Sunday, October 31, 2010
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Mad Men: For Kids-ish
Check out this hilarious and super cute Mad Men storybook called "Mr. Sterling Gets Angry".
Monday, October 25, 2010
My Pumpkins
The stout one is supposed to have a very large mustache --- but, if you can't see it, that's fine too. He looks like a baby too.
Guest Speaker, Jessica Jinn
Today I was a guest speaker at my old high school's Theory of Knowledge class. It was a great experience, and I hope to do it again soon.
The topic of the presentation was Internet Privacy, a topic that is pretty interesting to me. Hopefully it was interesting to the kids, too. I definitely did not lecture them about how to use the internet safely -- forget that boring stuff. That's not only dull but obsolete and irrelevant.
Mainly, I just want people to be more wary about the way in which they interact online, how our most "trusted" websites can betray us.
Anyway, good experience. I think I got their minds thinking. On Wednesday I'll be excited to hear their debate about the topic. Yippee...
The topic of the presentation was Internet Privacy, a topic that is pretty interesting to me. Hopefully it was interesting to the kids, too. I definitely did not lecture them about how to use the internet safely -- forget that boring stuff. That's not only dull but obsolete and irrelevant.
Mainly, I just want people to be more wary about the way in which they interact online, how our most "trusted" websites can betray us.
Anyway, good experience. I think I got their minds thinking. On Wednesday I'll be excited to hear their debate about the topic. Yippee...
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Millionaire Matchmaker
I love watching Millionaire Matchmaker. It's not just because Patti, the matchmaking queen, has great dating rules to live by; but, frankly, who doesn't love watching the way snobby rich people claim they want a life partner, but really seek someone hot and temporary?
While I was in China, I missed this show the most. All the while, thinking to myself: man, these nouveau-riche Chinese ladies and men could definitely be interesting to put on this show. Then I thought again: oh, wait, this stuff already happens in China in the form of a hilarious dating game show.
Anyway, just read a great article about the show on the NY Times and would recommend you readers to read it.
While I was in China, I missed this show the most. All the while, thinking to myself: man, these nouveau-riche Chinese ladies and men could definitely be interesting to put on this show. Then I thought again: oh, wait, this stuff already happens in China in the form of a hilarious dating game show.
Anyway, just read a great article about the show on the NY Times and would recommend you readers to read it.
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
The IB Program Demeans American Values
If you read my title and deem it ridiculous, join the club.
AsianWeek.com recently posted an article about the International Baccalaureate program. Obviously, since it's another form of higher education within high school, all the Asian people want to tap that resource. My father, too, believed that IB would give me a competitive edge and nudged me to be in the program. So in high school I took both IB and AP classes like my fellow IB peers, leaving us tired but still quite OK.
The author of the article seems to be somewhat anti-IB because it just seems to be an excuse to make Asian teens do more work to better their chances of getting into an Ivy League school. But then he takes a somewhat shocking turn and hints that this program is going to ruin America and "American" education as he has chosen to quote an argument by a member of the Peoria Unified School District [in Glendale, AZ] board meeting.
AsianWeek.com recently posted an article about the International Baccalaureate program. Obviously, since it's another form of higher education within high school, all the Asian people want to tap that resource. My father, too, believed that IB would give me a competitive edge and nudged me to be in the program. So in high school I took both IB and AP classes like my fellow IB peers, leaving us tired but still quite OK.
The author of the article seems to be somewhat anti-IB because it just seems to be an excuse to make Asian teens do more work to better their chances of getting into an Ivy League school. But then he takes a somewhat shocking turn and hints that this program is going to ruin America and "American" education as he has chosen to quote an argument by a member of the Peoria Unified School District [in Glendale, AZ] board meeting.
Friday, October 15, 2010
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