juanisaac

Jun 30, 2013 20:35

Articles : juanisaac commented on news Cambridge Graduate Hides Esteemed Background During Job Search in China

You sound like an AMAZING girl. Full Comment>>

juanisaac

Jun 28, 2013 23:25

Around China : juanisaac commented on news Daughter Fails Gaokao; Father Forces Family to Repeatedly Jump in River

Some students are just not good test takers. Maybe this girl is a good student but a single test to determine your future is not the best way to select people to university. What this girl can do is take another year of middle school and try it again next year. Full Comment>>

juanisaac

Jun 11, 2013 17:39

Articles : juanisaac commented on news Cambridge Graduate Hides Esteemed Background During Job Search in China

I would have thought that with a masters from such a famous university she could get a job teaching at a university. Full Comment>>

juanisaac

Jun 07, 2013 21:22

Blogs : juanisaac Posted a new blog A Gao Kao Life in China

Ｉ work at a senior middle school in Jiangsu Province, China, the high school equivalent in the United States. The school has 2,652 students in grades one to three and is located in a small provincial town. I teach oral English classes to first year students. When I first arrived what struck me was how the entire ...

juanisaac

Jun 06, 2013 15:45

Articles : juanisaac commented on news Entry to the eChinacities Blog Contest is Now Closed...Let the Voting Commence!

i vote for number 2 "Chinese Self-perception." Full Comment>>

juanisaac

May 31, 2013 19:42

Blogs : juanisaac commented on Samsara 's blog Chinese Self-Perception

This is a well thought out and written article. E-china cities should do a blog contest every month since many of these posts are better that what I have read recently. One of things Asian countries suffer from is this "we are better than everyone else because we are superior attitude"- Japan, Korea, and China etc. ... Full Comment>>

juanisaac

May 30, 2013 13:24

Blogs : juanisaac Posted a new blog Small Town Heroes

Whenever I look at a map of China I see that the cities are not named after people. In many countries, cities are named after heroes and political leaders like Washington D.C. or Lincoln, Nebraska in the United States. Chinese people prefer the ancient names of places as one of my colleagues remarked “We like ...

juanisaac

May 30, 2013 13:18

Blogs : juanisaac commented on leshel 's blog What Chinese Learners think of English

The person writing this blog is taken to task not for where she is from, but for not proofreading better what she wrote. Whenever I write an e-mail, I always make sure I proofread it one or two times before I send it. And even then I will have mistakes, but less so. Speaking and writing are two different things. ... Full Comment>>

juanisaac

May 29, 2013 11:22

Articles : juanisaac commented on news 5 Guilty Pleasures in China Expats Secretly Enjoy

The top ten reasons not to have a “top number reasons” guide 1.I appreciate the effort of writing the piece, but can a writer appreciate the effort of reading it? They help the writing process to just fill in a paragraph after a number, but some articles actually do need an introduction and a conclusion to know ... Full Comment>>

juanisaac

May 09, 2013 17:22

Articles : juanisaac commented on news China's Modern Diaspora

Good article. In Mexico we have about 50,000 to 100,000 Chinese immigrants living there, mostly in the north of the country. They contribute alot to the local economy by their businesses and other economic contributions. In China,outside of the embassy, I have never seen another Mexican. But I know they are around. ... Full Comment>>

juanisaac

May 03, 2013 15:06

Around China : juanisaac commented on news Another Foreign Teacher in China Exposed for Child Porn Convictions in the US

There are plenty of non-white perverts in the world as well,teachers and non-teachers. Full Comment>>

juanisaac

Apr 01, 2013 14:11

Articles : juanisaac commented on news “Temporary Wives” for Chinese Migrant Workers: Who’s to Blame?

Just have sex...what about an STD? Educate more, right? What about same sex marriage? Educate more, right? My solution is to lift the one child policy and rebalance the male and female population. Full Comment>>

juanisaac

Mar 27, 2013 16:34

Articles : juanisaac commented on news CPPCC Member: English Learning in China “Destructive” to Chinese Education

A few of my students complain about learning English. But then I ask them "How do Chinese talk to eachother?" In Putonghua, they answer. I then ask them, how will Chinese people talk with the rest of the world? The answer is obvious. English is an international language now more so than an imperial one. How can ... Full Comment>>

juanisaac

Mar 04, 2013 12:03

Articles : juanisaac commented on news All the Single Ladies! Why Does China’s “Leftover Women” Phenomenon Exist?

No way. I have only seen four men beat their wives in my whole life, and they all happened in China. Full Comment>>

juanisaac

Jan 29, 2013 20:30

Articles : juanisaac commented on news Meet the Chinese Parents: Making First Impressions Count

I agree with you and it also depends how marriageable the men and women are. Under 28, never married, there will be blow back. Over 30, divorced, getting older, a breathing single man/woman will do. Full Comment>>