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Elena
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I have learned Chinese for several years. I changed more than 3 teachers. I need a systemic and efficient studying. And I want to know more about china , Chinese and Chinese culture. Then my friend introduced me Mandarin Garden. What the teacher there gav
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Through the Chinese culture activities, I make many friends from all over the world. I learnt how to make dumplings, rice dumplings and flower arrangement. I like the activities of Mandarin Garden. They enriched my life in Shanghai.
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I don’t like studying in a boring class. i wish my teacher can always be passionate and push me to study further. In Mandarin Garden, I found the right teacher for me and now I enjoy my class very much. Thanks a lot.
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I have compared several schools before my decision. I want to learn Chinese well and I also like to know Chinese culture. And I think the attitude of the teacher, the consultant here are all very positive. I like to stay with them and get the care from th
Reading the paper recently the word Oligarchy has come up. Not knowing what that means I looked it up on the internet. It basically means that it is a government ruled by the elite or rich and powerful. I don’t really know if our government has changed that much but people are saying that the USA is no longer a democracy but an oligarchy. As I didn’t understand the meaning I read some more articles. Here is an excerpt from a study done by Princeton and Northwestern University printed in the Telegraph.
“Researchers concluded that US government policies rarely align with the preferences of the majority of Americans, but do favor special interests and lobbying organizations: "When a majority of citizens disagrees with economic elites and/or with organized interests, they generally lose. Moreover, because of the strong status quo bias built into the US political system, even when fairly large majorities of Americans favor policy change, they generally do not get it."
When studying civics in high school, we were taught that the US government is extremely cumbersome to get anything done. It was purposely structured that way so we couldn’t change anything. After traveling around world managing an orchestra without a conductor it made me think twice about having a democratic process. Rehearsals took twice as long and often fights would break out as we didn’t have a leader. If we had had a conductor there would be no discussion and all of us could have gone home a lot earlier. It would have meant the rank and file wouldn’t argue among themselves but would just be angry at the conductor which would have made for a healthy tour. It is just food for thought.
