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Australia and its Education          The very first time that I’ve ever known about Australia is a news that was on my Chinese exam paper, it was about four Chinese senior women were playing Mahjong, a traditional Chinese board game, on the top floor of the building in Sydney. When I first read this piece of news I laughed a lot, and I even praise their thoughts of bringing traditional Chinese culture abroad. The background of this piece of news is the Sydney opera house, I was astonished by its unique shape and outlook. As a big fan of various architectures around the world, I searched the information about this architecture online, and I found that this opera house locates at one of the most developed countries in the south hemisphere, Australia.       Afterward, I found that the cute kangaroos and adorable koalas are the representative animals in Australia. Ever since I go to the local zoo of my home city, I will go v...

                                       The UK and the UK Education      The United Kingdom is the first foreign country that I’ve ever been, and I am really attracted by the cultures of UK. Personally, as a big fan of the British accent, I enjoyed listening to English speaking English, and I also tried my best to correct my weird sound British accent. When I was young, I was obsessed with beautiful architectures around the world, no matter the Eiffel Tower in Paris, the Leaning Tower of Pisa in Italy, or the Big Ben in London, they all get my attention and I really love them. Similar to the feelings that I have toward China, I love the UK’s old cultures, and also the “lonely feelings” of the street. I am a big fan of a fiction which named “Sherlock”, and it can also account for another reason I love the UK so much.      Well, for this segment...

                                China and its Education        As a native Chinese individual and who receives the traditional Chinese education, I am so proud of my country and also everything in my country. In other words, I am an absolute patriot. It's universally acknowledged that China has the longest history around the world, which is approximately five-thousand-year history. I have a deep affection for the ancient history of my country, and in those eras, thousands of elites were living in those times and help to support the respective emperors to build a great empire. Although in the late eighteenth century, and the beginning of the nineteenth century China was insulted and bullied by the foreign countries, China was not defeated and became even stronger after those wars. And that’s all because of the supreme elites, leaders, and also the joint efforts by people. ...

                                    South Africa and its Education South Africa as one of the most famous and impactive countries in the continent of Africa has also brought great attentions to the world. I can still remember in 2010, the 19 th world cup held by the Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) was taken place in South Africa, and that the first time I’ve ever known about South Africa. Enthusiastic, passionate, and also hospital is the first image that South Africa brought to me though World Cup. I am an outgoing person, and all the enthusiastic things attract me a lot. So, since the 19 th world cup, I have a deep affection for that beautiful land in the continent of Africa which named South Africa.  South Africa is a multi-ethnic society encompassing a wide variety of cultures, languages, and religions. On the other hand, the beautiful natural scene...

                                 Costa Rica and its Education Costa Rica is one of my favorite countries in the America continent, there are tons of appealing and new things attract me, not just the beautiful scenes of Costa Rica, but also the special cultures. Through this blog post, I will introduce the background of Costa Rica, and more importantly, I will engage my own major, education, to this blog post, and to find out the educational system or higher education in Costa Rica. Costa Rica is a country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west, and the Caribbean Sea to the east. It has a population of around 4.5 million, of who nearly a quarter live in the metropolitan area of the capital and largest city, San Jose. Costa Rica was sparsely inhabited by indigenous people before coming under Sp...

Chinese Legendary Female        —— The Story of Dowager Ci Xi Dowager Ci Xi, empress of emperor Xian Feng, mother of emperor Tong Zhi, was the most important female in control of real power in the late Qing Dynasty. She was the very few who had a willful mind for revolution, fighting for Qing’s maintenance of power.       Ci Xi was elected to the palace at age seventeen, served as emperor Xian Feng’s concubine. Xian Feng loved her so much. In only five years, Ci Xi ranked the highest imperial concubines. The ailing Xian Feng appreciated Ci Xi’s calligraphy, and he granted her the right to write down his feedbacks to the memorials and his thoughts on political decisions. In the year of 1860, the Anglo-French Allied Forces invaded Peking (currently Beijing), and Xian Feng retreated to Re He as a temporary shelter. But Ci Xi persuaded him many times not to leave the capital. Instead, he should stay in the capital and defend. B...

