tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57801690958344372002024-03-13T23:33:49.492-07:00ACE ENGLISH TUITION BLOG (S1.2)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger79125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5780169095834437200.post-86078205628610126742017-11-06T10:52:00.001-08:002017-11-06T10:55:13.987-08:00IMPACT OF MUSIC ON YOUTH<br />
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Teenagers listen to an average of nearly 2.5 hours of music per day. Guess what they’re hearing about?</div>
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One in three popular songs contains explicit references to drug or alcohol use, according to a new <a href="http://archpedi.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/162/2/169" style="color: #326891;" target="_blank">report</a> in The Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine. That means kids are receiving about 35 references to substance abuse for every hour of music they listen to, the authors determined.</div>
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While songs about drugs and excess are nothing new, the issue is getting more attention because so many children now have regular access to music out of the earshot of parents. Nearly 9 out of 10 adolescents and teens have an MP3 player or a compact disc player in their bedrooms. <span id="more-245"></span></div>
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Studies have long shown that media messages have a pronounced impact on childhood risk behaviors. Exposure to images of smoking in movies influences a child’s risk for picking up the habit. Alcohol use in movies and promotions is also linked to actual alcohol use. </div>
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Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine studied the 279 most popular songs from 2005, based on reports from Billboard magazine, which tracks popular music. Whether a song contained a reference to drugs or alcohol varied by genre. Only 9 percent of pop songs had lyrics relating to drugs or alcohol. The number jumped to 14 percent for rock songs, 20 percent for R&B and hip-hop songs, 36 percent for country songs and 77 percent for rap songs.</div>
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Notably, smoking references aren’t that common in music today, with only 3 percent of the songs portraying tobacco use. About 14 percent of songs spoke of marijuana use, 24 percent depicted alcohol use, and another 12 percent included reference to other substances. About 4 percent of the songs contained “anti” drug and alcohol messages.</div>
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The study authors noted that music represents a pervasive source of exposure to positive images of substance use. The average adolescent is exposed to approximately 84 references to explicit substance use per day and 591 references per week, or 30,732 references per year. The average adolescent listening only to pop would be exposed to 5 references per day, whereas the average adolescent who listens just to rap would be exposed to 251 references per day.</div>
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Whether any of this matters remains an open question. While the impact of exposure to images of smoking and alcohol in film has been well documented, less is known about the effect of music on childhood risk behaviors. </div>
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Although music lacks the visual element of film, adolescent exposure to music is much more frequent, accounting for an average of 16 hours each week for music compared with about 6 hours each week for movie images, according to the study authors. But frequency of exposure is not the only factor. Unlike visual media, music is a powerful social force that also taps into an individual’s personal identity, memories and mood.</div>
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“Music is well-known to connect deeply with adolescents and to influence identity development, perhaps more than any other entertainment medium,” said the study authors. </div>
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I do not consider music as a threat to kids and/or teenagers. References to drugs and alcohol are made everywhere, bulletin boards, tvs, people around them. Music is a way for teens and kids to get away from the *day to day* routine and just have time on their own. Although kids and teens might pick up on the reference to substance use but the biggest responsibility here is not on the artist or the record company but on the parents. The artists are too often taking blame for a lack of discipline or education on the parents part. Kids and teens are smart and should be treated and educated accordingly. Discussions and sensibilities starts at home, not in schools but at home and it is a parent’s responsibility to abide.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5780169095834437200.post-35413915910268740382017-10-26T02:50:00.001-07:002017-10-26T02:50:36.678-07:00DISNEY MOVIE PRINCESSES ARE BAD INFLUENCE <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.8em; margin: 4px 78.125px 16px 84.125px; max-width: 100%; width: auto;">
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Fictional princesses are perennial preschool favorites. Since Disney launched its Princess brand in 2000, the Disney Princesses have become ubiquitous, represented in virtually every product category — dolls and dresses, of course, but also even <a href="https://rebeccahains.com/2012/04/18/disney-princess-flowers-coming-soon-to-a-garden-near-you/" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(213, 213, 213); box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c6cb4; font-size: inherit; line-height: 1.8em; margin-bottom: 18px; text-decoration-line: none; zoom: 1;">seed packets</a> and <a href="https://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2011/04/11/disney-princess-grapes/" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(213, 213, 213); box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c6cb4; font-size: inherit; line-height: 1.8em; margin-bottom: 18px; text-decoration-line: none; zoom: 1;">grapes</a>.</div>
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Partly as a result, little girls strongly identify with princess culture, and adults often assume girls naturally love princesses. When girls dare to be different, it’s unexpected and delightful — like the little girl who recently sparked widespread adoration and praise by dressing as a <a href="https://www.buzzfeed.com/aliciamelvillesmith/be-the-hot-dog-princess-you-want-to-see-in-the-world" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(213, 213, 213); box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c6cb4; font-size: inherit; line-height: 1.8em; margin-bottom: 18px; text-decoration-line: none; zoom: 1;">hot dog instead of a princess</a> for her dance studio’s Princess Day.</div>
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But as I have <a href="http://amzn.to/28PysLe" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(213, 213, 213); box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c6cb4; font-size: inherit; line-height: 1.8em; margin-bottom: 18px; text-decoration-line: none; zoom: 1;">previously argued</a>, princess culture is not all fun and games. The Disney Princess brand suggests that a girl’s most valuable asset is her beauty, which encourages an unhealthy preoccupation with physical appearance. The brand also implies that girls should be sweet and submissive, and should expect a man to come to their rescue in an act of love at first sight. Although newer characters like Elsa, Anna, Merida and Rapunzel behave in ways that correct these ideas, as a whole, the brand remains out of step with modern ideas about raising girls.</div>
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Now a new article in the scholarly journal Child Development has detailed the negative effects of princess culture on girls. Lead author Sarah Coyne, an associate professor of family life at Brigham Young University, was inspired to conduct this study after reading journalist Peggy Orenstein’s 2011 bestseller “<a href="http://amzn.to/28ZK3VK" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(213, 213, 213); box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c6cb4; font-size: inherit; line-height: 1.8em; margin-bottom: 18px; text-decoration-line: none; zoom: 1;">Cinderella Ate My Daughter</a>.” Her own daughter was 3 at the time. As a parent, Coyne shared Orenstein’s concerns about what princess-driven marketing was doing, but as a social scientist, she realized there was little social science data on princess culture’s influence.</div>
