Wednesday, May 12, 2010
And You Remember How Badly THAT Turned Out! (for the Indians)
Do YOU want to be the new Indian in America?
Teaching English in Japan?
Should I or shouldn't I? That is the question. I have been teaching for five years part time with one of the fast food English Language chains in Japan. A pleasant enough experience once in a while. Helps fill the time and puts money in the pocket.
But alas, my patience, being saintly as it is, is wearing thin. This type of conversation 'school' is more a beauty and popularity contest and much less an actual educational experience. In fact, it could be refered to as talkingt to a wall and then expecting the wall to talk back.
Yes, ok, once in a while people do walk in who actually want to learn something. They are a pleasure to speak too and one can actually have an intelligent conversation which helps them to increase their skill. On the other hand you have a great many who are so emotionally immature that if you look at them sideways they fall apart.
It really is no wonder that instructors either leave soon after starting, or just decide they are talking to a wall and enjoy the wall paper. I have one friend who has a smile that looks glued on.
Ah, well ... what should I do next to stay entertained while living in this 'safety' country?
But alas, my patience, being saintly as it is, is wearing thin. This type of conversation 'school' is more a beauty and popularity contest and much less an actual educational experience. In fact, it could be refered to as talkingt to a wall and then expecting the wall to talk back.
Yes, ok, once in a while people do walk in who actually want to learn something. They are a pleasure to speak too and one can actually have an intelligent conversation which helps them to increase their skill. On the other hand you have a great many who are so emotionally immature that if you look at them sideways they fall apart.
It really is no wonder that instructors either leave soon after starting, or just decide they are talking to a wall and enjoy the wall paper. I have one friend who has a smile that looks glued on.
Ah, well ... what should I do next to stay entertained while living in this 'safety' country?
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Boycott Samsung!!
Samsung doesn't find satirical spoof amusing. Samsung shows its arrogance as former criminal, Chairman Lee Kun-hee convicted for tax evasion and bribing two former presidents, re-takes control of Korean chaebol, by suing British columnist for satiric Christmas story.
Samseong-eul Saenggakhanda. One wonders how you can be sued for damage to its reputation if the one suing has already damaged itself.
Samsung doesn't find satirical spoof amusing
Oh, and just so you don't think this is a one off thing" They've done it before many times: Samsung can't take a joke or real criticism, resorts to bullying: Samsung, the great vampire squid
And this: "'Isn’t this a comedy?' Mr. Kim, 52, said in an interview. 'I am challenging them to slap my face, to file a libel suit against me, but they don’t. They treat me like a nut case, an invisible man, although I am shouting about the biggest crime in the history of the nation.' 'Think Samsung': Corporate corruption and unethical government influence
And from 2006 - old but the phone isn't the issue, how they deal with the 'little people' is:
Samsung Lets The World Know Its Phones Are Breakable
And if you think it's bad for the customers - think about the workers of this chaebol corporate monster:
"While Samsung corrupt practices are being revealed, at the same time the dead left by Samsung's refusal to allow trade unions and to fully protect its electronics workers, are now coming to haunt him. Already 10 workers have died, of leukemia or other blood cancers, and a total of at least 26 have been known to have fallen ill. Most recently, former semiconductor factory worker Park Ji-yeon died at the tender age of just 23, after working only 3 years."
For more from the group of workers and victims who demand accountability from Samsung (SHARPS), see Samsung workers die on the job
More: Samsung Tries to Sue Its Way to Mohammunity
Samseong-eul Saenggakhanda. One wonders how you can be sued for damage to its reputation if the one suing has already damaged itself.
Samsung doesn't find satirical spoof amusing
Oh, and just so you don't think this is a one off thing" They've done it before many times: Samsung can't take a joke or real criticism, resorts to bullying: Samsung, the great vampire squid
And this: "'Isn’t this a comedy?' Mr. Kim, 52, said in an interview. 'I am challenging them to slap my face, to file a libel suit against me, but they don’t. They treat me like a nut case, an invisible man, although I am shouting about the biggest crime in the history of the nation.' 'Think Samsung': Corporate corruption and unethical government influence
And from 2006 - old but the phone isn't the issue, how they deal with the 'little people' is:
Samsung Lets The World Know Its Phones Are Breakable
And if you think it's bad for the customers - think about the workers of this chaebol corporate monster:
"While Samsung corrupt practices are being revealed, at the same time the dead left by Samsung's refusal to allow trade unions and to fully protect its electronics workers, are now coming to haunt him. Already 10 workers have died, of leukemia or other blood cancers, and a total of at least 26 have been known to have fallen ill. Most recently, former semiconductor factory worker Park Ji-yeon died at the tender age of just 23, after working only 3 years."
For more from the group of workers and victims who demand accountability from Samsung (SHARPS), see Samsung workers die on the job
More: Samsung Tries to Sue Its Way to Mohammunity
Sunday, May 2, 2010
What is the definition of a journalist?
1. One who collects and disseminates information about current events, people, trends, and issues.
2. A person who collects and edits news.
3. A writer for newspapers, magazines and other media outlets.
4. An objective and unbiased reporter of sourced material.
5. A person who keeps a journal.
6. A person who interprets current events and their meaning.
7. One who conveys information for the good of the people
8. One who conveys information to inform the people
9. A person who sits at a desk all day turning wire copy into a story.
10. A person who reads a prompter on TV informing the people.
All of the above? Various parts of the above? None of the above?
What would you say?
2. A person who collects and edits news.
3. A writer for newspapers, magazines and other media outlets.
4. An objective and unbiased reporter of sourced material.
5. A person who keeps a journal.
6. A person who interprets current events and their meaning.
7. One who conveys information for the good of the people
8. One who conveys information to inform the people
9. A person who sits at a desk all day turning wire copy into a story.
10. A person who reads a prompter on TV informing the people.
All of the above? Various parts of the above? None of the above?
What would you say?
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Who are the most influential 'truthmakers'?
Who is the most influential 'truthmaker'in the world today?
My vote goes to the press secretary for POTUS. After all, he would never lie ... right?
Who do you think?
My vote goes to the press secretary for POTUS. After all, he would never lie ... right?
Who do you think?
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Thank you Mr. Bryant ...
... and to Mr. Scott Rosenberg I say, bloggers are the modern day reincarnation of the 19th century muckrakers. Some of their methods are sensational and irresponsible and they surely intend, as did their grandfathers (John Steinbeck, Lincoln Steffens, Ida Tarbell, David Graham Phillips, Ray Stannard Baker, Samuel Hopkins Adams, and Upton Sinclair), to stir up public opinion as it is that very opinion that moves the heart, mind and soul to action.
Without the competition of the muckrakes, the mainstream press would continue to degenerate into the "1984" mouthpiece of the brave new world lapdog. So to Mr. Rosenberg and his ilk I say, please retire quickly as the chains of servitude to the 'truthmakers' ensconced about your neck are weighing too heavily on the rest of us.
Without the competition of the muckrakes, the mainstream press would continue to degenerate into the "1984" mouthpiece of the brave new world lapdog. So to Mr. Rosenberg and his ilk I say, please retire quickly as the chains of servitude to the 'truthmakers' ensconced about your neck are weighing too heavily on the rest of us.
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