SAN JOSE Rockies Jon Gray Jersey , Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- In the Costa Rican capital of San Jose, people in Chinatown greet the Chinese Lunar New Year of Monkey with a traditional lion dance, as well as acrobatics and kung fu performances during the Spring Festival celebrations.
"The Spring Festival is a great event that generates harmony and happiness," Song Yanbin, China's ambassador to Costa Rica, said on Friday when the festival started here.
San Jose's municipal band got the festivities underway, followed by a Chinese-style acrobatics show and a lion dance, in which performers mimic a lion's movements in a special costume.
The bi-cultural event also featured Central American music before the celebration concluded with a kung fu show by performers from Costa Rica's Shaolin Kung Fu School.
"Whether at home or travelling as visitors, north of the Yellow River or south of the Yangtze River in China, by children or the elderly, in China or anywhere with a Chinese community, we celebrate this festival with great joy and cheer," said Song.
Over the three-week celebrations in February, the local Chinese community will also set up stands where visitors can learn how to make Chinese knots, write Chinese characters and learn about ancient customs during the Spring Festival.
Since the two countries established formal ties in 2007, the Chinese people and government have often expressed solidarity with their Costa Rican counterparts, said San Jose Mayor Sandra Garcia.
President of the National Legislative Assembly Rafael Ortiz said in a message that China has throughout the ages had an extraordinary impact on humankind, through its discoveries, its social and economic development, architecture, art and rich cultural heritage.
Monkey, one of the 12 animals of the Chinese zodiac, is known for being active and agile, and is therefore considered a sign of change and progress, said Isabel Yung, president of the Association of Costa Rica's Chinese Community.
RIO DE JANEIRO， March 19 (Xinhua) -- Four-time Brazilian Serie A champions Vasco da Gama have named Milton Mendes as their new coach.
The 51-year-old replaces Cristovao Borges， who was sacked after the club's elimination from the Copa do Brasil last week.
"I'm very happy to have been given this opportunity and I'm going to grab it with both hands. I'm motivated and optimistic，" Mendes told Vasco's official website.
Mendes is a former Vasco youth team player and made 26 appearances for the Rio de Janeiro club in the mid-1980s
He began his coaching career in 2001 and completed his UEFA badges shortly after. He has coached clubs in Brazil， Japan， Qatar and Portugal.
Effective Home Tuition Service Academy
Introduction - Definition & Nature
The academic guidance of students at their home is called home tuition. The service providers of home tuition are generally evening academies of varied types. These academies are organized by educators and non-educators. An educator-driven academy will consider learning of pupil as her top priority, while investor-driven academy concentrates primarily on high profit. The quick lucrative return and effective tutoring create a trade-off situation, now and then. The best possible satisfaction of learning needs of studentsparents and rational fulfillment of monetary demands of teachers organizers is critical success factor of an academy. The paradoxical situation demands, inevitably, a comprehensive managerialentrepreneurial approach for effective Supportive Learning Environment or Academy.
Practically, in home tutoring, a qualified tutor is sent directly to the client's home. Children get an individualized guidance, not a predetermined one that all children of that ageclass attain, but one that is specifically designed for the child's unique requirements. An academy arranges home tutors. ParentsStudents evaluate the final efficacy of tutor. A home tutor can be called for to address any special need of a student. Occasionally, the academy supervises the tutoring work to ensure that the pupil is getting effective learning support in weak areas that need special attention. Generally, parents supervise the tuition job of a tutor.
Demand of home tuition is generally seasonal work, parents demand tutors before exams for better results of their children. Home tuition is part-time activity of educators; they are available normally at evening time. University graduates are frequently involved in home tuition. They charge a smaller amount as compare to experienced teachers. The tuition earning compensates their educationalnon-educational expenses. A few teachers adopt home tuition a full-time job.
Supportive Learning Environment - Individual Perspective
home tuition or academic guidance is invoked on account of three reasons - divergent learners' profile, distinct human psychology and diverse teachers' profile. Firstly, nature lavishly offers countless gifts to humanity, both material and immaterial. Intellect is immaterial gift of God. At intellectual level, nature bestows human beings countless mental faculties and abilities. The naturally imparted facultiesabilities are unique and latent in our mind. In most cases, they are actualized only through external efforts, both formal and informal. The educational system of a society is a formal way to realize unique latent potential of students. However, at schools, students learn something with varied speed. They are quick, moderate and slow learner. A quick learner may divert the learning environment in hisher favor. The twisted situation may affect badly the mediocre or weak. Consequently, the latent facultiesabilities of great many students remain unobservable or untouched in unconscious mind. The situation necessitates the parents for additional help; generally, parents get the needed support from home tutorsacademies.
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