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Friday, August 19, 2011
Monday, August 15, 2011
IN-CLASS ONLINE LESSON #10
Why this is outrageous.. I have had enough of this anti-Semitism, we as Jews are not respected enough! They had ruined our lives, disgraced our race, and disrespected our religion. They blamed us for this practice known as the Blood libel which appeared in Arab television shows. Blood libel is a practice that we do not even know about nowadays. It is a false accusation that religious minorities, usually Jews, murder children to use their blood in certain aspects of their religious rituals and holidays. This is absurd! We do not even have practices like this anymore! Our ancestors might have performed this practice before, but it is wrong for you to accuse the new generations anymore! Hath your ancestors not made mistake; hath a person receive a wrong accusation just because of other’s wrong? Just because of various rumours? Hath those that made those mistakes not paid their price? In almost every case, Jews were murdered, sometimes by a mob, sometimes following torture and a trial. Some of us might not mind being spit at, being referred to the devil because of our red hair, or be pushed around, but we certainly cannot tolerate the insults of our religion! Are we not the same as any other person from another religion? Are we not humans too?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_libel_against_Jews
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_antisemitism#Twenty-first_century
Sunday, August 14, 2011
T3 Reflection
Term 3 is coming to an end and I learnt quite a lot of things throughout term 3. The blog writing had became more difficult as we were required to write about 200 words in each blog prompt. But it trained our expository skills and it made us more efficient in starting the thesis and finding the points. This term, we were introduced to something new, called the Reading and Reasoning. R&R is very different from what we had in primary school (comprehension) as it required a whole new level of skills. R&R requires deeper thinking and paper analysis instead of just copying from the passage. Thus, I find R&R difficult and challenging as I failed most of the assignments. I learnt that examples are very important in essays. Also, we read a book called the Merchant of Venice and it included prejudice against the Jews and Mercy and Justice. The book is about a Jew, who lended money to a Christian in which they made a bond in which if the Christian was unable to return by a deadline, he would need to have a pound of flesh cut of. The story is interesting and showed us how prejudiced people were against Jews at that time (early 60s). The book also showed Mercy and Justice, in which mercy seasons justice and people would rather have revenge than show mercy, as they would want justice for themselves. The example in the book was Shylock, the Jew, who refused to show mercy to Antonio, the Christian, and wanted justice, who was finally dealt with law and justice. I enjoyed T3 very much.
T2 Reflections
During term 2, I read about the book titled: To Kill A MockingBird and I feel that it is really a good book as it contained during aspects of life, which includes racism and how unfair life was. The book shows how life is like before racism was stopped and as the title suggests, to kill a mockingbird is like killing a totally innocent and good person, in which mockingbird is referred to as a person. The book showed how a lawyer named Atticus, was looked down upon and almost killed because of his actions to defend a black person, named Robinson. This showed how serious racism was at that time. The movie, "Burning Mississippi" also displayed racism, as the white people formed a party called the K.K.K and burnt down the property belonging to the blacks and killed innocent people. The black people were already living outside the vicinity of the city but the whites continuously disturbed them, thus causing in a revolution, in which people starting to pity and support the blacks. I learnt that racial harmony in Singapore is important because of riots that happened in the early independence and post world war 2 days and that Singaporeans now showed cherish racial harmony and that racism should be stopped.
Narrative: descriptive prose
The entrance is old, but grand. A giant wooden door made of rare wood and stainless steel metal. The stench was overpowering once the door was opened, with books overturned everywhere, and broken glass bottles, surrounded by chemical spills. The unsightliness of left over food from a week ago, which flies hovering around it. "Subjects" kept in metal traps, from worms to tigers. The sound of sparks made by exposed wires, the pictures of success on the wall all old and worn out. The sign over hanging from the top of the entrance to each and every single room, in which the rooms seemed to be infinite. The family picture of him and his parents. His father, in scientist suit. The sofa, unused but extremely dirty. The table, filled with maggots and cuts and holes. His walls, filled with cobwebs and cracks. The source of light, a light bulb, strong and bright, the light rays reaches out to every corner of the room. The floor, creaky and dusty, with footsteps all over it. But surprisingly, a part of the room seems to be extremely clean. The experiment corner, depicted by a sign, with blood and gore in the drain, and strange creatures that no one has every seen, in small cages made of a rough and special material.
Narcissism
In your view, what are the possible problems associated with a similar rise in self-obsession and narcissism in Singapore?