                       Chinese Legendary Female                                --- The story of Feng Weiyang        After introduced so many awesome Chinese legendary females in ancient China, I concluded that almost all of them have good qualities like independent, kind, and determinant. So from those cases and histories, I could learn to improve myself and make me become a better individual.        Another legend that I want to talk about is Feng Weiyang, before 220BCE, China was a split country. At that time, each city can be seen as a country. Feng was born in a country named Yan, and she was an aristocrat in Yan, but when she was only 10, her home country was defeated by Wei, so she was forced to go to th...

         Chinese Legendary Female —— The Story of Tan Yunxian Tan Yunxian, born in a medical family in Ming Dynasty, was one of the four famous female doctors in ancient Chinese history. Although she had strong interest in medical treatment, she struggled herself with her will and her father’s will.        Deeply influenced by her grandfather, Tan was longed for curing disease and saving people. She believed that as long as she studies hard, one day she would realize her dream to become a doctor, just like her grandfather did. However, her father did not allow her to read any medical books or got in touch with anything about treatment or medical stuff. One of the most primary reasons was that a few years ago, her grandfather, Tan Fu who was a royal doctor in the court, was framed by courtier. And all evidence just proved that Tan Fu was the one who gave the poisonous medicine to one of the most important officials. So the e...

             Chinese Legendary Female                                   --- The story of Wei Zifu       Wei was born in an extremely poor family, and she had one older brother, two older sisters, and three young brothers. These three young brothers and Wei were given births by one person, so Wei as the sister of these three, she had to support her family. Fortunately, Wei was hired by one of the princesses of palace in Han dynasty as a singing girl, and the Princess who named Pingyang really like her not only because her good-looking, but also her excellence and warm-hearted. So, the life Wei spent in Pingyang’s mansion house went pretty well.      On the other hand, Pingyang was the emperor, Liu Che’s older sister, and she ...

     Chinese Legendary Female                             --- The story of Wu Zetian It is well known that the ancient China is the autocratic monarchy system, and due to Chinese traditional culture that men are stronger than women, in every aspect, so there is no female emperor before she ascended to the throne. She is a legendary figure in Chinese history and the first woman who stood out and proved that females can be preeminent in the political arena as men do. Wu was born in an ordinary family, and her father was an official in a small district. She was selected as a concubine of the emperor of that era in Tang dynasty, Li Shimin, when she was only 14, but she didn't get as much love as other concubines when she first got into the palace, a place where emperors and some important officials lived. Wu was a brave and courageous woman, Li has a wild and intractable horse that no one can tame, b...

                                           The neighbor of flint hall                                                        --- First official “meeting” with Day Hall      After talked about the four seasons of Flint hall, I am now going to talk about things happened in Day hall. As a person who really does not like to go out, especially to an unfamiliar place, I have never visited Day hall even though it just less than 500 meters away from my dorm. But, the outside looking and the surrounding forests and plants are familiar to me because the view outside my window is Day hall and those “decorations”. As usual, I took out my phone and gave quick shots of Day hall and the forests. I rarely took pictures of Day hall...

                         Flint in winter                                  --- Cherishing the last semester of living here Because of the big snowfall of Syracuse, Chinese people gave a very beautiful name to Syracuse, the snowy city. I can still remember the first snow of 2016 is on the second day of thanksgiving break. The red walls of flint hall become brighter as the sun reflect the white snow to the walls. Then it’s our winter break and two or three days before the winter break, there were full of noises and garbage filled the corridors, and I know everyone was so excited to go back home.  Right after the winter break, I came back to flint. Flint is my home in America and it welcomes me to be back. When I cam...

                                                        Flint in fall                                     --- Increasing familiarity between me and flint      After two months of the summer season, I finally experienced an invigorating autumn climate.  The climate became wet and cold with the sharp drop in temperature, and leafs began to fall which covered the pavements. With the temperature dropped, I came to Syracuse for two months, and everything around me began to be familiar to me and trees that planted in front of my dorm witnessed all changes. No matter the changes to me, the weather, or any other things. To study abroad alone is not eas...