Meditate on this, I did.
They need to introduce A+ and A- to the health inspection grades for restaurants. I think many Chinese restaurants are confused without the plus and minus, so they are not motivated to get an A.
A- being "Asian F", "B" or "C" is just too abstract for them to understand; so they don't care. If there is no way to get an A+, they lose interest.
"I should know about him."
Our next "Jubilee Project: Voices" episode dives into the killing of Vincent Chin: http://nbcnews.to/1T1jOzo
In New York, if you let a 7-year old take the subway on her own to go to school, and if something were to happen to the kid, the parents would be blamed for being irresponsible and negligent. Part of the reason why the Japanese parents can encourage their kids to be independent is because they have the opposite societal pressure; not allowing kids to be independent is seen as bad parenting. This little video clip makes it pretty clear.
In the US, there is a vicious circle whe...re parents being over-protective makes the society more dangerous for kids. Because there are no kids running around on their own, there is no need to implement any safety mechanisms to accommodate them. Drivers, for instance, are not used to kids suddenly running into street. And, since we rarely see kids on their own, the few out there would draw attention of the predators too. It's like finding a bicycle parked unlocked. This vicious circle would get worse and worse if we don't resist it.
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Every time I go into a Chinese supermarket in Chinatown, I'm awestruck by the sheer amount of mystery in front of me. I could only buy a few things to try. My lifetime would not be enough to understand and appreciate everything in the relatively small store.
I don't understand people who pay thousands of dollars to travel to China. They came here! We don't need to go there. If there are plenty of apples we can pick right in front of us, why bother walking to a tree many miles away? It's another manifestation of not being happy with here and now; something far away and in the future is always somehow better.