I feel that some of the problems are that teenagers would be too rebellious, people would make wrong decisions and that economy would drop due to some issues associated with the citizens with narcissism.
I feel that teenagers would be too rebellious because of the thought that they are free to do anything they like, which includes dropping out of schools, getting into fights and more. One example is in the Bt Panjang gang fight which happened in November 2010. Police have arrested six people, aged between 15 and 23 years, in connection with a gang fight at Bukit Panjang on Monday night and subsequently 19 young men between 17 and 22 years old were arrested at the Subordinate Courts on Wednesday, in which they are believed to be gang members. This case showed how narcissism can affect Singapore as although Law stated that illegal gathering and fights are against the law, teenagers still broke the law and carried out with gang fights, feeling that they can do whatever they want and that they would be able to escape anything, which is a sign of narcissism.
Also, narcissism can affected Singapore because of Singaporeans choosing the wrong decision. One example is in the recent Singapore elections, in which 2 GRCs were lost and PAP have had lesser votes as compared to the previous election in which PAP lost 6.46% of votes as compared to the last election, this would cause a great impact on Singapore as if the opposition party accidentally won, would they have what it takes to govern Singapore? The result decrease was caused by citizens, with narcissism. They thought that if they wanted to show unhappiness to PAP because of recent disputes, they could vote for the opposition because they have what "it takes to". This is a form of selfishness as they might not have thoughts of the consequences. Thus, narcissism might cause people to make the wrong decision.
Lastly, the economy would drop due to some issues associated with the citizens with narcissism. If Singaporeans were to have develop narcissism, they would be selfish and egoistic, causing a drop in tourism, because tourists might not want to visit Singapore as the citizens are not welcoming them and show excessive amount of narcissism and thus, tourism would drop, affecting Singapore's economy.
In conclusion, I feel that narcissism in Singapore would cause teenagers to be over rebellious, would also make Singaporean's make the wrong decision and would also affect the economy.
I feel that some of the problems are that teenagers would be too rebellious, people would make wrong decisions and that economy would drop due to some issues associated with the citizens with narcissism.
I feel that teenagers would be too rebellious because of the thought that they are free to do anything they like, which includes dropping out of schools, getting into fights and more. One example is in the Bt Panjang gang fight which happened in November 2010. Police have arrested six people, aged between 15 and 23 years, in connection with a gang fight at Bukit Panjang on Monday night and subsequently 19 young men between 17 and 22 years old were arrested at the Subordinate Courts on Wednesday, in which they are believed to be gang members. This case showed how narcissism can affect Singapore as although Law stated that illegal gathering and fights are against the law, teenagers still broke the law and carried out with gang fights, feeling that they can do whatever they want and that they would be able to escape anything, which is a sign of narcissism.
Also, narcissism can affected Singapore because of Singaporeans choosing the wrong decision. One example is in the recent Singapore elections, in which 2 GRCs were lost and PAP have had lesser votes as compared to the previous election in which PAP lost 6.46% of votes as compared to the last election, this would cause a great impact on Singapore as if the opposition party accidentally won, would they have what it takes to govern Singapore? The result decrease was caused by citizens, with narcissism. They thought that if they wanted to show unhappiness to PAP because of recent disputes, they could vote for the opposition because they have what "it takes to". This is a form of selfishness as they might not have thoughts of the consequences. Thus, narcissism might cause people to make the wrong decision.
Lastly, the economy would drop due to some issues associated with the citizens with narcissism. If Singaporeans were to have develop narcissism, they would be selfish and egoistic, causing a drop in tourism, because tourists might not want to visit Singapore as the citizens are not welcoming them and show excessive amount of narcissism and thus, tourism would drop, affecting Singapore's economy.
In conclusion, I feel that narcissism in Singapore would cause teenagers to be over rebellious, would also make Singaporean's make the wrong decision and would also affect the economy.
Sunday, July 31, 2011
Narrative Speech
“Have you heard the news?”
“ ‘Bout what?”
“ The world coming to an end.”
“An end?”
“Yes, an end! Everyone has been talking about it.”
“How come I’m the only one in the dark?”
“No idea, but it is estimated that the world would end by tomorrow.”
“How is that possible?”
“Scientist research showed that gigantic meteorites would hit the Earth’s surface by tomorrow, travelling at the speed of 500m/sec!”
“Omigod, we’re doomed… Anyway to escape?”