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So, she and her team designed and executed a study of 198 preschool- and kindergarten-aged girls and boys. Their findings reinforce some serious concerns about princess culture. For instance:</div>
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<li style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 0px;">The more the girls in the study engaged with princess culture, the more they behaved in stereotypically feminine ways.</li>
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<li style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 0px;">Girls with a lower body image when the study began tended to be more interested in princess culture a year later.</li>
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<li style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 0px;">There was no evidence that the girls’ engagement with princess culture influenced girls’ behavior for the better. Princesses’ potential as positive, prosocial role models is limited.</li>
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While these findings are unsurprising to princess culture’s critics, it is useful to have new data that validate these concerns from a different methodological approach. “The big contribution this study makes is that we actually have data now,” Coyne says. “We’ve been talking about princesses for a long time, and there’s been all kinds of speculation.” While other studies (such as <a href="http://amzn.to/28Q1DJ7" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(213, 213, 213); box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c6cb4; font-size: inherit; line-height: 1.8em; margin-bottom: 18px; text-decoration-line: none; zoom: 1;">my own</a>) have examined princess culture’s failings from a qualitative, ethnographic, interview-based perspective, Coyne’s study is unusual for collecting longitudinal, measurable, controlled data on 198 children.</div>
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The study did offer some tentative, good news to parents. First, engaging with princess culture seemed to have <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/06/22/what-little-boys-can-learn-from-disney-princesses/?tid=sm_tw" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(213, 213, 213); box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c6cb4; font-size: inherit; line-height: 1.8em; margin-bottom: 18px; text-decoration-line: none; zoom: 1;">positive effects on boys</a>, counterbalancing some of the stereotypically aggressive messages found in media targeting male children. </div>
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And it found that viewing princess films did not seem to harm girls’ body image during the one-year time frame researchers tracked. They found that most girls had “very positive” body images at the study’s beginning and conclusion alike. This may come as a relief to parents worried about the idealized, homogeneous and largely unattainable body type of Disney’s princesses.</div>
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Based on previous literature about the onset of body image issues in pre-adolescent and adolescent girls, the authors caution that if they were to follow the girls over a longer period of time, they might find negative effects. For this reason, Coyne would like to conduct a follow-up study with her participants in five years: “We kind of caught them at the age where all of them felt great about their body, and I’d like to see if that pans out long term.”</div>
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Another confusing finding: The authors found that girls were more stereotypically feminine in their behavior (considered a negative outcome of princess culture) if their parents reported talking about media with them. This is perplexing, as the research on parental mediation demonstrates that children benefit when they and their parents discuss media together.</div>
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But the researchers didn’t ask parents <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">what</em> they discussed about the media with their children. Coyne suspects that the parents who participated in the study may have reinforced problematic messages — perhaps praising television characters’ physical appearances, for example.</div>
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Overall, the “Pretty as a Princess” study makes good use of social science methods. It validates long-standing concerns about princess culture while suggesting some positive effects for boys. It also brings much-needed attention to the importance of <a href="https://rebeccahains.com/parent-child-discussion-guides/" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(213, 213, 213); box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c6cb4; font-size: inherit; line-height: 1.8em; margin-bottom: 18px; text-decoration-line: none; zoom: 1;">talking critically with kids</a> about the media they enjoy. If we’re careless in our approach, we might unwittingly reinforce the media’s harmful messages. But if we’re careful, we can help our children become resilient — and that’s useful knowledge.</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">And I’ll never forget one of my favorite philosophy professors in college, who showed us </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0767805712/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0767805712&linkCode=as2&tag=unschoolrules-20&linkId=LZ7L5GH4YGDTY5NB" style="border: 0px; color: #6545b8; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Gattaca</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">and</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00AEFYIH2/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00AEFYIH2&linkCode=as2&tag=unschoolrules-20&linkId=YS7CPRBN4X6ZG2GJ" style="border: 0px; color: #6545b8; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The Legend of Bagger Vance</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">and helped us think beyond the obvious to get at the hard questions about life inside them.</span><br />
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My daughter, Sarah, by her early teens was 10 times the media junkie that I was at her age. She watches literally hundreds of movies a year – probably close to one a day or more on average – and has watched her way through dozens of TV series in their entirety.</div>
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And that passion has fueled so much of our family’s learning. It goes beyond the obvious, too. Sure, she’s picked up a ton of history through films like <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009AMANBA/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B009AMANBA&linkCode=as2&tag=unschoolrules-20&linkId=QKVWJJ35BNIYNRWH" style="border: 0px; color: #6545b8; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Lincoln</a> and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00AEFXRRO/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00AEFXRRO&linkCode=as2&tag=unschoolrules-20&linkId=BE4CIWNTI7I3D7MR" style="border: 0px; color: #6545b8; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Defiance</a>, and about the space mission through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002O3Z4QQ/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B002O3Z4QQ&linkCode=as2&tag=unschoolrules-20&linkId=V7GLNEO2D3V22OH4" style="border: 0px; color: #6545b8; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">From the Earth to the Moon</a>. Bu<span style="font-size: 16px;">t it’s so much more than that. W</span><span style="font-size: 16px;">hat about what she’s learned from</span><span style="font-size: 16px;"> </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001BRJZPW/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B001BRJZPW&linkCode=as2&tag=unschoolrules-20&linkId=DR5M66PJDWPRTO36" style="border: 0px; color: #6545b8; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The Matrix</a><span style="font-size: 16px;">?</span><span style="font-size: 16px;"> </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0090SI56Y/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0090SI56Y&linkCode=as2&tag=unschoolrules-20&linkId=OXF5VWAUM3KO7WHR" style="border: 0px; color: #6545b8; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The Wolverine</a><span style="font-size: 16px;">?</span><span style="font-size: 16px;"> </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004EPYZUS/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B004EPYZUS&linkCode=as2&tag=unschoolrules-20&linkId=LOSN4BBABEPSS2PP" style="border: 0px; color: #6545b8; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Mission: Impossible</a><span style="font-size: 16px;">?</span><span style="font-size: 16px;"> </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004132HZS/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B004132HZS&linkCode=as2&tag=unschoolrules-20&linkId=DLTI2MRRFUVLUQYH" style="border: 0px; color: #6545b8; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Sherlock</a><span style="font-size: 16px;">? She’s picked up just as much from those, and that’s why it’s been so important to me to get on my soapbox and talk about all the ways that learning from movies and TV happens in our home in this ultimate guide.</span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Learning from films is motivating and enjoyable</span></div>
