[Salbador Gonzalez]

• Your father broke a law, broke a law that he knew it existed, and its an important rule. You know he broke it, you were a witness, what should you now do?
• As a legalist that I am, I would definitely turn him in to pay for his mistake. Nobody should break a law regardless of whether they knew about it or not. One should always know the rules and pay if at any time we break one. 
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[Salbador Gonzalez]

During this session, it was interesting to learn about the many chinese philosophies that have affected and helped the world today. Lots of Confucian quotes are always used to keep the peace in human beings nowadays as well as show wisdom. I feel as I have practiced lots of the Confucian philosophy as many people have in regards to respecting everybody, especially your elders, and having the "ideal family" in mind at all times. 

When learning about the Mohists, I could compare them to being like the US government as we are also into being specialists in military defense, even though Mohists weren't in favor of war like the US government shows to be. Mohists were similar to Confucians in respecting their elders, but Mohists wanted sons and daughters to respect their elders as they would their own fathers and mothers. 

What I learned about the Daoists, is that they didn't favored progress. They wanted people to be happy with what they had. We all should be, but it seemed as if they didn't want people to have dreams to do more with what they had. "Find content with what you are and what you have." We all should have some Daoists in us as we sometimes forget how priviledged we are in the US compared to the rest of the world in regards to resources. As Dao de Jing stressed, "ambition and greed are the sources of human grief."

Nowadays, I see legalists as the police force ensuring order in the US. Although there probably aren't as harsh punishments/ consequences as back when the legalists began, I see the police for as the legalists of the present era. 

 

I see that nowadays society has a lot of these chinese philosophies intertwined and evolving as we speak. I wonder how much of these philosophies we use without knowing so. These philosophies have been around longer than many countries and wouldn't be surprised to find out in the future the connection between the present governments and cultures using part of each of these chinese philosophies. 

[Salbador Gonzalez]

After reading all the articles, session notes and classmate posts, it is surprising to find out about the decline of the japanese rice consumption, chinese and south korean population decline. I had heard about china's pollution during the time the beijing olympics were taking place and am glad to hear some changes are happening as it not only affect China but the world. During class, it was interesting to learn about the ginseng production in the US as I would have never thought the US growing any such production. 

When reading the imported brides article, it reminded me about the arranged marriages that would occur many decades ago in Mexico as the parents would decide who their daughters would be married to based on family interests. The more I learn about the world and its history, the more I see that there are lots of similarities in cultures but each in their own specific way. 

During class, it was interesting to see the satellite view of North Korea compared to the rest of the asian countries as I did not know North Korea would be completely in the dark during the night. That simple picture made me remember about the North Korea survivors that have had similar lifestyles compared to those of Cubans. 

In regards to the naming of the sea between Korea and Japan, never had I heard a situation in which two countries wouldn't agree on a common name. 

[Salbador Gonzalez]

Hello everybody, 

It was nice to see and meet you all this past Saturday. I'm currently an Adapted Physical Education teacher teaching Specially Designed Physical Education to students with disabilities at Widney Community Preparatory Transition Center. It is my first full time teaching job at LAUSD but have taught K-12+ throughout the past 8 years at charter schools, non-public schools, and public schools. I've worked as a teacher assistant, bus aide, classroom aide, instructional aide, associate teacher and substitute teacher. My current specialization is in Special Education as I have worked as a behavior therapist, community intergration tutor, and caregiver for students with disabilities. 

Ready to meet, learn and talk to you all throughout this course. 

Best of luck, 

 

Sal

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