{"id":302,"date":"2009-08-03T13:39:38","date_gmt":"2009-08-03T18:39:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.guidetojapanese.org\/blog\/?p=302"},"modified":"2009-08-26T08:45:50","modified_gmt":"2009-08-26T13:45:50","slug":"a-difficult-reason-for-losing-motivation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.guidetojapanese.org\/blog\/2009\/08\/03\/a-difficult-reason-for-losing-motivation\/","title":{"rendered":"A difficult reason for losing motivation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Reading articles like these<\/a> really drains my motivation for learning Chinese.<\/p>\n

Under Chinese law, carriers of hepatitis B cannot work as teachers, elevator operators, barbers or supermarket cashiers. In a recent survey of 113 colleges and universities, conducted by the Yi Ren Ping Center, 94 acknowledged that infected applicants, required to take blood tests, would be summarily rejected.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

No, this is not an excerpt from a history book or an old newspaper article, this is a New York Times article published last week<\/em>. This is just as ridiculous as the AIDS scare of the 80s in the US except umm… 30 years later and for a disease that’s been around far longer. At this rate of progress, maybe someday kids with hepatitis B may be able to attend kindergarten<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Chinese kindergartens and nurseries will shortly no longer be allowed to turn down children carrying hepatitis B who have normal liver function, says a draft government regulation.
\n…..
\nThe draft regulation, applying to all kindergartens and nurseries hosting children aged under six, also requires them to report to medical authorities and enforce strict sterilization measures if infected children are found. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I wonder what strict sterilization measures would be required? Tell the kids don’t have sex or share needles?<\/p>\n

There’s really no way I would ever consider living in China or even staying for any decent length of time. This really was the final straw after continuously hearing bad news from China including internet censorship, political persecution, tampered baby formula<\/a>, and dogs dying from contaminated food<\/a>. Now, I know it’s not fair to judge a country I have never visited with no first-hand knowledge. But why would I want to go a country that well… I no longer want to go to? Sure, I can sign up for a tour and check out the tourist traps but it’s hard to justify the huge amount of resources needed to learn a language just for a vacation. I might as well just bring a travel phrase book and be done with it.<\/p>\n

I’m still thinking I might want to check out Taiwan though. Only problem is, now I need to start getting used to the traditional characters.<\/p>\n

Am I over-reacting here? In particular, this blog post about trust<\/a> and the comments really made me nervous about going to China. Interested in hearing thoughts from those who have experienced China first-hand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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