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Motivation is one of the most important factors in determining successful second-language acquisition. Films and TV shows are an integral part of students’ lives so it makes perfect sense to bring them into the language classroom. Film, as a motivator, also makes the language learning process more entertaining and enjoyable.</div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Film provides authentic and varied language</span></div>
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Another benefit of using film is that it provides a source of authentic and varied language. Film provides students with examples of English used in ‘real’ situations outside the classroom, particularly interactive language – the language of real-life conversation. Film exposes students to natural expressions and the natural flow of speech. If they are not living in an English-speaking environment, perhaps only film and television can provide learners with this real-life language input.</div>
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The ‘visuality’ of film makes it an invaluable language teaching tool, enabling learners to understand more by interpreting the language in a full visual context. Film assists the learners’ comprehension by enabling them to listen to language exchanges and see such visual supports as facial expressions and gestures simultaneously. These visual clues support the verbal message and provide a focus of attention.</div>
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Film can bring variety and flexibility to the language classroom by extending the range of teaching techniques and resources, helping students to develop all four communicative skills. For example, a whole film or sequence can be used to practise listening and reading, and as a model for speaking and writing. Film can also act as a springboard for follow-up tasks such as discussions, debates on social issues, role plays, reconstructing a dialogue or summarising. It is also possible to bring further variety to the language learning classroom by screening different types of film: feature-length films, short sequences of films, short films, and adverts.</div>
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00AEFXRRO/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00AEFXRRO&linkCode=as2&tag=unschoolrules-20&linkId=CKAI6DI25FAXHRKR" style="border: 0px; color: #3d84c3; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>Defiance:</b></a> This is in some ways the most “obviously educational” movie on our list; it’s the story of the Bielski brothers, who led a Jewish resistance camp in the forest during World War II. Interestingly, Sarah originally wanted to watch it because it stars Daniel Craig of James Bond fame, and it ended up sparking a huge interest on her part in World War II.</div>
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001TUZG4K/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B001TUZG4K&linkCode=as2&tag=unschoolrules-20&linkId=UIWN5XFK4F64LYY3" style="border: 0px; color: #6545b8; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>Valkyrie:</b></a> This is another vote for “If your kid has a favorite actor, watch all their stuff.” Sarah loves Tom Cruise, and she had gotten into World War II after seeing Defiance, so this look at a failed assassination attempt against Hitler also caught her eye. We talked a lot about whether Hitler “deserved” to die, whether he was mentally ill, whether it was right for people to try to kill him, and a lot more.</div>
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002GOAH1A/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B002GOAH1A&linkCode=as2&tag=unschoolrules-20&linkId=JVBBZE44V4EWM4GU" style="border: 0px; color: #6545b8; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>Wild, Wild West:</b></a> OK, hear me out on this. This one is cool because it gave us a chance to talk about what <i>isn’t</i> real and true historically, which naturally led us to talk more about the truth of western exploration. </div>
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000E1YVZU/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B000E1YVZU&linkCode=as2&tag=unschoolrules-20&linkId=YK4WY7KTEDVJXTY3" style="border: 0px; color: #6545b8; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>RENT:</b></a> This was a serious one. We talked about the AIDS epidemic in America, how people with AIDS were perceived in the ’80s and ’90s versus today, what AZT does, drug abuse, gender roles and probably a bunch of other stuff I’m forgetting. If you have mature kids who can deal with these kinds of issues, and you’re willing to get honest with them, this is an incredibly moving and interesting movie.</div>
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<a href="https://unschoolrules.com/2012/10/homeschool-phantom-of-the-opera-guide" style="border: 0px; color: #6545b8; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="Phantom of the Opera homeschool unit study learning guide" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-894" height="300" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" src="https://unschoolrules.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/phantom-learning-guide-square-300x300.jpg" srcset="https://unschoolrules.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/phantom-learning-guide-square-300x300.jpg 300w, https://unschoolrules.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/phantom-learning-guide-square-150x150.jpg 150w, https://unschoolrules.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/phantom-learning-guide-square.jpg 350w" style="border: 0px; display: inline; float: right; height: auto; margin-left: 1.5em; max-width: 100%; padding: 8px 5px 5px;" width="300" /></a><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005SFR7YE/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B005SFR7YE&linkCode=as2&tag=unschoolrules-20&linkId=SM6GLB5KKEXQUJ4H" style="border: 0px; color: #6545b8; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>The Phantom of the Opera:</b></a> Even cooler, earlier this year we went to see this show on Broadway. AMAZING. Lots to talk about here, from social issues (Do mistreatment and abuse “make you bad?”) to French culture to opera to ballet to how Broadway shows work to why certain TV or movie adaptations of literary works diverge from the original text while others don’t.</div>
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005S9EK5Y/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B005S9EK5Y&linkCode=as2&tag=unschoolrules-20&linkId=IPXFX7CZJAWHC43H" style="border: 0px; color: #6545b8; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>Les Miserables:</b></a> This was great! We got into this because Sarah loves Hugh Jackman as Wolverine. (We also watched <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000C23HY/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0000C23HY&linkCode=as2&tag=unschoolrules-20&linkId=QAZ45UPWC6UEQIVX" style="border: 0px; color: #6545b8; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">his version of Oklahoma</a>as part of our musicals kick.) </div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5780169095834437200.post-69431304694902579922017-10-26T02:16:00.001-07:002017-10-26T02:28:06.070-07:00YOUNG INVENTOR WIND AWARD AT 11YRS OLD<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; float: none; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 1.7rem; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.70588; margin-bottom: 1.17647em; max-width: 680px; padding: 0px 15px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; width: auto;">
BY NPR OCT 2017 When the drinking water in Flint, Mich., became contaminated with lead, causing a major public health crisis, 11-year-old Gitanjali Rao took notice.</div>
