[Alejandra Jimenez]

Asian discrimmination was happening long ago when the cast system was practice and continue to be practice in some of the providences within the nation. I agree with Carlos point of view of when somebody changes their stance about discrimmination being a "flip flopper" sometimes for political reasons. Many people across societies may have the perceptions that discrimminator is being exaggerated or over exposed with media coverage, but I believe that living in the 21st century, why are we still dealing dealing with this issue in any culture. The way cartoonist caricariture political leaders or major current events such as minority groups, little tolerance to be able to learn from other cultures rather than focusing on the differences. This brings me to the point on how I use comic strips in the classroom to discuss current events in the classroom. My students are in fourth grade, but I notice the artistic depections about an event or person being discusses by he use of colors and exagerrated body features students depict when expressing themselves about a topic.

Maybe one day like carlos stated, "we will evolve," through exposing and education I think is the solution to discrimmination and racism we face and hear on an everyday basis.

[Alejandra Jimenez]

Well I really never undestood the ideology of having an oversized picture of political learders in your own homes. The article Mao Zedong (1893-1976) cleared most of my questions about this Chinese political figure. During the late 1020s most provinces troughtout Chana held peasant gatherings to discuss the peasant movement. There were ranks to peasants according to their experience and knowledge. Most Chinese seemed to have the freedom to join th peasant movement such as stated in tthe text, "In a very short time, in Central China, southern and northern provinces, several million peasants will rise like a mighty storm, like a hurricane, a froce so swift and violent that no power, however great, will be able to hold it back. They will smash all the tremmel's that bind them and rush foward along the road of liberation. They will sweep all the imperialists, warloards, corrupt officials, local tyrants and evil gentry into their graves"... according to the Chinese they had three choices during this revolutionary time, "There are three alternatives. To march at their head and lead them? to tail behind them, gesticulation and critizing? Or to stand in their way and oppose them? Every Chinese is free to choose, but events will force you to make a quick choice quickly." Many Chinese yet again were force into political submission and family registration process to be placed to authorities.

Even nowadays people continue to idealize political figures across the world which I believe could be dangerous to support politicians and provide them with civil access to change laws according to their personal believes as oppose to the well being of the citizens.

[Alejandra Jimenez]

It's amazing how many cultures have practice the cast systems in their societies to let the privilaged have economic and political sucess based on arranged marriages in order to mantain the social status in order to keep a life style. I think the Western ideas appeal so much to Asian culture because we practice that we can achieve anything we want if we only work hard and keep on trying in order to sucess. The word sucess in Amarica and other Western countiries is an equal opportunity to access economic, social, and political sucess regardless to a person's background. I think that is important to encourage all students to continue exploring the idea of having free choices about what sucess based on strenghts that are academicbased onvarious learning modalities.

I think is important to compare and contrast the idea of a cast system in order for students to understand the historical back ground to build strong relationships between families based of economic and political backgrowd and creating strong community based on social classes.

[Alejandra Jimenez]

The Sung Dynasty was known as the Golden Age in China as it is stated, "With a prosperous economy and radiant culture, this period was considered as another period of 'golden age' after the glorious Tang Dynasty (618 - 907)." Due to the Song's Dynasty push for technology, science, military advances in ship building with iron made China a comperator with the Westerners that lead more advanced due to the gun powder production. During this time in history most of China's, Japan, and Korean enemies are at peace trying to advance and improve their military advances and compete with England and United States on international economy based on military building. According to most sources reference to the Sung Dynasty as prosperours as stated to the reading, "Song Dynasty was prosperous in many respects of the society. In agriculture, the productive technology was improved which promoted the output of food; in handicraft industry, the division of labor became more detailed which made the  handicrafts technology reach an advanced level; additionally, the development of the commodity economy exceeded the previous level. Particularly, the earliest paper currency appeared at that period."

