tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3733547565614327236.post578662010895822359..comments2023-10-16T06:40:43.382-07:00Comments on CHOP-TENSILS: Success!!!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3733547565614327236.post-60903179048743820722009-05-06T18:15:00.000-07:002009-05-06T18:15:00.000-07:00@Lxy - Good point. I was talking about spoken lan...@Lxy - Good point. I was talking about spoken language, but I should have mentioned the common written language (especially since that's a huge reason China was able to accomplish so much throughout its history). <br /><br />@uglyblackjohn - I'm trying to stick to my guns here. There won't be a complete bail-out, but I won't be teaching (in the States) next year (they're hiring for my vacated post as we speak). <br /><br />@Lisa J - I'm not the biggest fan of the "House Negro" or "Field Negro" terminology (I've never been a big believer in the concept of "reclaiming" language and terms), but I appreciate the sentiment behind it. I'm doing what I can (as frustrating as that can be).CVThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04097386572053924474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3733547565614327236.post-70875317656011509862009-05-05T11:03:00.000-07:002009-05-05T11:03:00.000-07:00That is wonderful! It sounds great and enriching....That is wonderful! It sounds great and enriching. Hats off to you. And, I'm not sure if you are familiar with the blog "Field Negro", but he regularly does a sort of cheers and jeers and those who deserve a jeer, are called house negros and they are those who progagate racism and foolishness and generally sucking up to the man, usually they are black but sometimes they are not and the cheers go to field negros, those who like the slaves from the field, do the heavy lifting, do stand up work-often for little or no reward- and they try to uplift the "race" or humanity in general with thoughtfulness and by doing good works(usually blacks on his site again but sometimes others), well even though you are not black, and I don't pretend to speak for brother Field, I would say your participation in and pulling off your young Asian American forum in Portland, is FIELD NEGRO behavior. With, in what my mind, are all of the positive connotations of that. You have touched the lives of those kids in a positive way. <br /><br />Good luck on your year in China, and I hope we continue to get blogs from you. This is a great site.Lisa Jnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3733547565614327236.post-24160788966381910552009-05-04T11:29:00.000-07:002009-05-04T11:29:00.000-07:00Congratulations! What a great thing to have done. ...Congratulations! What a great thing to have done. <br /><br />...I have to ask, was it Quest Crew that you brought in? I love them.stutefishhttp://www.nicebutnubbly.com/main.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3733547565614327236.post-35014299697124480422009-05-03T04:01:00.000-07:002009-05-03T04:01:00.000-07:00When they asked about my language skills, they ask...<I> When they asked about my language skills, they asked which dialect my mom spoke (knowing that there actually is no such language as just "Chinese").</I>That's not exactly true. There are different spoken dialects within Chinese, but there is a common written language.Lxyhttp://asianamericanmovement.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3733547565614327236.post-61270345758949502432009-05-02T21:50:00.000-07:002009-05-02T21:50:00.000-07:00You'll be back teaching next year.
You may not kno...You'll be back teaching next year.<br />You may not know it yet - but you will.<br />Sometimes you're already where you think you'd like to be.uglyblackjohnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14404995571276457138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3733547565614327236.post-37178655368033255202009-05-02T11:09:00.000-07:002009-05-02T11:09:00.000-07:00Wow. That sounds amazing. Congratulations.Wow. That sounds amazing. Congratulations.anselhttp://mediahacker.orgnoreply@blogger.com