Tuesday, February 23, 2016
Journal Question #12
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About Me
- TGriffin
- I have been a language teacher (ESL/ELL, French) for 30 years. I have taught in public and private schools, immersion programs, refugee programs, adult/continuing education, elementary, middle, and high school as well as university. Currently I teach ELL at a high school somewhere in New England.
from Charles:
ReplyDeleteWhen I was in China, I had a class which is politics. I thought this class was so boring, the teacher talked about how great our country was, but never talked about the incorrect politics in our country. So I don't like the politics class in China, that makes me don't care about politics so much. The only politics I thought about in China was the educational politics. I don't like the educational system in China, the high school students don't have time to think about their future because they have too much pressure. So I go abroad, I think American educational system will be better, there will have more courses let me choose, this makes me easy to choose what I am going to learn when I go to college.
In my opinion, I don’t care about politics. I think politics is a method for high ranking getting benefits. Counties start war to fight each other because their politician have conflict and want to earn resource from other countries such as gasoline and mineral. Some of politics are hypocrites, they said starting a war to get something is good for their countries. Actually, they don’t give a shit to their people. Gold, money, power are goals for some of politicians. Just like Chinese students have to wear a red scarf every day to primary school and have to join different parties even they don’t want to. Because enjoying the good party can go to a good university easily in China. Even parties member can’t travel abroad because our government is afraid of some rich parties member escape their control. Actually, lot of rich Chinese has a lots of treasure in other countries. All of them know that there are lots of opportunities for their next generations in other countries because other countries have different politician rules.
ReplyDeleteI'm not really into politics but I think that is good to know how your country is going. I think that politics are important because they manage mostly everything in every country. I'm not agree with a lot of things, but I don't really worried about it because I think I'm too young, and I can't do anything to change it. When people talk about politics sometimes I don't understand some things, so for me politics are not so important. I just like to know if everything is going good in my country. The only time that I kind of pay attention to politics is when we are gonna have a new president, just to know about him.
ReplyDeleteActually, I am not pay too many attentions to politics, only during the free time, I read some news. I think politics is really important for people, because country is belong to people, people should follow politics, if our politics is not good, people will not live happy, so country will be trouble.
ReplyDeleteSome special politics are pretty good. For example, pay retired people and old man money, because they don't have work, give them money can help them to live better.
And other is government can pay doctor fee for people, make people be healthier than before.
I think our country's politics is good.
Jessica
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Actually, I always pay attention to the Chinese politics,I seldom pay attention to the internationally! I think the most important thing is peace!The party has its advantages and disadvantages! I am just a student.Although I have own idea, but I will spend the most of the time to school work.This is the most important thing I need to do!
Oliver He
ReplyDeletePolitics is preserving the dominance and authority, govern the nation and society. In my opinion, politics is not important to me. I am not interested in it. As we all know, China is a one-party system country. It is not democratic enough. Unlike United States of America, citizens can not elect the president that can be trust. The only thing you should do is following what government and party say and the rules that were produced by them. If you resist them or criticize the government, you will get in big trouble. I don't think that politics is useful in my life now. I don't want to be a judge, a lawyer or a civil servant. Politics will not be involved in my future major and job. I just need to focus on my study and follow these rules. If I can do these things well, that will be perfect.
I interested in politics. Because politics is such a daily and popular word in my country. We can say that politics is about power. It also involves the making of a common desicion for a group of people. So it is like a system. In my country we have so many politican groups but most knowns are Justice and Development Party (AKP) and Republican People's Party (CHP). Generally most of the people who are uneducated and wants our country to be an arabic country votes AKP instead of CHP. Because CHP is a group which wants to improve country to be a modern europe country. So more or less our politics are like that. There are so many conflicts between these two groups. Also in these years a new group which is made from Kurdish people named PKK is improving... I see all these news in television so it is hard to not interested in. Politics is important in Turkey especially these years.
