Education Monsters

#46 From Vietnam to Canada

Mai was born in Vietnam and came to Canada to study. Unfortunately, she did not get into the school she applied to but managed to get back on her feet and started an accounting career. She initially lived with her aunt and felt a bit pressure to perform well due to family pressure. Mai talks about her past and how much she grew by adapting to the Canadian culture. This adaptation and flexibility are what made her a stronger person.

#45 Two Italki Tutors

Franciele is from Brazil and is working as an English tutor on Italki. We both share our common experience on this language teaching platform to list the pros and cons of meeting random people from all around the world. Franciele is also a Youtuber and helps people learn English through her fun and interactive videos, check out her channel here: 

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCN0TxLGZS57Doxvh-b-z4Mg

Here's where to book a class with her: 

https://www.italki.com/teacher/7673338/english

#44 The Local Agriculture Expansion Foundation (LAEF)

Matthew grew up in Indiana and currently lives in Colorado Springs. He founded the Local Agriculture Expansion Foundation (LAEF) to help farmers grow their business after being inspired by the numerous farmer's markets in France. He wants to promote local food and reconnect our roots with food. We also discuss the cost and benefits of cleaner energy as an optimist future for our future generation.

Check out his website and if you know a farmer, please send him/her his way!

https://laef.io

#43 Breaking the Asian-American stereotype in med school

Roger grew up in Hawaii and came to the mainland to study engineering. He completed an MBA in Taiwan where he was pleased with the collaboration between peers in school. His ambitions grew and he got accepted to med school, only to find out it wasn't what he expected. Tensions and discrimination led him to quit. Roger shoveled his way out by starting a snow removal business. Being in control of his own clients and workers gave him a sense of stability and justice. 

#42 Living in the South Pole

Daren lives in Lincoln, Nebraska and has spent most of his career in the cold. He traveled from Alaska to Antarctica to follow his passion as a scientist. In this episode, he describes the living situations in the South Pole, and the physical and psychological challenges resulting from being far away from civilization. He was first attracted to the remoteness of the area only to enjoy the art of conversation with the small group of people he cohabited with. 

#41 Les nounous d'enfer

Mohamed et Marwa ont grandit en France avec un parcours en économie. Ils sont venus a Montreal, QC pour finir leurs etudes et ont tous les deux decidé de se lancer dans le baby sitting. Mohamed garde des enfants issus d'une famille française alors que Marwa s'occupe des enfants québécois. Dans cet episode, nous discutons du role du baby-sitter dans l'education des enfants, et où s'arrêtent les responsabilités d'education. Quelles sont les differences entre l'education française et québécoise? Comment est-ce que les baby-sitters pourraient mitiger la communication entre parents-enfants? Les baby-sitters ont un role second, mais néanmoins pas négligeant dans le développement de la confiance en soi car il/elle incarne un autre model pour les enfants que celui des parents ou profs. 

#40 The extraordinary ability of a paralegal

Chieko has been working as a paralegal in Los Angeles, California after completing a BA in international affairs and working at Americorps. Her specialty is immigration law and she will start law school at UCLA next year. She reveals challenges for both immigrants and lawyers in the application process. Somehow, helping people in need gave her a great sense of purpose as she witnessed her own mother's challenges with her green card. 

#39 Experiencing synesthesia

Matthew lives in Colorado with his family. He has had synesthesia his entire life and shares his personal experience on how the world "feels" in his eyes. Synesthesia is a condition in which stimulation of one sensory or cognitive pathway leads to involuntary experiences in a second sensory or cognitive pathway. Some people who used LSD might relate to his experience... 

#38 Les bananes

Caroline a grandi à Paris dans une famille cambodgienne-chinoise. Elle s'est découvert une passion pour l'esthétique-cosmétique après le bac littéraire. En voyageant en Chine, elle fait face à des challenges culturels dans son milieu professionnel. 

#37 Covid-19 en France

Violaine habite au Limousin en France et vit avec ses 3 enfants. Elle vient de se faire vacciner via Doctolib et nous parle de son expérience avec la pandémie. Depuis mars 2020, les français ont du s'adapter à un nouveau mode de vie: confinement, couvre-feu, gestes barrières etc cependant, il reste une partie de la population qui ne croit pas en l'existence de cette pandémie. Beaucoup de français se sentent confus face aux mesures du gouvernement, alors quel serait l'impact de cette confusion sur les choix individuels de se faire vacciner?