In "Imitation of Film: Here's Smoking at You, Kid." Nicholas Balakar states that children in their adolescents like to smoke if they saw actors smoke in the , a nationwide survey published in the November issue of Pediatrics reports. The researchers also said thirty-eight percent of children who begin to smoke is from what they have seen in the movie. The Dr. James D. Sargent, who is the lead author on the study and a professor of pediatrics at Dartmouth Medical School, he said "the R- rated movies have much smoking than other films," and they have the study show the kids start to see this movie since their fourth or fifth grade. The pediatrics professor made a interviewed between 6522 children to see if children who had the greatest exposure to smoking in movies were more than two and a half times as likely to start smoking as these who had the lowest exposure. Dr. Sargent think the study result about the youngest adolescents but may have some children start to smoke before their saw these movies. Balakar also states this is a very seriously problem on those movies and we have to notice it.
As Dr. Sargent said that "The strength of the findings, and the fact that they replicate almost exactly an earlier regional study, suggest that this association should be taken very seriously." I total agree with him because when we are ages from 10 - 14, we can't tell what is exactly right or wrong. We just follow our eyes when we see someone that they so things and no one say their wrong. In our mind, We think that was right and we will follow the things they did. For example, I think everyone has seen the magic show so far and no matter where you saw it during or after the show always have some notices to mention you that they are professional and you don't follow or replicate what they do with yourself, it is dangerous because some magic show are unbelievable. Even though their mention you, some kid would follow what they said. Many year ago, I saw the news from the newspaper. It said about the boy fell from the third floor and died. He imaged that he can fly if he jump from the third floor. Unfortunately, he can't fly and his died. He believes he can make it. His parents very sad when they got home after work. They can't believe their child follow the magic show their saw together last night.
As a result， I think those problem are very seriously to the youngest adoleseents. We all have to do some things to protect our younger kids, Such as, make a rule like youngest kids can't see those dangerous shows or movies to let them grown up in the health environment.
Monday, April 23, 2012
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Blog 9
1. Does Knowledge Make You Happier?
Cornell and Malcolmson’s article states that Neo's overall experience in The Matrix film is an educational process similar to the release of the prisoner in the “Allegory of the Cave.”
Consider both the positive and the negative aspects of education as expressed in The Matrix and “The Allegory of the Cave” and compare them to your experience of education and the educational system. What are the benefits and the joys of learning and what are the downsides and pains of new knowledge? Is it all worth it? Use examples from the texts, your readings this semester, and personal experience to support your ideas.
Knowledge make us happier. When you get to know more about the things, you aren't going to to do stupid or dangerous things. Knowledge can make us convenient and avoid things, such as, weather forecast; earthquake forecast and so on. Knowledge can make us happier because some technology can connect people even we far away from each other. That's can make us more closer for each other.
If you are the new yorker same as me, you will know the weather is very changeable in here. If we don't have the knowledge to find the weather report, we must will sick from this weather because we don't know what we need to wear every day. That's the big problem to us everyday before we plan to go out. Nowadays, everyone is busy for their own business even for me. I'm busy at school during the week and busy at work in the weekend. I don't have many time to travel to my country to visit my relates and friends but now we have many social net work can get connect to each other such as telephone and net chat that we can talk face to face though the internet with the computer almost like "in person". I really happy when i see my friends.
Knowledge doesn't easy to gain. you need to pay time on it and you need to practice. Sometimes are very painful during learning. The same situation happened to me, When i first time apply to the school, we have a enter school placement test such as reading , writing skill ,math test. Few days after i got the result, i failed the all english subject test that is mean i can't take regular class to meet my major. First i have to take english class then past all of them. I can take regular class after. I was so sad because i need to pay much more time to concentrate on english first that mean i'll graduated later than other students and lots of money too. I'm still in processing on my english. I worked hard but sometimes even you doing a lot of study you still can't get the result that you expect. I past the reading last semester that i feel happy when i got the result. You will feel sad and doesn't satisfied very much during the process but you learnt something and you got improve after you achieve the point.
As a result, I think gain for the knowledge worth it because we can find benefit from it. I think people have a desire that has a strong thirst for knowledge. That's why this desire is the reason that lead us to learn the things and gain the knowledge. Every time you know or learn something new, but you doesn't know before, after that you will feel very happy because you learn something.
Cornell and Malcolmson’s article states that Neo's overall experience in The Matrix film is an educational process similar to the release of the prisoner in the “Allegory of the Cave.”
Consider both the positive and the negative aspects of education as expressed in The Matrix and “The Allegory of the Cave” and compare them to your experience of education and the educational system. What are the benefits and the joys of learning and what are the downsides and pains of new knowledge? Is it all worth it? Use examples from the texts, your readings this semester, and personal experience to support your ideas.
