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MIND our Health

Posted by Focus Pacific on November 24th, 2025

MIND our Health

George Mcnaughton

A lot of countries in Asia encounter various problems about health; and the leading cause of these health risks is the environment. But we can all say that we can’t blame anyone else but ourselves. Recklessness has been a factor to why most countries in Asia are polluted. People just won’t spend a second of their time to stop and pick up garbage or to even throw it in the right place. Countries like Singapore and Japan are known for how clean and organized the countries are as they have so many rules about littering and waste control. For example, you can get jailed in Singapore if you were to be caught littering anywhere. The countries like these have strict laws that are enforced so that they can preserve and maintain the beauty of their own environment. The goverments focuses and prioritizes on cleanliness so that their country would become more eye catching to tourists and visitors which can become a big factor to their success. Of course the success in maintaining the surroundings clean is mostly because of the government but without discipline, people will not follow the rules and will do whatever they want to do. Some other reason why people litter all over the place in most countries in Asia is because the lack of places to actually throw the garbage away. If garbage cans were in every street in a country, littering will probably go down a little but like as said, without proper discipline, there would be no point to having them. Governments need to prioritize in the cleanliness of their country more before on other matters such as building footbridges that can wait. If a country such as the Philippines had a law in where when you are caught littering, you would have to pay a certain price that to some people is not affordable will make citizens more cautious and alert to help maintain the environment clean. If the environment in the Philippines was actually prioritized by the government, it can possibly turn out to look very great. The tourism would actually rise because who would not love to visit a country that is rich in natural resources and is very clean with no pollution. Taking care of the environment can bring more tourists that of course will help the tourism of the country causing it to be more known. Do you think that the environment should or needs to be more prioritized by the governments in Asia? Do you think that not prioritizing it is holding countries back?

 

 

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The Education Gap: How Online Learning Is Helping To Close It

Posted by Focus Pacific on November 18th, 2025

The Education Gap: How Online Learning Is Helping To Close It

The education gap is growing wider every day, and it’s not just because of the cost of tuition. Online learning is helping to close the educational achievement gap in a hurry. According to a report from Forrester, online courses have offloaded part of the weight of course enrollment on traditional colleges and universities. In fact, for some students, taking online courses has become an affordable way to get a degree without having to leave their home country or region. And that’s just the beginning. Online programs are expected to continue growing in popularity in the coming years, with many colleges and universities planning on offering more online-only degrees and certificates as well. To keep up with this growth, you need to do something—or else you will see the biggest education Gap since World War II looming over your head.

How Online Learning is Helping To Close The Education Gap.

Online learning is becoming increasingly affordable and accessible. In fact, courses and programs can be streamed live or downloaded on demand, meaning that you can access them at any time from anywhere in the world. This has huge implications for education, as it becomes easier and more affordable for students to learn.

As online learning continues to become more affordable and available, it will have a major impact on the education market. By closing the gap in skills between students from different backgrounds, online learning is helping to close the education gap. Additionally, by making education more inclusive, online learning is helping to make sure that every student can find a voice and learn in an environment that matches their needs.

How to Get started with Online Learning.

Choosing the right online learning platform is critical for students who want to learn. Different platforms have different features and suited different learning needs. You’ll want to consider which platform suits your needs best and how much money you can afford to spend.

Some platforms that may be worth considering include:

– Online courses: This type of platform allows users to access courses from a variety of sources, including video lectures, blogs, and books.

– MOOCs (massive open online courses): These are massive tracts of online content that cover a wide range of topics. They’re often offered by top universities and can provide students with an intense education at a fraction of the cost of traditional classes.

– Coursera: Coursera offers online courses with high-quality content that can be used by college students and professionals around the world. It has several popular courses such as Business Statistics for Dummies and American History X: The Unfinished Revolution.

The Benefits of Online Learning.

The education Gap is widening every day. More and more people are seeking a higher-quality education than they could ever receive in class, thanks to online learning. With the right tools, you can save time and money while learning. For example, online courses have the ability to give you macros for each course so that you can save time and money on your studying. Additionally, online courses offer a variety of high-quality educational experiences that are better than what you would get in class. By taking an online course, you’re getting a better education at a fraction of the cost.

Save Time and Money

One of the biggest benefits of online learning is that it saves time and money. You can take courses at your own pace, which means you can study at your own convenience – no late night classes or long buses necessary! Additionally, many online courses offer discounts or free forms of transportation when taken together with other courses within the same semester or program. This way, you don’t have to spend hours driving to different campuses just to get a quality education – you can simply take as many courses as desired and save up time along the way!