ReplyDeleteI am very interested in politics. I pay lots of attention to politics. I usually read some books about history and government. I also watch the news about politics of China and international. I think politics is about the government, society, political parties and sovereignty of the country. China has one big political party which is called Chinese Communist Party. People who work in the government or congress are all communist. Some of them are members of some same parties. We can't have vote for some decisions or president. Those are all government or communist's business. Government and president will make some plan and policies that good for citizens, economic,medical treatment...... They will realize those policies during five to ten years. Like, government just change the law of birth control. Citizens is getting older and older. After ten years, aged people will be more than young people and we will lose some labor force. Government change the law. Now, people can have two children. Government also have the vote for the new president. It is different than America. I remember I watched the vote of Chinese new president and Xi Jinping become to the new president of China. I also pay attention to American presidential campaign. I also heard that North Korea just have the hydrogen bomb, but it may not truth because the bomb's power is lower than a normal hydrogen bomb. The United Nations will sanction North Korea and China agrees to have a sanction on North Korea. I think politics is important to me. I like talking about politics and it is about the development of a country. It is important to a country and citizens.
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Mr. Griffin
March 6, 2016
I'm not the person who is paying a lot attention in politics. Actually, I'd like to read some news during night time. So, at least I know some big events that happen in the world recently. Even though I don't pay a lot of attention in politics, politics is important for me, don't matter own country or internationally. I'm studying in another country, so I have to pay attention in politics. When people ask some politics about my country, if I can't even answer, people would think I'm a stupid person. I think different places have different rules, so I have to obey American's rule, instead of Chinese's rule. That's also the reason that I pay some attention in politics. When I start to read the news on my phone. I would feel excited to know them, because I like fresh things.
I would like to talk about my own country. As you know I am from Turkey and like many people in Turkey, I'm also think that our political system and government are not good for country management. Turkey is a parliamentary democracy with a multi-party system. The most popular parties in Turkey are ; Justice and Development Party(AKP), Republican People's Party(CHP), Nationalist Movement Party(MHP) and Peoples' Democratic Party(HDP). Justice and Development Party(AKP) which is held our government since fourteen years is a Islamic party. This party try to convey "Neo- Ottomanism Conservative democracy". They treat uneducated people and 51% people in Turkey still encourage them. The second important party is Republican People's Party which is the oldest political party of Turkey. This party was founded by our first president Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. CHP describes itself as "a modern social-democratic party". In my opinion their description is literally correct. In 2015, AKP introduce a Kurdish Party (HDP) to win elections and they won it. For me our government needs a strong refresh, otherwise Turkey will be an Arabic country in ten years. About that reasons, yes politics is important to me.
ReplyDeleteI am not really into politics maybe it is because I am girl but I think that most of the people in my age are not really interested in politics.
ReplyDeleteI mean it is good to know what is going on in your country and some basic things about it and I know all these these but that is all I think.
Sometimes I read some internet pages or newspapers about politics just because I dont want to look like a fool in a conversation with people who have knowledge about politics.
Next reason why I am not really into it is because I am not satisfied with our people in politics I dont like their opinions,they just dont make sense for me.Even most of them are so intelligent,they sound boring to me.
I do not want to work for government in the future, so I am not really care about politics. All my friends they are not really interested in politics. I think politics just for the government people, it is their job to focus on it. Actually I think pay attention on politics is a good thing, even I am not really care about politics. Sometimes people have to know what happen in the world and what is going on in your country. They do not need to know too much, like watching news or newspapers. They just need to know what happen in the world, because I think if someone who does not know anything, that is kind of stupid thing for him. I do not really like the politics in my country. For example, I cannot use YouTube in my country, and I never understand why the government do that.
ReplyDeleteAlthough some of people will say that they don’t pay attention on politics. However, we always learn something about politics no matter from Television newspaper, or radio.
