Reflections 2

I still had some problems in the use of figures in my text. Finally, I understood how I should improve it as follows:

1.  In the past, I misused figures as decorations. I put them in the text to beautify the web page. 

For example:
     Sometimes I was too busy to go to a nice hairdressing saloon and had a good haircut. I once cut my hair by myself. 

Figure 1: My New Hairstyle

2. In the first example, I just gave a description and put my picture; however, I did not refer to the figure in my text. The best way is putting the sources in my text.
   
The revised example:
     Sometimes I was too busy to go to a nice hairdressing saloon and had a good haircut. Several weeks ago, I cut my hair on my own. Take a look at the first figure, and you might notice my neat bangs. Yes, I made it!

Figure 1: My New Hairstyle

In the revised example, my readers will easily realize the link between the text and the figure. Figures are not only decorations but also visual sources. 


In my first reflection, I have cleared up my issue, four annotations, and conclusion. Then, I want to ask myself: 
WHAT WAS MY ORIGINAL MOTIVATION? 

Obviously, I hope that modern parents can make self-examination about their attitude toward education of children. Modern parents take their busyness for granted. They mostly depend on third parties to educate their children. However, the best and direct way is that parents have more interaction with their children. They still can make good use of their fragmented time like dinner time, or even share their leisure time with children. 

I was also born in a double-income family; my parents were always busy at work. I had to go to the cram school after school because my parents could not take me home immediately until they finished their work. I had not eaten delicious dishes my mom cooked for a very long time; she was so tired after work that she did not want to cook. As a result, I had few opportunities to interact with my parents because I did not want to disturb them. Gradually, I used to have few interactions with my parents. When I grow up, they started to notice the indifferent relationship between us. They tried to make the relationship better; however, they did not know how to do and what to do, neither did I. Thus, the theme I chose was also originated from my personal experience. I once had a naive appeal that I could go back my childhood and ask my parents to share more time accompanying with me. As so, I will finish my paper and maybe some parents can reflect on themselves. For some, it is never too late to make the parent-child relationship better, laughing as brilliant as the second figure. (Figure 2)

Figure 2: Good Parent-Child Relationship
Taken from carrollcurtislaw.com

Peer Response 4

Pearl: Do you think that children become rude without volunteering?

Me: No, it is not absolute. I supposed that children become rude because they lack some manners which are hard to learn from schools. To improve children, parents can lead their children to volunteer; then, they might understand to be concerned about others. So, volunteering is just one of methods to make children better.    

Richard: How do you think about the rule of volunteers? I mean, students can get extra grades.

Me: I think it has a big problem. I disapprove it. It reverses the purpose of volunteers. People volunteer because they want to help others but not for reward. Besides, it is our school or government that asks us that we have to, we need to volunteer. It is not that we really want to do. 

Revision List:

Some classmates confused why I mentioned volunteers. It is my fault that I did not explain the link between my issue and my fourth annotation clearly. I have to describe more so that they can understand why my third and fourth annotations are about volunteers. 

Figure 1: Cheer up. 
I need to cheer up myself to go through and defeat all difficulties I have encountered. 
Taken from: s75.photobucket.com

Revised Annotation 4

Distort the Original Intent When Volunteers Can Be a Plus
—Parents Should Lead Children by Themselves

     In my third annotation, I mentioned that parents volunteering with children might improve their relationship. However, double-income parents are too busy to volunteer with children. Parents understand if children volunteer, they can learn something different from what teachers teach in school, such as service and being concerned about the disadvantaged. Still, parents depend on third parties to encourage their children to volunteer. Nowadays, a lot of schools make a rule that students have to volunteer over maybe 100 hours, or they cannot graduate. Also, our Ministry of Education gives student extra grades to encourage them to volunteer. Students are willing to volunteer due to extra grades but not wanting to help others or improving themselves; they become utilitarian.