Get a Higher Quality education than You Could Ever Get In Class

If you want to achieve high-quality educational experiences without spending too much money – or even seeing any real benefit – then taking an online course may be the best option for you. By studying through an online course, you’re not only getting great content but also having access to multiple provider platforms (like Google Drive) so thatyou can connect with classmates from around the world easily. Additionally, many providers now offer scholarships and grants that make it possible for students to attend top universities without needing any financial assistance whatsoever!

Conclusion

Online Learning is making education more affordable, inclusive, and affordable for everyone. With a variety of platforms to choose from, there’s sure to be a learning platform that suits your needs. Get started today and see the benefits for yourself!

 

Z. Hao

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Why Do So Many Chinese Students Favor U.S Boarding Schools?

Posted by Focus Pacific on November 16th, 2025

Why Do So Many Chinese Students Favor U.S Boarding Schools?

Globalization has had an extensive outcome on modern world, and the influence has not ended at international boarding schools. According to Project Atlas, there are 886,052 number of international students enrolled in schools across the United States and 274,439 of them were Chinese students. The American education system has long been the substance of international status.

For the past ten years, it’s very surprising to know that there were less than 63,000 students from China and around 77,000 students from India who are studying in America. In a period of ten years, Indian students have gone up by less than 30,000, whereas the Chinese students have increased fourfold. China didn’t take long to outdistance India as a leading country, and South Korea maintains their strong position in the third place.

According to Douglas Lyons, executive Director of the Connecticut Association of Independent Schools, “There’s more wealth in Asia now. There is also a belief among Asian families that the choices available to them at home don’t compete with what we have here. Many believe that if you really want your child to be successful you want him or her to go to an American college.”

G. Ash

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China’s dark matter space probe detects tantalizing signal

Posted by Focus Pacific on November 6th, 2025

China’s dark matter space probe detects tantalizing signal

A long-standing challenge in physics has been finding evidence for dark matter, the stuff presumed to make up a substantial chunk of the mass of the universe. Its existence seems to be responsible for the structure of the universe and the formation and evolution of galaxies. But physicists have yet to observe this mysterious material. Results reported today by a China-led space science mission provide a tantalizing hint for dark matter. Perhaps more significantly, the first observational data produced by China’s first mission dedicated to astrophysics shows that the country is set to become a force in space science, says David Spergel, an astrophysicist at Princeton University. China is now “making significant contributions to astrophysics and space science,” he says.

Physicists have inferred the existence of dark matter from its gravitational effect on visible matter. China’s Dark Matter Particle Explorer (DAMPE) was designed to try to fill that gap, by looking for an indirect decay signal of a hypothetical dark matter candidate called weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs). Researchers launched the spacecraft from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert, about 1600 kilometers west of Beijing, in December 2015. Its primary instrument—a stack of thin, crisscrossed detector strips—is tuned to observe the incoming direction, energy, and electric charge of the particles that make up cosmic rays, particularly electrons and positrons, the antimatter counterparts of electrons. Cosmic rays emanate from conventional astrophysical objects, like exploding supernovae in the galaxy. But if dark matter consists of WIMPs, these would occasionally annihilate each other and create electron-positron pairs, which might be detected as an excess over the expected abundance of particles from conventional objects.

In its first 530 days of scientific observations, DAMPE detected 1.5 million cosmic ray electrons and positrons above a certain energy threshold. When researchers plot of the number of particles against their energy, they’d expect to see a smooth curve. But previous experiments have hinted at an anomalous break in the curve. Now, DAMPE has confirmed that deviation. The DAMPE results appear online today in Nature. More data will be needed to confirm what DAMPE is possibly seeing. But there is good news on that front.

Ruoci Ning

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The Waiting

Posted by Focus Pacific on November 5th, 2025

기다림 (정호진)

 

시간아 가라 가라

더 빨리

 

할일이 너무 많아

할 생각이 너무 많아

고민이 너무 넘쳐나

빨리 와서 나랑 안겨라

 

혼자하기 어려워

고생하다 보면 숨차서

같이 있으면 더 쉬워

니가 내 곁에 있어서

 

빈 공간을 채우고 싶어

넓은 들판을 넘어서

내 머리 속을 비우고 싶어

푸른 하늘 구름 넘어서

 

시간아 가라 가라

더 빨리

 

The Waiting

(Hojin Chung)

 

Time please go by

Faster

 

Have too much to do

Have too much to think about

Have too much worries

Just come and embrace me

 

Hard to do alone

Hardships are tiring

Doing it together is easier

Because you are beside me

 

I want to fill the emptiness inside

Like the wide green field

Yet I want to empty my head

Like the clear sky

 

Time please go by

Faster

 

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