Would you like to know how many people have visited this page? Or how reputable the author is? Simply
sign up for a Advocate premium membership and you'll automatically see this data on every article. Plus a lot more, too.
 Kevin Anthony Stoda Educator and Political Scientist GERMANY, USA, PHILIPPINES, Oman eslkevin1@yahoo.com SHARE 
|
|
KEVIN STODA-has been blessed to have either traveled in or worked in nearly 100 countries on five continents over the past two and a half decades.--He sees himself as a peace educator and have been-- a promoter of good economic and social development--making-him an enemy of my homelands humongous DEFENSE SPENDING and its focus on using weapons to try and solve global issues.
"I am from Kansas so I also use the pseudonym 'Kansas' and 'alone' when I write and publish.- I-keep two blogs--one with BLOGGER and one with WORDPRESS.- My writings range from reviews to editorials or to travel observations.- I also make recommendations related to policy--having both a-strong background in teaching foreign languages and degrees in teaching in history and the social sciences.--As a Midwesterner, I also write on religion and living out ones faith whether it be as a Christian, Muslim or Buddhist perspective."
On my own home page, I also provide information for language learners and travelers http://www.geocities.com/eslkevin/-,- http://the-teacher.blogspot.com/-& http://alone.gnn.tv/
-
-
-
-
eslkevin.wordpress.com/2009/07/09/3-big-paradigms-hol
OpEd News Member for 885 week(s) and 2 day(s)
489 Articles, 2 Quick Links, 2007 Comments, 507 Diaries, 79 Polls
List By Popularity
Page 7 of 25 First Last Back Next 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 View All
Sunday, June 5, 2011Why are the Taiwanese workers of today hyper-focused on Mainland China? Is it inevitable or a bad bias to be overcome/? According to the TAIWAN NEWS ( May 27, 20110 , in an article entitled ¡§China becomes a hot destination for Taiwan¡¦s workers: Poll¡¨, 77 percent of Taiwanese employees are willing to explore further job opportunities on the mainland [People¡¦s Republic or communist China].¡¨ I wonder who undertook this unnamed poll because the article seems to be spun towards a PRO-unification and AT-ALL-COST friendly relations with China.
Sunday, June 5, 2011Building Connections and Gaining International Perspectives in Taiwan and East Asia Amy C. Liu does a great job in defining on pages 84 & 85 of your book.In TAWAIN A TO Z: The Essential Cultural Guide, she writes that guanxi (----ä¿‚) is "[f]undamental to doing business with the locals." i believe this to be a more universal case of building connections and relationships. The Taiwanese and East Asian cultures are not really that different than others--just simply more closed to foreigners or wall-building.
Sunday, June 5, 2011Taiwan Health Issues: Growing concerns about malpractices have seen company officials arrested and assets seized Companies are "under fire for selling clouding agents ¡X additives that make processed foods and beverages appear more appealing or sophisticated ¡X containing the banned chemical di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate, or DEHP, to food ingredient makers nationwide."
Sunday, June 5, 2011Calling for a National Holiday in Recognition of Whistle Blowers and Profiles in Courage! Taiwan, China, and several governments around the world technically have a national holiday to promote the region's most honorable civil servant, Chu Yuan,who was also a poet and whistle-blower some 2300 years ago. His legend is part of tomorrow's DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL and legend--which is even celebrated in Washington, D.C. I would like to use this occasion to encourage America to recognize its real profiles in courage, too.
Monday, May 23, 2011Here is what young East Asians are studying in order to live more harmoniously with the West? What has the West learnt? Taiwan, like China and japan before it, is reaching out to learn about the world. They are trying to introduce bits and pieces of traditional Western Education to their offspring--even at the elementary school level. This writing may give you some insight into why the East is Rising and the USA is not. Comments are encouraged, please.
Sunday, May 22, 2011Continued Lack of Testing Partnerships in East Asia as decades roll on Shouldn't language teachers in Taiwan, therefore, demand that tests--and contests--more appropriately support good learning habits, good teaching, and good language acquisition and langugage practices? Of course, teachers need to be involved in such advocacy all of the time.
Wednesday, April 27, 2011Americans, it is High Time to Repeal the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 Why should these banks and ill-run financiers--and the firms they trade our debt with-around-the-clock ¡Xbe allowed to continue to harrass Americans with penalties while they were bailed out in the trillions of dollars by the USA government with our tax money over the past 4 years?It is insanely unfair not to grant reprieves to the Americans suffering under the thumbs of these goliaths.
