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...Thais consider it extraordinarily rude to express anger in public ... If you cannot keep a 'cool head,' many Thais will actually think you are insane or dangerous. When angry, remember to smile...
...quickly a new story can be written may depend largely upon the Chinese people becoming a whole lot better at consuming more and saving less. But, while the authoritarian government continues to pull the strings in many parts of society, Beijing cannot simply order citizens to buy Gucci for the good of the country and the world. Chinese save much of what they earn because the government has yet to provide the web of social services available in other countries. China's national social security system and government health-insurance schemes are drastically underfunded, and moreover don't cover...
...long days with Filipina nannies as "surrogate mothers." Few children - rich or poor, in whichever corner of the globe - prefer gifts and toys to the presence of their mothers. In both cases, the mothers' drive to provide for their offspring financially seems to avoid the simplest of facts: parenting cannot be outsourced. Juliet Linley, Rome...
...former D.C. teacher, I cannot thank you enough for your cover story on Rhee and the state of emergency that exists in the Washington school system. Rhee might not win Miss Congeniality, but she's doing what's best for the students. What matters more than that? Kristen James, HADDONFIELD...
...agree that public schools are in dire need of intervention and that one solution is to improve the quality of teachers. But you miss a major roadblock: parents. Even the most gifted teachers cannot inspire students whose parents do not instill in them the importance of education. Parents need to take responsibility by reading to children when they are very young, turning off the television and video games when they are older, making sure they are completing their homework and demanding that they respect not only their teachers but the concept of education as well. Cara A. Tonn, ROSEVILLE, MICH...