Teen Diaries - A growth story

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2024: Dare to Hope

New Year Message to Readers

From theeditor-in-chiefJialiang Tang

As the ball drops onTimes Square in New York, fireworks light up the Champs-Élysées in Paris, andfake snow falls under the Twin Towers in Nanchang, 2024 has arrived with bangsand whistles. Standing at the prow, looking out at the rough seas ahead, we areboth hopeful and scared, determined and hesitant.

In 4 days, thisnewsletter will be three months old. As we grow out of infancy and into childhood,our readers and contributors are growing alongside us. For us all, then, 2024will be a year of growth.

Growing up is hard,we get it. Growth comes only after an elbow scrape, a sob, and a tear. Growthis a one-way street down a lonely alley, wandering through brambles and fernswith friends that must go away, a home that you must leave behind. Growth iswanting to see every ocean, every mountain, but still caring for every bird,every stretch of grass. Growth is waking up every morning and saying, "Iwon't give up!" Growth is dancing on a volcano while carrying a mountainon your back. Growth is a journey of no return, out of childhood andadolescence into the mysteries of adulthood.

Growth requires thatwe hope for the best but prepare for the worst, reach high but be ready to sinklow, look at the stars but keep your head in the gutter. Sometimes it seemslike growing up is the hardest thing in the world. When getting home past tenafter a 14-hour school day, longer than most working hours in the world, orlooking out the window on your way home from school on a Saturday afternoon atthe happy crowds thronging the city center, it really feels like ours is thehardest "job" in the world.

We hear you; ourhearts are with you. I'm not going to tell you that growing up is easy. Itisn't. Nor will I give you a magic time machine to skip it. Because howeverdifficult it is, no matter how treacherously the path winds, it is an awesomepart of the human way of life. Without it, without the sleepless nights, thebroken hearts, the tears of joy or sadness, you can't experience the full spectrumof emotions life has to offer. Finally, happy New Year and may 2024 treat youkindly!                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

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美国最高院2022-2023 Term 已经结束，今年出现了许多改变美国社会和法律现状的判决，今天给大家分析其中最重要的几个。1. STUDENTS FOR FAIR ADMISSIONS, INC., PETITIONER v. PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE 和 STUDENTS FOR FAIR ADMISSIONS, INC., PETITIONER v. UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA

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美国最高院2022-2023 Term 已经结束，今年出现了许多改变美国社会和法律现状的判决，今天给大家分析其中最重要的几个。1. STUDENTS FOR FAIR ADMISSIONS, INC., PETITIONER v. PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE 和 STUDENTS FOR FAIR ADMISSIONS, INC., PETITIONER v. UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA          

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On English Education in China

Ever since the introduction of English into theChinese curriculum, the question of how to learn, and how to teach English hasbeen hotly debated by officials & educators alike. Now, the time has comefor a revisiting of that decision and perhaps for an alteration of the currentmodel.

Let us firstconsider "history and tradition", or in other words the originalpurpose for Chinese students to learn English. As Chino came out of isolationinto the world with the implementation of the reform and opening up policy bythe top leadership, it became apparent that for Chinese students(and futureadult citizens) to fully integrate with the world, it was necessary to givethem a rudimentary English education That then led, over many years of trialand error, to the model adopted today with English taking up the same amount ofpoints as math and Chinese in the vital college Entrance Exam.

There is nothinginherently wrong with that model. It must be admitted that as the most widelyused language in the world, knowing some English certainly has its uses.However, does it necessitate English to be put on the same pedestal as Chineseand maths? Consider the example of an education system we once claimed toemulate, the United States. Huge gap in student-teacher ratios aside, even themost careful critic would have to admit that the emphasis put on developingcreativity rather than language learning (Spanish. French, and other languageclasses are regarded as electives) was a major contributor to the world acclaimin academia Us. students you might argue that since Americans' mother tongue isEnglish and any foreign language they learn is less consequential, the urgencyis much reduced. Even given that assumption, however, we have a few otherexamples to the effect of confirming that argument.