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"I had been following the Flint, Michigan, issue for about two years," the seventh-grader <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/11-year-girl-inspired-flint-water-crisis-creates/story?id=50559884" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #5076b8; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">told</a> ABC News. "I was appalled by the number of people affected by lead contamination in water. She<span style="font-size: 1.7rem;"> saw her parents testing the water in their own home in Lone Tree, Colo., and was unimpressed by the options, which can be</span><span style="font-size: 1.7rem;"> </span><a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2016/03/16/testing-assessing-safety-of-drinking-water-lead-contamination/80504058/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #5076b8; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">slow, unreliable or both</a><span style="font-size: 1.7rem;">.</span></div>
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"I went, 'Well, this is not a reliable process and I've got to do something to change this,' " Rao <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/winner-of-3m-americas-top-young-scientist-lead-levels-in-water-2017-10" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #5076b8; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">told</a> <em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Business Insider</em>.</div>
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Rao tells ABC that while she was doing her weekly perusal of MIT's Materials Science and Engineering <a href="https://dmse.mit.edu/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #5076b8; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">website</a> to see "if there's anything's new," she read about new technologies that could detect hazardous substances and decided to see whether they could be adapted to test for lead.</div>
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She pressed local high schools and universities to give her lab time and then hunkered down in the "science room" — outfitted with a big white table — that she persuaded her engineer parents to create in their home.</div>
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And she set about devising a more efficient solution: a device that could identify lead compounds in water and was portable and relatively inexpensive. </div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.7rem;">As she explains at lightning speed</span><span style="font-size: 1.7rem;"> </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4WM3arrBgo" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #5076b8; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">in her video submission</a><span style="font-size: 1.7rem;"> </span><span style="font-size: 1.7rem;">for the</span><span style="font-size: 1.7rem;"> </span><a href="https://www.youngscientistlab.com/challenge" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #5076b8; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge</a><span style="font-size: 1.7rem;">, her device consists of three parts. There is a disposable cartridge containing chemically treated carbon nanotube arrays, an Arduino-based signal processor with a Bluetooth attachment, and a smartphone app that can display the results.</span></div>
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Here is how it works.</div>
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The carbon nanotubes in the cartridge are sensitive to changes in the flow of electrons. Those tubes are lined with atoms that have an affinity to lead, which adds a measurable resistance to the electron flow.</div>
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When the cartridge is dipped in water that is clean, the electron flow doesn't change and the smartphone app shows that water is safe to drink. But when the cartridge is dipped in contaminated water, the lead in the water reacts to the atoms, causing resistance in the electron flow that is measured by the Arduino processor. The app then shows that the water isn't safe to drink.</div>
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Rao dubbed the device Tethys, for the Greek goddess of fresh water.<span style="font-size: 1.7rem;">"Clean water always tastes good," she says at the end of her video. "The tool allows easy testing at home or by agencies for quick detection and remedial actions. It can be expanded in the future to test for other chemical contaminants in potable water. I hope this helps in a small way to detect and prevent long-term health effects of lead contamination for many of us."</span></div>
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Her solution was so ingenious that this week, Rao <a href="https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/3m-and-discovery-education-celebrate-10th-anniversary-of-young-scientist-challenge-awards-americas-top-scientist-with-25000-prize-300538793.html" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #5076b8; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">was named</a>"America's Top Young Scientist" in the <a href="https://www.youngscientistlab.com/challenge" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #5076b8; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge</a> — a distinction that comes with a check for $25,000.</div>
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For the past three months, Rao and nine other finalists in the competition had been paired with scientists at 3M who helped them work from a theoretical concept to a physical prototype. Rao was matched with <a href="https://www.youngscientistlab.com/node/4436" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #5076b8; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Kathleen Shafer</a>, a research specialist who develops new plastics technologies.</div>
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Rao plans to save some of the prize money for college but use the rest to invest in her device to make it commercially viable.</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5780169095834437200.post-71182180361419502832016-12-23T20:49:00.001-08:002016-12-23T20:49:15.114-08:00<a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2016/01/06/health/video-games-addiction-gentile-feat/">http://edition.cnn.com/2016/01/06/health/video-games-addiction-gentile-feat/</a><br />
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A psychologist at Iowa State University has been researching on video game addiction for decades,<br />
trying to prove that it is not a real thing.However,it turns out to be wrong.His research shows that 8.5% of children in the United States are addicted to video games,due to two factors which has led to video game addiction.The first factor of it is gaining access to games,which is something hard to tackle as almost everyone has laptops,smartphones and even video game systems in their home,making accessibility to games everywhere.The second factor is handling human needs,such as the likeness of being controlled,connecting to other people and the feeling of being good at what we do.Children might not even realize that addiction of video games might actually affect their lives.<br />
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In my opinion,I feel that video game addiction might be a huge problem and we have to figure out how to solve the issue.Video games has taken over children's lives and it might affect their academic studies.If we do not solve this issue,it will become a major problem in our society.In fact,studies show that kids who play video game spent 30% less time reading and 34% less time doing homework.Hence,video game could affect children's academic results and their future.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13820506738996647253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5780169095834437200.post-48276297882694860712016-11-03T23:52:00.002-07:002016-11-03T23:52:37.466-07:00<h2>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">Justine Sacco, senior director of corporate communications at IAC thought it would have been funny to make a racist comment on Africa. Justine was going to Cape Town, a city in south Africa. Before the took off, she decide to tweet out a racist commend about getting AIDS because she was going to Africa and decide to make a joke that she will not get it as she is white. Over the course of the 11 hour flight, hate comment flooded her twitter and she even became a twitter trend with a hashtag about her. When Justine landed at the Cape Town airport, she was surprised on the amount of notifications on her phone popping out from her friends trying to reach her to help her to news she was unaware of. When she realised that her twitter was filled with hate comments, she tried apologising and even deleted her account. People even waited for her at the airport to take photo of her telling everyone that she had landed. She was fired from her job and gained hate from many because of one racist comment.