Knowledge make us happier. When you get to know more about the things, you aren't going to to do stupid or dangerous things. Knowledge can make us convenient and avoid things, such as, weather forecast; earthquake forecast and so on. Knowledge can make us happier because some technology can connect people even we far away from each other. That's can make us more closer for each other.
If you are the new yorker same as me, you will know the weather is very changeable in here. If we don't have the knowledge to find the weather report, we must will sick from this weather because we don't know what we need to wear every day. That's the big problem to us everyday before we plan to go out. Nowadays, everyone is busy for their own business even for me. I'm busy at school during the week and busy at work in the weekend. I don't have many time to travel to my country to visit my relates and friends but now we have many social net work can get connect to each other such as telephone and net chat that we can talk face to face though the internet with the computer almost like "in person". I really happy when i see my friends.
Knowledge doesn't easy to gain. you need to pay time on it and you need to practice. Sometimes are very painful during learning. The same situation happened to me, When i first time apply to the school, we have a enter school placement test such as reading , writing skill ,math test. Few days after i got the result, i failed the all english subject test that is mean i can't take regular class to meet my major. First i have to take english class then past all of them. I can take regular class after. I was so sad because i need to pay much more time to concentrate on english first that mean i'll graduated later than other students and lots of money too. I'm still in processing on my english. I worked hard but sometimes even you doing a lot of study you still can't get the result that you expect. I past the reading last semester that i feel happy when i got the result. You will feel sad and doesn't satisfied very much during the process but you learnt something and you got improve after you achieve the point.
As a result, I think gain for the knowledge worth it because we can find benefit from it. I think people have a desire that has a strong thirst for knowledge. That's why this desire is the reason that lead us to learn the things and gain the knowledge. Every time you know or learn something new, but you doesn't know before, after that you will feel very happy because you learn something.
Monday, April 16, 2012
Blog 8
1. I Am/ I Am not Living in The Matrix
From
the beginning of the story, Neo suspects that something is wrong with
his world: that he is somehow controlled or manipulated into believing
things that are not true. This feeling that “something is not quite
right with the world” resonated with many viewers who agreed that we
could be living in The Matrix and not know it. What do you think: are we
living in a fake world like The Matrix? How do you know? Explain your
argument using evidence from your life and/or the film.
I am not living in the Matrix. As explains in the movie, "that he is somehow controlled or manipulated into believing
things that are not true." However, I don't agree with it. Because i think everything that we did was real. We are living in the reality world. That wasn't everything perfect for me. I can decided whatever i want to do.
I remember many years ago when i first time watched the matrix. After i watched it that i had many question such as the world we live are real or not. Later on, I found one very interesting thing that can explain this question.Because if you can find infinite that the world you live is real. I have a friend that she bought a apartment want to design her house. She downlode a very simple software that can easy to use such as how the look they can use the software to design the home. They put the carpet, wood floor, anything you can put but the only thing you can't find is a mirror. We can't find answer but I brought the question always with me. I remember
physics class the professor told us if we want to see what is unlimited. we can use two mirror and face them together then you will get your answer. After the class, i went to ask my professor the question that i have. Why we can find the mirror in that software? She gave me the answer that computer can't imitate the unlimited things. If they do have mirror that can lead the computer doesn't work anymore.
As a result, i do the same things let two mirror together, then i find i'm still here. That's why i know i am not living in the Matrix.
I remember many years ago when i first time watched the matrix. After i watched it that i had many question such as the world we live are real or not. Later on, I found one very interesting thing that can explain this question.Because if you can find infinite that the world you live is real. I have a friend that she bought a apartment want to design her house. She downlode a very simple software that can easy to use such as how the look they can use the software to design the home. They put the carpet, wood floor, anything you can put but the only thing you can't find is a mirror. We can't find answer but I brought the question always with me. I remember
physics class the professor told us if we want to see what is unlimited. we can use two mirror and face them together then you will get your answer. After the class, i went to ask my professor the question that i have. Why we can find the mirror in that software? She gave me the answer that computer can't imitate the unlimited things. If they do have mirror that can lead the computer doesn't work anymore.
As a result, i do the same things let two mirror together, then i find i'm still here. That's why i know i am not living in the Matrix.
Thursday, April 5, 2012
Blog 7 - Revision for CAT Practice 1
In " The Dangers of Reality TV," Timothy Sexton states that the reality television give some young people dangerous information to let them think the competition is is much important the value os image over ability, and education aren't important. Reality TV changes the old belief that competition is the way to success. The author said that on many of these shows the contestants even though they have most qualified condition they often lose. If another contestants have very good image, attractively, but not good ability the person could be won. That the information shows the image is more important than ability the author worried the people get this wrong information will think the education isn't important. The "reality TV" makers want to warn the people to face the society.
