More on what's happening in France. It's an article that I find gets better as it goes along, written by Don Murray, a guy I see on the ten o'clock news when I'm in Vancouver, so he's familiar.
Another article I enjoyed reading today on cbc.ca was this one, which I found was right on about higher education in China. The centre of my campus - you have to walk by it to get anywhere: classes, cafeteria, everywhere - has this beautiful-looking recreational playground that has most likely been built in the last five years (if not more recently!). I've often talked about it because it's so central to the campus. It's modern and it's definitely the best student hang-out.
The article also talks about the students' social life. Students have told me that having a girlfriend or boyfriend in their high school was simply not allowed. Some students have never talked to anyone from their age group of the opposite sex before coming to university. They don't have plans for the week-end - they mostly sit in their dorms inbetween basketball games (that is, if they play basketball; if they don't, that's their tough luck).
However, they do enjoy putting on talent shows - elaborate evenings that involve a lot of preparation and rehearsals. But I suppose when you think of the number of students who participate compared to the total number of students at the university it's only a small minority who have the incentive to do something.
I suppose I shouldn't talk. It's not like I did anything in university.
And tonight I'm going to a real Chinese students' party. A group of guys in my Tuesday afternoon class invited me to their dormitory. They're going to make me "Coke chicken" which I gathered to mean chicken wings cooked in Coca Cola. Whenever I talk to other Chinese students about it they all know what it is and they all say it's good - it's a Chinese student thing, I suppose like Kraft Dinner in North America. I'm excited I'll be living a "real Chinese experience" - hope it's fun.
And I hope you're all living exciting moments in your lives, and even if you're not, that's OK too.
Another article I enjoyed reading today on cbc.ca was this one, which I found was right on about higher education in China. The centre of my campus - you have to walk by it to get anywhere: classes, cafeteria, everywhere - has this beautiful-looking recreational playground that has most likely been built in the last five years (if not more recently!). I've often talked about it because it's so central to the campus. It's modern and it's definitely the best student hang-out.
The article also talks about the students' social life. Students have told me that having a girlfriend or boyfriend in their high school was simply not allowed. Some students have never talked to anyone from their age group of the opposite sex before coming to university. They don't have plans for the week-end - they mostly sit in their dorms inbetween basketball games (that is, if they play basketball; if they don't, that's their tough luck).
However, they do enjoy putting on talent shows - elaborate evenings that involve a lot of preparation and rehearsals. But I suppose when you think of the number of students who participate compared to the total number of students at the university it's only a small minority who have the incentive to do something.
I suppose I shouldn't talk. It's not like I did anything in university.
And tonight I'm going to a real Chinese students' party. A group of guys in my Tuesday afternoon class invited me to their dormitory. They're going to make me "Coke chicken" which I gathered to mean chicken wings cooked in Coca Cola. Whenever I talk to other Chinese students about it they all know what it is and they all say it's good - it's a Chinese student thing, I suppose like Kraft Dinner in North America. I'm excited I'll be living a "real Chinese experience" - hope it's fun.
And I hope you're all living exciting moments in your lives, and even if you're not, that's OK too.
posted by Caro at 3:02 PM
1 Comments:
excellent l'article de don murray, son analyse est juste, il a raison de remonter aux années 50 & 60...
je rajouterai que dans paris il y a aussi des très pauvres, homeless (sdf), africains/asiatiques sans papiers, français-e-s d'origines étrangères dont les circonstances sont comparables à celles décrites par les interlocuteur-e-s de don. & il y a des rafles répétés dans certains nombres de quartiers parisiens, des controles d'identité des blacks, beurs, c'est la politique du ministre de l'intérieur & de ce gouvn't.les sans papiers arrêtés de cette manière, sont expulsés dans des délais très courts.
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