</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">I agree with the haters on the fact that the comment was very racist and that Justine should have think about what she had posted such a comment on twitter. Even though she may only have 130 followers, anything on the internet can go viral in a matter of seconds and that even though she was making a joke, others can be offended easily by a small joke.</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">corporate>company</span><br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;">sporadically></span><span style="font-weight: normal;">occasional</span><br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;">furor>abusive</span><br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;">crusade>campaign</span><br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;">bigotry>intolarance</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13253747802489596556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5780169095834437200.post-399308959638295792016-10-31T03:22:00.001-07:002016-10-31T03:22:59.830-07:00Mass Media Stereotypes By SaajidPoint<br />
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Pretty pink culture still abounds in media and merchandises although Disney princesses evolved over time are less pink with princes losing manly muscles.Earlier princesses have been stereotypical gendered behaviors such as the need for girls to look pretty and focus on their appearance over their inner substance.Males are usually portrayed as physically strong,assertive and athletic while females are prone to overt emotion such as affectionate behaviour and crying.Gender roles portrayed in media can influence a girls expectations and ideas of what is normal behaviour and therefore recently, female characters included more traditionally masculine traits instead of the usual stereotypical gendered behaviour.<br />
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Opinion<br />
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In my opinion, the characters of Disney movies should not have stereotypical gendered behaviors. This is because characters that have stereotypical gendered behaviors can influence other people in a negative way such as the need for girls to look pretty and focus on their appearance instead of their capabilities.This can cause the girls to think that it is ok to be just like that in the movies and her ideas of what normal behaviour to be influenced .One example would be the way to dress . The girl influenced by the movie characters may dress inappropriately thinking that it is normal and therefore may lead to dire consequences such as being punished by public or in some cases brought into custody of the police.All in all,the characters of Disney movies should not have stereotypical gendered behaviors.<br />
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5 new words and synonyms:<br />
Merchandise: Goods<br />
Burdened: Troubled<br />
Submissive: Passive<br />
Stereotypes: Conventional<br />
Traits: QualitiesAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04423858959218263877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5780169095834437200.post-51372488736825573542016-10-28T01:18:00.001-07:002016-10-28T01:18:08.857-07:00<h2>
Gamers at risk of addiction</h2>
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Summery:</h3>
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4 out of 10 gamers in Singapore risk game addiction. In a study of more than 1000 people, game addicts typically experience symptoms such as inability to stop even when they know they have to. Obsession of games and conflicts with family about the addiction tend to happen. Most if the game addicts are around 17 to 20 in which one out of eight is addicted. game addicts tend to be ore aggressive. To help stop game addicts, negotiate with them and set a reasonable limitation as some games may need more time to do an objective. In a case study, a boy stole US$16000 from his father and ran away to play video game.</div>
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Opinion:</h3>
I agree with the way that they set limitations for such addicts. Most parents would often set limitation which are to short for even a game to be played. For instant, Multi player on line battle arena games like DOTA or League of Legends take around an hour to complete a game. Negotiating with the game addicts would allow the parents to know how long a game is and set the limitation around the time for a game. In doing so, both parties would be happy with the limitation.<br />
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Vocab:</h3>
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Correlation> relationship</div>
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Aggression>assault</div>
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engaging>alluring</div>
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Hostility>animosity</div>
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resentment>irritation</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13253747802489596556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5780169095834437200.post-51575920642852552872016-10-24T06:41:00.000-07:002016-10-24T06:41:37.661-07:00When video games become an addiction<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Summary</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: #262626; font-family: CNN, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">According to research, </span><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090420103547.htm" style="background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: border-box; color: #006598; font-family: CNN, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s;" target="_blank">roughly 8.5% percent </a><span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: #262626; font-family: CNN, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">of children who play video games in the United States are addicted. He found </span><a href="http://www.news.iastate.edu/news/2011/jan/addiction" style="background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: border-box; color: #006598; font-family: CNN, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s;" target="_blank">similar numbers across the world</a><span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: #262626; font-family: CNN, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">.</span><span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: #262626; font-family: CNN, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">about 4 and 10 percent: that's the amount of gamers I would classify as addicted.</span><span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: #262626; font-family: CNN, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">"This is why we're seeing Internet Gaming Disorder becoming a bigger problem because now, not only has almost everyone got a computer, and almost everyone has a video game system in their home ... but now you've got a cell phone and you've got games on it and you can access games pretty much everywhere."</span><br />
