Homework for Jan. 11, 2011

1. I disagree with it if everyone is totally equal. What I've read in the story "Harrison Bergeron." What if I am better than others, imagine they would put weird noises into my ears. That is totally annoying, I would feel really unfair. Also, if everyone is equal, all the brains are working the same, so there's no creative ideas. That couldn't make the world gets better. It also may becomes worse, then there'll a lot of problems all over the world. But not being equal also is a problem, if I'm a slave and always have to listen to my boss, that would feel unfair. I think we shouldn't make it totally equal or unequal.

2. Instead of making them get worse, I would make them become better. The smart genius people can help the bad ones to become better and more knowledgeable. Pretty ones can turn ugly people becoming extremely beautiful. I think helping and encouraging them to continue to work hard is my law.

3. As I said in question 2, I would help them by favoring the genius, pretties,.. to help the "bad" people by encouraging them to work hard in order to become better.

4.I think North Korea is becoming that kind of society. They're saying that everyone in their country is equal. If I'm the leader, I wouldn't force them to have that kind of law.

5. I think it's impossible to be equal. Everyone was born to be different. They have different personality, talents, looks,...etc. That's why I think people who are more talented and smarter would feel unfair about total equality. It maybe is a good thing to be equal, but not too much. You can't stop people from being less talented or smart. It really is unfair to them. Imagine that you have to stop your dreams and become uglier and stupid for everyone to be equal? It's a serious problem to solve to me.

6. - I knew that North Korea is related to this story, because they said that everyone is equal in their country.
    - I think that the world may becomes like this in the real future, everyone is thinking that fair and equal are the best, so it may turns out to be like the story.

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Advertising Answers - Nov 2, 2010

Question: How does advertising influence consumption?

Answer: It influences consumption a lot. The advertising only shows the good sides of the products. The people want to buy the stuff, because the advertisers don't show the bad sides of the products.

Question: 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?

Answer: No, because no one tells them about it. They just buy what they want and need.

Question: Do you think these advertising techniques influence what you and your friends purchase?
Answer: Yes, it does influence a lot. Whenever I see any cool advertising about an item, I want to buy it. It depends on how cool and good do I think about the item. The advertising are really important for the item when customers look at it.

Sustainable Development

Sustainable Development means reusable and never runs out.
Examples:
-Victoria-Gasteiz in Spain has development in major transport routes, so more people can live there, but they still save placers for wild lives and recreational areas for people.
-They made Eco-industrial parks in Kalundborg, Denmark, they use the waste of the power station and cement factory for other things to reuse.

Migration/Immigration Assessment - Final Copy

“Boom!,” that was the sound of my Math book after it fell to the ground. There were only five minutes before the class started. I was in 6^th grade at AIS and it was nearly end of the school year. I was staring at Maria, my best friend. I heard her telling other people that she would be moving to the U.S. I was so shocked that I froze for five seconds.

“Are you really moving?” I started with a question, but my mouth couldn’t talk normal.

She nodded her head slowly. She explained that this country was making her to have push factors and America made her have pull factors. The push factors were lack of services, lack of safety, natural disasters, and persecution. There were traffic jams and accidents on the streets. There were so many rains and flooding everywhere. There were also storms. People also threw trash on the street. The pull factors were more wealth, good climate, better services, safe, less crime, and less natural disasters, better education, polite people. She said America was a rich country, they had lots of wealth, the climate was also good. Services were better than Vietnam and it was safety. I chat with her sometimes and I asked how is her life right now? She said there were also positive and negative effects. She said it was a shelter place, because there were many securities. But she was suffering from strain of school works, it was making her miserable. I think her life isn’t that bad, she lives in a rich family that a lot of things are affordable. She also said that she wanted to get into Harvard, that’s why she wanted to have a better education. She went there 2 years now, but I still miss her. The good thing is she comes back to her homeland every summer, I can hang out with her on those days.

Article Answers

1) The climate is changing, because of the humans and it effects the Earth's living things.
2)reluctant - unwilling to do something
   variation - the changing of something
   vulnerable - weakness
   negotiation - to discuss about something
3) weather - the atmosphere over a short period of time
    climate - the atmosphere over a long period of time
4) Pakistan got flooded for decades and killed more than 1,500 people
    A drought in Russia that destroyed lots of plants
    New England, Tennessee, Arkansas, and Oklahoma got flooded
5) No, I didn't experience any of it
6)perception means to realize about something
7) At first, I didn't care about the climate change, but after I read the news then I think it's really important and I'm trying to help the world.