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We were just talking about this in class

Posted on: October 11, 2012 Last updated on: October 11, 2012 Written by: gdixon3
I just regaled my class with stories about how I would get teachers in HS off on a tangent so we didn’t get stuff done, and then we wouldn’t get homework.  Explained how that doesn’t work the same way in…
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“Sabotuer” by Ha Jin

Posted on: October 8, 2012 Last updated on: August 2, 2013 Written by: gdixon3
For text free online see here. Class brought up some some good questions that indicate a need for a Chinese culural informant. authentic Chinese tea cups have no handles, so the distinction between a cup and a bowl is a…
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Anti-Japanese Riots in China

Posted on: September 17, 2012 Last updated on: September 29, 2012 Written by: gdixon3
Imgur currently has pictures of Chinese rioting that are disturbing. Claims by China are being made over some islands that were sold by their Japanese owners to  Japan.  In the Good Guy Chinese dude in  Xian here below  is telling…
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Campus Safety: Why We’re Moving in the Right Direction, and Why It Won’t Work.

Posted on: August 30, 2012 Last updated on: August 30, 2012 Written by: gdixon3
I had a premonition that this year’s in-service would be about active shooters on campus just after Aurora.  I’m glad we did and it heartens me that there seems to be a paradigm shift.   Greg Crane…
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Alternate response to Cellphones in class.

Posted on: August 29, 2012 Last updated on: August 29, 2012 Written by: gdixon3
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Kung Fu Hustle

Posted on: August 26, 2012 Last updated on: August 26, 2012 Written by: gdixon3
I hate to admit I enjoyed Kung Fu Hustle.  There are aspects of traditional Chinese culture, and Hong Kong action stars from the manic hey-day of the 70’s.  It isn’t fresh in my memory now, and to be honest I…
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The Exotic White Dialect ;)

Posted on: August 26, 2012 Last updated on: August 26, 2012 Written by: gdixon3
Read a really short post by Les Blances Exotique .  Irony alert. I love how beautiful and simple the exotic white dialect is. Because it has less words and lacks any logical grammar, it just sounds so peaceful, calming, and real.…
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China in the news: late August.

Posted on: August 25, 2012 Last updated on: August 26, 2012 Written by: gdixon3
The olympics brought interesting headlines, though I haven’t seen anything about Taiwan being pressured to march with China, and refusing to march if that was the condition of their participation.  If anyone has anything on that please share. As she…
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“Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress:” the movie

Posted on: August 24, 2012 Last updated on: August 25, 2012 Written by: gdixon3
Just watched the movie, and it isn’t bad.  It isn’t the book I remember, but it was an official selection at the Cannes Film fest, won the National Board of Review in 2004, and was nominated for 1/2 dozen or…
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How My Classes are Unlike High School Classes.

Posted on: August 20, 2012 Last updated on: August 20, 2012 Written by: gdixon3
Re: expectations – how college is different from high school – links. from College Misery. From SMU, with less snark  
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