https://padlet.com/sometime5858/wbdlgdbm69ck Made with whimsy en-us 2016-10-17 11:29:24 UTC 2026-02-12 06:54:28 UTC hello@padlet.com sometime5858 https://padlet.com/sometime5858/wbdlgdbm69ck/wish/131091413 The beauty of Chinese comes in all the ways imaginable. From the structure of the square-shaped characters to the complex yet simple syntax and semantics. Every single character has a story that can be traced back by thousands of years into the history. The idioms, in particular. are deep rooted into the rich soil of Chinese traditions and cultures and they all come from a place of wisdom obtained through historical, and sometimes prehistorical, times recorded and philosophised by our predecessors. ]]> 2016-10-17 11:49:05 UTC https://padlet.com/sometime5858/wbdlgdbm69ck/wish/131091413 sometime5858 https://padlet.com/sometime5858/wbdlgdbm69ck/wish/131092416 Chinese culture is enriched by its long history accompanied by many of the philosophers and their schools of teaching, a great range of traditions and social events/practices, a good preservation of a variety of languages and dialects, and the ever ongoing development and changes of  cultural dynamics and interactions between sub-cultural groups and communities. Aesthetics may have changed over the years and new ideas may have come to be, but the appreciation for a better interpersonal understanding and respect, a value for collaboration and equity have always been at the core of Chinese people and their culture. ]]> 2016-10-17 11:54:24 UTC https://padlet.com/sometime5858/wbdlgdbm69ck/wish/131092416 sometime5858 https://padlet.com/sometime5858/wbdlgdbm69ck/wish/131093929 2016-10-17 12:02:50 UTC https://padlet.com/sometime5858/wbdlgdbm69ck/wish/131093929 sometime5858 https://padlet.com/sometime5858/wbdlgdbm69ck/wish/131094067 2016-10-17 12:03:28 UTC https://padlet.com/sometime5858/wbdlgdbm69ck/wish/131094067 sometime5858 https://padlet.com/sometime5858/wbdlgdbm69ck/wish/131094226 2016-10-17 12:04:09 UTC https://padlet.com/sometime5858/wbdlgdbm69ck/wish/131094226 sometime5858 https://padlet.com/sometime5858/wbdlgdbm69ck/wish/131094793 Ideologies and philosophies are all integrated into the education received through Chinese. The learning of Confucianism and Daoism, as well as the the rich endowment of the ability to embrace differences and respect others, comes so naturally with studying literature and languages of Chinese, through which values are well preserved and inherited. Because of the uniqueness of Chinese languages, values and perspectives of Chinese people are also unique and complex to be understood by people who don't know either the culture or the language well. ]]> 2016-10-17 12:06:28 UTC https://padlet.com/sometime5858/wbdlgdbm69ck/wish/131094793 sometime5858 https://padlet.com/sometime5858/wbdlgdbm69ck/wish/131096016 - Treat others like you would want to be treated. (己所不欲，勿施于人)
- Learning without thinking leads to confusion. Thinking without learning brings about danger. (学而不思则罔，思而不学则殆)]]> 2016-10-17 12:11:27 UTC https://padlet.com/sometime5858/wbdlgdbm69ck/wish/131096016 sometime5858 https://padlet.com/sometime5858/wbdlgdbm69ck/wish/131097145 Quite, collectivist, conservative, studious & hardworking, serious, mysterious, smart, competitive, warm & friendly, Buddhist, wanting to control the world. 
Rule breaker, loud, antisocial, stealthy, treacherous, weird, strong & strange accent, Kongfu masters, good with business, little imagination or creativity, communist, irritable, bad driver, high academic performance, scientific, tiger parents, 'old Chinese lady', frugal, no good English.]]> 2016-10-17 12:15:34 UTC https://padlet.com/sometime5858/wbdlgdbm69ck/wish/131097145 sometime5858 https://padlet.com/sometime5858/wbdlgdbm69ck/wish/131097534 2016-10-17 12:17:01 UTC https://padlet.com/sometime5858/wbdlgdbm69ck/wish/131097534 sometime5858 https://padlet.com/sometime5858/wbdlgdbm69ck/wish/131100343 2016-10-17 12:25:40 UTC https://padlet.com/sometime5858/wbdlgdbm69ck/wish/131100343 sometime5858 https://padlet.com/sometime5858/wbdlgdbm69ck/wish/131100638 Learning Chinese with culture and traditional practices integrated to deepen student learning and strengthen class engagement can be very effective. Even as a native speaker, there is so much to learn about my own culture and with every single new idea come across, I find myself more interested, as well as proud, of the wealthy background that I have inherited with my Chinese identity and ability in its languages.]]> 2016-10-17 12:26:24 UTC https://padlet.com/sometime5858/wbdlgdbm69ck/wish/131100638