Comments for A Connecticut Yankee in Shanghai, PRC

Comment on The irony of teaching abroad (China moments)…Then, musings on human nature by misc

misc — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:47:22 +0000

I found this blog entry particularly interesting. I find it frustrating when students don’t seem to actually be actively learning, but just creating notes of what they hear in class. It’s a bit difficult to move out of this regimen, especially considering how test-oriented the school learning system is. Most kids will end up following a very parrot-like suit in which their focus is to memorize what has been copied down in their notes without gaining insight or understanding of what goes on beyond the textbook. It’s difficult to let the students really understand the concept of learning, when their learning environment consists of monthly tests and test scores as reflections of their learning and success. It really is a pity, and that was an unnecessary rant trying to express that I can fully relate to your post.

Comment on Travel journal: Bangkok by Jobeth

Jobeth — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 08:55:26 +0000

Great stuff, you hepled me out so much!

Comment on My first poem, Chinese “Kinkos” by Jonnie

Jonnie — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 17:54:31 +0000

So that’s the case? Quite a revelatoin that is.

Comment on Snow, holiday ball, winter break by Hester

Hester — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 10:37:33 +0000

I never thought I would find such an eevyrday topic so enthralling!

Comment on Rise and shine :) by Isabelle

Isabelle — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 07:50:24 +0000

Woot, I will ceirtanly put this to good use!

Comment on Midterms and November 11 by Delly

Delly — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 06:34:22 +0000

Well mcaadamia nuts, how about that.

Comment on The grass is always greener… by admin

admin — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 13:37:25 +0000

Nope! One man, one push mower. It is even worse when it is time to weed. A small army of workers with miniature stools form a line across the field and work their way along, picking weeds by hand! (This ‘over-employment’ is necessary because the population is over 1.3 billion)

Comment on The grass is always greener… by Sarah Hall

Sarah Hall — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 16:43:46 +0000

No riding mower?

Comment on Poetry as a second language by Teri Banas

Teri Banas — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 08:37:07 +0000

Hi Nick — Would really like to see more poetry from your class — have you continued to have the students write? It’s insiteful as to their culture and thinking…

Comment on My student’s backgrounds by Em

Em — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 04:47:21 +0000

I wonder how many of them believe in reincarnation and feel as though they carry with them a sense of their past lives in their present. I used to feel that way in high school. In a way it comforted me when I felt a little too comfortable in white suburbia–people just don’t realize that in a past life I was a plump, Blonde woman.