This article published by The Conversation is alarming. UNESCO reports that third world education is improving, yet in pockets of the developed world, basic numeracy seems on the decline. This was brought home to my wife and I recently on a trip to the UK. In a charity shop, we wanted to purchase four items at GBP0.99 – it look the young, articulate and attractive sales assistant ages to let us know that the cost was GBP3.96. She insisted on using a machine for the calculation. When we told her the mathematical short-cut, she was amazed. It’s not clear to me whether the problem is quality of education or a wider cultural problem with too much dependence on machines. Any thoughts?
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A day in China’s Countryside and a visit to the UNESCO approved Dazu Stone Carvings – Top Blogs Revisited
An SVG map of China with Chongqing municipality highlighted Legend: Image:China map legend.png (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Dazu Rock Carvings, Bao Ding buddhas (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Dazu County Rock Carving, Chongqing, a UNESCO heritage site (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Dazu rock carvings, Bao Ding Shan, 18 layers of hell (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Bao Ding Mountain Rock Carvings, Dazu, Chongqing 大足宝顶山石刻 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
中文(简体)â¬: 大足石刻 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: In this 8-meter (25-foot) tall Buddhist relief from the Dazu Rock Carvings in China, built sometime between the years 1177 and 1249, Mara, Lord of Death and Desire, clutches the Wheel of Reincarnation, which outlines the Buddhist cycle of reincarnation. Français : Un relief de 8 mètres parmi les Sculptures rupestres de Dazu près de Chongqing en China. Il représente Mara, le Seigneur du Mort et des Désirs, éteignant la Roue des réincarnations. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
As part of our summer blogs revisited series, we’re focusing on our best travel blogs by country.
This was by far the most popular blog on China. It actually ranks as our top travel blog (by number of hits).
But open this link for some of other China highlights
Dr Alf's Blog 