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Forums > Living in Kunming > The GK meet up

laotou of course i can see that peace is not the answer otherwise we wouldn't have been spending millenniums keep doing the same thing called war (actually enlightened guys such as locke for example stated that people are entitled to do revolutions with army if they are under oppression).
but the recipe for a society are often not the same as the recipe for individuals,so my question is:
if your country/ethnic group/community would ask you to kill your wife/sons/parents/girlfriend for them (like the bible story of isaac and abraham for example) instead of just kill a so called "enemy" would you do it?
how far can your sense of belonging to a group or your obedience go?
please don't use realpolitik to answer but just what YOU really think...

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Forums > Living in Kunming > The GK meet up

hfcampo I understand what you mean but you know i don't use this account very often and to login to the correspondent google one i'm required to verify, re-input my mobile phone, receive a code etc i personally don't agree to this policy that is more and more common to email, social network and so on, i think it's time consuming and goes exactly in the opposite direction of preventing spam..but i respect your point, guys hope to meet you somewhere in town, it seems we could have an interesting conversation, sorry not tonight cos I got different plans..

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Forums > Living in Kunming > The GK meet up

to be honest i don't think so because it's a delicate question that may cause tension among people who meet for the first time...a forum seems more appropriate and free

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Forums > Living in Kunming > The GK meet up

I don't wanna be disrespectful but...
u guys are ex-military men? do u believe in using force to solve international conflicts?

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Forums > Living in Kunming > How are Black-Aqmericans treated?

As always people tends to go off topic on these forum, maybe they are just bored or angry for something...
So mightymouse i can tell you in km i've seen many black guys/girls teaching english, native and non, actually talking about primary school being black might be even an advantage because kunmingers basically think multicolor is multicultural...so u plan to stay 6 months 1 year in china, if you want a part time job just search private primary schools, everywhere there are ad included on gokm, the real problem you might encounter is the low salary and lack of management/ incompetence (this one is really a km peculiarity) that often brings your class to be canceled...good luck!

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people predicting the fast bankrupt of these companies are probably underestimating the power of advertising..plenty of phone numbers and weixin account collected,ready to forward to the best buyer, isn't that similar to how Facebook makes money finally?

@fixit we are getting far from the point, I'm not saying that a teacher should only spend time with good students, I'm saying that the teacher should use his experience to advice all students according to their ability..if somebody is struggling with business but it's better in art why wasting time teaching him business? failing him has not to be intended as a shame but more as a service, closing some doors to be able to open others. teacher s ability shouldnt be measured by the amount of people he passes/fails but more about how good he is in showing a future successful path for his students.

@fixit now i understand why we have different views. in my opinion excellence is everything, one beethoven can inspire millions of musicians that will probably never reach his level but will surely get better because of him. the same for Newton in science, van gogh in art, the french enlightenment in literature and so on. they are genius, they are examples and can inspire for generations,that's why we study them at school. but they would have been nothing without an example to get knowledge and inspiration from. recognizing a potential genius and not spend enough time on him it's a negligence that would affect not only him but the entire society and its progress.

@fixit now I'm getting confused about your point..you are saying it is easy to teach every kid what they need to learn. i agree on this, we often realize that many kids don't need to learn English,piano or other specific subjects like business etc, so teachers job can be well done advising them to spend time in something they are good at, and possibly helping in finding a specific teacher for that. tiger was also telling you the same, why wasting time in class on people who are not good at studying when that time can be used to people who are good? i met amazing people who had a very low education but they were smart to dedicate time in what they liked and became an excellence in that (helping their personal growth aswell). then i met tons of graduated people who are still confused about what to do with their life because they weren't lucky enough to get proper advices.

@fixit i don't wanna turn this topic into a football conversation but i just don't agreewith you.,if you move ronaldo bale and benzema behind, then shift pepe marcelo and ramos ahead you won't get the same result,we don't need to be professional coaches to understand this. put the right people at the right place is the foundation of every successful team in every kind of project. you said you adviced a student to try to become an artist and he succeeded, great! thanks to your experience you understood what was his best quality and you adviced him well. That was the best thing you could do as a teacher,instead of wasting your and his time keeping him in class studying something he was no good at. showing directions is not giving up,discouraging or leaving people behind, it's just doing well the teaching job, helping students in finding their way and becoming adults.

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