thoughts about the 1st session

[Anonymous]

I was pleasantly surprised at the content. I was very encouraged that there were several contemporary topics covered. Was not aware of the trouble in the Yellow Sea.

[Anonymous]

I enjoyed the balanced approach to this sea of topics related to East Asia.

[Anonymous]

Very inspiring. It is always interesting to know that history can vary depending on who is writing it!

[Anonymous]

The class on the first day was very informative. I did learn a lot about China, but I was really interested to hear more about the reading we did before the class, I was really interested on different solutions, as well as prospectives on China's water problems.

[Anonymous]

I am reflecting back to the first session when I was leaving with a very good feeling that I had made a good decision to take the class regardless of all other responsibilities we have. At this point I can confirm that the journey has been very rewarding. I have learned a lot and I am sure that the rest of the sessions would be as beneficial for all of us as the sessions we already had.

[Anonymous]

Wow! It is almost over. I can't believe what an adventure and treat it has been. As I look back to the first session, I was amazed at the preparation and information we received. The textbook was a bit overwhelming, but extremely imformative and helpful. It is divided into easy to follow chapters. Clay was so energetic and passionate about China and teaching. It was after work. I was tired but he managed to keep my interest and so have the lecturers that followed. The requirements were explained and have been easy to complete. It was great to have snacks too. I hope there are more courses offe
red.

[Anonymous]

It was good to see Mr. Clay back with us! I missed his lecturing! Can't believe this is it!

[Anonymous]

The first session helped with my understanding of Asian geography. It helped refresh my memory.

[Anonymous]

I agree that this first session helped me with Asian geography. Does anyone remember the short japanese news report we watched during the first seminar? I showed that to my students a week or so later and they loved it! I think i might have converted a few students to watching similar videos online. But what I liked best was that my students could actually pick out the ironic symbols the newscast used to represent countries/ ideas. So interesting/funny!

[Anonymous]

The first seminar was a great refresher of Asian geography. I teach U.S. history so I dont spend much time covering Asian geography. I haven't studied it much since college and it was great to get back in to it.

[Rob_Hugo@PortNW]

Hi everyone,

Please reply to this message and share your thoughts about our first session by Clayton Dube on the brief introduction about East Asia.

- Xin

[Anonymous]

I found the first session to be very enlightening information and a great course opener/grabber. If one does not read on global affairs frequently or take a course such as this one, all we have to rely on is mainstream media. With that said, I feel mainstream media does world politics a disservice. Unless one listens to NPR or KPFK, reads The Economist or The New Yorker, one will be left out of the loop. There is obviously a high interdependency with East Asian countries (i.e. China and Japan). I often bring it to my students attention when we cover the Industrial Revolution and post Industrial Revolution issues (i.e. globalization, sweatshops/cheap labor). We are more interconnected then we think!

Interesting points to me from the first session were:
* we buy more then we sell to East Asia
* that most of the island of Japan is inhabited by trees and not people
*China has become the worlds largest vehicle market

My students were stunned when I mentioned the absence of internet in North Korea.

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