“No… Maybe, I think that they were working on a private underwater home, called “Watome”, enough to supply for about a few hundred thousand people.”
“But how would it help?”
“Scientists think that if the meteorite hit the water surface, it would slow down to a speed that would not cause much damage.”
“But… Would it work?”
“Yes, maybe, if the meteorites that hit the water does not heat the water up, it might work.”
“What about the other kids? And our parents?”
“They’re finding out more news, in the center of the town.”
“What’s happening in town?”
“The mayor is making an important speech, which all adults need to attend.”
“What about the children? Don’t they need to know something about this thing?”
“The scientist kept this news so secretive to everyone, even some other governments don’t know about this?”
“We’re in deep soup…”
“But there must be something we can do…”
“Nothing, when the meteorites hit the Earth’s surface it would crack and break, subsequent hits would cause the Earth’s core to crack… And that would be the end.”
“Like how dinosaurs died… And I still doubted it.”
“There’s no time for nonsense! We gotta go to the beach.”
“Wait… Why?”
“I heard that the project of the “Watome” is just around the area of the beach, grab your snorkel, we’re going to go diving.”
“ ‘Bout what?”
“ The world coming to an end.”
“An end?”
“Yes, an end! Everyone has been talking about it.”
“How come I’m the only one in the dark?”
“No idea, but it is estimated that the world would end by tomorrow.”
“How is that possible?”
“Scientist research showed that gigantic meteorites would hit the Earth’s surface by tomorrow, travelling at the speed of 500m/sec!”
“Omigod, we’re doomed… Anyway to escape?”
“No… Maybe, I think that they were working on a private underwater home, called “Watome”, enough to supply for about a few hundred thousand people.”
“But how would it help?”
“Scientists think that if the meteorite hit the water surface, it would slow down to a speed that would not cause much damage.”
“But… Would it work?”
“Yes, maybe, if the meteorites that hit the water does not heat the water up, it might work.”
“What about the other kids? And our parents?”
“They’re finding out more news, in the center of the town.”
“What’s happening in town?”
“The mayor is making an important speech, which all adults need to attend.”
“What about the children? Don’t they need to know something about this thing?”
“The scientist kept this news so secretive to everyone, even some other governments don’t know about this?”
“We’re in deep soup…”
“But there must be something we can do…”
“Nothing, when the meteorites hit the Earth’s surface it would crack and break, subsequent hits would cause the Earth’s core to crack… And that would be the end.”
“Like how dinosaurs died… And I still doubted it.”
“There’s no time for nonsense! We gotta go to the beach.”
“Wait… Why?”
“I heard that the project of the “Watome” is just around the area of the beach, grab your snorkel, we’re going to go diving.”
Monday, July 25, 2011
The Next Space Race!
Comment on the idea of private commercial space travel. Is it a good thing or a bad thing? Why or why not?
I feel that private commercial space travel is a good thing because of experiments, gaining of newer knowledge and chances for people to go into space.
I feel that private commercial space travel is a good thing because of experiments people would be able to do. With the exception of NASA, private commercial space travel could be a kind of experiment for people, as things might be give a turn when scientist, whose experiments needs to be in space, can do so, with the help of these private commercial space travels. Space programs to explore space might also be launch for a group of students, who can afford the price to go into space for school programs, for people to better understand space, thus private commercial space travel is a good thing as people can experiment.
Private commercial space travel is also a good thing because people might have a deeper knowledge of space. Excluding the group of people who paid for the trip, astronauts who wants to explore space by himself when he feel that some parts of space is not explored, he could try it out himself and will not need to go with NASA as he might have a mission when going into space already. Thus Private commercial space travel is a good thing as people might have a deeper knowledge of space.
Finally, Private commercial space travel is a good thing because there would be a chance for people to go to space, instead of trained professionals. That means that whoever willing to spend that amount of money to go to space, would be able to. Instead of being a professional astronaut, someone could just pay the amount of money to space travel, and thus raising the economic of a certain country if they manage to get hold of space shuttle. Thus Private commercial space travel is a good thing as normal people can go to space.
In summary, Private commercial space travel is a good thing because people could experiment in space, have a greater knowledge of space and normal people can go to space, raising the economy of a country.
I feel that private commercial space travel is a good thing because of experiments, gaining of newer knowledge and chances for people to go into space.
