Question homework for 11th January!!!

1) Life in Vietnam would be perfect if everyone were totally equal.  Do you agree or disagree?  Explain your answer in complete sentences.

Answer: I think that life wouldn't be very perfect if everyone were totally equal, I strongly disagree. First, it's because I read the story Harrison Bergerson by Kurt Vonnegut, the story shows that people are equal in 2081, and some the some of the characters that appear in the story appear to be very stupid. Also, the story also shows us that the way that government think about being equal might not be the same as us, like Diana Moon Glampers makes people uglier and stupider. Besides, maybe equality might not be what Vietnam needs, because the country is somewhat equal already, and it may need improvement! Not equality!

2) You are designing a society in which everyone is equal. What are the laws?

Answer: The first law will be about sharing, trading and being the same, sharing is a good thing, maybe my neighbors don't like what they have and they can share it with my family! Same with trading, it's a good deal, if my society is equal, it might not need to selling and buying things that much, but it still has to have selling and buying though, for profits. The second law will be about education rules, and schooling, I think about the schooling subject in the story a lot; if the people in 2081 are all equal, does that mean they go to the same school? Despite the ages? So I think about having different schools that only teach children, until they have the same knowledge like adults, despite the ages (but I think this won't work very well, since it's not really equal, at all).

3) What would you do to help people who were less capable mentally, physically, or socially to “catch up”?

Answer: If they are less capable mentally, maybe I will send out some psychologist to talk to them and tell them to express their feelings and then make them watch some movie that helps them to heal, then I might find some information about their mental problem. If they are handicapped, I will send them to the hospital and fix them up, maybe I should try starting a charity in my world to help less capable physically people. Socially might be a little bit like the mental problem people; I will need some psychologist to talk to them and tell them to express their feelings and be by their side until they feel confident enough to talk to other people.

4) What problems can you foresee that might come in a society with laws that force “equality for all”? How would you handle those problems? 

Answer: Some people might not be as smart as other equal people, maybe their brain will develop more and think more, or they will think that somethings in the equality world is ridiculous, like kids being as smart as adults. If I could, I would brainwashed those people, maybe restart their mind and erase some smartness in their brain and not erasing their memories about their families and original knowledge.

5) Do you believe that total equality is possible, or would human nature make sure that some people would eventually dominate others?  

Answer: Equality is not an impossible thing, but it is not possible either. Sometimes, equality can be reached easily in school, for students, some might be as smart as others but some might not. Equality could be reached, but in a certain group of people. Human nature usually take in information about what was happening in the World, sometimes it takes in longer than other people, but it's better late than never. So I think that human nature would eventually know that there will be a new ruler in the World.

6) In what situations have you felt similarly to any of the characters? What persons, places, or ideas from your own experience came to mind while you were reading this story? Try to list as least two examples.  

Answer: I don't have much similarity to any characters, but I do feel a little bit of connection towards Harrison. In my eyes, he is a trap genius; a person that is not allow to do things for himself, and it fits my personality quite well in some way. When he had an outburst in the story, it was like he was trying to express himself, because he couldn't before, he was in jail and was locked there and considered as a dangerous person. I was also like that when I was in 4th grade, I was not a very talkative girl, and was locked out from my classmates, until one day I felt like going up to the front of the class and telling my classmates a story, and I did. After that, my classmates talked to me more, I was more friendly and talkative, it was also a part of being the me today, I didn't get killed, considered me, safe. Another example was when I was in America last summer, since it was my first time being there, and I was afraid of being isolated for raising hand so much and be smart, just like how Harrison is, being smarter than others.

 

Advertisement Questions!

1)  How does advertising influence consumption?


Well, when these advertisements are on the TV, billboards, telemarketers come out creative and smart, people will want to buy it. Simply as that, because these things look so good, so efficient or that product is what you need, people will buy it, and if people buy it, they will buy more! So when they buy more, they'll consume more and more each day. Fortunately, there are advertisements that make you want to be aware of it, like ideas ad or "Save the World" ad, for example. If these advertisements are about the environment of the people right now, or about the Global Warming, we can use that to spread the idea of not consuming so much stuff.


2) Do you think citizens are sufficiently informed about the sustainability of our consumption habits? If not, how can we become more informed about sustainability issues?


I think some were informed, some weren't. That's why we need ECO advertisements as help, because people will be more aware of it. Even better, they will back down from their shopping time and spend more time on something else!


3) Do you think these advertising techniques influence what you and your friends purchase?


Yes! Of course! If the ads are about food and drinks, like Pizza Hut or Pepsi. They will certainly use the goody goodness of the new features (like Cheese in Crust) or new version of the drink (Pepsi Max is another example). They'll make it so good, you just have to jump in and buy it!

The Sustainable Development expamples

These are my examples for sustainable development:

1) Use solar energy (as well as water and wind)
2) Reuse paper or recycle them
3) Use renewable energy
4) Plant more trees! (Rather than cutting them down)
5) Use less chemicals on farming crops
6) Plant more trees in urban area
7) Walk instead of drive to reduce the car factory's smoke!

Migration/Immigration Narrative paragraph!

