Ha, Ha, on my way to the cooking class this afternoon, I bought two English vocabulary books, which are in actuality the first two in my life!!

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     The true identity of Anna Anderson, the most famous Anastasia claimant, has remained one of the most controversial issues in modern history.  However, under scrutiny and with the aid of further references, the answer seems to be more than crystal clear; that is, in spite of her claims, Anna was not Anastasia, but a Polish woman named Franziska Schanzkowska.  
     First of all, the reaction of Anastasia’s relatives should be critically examined.  Even though several relatives of Anastasia recognized Anna as Anastasia by certain physical traits and Anna’s descriptions of the places that Anastasia had been to, most of the royal family repudiated such “evidence.”   Furthermore, it was suggested that Anna might have been taught by supporters who had knowledge of the Tsar’s family, such as Gleb Botkin[1], whose father had been the Imperial Family's personal physician.  As for the physical traits similar to those of Anastasia, it makes sense to speculate that they might have been forged during Anna’s long stays in hospitals throughout her lifetime.  
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     After more than a century of advocacy for equality between the two sexes, the preference for boys over girls is once again demonstrated in the U.S, a result which has persisted since 1941.  

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     According to Sandy Baum and Kathleen Payea, one’s level of education determines one’s payment and taxes.  In 2003, among the average full-time year-round workers in the United Sates, it was people with professional degrees which, according to the definition on Wikipedia, refer to academic degrees which are “designed to prepare the holder for a particular career or profession, such as law, medicine, architecture, accounting, engineering, religious ministry, or education”[1], that earned the most.  The average amount of money they earned annually reached up to $95,700, and their tax payment was $27,200.  As for people with other degrees of advanced studies, those having doctorate degrees received $79,400 and had $21,400 in tax payments, while people owning master’s degrees grossed $60,500, and paid $15,000 in taxes.  People who possessed bachelor’s degrees earned $49,900, which was 30 percent higher than the income of those with associate degrees; on the other hand, there was a comparatively slight distinction, only 3 percent higher, in the average earnings of people with associate degrees and people with some college but no degrees.  It becomes apparent that with a higher education, people’s earnings and tax payments increased accordingly.  For example, people having master’s degrees earned 200 percent more than those with high school diplomas, and nearly 280 percent more than those with less than HS diplomas (Baum & Payea)[2].

 

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      With the development of modern technology, our daily lives are filled with electronic products of all kinds; however, it is arguable that we can fully enjoy the convenience they are supposed to bring without paying a price for our excessively growing reliance on them.  
     

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It is really an interesting episode, and a very educational one. :)

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Dear Diary,

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Dear Diary,

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