I feel that private commercial space travel is a good thing because of experiments people would be able to do. With the exception of NASA, private commercial space travel could be a kind of experiment for people, as things might be give a turn when scientist, whose experiments needs to be in space, can do so, with the help of these private commercial space travels. Space programs to explore space might also be launch for a group of students, who can afford the price to go into space for school programs, for people to better understand space, thus private commercial space travel is a good thing as people can experiment.
Private commercial space travel is also a good thing because people might have a deeper knowledge of space. Excluding the group of people who paid for the trip, astronauts who wants to explore space by himself when he feel that some parts of space is not explored, he could try it out himself and will not need to go with NASA as he might have a mission when going into space already. Thus Private commercial space travel is a good thing as people might have a deeper knowledge of space.
Finally, Private commercial space travel is a good thing because there would be a chance for people to go to space, instead of trained professionals. That means that whoever willing to spend that amount of money to go to space, would be able to. Instead of being a professional astronaut, someone could just pay the amount of money to space travel, and thus raising the economic of a certain country if they manage to get hold of space shuttle. Thus Private commercial space travel is a good thing as normal people can go to space.
In summary, Private commercial space travel is a good thing because people could experiment in space, have a greater knowledge of space and normal people can go to space, raising the economy of a country.
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Online Lesson # 9
1) He is describing the long guns to be cannons on ships.
2) The Jackies in the poem are probably people who are in charge of the cannons in the ship. They were singing war chanties to celebrate the death of the enemies.
3) The shovel will finish the job of what the gun did.
4) The significance of the title is to show the citizens and soldiers are just tools to contribute towards the war effort.
5) The effect of the contrasting actions shows that war is repetitive and pointless because it causes destruction to the work created. The persona’s attitude towards the soldiers and workmen is that they are endless working tools towards war.
6) The harder part is to build a society back up again rather than bringing it down., such as the case of World War 2, Japan was the cause of World War 2 and caused much destruction in its path, but the America’s bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki caused many deaths and a huge amount of destruction, which eventually led to the end of World War 2. Many countries took a long time to rebuild after Japan’s attacks, and caused many problems, such as Singapore taking 15 years to recover while the Japanese only arrived for 3 years. Therefore the harder part is to build a society back up again.
7) Deaths are becoming quicker and more silent, the drum of hoofs change into motors running, showing the changes of sounds heard during war, and the future wars are silent, deadly, showing the change from men to machines, the sound of wheels and the loss of war cries.
8) Gaddafi has been kicked under the dust recently, and the citizens follow their own cause,showing the change from leadership to democracy.
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
LA Home learning 24-25May 2011
They unloaded the dead and maimed right before our eyes (Maiming is an act of physical injury that degrades the appearance or function of any living body, but in this case, the body being maimed is dead)
They washed out the blood, we loaded our rucks and then took to the skies (They washed out the blood of those who died in the helicopter and asked the author and his mates to go into the helicopter.)
Over the mountains, villages, and valleys we flew (The destination is far away from the starting point.)
Where we would land we had not a clue (The soldiers were not briefed before the mission, not knowing what would happen)
Bullets are flying, the LZ is hot (LZ stands for landing zone, and when it is hot, it means that there are many hostiles around it.)
We're leaving this bird whether we like it or not (the bird is actually a helicopter, and the soldiers have no choice but to leave the helicopter)
30 seconds they yelled, Lock N Load and grab your shit (anxiety because they never use correct terms and Lock N Load would mean reloading the gun and preparing oneself)
Get ready to go and make it quick (They are in a hurry.)
My heart is pumping adrenalin through all of my veins (Anxious because the author might die anything without knowing why.)
I run as fast as I can through the lead rain (The lead rain is being compared to a rain of bullets as bullets are made up of lead.)
The noise is tremendous, terror I can't define (The sound of gunshots are terrifying because there might be a chance of getting hit by the bullet.)
The only reason I survived that day was divine (The author was utterly lucky to survive as the examples mentioned above made surviving look like an impossible task.)
I kept pulling the trigger and reloading and pulling some more (He only did this action because it is the only thing he had to do as mentioned in line 14.)
You do what you have to do, with that I will say no more (He knew what he had to did and did exactly as told)
We fought from the valleys to the mountain peaks (The time fought was long and the distance was far)
From house to cave, to car to creek (The places they had to fight at were weird, which means that war is unexpected and nothing is impossible in war.)
Dirty and tired and hungry and scared (The moral of most soldiers were dropping due to all these factors, making scared one of the biggest factors in lowering the moral of soldiers.)
