Category Archives: Social Behavior

I am moving to South Korea in a year to teach English as a second language, and every time I mention this to someone, their eyes get wide and their mouths gape open in disbelief. First they ask why, then they ask how, and then they ask “Are you going to eat dogs?” Many people associate Asian countries with hanging the first born girl by her heels and throwing her out with Tuesday’s trash, bright wardrobes that emulate the latest Anime fad, and the pink, skinned carcass of dogs and pigs dangling in steaming restaurant windows. I’ve been asked this question at least twenty time since I was offered the position, and I have to confess that my answer is Continue reading →

In the age of the Environmental revolution, it has become a trend to “go green!” and try to be as ecologically conscious as humanly possible. We’ve heard of the cars that run on vegetable oil instead of petrol, hybrid solar homes, and the emergence of organic farming. “Go Green!” has spread its roots through the thickets of westernized cultures, and it seems that it is trendy to live by the three R’s of going green—reduce, reuse, recycle. There is a fourth R that could Continue reading →