Report on “Crash Course on American Culture”

Report on “Crash Course on American Culture”

This was a fun and interesting article to read. Jun-Kai Teoh puts a lot of effort and enthusiasm into his writings. With a topic so broad Jun-Kai took a situation he believes to be unique to the United States and find ways to explain American culture.

I’ve actually been the center of an article of his before. Last year, I was in charge of organizing Japan Night as President of JP Network, a Japanese-American association, and the University Chronicle was represented by Jun-Kai Teoh. I’ve known this Chronicle writer to place hard work into his research. During the weeks coming up to Japan Night, my schedule was very hectic but this writer wanted to get a 1st person source to base the article of Japan Night. He made sure to find a way for the interview to happen either through leaving voicemail, e-mails and even trying to find me in person. Eventually, I had some time to do the interview after the actual Japan Night took place.

The article did a fantastic job getting across a background of where Jun-Kai is coming for as a University Chronicle. Many students dismiss the Chronicle a bias or non-legit source for opinions and news but not many have the background information that Jun Kai enlightened readers with in this article. It’s easy to nitpick work when one doesn’t where writer is coming from. The basic details that are given share a clear description of what the duties of an editor pertain in only a few sentences.

One can tell when reading the article that this is a personal story being contributed since it is something that Jun-Kai provides emotions of embarrassment. The example of American culture offers readers a slight moment of relaxation because the mentioning of a strip bar in narration context lets the reader know that they will not be trapped in a far too serious for their own good. What is problematic about this personal story is that the writer made it seem too naughty to give any real details to comprehend of what the author is trying to get through. A night at Sugar Daddy’s sounds almost as crazy as everyone’s favorite comedy of 2009 Hangover but we can’t enjoy this because the content.

Jun-Kai is a favorite editor of mine at the University Chronicle because of his enjoyment of his position. He puts personal life on the line for his position. It’s appreciated that there is a writer that doesn’t shove their no researched opinion in everyone’s face and actually looks forward to what they of sharing the wealth of enjoyment.

Source:
Teoh, Jun-Kai. "The Chronicle; A Crash Course on American Culture." University Chornicle 08FEB2010: 6. Print.