6/29/2007
65% College Students Have Sexual Intercourse before Graduation in China
There are more and more college students choose to live with their girlfriend or boyfriend before marriage in China. A recent survey indicates that about 65% college students live with their GF/BF, which means over half of college student have sexual intercourse before their graduation. The concepts of sex and love have changed greatly these years. About twenty years ago, college students were not even allowed to kiss or even take their hands in campus, those who were found to have sexual relationships would be seriously punished to be expelled. After the open and reform policy implemented for over twenty years, Chinese traditional comprehension of love and sex have profoundly changed while more and more people accept the free sex culture of western countries. College student’s cohabitation caused many criticisms from elder generation while younger generation defend themselves with freedom. There teenage pregnancy rate raised rapidly in recent years because of the lack of contraceptive education. So there are many abortions in China, about 17 million in 2006.
6/27/2007
National College Entrance Exam (Gaokao)
In China, there are two days to which the whole country gives great concern every year. Gaokao, which means national college entrance exam Chinese, is carried out every June 7 and 8. After that, all high school graduates have to face their destiny, go to college or not. There is only one way to get into college in China――pass the entrance exam. All students will be required to choose Science oriented or Art oriented class in the penultimate year of high school, then they will be separated in different classes by their orientation. If they fortunately pass the exam, then they apply for 3 levels of universities according to their marks, high grade students could apply for Tsinghua, Peking, Fudan, Shanghai Jiaotong university, if they got low grade, they can only apply for some nameless colleges no matter how gifted they are in other areas. In 2006, there were about 8.8 million students took the national college entrance exam, and approximately 60% were accepted by colleges eventually.
The government and educational departments have been implementing reform for the college entrance system for decades, but little effect was obtained. There is almost no difference between the current standards of college entrance and twenty years ago. So there is not much difference in how high school students learn. Science oriented students solve thousands of math or physics or chemistry problems to learn how to solve problems written in paper, art oriented students recite all the stories and regulations in history or politics textbooks, and both of them may take mock exams every month or even every week. When the exam comes, their day after day practice and hard working during the midnight make them confident and feel all the problems in the exam paper like old friends. Diligent plays a very important role at most of the students. There should be no critique on diligent, but there is a fatal disadvantage of such an education system. Students graduated from high school become products after the entrance exam, and there are only two kinds: Science and Art. Many foreigners may not understand what I mean by products, you can comprehend it this way: when we are born, everyone is special, but after Gaokao, the college entrance exam which has been existed in China for many years without sufficient changes, all students developed the same ability like reciting, solving paper problems, if you make a compare of any two of them, you may doubt they are products produced in the production line if ignoring the appearance. All Chinese students those who are lucky to enter a college find themselves in a paradise because they don't have to recite or solve problems written in paper anymore, they can develop their own interest and live on their own without the supervision of their parents or teachers.
The whole education system is in dire need of reform now, but Chinese government and officers seems incapable of taking effective action. The status quo is the best evidence.
The government and educational departments have been implementing reform for the college entrance system for decades, but little effect was obtained. There is almost no difference between the current standards of college entrance and twenty years ago. So there is not much difference in how high school students learn. Science oriented students solve thousands of math or physics or chemistry problems to learn how to solve problems written in paper, art oriented students recite all the stories and regulations in history or politics textbooks, and both of them may take mock exams every month or even every week. When the exam comes, their day after day practice and hard working during the midnight make them confident and feel all the problems in the exam paper like old friends. Diligent plays a very important role at most of the students. There should be no critique on diligent, but there is a fatal disadvantage of such an education system. Students graduated from high school become products after the entrance exam, and there are only two kinds: Science and Art. Many foreigners may not understand what I mean by products, you can comprehend it this way: when we are born, everyone is special, but after Gaokao, the college entrance exam which has been existed in China for many years without sufficient changes, all students developed the same ability like reciting, solving paper problems, if you make a compare of any two of them, you may doubt they are products produced in the production line if ignoring the appearance. All Chinese students those who are lucky to enter a college find themselves in a paradise because they don't have to recite or solve problems written in paper anymore, they can develop their own interest and live on their own without the supervision of their parents or teachers.
The whole education system is in dire need of reform now, but Chinese government and officers seems incapable of taking effective action. The status quo is the best evidence.
Written in Midnight Jun26
It's midnight now, we are still not in bed, I'm doing nothing but sitting in the chair, Qiang is trying to finish his course design task while listening sentimental pop music, WB is watching some kind of illegal video, there are 7 or 8 persons out in the bathroom and gallery, making some noise. Tonight is just a normal night we have been through hundreds of times before. We still don't want to sleep, though it's very later now. None of us have any class tomorrow, we can sleep whenever we want, there is only one pity: the internet is cut off after 11pm, it will be back in 6am.