Monday, April 25, 2011Comparison of Two Large Foreign English Teacher and Internationalization Projects in East Asia In the 1980s--in order to improve Japanese foreign relaions and image in the world, Japan set out to create the world's largest teachers exchange project, a project largely focused on goals of related to improving international communication. Now, Taiwan is on such a journey--having recently created a modest Foreign English Teacher project. The author has been involved in both projects.
Sunday, April 24, 2011Sense of Safety here in Taiwan I hope that back in the USA, there are still some parts of the country which provide similar senses of safety for indidividuals and crimes.
Tuesday, April 19, 2011Could a better focus on TONE improve our (U.S.A.) international relations with Asian states? Westerners working in the East have to be attuned to the spoken tone used. In contrast, Eastern and Southeastern Asians need to be aware of vocal tone--and the fact that it is often ignored or used differently by many Western speakers. Moreover, they will have to put more weight on the meaning of the spoken word than on the tone or context in which it might be used.
Friday, April 8, 2011Why Universities which try to GO PAPERLESS are often making it hard for older and disabled I'm about 49 years old but in today's economy I plan to work at least 30 or more years. So, I decided to apply for a doctorate. I was accepted but over the past 15 years universities have tried to go paperless. It is overkill and dehumanizing--not to mention unfair for older, new, and disabled students.
Monday, April 4, 2011April 4 as children's or our children's-future day? For Jim Wallis, this is a time to fast for America. For Maya Angelou, it was her birthday. For MLK, it was a pair of bookends to a traumatic year. For Buchenwald, it meant liberation. For Taiwan, it means a celebration of children. What does April 4 mean to you and how do you celebrate it?
Wednesday, March 30, 2011ECOARK: Taipei Makes a Great contribution to Green Design at its International Flora Exposition This is the tale of a humongous 9-story pavilion made of recycled bottles. It is a great example of what we can do to make our world greener and waste fewer resources in reconstructing our planet. The structure is even earthquake and typhoon resistant.
Friday, March 25, 2011What's a Filipino? What's a Revolution? What's a Filipino Revolution? Cruz explains that when the Spaniards first came to colonize the Philippines over 400 years ago, the children of the Spaniards who were born on the archipelago, newly named after a King of Spain, Felipe II, were called "Filipinos". In Mexico or Latin America the term would have been "criollos" for such children of direct Spanish descent. In contrast, "the Spanish called the natives of the island "indios'".
Thursday, March 24, 2011Are You Gamed Enough? Another way that movies are almost fully reflecting our world or reality comes from Gerald Butler's GAMER, FOX Corp., the USA military and the American military and prison complexes.
Wednesday, March 23, 2011Mensch, God Laughs at this Golden Oldie of Sandlers, You should, too. I haven't seen such a wonderful--but-raunchy comedy with a good message like this since Jesus told me.....
Monday, March 21, 2011HBO GETS IT, DO YOU--AMERICA??? GOTTA BE A REVOLUTION HBO seems to have gotten the spirit of the age. It decided to show the film, TAKING WOODSTOCK, this March while most of the country is fixated on the abuses on "American Working and Poor Peoples' that newly elected state legislatures in Wisconsin, Michigan, and Ohio have been carrying out in the name of the Koch Brothers and the GOP this 2011.
Thursday, March 17, 2011Muhammed Ali Joins Cause for Freeing the Hikers--Will Tehran finally Listen? Mohammed Ali is still the most famous boxer among most Muslim communities anywhere in the world. Let's hope the Greatest will be listened to in Tehran. Free the hiker hostages, today, please, Iran!!!
Thursday, March 17, 2011Mitigation of Tsunami's and Earthquakes--Has JAPAN DONE ENOUGH? This means that if Asian countries continue to reclaim land from the sea in their ocean side construction projects, as Japan does, they need to do so while respecting the other ecologically sound demands of our more natural ecosystem. For example, contractors also need to develop or create (and maintain where possible) natural barriers, such as coral reefs and mangroves.
Tuesday, March 8, 2011Memories from EL GALEON DE MANILA (Part 2) --Filipinos in late 19th Century Breaking with European History & Language This is the 2nd article on Filipino history and identity. The first one focused on the Mexican and Filipino historical connection. This one looks at three main concepts used to define Filipino identity into modern times.
Page 7 of 25 First Last Back Next 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 View All
