Background on Southeast Asian Parenting

Background on Southeast Asian Parenting

In order to understand the parenting styles of South Asian parents, we need first to understand the learned and shared experiences within social groups that shape the parents’ personal connection on their family.

Normally, Southeast Asians consist of many family members that come from three or four generations living together. Usually, nuclear families consist of four to eight children, depending on the economic stability and social status and cultural group.

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The culture of Southeast Asian centers on the person’s religious, economic, political and social part in the family. It also gives an understanding that the responsibilities of every member of the family are for the benefit of each other. As a concrete, example, older parents and siblings must nurture the children as they grow so that when the time comes that they are mature enough to handle responsibilities, they will take the responsibility to take care of their aging parents or siblings. Family relationships and responsibilities are clearly explained. Helping each other is a two-way process that makes their relationship stronger and creating successful tasks will help each other grow.

When it comes to raising their children, Southeast Asian parents give importance to education and knowledge because knowledge is essential for wisdom and goodness. Older parents and scholars are greatly honored because of their learned experiences and deep understanding. Parents from Southeast Asian countries want their children to receive good quality education, even though this has traditionally been very true for their children. Every time a child finish his or her degree program pursue his or her wildest dreams, he or she is honored by the whole members of the family an gives the person. The wisdom from elder members of the family is connected from the ancestral practices and importance of tradition.

 

 

Working while enrolled

Working while enrolled
The foreign students in France are free to get their job as long as they are admitted in an organization that joins in the health-care plan of national students. Those who are not citizens of EU member nations must also have a legitimate residency document. All students entitle to work including those new students who are studying in the country for the first time, those who are admitted in the program of university and as a full-time student in a language educational institution.
The system of rules permits the students to work 964 hours in a year, equivalent to sixty percent of full-time labor in a year.
Foreign students are also qualified for jobs in universities and other public organizations of higher education. Students are employed to impart the assistance of helping new students, helping handicapped students, conducting tutorials, giving technical support, organizing and providing cultural, sports and social happenings, performing in the professional center and promoting the plans of their organizations.
Student workers come after a timetable work in order not to hinder their studies. The agreement of employment described is modified to the needs of every student program in order to guarantee their academic performance and at the same time contributing job experience.
L.Yang

2013,“末日”之后……(杨玮群)

北京市海淀区清华附中高一年级 杨玮群

“你要造一只方舟,分一间一间地造,里外抹上松香。”杰克逊坐在床头,借着微暗的台灯读手里的《圣经》。时钟的荧光被笼在幽色的光晕中,闪烁着:2013,1,1。

“四个昼夜降大雨在地上。”那风雨如晦、雷鸣电闪的磅礴浮现在杰克逊眼前,大地如同魔渊,裂开血盆大,风卷残云般吞噬轰塌的摩天楼群,天地像被糅在一起裹在塑料布中,混浊如创世之初,随处是费力挣脱的撕扯。尖鸣声震耳欲聋。杰克逊在咆哮声中惊得一身冷汗,急泡一杯清茶压稳慌动的心跳。

那是一场浩劫,最昏暗的末日。这是上帝可怖的严惩,不是吗?

“鸽子回到他那里,嘴里叼着一个新摘下来的橄榄叶子,诺亚就知道地上的水退了。”水退了,杰克逊想,可是人类在这满目疮痍的土地上该如何生存和繁衍呢?默默地趴在房间中,同杰克逊一起沉思,望时间行驶。

白发苍苍的老人倚在藤椅上,在夕阳的沐浴下,遥看初显胚胎的土地。这么多年,时间慢慢抚平它愤怒而狰狞的伤痛,也在老人的额头深刻入纵横的沟壑。杰克逊为自己、为人类,把青壮的热情都填补在这幽深的地底。泛黄的《圣经》在老人的膝上随风翻动,那些文字在阳光中折射:“我不再用洪水毁灭属血肉的生灵,也不再毁灭地。”杰克逊久久凝视这句话,用褶皱满布的手在那一页执笔写下些什么。他仰躺在藤椅上,在落日的余晖中闭上眼休息,永远地休息。

行人挎紧皮包匆忙冲入熙熙攘攘的人群,车如流水挤满宽阔的马路,此起彼伏的车鸣缠绕人声彰显这个城市的繁荣。街角不起眼的位置坐落着古灰色的高大博物馆,石质和光感散射出清冷与犀利。一本古老的《圣经》静静地躺在博物馆中。上个月博物馆失窃,区警局只是做出致歉,甚至连额外的警力都没有增援,时报上也只是用一角报道了一下。街上的人们高声谈论着经济状况,大幅的经济报道漫天飞舞。

