October 7 - Dube - Intro/Geography/Early EA

[Rob_Hugo@PortNW]

Hello everyone,

Please share your thoughts about our October 7 session - Introduction / Geography / Early East Asian Civilizations by Clayton Dube - by replying to this post.

-Miranda

[Anonymous]

Hello Everyone,
Perhaps I am the first in our class to post. That is a first for me!
At any rate, I thoroughly enjoyed tonight's session and I learned a great deal that I didn't know before the session. Basically, I did not know that America's ties with East Asia date all the way back to our first vice president, John Adams. I learned a lot becasue of the visuals that Clayton had.It was really clear for me to see the overlays comparing the size of California with specific countries in East Asia. I thought the visuals were wonderful amd they helped me immensely to see the rlationships between the countries with respect to size, population, and density. Thank you Clayton!

[Anonymous]

It was nice to finally have Clayton Dube present a formal introduction to the series. The class is going to be remarkable. I really enjoyed Dube anecdotal stories, after a long day teaching and coaching, he kept the class going and was able to answer more questions than he had time for. I thoroughly enjoyed the Geogarphic aspects and the comparisons to the US. I am courious for more information because I know Dube probally could have been up there for another couple of hours at least.
Mike H.
St. Bonnie

[Anonymous]

I found Clayton's contrast of new and traditional media fascinating. The use of an internationally recognized symbol like the statue of liberty as the "godess of democracy" in the picture of a Taiwanese demonstration speaks volumes to the fact that our world is in fact becoming smaller. As a result, becoming more aware of East Asian culture and history seems to be an increasingly valuable endeavor to pursue and to encourage our students to pusue.

-David

[Anonymous]

I enjoyed the class with Clayton Dube. His enthusiasm and energy permeated the room. The slides were phenomenal, especially those slides that superimposed one country over another. I enjoyed the anecdote about the population density on a Japanese subway so much that I shared it with a sixth grade history teacher who will be teaching Asia in January. I can't wait to visit his class that day and see seven sixth graders on a square meter. I'll have to take a picture.
It was interesting to hear about Mr. Freeman and his experiences teaching English in China leading to the accumulation of a fortune that now supports the Institute. I feel fortunate to be a participant in this class and look forward to my upcoming religious conversion for our upcoming debate. Thanks for your high energy class.

John

[Anonymous]

Mike,

I too thought the class was instructive and well crafted. It should turn out to be a very worthwhile endeavor to take this class because I can see we are rapidly expanding our knowledge base about Asia. See you next class.

John

[Anonymous]

I never really thought about how people in Asian countries view the US, and I was a little surprised to see the signs written in English from those photographs. Does anyone know where they were originally published? How many Americans had access to them? I also found it interesting to see some of the Asian countries juxtaposed over the US - it gave me a better frame of reference.

[Anonymous]

The second class gave us much needed reference points so that we could visualize exactly where the countries we will be studying are located and their size and longitutde and latitude vis-a-vis the United States. The anecdotes about life in modern China and Japan will definitely help give context to our study of ancient history. The connections between our government and China seem to span our entire history. Being able to share this information with our students may help them relate better to information about lands so far away.
Susan Dubin

[Anonymous]

I really enjoyed the class that Professor Dube taught on Tuesday night. I really appreciated learning about how and why the Institute is operating on behalf of teachers like us. It answered a lot of questions. I also liked the overlapping map and I mentioned it to some teacher friends of mine at school. I can't wait to get the PowerPoints in January. I particularly enjoyed the information about Korea as I have an autistic student from Korea who was so proud when I started telling the class about his country. Great class.

Vafa

[Anonymous]

Hi all,

Another great class. I really enjoyed the visually stimulating powerpoints and images that Mr. Dube presented. What a great way to help students (and ourselves!) understand a more global perspective. I also liked how the images helped to dispell any myths or misunderstandings that we may have had about Asia. I am really looking forward to our debate next session. This is also a great tool to use in the classroom. See you all next time!

[Anonymous]

I agree with everyone. The breadth and scope of this class is overwhelming, yet the instructors make it emminently approachable. It is comforting to know that one may posit queries and gain answers applicable to our various needs and levels. I definitely feel after one class with Mr. Dube makes me realize how woefully inadequte my Asian edication has been.

Not only that, but having someone who will be with us for many sessions add to the comfort level. I should admit that I had a slight groan at the homework. Yet, the end result of the tag team discussions on Saturday should be very entertaining.

[Anonymous]

Wow, after learning of the basis behind this course I am even more excited to be a part of it. One reason I am taking this course it because I know that my information of Asia is truly lacking. I know that other countries do not necessarily see us as great as we see ourselves, but to know that for a fact is humbling. The saying of "Walk in another persons shoes" is a powerful lesson learned. I try to teach my students to see both sides of the story, but I guess I never stop and truly see both sides. There are two sides and I am ready to learn about both. Out of all the information learned on Tuesday I am stuck with a fascination to learn more about North and South Korea.

[Anonymous]

I am also fascinated with learning more about Korea. The region looked beautiful and it is a shame that there are so many areas affected by the wars. On that note, I was watching a food show, "No reservations" with Anthony Bourdain, and when he was traveling to Vietnam, there are still many areas covered with land mines, and to this day they are having small groups (groups of three-four) of engineers sweep farm land and explode these devices. Interesting that most Americans don't even realize about the dangers left behind.

[Anonymous]

sounds like a great class....sory I missed it 🙁 see you all saturday

[Anonymous]

In response to Korea....I can't believe how safe I feel everyday walking anywhere I want, but others fear their own death if they step in the wrong spot. I will use this information to help my students understand the points of views of their peers.

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