      News below is about extra grades for volunteers:

Source: http://www.ctitv.com.tw/news_video_c16v105263.html

     The piece of news describes that our Ministry of Education makes a proposal to encourage students to volunteer. If students volunteer over 6 hours in a semester, they will get extra 2 grades. However, when students have volunteered for 6 hours, they will not keep volunteering. Besides, schools do not have enough volunteer jobs for so many students; they do not have enough staves to check out jobs, either. Then, the quality of volunteers is unstable.

Figure 1: Parents lead children.
Taken from: cutcaster.com

     The proposal is debatable. People volunteer because they want to help others, but not wanting to get reward. The proposal reverses the purpose of volunteers. It is indeed a good thing that students volunteer spontaneously; but if students volunteer just for extra grades, it is not worth encouraging them to volunteer, because it might make students more utilitarian. If parents want to help children develop a kind heart and improve their relationship, the best way is that they themselves lead their children to volunteer! Although teachers in school sometimes take students to visit the disadvantaged, it cannot improve the patent-child relationship directly. Parents are the most important learning model for children. When children see their parents also doing what parents have talked to them, they might be more willing to follow. Also, parents and children will have more topics of conversation instead of schoolwork.

     Double-income parents are busy; however, they still have to share their leisure time with children. In the morning, parents can say "Good luck!" or "Have a good day!" to their children before going to work. At the table, they can turn off the TV and talk about what happened today to each other. If parents make good use of fragmented time, they will be surprised at the good results.

Figure 2: Parents make good use of time accompany with children.
Taken from: www.cafemom.com

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Citation

Chen, G. M., & Huang, F. R. (2012, November 21). 

       Students distort the original intent when volunteers can be a plus. 

       Ctitv. doi: http://www.ctitv.com.tw/news_video_c16v105263.html

Zhu, B. X. (2012, December 2). 

       It is proper or not that volunteers get extra grades.

       Cast Net. doi: http://castnet.nctu.edu.tw/castnet/article.php?id=5842&from_type=category&from_id=2

Annotation 4 (draft)

http://www.ctitv.com.tw/news_video_c16v105263.html
http://castnet.nctu.edu.tw/castnet/article.php?id=5842&from_type=category&from_id=2

