Mignonchang's blog

Today we did presentations on Capitalism and Socialism, by Linda Chang. And Politics: Finland, by me. Finland was a handful, so I didn't get to do Singapore. No wonder they could write books about Finland, there really is something about Finland's educational system that makes children happier and more prepared for life. Their value system is also interesting.  Read More »

Thinking about recycling waste this morning while on the bus (which I’m not sure is a better alternative to motorcycles or your average automobile, seeing as it ingests diesel oil and spews this vast disgusting gray wavery cloud– though I’m sure some people enjoy it – and pollutes the air in the most flagrant manner.  Read More »

Why is guard duty so apt to be abused?  Read More »

In a time of heightened universal crisis and thus requisite for companies to make more ethical decisions, what could possibly prevent companies from doing so?  Read More »

There too much idealism within Ayn Rand’s books – the ideal of what a man, and a woman should be. The ideal that always stands to be perfection because of the contrasts she depicts – the contrasts of weak men partiality on unfocused humanitarian concepts that have no real sustainable or noble use to man’s development.  Read More »

How long does it take for a people to become tired of central leadership?  Read More »

I imagine one day the world as we know it might end. Actually, I have that in my mind constantly. Sometimes it seems as though we're attracted, fatalistically, to the most tragic possibilities. Yet in a way it's exhilarating. You imagine a world that would be much more difficult than the one we currently reside in - much more challenging.  Read More »

Yesterday I was taking a shower with the radio turned on. For it's one of my beliefs that taking a shower/standing in line/eating/taking a ride in the car/jogging...and other miscellaneous things we do to be somewhat boring, and I make a point to read a book or have my attention fixated on something that I can think about - like the radio.  Read More »