Mr. Yang Chen-ning, a Novel Physics Prize Winner, and Mr. Chu Ching-wu, President of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, had a talk on the allure of physics yesterday. The following is a news report by the Liberty Times:
Archive for October, 2008
Words from Mr. Yang Chen-ning (楊振寧) and Mr. Chu Ching-wu (朱經武）
Sunday, October 12th, 2008Mr. Wei Kuang-liang’s Wedding (魏光亮老師的婚禮)
Saturday, October 11th, 2008
The upward spiral
Saturday, October 11th, 2008It seems the approval of the American bailout plan didn’t have any good effect on the world economy. Now what can start the upward spiral?
To Ms. Hung on how to spark enthusiasm for the English language and literature
Friday, October 10th, 2008Here is my response to Ms. Hung, who left a comment on my Oct. 8 entry Ithe Life Type blog) as follows:
Re:Enthusiasm
I have to find the enthusiasm of Foreign Language and Literature. God bless me. haha
Posted by hung at 10/10/2008, 11:34
Dear Ms. Hung,
Definitely, to enjoy your life now, you’ve got to love what you’re doing. Remember Steve Job’s “You’ve Got to Find What You Love”? He had every reason to tell those college graduates so, right? (more…)
SMART students
Thursday, October 9th, 2008Today I got an article from our principal 吳正東先生 through his secretary by email. The title is 協助孩子成為一位SMART學生, written by Mr. Wu, Ching-shan （吳清山）, commissioner of the Department of Education, Taipei City Government.
Here, SMART is the acronym of
Smile, Morality, Action, Respect, Tolerance.
The following is the article. (more…)
Enthusiasm
Wednesday, October 8th, 2008
Yesterday when we came to the word “spark” in Unit 3, I told the students that without a spark of enthusiasm, one couldn’t learn English well. Then I mentioned a former student who is a junior at NTU now. I told them about the passion she showed in learning English.
Quotes from TIME on the virtue of thrift
Tuesday, October 7th, 2008
Quotes from the essay by Nancy Gibbs, “Real Patriots Don’t Spend,” in the current issue of Time (October 13, 2008):
“‘Thrift comes too late when you find it at the bottom of your purse.’”
~ from Nero’s adviser Seneca
英語看圖說故事比賽注意事項 –Words from Brandon Bryant after the speech contest
Monday, October 6th, 2008
This afternoon the school held the annual English contest, story-telling for the freshmen, picture-telling for the juniors, and composition for the seniors. I was a judge for the picture-telling contest. We had a guest judge from Studio Classroom, Mr. Brandon Bryant.
To Ben
Monday, October 6th, 2008In her response to my blog dated Oct. 2, “The Art of Leadership,” Ben, a former student, showed her interest in reading the whole article. Here is what she said: (more…)
Live on!
Sunday, October 5th, 2008
Today’s United Daily News runs a column “自殺防治 用閱讀找回感動,” intended to remind people of the meaning and value of life.