Peer Response 3

2012/11/29		下午 02:39:46		貝 ♥ Tina		家維, 吳 楚茵, Wang Richard		http://tinawanginncu.blogspot.tw/
2012/11/29		下午 02:39:54		貝 ♥ Tina		家維, 吳 楚茵, Wang Richard		I post 3 links
2012/11/29		下午 02:40:18		貝 ♥ Tina		家維, 吳 楚茵, Wang Richard		they are all about volunteers
2012/11/29		下午 02:40:37		吳 楚茵		家維, Wang Richard, 貝 ♥ Tina		cool
2012/11/29		下午 02:40:51		貝 ♥ Tina		家維, 吳 楚茵, Wang Richard		My issue is about education, you know
2012/11/29		下午 02:41:30		吳 楚茵		家維, Wang Richard, 貝 ♥ Tina		kids going to do voluntary works (with parents
2012/11/29		下午 02:41:38		貝 ♥ Tina		家維, 吳 楚茵, Wang Richard		yes
2012/11/29		下午 02:41:46		家維		吳 楚茵, Wang Richard, 貝 ♥ Tina		mmm
2012/11/29		下午 02:43:45		吳 楚茵		貝 ♥ Tina		what can they learn from that?
2012/11/29		下午 02:46:14		吳 楚茵		家維, Wang Richard, 貝 ♥ Tina		"發揮自己的專長去幫助別人"
2012/11/29		下午 02:46:36		吳 楚茵		家維, Wang Richard, 貝 ♥ Tina		"社福團體發現，越來越多家長帶著小孩從事公益活動，帶孩子當志工不只能凝聚家人的感情，親子間也有了共同的話題，孩子也變得惜福、感恩以及有成就感。 全文網址: 親子一起當志工 更多話題可以聊 - 請你聽我說 - 親子成長 - udn校園博覽會 http://mag.udn.com/mag/campus/storypage.jsp?f_ART_ID=215435#ixzz2DakKmBgh Power By udn.com "
2012/11/29		下午 02:46:58		貝 ♥ Tina		家維, 吳 楚茵, Wang Richard		you can read my short introduction
2012/11/29		下午 02:47:00		家維		吳 楚茵, Wang Richard, 貝 ♥ Tina		i think ur annotations are pretty complete
2012/11/29		下午 02:47:02		貝 ♥ Tina		家維, 吳 楚茵, Wang Richard		Issue Paper: Introduce my issue about the predicament which modern double-income families encounter. In the last paragraph, I mentioned we have more and more clever but rude children; then what's wrong with our education? Annotation 1: As I wrote in the last paragraph of my issue paper, there comes a solution to help parents educate their children. However, why do parents encounter the predicamen
2012/11/29		下午 02:47:11		貝 ♥ Tina		家維, 吳 楚茵, Wang Richard		Annotation 2: Explain what the predicament of upbringing is and why parents have that. Annotation 3: Besides the solution in my first annotation, what other useful methods may parents try?
2012/11/29		下午 02:47:40		貝 ♥ Tina		家維, 吳 楚茵, Wang Richard		so, in my A3, I found other useful methods
2012/11/29		下午 02:48:26		貝 ♥ Tina		家維, 吳 楚茵, Wang Richard		and it's volunteer
2012/11/29		下午 02:49:23		吳 楚茵		家維, Wang Richard, 貝 ♥ Tina		i should make one too
2012/11/29		下午 02:49:44		貝 ♥ Tina		家維, 吳 楚茵, Wang Richard		it's fine!
2012/11/29		下午 02:49:46		貝 ♥ Tina		家維, 吳 楚茵, Wang Richard		haha
2012/11/29		下午 02:49:53		吳 楚茵		家維, Wang Richard, 貝 ♥ Tina		..predicamen?
2012/11/29		下午 02:50:11		Wang Richard		家維, 吳 楚茵, 貝 ♥ Tina		困難ㄅ
2012/11/29		下午 02:50:21		吳 楚茵		家維, Wang Richard, 貝 ♥ Tina		predicament i get it
2012/11/29		下午 02:50:22		貝 ♥ Tina		家維, 吳 楚茵, Wang Richard		some problems parents have
2012/11/29		下午 03:03:59		貝 ♥ Tina		家維, 吳 楚茵, Wang Richard		so I found some articles about volumteers
2012/11/29		下午 03:05:12		貝 ♥ Tina		家維, 吳 楚茵, Wang Richard		it's another way to make up children what they cannot learn from schools
2012/11/29		下午 03:07:49		吳 楚茵		家維, Wang Richard, 貝 ♥ Tina		so basically you are suggesting another way to teach
2012/11/29		下午 03:08:39		吳 楚茵		家維, Wang Richard, 貝 ♥ Tina		but this can mostly be done in spare time
2012/11/29		下午 03:09:36		貝 ♥ Tina		家維, 吳 楚茵, Wang Richard		one is about children doing volumteer jobs, another is children doing with parents, and the other is what prffesoor HONG LAN sais
2012/11/29		下午 03:09:39		貝 ♥ Tina		家維, 吳 楚茵, Wang Richard		said