When the author said "probably the single most dangerous message these shows dend is that education is completely unnecessary to fulfill the American dream." I agree with author. I think it is dangerous message to tell the people because I think education very important, I have several reason. First, education means knowledge and we need knowledge to do lots of things in our life. Second, money is important, but it isn't the most important things in our life. We need education, we want to show the ability to create something useful to help others.
Ability is much important in our life. Every people are doing the different things everyday to run our life, and we can't live without them. Such as, bus driver, doctor and lawyer and so on. They are educated, and they important and necessary in our life. If you sick and you can't find anyone to help you. The result is very serious and horrible. So we need education.
Money are important but it can't buy any skill. Such as if you don't know how to drive a aircraft even you have huge of money you still don't know how to drive it. You have to learn this skill that mean you need education. Education is very important.
In conclusion, I still strongly agree with the author. In our life we need educated to improve out life quality that why we have to learn the things because we are not perfect we are all human being we need to discover this world.
When the author said "probably the single most dangerous message these shows dend is that education is completely unnecessary to fulfill the American dream." I agree with author. I think it is dangerous message to tell the people because I think education very important, I have several reason. First, education means knowledge and we need knowledge to do lots of things in our life. Second, money is important, but it isn't the most important things in our life. We need education, we want to show the ability to create something useful to help others.
Ability is much important in our life. Every people are doing the different things everyday to run our life, and we can't live without them. Such as, bus driver, doctor and lawyer and so on. They are educated, and they important and necessary in our life. If you sick and you can't find anyone to help you. The result is very serious and horrible. So we need education.
Money are important but it can't buy any skill. Such as if you don't know how to drive a aircraft even you have huge of money you still don't know how to drive it. You have to learn this skill that mean you need education. Education is very important.
In conclusion, I still strongly agree with the author. In our life we need educated to improve out life quality that why we have to learn the things because we are not perfect we are all human being we need to discover this world.
Blog 5
when I watched "The Truman Show", I saw the whole world in the show looks like the real world; The world of seahaven compared to the real world would seems similar.He has a very nice neighbor,they are always greeting and nice to each others. He has a family, even though some memories are not good. He also has his first love memory when he was in college like most of people. He married with a very pretty woman, even though he didn't love her much. He had a very good friend since they were children. They talked everything because he trust him. He had a very decent job like most of people, his manage also will let him to do this or do that. It all look the same as real world but i have to mention you that is all control by someone. Everything to him that is all fake but the only person is him who didn't know.
If i were him, I were do the same thing that like he does. Leave the seahaven the prefect world that all made by someone. The first reason is I don't like being control under someone. The second is I don't like to live the place that filled all the lie and i'm the only one don't know. Everything looks perfect but still fake. Have you think about the real deal? Such as his wife, they are married but that's not the true love to connect them because she is an actor. She wants to be a famous person not just because she loves him. His buddy to being with him is just because that's the order from the controller set up to watch him. No one is really want to care about him. He can't do the thing he wants to do. For example, He can't choose his love that he want. That was so sad because life is just once and short and never can go back. Everyone should choose their own life style and do whatever they like to do. That's why i will make the same decision as Truman.
Monday, April 2, 2012
Exercise 3 - Identifying common problems with CATW introduction paragraphs
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Thursday, March 29, 2012
Blog 6
QUESTION 2: Reality or Illusion?
It's illusion.Everything is made for him. Everything is fake, such as his wife,she doesn't love him, she just want to become a star because she is a actor. Mayers agrees with me when she notes that "all the actors went through a loop every day. Starting with a man with flowers, a lady on a bike and then a beetle with a messed up fender pass by his home in that order."
QUESTION 2: Reality or Illusion?
As Toby explains in her reason, "Everything that he did was real and unplanned; that makes it a reality. " However, I don't agree with her because truman lived a controlled life since he was a baby. Everything is fake and made for him , such as his wife,she doesn't love him, she just want to become a star because she is a actor.
It's illusion.Everything is made for him. Everything is fake, such as his wife,she doesn't love him, she just want to become a star because she is a actor. Mayers agrees with me when she notes that "all the actors went through a loop every day. Starting with a man with flowers, a lady on a bike and then a beetle with a messed up fender pass by his home in that order."
QUESTION 2: Reality or Illusion?
As Toby explains in her reason, "Everything that he did was real and unplanned; that makes it a reality. " However, I don't agree with her because truman lived a controlled life since he was a baby. Everything is fake and made for him , such as his wife,she doesn't love him, she just want to become a star because she is a actor.
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