经济,才是这个时代的主角。

新联合国总部正召开大会,好几个国家都指出能源告急。不断有新的信息数据传来,更多的首脑开始坐立不安。“报告总统,由于连续过分开采,北方淡水资源即将枯竭,将不足以支持北方经济运转。”“报告总统,南方矿石存量不足……”各国官员忙得焦头烂额。首脑更是如同热锅上的蚂蚁。“紧急通知,东边发生海啸。”“海啸?”“海啸!”首脑们面面相觑。“方舟呢?”“啊,方舟!”“方舟……”各国的官员和首脑都紧急冲出会议厅,秘密赶往方舟基地。

闪电从帷幕中探出,似乎要撕裂这一切。

海水淹没陆地,迅速湮灭所有生灵,怒吼的雷声与暴雨合成恢弘的交响乐。蓝色的墨迹映射在晶莹的水底,那是杰克逊的笔迹:“如果人类再不反思和节制,将不是上帝的惩罚,而是人类的自我毁灭。”只可惜,没有人看到,也再没有人能看到。

苍颓遍地,硕大的废墟里,依稀可以看见方舟的剪影。

水又退了,隐约有葱色的一抹支楞在一角,那,是生命,是希望么?

而人类呢,又将何去何从?

 

(指导教师 白雪峰)

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  • http://watchdog.org/192337/noahs-ark-rising-tides/
  • Name: 杨玮群

Foreign students taking employment in Japan

Foreign students taking employment in Japan
According to Daily Yomiuri, the international students who choose to remain in Japan to work after they finish their studies are increasing.
Those who are involve in performing labor are privileged to have their visa that needs information applicable to a legal system, economics, sociology or other fields of science related to humans or to involve in business which needs certain techniques or reactivity based on their encounter to culture of other countries. The visa is based on the agreement with a public or private organization in Japan.
Based on immigration bureau statistics of Japan, Asian students are consists of those many employed students after they finish their studies which has a percentage of ninety percent.
The number on the list is Chinese students which are made up of 6,000 or more than 43.3 percent in 2005. The next on the list are South Korea which has a total of 944, Taiwan (200), Bangladesh (119), and Malaysia (118).
The advertisement and business institution found a total of one thousand seven hundred ninety two international students who are employed while one thousand one hundred forty are involved in computer and information technology sector. A total of four hundred seventy nine got their job in educational institutions.
In a formal account of an employee’s responsibilities, foreign graduates of two thousand seven hundred eleven or to more than thirty percent of the total number were employed as translators or interpreters. Meanwhile, eight hundred ninety three foreign graduates acquired information-processing works, eight hundred eighty two in sales-related works and seven hundred thirty run for overseas.
Based on the ministry official in Japan, “Growing demand for translators and interpreters among domestic companies has perhaps helped boost the employment of foreign students.”
B. Lee

Coral Bleaching: Irreversible Fading of a Beautiful Painting

Coral Bleaching: Irreversible Fading of a Beautiful Painting

When it comes to the most beautiful and impressive creature in the sea, some people will think about colorful fish, and others will consider huge and mysterious whales. For me, I regard the coral reef as the most valuable treasure and gift of the great nature because of its endless diversity and beauty. Its color is unique, and its brightness instantly attracts people of all ages.

However, this magnificent painting has started to fade at an astonishing rate. When scientists contrast the Great Barrier Reef today with that twenty years ago, they are shocked by hundreds of square kilometers of bleached corals and their terrifyingly spiritless appearance. This tragic phenomenon can be found not only in the Great Barrier Reef but also in vast areas of waters across the whole planet. Many people may naively think that a coral reef is not a living creature and can form and thrive easily, but corals are in fact living creatures of many shapes, sizes, and types, serving a diverse range of crucial functions in the ecosystem, such as providing homes for fish and regulating water quality. Therefore, the death of corals can mean the death of the planet, and their extremely fragile health and life may never be restored because they are highly sensitive to the ambient temperature and light, among many other environmental factors.

In this regard, there is an urgent need to protect these beautiful but fragile creatures not only for their own welfare but also for the whole ecosystem and all living things on this small planet.