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: CNN, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #fefefe; font-size: 18px;">i agree with what the research have said.As now a days children tend to be addicted to video games or handphone games. for example, when i was going to school. i will see school mates walking and playing their handphone, they cannot leave thier handphone game aside while walking into the school gate. this show us that video games are making people become addicted and risking their own life.</span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11506087635312687443noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5780169095834437200.post-5119292427189874072016-10-24T06:08:00.001-07:002016-10-24T06:08:07.502-07:00Gamer at risk<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Summary:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">According to the news, four in 10 gamers at risk of addiction. people are gaming for long hours, without any rest. This will lead to health problems for gaming a long time, as they are addicted to the game. Gamming also leads to more hostility and financial problems.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Opinion:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I agree with gamers at risk of addicition as more people are addicted to play games longer.As a video games are fun and interesting, therefore once a player get addicted to the game, the player will play the game for a longer period. For example, when my friend introduce me to fifa online 3, i got addicted to it. the game was so fun that i played it for more than three hours without any rest, but when i was tired and trying to get up from my seat i could not do so. I felt pain in my legs and hands, as i had sat for a long period. Hence, i agree that gamers at risk of addicition.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">New words:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">obsessing: engrass</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">indulge: give in</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">oddity:strangeness</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">plonk: dump</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">manifest:illustrate</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11506087635312687443noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5780169095834437200.post-19005251729246064622016-10-24T04:16:00.000-07:002016-10-30T02:14:29.539-07:00Mass media by Ryan<a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=2727587">http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=2727587</a><br />
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<u>Mass media exposure</u><br />
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<u>Summary:</u><br />
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Adults and teens has committed to spend the next five months enjoying themselves<br />
and not going to work at all,according to the 2007 U.S. Census Bureau's Statistical Abstract of the United States.This shows that media is also harming people besides being convenient.The worst part is that parents are influencing young kids to take on media,affecting their future.Researchers have to start looking into the problem and solve the problem.<br />
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<u>Opinion:</u><br />
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From my opinion,I totally agree with the researchers.Mass media has taken to extreme harm and we have to prevent that from happening .If not,it might affect the future of our society and people might be addicted to social media.So it is best to find out the problem and try to solve it.For example,my friend confessed that he always surf the internet 2 to 3 hours everyday.Hence,this shows that mass media is a danger to us.<br />
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<u>New words:</u><br />
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census:head count<br />
interwoven;knit<br />
antisocial:nonparticipating<br />
enriching:improve<br />
docile:compliant<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13820506738996647253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5780169095834437200.post-48291112983438471552016-10-24T04:15:00.002-07:002016-10-24T04:15:21.849-07:00Mass Media Stereotypes by Saajidhttps://sites.google.com/site/eltuitionsite/home<br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04423858959218263877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5780169095834437200.post-24827993801061957192016-10-21T03:48:00.001-07:002016-10-21T03:48:27.773-07:00Gamer At RiskSummary:<br />
Four in ten gamers face addiction,getting addicted could lead to conflicts with families and the need to play more to relieve stress. Gaming addiction is something which is only starting to be common many still do not know how to deal with these patients. Although limiting the amount of time they spend on games limiting them too much may also not be good as playing too little thus they may have pent up frustration.<br />
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Opinion:<br />
I think we should not limit the amount of time spent on games too much. Controlling teens excessively could lead to aggression. "Those who played for under an hour daily were more aggressive than those who played for one to five hours." This shoes that even though we limit them it might not be good as they may feel as if they are unable to get sufficient game satisfaction and would want to play more. It is better to have an agreed time or target to accomplish before stopping. Hence, I feel that although we should try to limit the time spent on games we should not limit them too much.<br />
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5 new words:<br />
Obsessing - preoccupy<br />
Most wired nation - most connected community<br />
Strong correlation - Strong interrelationship<br />
Increased hostility - more aggressive<br />
Hardcore gamers - dedicated gamersAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07602326840145665653noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5780169095834437200.post-88482044876016381422015-05-22T20:35:00.001-07:002015-05-22T20:35:55.932-07:00GENDER ROLES AND MEDIA<b><u style="background-color: white;">SUMMARY:</u></b><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">(1)<span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;">Media as entertainment also has a subtle influence on society’s way of thinking</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">(2)<span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;">Every message you see or hear will have some impact on you, however small</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">(3)<span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;">By including more and more important female roles, the media, including books, movies, television series, and video games can avoid portraying gender stereotypes that ultimately form society’s perception of gender roles</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">(4)<span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;"> People are constantly exposed to various forms of media. Possibly the greatest influence is the television. The television has become a central part of the American lifestyle. It is an easily accessible, relaxing source of entertainment.</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">(5)<span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;">People are constantly subject to the media, whether it be via television programs, newspapers, billboards, or other advertisements. All of this media, intentionally or not, subtly promotes certain beliefs and opinions.</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">(6)<span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;">Women contrary to this description are seen as bad,rebellious,</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;">submissive, sensitive, and domesticated</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">(7)<span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;">Men, on the other hand, are shown as “fearless, tough, decisive, a man of action” (Martin). Men are often portrayed as commanding and authoritative. They have no fear, and never show any weakness.</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">(8)<span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;">The fact that the country is predominantly run by males helps “to confirm the image of men as people who make decisions; people with authority who can command respect”</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">(9)<span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;">The media has improved greatly in the past few years. Women are slowly gaining leading roles, and it is not uncommon to see men and women depicted as equals, working along side each other in equally challenging settings</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">(10)t<span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6;">his stereotype becomes embedded in the human mind, and is passed on from generation to generation as an acceptable view of male and female gender roles.</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6;"><b><u>OPINION:</u></b></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6;"><b><u><br /></u></b></span></span>
