My cranky foreign teacher Rob,my foreign teacher, is a very cranky geezer.At least from the perspectives of Chinese students, he is a very eccentric man.He holds a Ph.D in history, so undoutly he love history as well as politics. He talks about his love and his opinions on some political affairs with us in every class, which makes us feel very bored.We can't help wondering if every man who comes from New Zealand is the same as him.I wonder that, too. But why is he like this?Why are there not so many people in China love history or politics so much and study them everyday?In my opinion, it's because many Chinese people have become the slaves of live, while Zelanian people not. So many people are the slaves of life, such as slaves of housing,slaves of children, which means they devote so much time to buying houses or raising children while neglecting enjoying life and cultivate habits.In China, qiute a few people are relatively poor, especially those the young generation who were born in the countrysides but are living in some metropolises.They can't count on their parents to give their money to buy houses.They are the bread-earner of their families.The price of the property in China is so high and even takes someone several dacades to be able to afford that.Not just the problem of housing,the price of commodities is becoming higher and higher, too. I am just a university student, but I have to do some part-time jobs to raise myself, even though doing part-time jobs is very common for students in Europe and America, but in China, it is not so common.I love dancing and playing guitar, but because of the high price of everything, i have to give up on them for months.Now, i don't know whether i can dance or play guitar again. How pathetic we are!Hope one day, we, Chinese people, can live as Rob,combining life and hobbies together.