ReplyDeleteComparing the politics of other countries, I pay the most attention on my home country —China. National People’s Congress (NPC) is the highest powerful organization of the government of China. National People’s Congress includes the president, state council, the Supreme People’s Court, Supreme People’s Procuratorate，the Military Commission of the Central Committee of the CPC. The National People’s Congress this time includes 2987 deputies to the People’s Congress who were voted by 35 unit. These deputies to the People’s Congress are from all over the China and the way to decide how many people become the deputy to the People ’s Congress is the population of each province. There are 409 deputies to the People’s Congress who are ethnic minority. The population of ethnic minority is 13．69% of the population of the deputy in the people’s Congress. The deputy of the People’s Congress has the right to review during the meeting of the People’s Congress, the right to vote the president, the right to be nominated, the right to propose and the right to be protected especially .Although the deputy to the People’s Congress has lots of power, the way to become the deputy of the People’s Congress is very serious. The members of NPC are voted by People’s Congress of the province. And the party members in the city vote who are going to join the People ’s Congress. So, the party members of China can vote the president indirectly. The president of China can work for two term( 5 years per term). The deputy of the People’s Congress’s term is five years just same as the president. So, the president is also a member of the People’s Congress and the president is the leader of it.
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ReplyDeleteI think that politics has very big influence on society, dominance, governing, leadership and so on. It is very essential for people to learn and know politics. It can help us to understand more rules about some countries. But I am not interested in politics and I cannot do anything to decide it. Different countries have different politics. In China, I think that my country is very strict in politics. Citizen cannot elect the next president and people need to follow some rules which government makes decision. People cannot say or do something to criticize the government. If people say or do, they have very serious problems. Some old people and disabilities people will be supported some money and food each year. I think that my country’s politics is very good.
I’m interested in politics. It is important to me because of particularities of Korea. Korea is divided nation, and it is not the simple problem. It looks opposition between South Korea and North Korea, but it is actually opposition between democracy and Communism. So it means this is also opposition between China, Russia and United State of America. So every politics about North Korea that is published in China or United State of America is effect a lot to South Korea. And also Because of South Korea’s politics, North Korea’s Nuclear test or missiles are effect to entire world. And in Korea many people are interested in politics. Many people are argue about many politics. But the problem is they are arguing without vote. It is really ironic.
ReplyDeleteFor me politics is not really important. I mean I care about my country's economy. I know a little about what is happening right now in USA and Spain, but I am not deeply involved in those topics. I am bound to know about that because now everybody is crazy with Donald Trump. We start talking about him and we end up speaking of the whole political world. I don't like to talk about politics because I have a different opinion from the others, so I don't want to judge them or make them get angry. I guess I will have to be involved because in a few years I will be able to vote in Spain and I should know the position of my country respect others and the ideas of the politicians to rise my country.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was in China, we have classes to learn about politics but I don't care about politics at all. I always think that politics is very far from me and it is not that important. This year, I start a to know some news about the election in America. I know some very famous people in the election such as Donald Trump. However, I don't really care about politics. Politics is a very deep topic and it is very hard to think about, I'm not interested in politics. However, there some news on the internet about politics and I will look at them sometimes. Maybe when I start to work, I will care more about politics. Politics is important in a country but I don't worry about is now.
ReplyDeleteActually I’m not pay any attention to politics, but I know the importance of it. The politics contains two kinds of mean “lead” and “management”. It is maintain social behavior, politics is important for country and government. I think our country’s politics is better than other countries. However I have never thought about politics, politics is useless for me. I think I don’t need to know about politics, politics is a hard topic I just need watch news which I know what happen in government or what happen in the world, even who is the next president.
ReplyDeleteI do not usually pay much attention to politics, but I think that is good to know what is currently happening in your country. Now I am paying more attention in politics because there is a lot at stake if one of the candidates becomes president. Like everybody, I have my own beliefs and I need to know who I will vote in the future. Politics are important but I recognize that I do not like it that much. I pay attention to politics when we are going to have a new president. Politics are important for our future in the country, they manage the country and sometimes they do not manage the country well. That's why the decision of what future president are you going to vote is important. I know more or less what is going on in America in politics right now but I am more aware on what is happening in Spain because is my country.
