Recently, the Chinese government has promulgated a new education law, reducing any form of high-intensity extracurricular classes, so that young students can have real vacation time. …

In this series of projects regarding popular culture, WP1 explains the composition of culture, its interpretive nature, and the existence of cultural hegemony; while WP2, through the example of Tik-Tok’s viral spread, conveys the important role of media and its influence on the transmitted message. …

Future Programs Recommendation Existing revitalization plans have played an important role in helping the endangered language situation to a certain extent. Nevertheless, many improvements can be made to these programs. …

In my Post 4, I discussed if people should maintain language diversity or pursue a universal language. In the end, I concluded that eliminating other languages will do no good but create more collisions while preserving a variety of different languages can help cultivate different cultures and communities. After that…

Back in high school, when I was in charge of a small garden on the roof of the music classroom, I wanted to grow some roses and “fancy” flowers. Thus, I purchased some rose seeds as well as herbicides to remove the vigorous grasses and create room for roses. …

In my freshman year at McGill University, Montreal, once several students were talking loudly in the studying area beside the sign “quiet zone”. So I nicely talked to them and asked for some peacefulness, however, they soon started talking again after a very short time of shutting up. …

(Note: Media is the plural of Medium hence these two terms are used interchangeably in this writing.) Personally, I have always hated current fast-moving cultural entertainments but never know the specific reasons except for that they are “low” and “meaningless”. Therefore, I researched through modern cultural theories and found solid…

In the three projects of WRIT 340 this semester, I plan to focus on culture, so that readers can have a unique and comprehensive understanding of the essence, mechanisms, and influence of contemporary mainstream culture. The reason why culture is chosen as the core point is that in recent decades…

In my previous post regarding standardized tests, I put forward the idea that Toefl, SAT, and GRE use mechanic question sets and inherently American-prone reading passages against non-American students. As a committeeman of the California system states, these tests are “extremely flawed and very unfair” (Hubler 2020). University of California Will End Use of SAT and ACT in Admissions (Published 2020) The change is expected to accelerate the momentum of American colleges away from the tests, amid concern that they are…www.nytimes.com