It is clear that coral bleaching has serious consequences, so efforts must be made to save coral reefs across the world. Scientists have proposed various methods to protect corals, including coral transplantation, sea surface temperature monitoring, and the expansion of buffer zones. In addition, because illegal fishing methods such as the use of dynamite and cyanide can kill corals, governments should implement policies that can address the livelihood needs of the fishing community while protecting coral reefs.

Such efforts are crucial for preventing coral bleaching and thus protecting nature for the healthy life and enjoyment of all living things.

Jiarui Chang

The evolution of biotechnology

The evolution of biotechnology

It has been more than 30 years, biotechnology impacting science, law, health, and environment and many other sectors dramatically. In a short time span, you would be shocked to know that more than 300 biotechnology products have been approved and used widely.

The overall sales of these products were calculated more than $180 billion in the year 2014. This amount is good for sustaining and managing big life science sector that includes more than 5000 biotech companies worldwide.

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Biotechnology is progressing rapidly and it affects healthcare sector in four different ways – innovation in medical science, government activities or support, business sector and development, healthcare facilities.

The future growth of biotechnology is certain as medical science is improving and progressing almost every day, government is offering incentives offers for medical sector rather it is public or private, Business leads to cost effective medical solutions, and healthcare provider promising better quality of care in coming years.

电梯事件

人们都说,一个母亲用生命唤起了全国人民对手扶梯安全的重视。其实,类似这种案件远远不止一两起。社会发展,带给我们很多便利,同时,也带给我们很多伤害。

事情的真相到底是什么,是因为商场疏于修理还是纯粹的意外我不敢妄下评论,我只是感到深深的不安。网上开始疯传各种夸张的过电梯的小视频,幽默的背后藏着多少人的担忧。我们都是最普通的人,过着最普通的生活,我们安分守己,希望社会安定和谐,可是有时候,社会给予我们的,是深深的伤害,意外绝非偶然,隐患可能早就存在只是被我们忽略了。

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食品安全,危房建设,交通事故。社会中有太多的危险,很多人,漠视生命,往往不会在乎应该要避免发生的问题。商场扶梯的问题应该早就被发现了,只是疏于重视,侥幸继续运作,直到酿成灾难。孩子亲眼看着母亲被卷入地下是一件多么残忍的事情,他今后又该如何成长。

从这起案件中,我们应该懂得的,不仅仅只是扶梯安全,更应该明白,我们所在的每一个岗位,都是社会的组成,我们应该做好自己的本职,避免更多灾难的发生。

项刘宇

Student workers at Dongguan factory were under-age, state media claim

Student workers at Dongguan factory were under-age, state media claim
The electronics factory located in Dongguan employed about two hundred minor laborers and those young individuals were rescued and reportedly sent on their designated home following a revelation by media in the region.
Based on Guangzhou Daily, they had eleven working hours and each hour costs them 8.50 yuan (HK$10.67) and they used illegal records in order to grab the job.
According to newspaper reports, the one hundred ninety two “student workers” from Dongguan Gang Gu Electronic were able to go home through buses and were able to return in their communities, commonly in Hunan and Guangxi provinces.
The organizations supporting the rights of workers said that child labor is very rampant in the area and feature the issue to substandard failure at the level of city government.
The head of Guangdong Panyu Migrant Worker Centre in Guangzhou, Zeng Feiyang said that a factory that employs minor laborers must give them a salary as a charge amounting to 5,000 yuan in every person. However, there is no truth that these factories are charged. Rather, they were condemned by officers, relatively because there so many who are involved in the case.
The representative of Hong Kong-based China Labour Bulletin, Geoffrey Crothall, approved on this. He said that the city government is not driven sending groups for investigation in the factories until media reporters perform the mentioned secret investigations.
Dr Liu Kaiming, chairman of the Shenzhen-based Institute of Contemporary Observation also added that most of the junior graduates in secondary school living in rural areas decide to find jobs instead of studying in school.
A.Chen

