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guolan
Posted on: Advice for a Young Journalist
December 27, 2012 at 6:43 AM这个题目真是很有意思的。课文里面的很多想法我没考虑过。
Posted on: Homeschooling
December 16, 2012 at 7:53 AMI want to add a school of thought to Mark's list of the main schools of thought behind home-schooling. That is, some parents believe (myself included) that they can give their child an education superior to what a school can provide. Schools must necessarily provide "cookie-cutter" experiences, where each child receives relatively the same treatment. They are unable to provide much one-on-one instruction, and they must necessarily spend some of the time available for instruction each day on things like modifying classroom behavior, collecting lunch money, and such.
I'm a teacher myself (I taught elementary school in the USA for several years). I believe that even "unqualified to teach" parents can give their children a superior education at home, providing they have a patient temperament, the drive and desire to do so, an understanding of how their child is different from themselves, the ability to research teaching methods and materials, and the ability to diagnose their child's strength's and weaknesses. Oh, and they must understand that homeschooling has its downsides (lack of social peer interaction, lack of writing instruction, etc.) and be willing to find ways to address each of these issues.
This isn't to say I didn't provide the students in my classroom with a fantastic education. I absolutely gave them everything I had, and their test scores (bragging here) were consistently above grade level. But give me just one or two students (instead of 25) for 6 hours a day, and I could have done even better.
Posted on: Talking about Mistakes (Part 1)
December 13, 2012 at 9:07 AMHmm. If they corrected every single written mistake we made, we would likely become quite disheartened. It's not necessarily a profitable endeavor to have your every mistake corrected, anyway. The very act of producing a quantity or written/verbal material in and of itself improves your language skills.
Posted on: Sales Part 3: Handling Difficult Leads
November 23, 2012 at 1:15 PM“。。。那么有时候恐怕很容易就能够打破僵局。” I am comfused by the use of "恐怕" here. I read the translation ("then sometimes it's easy to break the ice"). I had thought that 恐怕 could only be used in a bad situation, a situation one doesn't want to happen, as in, “。。。那么有时候恐怕很难打破僵局。”
Could you give another example or two of situations in which 恐怕 can be used concerning a situation you want to happen?
Posted on: Beware of Professional Beggars
November 22, 2012 at 5:27 AMI like your idea, except in regard to hunger. If a super-skinny underfed child begs from me, and I buy him a hamburger, and he gulps it down, then finds his friend so I'll give his friend one as well, how could I refuse him? In this case, I think that, no matter how busy we are, how late we are for a meeting, or how little cash we have on us, we ought to stop and buy the food.
I do agree that we should give to charities that help. I haven't found those kind of charities in China, who reach the people who slip through the cracks, in my city anyway. If they do exist, I just don't know how to find them.
Posted on: Bakery Binge
November 21, 2012 at 9:39 AMThanks adamplex!
And thank you John for supplying the English way to express 肉松!
Posted on: Bakery Binge
November 21, 2012 at 4:04 AMWhat is "baguette"?
I actually like the "hairy meat" that often tops the breads. But I don't like the airiness and "sweetness" of the actual bread. "Sweet" in China, as it pertains to bread, is a different kind of "sweet" than in the USA. Or, maybe it's just not sweet enough to register as a pleasant taste on a tongue accustomed to Dunkin Donuts!
Posted on: 留学国外
November 21, 2012 at 12:01 AMThank you for your ideas. I can't consider it to be abandonment because the father definitely loves, and will never abandon, his daughter. I've known them for two years, he adores her. And, every penny of his every day's work would be going to her. And, he would see her every New Year, and call her often.
But I do agree with you that the child may feel as if she has been abandoned, and this could create serious problems for her when she is older and trying to succeed in a tough and unforgiving world.
Posted on: 留学国外
November 20, 2012 at 11:58 PM那就是我的问题。那样做算是给孩子一个很好的机会，还是算是伤害孩子？历史上，最有钱的人也经常会把孩子们送到一家优秀的寄宿学校。所以，虽然我告诉了这位父亲我自己不会那样做也说了很多不好的可能性，但是他下了决定后，我还是告诉他，如果他需要我的帮助，我会帮一帮。
Posted on: 8 Types of Chinese Cuisine
December 27, 2012 at 7:27 AM每顿饭朋友们都喜欢讲中国菜，现在我会有什么可说的，也不算完全无知的！