Comments for Sandra M. Chung, Science-y Communicator http://sandrachung.com science, culture and technology Mon, 14 May 2012 12:47:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on How to lie, with or without statistics by Jane C Chung http://sandrachung.com/2011/07/sorry-boulder-going-from-zero-to-two-is-not-a-trend/#comment-791 Jane C Chung Mon, 14 May 2012 12:47:04 +0000 http://sandrachung.com/?p=32#comment-791 Sandra, Yes, yes, yes. I am so blessed to have a daughter of HUGE BRAIN CAPACITY. I am blesssed to have a sister with "ditto" Happy mother's day to me! Mom & sister Sandra,

Yes, yes, yes.

I am so blessed to have a daughter of HUGE BRAIN CAPACITY.
I am blesssed to have a sister with “ditto”

Happy mother’s day to me!

Mom & sister

]]> Comment on 50 vegetarian and vegan foods to eat before you die by connie lee http://sandrachung.com/2012/04/50-vegetarian-and-vegan-dishes-to-eat-before-you-die/#comment-659 connie lee Tue, 17 Apr 2012 11:18:36 +0000 http://sandrachung.com/?p=332#comment-659 I've got new food to research about and taste! Should send it to Cooking Light! I’ve got new food to research about and taste! Should send it to Cooking Light!

]]> Comment on 100 foods to eat before you die? Hmm, missing the point. by Sandra http://sandrachung.com/2012/04/100-foods-to-eat-before-you-die-hmm-missing-the-point/#comment-655 Sandra Mon, 16 Apr 2012 15:02:41 +0000 http://sandrachung.com/?p=301#comment-655 Thanks for the details, Mom. It's been so long since I heard the story I couldn't remember who ate the worms. I'll correct it in the original post. Thanks for the details, Mom. It’s been so long since I heard the story I couldn’t remember who ate the worms. I’ll correct it in the original post.

]]> Comment on 100 foods to eat before you die? Hmm, missing the point. by Jane C Chung http://sandrachung.com/2012/04/100-foods-to-eat-before-you-die-hmm-missing-the-point/#comment-648 Jane C Chung Sun, 15 Apr 2012 14:28:21 +0000 http://sandrachung.com/?p=301#comment-648 Daughter, The earthworm story belongs to late Grandma, Jih Hoh Chung who had very priviliged life growing up as a daughter of landlord who had vast land holding in North Korea. Great Grandma learned to read & write "over the shoulder of her schooled brothers" because girls were not allowed to be schooled at the time. When Great Grandpa suffered stroke while inspecting rice field, guess who managed the vast land holding - Great Grandma!- who not only managed very well dealing sharecroppers and other men landlords, she managed to increase land holding every year. Determined to give formal education for her daughters, Great grandma had to fight male teacher who refused to fill out an application of Grandma to one of two elite girls highschools in the country for Grandma. As an only girl in the elementary school, Grandma suffered terrible teasing from boys especially when Grandma beat all of them academically. The teacher used to hold her math test in front of class and say "Boys take off your testicles!" Grandma took lunchbox to school, but often she did not eat and threw the lunch away as she walked home to avoid mother's scolding for not eating lunch. Great Grandma worried about her thin girl, gathered worms and cut up in small pieces,seasoned, & cooked in sesame. Grandma eat them for a long time not knowing they were earth worms! Daughter,

The earthworm story belongs to late Grandma, Jih Hoh Chung who had very priviliged life growing up as a daughter of landlord who had vast land holding in North Korea.
Great Grandma learned to read & write “over the shoulder of her schooled brothers” because girls were not allowed to be schooled at the time. When Great Grandpa suffered stroke while inspecting rice field, guess who managed the vast land holding – Great Grandma!- who not only managed very well dealing sharecroppers and other men landlords,
she managed to increase land holding every year. Determined to give formal education for her daughters, Great grandma had to fight male teacher who refused to fill out an application of Grandma to one of two elite girls highschools in the country for Grandma.
As an only girl in the elementary school, Grandma suffered terrible teasing from boys especially when Grandma beat all of them academically. The teacher used to hold her math test in front of class and say “Boys take off your testicles!”
Grandma took lunchbox to school, but often she did not eat and threw the lunch away as she walked home to avoid mother’s scolding for not eating lunch. Great Grandma worried about her thin girl, gathered worms and cut up in small pieces,seasoned, & cooked in sesame. Grandma eat them for a long time not knowing they were earth worms!

