American Culture Class- Economy

    The economy in Taiwan is like M-form. It means that middle class is very few. Poor people become poorer while rich people become richer. The main products in Taiwan are electronics and most of products trade to foreign countries. I don’t think my country is doing well at managing the money of my country because nowadays, the average salary is the same as 10 years ago. The commodity price increases very quickly. It doesn’t equal the how much money we make. Comparing to the United States, American average salary is 2.5 times of ours. If I can change it, I hope the government can formulate a policy for increasing average salary for us. When citizen have more income, it can effect consumption. If people have purchasing ability, the economy will grow up well.

Culture class T-shirts and Tuxedo

     I believe that fashion is an aspect of culture as well as art because of expression, history and evolution. First, every country has their own fashion that expresses their culture. For example, wearing traditional clothes make special expression on people. They may be interested in your clothes and culture. Also, they may know where you are from. Second, in history, different time has appropriate fashion in the culture. It represents what happening at that time. Finally, fashion is like evolution. For instance, in World War II, Americans wanted to adapt to hot weather. American soldiers learned clothing lesson from the French. The T-shirts became part of the uniform for all solider. In conclusion, fashion has attracted expression on people, events in history and updating every period.

American Culture Class: Martin Luther King Jr.

    Today, we learned about Martin Luther King Jr. He talked about freedom. Equality is very important for every one. People are free in the United State means that there is no violence, segregation, and racism. They believe in peace. In my county, there was a great leader whose name is Sun Yat-Sen. He was like Martin Luther King Jr. He was against Emperors’. He thought that every one must be equal. Why just nobility can be leader and why just nobility can have happy life? He brought us towards civilization and peace. He stopped segregation and made every one equal. His soul was the same as Martin Luther King Jr. I really enjoyed today’s class and I was happy to learn Martin Luther King Jr.’s story. 

American Culture Final Thoughts

    In he American culture class, we discussed lots of different topics. First, I really admire American heroes. Those heroes who I have seen on the movies were fascinating. They encourage me a lot. Spiderman teaches me that the importance of listening to our conscience. Batman teaches me keep going even when the going is very tough. Second, I also like Billy Holiday and Norah Jones. When I drove the car, I have heard their songs on the radio but that time I even didn’t know who they were. Fortunately, I could read their life story and could listen to their music again. Third interesting topic for me is art. I really enjoyed Ansel Adams’ works. He is landscape photographer in twentieth century. He made up photography into a recognized shape of art. That was amazing. I really like learning those topics with my classmates. My classmates and I are from different countries. We have different point of view on those topics but we really enjoyed discussing them together. Additionally, we have a greatest teacher Louise.

   

    The American class has various aspects of American society. I learned many academic terms in different subjects such as art, music, business, etc. Those terms are helpful for academic reading. Most interesting topic for me is business while I really do not like politics. I also learned writing structure. I used the structure to write those subjects and posted them on the blog to share with my classmates. Honestly, I do not like the blog, but I learned numerous useful academic materials in this class.

American culture class

    Superheroes have inherently advantageous qualities and good accomplishments. Iron man is very self-confident. He teaches us that violent can not keep peace. Spider man is smart. He teaches us that the importance of listening to our conscience. Batman is tough. He teaches us keep going even when the going is very tough. Those heroes have same accomplishments. They save people when they are in danger. They also stop the crimes as well. Though we don’t have abilities and achievements, we learn lots of benefits form them.

American Culture Class: Superheroes

    In American culture class we discussed the American idea of superheroes. There are many famous super heroes in American such as, Batman, Spiderman, and Iron man. We read an excerpt form the book ‘superheroes and philosophy’ by Jeph Loeb and Tom Morris. Many people believe that stories of superheroes embody our deepest hopes and fears. People also feel that superheroes help us deal with our worst nightmares. Every superhero has superpower, such as the ability to fly, to leap over tall buildings or to develop human abilities to superhuman level. According to the Greek philosopher, Plato, he believed that good is inherently attractive and that is why superhero stories have been popular for so long. For instance, superheroes can remind us of the significance of self-discipline, self-sacrifice, and using our lives for something good and noble. Moreover, when we confront adversity in our lives, we are inclined to give up easily, but superheroes show us how to face the difficulty. For example, Batman teaches us keep going even when the going is very tough. I really like stories of superheroes that inspire me a lot.

American Musicians of The 20 century

    In our American culture class, we learned about two musicians of the 20 century, Billie Holiday and Norah Jones. Their lives were very different, but both became very successful. Holiday had a tough childhood. She had problems because of poverty. In contrast, Norah’s parents are a famous musician and dancer. She was able to get a good education. According to the their different lives, they also had different musical training. Billie Holiday learned music form musicians around her and created her own style of singing. Norah Jones did have piano lessons and learned jazz piano at University of North Texas. Finally, their musical style is different, but they are mainly jazz singers. They often sing quiet and emotional songs as well. However, Billie Holiday only sang jazz songs. Jones sings country, pop songs, and faster pop songs. I really admire both singers’ music. Although they have different lives, training and musical style, they both appeal to me a lot.