blog of paper

After SSI,this paper becomes better and more thoughtful, meaningful. The clear argument and organization is good foundation for me. In SSI, there are some grammar problems and some errors in my sentence. I will improve in this part. And also , I will make some changes in PSA being more concise and adding the complex thesis for connection between PSA and SSI. For now, I will deeply analyze the argument and try to extend in other disagree parts to make the thesis more complex in secondary sources. Maybe I will talk about around a short story from source to develop analyzing the prevailing against patriarchy and poverty in “Tibean Girls’s Education”. Do better in combine the sources. I will try to make more clearly argument to compare the difference and find the same parts .And making the whole paper more smoothly and fluently.

In this quarter I learned how to analyze arguments, how to find the relevant sources using proper evidence to prove or disprove claim and finding,citing,and integrating sources.For the evidence,I should find the substantiate claims,then refine ideas,define the key terms more precisely and to qualify of claim making them more accurate.For the analytical skill, I think need define the significant parts and how they are related,then make the implicit explicit analyze and formulating questions and explanations.

Paper Status Update

In terms of my paper, I believe it is going smoothly so far. I think I can engage more deeply with my secondary sources and put them in conversation with each other more often. However, I am happy with the secondary sources I have and I think they offer a sufficient foundation of evidence for my paper. Therefore, I don’t think I will need to do any new research to find new sources. Rather, I can dedicate that time to examining my current sources more thoroughly. Perhaps this will allow me to support my claims in different ways. It is also possible that I will be able to find new arguments that disagree with me. This will help me show that I am not just using dummy positions to support my point. If I have more evidence I have to dispute, it gives more validity to my paper.  In my ARP, I will work on my transitional sentences to result in a smoother paper that is easier to read. This is just a structural change, yet it will make my arguments seem stronger due to the ease of reading the new format. 

In terms of grammar, there are a few repetitive sentences I need to fix. There are also a few claims I make that could be phrased differently to better prove my point. I also want a better conclusion, since it is bothering me that I don’t have much of one right now. This will offer a way to tie the entire paper back to my thesis, and also will wrap up the paper for the reader. There are also a few paragraphs where I could organize it better, in terms of topic sentences and things like that.

individual blog post

After the self-evaluation, I think I had a better view of my SSI. In the class Edu108, I have learnt how to cite the source and how to summarize the information which was found on the book or the internet. In today’s class, I also got some new inspiration. The paper we write has to be attractive to all kinds of people, to satisfy people with different interests. So in the third paper, I think I will try to add some more interesting information so that it can be more attractive and persuasive.
I will add some fancy experiment to prove the effect of cold reading and some more analysis for some of the claims. Also I think there might be some of the grammar and spelling errors should be modified. And also improve the details of professional cold readers experiment on clients; this will help readers understand how powerful this technique is. Another name of cold reading is psychological reading. This might change some people’s idea against it.
I would also like to add another question. How can we learn and improve when we are learning psychological reading. Cause cold reading requires good memory and accurate observation. Advanced readers want to zero in as quickly as possible on the precise problem that is bothering the client. Readers might be smarter when they are practicing and it can also be used to cure people with mental disease.

About "Roseanne"

The episode of Roseanne is very interesting. I remember the scene of how Roseanne and her husband assign the housework. Even Roseanne has much work to do, she still has mostly housework. She has to school visiting her daughter’s teacher, go supermarket and do normal housework. Her husband did a little thing in the family. In the real society, women always busy after got married and had children. They are busying in family to do housework and take care of husband and children.If husband can not make enough money for the family, wife has to go to work for living.Like Roseanne said “I have three kids and I work, so I do not have any free time”. Her daily life is all about the family having no time to do what she interested in .Even she want to do but she has no time. On some part, I think it is pathetic.The center of the women life is the family.May some women like to do this. But still some of women have to accept the reality.The model of Roseanne reflect she need help in some ways maybe from her husband,her children and her boss.She need more understanding she can not do anything because she has limit time.If her husband can share more housework she can have a rest.If her children can do better in school ,she does not need to ask a break from her boss.So I think if every one can has more understanding for others.Everyone will be more happiness.

