Weekly Journal

Weekly Journal

When I arrived Hong-Kong, I thought Hong-Kong airport, compare to Kaohsiung, is really huge. No wonder it is an international transfer post. On the way to Lang-Hao hotel, we met an interesting taxi driver. He can speak a little Chinese with a strange tone; as a result, he made us laughed all the way. We had a pleasant amazement while seeing Lang Hao Fang; it’s a huge building which separate three parts. There’s department store, hotel, company. It’s really beautiful. The waiter and waitress were kindly, they answered me many questions patiently. I realized that English is very important until I met many people who couldn’t speak Chinese. We went to visit

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Summary and Response to “College Lectures: Is Anybody Listening?"
David Daniels criticize that college students doesn’t cultivate well after graduating. American education causes many problems; for instance, it influences not only creativity but also fundamental technique. Due to lacking of these two elements, American businesses and industries become less competitive. The author fabricates a student named Mary to express the common phenomena in lecture system. Teachers don’t interact with students, besides students depend on quizzes to study. The author also mentions the reason that lectures still existing is financial problems.
I had large lecture classes since senior high school. At that time, every student had much pressure of entering college. We had many quizzes every day; as a result, many students would review the contexts when teacher was delivering the lecture. Yet, the drillmasters forbid us from reviewing the subjects. Firstly, the light at the auditorium was dim, so it’s really harmful to eyes. Secondly, we didn’t respect the teacher for not paying attention to the lecture. I considered that we didn’t have any tests about the large lecture contents, so it’s obviously that students concentrated on studying other subjects or doing something else.
The same situation happens again now. Ministry of education regulate a college student have to take general knowledge courses. However, the regulation is only a form, it seldom works. There are no quizzes in many courses; we just had to hand over notes. Consequently, most of the students write the notes in haste, and begin to nod or do their own thing. Although some industrious students pay much attention on absorbing new information, most of students don’t maintain the desire of learning for lacking of tests and pressure.
In my opinion, small discussion classes more effective sometimes. The main reason is one has to understand the contexts clearly before discussion, so he or she can propose some contentions. Besides, one will require thinking deeply if he or she wants to present some meaningful thoughts. Also, small discussion classes can develop students’ organization. The students have to organize the detail well since loose structure may mislead other people. Take me for example; I pay much attention to the small discussion classes than large lecture classes. Because the topics of large lecture classes always not attractive to me; I am easily to nod or do other things.
To sum up, due to financial problems, it’s difficult for school to decrease all the large lecture classes. Nevertheless, teachers can ask students some questions and students can search some information about the topic. Both of teachers and students should be positive to interaction.

Weekly Journey

This week nothing impressed me. Let’s talk about my winter vacation. At the beginning of winter vacation, I made some plans. For instance, I wanted to find a part time job and practice English listening. The end was I didn’t follow the schedule. At first, I slept until 12o’clock and playing computer all day. Few days later, my mom told me to search the information for traveling. Eventually, we decided to visit Hong Kong since my parents were busy in working. It took me many days to deal with anything about the trip including my family’s passport and order the motel.
We went to Kaohsiung airports at 5 o’clock A.M. My sister and I felt sleepy. The terrible problem was that my mom couldn’t find the person who was assign to help us. We were unhappy and nervous until found him. We arrive Hong Kong safely.(to be continued)

Weekly Journal

Last weekend, my friend and I went to Taichung country. On the way to lavender, we talked happily which resulted us didn’t pay much attention to the lights. I remembered that my friend only rode about 30km/h. When I was confused why my friend said” shit” a police stopped us suddenly. My friend didn’t pay attention to the red light. The intersection was so small that both of us noticed it. My friend pleased the police not to fine us; however, the police still gave a fine for rushing red light. And he said “money is not important, but safety is significant.” I said “we didn’t rush purposely.” He still wrote the fine fast. After giving the fine to my friend, he said “Have a happy holiday.” Both of us thought how we could be happy after receiving a fine.
After buying ticket, we saw a sign writes “Please, leave sad food out of the forest.” Entering the forest, I relaxed soon. We took many photos and recovered from bad mood. We ordered rose, lavender, rose, lemon favor ice cream. It’s really a unforgettable experience.