Thoughts on international development and politics, education, and all things in between.
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
Great SFER conference call tonight. Excited (and hopeful) for the year to come!
BEIJING, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) — An official document released on Monday pledged that the government will endeavor to provide compulsory education to 95 percent of Chinese girls over the next ten years.
The Outline for the Development of Chinese Women (2011-2020) issued by the State Council, or China’s cabinet, said that the government will continue to promote equal opportunity for nine years of free schooling for all children, but especially for girls, who are more likely to drop out.
And I might add that the fact that I said “no doubt” is quite sad. I have “no doubt” been paying great attention to my degree requirements at OSU. Double ugh.
I think the Associated Colleges in China program might be the perfect program for me. I can get a year’s worth or so (at least) of Chinese in by doing the summer and fall sessions, and go back to campus in the Spring. Where I will have, no doubt, a ton of GEC classes waiting to be taken. Ugh.
@David: Thanks for your suggestion ;) I think I will most likely be applying for the CLS for summer. And the Boren for my junior year study abroad since CLS won’t cover that.
A Belated Update
So this blog has been pretty quite lately - and for good reason (I think so, at least). My internship at the Rural Education Action Project (REAP), while a valuable experience, was less rewarding than I had expected. To be fair, I came in having no idea what I would possibly be doing. But after spending more than a month “cleaning” data from one of the REAP projects in Gansu Province, I can honestly say that I’m glad to be done.
There were some positives, though. The people that I worked with at REAP and the Chinese Center for Agricultural Policy (CCAP) were all incredibly nice and made my stay in Beijing probably more comfortable than it would have been had I done this totally independently. Also, the deputy director of REAP has asked me if I would like to help them with the analysis/writing phase of the project. I think this means I’ll be contributing to one of the briefs they will be sending to the State Council - pretty exciting stuff!
Anyway, as I currently sit in my room at my grandparents’ apartment, I have set myself the following goal tonight: research study abroad options for junior year. I really want to study abroad in China for at least a semester (and I’m strongly considering doing a year) and I have several options available to me, among which include the Associated Colleges in China (run by Hamilton College) and the C.V. Starr-Middlebury School in China. Let the research begin!
(Source: thingsinbetween)
Daily chart: the world’s biggest armed forces. In absolute numbers, America, China and India keep the biggest militaries. But the most heavily militarised country of all is North Korea, where there are 49 military personnel for every 1,000 people.
http://venividi.ru/node/7759 - DPRK mass games