2012/11/29		下午 03:10:11		貝 ♥ Tina		家維, 吳 楚茵, Wang Richard		sorry I don't undertand spare time
2012/11/29		下午 03:10:27		貝 ♥ Tina		家維, 吳 楚茵, Wang Richard		>_<
2012/11/29		下午 03:10:35		吳 楚茵		家維, Wang Richard, 貝 ♥ Tina		idle time
2012/11/29		下午 03:10:57		吳 楚茵		家維, Wang Richard, 貝 ♥ Tina		am i using the wrong word?
2012/11/29		下午 03:11:04		吳 楚茵		家維, Wang Richard, 貝 ♥ Tina		就是空閒時間
2012/11/29		下午 03:11:05		Wang Richard		家維, 吳 楚茵, 貝 ♥ Tina		I　think double income family works hard and barely have time to rest, not to mention doing community serviece
2012/11/29		下午 03:11:17		家維		吳 楚茵, Wang Richard, 貝 ♥ Tina		idle means a time that a persone's doing nothing
2012/11/29		下午 03:11:21		家維		吳 楚茵, Wang Richard, 貝 ♥ Tina		i think leisure time is better
2012/11/29		下午 03:11:26		Wang Richard		家維, 吳 楚茵, 貝 ♥ Tina		yep~
2012/11/29		下午 03:12:24		貝 ♥ Tina		家維, 吳 楚茵, Wang Richard		yes double income parents often have no time to do that
2012/11/29		下午 03:12:43		家維		吳 楚茵, Wang Richard, 貝 ♥ Tina		mmm
2012/11/29		下午 03:12:59		貝 ♥ Tina		家維, 吳 楚茵, Wang Richard		so they easily ignore what their children lack
2012/11/29		下午 03:13:35		貝 ♥ Tina		家維, 吳 楚茵, Wang Richard		I mean, not objects like cellphones and computers
2012/11/29		下午 03:14:45		貝 ♥ Tina		家維, 吳 楚茵, Wang Richard		but some manners
2012/11/29		下午 03:15:20		貝 ♥ Tina		家維, 吳 楚茵, Wang Richard		respecting others, serving others, etc
2012/11/29		下午 03:16:55		貝 ♥ Tina		家維, 吳 楚茵, Wang Richard		and what children lack might become causes which result in behaving rudely
2012/11/29		下午 03:17:22		Wang Richard		家維, 吳 楚茵, 貝 ♥ Tina		I got it.
2012/11/29		下午 03:17:49		貝 ♥ Tina		家維, 吳 楚茵, Wang Richard		when parents or others notice that, they try to find the causes and make up what children lack
2012/11/29		下午 03:18:40		吳 楚茵		家維, Wang Richard, 貝 ♥ Tina		I thought the question Richard raised is that. if parents have no time teaching their kids or even just finish their job, why will they have time doing voluntary job?
2012/11/29		下午 03:19:48		吳 楚茵		家維, Wang Richard, 貝 ♥ Tina		or you mean the kids can do those voluntary things by themselves?
2012/11/29		下午 03:20:17		貝 ♥ Tina		家維, 吳 楚茵, Wang Richard		parents might not participate in it but asking their children to do that
2012/11/29		下午 03:20:33		吳 楚茵		家維, Wang Richard, 貝 ♥ Tina		oh i get it.
2012/11/29		下午 03:20:39		Wang Richard		家維, 吳 楚茵, 貝 ♥ Tina		I think they do that by joining NGO
2012/11/29		下午 03:21:04		貝 ♥ Tina		家維, 吳 楚茵, Wang Richard		like 慈濟
2012/11/29		下午 03:21:15		吳 楚茵		家維, Wang Richard, 貝 ♥ Tina		haha it just occured to me that some kids might scream and yell cuz they are not that voluntary XD
2012/11/29		下午 03:21:59		貝 ♥ Tina		家維, 吳 楚茵, Wang Richard		parents send their children to 慈濟. and people in 慈濟
2012/11/29		下午 03:22:06		吳 楚茵		家維, Wang Richard, 貝 ♥ Tina		how to make most kid participate?
2012/11/29		下午 03:22:12		貝 ♥ Tina		家維, 吳 楚茵, Wang Richard		and people in 慈濟 teach children
2012/11/29		下午 03:22:13		吳 楚茵		家維, Wang Richard, 貝 ♥ Tina		organization u mean
2012/11/29		下午 03:22:28		吳 楚茵		家維, Wang Richard, 貝 ♥ Tina		yes, yes
2012/11/29		下午 03:22:37		Wang Richard		家維, 吳 楚茵, 貝 ♥ Tina		yap
2012/11/29		下午 03:22:42		貝 ♥ Tina		家維, 吳 楚茵, Wang Richard		yes, I also found someting about 慈濟
2012/11/29		下午 03:22:52		Wang Richard		家維, 吳 楚茵, 貝 ♥ Tina		uh~?
2012/11/29		下午 03:23:26		貝 ♥ Tina		家維, 吳 楚茵, Wang Richard		http://tw.tzuchi.org/community/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32088:C859A1D659BDF85848257A31001B35E3&catid=101:2009-12-21-02-57-14&Itemid=301