Yesterday I called uncle Zhang, he sounds very well, after his little son got married, I think he may feel released from supervising a bit, actually they don't have to worry about money at all, but they definitely have other worries. As to myself, mom and dad may have no burden now, brother is old enough to look after himself, I will be graduated soon, but they told me they are working in the village mine owned by dad's uncle, what are they seeking for? I don't understand. Maybe they are making money to prepare for the marriage of brother, or they want to buy a new house for him, or other purposes. After tens of year's hard working, they still keep diligent; they will never be used to leisure life.
What kind of life we will have after graduation? Yi is very possibly going to study in America, the other three of us, Qiang, WB, and I , we'll all going to work. Qiang said he wants to go back to his hometown in the west region of China, WB said he does not like Shanghai very much cause he hates the weather here, I said nothing, I didn't know where I'm going and still don't know, Forest Gang's mom said life is like a box of chocolate, we never know what we will get. Does that mean we should not pursue our dream? But if there is no dream in life, what's the meaning of the life? Aren't we living for dreams? If we live for dreams, will there be any optimal way of making it come true? I remember there is an ancient Chinese poem ending: Do not know the real appearance of Mountain Lu, just because we are in the mountain. It's always easier when it's someone else. This afternoon I tried to write a rejection letter to Foxconn many times, and didn't make it in the end. Just a week ago, my friend Cong asked me how to write a rejection email, it seemed like such an easy problem for me, and I gave him advices like I've done that many times before. Today, when it comes to me, it suddenly becomes so hard; my head start to get big. Solving this problem is in fact not that difficult if analyze it logically, but this is no a math problem we encounter in math class, we have other subjective feeling and thinking.
Yesterday I called uncle Zhang, he sounds very well, after his little son got married, I think he may feel released from supervising a bit, actually they don't have to worry about money at all, but they definitely have other worries. As to myself, mom and dad may have no burden now, brother is old enough to look after himself, I will be graduated soon, but they told me they are working in the village mine owned by dad's uncle, what are they seeking for? I don't understand. Maybe they are making money to prepare for the marriage of brother, or they want to buy a new house for him, or other purposes. After tens of year's hard working, they still keep diligent; they will never be used to leisure life.
What kind of life we will have after graduation? Yi is very possibly going to study in America, the other three of us, Qiang, WB, and I , we'll all going to work. Qiang said he wants to go back to his hometown in the west region of China, WB said he does not like Shanghai very much cause he hates the weather here, I said nothing, I didn't know where I'm going and still don't know, Forest Gang's mom said life is like a box of chocolate, we never know what we will get. Does that mean we should not pursue our dream? But if there is no dream in life, what's the meaning of the life? Aren't we living for dreams? If we live for dreams, will there be any optimal way of making it come true? I remember there is an ancient Chinese poem ending: Do not know the real appearance of Mountain Lu, just because we are in the mountain. It's always easier when it's someone else. This afternoon I tried to write a rejection letter to Foxconn many times, and didn't make it in the end. Just a week ago, my friend Cong asked me how to write a rejection email, it seemed like such an easy problem for me, and I gave him advices like I've done that many times before. Today, when it comes to me, it suddenly becomes so hard; my head start to get big. Solving this problem is in fact not that difficult if analyze it logically, but this is no a math problem we encounter in math class, we have other subjective feeling and thinking.
6/26/2007
Say No is Not Easy
It's really hard for me to make the decision, half a month a ago, I put myself on the confirm list of internship in Foxconn and emailed it to Foxconn HR, now I made another choice, again, I have to email the HR to eliminate me from that list, though we didn't sign any agreement, I feel guilty, but when thinking of my real interest and the long term developing plan, I feel that I have to make such a decision, and if I don't , I will regret in the rest of life.
Say no is not easy at all, you may worry about hurting other's feeling, you may feel guilty at the same time, once you make a decision, it still needs a lot courage to say it out.
Say no is not easy at all, you may worry about hurting other's feeling, you may feel guilty at the same time, once you make a decision, it still needs a lot courage to say it out.
