Plagiarism

When I examined one student's thesis proposal a while ago, I told the student that the best way to write literature review is to put aside the book/article and then to write down what you learned/understood about the book/article. The student replied that as s/he did not know any better way to write about what the author had said, so that s/he copied and pasted the texts. I then said to the student that then it is plagiarism.  S/he did not realise that she had plagiarised.

台灣的高等教育出了極大的問題。

My prediction of creative industries 4 years ago

Four years ago, I predicted that in 10 years' time, creative industries will no longer be an issue. Four years have passed.

How can one dislike them?

After the textile factory closed, they seem to have been up there. Since my uni is a catholic school, my plan is to move them to the campus.

Comparing New York City to a Woman

"...I glanced at the one that was published, and when I saw myself comparing New York City to a woman, I knew beyond doubt that the piece was bogus" Paul Auster, Here and Now.

Emphasizing on power relations will not take you far in studyng different kinds of cultural development

It took me a while to realise and understand that. Now I am much more confident in commenting on that.

張鈞文老師

不知為何想起我的國畫老師。

我小時候學了幾年的花鳥畫，老師是張鈞文，浙江人。老師家在象山附近的小坡上，外面寫著「教授國畫」的字眼。忘了哪一年夏天，媽媽帶著我去按了電鈴，老師說不收小孩子，但是媽媽硬ㄠ，老師不得不答應。

那個時候開始幾年，我的每一件衣服，幾乎都有墨汁。

我每個禮拜六下午到老師家，看老師畫畫；我有兩位同學，是老師的朋友，都是外省籍老師，一位師大附中退休，另外一位從桃園來。老師穿長袍，藍色的。老師的眼睛也是藍色的，和我們的褐色不同。前半個小時，都是看老師磨墨，這個半小時，配著蟬鳴，我經常打瞌睡，另外兩位也是。

竹子畫完畫蘭花，接著梅花和菊花。四君子完了之後，順序不太記得，但是記得畫了公雞、紫藤、葡萄、柿子、荷花、牡丹、蝦子、螃蟹、松樹。我最喜歡的是紫藤，但是我畫紫藤之前，從來沒看過紫藤。羊毫筆按下去，頓一下，紫藤的花瓣就出來了。由於老師的畫法是不用白粉，直接用水對顏料，所以這個水和顏料比例的掌握，非常重要，經常要先在另外一張紙上試試看。紫藤畫得美，感受得到輕盈，好像就像風在吹。

但是我筆下的紫藤，長得總像是葡萄。

後來我在倫敦，真正看了數大的紫藤，是在Hampstead。查了才知，紫藤原產自福建。

此時校園已經停課，研究室外，不時有蟬鳴。研究室內，是一堆待改的作業。原來是因為蟬鳴，我想起磨墨點頭的下午。

敏感

我從小就東看西看，視覺上很敏感；至於文字上，我的心態是過得去就好，情真即可。