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On becoming irresponsible and incompetent

Good employees are self-driven, not only do the job as contracted but take initiative to broaden their roles, undertake additional tasks and exhibit behaviours that
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‘Daddy, do you speak English or American?’

My son was born in Macau and will be three-years-old in June. He is growing up in a very mixed language environment! He speaks English ...
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Applying for a Job: The Five Laws

A necessary requirement to dive into the present job market (the doomsday party) is the written of our own Curriculum Vitae (“the road of life”) ...
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The realities within frames

A student showed me a cat photo that she has taken at the centre of the Abandoned Animals Protect Association of Macau. In the photo, ...
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Valuing University Exchanges

When I was studying engineering at Melbourne University in Australia in the late 70’s and early 80’s, student exchanges with other universities (where students took ...
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Internet Addiction/Abuse

According to a recent survey, 18% of the young generation (pre-teens and teens up to age 24) in Macau are addicted to internet surfing, totaling ...
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Is that a ‘crisp’ or a ‘chip’?!

What is the difference between ‘crisps’ and ‘chips’? I have had this discussion several times since moving to Macau! It may seem like an easy ...
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The Skills’ Gap: Ideas on how business might help educators

The development of a bridge between education and the business is taking on more and more importance. Jerome S Bruner, an influential educational psychologist, stated ...
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Father Schmid

Last year marked the 100 birth anniversary of a celebrated Austrian priest-musician who dedicated a great part of his life to Macau, Fr. Wilhelm Schmid, ...
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Orange Days

June is always an inscrutable month for most of the students who are graduating. In few weeks, graduates will be open to different possibilities. They ...
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