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Christmas notes
"Is there anything more worthless than excuses?"
- Emperor Kellanved in Dust of Dreams by Steven Erickson
This Christmas is special. I saw my families 4x in one week. Big Uncle and Big Auntie actually bought presents for every one of us. They put them under the Christmas tree they bought - David suggested to buy one and not expecting his parents to ( Read more... ) -
First teaching prac
One more day, and I'm done with my first teaching practicum ( Read more... ) -
On HK newspaper
The newspaper in HK is eye-opening to read due to many personalised columns. Your average citizen is encouraged to submit a no mroe than 500 words article on bits of wisdom of life. The Sunday news is especially entertaining and educating. Two entire pages are devoted to answering readers' questions on child-rearing. One such question asked why her ( Read more... ) -
2nd sem 2008
It has been a good semester. The four courses I took turned out to be better than expected.
Jane Austen: never liked her books, but now I understand why she's so popular, and I can see that she really was a fantastic writer. Mansfield Park... how could she have written it so realistically without experiencing it herself?
Educational Psychology 2: it ( Read more... ) -
Certainty is what makes us, us.
I'm nearing the end of the course. So far, we've covered what knowledge is and the approaches to learning.
The problems involve:
- is the knowledge we teach in schools absolute?
- is there such thing as absolute knowledge?
- what exactly is knowledge?
- do children have a say in what they learn?
- should we measure people with one standard?
- is test ( Read more... ) -
Wrestling with philosophy
Today's tutorial proved to be the most challenging as Grey, the tutor, played with logic. I was already mentally exhausted from researching on my philosophy essay question, and today's tut was just too much. uh yeah, yesterday I had a panic attack from all these ideas of freedom, autonomy, absolute truth, political manipulation of education... It ( Read more... ) -
Reality, Immortality, Humanity....??
What are they?
These are the main questions raised in the anime "Zegapain". It's somewhat "Matrix"-like but not quite.
Humans without real bodies now live as data in quantum servers, but due to the limit of the servers, only what is necessary is manifested. The servers reset themselves every five months to preserve the data, cutting off growth that ( Read more... ) -
The entire history of human folly in under 15 minutes
Episode 12 of "Denno Coil" relays the entire history of human folly in just under 15 minutes ( Read more... ) -
CF is now UF (name changed to FORU.MS)
Since getting paulewog's pm, I've been checking CF on and off. A big surprise awaited when I returned after a few weeks of absence ( Read more... ) -
The Price of an Ideal World
"What kind of country do you want?"
"With a green field... I want a country where no one starves. Nobody is homeless because he has lost a family. People live their everyday lives without worrying about war and starvation. I've always wanted a country that can be rich without throwing away its children."
- 12 Kokuki (Alternate title of the novels ( Read more... )