[Alejandra Jimenez]

Thank You to everyone who put together and participated in the seminar. My take away from the seminar is that Asian history is extremely complex and many of its political leaders have been influenced by Westerner ideas in order. The seminar was very fast paced, I think that one of the most valuable characteristic I would pass on to my students is the Percerverance that most Asian cultures share in order to achive sucess, even though they may fail, but they continue to push themselves to be worthy family members, friends, students. I have started talking about the communities around our school neighborhood, and most students have responded the korean signs, shops, restaurants, along with Bangladesh, Salvadorian, Mexican, and Guatemalan businesses. We have started to compare and contrast. Most of my students already like some of the treats the Korean culture has to offer which is video games, music, and BoBa. Thank you again to broaden my views about East Asia.

[Alejandra Jimenez]

I do agree with Chris and Professor Jung-Kim, we need to be informed and cautious about both North and South Korea because both nations do share family ties beween the two nations. The situation with North Korea and the shortage on food reminds me about the dark ages in China and Japan during food shortages that in the end private citizens are the most affected by political ambitions/agenda. Koreas history is just a paradox between nations that in the past unfortunaley prior military and political disagreements has lead to such attricity with two sister nations as North and South Korea. I believe that we do need to stay inform and as teachers teach based on what we know about North Korea with caution. I do have some first generation Korean students that are very fearful whenever we discuss current events that are based on politics. I believe that we do need to acknoledge that yes there are two Koreas that were joined at one pint in history, but for now they are separated.

[Alejandra Jimenez]

I totally agree with Jazmin, I have found several time channel surfing and I find myself watching a Korean TV show, soap opera, game show. I love that they have English subtitles, but they hardly ever have an English Title. I work in Korea Town, so this means the I have to stop at the tea houses on Vermont, pasties, everytime I walk around a shopping center I see new massage mats for your neck, lower back, cosmetics. I do find myself always shoping for Korean facial masks. The quote from professor Jung-Kim is one hendred percent right "Koreans are the most technologically linked people in the world" all my Korean students have already a smart phone along with either computer device or table. Thses kids are only in fourth grade and they already way advanced on the technology access. We have a computer coding class and most of the Asian students including Koreans are for the most part my most advanced in trying to create code.

[Alejandra Jimenez]

I completely agree with you, Evelyn, it is happening in our own backyard with online shopping, apps, TV shows, I believe that studying other cultures as Chinese consumerism is a window to gobal consumerism since it is our number one imported products from China. Since Chinese are the ones producing most of our products, I think it is genious to study their culture due to their sucess in mass production for consumers around the world. I really believe that China is the one doing the spying on American consumers to check what is new, what is the new hot ticket item in order to build or make off the market products. As we know there is no limits from toys, cosmetics, name-brand products, food, and technology.

[Alejandra Jimenez]

I love the use of cartoons people seem to pay more attention when cartoonist exaggerate on politician physical characteristics. During election time, it is one of the most fun part about politics in America. After seeing Japanese cartoons about Westeners, Japanese depicted the Americans a bit scary with the long noses, bags of money, and having an assembly like work community. When I saw Roosevelt's cartoon it reminded me of the most popular idiom, "time is money", being productive, keep on moving. I think that Westeners at this time in history where American were misundestood about our culture.

[Alejandra Jimenez]

Pekin a city of diplomacy.

In early China's history Peking was an imporatant city where Prince Kung and other high Chinese officials dealt with political meetings. According to the article China-Concersations with Prince Kung was written in a narrative way that I think I would read passages to my students when discussing relationships between China and America. I believe that it is important to inform students about the long history beween the two nations have had for many years. Another way to introcude students to the relationship between these two counties is to compare and contrast as the author has written this particular text in a narrative form.

I really enjoyed reading the text because the journey to Peking is described to an extent that I personally believe that I would like to travel to Peking during that time in history.

The meeting was between the Prince, General Grant as he recountes, "The General replied that he had reveived nothing but honor and courtesy from China." During this time the Emperor was a child of seven years old under the care of thwo empresses. I found very interesting a part where the prince comments about having female daughters not being part of a happy family as it states in the text, "..heased whether the Colonelwas married and had children. When told that the Colonel had one chld, a gaughter, the Prince condoled with him, saying, "what a pitty" In China you must remember that a female children do not countin the sumof human happiness, and when the prince expressed his regret at the existance of the General's granddaughter, he was saying the most polite thing he knew." I found shocking the Prince statement to one of his Colonel, but he said the opposite to Genaral Grant.

The negative stigma about females has been a long history with China.

