Comments | jedifreac: Support Jay Chen and other members of the Hacienda Heights School Board

jedifreac

Support Jay Chen and other members of the Hacienda Heights School Board

Feb 16, 2011 14:48

Last November, I spoke at a small OCA-GLA conference for youth on a panel alongside Jay Chen, a member of the school board from Hacienda Heights.

You may remember Jay Chen, one of very few second-generation Taiwanese American politicians, from this commercial he recorded for the Mandarin-speaking Californian community urging people to vote no on ( Read more... )

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dkwrkm February 16 2011, 23:59:20 UTC

I wish we'd had a Chinese option in high school! I like Chinese; it's just cool to learn and is useful even going to places that are perfectly capitalist (if you would) like Hong Kong and Singapore.

This is such bullsh*t...

jedifreac February 17 2011, 00:00:35 UTC

...or visiting Taiwan! You know, the flaming democracy from which Chen's ancestors hail?! *facepalm*

dkwrkm February 17 2011, 00:04:10 UTC

I feel like an idiot for forgetting Taiwan. =slaps self and is so very very ashamed=

sistergrimmel February 17 2011, 18:20:43 UTC

Signed. Hope you don't mind.

DA is looking into Norman Hsu corruption anonymous February 18 2011, 18:12:02 UTC

District Attorney's Office looking into China trips sponsored by Hacienda-La Puente Unified ( ... )

Re: DA is looking into Norman Hsu corruption jedifreac February 18 2011, 18:45:23 UTC

This is very interesting, thanks! Although I am surprised these joyrides to China were not noted in the complaint or petition for removal--and what does this have to do with the petition to remove Jay Chen, specifically?

If Norman Hsu is corrupt and has misappropriated funds, he should be recalled for misappropriating funds, not for "believing the United States will be subservient to China" or for implementing an OPTIONAL foreign language study program that no student is forced to take. It looks like his term is expiring in December--don't vote for him again!

Also, honestly, while I respect Kai Chen's willingness to advocate for what he believes in, I do not respect his position, particularly his awkward reaction to the Taiwanese-owned Chinese language school/day care that opened in Irvine.

Kai Chen has not identified a single page or sentence from any of the textbooks or materials even remotely indicative of some sort of subliminal communist brainwashing. His awkward blog is available here.The awkwardness of adults is ( ... )