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Time：第349次例會，2012年06月02日（週六）下午14:30-17:30
Place：
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Agenda
14:30~15:20 Session I: Ice Breakers + Topic Discussion Q1-Q3
15:20~15:30 Session I Feedback
15:30~15:50 Speaker Session
15:50~16:00 Change Group + Break
16:00~17:00 Session II: Ice Breakers + Topic Discussion Q4-Q6
17:00~17:15 Session II Feedback
17:15~17:30 Happy Time
Taipei Dinner Location
Host/Speaker/Gourmet: Selene Yu/name/Elena Schedule
Ice Breakers:
Please introduce yourself to your group.
What do you do for a living? What do you do for fun?
How did you learn about Happy Club?
What current events have you noticed recently?
What are some restaurants you enjoy around Taipei?
What good movies or concerts have you enjoyed lately?
How did you spend your holidays? Was it hard to readjust after the break?
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Like Me! Like Me!
by Marcus Maurice
In a world dominated by social networking, what is happening to our brains?
Have you noticed that your attention span for doing things like reading a novel is extremely short? Every two or three pages, you may get the burning urge to check your cell phone to see if anyone has text messaged you. Recently, a top scientist stated that this generation has a short attention span and desires constant feedback on their lives. She believes the main culprits for this are Facebook and Twitter.
One of the biggest reasons Facebook is popular is that every single user is the star of their own real-life reality show. Some add friends as if it were a popularity contest or show off sexy pictures to get likes and people commenting on them. Others even post links to controversial topics to make people upset on purpose. While this is not very nice, it does attract a lot of attention.
Baroness Susan Greenfield, an Oxford University professor of pharmacology, believes that our brains are being rewired. She says that people who spend a lot of time on social networking sites or have most of their friends online are starting to lose their nonverbal skills. For example, they may have a hard time looking people in the eyes when talking to them. Also, Greenfield thinks what people post on Facebook and Twitter is mostly just nonsense. She says that a lot of people may be having some kind of identity crisis. She goes on to suggest some users strive to have lots of friends on Facebook or followers on Twitter to make themselves feel like mini-celebrities. This fantasy indicates that they are living in a world that's not real. Interaction with people in the real world counts a lot more than the number of times someone likes what you do on Facebook.
Session 1.
1. Facebook prevails over the whole world, do you think it is good or bad?
2. Do you like press “Like” on your friends’ facebook? If yes, it means you really like it or just because of you don’t know how to reaction?
3. Some people say that facebook connect with everyone's life, do you agree or disagree?
Session 2.
4. Will you “Check in” facebook When you go to any different place? If yes, what is the reason? If no, how do you think about such person?
5. Do you think it is OK if your friend keeps browsing facebook when you are talking?
6. Do you think that using facebook results in loss of privacy?
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Vocabulary Help
注意事項(台北)：
1. 請準時兩點半(場地限定45人)到東吳大學城區部遊藝廣場2樓!
2. 請務必自行列印文章和Questions for discussions.
3. 與會者不必報名 但請先閱讀過文章，並仔細想過所有的問題，謝謝合作!
4. 新人入場費 100 NT / 會員入場費 50 NT / 可當3次新人 (for 場地租費 etc.)
5. 會員費 1000 NT 永久有效
6. 聚會時請勿講中文或討論政治/種族/宗教/性
7. 聚會完後有聚餐請踴躍參加
8. 每個月不定期有戶內外活動請踴躍參加
Announcements(Taipei)：
1. Please arrive at the 2nd Floor Arts Center of Soochow University on time at 2:30 PM (venue capacity 45 ppl)
2. Please print out the article and discussion questions
3. No need to sign up, but please read the article and think about the questions!
4. Guest Entrance Fee 100 NT / Member Entrance Fee 50 NT / Up to 3 Audits (fee for rent, etc.)
5. Membership fee 1000 NT no renewal necessary
6. Highly discouraged in venue: speaking Chinese and forcing your views on politics/racism/religion/sex
7. Feel free to attend our weekly dinner after gathering
8. Feel free to join our many outings
台北，每週六 2:30-5:30 PM
Taipei, every Saturday
Place:
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