]]> Comment on Tsunamis and the energy of atomic bombs by Joanne Manaster (@sciencegoddess) http://sandrachung.com/2011/03/energy-tsunamis-and-atomic-bombs/#comment-361 Joanne Manaster (@sciencegoddess) Fri, 30 Dec 2011 02:49:46 +0000 http://sandrachung.com/?p=37#comment-361 That piece is wonderful indeed. I'm glad I got to read it through your blog. Nice touch to add the video! I am paying "blog calls" to each @scio12 attendee to say "Hi" and give your blog a shoutout on twitter (I'm @sciencegoddess). I look forward to meeting you in January! That piece is wonderful indeed. I’m glad I got to read it through your blog. Nice touch to add the video!

I am paying “blog calls” to each @scio12 attendee to say “Hi” and give your blog a shoutout on twitter (I’m @sciencegoddess). I look forward to meeting you in January!

]]> Comment on The heat of global warming could run the world for 300 years by Dave Finnigan http://sandrachung.com/2011/07/the-heat-of-global-warming-could-run-the-world-for-300-years/#comment-323 Dave Finnigan Wed, 03 Aug 2011 19:20:45 +0000 http://sandrachung.com/?p=84#comment-323 I love this simplification. I too am a science communicator. I spend my days in elementary and K-8 schools helping kids understand climate change with my program Climate Change is Elementary. Everything needs to be simple and dramatic. I need to find allies who can help me to make information simple enough to work with kids. Oh yeah, and I'm 70 years old so I am not very well schooled in computer graphics, but I'm learning. I love this simplification. I too am a science communicator. I spend my days in elementary and K-8 schools helping kids understand climate change with my program Climate Change is Elementary. Everything needs to be simple and dramatic. I need to find allies who can help me to make information simple enough to work with kids. Oh yeah, and I’m 70 years old so I am not very well schooled in computer graphics, but I’m learning.

]]> Comment on The heat of global warming could run the world for 300 years by connie lee http://sandrachung.com/2011/07/the-heat-of-global-warming-could-run-the-world-for-300-years/#comment-322 connie lee Tue, 02 Aug 2011 02:37:47 +0000 http://sandrachung.com/?p=84#comment-322 Sandra, I love this writing! You should send it to NYT! Sandra,

I love this writing! You should send it to NYT!

]]> Comment on How to lie, with or without statistics by connie lee http://sandrachung.com/2011/07/sorry-boulder-going-from-zero-to-two-is-not-a-trend/#comment-321 connie lee Tue, 02 Aug 2011 02:23:38 +0000 http://sandrachung.com/?p=32#comment-321 Or one can say 0 to 2 - infinite % increase! A bigger lie! Or one can say 0 to 2 – infinite % increase! A bigger lie!

]]> Comment on Latin for “testicles” by smc http://sandrachung.com/2011/04/latin-for-testicles/#comment-25 smc Tue, 12 Apr 2011 03:49:34 +0000 http://sandrachung.com/?p=55#comment-25 Sexism. Sexism.

]]> Comment on Tsunamis and the energy of atomic bombs by connie lee http://sandrachung.com/2011/03/energy-tsunamis-and-atomic-bombs/#comment-19 connie lee Mon, 11 Apr 2011 11:04:16 +0000 http://sandrachung.com/?p=37#comment-19 I love the Chang's article. Yes it absolutely gave the best feel for the Tsunami without being hit by one. I love the Chang’s article. Yes it absolutely gave the best feel for the Tsunami without being hit by one.

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