Hello! This question is very much like an obscure philosophical proposition. “Who I am” can be a deep thinking when I enquire about myself. But when I introduce myself to you who read my blog, maybe I need to provide some labels. Of course all of these labels can’t reflect a complete picture of mine, but that’s okay, we need them!
1. ethnic minority
This is a point I emphasise many times, because it not only shows where I came from, but also where I’m going back to. I’m a lucky girl, every step of my journey from hometown to Edinburgh was accompanied by a lot of educational input and support from my parents. I sometimes connect with old friends who are less fortunate and realise that under an unequal social system, the educational experiences of children in the same place can be a world apart. These children have become victims in a time of dramatic change, and that’s I want to change.
2. education + exploration
I guess this could be my second tag. There’s an old Chinese saying that translates to mean that a well-educated person knows how to bring good education to others. I think that’s why I’m here. I am interested in many aspects of education, such as equity in education, resources allocation, education assessment and so on. But I found an interesting point in my reading this week that push me to think about whether “training AI” is also a way of presenting education? Part of a student’s growth in morality comes from formal education, and the development of these latent abilities is just as invisible as the AI algorithms. We often don’t notice the problems until after the AI outputs the results or the child commit a crime. This is very interesting, and as the book enquires, how can we avoid this outcome in advance?
I hope my first blog entertained you and you can remember me and my thinking through these rather simple tags. My fellows, it will be great to see you here more often in the coming year!
PS. enjoy the picture of rainbow in Edingurgh
Ying Yang
10/03/2023 — 17:49
KeKe~I am very happy to be your classmate. You have shared a lot of useful knowledge both in study and life. Let’s study together happily in the coming days!
Ke Ke
10/06/2023 — 09:59
Love you!
Josua
10/05/2023 — 13:56
Hi Ke!
When I first knew you, I realized that your name is not a typical Chinese name, and later you discussed about the fact that you are from the Tibet part of China, which makes you an ethnic minority. I am technically a minority myself, being a Chinese Indonesian (in Indonesia, people who are ethically from the regions of Indonesia are called pribumi, and I’m definitely not considered that). I did not go (or even attempt to) attend the public universities in Indonesia, but I did hear unpleasant stories from Chinese Indonesian attending public universities in Indonesia in terms of discrimination.
I do hope that from Education Futures study, you will be able to gain insights and knowledge to be able to combat inequality of education for ethnic minorities starting with your home country, but eventually around the world!
Ke Ke
10/06/2023 — 10:09
Being in the minority, I understand the strangeness of being confronted with mainstream education/ideas/welfare issues, sometimes we feel fearful, sometimes we feel insecure. But on a global scale, we are part of the world. We should provide our own values to change the world (maybe:)). Hopefully one day you can decide what kind of school to go to just because of your inner choice rather than external circumstances. That’s the New World we really want.
pharmacies
10/30/2023 — 07:01
Wow that was unusual. I just wrote an incredibly long comment but after I clicked submit my comment didn’t appear. Grrrr… well I’m not writing all that over again. Regardless, just wanted to say excellent blog!
Ke Ke
11/13/2023 — 17:28
oh, so sorry for being too late to see your comment. I think the blog automatically filter some comments to spam. What a pity to lost your comment, but thanks again!