Doodle

Researchers in the United Kingdom found that test subjects who doodled while listening to a recorded message had a 29 percent better recall of the message's details than those who didn't doodle. The findings were published in Applied Cognitive Psychology

Mom's best friend

Her best was probably Lu阿姨. They came to Taiwan on the same boat and went to nursing school together. 阿姨was jealous of mom's many children. For years, they did not talk. 阿姨 was happy to find out that Dad lost mucho $ in stocks.

Mom and checken soup

When mom just had a baby (do not remember which), father offered to make checken soup for her. Upon first taste, she felt OK. The next meal, she felt that the soup was kind of dark and tasted funny. Dad did not clean the chicken.

Dad and surnames at home in GuanDong

廣東客家人有四大姓： 徐陳黃何。 周是小姓。
有話：

徐陳黃何周, 江淮河漢溝，龍獅虎豹狗。

Mom is clean

Mom used to make sure that things are clean:

Wash grapes in chemicals.
Can not go barefeet.
Can not go out and eat at food stands.

Blowing Nose is Bad?

Blowing your nose to alleviate stuffiness may be second nature, but some people argue it does no good, reversing the flow of mucus into the sinuses and slowing the drainage.

Coughing and sneezing generated little if any pressure in the nasal cavities. But nose blowing generated enormous pressure — “equivalent to a person’s diastolic blood pressure

Achievement Gap

"It's just not possible for the average kid who comes to this country in seventh or eighth grade, or even third grade, without a word of English and parents with little formal education, to match the achievement levels of kids whose mom has a Ph.D. in English from Stanford and can afford to stay home and spend time supplementing the education of her kids.

"Closing the gap that is separating higher-scoring white and Asian students on one hand and lower-scoring black and Latinos on the other has become a key mission of California educators. Today, state schools Superintendent Jack O'Connell, who's made eliminating the achievement gap the centerpiece of his administration, is expected to pledge to continue those efforts, even as school budgets are axed.