how to fight
+ know how to sift throught technical terms and jargon. this kind of writing not only is sometimes used to say things in a misleading way, but it also makes very specific, valuable, expert information inaccessible to the general public. Subjects in which I've encountered such writing lately:
- psychology/psychiatry
- economics
- politics
- medicine
- agency reports
+ know a variety of different languages so that you can collect information from a variety of people from a variety of different backgrounds and cultures, but also so that you can pass on information to these people. Movies, books, news, and ideas need to be properly translated and made as accessible to non-English speakers as it is to English speakers.
Languages I'd like to learn..sort of in order:
-Spanish
-Hmong
-Arabic
-Vietnamese
-Thai
-Chinese
-Tibetan
-Hindi
I just spent about an hour analyzing Census stats from 2000 and 1990. As far as the 1990 and 2000 numbers of people who speak non-English languages at home, the top 5 "up and comers" are:
Korean
Russian
French Creole
Chinese
Vietnamese
( i measured by largest change in rank, though i'm a little confused what the rank means since it's not ranked by the number of people who speak the language)
Rank based on Percentage of People from Each Language who Speak English "Not Very Well" or "Not Well at All"
Vietnamese @ 32%
Korean @ 30%
Spanish @ 28%
Chinese @ 28%
Russian @ 27%
so....I still do want to learn Hmong, but maybe there's not really a need there?
I've been working on this entry for awhile, so i'm bored now. maybe i'll got back to my rBGH/FDA/Monsanto/Health Canada research.
- psychology/psychiatry
- economics
- politics
- medicine
- agency reports
+ know a variety of different languages so that you can collect information from a variety of people from a variety of different backgrounds and cultures, but also so that you can pass on information to these people. Movies, books, news, and ideas need to be properly translated and made as accessible to non-English speakers as it is to English speakers.
Languages I'd like to learn..sort of in order:
-Spanish
-Hmong
-Arabic
-Vietnamese
-Thai
-Chinese
-Tibetan
-Hindi
I just spent about an hour analyzing Census stats from 2000 and 1990. As far as the 1990 and 2000 numbers of people who speak non-English languages at home, the top 5 "up and comers" are:
Korean
Russian
French Creole
Chinese
Vietnamese
( i measured by largest change in rank, though i'm a little confused what the rank means since it's not ranked by the number of people who speak the language)
Rank based on Percentage of People from Each Language who Speak English "Not Very Well" or "Not Well at All"
Vietnamese @ 32%
Korean @ 30%
Spanish @ 28%
Chinese @ 28%
Russian @ 27%
so....I still do want to learn Hmong, but maybe there's not really a need there?
I've been working on this entry for awhile, so i'm bored now. maybe i'll got back to my rBGH/FDA/Monsanto/Health Canada research.