Would we have a better life without social media ? QQ and Wechat have been part of our daily life. We are always under the exposure of other people’s seemingly colorful and awesome lives. They have good relationships, they are doing well on study and their careers are promising, all of these cause an anxious feeling in us that why my life is so dull and plain, why my looking is so ordinary, why everybody is working hard and achieving great result, why I’m too lazy to work and study harder? All these questions will push us to worry even more or force us to study or worker hard so we can find come relief from being engaging in some seemingly meaningful and productive studies. There is a saying: hope your life is as awesome as it is on your Facebook. I think it’s not just a joke, and in a sense it’s telling a truth that many people often neglect, because social media can be addictive, just like drugs you will experience a period of anxiety which is very uncomfortable. Most of time, we would give up to it and install Wechat or QQ that you deleted just an hour ago. It’s addictive because when you stop using it you feel you are disconnected from the outside. And then you start to worry that you’re going to lose your friends because you are not engaging in the interaction on social media and at the same time you don’t feeling like to call them or meet them in real life. But the fact is that keeping using it won’t make you feel any easier. Although people’s lives shared on social people are enviable they are not real, not as real as you might think really. They have being selected before being posted. In other words, people only share the best part of their lives on social media which means when they post a picture of a big meal they might have just had an argument with their friends. But what you can see is only that they’ve found a good restaurant and are having a good time enjoying it while you are waiting for your take-away. For me, it’s not wise to fool yourself with all the staff on social media. A passive but in my point of view, effective method is to just delete them. And as for the need of communication, you can either make a call or just ask a friend out. And for some who are really addicted to sharing, you can just find an off-mainstream app on which you will add nobody and you post on it. By doing this, you can satisfy your desire for sharing and you are free from the anxiety of worrying about not getting enough comments or ups because you know no one will do that now.

Something About My Job As a Teacher I’m teaching in an English training school for kids from elementary and secondary school. So far, everything is going smoothly. I’m getting to know how the job works though I’m still learning how to manage the class and keep the students concentrated and active in the class. I’m also learning how to get along with my colleagues and work with them effectively. I’m the only male in the school, not many male teachers generally. We are not the kind of school like public school. There are only 5 teachers and about 200 students. At the beginning I felt really embarrassed acting like a child in order to interact with students. I felt awkward and didn’t know what to do. I was thinking I’m a college graduate why I need to play so childish games and do these stupid things. But gradually I became understood that whatever I think, this is my job, I need to act professionally and think less about myself. As a teacher, what you need to do is providing knowledge to students and inspiring their desire for it. In this case, the students need their teachers to be fun and to play with them; laughing with them and making them laugh. By playing with them, I felt myself a bit younger than now. I didn’t think much when I was with them, I didn’t need to consider my words worrying that might hurt anyone. Words that hurt adults might not be able to do so to children. Sometimes they would laugh at me, but I didn’t feel hurt when I was laughed at by them. I think they laughed only because they think it was fanny and laughable. Apart from that, I have to say I have a really difficult boss. She is an old woman, look old at least. She is always shouting at children and very impenitent. She is the headmaster. Sometimes I was wondering why such a bad-tempered person could be a headmaster whose job is caring the children. But I have to stay positive and always see the silver line. Cheer up Fanshining !

Drinking Cultures in UK and CN( Part 1) Recently I got to know from some friends living in UK about that British people have a particular fondness in drinking alcohol. Going to pubs is always part of their life. People usually go to the pubs after work and have a drink with their friends. Sometimes they get very drunk and vomit just in the subway. Another place is the night club where young people go drinking and dancing. Do people also take drugs in night clubs. Because here in China, some take drugs in night club, and actually it’s the place where drinking, gambling and whoring often take place. But don’t get me wrong I’m talking about illegal night clubs. Clubbing is okay, but illegal gambling and prostitution are forbidden. Parents won’t be very happy if their kids go there due to the bad impression on night clubs no matter they are legal or not. Then how about pubs? Yeah, actually they have better reputation than night clubs but not that much really. It’s where the fighting takes place sometimes. I suppose night clubs are organized better and regulated well in UK? I have never been to night club in china, but in few occasions I did go to pubs, not bad actually. I went with my friends. But I’m not a pub-goer, it’s a pity that I didn’t inherit my mother’s bibulous gene. So although I think it’s not bad to go there and have drink, I rare do that. I just don’t think alcoholic drinks taste any better than coco-cola. + +

Doing Justice to My Local Diaclect Apart from Mandarin, I also speak my local dialect which to some degree, has been neglected by my generation, and some local people even dismissed it as being mainly spoken by uneducated people. But interestingly, one day I just happened to find out that the dialect I spoke was actually closer to a kind of ancient Chinese than Mandarin in terms of pronunciation and vocabulary. Okey, let me explain it to you. Actually, the Mandarin which was made official language after PRC(people’s republic of china) was established is based on Northern dialects which are represented by Beijing dialect(Beijing is a northern city and the capital as well.) However, the face is that Mandarin is a language that had been heavily influenced by nomadic people who invaded and in some cases occupied northern china many times before modern history of china even began. The Qing dynasty, which is a typical example for the nomadic occupation, during which the ancient Chinese was transformed into Mandarin by blending with the language spoken by nomadic rulers thus the pronunciation and vocabulary were changed. Whereas in southern china, due to the fact that this area was faraway, thus was the less influenced by nomadic culture, the ancient Chinese was preserved in its intact form until today. So I feel that I’m quite lucky to be able to speak the Chinese in its ancient form which seem to be something that worth feeling proud of ^ ^ So from now on I’ve got to spend more time to practice my "classical" dialect and appreciate it for its meaningfulness and preciousness.

please hepl me check this expression ^ ^ I was asking one of my friend about the percentage of the international students in their university? In this case, can I say "how much does the international students take up of the total number of students? " Or in other words, can I say "the international students take up about 10 percent of the total number" I would be very appreciate it if you could give me more examples about "take up" in which it is used in the same way as I mentioned^ ^ Thank you in advance !