{"id":41,"date":"2022-05-27T07:51:52","date_gmt":"2022-05-27T07:51:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/met.for.education\/?p=41"},"modified":"2022-06-17T15:44:52","modified_gmt":"2022-06-17T15:44:52","slug":"task-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/met.for.education\/?p=41","title":{"rendered":"Task 1 &#8211; What&#8217;s in my bag?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"41\" class=\"elementor elementor-41\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d9bdb17 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d9bdb17\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8f66525\" data-id=\"8f66525\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ccaf81 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5ccaf81\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.10.1 - 17-01-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/met.for.education\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/WechatIMG511-1024x768.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-70\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/met.for.education\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/WechatIMG511-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/met.for.education\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/WechatIMG511-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/met.for.education\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/WechatIMG511-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/met.for.education\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/WechatIMG511-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/met.for.education\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/WechatIMG511-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/met.for.education\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/WechatIMG511-850x638.jpeg 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-225c793 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"225c793\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-5a5a48c\" data-id=\"5a5a48c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e96e5f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2e96e5f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.10.1 - 17-01-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>Items on the left:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; A small bag with a lip balm and lipsticks<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; A USB on a key chain<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; My work pass card with school meal card<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; A small bag of tissue<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; AirPods<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; iPad<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-9f0edbc\" data-id=\"9f0edbc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a3ebd9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2a3ebd9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Items on the right:<br><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; My 6-year-old MacBook Pro<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Bose noise cancellation headphones<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; 2 ball pens, one in black, the other in orange&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; A menthol nasal inhaler&nbsp;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-439a297 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"439a297\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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I&#8217;m working at a British Columbia Province Offshore school in a southern province of China. I have been working at the same school since 2013 and I have been in many different positions in my school, including foreign affairs, homeroom teacher, teaching assistant, and program coordinator. And now, I&#8217;m working towards going into an educational technology company in Shanghai.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The bag you are seeing above is the bag I carry the most. It is a National Geographic bag with tons of space. I always like big schoolbag style bag instead of small handbag just in case that I need it for something else, like grocery shopping or for my raincoat. My bag has multiple compartments so that I can properly organize my items.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I use my own laptop for&nbsp;work and iPad for note-taking, trying to go paperless and minimalist AirPods are for my commute to the workplace and I use my Bose when I want to concentrate when the working environment is loud.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Most schools in China require an identity card to get in due to most schools have over 3000 staff and students.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The USB I have has two types (A and C) of ports integrated in one so that an Apple product user like me can easily work with other people in case of file transfer.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The bag of tissue always stays in my bag because it is common to not expect any toilet paper in China&#8217;s public restrooms and most of the restaurants will only offer paid tissues.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Finally, my Thai menthol flavour nasal inhaler is a lifesaver whenever I feel sleepy or get bit by mosquitos. The tube actually has two parts and the bottom is liquid that you can apply on skin. I&#8217;m not totally sure about the effects on mosquito bites, but it works good enough as a placebo.&nbsp;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ea0a70 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"3ea0a70\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c235a9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1c235a9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I would say I used the same type of bag 15 years ago, however, the iPad would be replaced by an actually notebook and headphones would still have wires. And I used to carried a lot more stuff then right now, for instance, a purse with all sorts of cards and instead of two pens I would carry a bag of pens to work with my notebook.\u00a0<\/p><p>China is very advanced in having most of the things we need in daily lives digitalize. I am able to pay everything on my phone, show my digital ID and driver&#8217;s license, get on buses and subway, and register a COVID test and view the result on my phone. And my front door uses a finger-print lock so I don&#8217;t even need to have my keys with me anymore.\u00a0<\/p><p>If an archeologist were to dig out my bag in the future, one might know that I&#8217;m a Chinese and my work place with ancient technologies. They might be confused by the two sets of headphones but other than that I think they would get a pretty straight forward idea of who I am. And if the stickers on my laptop stay, they could offer a pretty good idea of the pop culture of this temporal period.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p>Nobody can really tell whether I am still a student or a teacher. The gradient colours of my bag indicate that I want to appear to be lively. And I would use the same bag with the same stuff inside even when I am wearing a more lady-like dress. I refuse to use any single-shoulder bag when I was diagnosed with scoliosis with uneven shoulders.\u00a0<\/p><p>I like to keep the stuff in my bag simple but practical, however, that doesn&#8217;t mean they cannot reflect my personality. The stickers on my laptop are all gifts from friends I collected throughout different times and images and printed text convey the information of what I like and what I hope for.\u00a0 My friends would describe me as practical and rational most of the time. So, I would say my private content does match my outwardly image.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b11dc9c elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"b11dc9c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d15f38 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4d15f38\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>TEXT\/TECHNOLOGIES<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-05b8716 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"05b8716\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>There are different types of text and technologies in my bag. The computer and iPad offer unlimited space for text input and output that break the physical boundary of traditional text carriers like papers or plaques. The pens indicate that there are scenarios where I need to write on papers.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Though I still prefer to read physical books, they are big and bulky so if I am on the move I will read using digital platforms. Outside of books, I have worked to digitize my life as much as possible to reduce clutter at home and in my bag.<\/p>\n<p>I use smaller headphones when I&#8217;m on the move but prefer over the ear headphones when stationary, especially due to the noise cancellation. I do try to personalize these items as much as possible with my AirPods in a case that looks like a piece of meat that my friend almost throw it into our hotpot. Stickers on my laptop (Football is Life!) are in two different languages (English and Chinese). Especially in the world I live in, my work, home life and media engagement are constantly a switch between these two different languages. My laptop and USB are mainly used for work purposes but you will find some TV shows on there for when I need a break, and you&#8217;ll find shows in English, Mandarin and Thai (I have accustomed to read subtitles even if it is in Chinese) so it would require engaging in the contents of my devices to get a little more insight.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Items on the left: &#8211; A small bag with a lip balm and lipsticks &#8211; A USB on a key chain &#8211; My work pass card with school meal card &#8211; A small bag of tissue &#8211; AirPods &#8211; iPad Items on the right: &#8211; My 6-year-old MacBook Pro &#8211; Bose noise cancellation headphones &#8211;&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-weekly-tasks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/met.for.education\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/met.for.education\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/met.for.education\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/met.for.education\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/met.for.education\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=41"}],"version-history":[{"count":64,"href":"https:\/\/met.for.education\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":250,"href":"https:\/\/met.for.education\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41\/revisions\/250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/met.for.education\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=41"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/met.for.education\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=41"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/met.for.education\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=41"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}