ReplyDeleteThe Chinese politics are really important for China. The newest General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Xi Jinping is changing China into a better society. He is the first general secretary who is fighting against with corrupted officials. He helped China cleared out lots of corrupted officials including those who has high politics status. He does not afraid of rotten rats will revenge him because he is using his life to make China better. He also realized that China has shady education now. The education can not make people innovate any more. It only makes people learn the history of educational knowledges. Xi Jingping is helping China to get back on track and I love him.
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Mr. Griffin
03/06/16
Personally I’m not interested in politics. Here are the two reasons. The first reason is that we are still high school students, the only thing we do everyday is studying and we spend most of our days on campus. As a result, politics a government is far from us. Also, after the whole day learning, I don’t have any time to read newspaper or watch news. To be honest, I do learn some politics in class but I don’t learn it by myself afterschool. The second reason is that no matter in the US or China, as a high school student, I don’t have right to vote for our president. I am not interested in what I can’t take part in. Who is the president of the US is not my business. Any way, no matter from objective condition or subjective condition, personally, I don’t pay much attention on politics.
Personally, I am kind of interesting in politics because no one can doubt that the politic is the most significant actives for the country. I like to search some informations about politics not matter it is about China or international. I know American people will decide a next president, and it is not only important to American, it is also important to every country because the world relates utter closely. I don’ t know who will be the next president in the United Stated, but I am sure she/he will be the legend. One is the first female president of the U.S; one is the first jewish president of the U.S; one is the first latino president of U.S; one is the canadian president of the U.S; and the last one…. Well, anyway, I think the politic is close to our life. It is important for me.
ReplyDeleteOne side politics of my home country is really important for me. Now Ukraine has not really good economic situation and "not official war". When I was back at home country had a hard time. Owner last president started war that is going on even now. That time I really cared about it. It's was dangerous to go to school, people with guns were walking in Kiev. My parents didn't let mega to school like for two weeks. One other side I'm in America now and if I would read the new I don't know which ones are try and which not. Now I guess I'm not really into it, i mean I ask my parents how is war and stuff but nothing really changes they are fitting, people are waging when will it end but it's just keeps going on...
ReplyDeleteI hope the war will ends soon. Everybody in Ukraine hope.
I pay none of attention to politics even about my country. The reason I don't is I only pay attention to my life. What happens to politics doesn't really bother except war or some other really momentous thing happens to my country or the place where I live. Maybe I will concern the politics when I grow older. I just focus on myself now.
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ReplyDeleteI personally don't pay any attention to politics. In my opinion they all lying
doesn't matter in what country. I think it's boring and not interesting for me.
But I know 20% of American and Ukrainian politics. I know who is the president of the United States who is the Vice President...In my country politics always lying and saying not truth to people. I don't like when people lie to me. It's a very hard time right for Ukraine because
our politics always changing and all the time they are bad. I'm very busy and I don't have time to read newspapers or watch news. So I prefer not to go ( vote ) or watch politics.
Thanks, everyone, for your comments on politics. Many of you say that politics does not interest you and you don't like politicians, which I understand. Not all politicians, however, are corrupt or dishonest; also, whether you pay attention or not, you should know that politics affects us all, everyday. I encourage all of you to at least become aware of the politics of your country and the world.
ReplyDeleteI am not pay attention for politics too much. Even people or I feel something wrong and we don't agree with some their decisions we actually can't do anything. I have to say some politics in my country are really bad and I don't feel they should be in our parliament. But there is a question. Many people are mad at our parliament but who still vote them to be head of our country? I don't like my president and things what politcs do in my country but as a student and now as an interntional student I can't do anything with that. I believe that they are important for every country but they should be more respectful to each other. I know it's probably one of the hardest work to do, but if one day I'll be politic I'll be responsible for everything I have to be and don't just take money from people.