[Alejandra Jimenez]

I find disturbing this particular practice because you are changing human anatomy at a very early age. As a woman if I waer slightly tight shoes my feet will swell and I either will not be able to take them off or I will get them off immediately if I feel any discomfort. I knoe that feet binding was cultura. I hope that we have learned that a few things in our cultures just do not need to be practice if it causes physical harm to any individual. I think nowadyas that will be considered child abuse due to the age foot binding was practice on very young girls. I agree with Christine this practice was way off. I am sure when these girls that were chosen to go though the process of foot binding, they were in alot of pain, I wonder how did they cope of the pain and physical deformity as adults. Did they get someone to walk them around town.

After learning about this practice, this topic has left me with more question than aswers. The only other practice in America to foot binding is ballarinas baing able to balance themselves on their sleepers, but most of them they choose the career as oppose to baing chosen by somebody else.

[Alejandra Jimenez]

When I first signed up for this particular PD, I thought, this class will be helpful for my up coming trip to China. Little did I know I receiev more than what I had signed up for. I learned about the actual history about different countries like Japan, Korea, and China. Some of the information was a little overwhelming due to the complexity of the long history.

On the professional level I has broaden my perspective and undeerstand more about Asian culture, music, politics, geography. We needed to come to class with an open mind and try to understand the perspective from other's point of view based on the assigned reading such as silent voices, talk and become informed about topics in history that people are still uncomtable to talk about in the open such as "Women of Comfort", we got to hear from a Korean perspective and Japanese perspectives. I felt that in between these two cultures there is still a lot of resentment about such astrocities, but the dialogue between historians is open and people like me get to learn about.

I found that the process of new ideas, new people, and new data is extremely for historians and future historians due to the continuous research, data, and sources is still re-writting history, this idea I would defenately share with my students because history should be revised from multiple perspectives due to its complexity and be objective based on data found. I thought that our speakers are extremely knowledgable about the presented topics. The filmed that we got to watch based on working conditions had a profound impact due to the working conditions in such an important country that most of us take for granted our daily products that are produced in China. It is important for American consuers to be informed about such working practices during the manufacturing process of our products.

[Alejandra Jimenez]

Korean Cultural Center

 

I visited the Korean Cultural Center mainly to find out about the activities offer to students’ field trips. The KCC offers monthly activities on performing arts. I took the opportunity to attend the Taekwondo/Rhythm Program in LAUSD. The presentation was composed of students in 1st grade to 6^th grade. Students had a choreographed routine about their Taekwondo Skills, these students are from various schools throughout the area and are pat of the LAUSD students. Other important performing art component of KCC is the Ari Project Open Madang, where visitors can enjoy more traditional drum performers that is full of energy, if you go on a field trip students will have an opportunity to practice with the center’s drums. Other performing arts projects in the KCC are the Ari Project and the poet for theater and poetry.

The Korean Cultural Center has monthly activities that will repeat at least once a month, if you are interest it in viewing a particular activity in their performing art, check their website for monthly schedule.

One important and surprising offer to the public is Korean language classes the start from beginning to advanced for $80 per semester. The classes do not include textbooks. I think this is a great deal if you are interested in learning a new language. The center also has “Movie Nights,” from Korean directors.

 

I enjoyed my visit at the Korean Center because is in down town L.A and if you are adventurous, you may continue your Korean experience outside the KCC and venture into Korean cafes, restaurants, and other local shops.

[Alejandra Jimenez]

Communist Party as Lennist organization

1.     general secretary (high rank communist leaders)

2.     standing committee

3.     polit uro

4.     central committee

5.     national party congress

6.     provincial party committee

7.     district organization

8.     party sections in work places

9.     party members

10. structure of the chinese communist party (lower rank communists leaders follows higher orders)

**violating party rules will require party discipline

 

People should not mobilize and act against the party, not permitted by communist party.

[Alejandra Jimenez]

Thank you Professor Dube and Ms. Gao.

You do an amazing job on continuing to educate teachers that as you already know we are life long learners that we try to continue to educate to be better prepare ourselves for our students. Thank you for your hard work on putting together this amazing seminar. Without this type of seminars I don't think that I would have been able to learn this much information about a fraction of Asia history.

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