Hi, my name is Emma. I'm a normal flight attendance and I am sitting next to a small girl about 7-8 years old. "So where do you live?" I asked her. "I live in America! It's my first time on a plane!" She responded with her cute little voice. The moment I started a conversation with her, the more I learn about her; more than an average person would know about someone they just met. Her name is Rose Peterson. Currently, she is immigrating from America to Philippine. Her dad is a solider working for an army force in Afghanistan. Due to her father's condition, he no longer can move out of Asia. She told me that it was the affect of the pull factor, which means that Philippine, was the only place she could live nearest with her dad right now. Her dad was forbidden to move out of Asia right now, since he did not have an immigrating passport.

"Where's your mum?" I asked her. "Daddy told me that Mommy is going to a far place! In the North Pole! She's living with Santa!" She told me. Internal migration, I thought to myself. It seems like history's repeating itself, for me at least. My dad used to be in a war too, just like hers. My family had to move to his hometown instead of Philippine like Rose, but we were poor that time, we had to negotiate and work for the affordable amount of money. I guess she had to move to meet her father; she must miss him a lot, while me, I must move there. If not, I won't have anyone to help me working, we were broke and the landlord was very cruel. "Daddy said that, he misses the atmosphere of nature in America. He was very sad, because that place he's in right now is dirty, and unhealthy, and not fun at all." Then she told me that she doesn't want to move to Philippine, because she doesn't know how to act to new people, and she was afraid that she would be picking on, since she's white. "Don't be that sad. There are good things too! Have you ever wondered how the atmosphere will be like? Change of weather and climate? It would be so fun! Trust me!" After my sentence, she then told me how she misses America, the birds, the squirrels, wondered how she will see snow again. She would also miss the place she had breakfast at, her friends, her school, she missed everything in America. I glanced over to look at her and noticed that she's sleeping, I let her sleep and let myself fell into a deep slumber, too.

A message from Mother Nature?

1) I think the main point of this article is that, to show that planet Earth is heating up, and it is showing through the climate changes and weathering.

2) Skeptics (in par. 11, section Theory vs. Proof) and dispute (in par. 11, section Theory vs. Proof)

Skeptics - A person who doubts easily without an explanation or an answer, or that person makes a lot of questions or/and disagreement.or generally accepted conclusions.

Dispute - To argue or debate.

3) Weather is the day-to-day state of atmosphere,and it happens in a short period of time. While climate is like weather, but it happens through the latitude, terrain and altitude, and it happens in a long period of time.

4) I can't find that article, and i re-read it over 3 times.

5) I can't find that article, and i re-read it over 3 times.

6) Becoming aware of something via the senses.

7) The climate in Vietnam is starting to get hotter every year, I can feel it. Last night was the warmest night I've ever experienced. I think the climate is going to have the biggest change within 2010 until 2015.

The story of my world, Teacup Kingdom!

Teacup Kingdom!

 A long time ago, there was a person who always loved to drink tea, and his name was Jim McCain. He bought an island and named it Teacup Kingdom! In Teacup Kingdom, there were 5 countries. There was the capital, Green Tea, next was the wildest city, Black Tea. The hottest city, White Tea, and its cousin, Oolong Tea city. Last but not least, Herbal Tea, the smallest city in the Kingdom. There you go the five cities.

In Black Tea city, we had plenty of sights to see, like the marvelous Cinnamon State Building. Also, the great statue of Maple Tea, which was placed on an island not far away from Black Tea city! The people in Black Tea city tend to love parties and hanging out a lot! It snows there in winter and has a lot of squirrels, not to mention deer. In the summer, June got windy and a bit chilly for the month, but once we turned to July, it would make people as sweaty as sumo wrestlers!

In White Tea city, we called it the hottest and most troublesome city ever in Teacup Kingdom! In White Tea, everyone were very wild, the Honeywood, and the Almond Hills. In White Tea, we had a lot of earthquakes, sometimes we had Milk Tea waves hitting on the shore and many more disasters. People moved out of White city a lot! Sometimes the Milk Tea sea were getting hot and it melted and blended together with the Graham biscuit sand, so pretty much it took parts of White city bits by bits, people living near there are slowly moving out!

Oolong Tea city, the cousin of White Tea city. Things working out in Oolong city were not very much like White city. Things are pretty peaceful and life were taking Oolong city in a trace pace. The reason why people called this city the cousin of the “Wildest city” was because of the movement of people. The Graham sand was being eaten off, so people moved to Oolong city a lot. Sometimes, even without the reason of Graham Sea were going to be gone, people still moved here to get the peaceful feeling.

Last but not least, Herbal Tea city and Green Tea city. Herbal Tea city lived next to Green Tea city, which means, they were neighbor. As always as it seems, the capital was the most political related city. So if you want to go on vacation, you chose either White Tea or Black Tea. Green city had a lot of statues of the creator, Jim; people grown fond of him for creating this part of Earth. There was absolutely no President on Teacup Kingdom, but there were rules that were stated when Jim was still alive. Herbal Tea city was a lovely city, everything was normal there. At the corner of Herbal Tea, there was a river that connects to Oolong Tea city. People lived here a lot! The population of Herbal Tea city took almost 50% of the country! Just like White city, everything was hot, the good thing was, there were no tectonic plates hitting each other under the ground, which made earthquakes were unknown to the citizens of Herbal city!