We slept with our boots on so we were always prepared (They were needed to be always prepared so that they would not lose out in a battle)
Those majestic mountains so steep, so high they kiss the skies (The mountains were so huge they could literally “kiss” the skies at the top of the mountains.)
The Hindu Kush has changed so many lives (The Hindu Kush mountain range that stretches between central Afghanistan and northern Pakistan.)
Up the mountains with heavy loads we trod (As mentioned in line 20, the mountains, being so steep, were still made a route for the soldiers to trek through, despite it being steep and the soldiers being tired.)
Who knew hell was so close to God (The close to death experiences made soldiers feel that hell was so close to God because of the mountains and terrain of the place where they are fighting at.)
Beauty and terror are a strong mixed drink (Experiencing both sides of life in a single life they lead, they feel that both beauty and terror made a strong mixed drink.)
So we drank it like drunkards and tried not to think (They did not want to think about their current stage of life, which is experiencing terror, so they felt that not thinking about terror was better.)
Good men and bad men, Mothers lost sons (At both sides of evil vs. good, mothers still loses their sons)
Everyone loses their innocence when they carry guns (Guns are the force of evil, making anyone lose their innocence because with guns they were given the ability to kill someone instantly.)
Washed in the blood, and baptized by fire (Washed in blood means that there were a lot of blood in the battlefield and baptized by fire meant soldier's first experience under fire in battle.)
I will never forget those who were called higher
They say blood is thicker than water, well lead is thicker than blood (No matter how thick blood is as compared to water, lead will still win blood and that would mean that lead could destroy blood, in other words kill.)
Brothers aren't born they're earned. In the poppy fields, the tears, and the mud (Brothers, friends also soldiers like oneself are not meant to be called brothers upon birth, but instead earned through hardships they have gone through and through help people give.
And when I get to heaven to Saint Peter I will tell (Saint Peter is one of a messenger to God and the author would like to tell him that he would like to spend his time in hell in line 33.)
Another Paratrooper reporting for duty sir, I spent my time in hell (Paratroopers are soldiers trained in parachuting and generally operate as part of an airborne force, and because of his guilt, he would like to spend his time in hell as he feel that he do not deserve his after-life in heaven and the use of the word “another” means that there more than one paratrooper who reported, which means that there were a lot of fatalities in war.)
They washed out the blood, we loaded our rucks and then took to the skies (They washed out the blood of those who died in the helicopter and asked the author and his mates to go into the helicopter.)
Over the mountains, villages, and valleys we flew (The destination is far away from the starting point.)
Where we would land we had not a clue (The soldiers were not briefed before the mission, not knowing what would happen)
Bullets are flying, the LZ is hot (LZ stands for landing zone, and when it is hot, it means that there are many hostiles around it.)
We're leaving this bird whether we like it or not (the bird is actually a helicopter, and the soldiers have no choice but to leave the helicopter)
30 seconds they yelled, Lock N Load and grab your shit (anxiety because they never use correct terms and Lock N Load would mean reloading the gun and preparing oneself)
Get ready to go and make it quick (They are in a hurry.)
My heart is pumping adrenalin through all of my veins (Anxious because the author might die anything without knowing why.)
I run as fast as I can through the lead rain (The lead rain is being compared to a rain of bullets as bullets are made up of lead.)
The noise is tremendous, terror I can't define (The sound of gunshots are terrifying because there might be a chance of getting hit by the bullet.)
The only reason I survived that day was divine (The author was utterly lucky to survive as the examples mentioned above made surviving look like an impossible task.)
I kept pulling the trigger and reloading and pulling some more (He only did this action because it is the only thing he had to do as mentioned in line 14.)
You do what you have to do, with that I will say no more (He knew what he had to did and did exactly as told)
We fought from the valleys to the mountain peaks (The time fought was long and the distance was far)
From house to cave, to car to creek (The places they had to fight at were weird, which means that war is unexpected and nothing is impossible in war.)
Dirty and tired and hungry and scared (The moral of most soldiers were dropping due to all these factors, making scared one of the biggest factors in lowering the moral of soldiers.)
We slept with our boots on so we were always prepared (They were needed to be always prepared so that they would not lose out in a battle)
Those majestic mountains so steep, so high they kiss the skies (The mountains were so huge they could literally “kiss” the skies at the top of the mountains.)
