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Posted in: A taste of Italy See in context

When it comes to Italian food people don't realize the complexity involved, Italian Cuisine is one of the most complex in the world and then so very basic. Here is a little history about Italian Cuisine: Italian cuisine has developed through centuries of social and political changes, with roots as far back as the 4th century. Italian cuisine in itself takes heavy influences from Etruscan, ancient Greek, ancient Roman, Byzantine, Germanic, Gaelic, Norman, Jewish and Arab cuisines. Significant changes occurred with the discovery of the New World with the introduction of items such as potatoes, tomatoes, bell peppers and maize, now central to the cuisine but not introduced in quantity until the 18th century. Italian cuisine is noted for its regional diversity, abundance of difference in taste, and is known to be one of the most popular in the world, with influences abroad.

The reason that its almost impossible to get the same taste has also to do with climate and the main ingredients such as water. Also the cooking time involved has a big impact. For example all does people who are from Italy know how much time our Mums or Grandmas spent in the kitchen. Nowadays how many of us spent time about cooking and the same applies in restaurants, most of restaurants owner just pre-head everything or comes direct from a can to our plate. I would suggest that they educate their customers on how to proper cook the products they sale then the taste will be much better.

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Posted in: Japan and its standardized test-based education system See in context

In my opinion the only wrong doing here are not the tests but the way children getting educated. Once children enter the Elementary school they are not longer considered children but adults. They are not getting educated they get imposed and there childhood gets taken away from them in thinking as an adult, or better as a "Salary Men".

I know this because I can see the impact it has on my own children, one been in the 5th grade and the other in the 3th. My children where born abroad and we moved to Japan about 6 years ago. The kindergarten they attended was very good and I was very impressed but all changed once they started attending elementary school. The lessons are blunt and not implemented. Students are not allowed to express them self or question the why? And we all well know that children live in a world of "why?". Also as

medievaltimes says at 06:59 AM JST - 17th June

A Japanese teacher once told me that the purpose of the Japanese education system is not to educate, but to show children how to be Japanese.

I have to agree with him 100%. After my oldest son started attending elementary school, we got a letter from the school stating that our son had some comprehensibility problems, when we attended the meeting with the school principal, we were told that our son was not fitting in with other students because he was behaving to childish and they wanted him to attend a special class. Anyway I don't want to go of topic here. The same happened to my other son.

Also I noticed that students do not get encouraged to tackle a problem but that they have to solve it in that way only. So I have started educating my kids by showing them different ways to get an answer especially in math, because by the end of the day what is important to get the result regardless of what method you applied. Children should not be narrow minded by teachers by imposing just one option when you can have more.

All this said educate your teachers before you educate your children and let teachers do their job as a teacher and not as a janitor, coffee girl, secretary and god knows what else.

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