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Open Sans, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 1.6;">The television influence the minds of the young by </span><span style="line-height: 25px;">filming</span><span style="line-height: 1.6;"> many more action shows like superman and batman in which the male looks stronger and that he have more control. This makes the children think that man are relatively stronger than females and that the female is the weaker one and the follower of the man. This makes them think that man have the higher authority. The past few years, television have now improved by including woman as the lead roles and depicts the scene of woman and man as equals and that they work together.</span></span></span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5780169095834437200.post-85989217575993987422015-05-22T06:13:00.001-07:002015-05-22T06:13:18.676-07:00VIRAL VENGEANCE<b><u>SUMMARY:</u></b><div>
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(1)<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">Justine Sacco, 30 years old and the senior director of corporate communications at IAC, began tweeting acerbic little jokes about the indignities of travel.</span></div>
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(2)<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">This is an outrageous, offensive comment.</span></div>
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(3)<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">The furor over Sacco’s tweet had become not just an ideological crusade against her perceived bigotry but also a form of idle entertainment</span></div>
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(4)<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">By the time Sacco had touched down, tens of thousands of angry tweets had been sent in response to her joke.</span></div>
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(5)<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">Within minutes, the news was everywhere.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">(6)</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;"> started to wonder about the recipients of our shamings, the real humans who were the virtual targets of these campaigns</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: georgia, times new roman, times, serif;"><span style="line-height: 23px;">(7)those people that were shamed publicly were </span></span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.4375rem;">mostly unemployed, fired for their transgressions, and they seemed broken somehow — deeply confused and traumatized.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">(8)simple disturbing jokes can sometimes lead </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">to a backlash from the other end of the political spectrum</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">(9)</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">people have been publicly shamed as a result of messages they posted on social media</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">(10)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;"><b><u><br /></u></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: georgia, times new roman, times, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 23px;">I think that although it is very easy and accesible to talk bad about people online, i think that it is wrong. These digital platforms make it easy for the public to see and comment and snare the picture. The public shaming can be done in a different way, or a less harmful way that leads the person that posted the picture or video to feel ashamed and that their life would be ruined.</span></span></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5780169095834437200.post-61808628920532682122015-03-15T20:58:00.000-07:002015-03-15T20:58:08.749-07:00Fast-ageing population in SingaporeSummary:<br />
Singaporeans are growing older but there are less babies produced. Hence, the elderly will only increase while the number of young people will decrease, leading to less people in Singapore. As there are increasing number of people aged 65 and above, government should invest more in elder-friendly facilities. Furthermore, the number of citizens in the working age band of 20 to 64 needed to support one older citizen- is decreasing rapidly.<br />
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Opinion:<br />
I think government need to have some solutions for this situation as it will become worse as the time flies. If nobody fix this problem, the number of elderly will continue to increase while working age band will keep decrease until the elderly will not have a people from working age band to support them like the law in Singapore government. Hence, I think government should take an action to solve this problem.<br />
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synonyms:<br />
governance: government<br />
toil: exertion/travail<br />
exert: put into strenuous action<br />
pressure: oppression<br />
tax: dutyAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02043715080892902358noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5780169095834437200.post-61191997263265834572015-03-09T01:15:00.000-07:002015-03-09T01:15:12.334-07:00Family ejected from Cathay Pacific flight after Chinese boy, 3, refuses to wear his seat belt.Summary:<br />
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A family who boarded the flight from Bangkok to Hong Kong were being sent out of the plane due to their three year old son who did not want to fasten his seat belt. Before the plane start to take off , the air attendants asked him to put on his seat belt however he did not want . His parents, who did not cooperate told the air attendants that the boy will seat on their lap. Due to safety and their policy, all passengers are to put on their seat belt . Thus, in order to not stir and argument and to obey their policy, the captain eject the family out of the plane.<br />
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Opinion:<br />
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I feel that what the air plane staff did was the right thing. In order to ensure all the passengers safety and to obey their policy , the not cooperating family should be ejected out of the plane. If the air attendants are to allow this family to board the flight , an accident may happen, The air attendant have the full choice of allowing the passengers to board the plane.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5780169095834437200.post-10530686016462685502015-03-08T07:58:00.001-07:002015-03-08T07:58:21.769-07:00Respect towards elderies<p dir="ltr">Summary:<br>
Ageing is an avoidable thing that everyone will experience. As we grow older, our body becomes fragile and weaker. However, our thinking becomes more critical, general knowledge-based and wise. For example, our grandparents or even parents know what life is better than us, the younger generation. They have already experienced life before. Whether it was eventful or boring, they are able to give us many tips while living. Hence, we should accept growing older even if our body changes as there are side effects for everything that happen in our life. </p>
<p dir="ltr">Opinion:<br>
I feel that we should not avoid getting older but accept it as a process of our life to get more knowledgeable.</p>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02043715080892902358noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5780169095834437200.post-38820088264170337452015-02-22T05:11:00.001-08:002015-03-04T01:41:00.404-08:00Respecting ElderliesSummary:<br />
One day, all of us will get old. It might seem obvious to treat the elderly with care and patience, but sadly this is not the case in most scenarios. Above all, we have to learn to appreciate their knowledge, wisdom, grace and fortitude.<br />
Firstly, we tend to associate being older with being outdated. This is hugely mistaken, as some elderlies might have worked with computers when they were younger, and would have more experience on how to use them. If they do not understand something and proceed to ask you, we must answer to our best knowledge.<br />
Secondly, we have to start noticing elderlies around us. In their own way, they are contributing to our society, and are to be respected, even admired. We also have to care for them, as they might not be as physically able as us.<br />
Lastly, we should not assume that they are helpless, but instead, we should share our personal memories with them. If we are lucky enough, we might even get to hear their precious experiences in the past, and compare it with present life.<br />
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Opinion:<br />
