2011年12月23日 星期五

2011/12/25 & 2012/1/1

Dear all,

These two sessions are cancelled.

Wish you a merry Christmas and happy new year.

We will resume our discussion on 2012/1/8. See you all next year!

2011年12月17日 星期六

The Road Ahead for Middle Class Families

http://www.rd.com/money/the-road-ahead-for-middle-class-families/


1. Middle class families are the largest group in most societies.
From wiki, the defintion is obscure: The middle class is any class
of people in the middle of a societal hierarchy. What do you think
about the middle class family? Use your words to describe it.

2. In most middle class families, the parents usually try to give
their kids a beteer education in order to have more competitiveness.
Do you think it is the most important thing that a middle class
parent need to do for their kids?

3. In order to have your own dream family, how much money do think
you need? Why?

2011年12月11日 星期日

X men

2011 X men- First Class trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=frcCCHb9LHc

Outline of X men-- Check story introduction and "reflecting social issues"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-Men

Main Characters and their superpower
http://comics.ign.com/articles/708/708826p1.html


I believe X men series movies are remarkable pieces that people can't miss.
Except for being a popular superhero film with some breath taking special effect of the movie, there are metaphors for social issue involved in the story. Let's talk about it!


1. Which super ability you'd like the most? Why?

2. If there were Mutants in the world, which side will you support, to "cure" them or to accept them as normal people?

3. Imagine if you were one on Mutants, what treatment will you expect? Try to imagine it from every angle.

4. There are many stories implying the minority who are under oppressive forces but eventually incur destroying war against the majority. Tell an example and share your opinion.

2011年12月4日 星期日

New Rule

If one has plans or any unexpected things so he/she is not be able to join the study session that week, please leave a message or send an e-mail to everybody to ask for leaving no later than 5 p.m., if no, then one should be the host next Sunday.

The host can decide the deadline for asking for leaving if only he/she announces in the previous session or members should regard the deadline as 5 p.m. on Sunday.

Jacqueline Liu

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2011/11/20/2003518743

few questions to discuss
1.do you think she is guilty? why? would you do it if you were her?
2.what do you think of the reaction from Taiwan government?
3.Is this the only one case or still exist in all units of Taiwan embassy?
4.Is the housekeepers so bad that they sue her just for their green cards?
or they just feel they didn't deserve this kind of treatment so they sue?