Welcome back. I just returned from the Social Sciences library where I borrowed four books for my paper for the Changing Face of Britain class. My topic question is "Why do ethnic minorities cluster: choice or force?". I think it is an interesting topic, so it should be fun to write about it. Hopefully, I will be able to read them today, tomorrow, and Sunday to be able to write the paper Monday and Tuesday (that's the plan, but who knows what will happen). Anyway, here's yesterday's episode:
Wednesday
Again, I woke up at 8:30 for my 9 o'clock class to run upstairs to the shower. Again, I made it on time. In the Cold War class, we talked about the rebuilding process and the division of Europe after WWII. Dr. Almond explained how both sides caused the division with their mistrust of each other's motives (warranted or not) in most scenarios. He explained how the Marshall Plan ended up being such a great idea, not only because it rebuilt Western Europe, because the USSR did not have the economic strength to do the same for Eastern Europe, but at the same time, the USSR and its satellite states could not accept American help because then they would become dependent on it. During the plenary lecture, Dr. Jeremy Black talked about the politics of James Bond, which predictably was very interesting. He didn't talk too much about politics per se, but he explained how the books became such a hit with England. Also, he talked about the differences between the books and movies (which is evidently quite extensive because the film makers had to change past British fears into present American ones in order to appeal to a mass audience). After that, we had lunch (which we now know is essentially last night's dinner plus some more hot items). During the Changing Face of Britain, we discussed education in Britain. First, we talked about how education should be presented and taught, should we put people into classes of students (Honors, Normal, Special Ed.), and who does the system support/suppress. It was interesting because it forced us to see into what would happen when we advocated certain types of education. If you classify students, then there are status issues, but if you treat everyone equally, then you ignore that everyone has different talents and hold up talented (academically) students while possibly pushing other students too hard. As for dinner, it was well ... interesting. First, we had an onion-type thing (maybe leaks, but no one knew for sure) for an appetizer, and it was bitter and salty. For the main course, there were chicken and olives and cucumber salad with a weird sauce that was part mustard, part mayonnaise, and part horseradish (we had a discussion and these were the three most popular observations). For desert, we had a berry cake with a cream cheese icing (I don't like cream cheese, but the cake was okay, although very tart). Then came the fun part. A seemingly benign topic, debaters debated the issue "Should school be primarily used for preparing people for work?". Well, this caused massive chaos. People argued over the definitions of work (life's work versus a career) and education (formal school or informal lessons). Then, we got off-topic somehow, and when a lady tried to point this out, the moderator dismissed her like Dikembe Mutumbo. We then continued to stay off-topic (but at least more on topic), and when the moderator said that he hated pushy parents, an obviously pushy parent was offended and stood up and argued with the moderator about the merits of being pushy (at least I care vs. you're ruining other kids' chances). I thought the whole thing was very entertaining, but some people were very serious and came out of it with a bad attitude (I'm all for arguing, but it should stay civil, which it didn't; however, no one did directly insult anyone, but it was surely implied). I guess I should clarify a bit. No one stormed the stage. No one was killed. However, voices were stressed and hightened, and the debate was far more controversial than I originally believed. Next week is on the War on Terror, so I can't wait.
Observations:
- "College" in England most directly correlates to "dorm" in the states, not universities at large.
- The British system of schooling is much more restrictive than the US (standardized tests actually limit the number of entrants to universities, and some kids start jobs at 16).
- People here are as obsessed about Facebook as people in the states.
- Apparently, in Manchester and Liverpool, the sound /th/ can become /f/ (it happens in the United States -- ie. Lebron James saying his teammates need to get him to the "fourf").
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