TolearnChineseandkeepChinesecultureornotisnotaquestionof“ToBeOrNotToBe”inHamletbyShakespeare.PleasetakeiteasyifIsaythatIhavenoplantoaskmykidstostudyChineseandkeepChineseculture.AndIwouldlovetotellyouwhy.
1.Firstofall,bothmykidsandIareAmericancitizensandliveinAmerica.Wefeelprettygoodaboutit.Idon’tfeelthatitisthatimportantformykidstoknowChineseandkeepChineseculture.
2.Ijust...[
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ThemostbeautifulrosethatI’veeverseen,andIwouldloveyou,myfriends,tosmellthesweetroseperfume,too.Lastevening,mylittledaughterofeightyearsoldwrote“Roses”inlessthantwentyminutes,whichamazedme.Mytwolittlekidsoftendosomethingsurprisingmywifeandme.Wearesoblessedtohavesuchwonderfulkids.
Roses
Rosessinglikeabellthatrings.
FallingrosesringsintheSpring.
Thedoorbellgoesdingdo...[
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Don’tblameChinesegovernmentforeverybadthingthatishappeninginMainlandrightnowthoughIamnotsayingthatthegovernmentissuper.EveryandeachofChineseshouldbeblamed.Certaingovernmentisbasedoncertaincitizensandtheircultures.IknowthatmanyChinesedon’tagreewithme.ButletmegiveyousomeexamplesandseehowdoyoutellmethatIamwrong.
Chinahasbeenpoor,weekandhumbleforalmosttwohundredyears,fromthelastfewempe...[
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Mostoftheworldoldcivilizedcultures,forinstanceBabylon,IndiaandEgypt,aregoneorchangedexceptChineseone.ChineseculturesmadeChinagreatforovertwothousandyears,whichwasgreatandamazing.WeChineseshouldhaveeverysinglereasontobeproudofit.
However,Chineseculturesworkwellinafeudalsociety,notinanindustrialsocietyorcapitalistsociety.Inmostcircumstances,mostofChineseculturesarebarrierstoindustrilizationandmo...[
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Itseemsthatmostmothersdonotagreewithmypoints,buthowaboutfathers?
Fatherandmothersharesequalresponsibilitytoraiseupkids.AmIright?Ineedyourhelp,myfellowfathers.
Pleaselisten,dearmothers.
Ireallyandtrulyappreciateyourideas,evenblames.Unfortunately,nooneofyourgreatmotherstellsmethatsomeofourChineseculturesworkwellinanindustrialandcapitalsociety.Forinstance,Iwouldbeveryhappyifyoucantellmewh...[
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OneofmyfriendsandInternetchatterasksme“Doyouhaveadayjob?Whatisyouroccupation?Youhavealotoffreedaytime.”
That’sagreatquestion.AndletmetellyouwhoMr.NoWorryisandwhatNoworryis.
BynameofNoWorry,IguessthatyouknowprettywellwhoisMr.NoWorry.AndyouwillknowthatMr.NoWorryisreal,notafakeone,ifyouhadasMr.NoWorrydid,ahumbleexperienceofbeggingforfoodandclothes,gettingintocollegewithoutte...[
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Tosaywhetheracountryisadvanced,civilizedandpowerfulornot,oracountryhasfutureornot,Iguessthatwe’vegottothinkaboutthefollowingfacts.
1. Technology
2. Inventions
3. Politicalsystem
4. Population
5. Military
6. Economic
7. Culture
8. Education
9. Geographyandclimate
10. Resources
11. Globalmilitaryandpoliticalenvironment
12. Andtiming
Allthesef...[
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ThefirstwomanUSpresidentmightbeaChineseAmerican.
KnowingthatDr.Ricewasoverwhelminglyconfirmedasanewsecretaryofstate,Iandmyfriendofablackco-workertalkedabout2008presidentialelectionatworkyesterday.IsaidthatIwouldlovetovoteforHillarythoughIvotedforBushlasttime.IjustlovetheClintons.“Oh,no,”IsaidtomyselfwhenIsawmydaughterofeightyearsoldafterwork.Tome,mydaughteristhegreatpresidenti...[
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IunderstandthatmostofourChineseAmericanparentsarepushingveryhardourkidswiththeirstudy,piano,aggressiveness,socialactivitiesandmanymore.Iamjustwonderingwhetherweparentsarepushingourselvesashardaswepushourkids.Orwejustpushourselvestopushourkids.
Forinstance,dowepushourselveshardenoughtobeabestemployeeatworkaswepushourkidstobebeststudentsatschool?IdothoughIcomehereEducationSiteatmybreak.AndIgetex...[
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Forkidsandourselves,wetogether,andalsoforkidsaswellasourselves,wedivorce.
Inoticethatmanyunhappymarriedpeoplecomplainandblametheirspousefortheirunhappymarriage.Tome,itisnotquitefair.Shouldwethinkthisimportantissueanotherway?Couldwethinkwhythemarriageisnothappy?Isanythingwrongwithourselvesratherthanwithourspouse?Orarewepushingourselves(youknowthatisoneofthepushesImeaninmypreviousmessage)enought...[
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