ReplyDeleteI am not a person who really cares about the politics, but my father does. His biggest hobby is reading the articles of the politics with his iPad. He'll be really mad at us when we just take a joke with hiding his iPad secretly. Anyway, sometimes, he likes to share the information which he just knows and the feelings about that. So I just know a little bit of the politics. And I just knew that people in different countries for the same thing to know and understand are completely different. For example, the nanjing massacre over 300,000 death of Japanese war of aggression against China, I just heard something that says Japan's massacre in China is not all Japan's mistakes, and China is also killed many Japanese from a Spanish even we were just protecting ourselves. I am not mad at him. I am just really surprised that it's completely different form what l know and learned.
ReplyDeleteActually, I'm not very know and understand China politics, even we have to take the China politics class in middle school. We started leaned about China politics that time. I don't like it , it's very boring and very complicated for me, something I can't get it. We need to remember all what is our country politics and we have to memories some rule about the politics, I really don't like it. I really don't like China study education politics, that make students hate school so much. Because China have to much people and students, so very class have a lot kids, teachers are very noisy by students, also Chinese students don't have much free time to do what they want to do, they just need to study and study, they parents don't want they learn other thing, because they don't have any more time to learned they hobbies. Chinese students in school they learned more difficult work, that all just for the text. People think grade is one way to define are you a good student
ReplyDeleteI always don't pay much attention to the politics, but I learned some of the politics when I was in middle school. I only learned about the China political system. I don't pay much attention to politics because I don't have to touch with government. We also aren't easy to touch with government in China.
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ReplyDeletePolitics is something that we can like, or we can not like, but is always going to be there, and is really important for everyone. In my case, I don't like politics at all, for me is kind of boring, But I know the basic. In Spain the way to choose a president is the same one ( by voting ), but the process is different, the party who wins is not going to govern alone, unless there is majority of votes. So the parties have to pact between them, so in general everyone is going to be "happy". But this year in Spain everyone is really worry because they don't pact at all between the parties and no one had the majority of votes. I'm really worry about it. I think that politics are really important, you can care or not, but is going to affect you anyway.
I interested in politics. I pay attention to politics, either in your own country or internationally Actually, I read the Chinese news and international news every day.
ReplyDeleteFirst of all, I think politics is so important and it is a part of our live. In China, when you get to 18 years old, you will have the right to vote and the right to be elected . If you are not paying any attention to politics, how can you choose the right president.
Secondly, sometimes, some conversations between friends, which are about politics. If you are not paying any attention to politics, you will feel so hard to talk with them.
Actually I don't really interested in politics. The only thing I do about it is watching news. Watching news is a good way to know what happened all around the world. It can also improve my accomplishment. Politics is comprehensive. It involves not only between countries to countries, but also between people to people. For example, two people have a political relation such as president and people who work for government. Basically politics is a little part of my life. It is important to me anyway.
ReplyDeleteI am very know about politics in my country, Brazil becuse I always ask my parents to talk about it. So I would like to talk about my country's politics. In Brazil we are having a bad time. A lot of not honest people in the power. And we are having a crisis in economic too. Now a days we, Brazilians are fixing this problems in our country. A lot of corrupt politicians are going to the jail. We, citizens are helping doing manifestation in streets and trying to make a change. I hope when I will comeback Brazil will be better.
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ReplyDeleteI think politics is important to me. Cause two country's politics can change a lot of thing. Right now I'm in USA. If one day China and America have really bad relation, I may get evacuated by the government to China. It can change my whole Life. And two country's politics can change a lot of thing that will make our life different, for example like law and business. Some Country may start a war against to others, because of bad relation. For those country's people it's like nightmare, some of them have to leave his/her home. That will be a big change. I do pay a Loy od attention on politics, cause it may change my life.
ReplyDeleteActually, I am not interested in politics.So when we talk about politics, I really don't know too much.Because politics is not very important for me .But I know politics has very big influence on society.Politics is a part of our life,it is important for anyone.Many people are actually getting involved by using “voice and vote”to choose government officials and make decisions about public policy what they think could really matter and could help shape the future of political the importance of young adults' politics is being felt.
