The Struggle for Identity in a Market-Based Society
Neoliberal success is equated with profit and human beings are understood “naturally” to be competitive, selfish, and unethical (hence the avalanche of evaluation and rules). But, following behavioral biologist Frans de Waal, Verhaeghe suggests that altruism as well as aggression ………..
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Struggling is learning
Helping students to “learn how to learn” is crucial for understanding and becoming a life-long learner. To discover how aware students are of their thinking at different ages, it is necessary and really helpful to build “cultures of thinking.” The theory behind is that if educators can make thinking more visible, and help students develop routines around thinking, then their thinking about everything will deepen.
One example of this for this is the Harvard Medical School, where …….
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Bank staff publicly spanked vs integrity of the person
Some days ago a viral video showed the spanking of bank employees becuase their Performance was not good enough. The weibo public was shocked and reacted with clear comments of disapproval. I saw the video and was shocked and not astonished at the same time. Shocked because…….
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Attraction and wariness of Chinese towards the US
“Chinese youth admire American culture but remain wary of US policy” says the New York Times.
This means that young Chinese admire the American way of life, they love the free speech but on the other hand they say that the Chinese government doesn’t show some much weakness abroad. If you want to read more about this phenomena, please have a look.
I also want to add that ……
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Prohibiting rituals reinforces struggle of survival
Rituals play a very important role in all cultures, in the development of children and in relationship. You cannot live without rituals. Rituals can derive from culture and society, they can also derive from the inner world of children and grown ups. They are part of communication and always embody some Kind of symbolic message.
They express and thus embody personal Needs in a certain way. It is a series of actions or type of behaviour regularly and invariably followed by someone It can be religious, social and/or personal. ( This reminds me of the discussion in China right now if Christian rituals referring to Xmas should be allowed or not).
On the one hand a ritual mirrors a certain state of communication in a culture or Society. On the other hand it mirrors ………….
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In Germany we name our country „Fatherland“. I was told that you in China say “Motherland”. Some days ago I found out that there’s another identification you could say.
I will call it “Otherland”.
What do I mean ………….
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It`s the music….
No human culture has been identified that doesn’t have music. For so many people music is the source of the most powerful and significant experiences in their lives. But what is the compelling force scientist ask. More or less they found out, that there is no holy grail of a mathematical or acoustical explanation. The most important aspect is the complex manner in which music is embedded into social functions.
There’s nothing secret about music’s power in our lives even if we’re a long way from having a proper understanding of it. Listening and understanding are two different approaches. There are very different from each other. If you want to get to know more about it just read the following text.
http://www.interlude.hk/front/six-songs-of-me-just-why-music-matters-so-much-to-us/
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Expression or not expression
If we are not familiar with the body language when we are communicating with Chinese, we are likely to misunderstand other people. So it’s very important to understand the differences of body language between South Europe and Chinese, be aware of the manners and the standards in order to avoid communicative barrier or even failure.
The main difference between………..
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Colors always will affect your mood
One important effect which is part of nonverbal communication is the subtle interplay between Colors, emotional state and behavior. This is to be found all over the world, in all cultures. Though the affect is unique in the world, the specific stimulus of the certain colors is related to cultural expereince.
There’s no denying that color affects our mood. Those ………..
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