We have to respect the elderlies' knowledge, wisdom, and experience but sadly, most youths these days tend to look down on the elderly, sometimes even taking advantage of them. Although it might seem a world away to us, we must always remember that we too will one day get old, and should treat the elderly exactly how you would want your grandchildren to treat you. We should also not be impatient as them, as unlike us, they did not grow up with electronics surrounding them. In recent years, many digital breakthroughs have been made, but we have to remember that even though we are accustomed to them, our elders aren't, as in their childhood, games meant playing outdoors.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5780169095834437200.post-66720837432776142262015-02-21T06:29:00.001-08:002015-02-21T06:29:38.494-08:00Summary :<br />
Chinese New Year is a festival where families come together to have a break , reunite and have fun. To some , Chinese New Year is a great time where people can come together to enjoy different types of activities. No matter what it is we do ,it would always be great fun for us and our family.<br />
Opinions:<br />
To me , Chinese New Year is a time where I would visit my relatives in malaysia or vise versa. It is also a time when I can relax and have fun, eating goodies ,playing fire crackers and many more. Hong baos, oranges new dresses and new year decorations are also an essential part of Chinese New Year.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5780169095834437200.post-76849686789106230662015-02-21T06:18:00.001-08:002015-02-21T06:18:53.728-08:00Education,Fiona Summary:<br />
Education is an important part of our lives. Education is imporant as it helps us develop thinking skills and increase our knowledge. In Singapore, all PR and singaporeans have to complete their primary education. This is to ensure that almost all the people in our society are educated. However, some children lament that their workload is too huge and they are under too much stress during exams.<br />
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I think education is necessary as we can gain more knowledge through it. I also think that children's workload should be manageable. Usually, it is because of a lot of tuitions that make the children's workload unbearable and as long as they study for their exams, children have no reason to be stressed out.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5780169095834437200.post-13909842546171781382015-02-20T20:38:00.002-08:002015-02-20T20:38:36.310-08:00How To Respect Older People <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>SUMMARY</b>: Everyone will be a elder one day. <span style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;">Respecting their wisdom, knowledge, grace and fortitude should come second nature to younger generations but it isn't always the case. We should always consistently remind ourselves the importance of respecting elders. Firstly, we should reflect on our ageism. We always think that old means outdated and a</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;"> lot of assumptions are made about aging and most of these assumptions are unhelpful generalizations that prevent connection and knowledge sharing. We should start throwing aside assumptions about people based upon their age. No matter our age, we are still unique individuals, with the same range of values, gifts and flaws as any other person.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;">Many retired people still continue to work in their field, often for free, contribute to world knowledge. Others are taking considerable care of grandchildren or other people's children through care arrangements in home or at childcare centres, ensuring that the next generation is getting the best start possible in life.</span><span class="whb" style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Be</span><span class="whb" style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> considerate of older people's well-being and s</span><span class="whb" style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">how respect through manners that acknowle</span><span class="whb" style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">dge the greater breadth of wisdom and life experience of each older person. </span></span><span class="whb" style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Avoid assuming helplessness and</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;"> help aging people keep their autonomy as long as possible by not doing things for them that they can do for themselves. All in all, we should care for our elderly more as they are aging and all they wish for is someone to accompany them.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>OPINION</b>: I think that respecting the elderly plays an important part in our lives as it brings out the compassion and respect in us. We should treat them the same way in which others </span></span><span style="color: #545454; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 25px;">would treat us when we are older. We should not belittle the old aged, thinking that they are useless and are only a burden. On the brighter side, they can help the society with their past knowledge and their efforts to bring up what the world is like today.</span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5780169095834437200.post-53846964935672662492015-02-15T05:44:00.000-08:002015-02-15T05:44:09.747-08:00Falling Oil PricesSummary:<br />
In July 2014, oil was going for $100 per barrel. However, now it has been reduced to $60 per barrel. This is due to the increase in supply, mainly from Libya. Another factor was that OPEC could not agree on production cuts, therefore there is more supply than demand, leading to a drastic drop in prices. Although this is good news for consumers, it can be a blow to government funds in countries such as Iran or Nigeria, where they depend heavily on oil revenues to fund government programs.<br />
Opinion:<br />
This article has taught me that we always have to look at both sides of a story. Although a fall in oil prices may be good news to consumers such as us, who use it for fueling cars or cookers, we have to remember that countries that depend on oil to provide money for their government will be facing hard times, and we must appreciate what we have. I also learnt that we have to think of the worst case scenario so the times of hardship, we have something to fall back onto.<br />
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<a href="http://blogs.cfr.org/lindsay/2014/12/15/top-ten-most-significant-world-events-in-2014/" target="_blank">Website Link</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5780169095834437200.post-87817683561619909632015-02-05T22:02:00.001-08:002015-02-05T22:02:08.887-08:00Fiona Ong, environment Summery<br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">Quite a few species of trees are on the verge of extinction due to rapid deforestation and climate change. </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)'s research shows that only about 3% </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">of the world's tree species are actively managed. The FAO have even formed a plan to save species of trees from extinction. However, governments also have to follow that plan of action in order for it to work. There are many benifits we take from trees. Some trees have medicinal value while others are a type of staple food for us. Furthermore, if the trees become extinct, the entire ecosystem might be affected. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">I feel that the governments should take action to protect the nature. We have learned so much from nature. We should give back to it in some ways or at least try to preserve it. If we continue deforestation, the climate might become too unbearable and most of the trees might be cut down. If we continue deforestation at this rate, our future generations might not be able to see any more rainforests. </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5780169095834437200.post-22703064872970601052015-01-30T02:13:00.002-08:002015-01-30T02:19:13.516-08:00ISIS terrorists Summary:<br />
ISIS - Islamic state of Iraq and Syria, which is also known as ISIL - Islamic state of Iraq and the Lerant. the ISIS is a muslim Islamist rebel group lead by Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Their motto, Remaing and expanding. The ISIS is known for its well-founded web and social media propaganda, which includes beheading of soldiers, civilians, journalists, non-muslims and especially Jews and Christians. They have also threatened to behead Mr Obama in the white house.<br />
Opinion:<br />
In my opinion, not everyone has to be under the same religon. People have the right to choose what they believe in. I also feel that these ISIS terrorists should not be so harsh on the non-believers and kill them.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11743542364144764946noreply@blogger.com0