Stress seems to be birthmark of this century, and sustained stress can easily develop into depression.
A Jiangsu girl calling herself "Maifan" wrote on her micro blog: "I have depression, therefore I will go ahead and die. Do not make a big fuss about my departure. Bye." Netizens and the police took this seriously and tried to save her, but to no avail. At around the same time, Professor Cao Ti...
A friend recently asked about the top five problems in China from the perspective of an average Chinese. And here are a few that I listed as an average Chinese, thinking aloud mainly:
1. Geographic mobility: China has a rigid residency system called "hukou" which is tied to many things, such as housing, employment, schooling and social benefits. In the past you had to work where your "hukou" ...
On Jan 6, National Public Radio of America aired an episode of This American Life featuring excerpts from actor Mike Daisey's solo show, The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs, describing Daisy's supposed findings from a "research trip" to Shenzhen, China, and the allegedly miserable working conditions at FoxConn, one of Apple's major manufacturers in China.
Daisey is not a journalist, but ...
本文作者为我一位美国朋友介绍的Bradley W. Hall博士。他对媒体的片面报道感到不满,所以希望在中文博客圈内,让自己的观察、调查到的真相为更多人所知。他的英文原文发表后不久,NBC的一档关于富士康的报道就因失实被撤回。本文所述并不一定代表我的观点,我也与富士康、苹果公司无任何业务往来,仅为苹果普通用户。不过看到他的文章后,我也在想,富士康现象若不能用“血汗工厂”这种煽情报道来解释,背后工人的生活状况究竟如何...
One of my colleagues once came back from his classroom asking: "Did you hear a loud explosion in the classroom?" Seeing the shock on my face, he chuckled: "It's the students' minds being blown away!"
Irish poet William Butler Yeats said "education is not filling a bucket, but lighting a fire" and for a teacher it ought to be deeply satisfying to set students' minds ablaze.
But beco...
今日是爱尔兰的帕特里克节,去俄克拉荷马城中心,发现四周一片绿色。上至穿着“It's fine to kiss me, I am Irish"体恤衫的老太太,下到童车里坐着、头发理成莫豪克发型并染成绿色的儿童,很多市民来参与这节日,市中心成了绿的海洋。俄克拉荷马还举办了花车游行,我们没看到头,结尾也提前走开,就这样站了四十五分钟还没看完。
美国爱尔兰后裔不少,但是华裔也不少,但是为什么爱尔兰的这种节日就能吸引这么多人呢?春节这种节日,庆祝的主体还是华人或者其他有纪念春节传统的亚裔。美国本地人也很好奇,但是很少来参与。这是一个颇值得思考的问题。
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