Discussion Class Topics
- Friday the 13th of September -
(12pm)
- The Kurdish problem in Japan -
Just to be up front about this, I do not know much about this topic. It only very recently came to my attention, but I'm still not 100% sure I even understand the issue.
Apparently there is a somewhat large community of Kurdish people living in Kawaguchi, Saitama. And recently this has been causing problems with both local native Japanese people, and foreign people from Turkey. People have been posting online attacking the Kurdish people claiming they are bad people who want to destroy Japanese society. I saw some stories about people pretending to be Kurdish online, doing bad things, to make Kurds look bad.
Why is this happening? What is the issue?
Let's discuss this!
- Friday the 13th of September -
(8pm)
- The Kurdish problem in Japan -
Just to be up front about this, I do not know much about this topic. It only very recently came to my attention, but I'm still not 100% sure I even understand the issue.
Apparently there is a somewhat large community of Kurdish people living in Kawaguchi, Saitama. And recently this has been causing problems with both local native Japanese people, and foreign people from Turkey. People have been posting online attacking the Kurdish people claiming they are bad people who want to destroy Japanese society. I saw some stories about people pretending to be Kurdish online, doing bad things, to make Kurds look bad.
Why is this happening? What is the issue?
Let's discuss this!
- Sunday the 15th of September -
(11am)
- Are Mac users happier and more productive? -
In 2019, a study by IBM, the originators of the PC, found that Mac users were happier and more productive than their PC counterparts. However, there has been some disagreement on what exactly led to these results. Is it the machines themselves or the type of people who use Macs? Should businesses consider switching to Macs, or is tried and true Windows good enough for most companies? Why has there been such little progress for Apple in the office compared to Windows?