2012/11/29		下午 03:23:42		貝 ♥ Tina		家維, 吳 楚茵, Wang Richard		陳先生表示，社會與學校沒教的事，在慈濟兒童成長班中的課程中，可以真正學習到待人處事的道理，真的很感恩慈濟人的陪伴，看到工作人員為了圓滿活動，個個展現出無私奉獻的 精神，深受感動的陳志清先生當場發願：「希望我也能夠有所回饋，所以我要發願加入慈濟志工，為社會付出。」陳先生的一念虔誠，贏得大家的掌聲祝福！
2012/11/29		下午 03:23:46		貝 ♥ Tina		家維, 吳 楚茵, Wang Richard		like this one
2012/11/29		下午 03:24:50		貝 ♥ Tina		家維, 吳 楚茵, Wang Richard		學員劉韋廷的媽媽林秋香女士，感恩班媽媽與所有課輔的陪伴，讓韋廷在成長班中學習到「感恩、尊重、愛」，她道：「記得有一次韋廷與姊夫在餐廳用餐，姊夫跟他說：『那個高腳 杯好漂亮哦！我們把它偷偷帶走好嗎？』當下韋廷堅決反對，並且說：『我現在是慈濟人，不能偷東西！』讓大家對他讚賞不已。」 看見了孩子的改變，林女士高興地表示，「孩子因受到上人的法水薰陶，培養自己對人對事都能『不貪求』，是讓自己最感動與安慰的。」
2012/11/29		下午 03:25:46		貝 ♥ Tina		家維, 吳 楚茵, Wang Richard		It's also one of the example that parents depend on "third parties" to teach theri children
2012/11/29		下午 03:26:01		吳 楚茵		家維, Wang Richard, 貝 ♥ Tina		good
2012/11/29		下午 03:26:09		吳 楚茵		家維, Wang Richard, 貝 ♥ Tina		(Y)
2012/11/29		下午 03:26:51		Wang Richard		家維, 吳 楚茵, 貝 ♥ Tina		it's sad what used to be family functions as to respect and morality are transferring to religious group.like 我現在是慈濟人，不能偷東西！
2012/11/29		下午 03:27:23		吳 楚茵		家維, Wang Richard, 貝 ♥ Tina		腳色互換
2012/11/29		下午 03:27:35		Wang Richard		家維, 吳 楚茵, 貝 ♥ Tina		I respect the law and the consequence of stealing that i don't steal makes more sense to me..
2012/11/29		下午 03:28:33		貝 ♥ Tina		家維, 吳 楚茵, Wang Richard		yes it might have some probelm.
2012/11/29		下午 03:28:33		家維		吳 楚茵, Wang Richard, 貝 ♥ Tina		hmm...
2012/11/29		下午 03:28:42		家維		吳 楚茵, Wang Richard, 貝 ♥ Tina		i agree with richard :(
2012/11/29		下午 03:29:01		吳 楚茵		家維, Wang Richard, 貝 ♥ Tina		so if there's no law and no consequence you wil both steal
2012/11/29		下午 03:29:36		吳 楚茵		家維, Wang Richard, 貝 ♥ Tina		i think what 慈濟人means that what comes from the inner part
2012/11/29		下午 03:30:00		吳 楚茵		家維, Wang Richard, 貝 ♥ Tina		not religious stuff
2012/11/29		下午 03:30:55		Wang Richard		家維, 吳 楚茵, 貝 ♥ Tina		the respect is a broad term. to law, to people, to nature.
2012/11/29		下午 03:31:06		貝 ♥ Tina		家維, 吳 楚茵, Wang Richard		you're so great~
2012/11/29		下午 03:31:07		Wang Richard		家維, 吳 楚茵, 貝 ♥ Tina		and to self.
2012/11/29		下午 03:31:53		吳 楚茵		家維, Wang Richard, 貝 ♥ Tina		and others, yes?
2012/11/29		下午 03:32:56		吳 楚茵		家維, Wang Richard, 貝 ♥ Tina		when u mean laws and its consequense makes me think that there's no consider toward others. And that's why i add "and others?"
2012/11/29		下午 03:34:30		吳 楚茵		家維, Wang Richard, 貝 ♥ Tina		if you mean a greater respect, the consequenses should contain the consequence what others have to endure because of your deed
2012/11/29		下午 03:34:31		Wang Richard		家維, 吳 楚茵, 貝 ♥ Tina		well...
2012/11/29		下午 03:34:44		吳 楚茵		家維, Wang Richard, 貝 ♥ Tina		~~~~~~
2012/11/29		下午 03:34:49		吳 楚茵		家維, Wang Richard, 貝 ♥ Tina		haha spots
2012/11/29		下午 03:35:24		Wang Richard		家維, 吳 楚茵, 貝 ♥ Tina		i have to admit..the ill nature of people if not educated, they would only care about the consequence.
2012/11/29		下午 03:35:38		Wang Richard		家維, 吳 楚茵, 貝 ♥ Tina		so tina
2012/11/29		下午 03:36:19		Wang Richard		家維, 吳 楚茵, 貝 ♥ Tina		you made a good point and you've found a useful way to educate children of repect.
2012/11/29		下午 03:36:27		貝 ♥ Tina		家維, 吳 楚茵, Wang Richard		it looks good that children learn how to respect and serve others, but can it improve the relationship between parents and children? it will in my annotation 4, I think. Thank you!

