User Comments - suxiaoya
suxiaoya
Posted on: Happy year of the tiger!
February 16, 2010 at 9:46 AMHaha, we are very keen to learn the opinions of everyone - not least 孔子!!
Posted on: Happy year of the tiger!
February 16, 2010 at 3:29 AMThank you, bababardwan. The email system is very important to us, so I really appreciate you taking the time to help.
Posted on: Happy year of the tiger!
February 16, 2010 at 1:58 AM新年快乐！
Just a reminder: we have a survey running about ChinesePod emails, and we'd really love your feedback! It's only very brief, I promise!
You can click below to start:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/RVD3RG6
Thanks in anticipation.
Posted on: Female takeover of ChinesePod!
February 10, 2010 at 12:01 AMWow - let us know how you get on! You never know; maybe this exception will become the rule for you ;-)
Posted on: Female takeover of ChinesePod!
February 9, 2010 at 1:53 AMHi, daphnedawn - really pleased to learn that you're enjoying the lessons from last week (please do keep this feedback coming)!!
I'd be interested to know how many people do study every single lesson in a week (I shouldn't think there are many, especially considering that includes all the Advanced levels!). Certainly puts my efforts to shame :-) 加油! 加油!
Posted on: Female takeover of ChinesePod!
February 8, 2010 at 7:46 AM@hughborg707
I'm no expert, but I'd agree with the connection you've made.
Kids in Chinese schools are so busy learning, but are seldom encouraged to question any of it. Your experience highlights the result of this type of education (and the continued influence of Confucius!).
Posted on: Female takeover of ChinesePod!
February 7, 2010 at 11:01 AMWe're nerds in the best sense of the word! What can be cooler than language learning mixed with technology? It's like a really fun form of sociable geekery :-)
As for children's work-life balance in China, I wouldn't say their lack of "free" fun time is a question of bad time-management skills (poor kids shouldn't need to worry about organising their time anyway, surely?); I just think their parents and teachers pile on the work, so much so that they have no choice but to study round-the-clock.
If they're not at school or doing homework, then they're learning to play the piano, or sing, or paint, or whatever else that will give them a competitive edge when they finally graduate. It's tough, especially as most will be the only child in the family (cannot imagine the pressure).
Posted on: Chinese names, Avatar and Meet-ups
February 1, 2010 at 2:06 AM@Bodawei Yep. For example, if someone agrees to do something and then pulls out - especially last minute - I'd describe them as "flakey". I've never heard it used to mean eccentric...
Posted on: Chinese names, Avatar and Meet-ups
February 1, 2010 at 1:51 AMI'm not sure about Scarlett, but I was just surprised that there is a lesson all about being "flakey"!
It's a useful topic, whichever word is used to describe it. Actually, I think it's quite a modern habit, to let people down last minute and be totally unreliable. Technology makes it so easy; it's become far more acceptable to be "flakey".
Posted on: Good Morning!
February 18, 2010 at 6:32 AMm_amin_fb
Thank you for notifying us. We will get the problem fixed asap. We have tried regenerating the audio and republishing today, but it seems the problem will need to be addressed by our sound technicians when they get back from the Chinese New Year holiday (this coming weekend).
We lost an amount of date when our back-end software was changed last year, which is most likely the reason for this. It will be added back in as soon as possible.
Thanks!