Comments on: Chinese Lessons…No More. http://chinfamous.com/blog/2008/05/12/chinese-lessonsno-more/ Notes and Onanistic Scraps from the Smog-strangled Mind of an American Journalist in China Tue, 02 Mar 2010 22:39:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: UC Berkeley Back on Track? : Ch-infamous http://chinfamous.com/blog/2008/05/12/chinese-lessonsno-more/comment-page-1/#comment-18580 UC Berkeley Back on Track? : Ch-infamous Wed, 25 Jun 2008 08:22:43 +0000 http://chinfamous.com/blog/?p=92#comment-18580 [...] some will recall, Berkeley announced earlier this year that it would have to cut its Chinese, Korean and Japanese language classes by a total of 1500 [...] [...] some will recall, Berkeley announced earlier this year that it would have to cut its Chinese, Korean and Japanese language classes by a total of 1500 [...]

]]> By: Tim http://chinfamous.com/blog/2008/05/12/chinese-lessonsno-more/comment-page-1/#comment-17568 Tim Mon, 12 May 2008 17:31:38 +0000 http://chinfamous.com/blog/?p=92#comment-17568 The administrators did not merely dip into the confiscated weed--they went straight for the bank account. Since the campus police chief had been around so long, but didn't want to leave, they gave her a lump sum payout on her retirement--$2.1 million. Then they rehired her immediately. Now she'll earn $194k annually while getting a cool half million in retirement payments over the next decade. Seems like you could pay for a lot of lecturers with just the two million. As for the CV Starr Library, it is excellent. Though it may be empty of students who can read the texts, it won't be empty of students who need a place to work. During the handful of days I worked on my thesis there, my productivity hit highs never enjoyed previously. Sad to say, but the biggest draw likely won't be the books. I meant to get into a Chinese or Korean class this year, but the scheduling gods did not favor it. What I found was that, to my surprise, the classes appeared to be undersubscribed when I went to see about getting in. But maybe your web site will help. After all, very soon I'll have a lot of time on my hands and not much to do. Let us know if you felt any of the earthquakes. The administrators did not merely dip into the confiscated weed–they went straight for the bank account. Since the campus police chief had been around so long, but didn’t want to leave, they gave her a lump sum payout on her retirement–$2.1 million. Then they rehired her immediately. Now she’ll earn $194k annually while getting a cool half million in retirement payments over the next decade. Seems like you could pay for a lot of lecturers with just the two million.

As for the CV Starr Library, it is excellent. Though it may be empty of students who can read the texts, it won’t be empty of students who need a place to work. During the handful of days I worked on my thesis there, my productivity hit highs never enjoyed previously. Sad to say, but the biggest draw likely won’t be the books.

I meant to get into a Chinese or Korean class this year, but the scheduling gods did not favor it. What I found was that, to my surprise, the classes appeared to be undersubscribed when I went to see about getting in.

But maybe your web site will help. After all, very soon I’ll have a lot of time on my hands and not much to do.

Let us know if you felt any of the earthquakes.

]]> By: Dan Harris http://chinfamous.com/blog/2008/05/12/chinese-lessonsno-more/comment-page-1/#comment-17566 Dan Harris Mon, 12 May 2008 16:45:22 +0000 http://chinfamous.com/blog/?p=92#comment-17566 Thanks for running this. What a shame. Thanks for running this.

What a shame.

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