ReplyDeleteI don' t care about politics. I just sonetimes watch some news, and news always about weather or life. Ithink politics is really important for people, but it is not very important for me.Actually, Study is more important than politics now. I don't care politics, but i like watching news because it can make me know what happen in the life. I think politics isn't good for me now, so i don' t care about politics.
ReplyDeleteIf you study in China, at middle school or high school, you must take Politics class. And we also call it Moral class.We always learn about our country 's political system, and we also learn how to be a nice people in our life. When I was a middle student, I were really hate politics. Because I always get "F" in this class.
ReplyDeleteActually, I am not very interested in politics. But I know a lot of political problem about my country. Because I always watch news with my father at the dinner time. And I usually read newspapers and magazines when I have any free time. Although we think politics is really far away from us and it only just for the government people. But I think it still very important for us. We can learn something about our country even our world.
So we need to pay attention to the political problem around us and know something about our world.
I'm not very interesting about politics, so I just know something about our country, not know to much about international things. And I don't how to make some example for this. I just think this is very important to anyone because this representative the country, I don't know about this but I think I need to understanding some information about this.I will learn much in the future.
ReplyDeleteI am not a person who always care about politics.but i think the politics is the most important things around us. The government can let people have a better life or let people get in trouble.So review the course of struggle, look into the great journey. I Think now the governments should to urge governments of all countries to take action to coexist peacefully. That is the only one way to let everybody to have a normal life and make each country develop rapidly.
ReplyDeleteSometimes I pay attention to politics. When I saw some news that so many poor kids and women don't have enough food and space in Syria, I was so sad. They are not doing anything wrong, they need a good life. Peace is the important thing in the earth. People have to got exhortation from the two world wars. Earth is so big that so many countries can live together. I hope people know peace is the best way, all the countries need try hard for this.
ReplyDeleteI don’t have much interest in politics, I just can know some politics information from Mobile electronics news, and I think the politics just is an endless struggle.
ReplyDeleteFor example, these days China is holding NPC, there have many people will put forward a lot of suggestions , but will actually be implemented will not be how much because some useful advice will be cut by some politicians and their own interests. There also have some grassroots people's problems can not be displayed.
All in all, I don’t like the politics, and I don’t want to engaged in political work.
In my memories, I took politics class since I was in primary school. In my opinion, politics really plays a big role and it has great influence. So we should learn and get the important information at the first time. As far as I know, China's government system is different from America's. In China, the government has responsibility to do and decide everything in politics. But in America the system is the system of democracy, whose) into one of the best countries, in fact, many European countries are democracies, including Japan, South Korea and so on, but the United States is now the most perfect. In fact, China's political system to free people are not many. 【freedom】The rapid development of the United States is also affected by the impact of the Democratic system. The two main parties' are still continue………
ReplyDeleteOf course It's very important for any country except China because It means a new president will work for the country and depends on the country's future. And some interesting issues will happen.As far as I know from news is the Brussels be attached by terrorists.It's bad but it's very important for Trump.He has said the Brussels was a paradise country,but now is a hell.Nobody trust him because they think is ridiculous.But on March 23rd,it was happening.Now,everyone trust him because he knows all of the fact.
ReplyDeletePolitic is everywhere in human’s social activities. However back to my homeland China, people (especially the elders) are terrified of political topics. Maybe after thousands years of centralization monarch and half century’s communist rule, Chinese people already lost their interest in political movement.
ReplyDeleteI believe one man’s political version is based on his social status. For example my mom works for a government owned company. She never complain about the communist government rules. On the other hand, she have been to over 30 countries all over the globe. She still believes that China is not good as some developed western countries, but it's good enough compared to the third world ones.
The Chinese politics are really important for China. The newest General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Xi Jinping is changing China into a better society. He is the first general secretary who is fighting against with corrupted officials. He helped China cleared out lots of corrupted officials including those who has high politics status. He does not afraid of rotten rats will revenge him because he is using his life to make China better. He also realized that China has shady education now. The education can not make people innovate any more. It only makes people learn the history of educational knowledges. Xi Jingping is helping China to get back on track and all Chinese people loves him.
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