite dualities in the concepts of education,a constant from ancient to contemporary times is the interrelationship between learning and societal development.展开更多
We are living through one of the rarest times of history,as families grapple to keep loved ones safe,retain their jobs and maintain any sense of normalcy.This is a particularly stra nge time to be a student.I feel bad...We are living through one of the rarest times of history,as families grapple to keep loved ones safe,retain their jobs and maintain any sense of normalcy.This is a particularly stra nge time to be a student.I feel bad for school students,who have to deal with mounting pressures of homework and an impending college entrance exam.展开更多
"When it comes to China,you can never know enough."These were the words inscribed on the first page of the booK Law and Society in Traditional China,given to me by a fellow student Tan Bo-Chen,on day one of ..."When it comes to China,you can never know enough."These were the words inscribed on the first page of the booK Law and Society in Traditional China,given to me by a fellow student Tan Bo-Chen,on day one of my year at Peking University back in September 2016.Over the past few years,I have slowly come to understand the depth of meaning in this phrase about such a culturally unique and historically great civilization.The more time I spend in China,and indeed the more I know about China,the less I seem to comprehend it This country is absolutely fascinating:There is a mismatch between past and present;tradition and modernity;fast pace and slow pace;cities and mountains.展开更多
For as long as I can remember,my dad had talked of the jewel in China's western territory,Tibet Autonomous Region.As a student of international relations and Chinese,I have been living in China for the past three ...For as long as I can remember,my dad had talked of the jewel in China's western territory,Tibet Autonomous Region.As a student of international relations and Chinese,I have been living in China for the past three years.Tibet was a region I was desperate to see but its remoteness and my inability to find the right time to go delayed my journey.After a few e-mails back and forth with my dad,who is based in the UK.展开更多
文摘Throughout my school life,phones offered one significant benefit:a means of communication,via either text or call.Typing out a message,“back in the day,”required quite the skill set,i.e.,understanding the code of the numbered buttons.
文摘Educational systems vary from country to country and culture to culture;the educational means with which we teach the next generation have arguably one of the greatest sociological influences on culture as a whole.Nowhere is this infl uence on societal structures more obvious than on the contemporary generation of youth in China.Education has played a vital role in China’s history since ancient times.To name but a few landmarks in the history of education in China,for example,Confucian teachings;the Tang Dynasty(618-907)imperial civil service examination;and also the imperial college started in the third century.Despite dualities in the concepts of education,a constant from ancient to contemporary times is the interrelationship between learning and societal development.
文摘We are living through one of the rarest times of history,as families grapple to keep loved ones safe,retain their jobs and maintain any sense of normalcy.This is a particularly stra nge time to be a student.I feel bad for school students,who have to deal with mounting pressures of homework and an impending college entrance exam.
文摘"When it comes to China,you can never know enough."These were the words inscribed on the first page of the booK Law and Society in Traditional China,given to me by a fellow student Tan Bo-Chen,on day one of my year at Peking University back in September 2016.Over the past few years,I have slowly come to understand the depth of meaning in this phrase about such a culturally unique and historically great civilization.The more time I spend in China,and indeed the more I know about China,the less I seem to comprehend it This country is absolutely fascinating:There is a mismatch between past and present;tradition and modernity;fast pace and slow pace;cities and mountains.
文摘For as long as I can remember,my dad had talked of the jewel in China's western territory,Tibet Autonomous Region.As a student of international relations and Chinese,I have been living in China for the past three years.Tibet was a region I was desperate to see but its remoteness and my inability to find the right time to go delayed my journey.After a few e-mails back and forth with my dad,who is based in the UK.
