Lei's Life

這2天，事情很多
心情又很差
不想多寫

"No Child Left Behind" is an act published by Bush Government in 2001. It requires states to make demonstrable annual progress in raising the percentage of students proficient in reading and math, and in narrowing the test-score gap between advantaged and disadvantaged students. Most educators and parents complain that the act is an ambitious law and forces states to move faster and further to improve the achievement of every student.

Today I saw a documentary about this act. I am thinking about this problem. I am here in United states to study early childhood education. I try to find good qualities of their education system and a good way to combine them into our country's education system. But now I find they are trying to learn our Asian style---standardized tests, high scores and learning more...that's ridiculous!Well, the students grow up in Asia are good at testing, they are smart! However, most of them are poor in creativities, they lose their curiosities in learning... What a pity they don't have these good dispositions!! But as you see, what are Bush Governments doing now? They are copying Asian styles!

這次Chicago之旅，最有意思的地方應該就是芝加哥美術館，號稱全美三大美術館之一真 不是蓋的，2樓印象派畫家的真品絕對是讓人感到$7(student ticket)有物超所值的感覺.要不是因為最後一天感著回家,我肯定會泡個整天再出來. 建議租個audio guide這樣會對展品的瞭解增加許多.

The Art Institute of Chicago

Add:111 S Michigan Ave,Chicago, IL 60603
Tel:(312) 499-0680
Hours:Monday—Wednesday, Friday, 10:30—4:30
Thursday, 10:30—8:00
Saturday—Sunday, 10:00—5:00
Fee:Adults $12,Children, Students, and Seniors (over 65)$7, Tuesday free

真不敢相信，我的英文還是這麼破爛。今天和Jamie約了去看房子…結果我把之前約好的要看的四家房子的門牌號碼…全部都寫錯了…就我這樣下月還要出去找工作…實在無法想像誰敢雇傭我?

本來以為是最後一次為Jamie做生日蛋糕
誰知道。。。也許我還得在這裏再留一年呢
不管怎樣，很滿意這次做的巧克力戚風蛋糕
完全按照愛廚的配方，很成功哦
我在周圍圍了一圈Lady Finger，就是很容易散開

雖然參觀完Field Museum之後我抱怨它為什麼不改名叫Fake Museum，因為裏面的東西大部分是假的，動物標本，植物標本，房子模型，甚至還有中國傳統雜貨鋪模型……可是還是讓我找到一些真的東西，比如世界各地各個時代的人所穿的鞋子，其他的讓人印象深刻的應該就是那幾座恐龍骨架了吧，好多小朋友都是為了看恐龍而來的。

Field Museum
Add:1400 S. Lake Shore Dr,Chicago, IL 60605-2496
Tel:(312)922 9410

之前有朋友介紹一定要來Chinatown這家不起眼的越南米粉店，我和Jessica走到街的盡頭才發現這家小店，雖然小，可是人卻不少。我要的牛肉，牛筋米粉很快就來了，最鮮美的就是湯底了，米粉也很Q，牛肉切的很薄，還有一小碟豆芽，檸檬和basil。加上一點點辣醬和魚露，真是完美極了。我竟然把整碗都吃完了……

從Seattle開車南下，約2，3小時後就進入了Oregon，因為夾在加州和華盛頓州的中間，Oregon顯然是個經濟比較不發達的地方，最爽的是這個州竟然沒有消費稅，不論吃飯或是買東西。Oregon海邊還是很美麗的，總是雲霧繚繞，看起來好象來到人間仙境。

這次去Seattle玩的時候，正好趕上耶誕節，我們在街上逛完一圈想要吃飯的時候發現竟然沒有飯店開門，無奈繞遍只找到一家小店。這家小店的招牌菜就是gumbo（雜碎湯），於是我們每人點一份，我要的是海鮮雜碎湯，湯裏面有洋蔥，有米飯，有蝦.熱熱的湯喝下去，全身立刻暖活起來。回來之後我查了資料才發現，gumbo是美國的黑人食物，New Orleans代表菜。要做出gumbo，就必須有秋葵（Okra）。不過我至今仍在實驗中，不知道怎樣才能做出雜碎湯？

每到耶誕節，商店裏就會有很多大大小小的cracker出售，供大家裝點聖誕樹。我的夢想就是能擁有一個真人大小的cracker擺放在家門口。這次來到西雅圖，發現街上到處都是真人大小的cracker，而且有各種造型，真想把他們全部搬回家。