Have you ever wondered why your name is set? Is your name placed randomly or intentionally? It is undeniable that the name reflects many things about yourself. My name is intentionally set by my parents. When I asked why they gave me my name, they gave me a lot of explanations. My name implies absolute success. My parents also rely on feng shui to name me. Interestingly, Vietnamese people believe in feng shui, and things related to human destiny. Therefore, when each child is born, they will go to the fortune tellers to see the future for their children. Normally, … Continue reading My Name !

Have you ever been treated unfairly just because you d not have a bright skin tone? Racism is not a new social phenomenon, and it is something we have all witnessed. What is racism and what deems a person as a racist ? Racism, the credence that all members of each race maintains abilities and characteristics specific to that race, remarkably so as to discriminate it as superior or inferior to another race to races ( Cambridge dictionary ). Racism is happening all around the world. The existence of racism is one of the worst things humans are faced with. … Continue reading Racism in ” We’ll Take the White One”

I have been in Vancouver for almost 2 years, and this is the first time I went to visit the Vancouver Art Gallery. I am not a person who knows art well; however, I am very excited to admire the beautiful pictures and be curious to know the meanings behind those paintings. Although my visit was less than two hours, the memories left in my mind were extremely numerous. First of all, WHAT DOES ART MEAN? and WHAT IS THE ROLE OF ART IN SOCIETY ? Art is very wide and complex. There are traditional art, performing art, performance art, … Continue reading What is art?

The advancement and development always go hand in hand with curiosity to explore and learn. The more we observe, the more we will learn and accumulate the real-life experiences. Thus, the ancients summarized a meaningful idiom : ” travel broadens the mind.” Why is the sentence so meaningful? It is a testament to the process of human development through discovering new things. As a new born child, we only know how to instinctively cry, but to eat and say we must learn from grandparents, parents, and people around us. It is a learning process from the very beginning, isn’t it … Continue reading “Travel Broadens the Mind”

The article ” Bringing Indigenous Languages Back to Life ” published in the 2015/2016 issue 1 of What in the World? is about recovering Indigenous languages. Because Indigenous languages die with the old generations , and the languages have not been recorded for a long time, the Indigenous languages have been reducing day by day. Moreover, the negative influences from the residential school are also a cause of the extinction of the Indigenous languages. Since 2014, many of the communities and organizations of the First Nations people from Pacific Northwest, much of B.C, Washington and Oregon in the USA have … Continue reading Summary of ” Bringing Indigenous Languages Back to Life “

One of my biggest hobbies is dancing. I am a dancer. I started dancing when I was ten years old. I was influenced by Korean music, which was the reason for me to become a dancer. I practice regularly four times a week, and I often record dance videos for posting them on Youtube. Dance is a great passion for me. I will feel restless if I do not gather with my friends to train for a new project. I would feel sad if I could not stand on stage or perform in public. Every time I dance, I feel … Continue reading My Hobbies

The person I admire the most in my family is my mother. She is always there for me, and she has never turned her back on me. She loves me even when I disagree with her or do something wrong. Her love for me is unconditional, and I have countless reasons to admire and love her the most. My mother is a very considerate and thoughtful person. When I was small, she usually took good care of me; taught me good lessons, and never let me out of her sight. My mother is in her forties now, but she still … Continue reading Mother’s Day

It is really hard to relate my life in a few words. It is also really hard to relate my life in details. My life is not to long, but it is enough to tell many interesting stories belong with it. I divide my life to two parts. One is when I was in my country, Vietnam. Other is when I arrived in Canada. My name is Dat, who comes from a small country, Vietnam. I can not remember my childhood that much because I have a gold fish brain.Therefore; I will start with my secondary school time. I had … Continue reading My Life

Once upon a long time ago in the past, in the Kingdom of animals, there was a grasshopper named Freddy. He was a smart guy but very lazy. That year, all the animals in the Kingdom got weather alerts. It warned that there would be the coldest winter ever in the history of animals. Everyone hurried to find the reserved food and a place to survive across the cold weather. There was an ant family. They were finding food and other necessary items at the valley. ” Honey! Can you pick up that apple over there ?” said mother ant. … Continue reading A Memorable Lesson

It is inevitable that using cellphones in the classroom has more drawbacks rather than benefits on student’s academic progress; therefore, there are three reasons why cellphones should be banned. The first reason is that smartphone use in the classroom can be regarded as the main distraction of students from the lesson. There is a lot of interesting information on the internet so that instead of paying attention to what the teacher is saying in the class, students may text each other, watch videos, or play mobile games during the lectures. This can lead to missing a huge amount of important … Continue reading Banning Cellphones in the Classroom