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Friday, September 30, 2011
Shanghai Traffic
As a preview to my next Shopping post and because getting there is half the fun, here's a peak at traffic here in Shanghai.
The only thing missing in this clip are the bicycles and scooters that pretty much don't stop for anything that doesn't pose an immediate and unavoidable threat to their personal safety. And the subway is bad for similar reasons.
If you're interested in reading a cultural discussion about this problem and ideas for solving it go here.
Getting around here is ALWAYS an adventure. ;} I hope that everyone else is enjoying the adventures in their lives too!
AND Branch members here have electric scooters that they use in that traffic. When we have the money, we'll be getting at least one ourselves too. The speeds are about half that in the U. S., so they say it's pretty safe, relatively speaking, of course.
This is where we post about our adventures as we work together to Help All Phases of Education.
Our blog is written from the perspective of a home school family who
follow the Thomas Jefferson Education model of education
seek earnestly to fulfill the Missions that our Father in Heaven has given each of us individually and together as a family and
live in Shanghai, China.
ENJOY!
Learning Quotes
Better a broken arm than a bruised spirit. ~ Lady Allen of Hurtwood, a landscape architect and child advocate
May I share with you a formula that in my judgment will help you and help me to journey well through mortality... First, fill your mind with truth; second, fill your life with service; and third, fill your heart with love. Pres. Thomas S Monson
It takes a mother to raise a village. Rachel DeMille
One ought to hold on to one’s heart; for if one lets it go, one soon loses control of the head too. Friedrich Nietzsche
"It is, in fact, nothing short of a miracle that the modern methods of instruction have not yet entirely strangled the holy curiosity of inquiry; for this delicate little plant, aside from stimulation stands mainly in need of freedom; without this it goes to rack and ruin without fail..." "...It is a very grave mistake to think that the engagement of seeing and searching can be promoted by means of coercion and a sense of duty.” Albert Einstein
Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err. It passes my comprehension how human beings, be they ever so experienced and able, can delight in depriving other human beings of that precious right. Mahatma Gandhi
“What have I learned from all this? That children love learning and are extremely good at it. On this matter I have no more doubts.” “When they are following their own noses, learning what they are curious about, children go faster, cover more territory than we would ever think of trying to mark out for them, or make them cover.” John Holt. How Children Learn
2 comments:
and I thought driving in Argentina was bad....
AND Branch members here have electric scooters that they use in that traffic. When we have the money, we'll be getting at least one ourselves too. The speeds are about half that in the U. S., so they say it's pretty safe, relatively speaking, of course.
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