Revised Annotation 3

Revision List:

1. If parents have no time to volunteer with children, what can they do?

2. Can being volunteers improve the relationship between parents and children?

Let’s Volunteer –Learning More When Going out the Classroom

Figure1: A group of students volunteered.
Taken form http://ppt.cc/nlFm

Daisy L. Hung, a well-known scientist in Taiwan, said, “I still think the outside is the real classroom. What we learn from the outside is really useful.” After reading a book which is about a group of college students volunteering in Malawi, she thought although a teacher teaches Life Education hard for one semester, students can understand less than experiences during ten days in Malawi. Encouraging students to volunteer helps students have a kind heart. When they contact with the disabled or the old, they understand difficulties which those people encounter; then, they might be more concerned about them. If students have participated in service teams when studying, the probability of keeping volunteering after working will increase. However, if students have no volunteer experience when studying, they might hardly volunteer after working because their soft hearts harden with the impact of competition in the workplace. It is ideal that volunteers use their specialties to help others, because they benefit from each other—students learn to meet practical needs.

Figure 2: Example is better than precept.
Taken from http://www.ccgchome.org

Xiu-ling Kuo, director of World Vision Taiwan, indicated that many students are asked to engage in social service. In last two years, the number of parents who actively volunteered with children also increased. Parents encourage their children to volunteer to learn what they cannot learn from schools. Some parents who believe that “example is better than precept” will also volunteer, and then lead their children to follow them. Topics between parents and children are no longer only around schoolwork, but more about others; parent-child relationship will be more harmonious.

Figure 3: Call for Volunteers
 Taken from palmsla.org

However, if double-income parents are too busy to volunteer with children, how can they encourage their children to volunteer? There are various charities in Taiwan, such as Tzuchi, Genesis Social Welfare Foundation, Eden Social Welfare Foundation, etc. Most of them held activities to teach children how to feed back the society. Parents send their children into the organization; then, members teach children morality and lead them to practice. Mr. Chen, who also sent his child into activities Tzuchi hold, believed that children learned more than what teachers taught in schools. After seeing the change of his child, he decided to join the volunteer team. It is a bonus that children affect their parents to volunteer. Actually, double-income parents can also volunteer with their children in their limited leisure time.