Reaction to Roseanne

One scene I looked at in the episode of Roseanne was when Roseanne had the meeting with her daughter’s history teacher. I thought it was interesting how the teacher said it could be possible that the mother wasn’t spending enough time with her daughter, yet Roseanne seemed to ignore this and insist she was doing fine. It was interesting to me how in the business of the daily grind, Roseanne was more concerned with her own career and making enough money to support her family than she was with the emotional connection she was apparently lacking with her daughter. This makes me wonder how family structure has changed in the last couple decades, since schedules are getting busier and busier, leaving parents less time to spend with their kids. On one hand, this may result in kids becoming more self-reliant, since their parents aren’t hovering over them as much as they might have in past generations. Yet on the other hand, it could also result in kids picking up bad habits, since they don’t have that solid parental foundation to lean on as an example of what to do. Personally, I believe it will not be a big deal, since parents will still be there for their kids, just maybe in more of a hands-off role than in previous times. Each way has its advantages and disadvantages, but I think the more hands-off parenting style will be good. It will allow children to learn more responsibility. Since they will be learning from their mistakes themselves, rather than having their parents micromanage them and say no every time they consider doing anything wrong, they will be better prepared for life as adults.

The New Chinese Marriage Law

There is a current event talks about that the new Chinese Marriage law protects men’s assets, angers women. Marriage has been noble through thousands of years, but in the new society the divorce rate has raised a lot. In the new law, who pays the cost for the house has the proprietary rights. And the house bought after marriage for parents, the other spouse doesn’t have the right to divide it. Many people believe the new Marriage law is “good news” for men, protecting their advantageous position in a marriage, and damaging the interests of woman.
The balance has been upset. For thousands of years, the men contribute more financially while the women give birth to children who take the father’s surname. In the new law, man have more rights to own their money, but the woman still have to devote themselves in to the relationship and educating their child. Although man can usually make most of the money at home, without the help of woman, a family couldn’t form. Women are doing the work which can’t be measured by money. The new law clarifies the equality of economy in a family.
Equal seems good to everyone, but actually this increased the rate of divorce. Men have fewer boundaries to divorce with woman, which they don’t have to be afraid that their money would be divided to women unequally. So I think the law still need to be modified, women should get more rights. And the law should be a tool to protect the marriage not a weapon to tear it up.

Blog Post 5

One current event that reflects the course theme is the ongoing NBA lockout. The players and owners are having trouble agreeing on a new agreement, and so far the season is locked out due to the lack of a compromise. The funny thing about this is that the league is making billions per year, yet is still willing to be stubborn and possibly lose all the revenue from a season, just over the disagreement of a few million dollars. Relating this to the issue of class warfare, this is the type of thing that makes the upper class such an easy target. It makes no sense that the owners and players would take the chance of making no money, rather than negotiating. It seems like both sides have drawn their lines in the sand and now are just going to wait for the other to cave. Meanwhile, people are struggling with their bills and are working overtime to make ends work. In the land of the NBA, Kobe Bryant and other players are negotiating to decide whether they make 20 million a year or 15 million a year. This ludicrous amount of money is being paid to people for playing a game. While it is debatable whether they actually deserve such high contracts, the fact of the matter is that the NBA lockout makes both parties look bad when compared to the average working man. Most people would not be able to stop getting paychecks while they negotiate with their bosses for months. This shows how different life is for the upper class as compared to the working class.  

