Morning Calm (2015 Korea)
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K. Song
Morning Calm
Posted by Focus Pacific on January 13th, 2026
Social equality between men and women
Posted by Focus Pacific on January 12th, 2026
The social equality between men and women has long been discussed and promoted ever since human civilization stepped into the 21st century featuring increasing modernization and democracy than ever before. Nevertheless, in China, this equality is being popularized among the public and spread among social consensus, but with much higher difficulties and more challenges that have to be faced than most other countries in the world.
As one of the several countries around the globe enjoying time span of civilization of over 1000 years, Chinese people have long been instilled with the cognition that males and females are so different that they are almost mutually excluded into different categories in terms of social status such as functional characteristics in families and acceptability in career selections. One thing that has to be made clear is that it has been deeply rooted in Chinese people’s mind that giving birth to a boy is much better than to a girl and this notion still remains in this modern world where freedom is in the first place of measuring human rights. The truth is many parents pay more attention to their male offspring, leaving not too much space for female ones. Once girls grow up and get married with the ones they love, their husbands may treat them as being responsible for bearing and educating their children, rather than playing the role of supporting families financially. In career development, women are normally much more disadvantaged once they reach certain age levels, and due to the difference between physical structures, they are usually restricted to engaging in specific roles in the society.
On the other hand, despite the fact that potential discrimination against women still exists, there appears other unique and rather surprising biased notions against men. What is worth noticing is that, when it comes to being strong and hard-core, it usually refers to men rather than women, rendering many males having to pretend to be strong even if they are not and their social responsibility keeps rising as women try to get more from the balance between genders. Another example is that in treating legal conflicts, women are always categorized as the disadvantaged groups, making the males play the dominant role to do harm to others when actually they are the ones being harmed.
To sum up, only when a balance between pursuing social equality is found can human, regardless or their genders, really benefit from being equal.
Zixuan Cheng
The Stage of Accepting
Posted by Focus Pacific on January 12th, 2026
Skin deep, there’s more than what we see. I agree. For I have been in a lot of situations where first impression always seem to be incorrect. We cannot appropriately critic a book without reading it first. Outward appearances always get to us. We cannot avoid having those jumbled thoughts when we based someone on appearances alone. They may appear like so but, deep inside, completely opposite of what we thought them to be.
They are not different. They never were. They are just human beings, born with a different blood in them and that alone should not be a reason to discriminate them, to bully them, to let them think that they are someone who is inferior to the rest of the world. It is definitely a misconduct to let someone think that they are not important to the world. To make them think that they are less when they are more.
Discrimination is everywhere. Be it the streets, the cafeteria, the school, the mall, there is always that someone who deep inside is hurting because of the wrongdoing of others. These others are hurting them, without even thinking. Inappropriate words and actions are made just to have the entertainment of having to see someone crumbling down to the ground, painful tears rolling down their cheeks, and having to wish that they die.
(Source: http://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/headlines/research-on-lgbt-workplace-protections/)
Everyone dreams of that one person that will accept them wholeheartedly. It may be your future husband, your best friend, your lover at the moment, we all have that one longing. Imagine what would the bullied ones feels when they drowned in the reality that no one would ever accept them? Just because of one small thing like a different race, just because of having a dark than usual skin. That really hurts. It is ridiculously painful.
Let’s make them feel wanted. Make them feel what love and acceptance is. They are not different from who we are. They are still humans. And they are capable of having mixed feelings and emotions. Let’s turned those frowns to smiles, turned those tears of pain to tears of joy. Let’s accept them. They are not different, they never were.
Mardonney Arcenas
Coed Schools Or Single Sex Schools? How To Choose Between The Two
Posted by Focus Pacific on January 5th, 2026
Coed Schools Or Single Sex Schools? How To Choose Between The Two
There are different theories that support co-ed schools and other the support single sex schools. In choosing the proper school, parents must think carefully about many things before making decisions. The key justifications for single sex schools are the progress of boys and girls differ from each other and they need various methods of teaching. The excellence and responsibility of coed schools have always been giving rise or likely to give rise to public disagreement in India.
The researchers assert that boys and girls need various methods of teaching and guidance as well as forming different classrooms which are more helpful. It also states that the designs used in the development of human brain are special for girls and teachers need to use different master plan for them. It is said that girls are generally emotional and consequently the process of knowledge is very different compared to boys. Although this may be true, there are no particular outcomes that are accessible to recommend that using the same teaching strategy for both genders might not be effective. Presently, different essential businessmen and women came from co-ed schools but there are leading single sex schools that have been constructed which encountered negative results.
Taking everything into account, parents should be aware of the significant features like quality education, activities pursued in addition to the normal course of study and other features instead of paying attention on whether coed schools or single sex schools are the best for their children.
F. Martin
Autumn Part 4
Posted by Focus Pacific on January 3rd, 2026
