The National Kaohsiung First University of Science and Technology (NKFUST) Dept. of Liberal Arts and Humanities is offering a course entitled, Bicycle Theory and Practice, with the aim of teaching social awareness and cultural understanding, while teaching a practical set of skills.
According to the course instructor, Tsai Hsin-chieh, the university has provided several free bicycles for students to ride around campus. Tsai would like to combine the school's goals with the concept of bikes and provide a course to better integrate the school's aims for its students.
Professor Tsai's plan requires students to "adopt" two bikes on campus with the course which is divided into three parts: (1) maintainance- which involves fixing school bikes. (2) Teaching students how to ride safely. (3) Planning a bike route. The students are required to plan a ride around the island of Hsiao Liu-chiu 小琉球 at the end of the semester as their final exam for this course.
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"make up a route around Hsaio Liu Chiu" -- how hard can that be?
ReplyDeleteFor the directionally impaired Taiwanese?... You'd be surprised.
ReplyDeleteAt a gas station in Tuku:
Me: So is the Highway 19 to the left? (Highway 19 being a major arterial near Tuku)
Gas Station Attendant: Ummm... (running looking for a map)... I don't know.
Me: Is this North (pointing presumed North)?
GA: Ummm... I don't know.
Me: If I wanted to go to Chiayi, which road should I take?
GA: I don't know.
I then went to a 7-11 and had a similar conversation. I ended up riding to Huwei. The Highway 19 was just a few km to the west.