In fact, teachers in schools also notice the importance of social service; some of them take students to visit nursing homes, caring for the old. Even now a lot of colleges require that students need to volunteer over 100 hours before graduation. Obviously, more and more people highlight the issue about volunteers; however, does being volunteers become formalized? If children volunteer without parents, how can they improve their relationship? Let’s discuss in the next annotation! 

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Work Cited

Daisy L. Hung. (2008, Nov 4). Going out the classroom as volunteers. 

        Mandarin Daily News. http://ppt.cc/RL98

       Chiu, Q. P. (2009, Oct 4). Parents and children volunteer together. 
               United Daily News. http://ppt.cc/yY_H

Gao, Z. L. &  Zhang Y. L. (2012, Jun 30). Children grew up.  

        Zhu Chi World Wide Community. http://ppt.cc/oCs7

Zhang N. C. (2012, July 13). Children volunteered in the nursing home. 

        Video United Daily News. http://ppt.cc/qPeo

Annotation 3 (draft)

http://mag.udn.com/mag/campus/storypage.jsp?f_ART_ID=215435
http://video.udn.com/video/Item/ItemPage.do?sno=3-2B4-233-2B303b323-2F304-233-2F3d3-2B334-233-2B
http://tw.myblog.yahoo.com/jw!v4tEBsKeQkF63vRLsfhxdtE-/article?mid=11411

Reflections

I got some useful advice from the meeting with MY and my partners. 

I prefer to put some figures in my articles, but I did not do it very well. I need to notice as follows:

1. Mark every figure as Figure 1, Figure 2, etc.

Hello, I'm Figure 1.

Hey, Figure 2 is here!

2. Describe figures in short sentences.

I dressed up in the NCUENG Halloween Party, 2011.

3. Cite sources clearly.

I visited Houtong, Taiwan, in April, 2012.
Taken from http://tinawanginncu.blogspot.tw/

Besides, I also cleared up my papers as:

Issue Paper:
Introduce my issue about the predicament which modern double-income families encounter. In the last paragraph, I mentioned we have more and more clever but rude children; then what's wrong with our education?

Annotation 1:
As I wrote in the last paragraph of my issue paper, there comes a solution to help parents educate their children. However, why do parents encounter the predicament of upbringing?

Annotation 2:
Explain what the predicament of upbringing is and why parents have that.

Annotation 3:
Besides the solution in my first annotation, what other useful methods may parents try?

Annotation 4:
Are those methods in my third annotation really helpful? What are the differences and improvements after use?

Conclusion:
Responsibility for children's education is transferred to third parties; however, some problems also come out. Please look at Figures below:

Originally, parents and third parties (teachers in figures) both have their responsibilities for children's education. 

However, modern parents are so busy that they regard their responsibility as teachers'.

Parents' burden decreases while teachers' increases. 

But, teachers cannot hold the new heavy burden so they still maintain what in the beginning while parents keep the new one. Then, where is the missing part? 

Parents transferred their responsibility so easily as to ignore the problem that teachers did not do what they originally expected. As the result, no one is responsible to the missing part; children also lack it, maybe becoming rude.

Apparently, Parents should reflect themselves and ponder what children lack and how to make up for their neglect due to busyness.

Revised Annotation 2

The Predicament Urban Middle-Class Families Encounter:

Parents Are Not the Best Teachers

Nowadays, we have fewer and fewer children every year in Taiwan. According to The Predicament Urban Middle-Class Families Encounter: Parents Are Not the Best Teachers in Common Wealth No.419, 2009, the author, Sherry Lee, thought children get what their parents give them too much to lack the basic ability of living. For example, she once visited a kindergarten, and saw a five-year-old child sitting on the chair to wait for the teacher taking off his shoes. After 20 minutes, the teacher shouted her orders to the boy; then, the boy unwillingly took off his shoes by himself. "The new generation generally lacks the spirit of adventure, ability of distinguishing between right and wrong, and discipline. Also, they delay to grow up." she wrote.