2013 —— 转折点

北京市丰台区云岗中学高二年级 宋广皓

       不知不觉中,来到方舟上已经快半年了,这里的水比人的血还要珍贵。海水淡化机组即使二十四小时不停地转,也永远没有填平过如此巨大的供给缺口。然而比这更加棘手的是:剩下的粮食只够维持两年,那时,我们将穷途末路。
从今天的广播中我们得知,方舟正驶向距北极点一百公里左右的挪威斯瓦尔巴群岛,那里有一座大型的地下种子库,是科学家们专门为了预防全球性灾难而建立的。感谢上帝不仅给了我们方舟,还给了我们希望。另外方舟上的人会对做出这个英明决定的人感恩戴德的,虽然他未曾被人知晓。
想想一年以前,电视中还在不知疲倦地报道面临灭绝的动植物数字,我想如果电视机有思想的话,那么它也会发现一个现象——这数字从来只增不减。现在想想,我们一边乱伐森林,滥垦草原,这一切都只为了让一个叫GDP的数字更高一些。而另一边却用这数字来“吓唬”自己,何必呢?1996年,当我还是个婴儿时,国际保护自然联盟做出的报告就写道:地球上经人类影响后的物种平均灭绝速度是人类出现前的一百万倍。而一年后我不得不相信,因为事实就摆在我面前。忽然又想到了哲学中讲到的“量变最终导致质变”的原理,真是让人难以理解,如此简单的道理,那些叱咤风云的政客们却不懂。
当我正在房间里发呆时,方舟猛地一动,我一下子被甩到了床上,接着便收到了通知:

关于2013年太阳风的通知

       同胞们,经科学家们证实,2008年12月由美国宇航局预测的2013强太阳风暴即将到来。由于方舟上的防磁暴装置无法抵御,遂决定快速驶向挪威,在太阳风暴来临之前尽量将种子种植下去,以解决生存问题。

2013年9月9日多国联合声明

       看来再伟大的人类工程奇迹也拗不过大自然的脾气。由于地球防御太阳风的“铠甲”——磁气圈是从大气中“偷”走电子来维持自身存在的,而近百年来大气的质量每况愈下,使磁气圈越来越薄。终于,随着南极的臭氧层出现空洞,磁气圈也随之破了一个大洞,致使地球防御太阳风的能力降到了历史新低。能否在太阳风暴袭击地球之前将种子送到世界各地,谁也不知道。
而我们唯一知道的就是,当风暴到来时我们若还在海上航行,方舟便会无法操作,我们都将会成为历史的尘埃。
现在我能做的只有祈祷了。

后记:
三十年后的今天,我偶然发现了我的这篇随笔。后来,我回到了中国的土地上,但与以前不同的是,现在再没有国界,各国政要组成了联合政府,他们采纳了一个孩子的意见,将新政府命名为“地球联邦”。
由于没有了战争,没有了破坏与歧视,我们将自己与灾难前的人类相分开,作为另一个物种站在大自然的面前,我们给予了自己新的名字——新人类。
而2013年,被认为是新人类诞生的一年。
人类从此走向了另一条路。在孩子的课本上总印着这么一句话:如果你想活着,与其造一个方舟,不如把地球变成方舟。

 

(指导教师  程燕)

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  • http://www.businessinsider.com/japans-great-economics-experiment-is-facing-its-first-real-test-2013-5?IR=T
  • Name: 宋广皓

Fight for Transgender Rights in India

The last few decades has seen a rise in fights and protests by third genders for equality and recognition in society. Third genders are those who are separated as other gender men and women either by the society or themselves. According to present statement of Supreme Court, the term is used for transgender and transsexual people who contradict with their sex orientation. It is like being a woman in man’s body and vice versa.   They generally worship Bahuchara Mata or Shiv as some stories are present of Bahuchara Mata being a transgender.

India has the largest number of third gender in entire globe; but the burning souls are at every corner of the world. More than 70% of third gender do begging and sex work for survival.  It is not that they are not willing to go for a normal job, but they are denied to be offered normal jobs.  Many campaigns are done by several organizations to help them, but in spite of that, very less is visible in favor of the third gender in India.  They are still struggling to get a proper recognition in the society and enjoy the rights which a normal citizen enjoys.

Many governments of different countries have passed the identity act such as Argentina and Pakistan; in India it has been really tough for these people as they are treated as invisibles without any rights in social life.

Education is also a major concern for them as they are not easily accepted by schools and colleges though they have right to get education. Dropping out of third gender children has increased tremendously due to insecurities of others and embarrassing situations faced by transgender.

 

Though some privileges have been provided by the Supreme Court like voting rights and education rights, but still a lot needs to be done to make them feel comfortable in the society.

Student: Ajeet Luthra

Transgender

http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/hyderabad/Male-FemaleTransgender/2014/04/16/article2170475.ece

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