Blog #5

China has over 5000 years history.In the beginning,Older persons of ancients taught to student by one to one.From Shang dynasty,there were the emperor set the two kinds of standard schools in the city named “Yang”.But not everyone can go to school. It is only for the aristocrat and royal.After several years Zhou dynasty instead of Shang.The emperor set two kinds of public schools named “Dongxu” and “Xixu”.The Dongxu is for royal students.The Xixu is for citizens.That time the education system is becoming more perfect.The milestone of the private school is in spring and autumn period set up the first private school by Confucius who is the most famous culture celebrity ,greater thinker and educator in China.He and his prentice travel all around country to set up the schools.It is break the education monopoly situation by royal and expand the education object scope.And also he creates the Confucianism which has enormous influence for the culture continuous and diversity of culture development.
Whatever how the education developed.There are big difference quality between social classes, royal and citizen educate from the beginning to now.Many families can not afford children to school.Poor families’s child should struggle for over couple years to achieve their goals.Yet,the schools has not been widespread in China.The sexual discrimination is still exist.Some Girls can not go to school.The minister and official should be as male.The unfair traditional concept remain to now.However,because these inequality in education,improve the education system and making change for us. I believe it will be better in the future.

How can Cold Reading benefit our life?

I found this topic to write about, according to the TV serious “Hustle”. In Hustle, the actors gave us a basic concept of Cold Reading. By using it in a right way, cold reading can make us achieve a lot of goals, normally in interpersonal communication. Albert told him to observe target’s exterior such as the rings on the finger, how they wear their tie, how they comb their hair, how their face look like. Cold readers can use different details to infer the interior of the targets. For example when we see people eyes which were red and swollen, we might think that the person might be experiencing an emotional changing. We also know that people in a nice suite maybe a rich and successful. This is basic cold reading we have already used. But in the studying of cold reading there are much more than this. In Hiroyuki Ishii’s book “Cold reading”, the author introduced us what cold reading is specifically. He divided it in to seven parts, communication, observing technique, how to run business, how to deal with colleagues, love, facial expression, and normal life. The purpose is to let you get to know strangers, how to make them feel that cold readers understand them. There may also be an interesting issue that I also like to discuss about. Is that how can we use this technique properly? Because it may be used by some people hoping to do bad things, so cold readers might have ethics when they are using the techniques.

Thoughts on Primary Source

     In my primary source, the author mentions many times the idea of growing up in a fatherless home and how that affects many poor children. My question revolves around the effect the lack of a male figure may have on many children in poverty stricken areas. In relating this to the class theme, are “traditional” families valued more than families with a single parent? How would people from different classes answer differently to this question? He also mentions his mother many times in this song. This brought up the question of whether the author is assuming single dads are not as capable of raising their kids as single mothers are. Another point the author brings up is that drugs are the only way out of poverty. However, I wonder what other options there are for raising your social status when you are starting out at the bottom of the bottom. I also see this as an assumption that those in poverty are more likely to engage in illegal activity. Stretching this, it also seems an assumption that wealthier people are less likely to commit crimes. While the statistics may prove this to be either true or untrue, I wonder why this is. How does ones class standing influence their thoughts on illegal activities and the social norm? An overall theme of this song is the pursuit of riches, basically moving up in class through financial means. The author is making the assumption that money will make your life better. I wonder how a poor person’s reaction to that assumption would be different than a rich man’s reaction. How does social standing influence one’s thoughts on the idea of money buying happiness?

what i need to know

First of all,I talk about the education situation of rural and poverty area in China.There is an imbalance level among the whole China.My research questions are what’s the difference education situation in china? From the two topics.I find the movie named not one less to be a startup analyzing the part of areas of education.A villages school just has less teacher who can not be replaced and the facilities is very simple and crude.There is the only building,a flagpole in the middle of the dirt playground and some trees around the playground.On the contrary,There are some modern buildings including the computer per classroom,computer lab,library,piano room,dancing room,a park can rest and plastic runway.The school has enough teacher teams,great education facility and perfect education system to educate students.For the students,in small town,have poor family who have to help parents to do some housework or farm work.It is less time for studing.Some of particularly poorest family they choose sending children to work beyond 18 years old. The opposite part,students who are in middle class family or rich family they attend the extracurricular activity groups,watch TV or play computer games.In weekend,parents take children to the all kind of museum,amusement park and to watch movie,etc.So the conflicts follow coming out.Village students admire the students living in city and wants to go the city school.But there are limited education resources in city ,where cannot contain too much students in each school.The result lead to some of students just can study in the town to receive the different quality education.