In 2007, nuclear families, single parent families, grandparent-breeding families are over 50% in Taiwan. In contrast with cooperation which extended families have, those are in the lonely upbringing environment--because when parents are both busy, no one can help them take care of their children. Apparently, the change of the family structure brings new problem about education. Nearly 40% parents spend less than three hours to get along with children who age 6 to 12 years old. Parents and children only have greeting but do not know the details of life with each other. Parents are learning models to children; however, they are overwhelmed by work. Many families are like a desert lodge; parents are so busy to be "p.m. parents"—children see them only at night. Parents and children become lonely travelers who have less conversations and eyes intersection. 

Married women in Taiwan have 1.1 children on average; however, "no time" and "the economic burden" are main troubles for parents to take care of children under six years old.  To reduce burdens, parents turn to third parties for teaching and looking after their children. They depend on third parties and believe they can teach children well. As a result, when children are not in line with their expectations, a quarrel between them comes out. Most parents do not realize what children mainly learn from school are limited knowledge and skills. Besides, how can a teacher take care of every student in a class well? Children still need to learn something being different from what in school. However, parents may not be the best teachers to children because they do not understand well how to teach and what to teach. Some parents are aware of that so they find some methods to help them teach their children, just like "exchanging children to teach" mentioned in my first annotation. Well, besides "exchanging children to teach," what other useful methods can parents take? Let's find more!

Taken from http://phoenix.wearenetwork.com/

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Work Cited

Lee, S. (2009, April). The Predicament Urban Middle-Class Families Encounter: Parents Are Not the Best Teachers. Common Wealth, unknown pages.

Peer Response 2

Taken from http://blog.cachinko.com/

Lisa: What is your issue?

My issue is about responsibility for children’s education which is transferred to third parties. Also, it is the predicament modern double-income families encounter.

Lisa: What are third parties?
Well, third parties are formal school institutions, cram schools, etc. Parents do not educate their children by themselves; they depend on someone or something to teach their children. Those who help parents or even replace them to educate children are third parties. 

Pearl: Do you think parents should educate their children by themselves?
In some way, yes. I think parents are very important learning models to children. However, parents do not have enough time to get along with their children--it is a big problem. Children learn academic knowledge from school teachers; then, except parents, who could teach social experiences to children? 

Taken from http://www.jamasoftware.com/index.php

Annotation 2 (Draft)

The Predicament Urban Middle-Class Families Encounter: 

Parents Are Not the Best Teachers (Common Wealth No.419, 2009)

Nowadays, we have fewer and fewer children every year in Taiwan. The author, Sherry Lee, thought children get what their parents give them too much to lack the basic ability of living. For example, she once visited a kindergarten, and saw a five-year-old child sitting on the chair to wait for the teacher taking off his shoes. After 20 minutes, the teacher shouted her orders to the boy; then, the boy unwillingly took off his shoes by himself.  "The new generation generally lack the spirit of adventure, ability of distinguishing between right and wrong and discipline. Also, they delay to grow." she wrote.

In 2007, nuclear families, single parent families, grandparent-breeding families are over 50% in Taiwan. In contrast with cooperation which extended families have, those are in the lonely upbringing environment--because when parents are both busy, no one can help them take care of their children. Apparently, the change of the family structure brings new problem about education.  

Nearly 40% parents spend less than three hours to get along with children who age 6 to 12 years old. Parents and children only have greeting but do not know the details of life with each other. Parents are learning models to children; however, they are overwhelmed by work. Many families are like a desert lodge; parents are so busy to be "p.m. parents." Parents and children become lonely travelers who have less conversations and eyes intersection.