#英語学習
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UN BriefIt's all about new president Biden's policy on UN: withdrawal of secession from WHO, rejoining Paris Agreement. It reminds me that a leftist, Koichi Toyama said that the US is virtually the wo
もっとみる【アメリカ語勉強日記】1/18
The update of this blog became far from diary- requires daily update - but I think just continuing is more important. So I still would like to this random practice of English writing.
The vital Quest
【アメリカ語勉強日記】2021/1/12
I learned an evil word: British Thermal Unit. The unit means required energy to increase the temperature of a pond of water by a Ferenheit. They are commonly used to describe specs of air conditioners
もっとみる【アメリカ語勉強日記】1/10
I started reading the 2nd chapter of The vital question.
The points are the following.
It started by explaining what is the necessary attribute of life. Taking viruses as an example, they are certain
【アメリカ語勉強日記 12/23】
Finished reading Tyranny of merits. It was impressive and clearly analyze the disease of modern society. I will make a summary and critique soon (in Japanese.)
I think I’ve written my impression up to
【アメリカ語勉強日記12/17】
Finished 6th chapter of tyranny of meritocracy.
After introducing the evidence that meritocratic college admission resulted expanding economic inequity, Sandel continues to discuss how the harsh cont
【アメリカ語勉強日記 12/15】
Tyranny of meritocracy started to point out how today's college selection process only benefits students from affluent family.
According to the book, acceptance rate is 5 times higher for alumni stu
【アメリカ語勉強日記 12/13】
The tyranny of merits now on 5th chapter. It starts with comparison of aristocracy and meritocracy.
While aristocracy give a chance to winners to think their success is not their own, meritocracy fo
【アメリカ語勉強日記 12/12】
I have finished the 4th chapter of Tyranny of merit. It describes how credentialism is prevailed in developed countries and criticize those with diploma looking down those without it caused serious po
もっとみる【アメリカ語勉強日記 12/9】
I found vocabulary list for American elementary school students. According to Sandel, vocabulary of Trump is equivalent to 4th grade student. I took a casual glance at the list. Though most of the voc
もっとみる【アメリカ語勉強日記 12/8】
Reading Tyranny of MeritI finished 3rd Chapter.
So the 3rd Chapter was on how the rhetoric of rising prevail in the American politics in spite of the fact American economic mobility is less than othe
【アメリカ語勉強日記】12/8
Sandel introduced his experience in US and chinese university. Despite of the national sociologism polucy, Chinese students has meritocratic view as well as Havard student. It is surprising that som
もっとみる【アメリカ語勉強日記】12/2
The tyranny of merit introduced the rhetoric "the right side /wrong side of history". I thought it was coined around the Cold War, but according to the book, it is coined after it. George W. Bush, rep
もっとみる【アメリカ語勉強日記】12/01
The tyranny of meritocracyOne of the most common complaint on public insurance is that if you make effort on staying healthy, you can't benefit from the insurance rather you are giving away your money
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