6/25/2007
A Lost Paradise
Today I read the Chinese version of this book, it so wonderful, the following is the introduction of the book on Amazon :
From Publishers Weekly
There is a story, perhaps an urban legend, of a little girl who, when presented with a baby chick, is so thrilled that in a fit of ecstasy she bites off its head. In Watanabe's excruciatingly beautiful and scary romance, protagonists Kuki and Rinko are enthralled by the true story of a love-maddened woman who strangles her lover, then mutilates him, carrying his severed sexual parts next to her own. They are also fascinated by the story of a couple who at the height of a torrid love affair hang themselves. In earlier centuries, such Japanese love suicides, called shin ju, were considered acts of great beauty and nobility. However, this is the 20th century and acts of great beauty no longer fit into everyday life. Kuki, a 55-year-old publishing executive, is stuck in a dead-end job and a boring marriage when he meets Rinko, a childless 37-year-old calligrapher, unhappy and sexually unfulfilled in her marriage to a professor of medicine. Kuki intuits the passionate woman behind Rinko's demure facade and, as the affair develops, the pair's white-hot lovemaking becomes ever more daring and experimental. Their outside lives suffer: Kuki is demoted to an even more demeaning position in his company, while Rinko's family disowns her. Watanabe's use of sight, sound, taste, touch and smell makes the sexual obsession of the lovers a personal, sensuous thing. Readers taste the sak? and delicate meals, and feel the velvet texture of cherry blossoms. The couple's freewheeling passion is contrasted with the rigidity of Japanese society, where everyone has a role to play. As their ardent and inflamed lovemaking isolates them even more, the affair spirals out of control, speeding toward an inevitable yet still shocking conclusion. This is a delicate, daring, sexual, sensual reading experience. (Aug.) FYI: A Lost Paradise has sold 2.5 million copies in Japan. Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Publishers Weekly
There is a story, perhaps an urban legend, of a little girl who, when presented with a baby chick, is so thrilled that in a fit of ecstasy she bites off its head. In Watanabe's excruciatingly beautiful and scary romance, protagonists Kuki and Rinko are enthralled by the true story of a love-maddened woman who strangles her lover, then mutilates him, carrying his severed sexual parts next to her own. They are also fascinated by the story of a couple who at the height of a torrid love affair hang themselves. In earlier centuries, such Japanese love suicides, called shin ju, were considered acts of great beauty and nobility. However, this is the 20th century and acts of great beauty no longer fit into everyday life. Kuki, a 55-year-old publishing executive, is stuck in a dead-end job and a boring marriage when he meets Rinko, a childless 37-year-old calligrapher, unhappy and sexually unfulfilled in her marriage to a professor of medicine. Kuki intuits the passionate woman behind Rinko's demure facade and, as the affair develops, the pair's white-hot lovemaking becomes ever more daring and experimental. Their outside lives suffer: Kuki is demoted to an even more demeaning position in his company, while Rinko's family disowns her. Watanabe's use of sight, sound, taste, touch and smell makes the sexual obsession of the lovers a personal, sensuous thing. Readers taste the sak? and delicate meals, and feel the velvet texture of cherry blossoms. The couple's freewheeling passion is contrasted with the rigidity of Japanese society, where everyone has a role to play. As their ardent and inflamed lovemaking isolates them even more, the affair spirals out of control, speeding toward an inevitable yet still shocking conclusion. This is a delicate, daring, sexual, sensual reading experience. (Aug.) FYI: A Lost Paradise has sold 2.5 million copies in Japan. Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Life Without Internet
The day before yesterday, I went to XinZhuang, the biggest town of Minghang district, Shanghai, the connection point of subway No.1 and railway No.5. During the whole two days there, I was watching TV, reciting Law Fundamental review materials, and there was no connection to the Internet. That was totally different from my daily life in the campus. When in the campus, we spend about 50% of the time in the dorm in front of a PC, we check our email box everyday, login bbs, Xiaonei frequently. Suddenly, there is no Internet in life; you can imagine what it would be like, I feel there is nothing I can do without a computer, because it’s been part of my life. We rely on it so heavily, once we are separated from it, we may feel lost.
Many people live more in a virtual world on the internet than in the real world. On the internet, you can build or join a virtual community, make friends, grow pets, write blog, make money, do business...almost every thing in the real world could be processed on the internet. No one can eliminate Internet from his life once he touched it.
All above is nonsense, I’m so upset with the disfunction of the net in our dorm while other dorms work well.
Many people live more in a virtual world on the internet than in the real world. On the internet, you can build or join a virtual community, make friends, grow pets, write blog, make money, do business...almost every thing in the real world could be processed on the internet. No one can eliminate Internet from his life once he touched it.
All above is nonsense, I’m so upset with the disfunction of the net in our dorm while other dorms work well.
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