A Creative Graduation Ceremony

Having a creative ceremony, no matter in junior high schools, senior high schools, or universities, seems to be a trend in these years. However, recently our ministry of education enacted the regulation of graduation ceremony, which provides standards on planning graduation ceremony, warning that students should not “overdo”. Some scholars approve of this regulation, while some others think our ministry of education is over-conservative.

Bullies in Bully

No one is born to be a bully. However, bullying in school appears to be a troublesome problem that needs to be dealt with instantly. A bully is someone who abuses one’s power to threaten or insult others who are compared to be weaker. The society should put attention on those misbehaved teenagers lest there should be more innocent victims under the bullies’ self-complacency. The three main possible reasons which contribute the bully behavior of a student are peers, family conditions, and the mass media. 

How about bullying?

Bullying consists of three basic types of abuse – emotional, verbal and physical. It involves repeated acts over time attempting to create or enforce one person's (or group's) power over another person (or group), thus an "imbalance of power". The "imbalance of power" may be social or physical power. –Wikipedia

What has the tsunami taught me?

We all know what happened to Japan recently; and in fact, the disaster has not reached to its end. Except for showing our sympathy for the victims, what have we learned from this historically devastating tsunami? We have heard people talking about the amounts of money people donated, e.g., President Ma and Mayor Hao. Some people also started to prepare for emergency begs (with water, food, and flashlights) under the bed. But when one is facing a life-threatening situation like this, what do you care the most?

 

Taiwan and China: Single or Married?

This article discusses a sensitive issue, please

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Little "i" symbolizes BIG "I" ?

Do you have an ipod, ipad, or iphone? 

When there are so many less expensive alternatives to choose from, people are still willing to pay much more money to purchase products with this trademark and to wait for months to before enjoying the items. What is the psychology behind it?

  

Who is he?

Take a look at this picture. What’s your first impression on this young man? Do you know who this is? If you saw him on the street, would you take a second look at him, knowing that he was going to be a big shot?