The Hindu Kush has changed so many lives (The Hindu Kush mountain range that stretches between central Afghanistan and northern Pakistan.)
Up the mountains with heavy loads we trod (As mentioned in line 20, the mountains, being so steep, were still made a route for the soldiers to trek through, despite it being steep and the soldiers being tired.)
Who knew hell was so close to God (The close to death experiences made soldiers feel that hell was so close to God because of the mountains and terrain of the place where they are fighting at.)
Beauty and terror are a strong mixed drink (Experiencing both sides of life in a single life they lead, they feel that both beauty and terror made a strong mixed drink.)
So we drank it like drunkards and tried not to think (They did not want to think about their current stage of life, which is experiencing terror, so they felt that not thinking about terror was better.)
Good men and bad men, Mothers lost sons (At both sides of evil vs. good, mothers still loses their sons)
Everyone loses their innocence when they carry guns (Guns are the force of evil, making anyone lose their innocence because with guns they were given the ability to kill someone instantly.)
Washed in the blood, and baptized by fire (Washed in blood means that there were a lot of blood in the battlefield and baptized by fire meant soldier's first experience under fire in battle.)
I will never forget those who were called higher
They say blood is thicker than water, well lead is thicker than blood (No matter how thick blood is as compared to water, lead will still win blood and that would mean that lead could destroy blood, in other words kill.)
Brothers aren't born they're earned. In the poppy fields, the tears, and the mud (Brothers, friends also soldiers like oneself are not meant to be called brothers upon birth, but instead earned through hardships they have gone through and through help people give.
And when I get to heaven to Saint Peter I will tell (Saint Peter is one of a messenger to God and the author would like to tell him that he would like to spend his time in hell in line 33.)
Another Paratrooper reporting for duty sir, I spent my time in hell (Paratroopers are soldiers trained in parachuting and generally operate as part of an airborne force, and because of his guilt, he would like to spend his time in hell as he feel that he do not deserve his after-life in heaven and the use of the word “another” means that there more than one paratrooper who reported, which means that there were a lot of fatalities in war.)
Friday, May 13, 2011
My journal entry, during the German war.
The day goes so slowly, and painfully. I am expected to fight a war, a horrible war, when I do not even have my daily necessity, water and ration was scarce, and I am already sick and tired of this life. The fear of taking the pain of a gunshot and the feelings I get when my companions are shot, dead bodies everywhere, some deformed and some into pieces from an explosion, I don’t know how my parents are doing too, I heard that Nazis will storm through houses, grabbing anything worth it and throwing people out from their houses. Civilians were given a chance to run and the Nazis will then take them as ‘living targets’ and shoot them. The thought of it was already horrible. May God bless me, and I hope I could survive this war, all my best friends already died. Nazi have already started having concentration camps, killing everyone they could until running out of ammo, in which they will then abandon the camp. I started to worry when my life would end, and would it lie in the hands of this war… I just want to survive and that would be the only thing I could do. Shellshock would have happened to me, since I was eighteen meters away from a mortar explosion but I stayed strong. I seriously hope the war would end… The sooner the better.
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Technology
Technology affected the way I learn by making things easier for me. When I was in Secondary one, school would just mean textbooks, papers, power points and teachers just continuing ragging on with their lessons, lessons would be rather boring and I had to use foolscap paper to write out Chinese and English Compositions, and learnt about Mathematics and Science through books, so it was quite inconvenient because some of the information I wanted might not be in the teaching materials, like notes given by the teacher. Technology has been a boon for my learning as using laptops for reaching out for information is simpler with the search engines and we can sometimes learn out of the book topics, if we were interested in it, for example, we might be learning about how animals live in the wild and might be linked to how they adapt to different environments and etc. Social networking applications like “Facebook” and blogs would made it easier for us to communication or to present our work in class, online resources are also easier to understand that hard copies since hard copies might be forgotten to be brought to class and lost. One example of technology being a boon to me is when I had an IH, integrated humanities, assignment and I need to get it done the next day and it was 9o’clock, which was close to my bedtime, so I had to complete the assignment as soon as possible. I was stunned and thus typed everything down and printed it out, since the future school program including the use of the computer, I was able to hand in my work on time and thus it is a boon. Therefore, I feel that technology affected the way I learn by making things easier for me by letting us reach out to online resource, easier way of communicating and learn out of the book topics.
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Do we still need heroes?
