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.