We still need heroes, not those with supernatural powers, but those who have a potential to help and are willing to help. We need heroes, because it could help solve problems when others need help, heroes can they could prepare for a crisis, or try to solve a crisis and heroes are within everybody, thus we need heroes.
We need heroes as they could prepare for a crisis, or try to solve a crisis. We could be certain that crisis would never be prevented at a 100%, but but preparing for a crisis that would be about to come would also mean preventing a crisis from happening. In the recent Japanese Tsunami and earthquake, Japan experience a 9.0 magnitude earthquake, followed by a devastating blow of a tsunami, a wall, which is suppose to prevent a tsunami wave from hitting the city, was being knocked down and the government was suppose to be the hero in that case, preparing for a tsunami wave before it came, but it was to not avail, but we should not make the decision that the government were not heroes in that case, because they already made an effort to prevent a tsunami wave from hitting the city. The other heroes in this case would be the Red Cross Society and whoever who made at least a donation to Japan, wishing them to have a speedy recovery. An approximate amount of 6,250,000 USD was donated to Japan. The real heroes would also include those who made a trip there to help out and those to did not lose hope in life even after those horrors. Heroes could be found anywhere and you can also be a hero, but that is whether you want to be one or not. Thus, we need heroes as they could prepare for a crisis, or try to solve a crisis, in this case, those who helped, including myself, would be a hero, at even the least honour.
We need heroes as heroes are within everybody. Imagine everyone, being a hero, trying to perfect everything they could, the world would be perfect, perfect without a flaw. But that would be too huge of a hope to make. But I remember myself being a hero once, in primary school, I was a hero because of what I contributed to my class. Being a class prefect, helping students was inevitable but having an opportunity would mean to cherish it. I brought convenience to my class by guiding them, through studies and through leadership qualities, making me a "hero". It is not just the government being heroes, though they contribute a lot to the society, to the country, but also those who did a part to help build the country. A quote I found in an article, "What a country is without its people." This quote is found from a reporter, who talks about Egypt "separated into two". The source is found here: "http://souaiaia.blogspot.com/2011/02/what-is-country-without-its-people.html" I feel that heroes are within everybody as long as everyone tries to be one, by helping out, by contributing or just by being part of a country. We need everybody as heroes as without heroes, life would not be what it is now. Being a broken or "evil" hero, would also cause troubles thus we still need heroes as heroes are within everyone who tries to be one.
In conclusion, we still need heroes, I still need heroes and the world needs heroes as they can help solve problems, be it major, minor problems, be it an effort or determination to solve it, they are still heroes. Heroes are needed at they they could prepare for a crisis, or try to solve a crisis, and we need heroes as heroes as within everyone, within you and me.
Monday, April 4, 2011
Racial Slurs
"Racial slurs should be illegal".
Intro: I oppose the statement that racial slurs should be illegal. It should be not illegal because it does not cause physical harm to the victim, but it does cause mental harm and harm to the victim’s dignity. That could be easily countered with a high moral of the victim, and the ability to “close one eye” or let it off. The culprit would then feel like he was doing something useless or acting stupid and would then stop. Another reason why it should not be illegal is because racial slur is merely a nickname which is used for races using the characteristics between the nickname and the people associated in it. Some racial slurs might also be made when a race does something significant, for examples, “Jap” is a racial slur for Japanese, who were part of WW2. It might not feel like a racial slur because saying “Jap” might not be an insult to the Japanese. Racial slurs should also not be illegal because it might only be said privately, and it is used for all races. For example, two people of the same race, might address another person of another race using a racial slur privately, will that mean that one of the person might report to the police, saying that his/her friend addressed another person of another race using racial slur and what punishment should be issued? Jailing, fine or canning. All of those punishments might a bit too unreasonable for just a verbal speech, which might be said accidentally or purposely.
Reflections:
I do not have any personal experiences of being a slurer, the sluree, or a bystander who heard the slur after I found out that addressing a person black or white is not a racial slur. But I did watch movies including racial slurs and conflict between the blacks and whites in, “Mississippi Burning”. Since I do not have any personal experiences, I would put myself into the slurer, the sluree, and bystander’s view. If I was the slurer, I would feel ashamed of myself and human beings for separating life just by skin colours. I would also stop using racial slurs and discourage the use of it. If I was the sluree, I would just ignore the slurer and regard him as nothing. I would also try to avoid seeing or meeting the slurer again. If I was the bystander, I would create “scenarios” to attract attention so that the slurer would stop insulting the sluree.
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