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Tuesday, May 10, 2011
"Video Games and TV Teach To Kill" Homework
After reading the news article "Video Games and TV Teach To Kill", I have some agreements to the article, but however, I am mostly disagree with David Grossman. First of all, I do agree that some video games are starting to influence young players' mind with violent bloody scenes. The media companies should be accountable for the messages they are spreading to children. But, in most of the case, children are smart enough to realize that they shouldn't imitate violent actions from the game even though it is entertaining. His words "We're not just teaching kids to kill. We're teaching them to like it." force my mind to turn against him. Yes, sure that children play killing in the games can make them feel less-stress. But I'm pretty sure the children aware of killing people in real life because it is so different from the game. They wouldn't have to go to jail if they were to kill people in video games. However, in real life, they would get in so much trouble and some could lead them to death. In conclusion, he is just basing on the incidents that LITTLE amount of children make but then, forgetting how the children are starting to have a better understanding on what they should do and what they shouldn't.
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
L.A Homework
I think twelve and thirteen year olds shouldn't be able to play any games they want. Because there are tons of games out there that aren't suitable for children their ages. Like games that are 18+, there might be several images that is going to affect their brain afterwards. Gamers are mostly young men, they usually play violent games and shooting games. And I believed that some games are okay to play like killing monsters and solving quests. But wrestling and shooting, well, it is okay to play it for a while without becoming to addicted to it. Because sometimes children see, children do. They will believe that they are the character and get distracted from real life. But, there's a time that the guide from the games saved a little boy from getting attack by a moose. Overall, there are games that is okay for them to play but they shouldn't be playing un-suitable games that will damage their brain in the future.
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Sunday, March 6, 2011
Reflection
On Thursday, our class had a guest speaker: Mr. John Golden. He told us about his trip to Bangladesh and I've learned quite a lot from him. At first, I always thought that Muslim people are mean and they always treat us badly. But after the conversation with Mr. John Golden, I think that Muslims are the friendliest, and happiest people in Bangladesh (most of them). Mr. John work at a teacher at Bangladesh, he taught about 80 students. Their classrooms are simple, there are no air-conditioner, no white board, and they only have wooden table to study. Also, boys and girls have to sit separate, boys on one side, and girls on the other side.
His favorite color is green and Bangladesh is all green. He like this color because he think that there are many types of green. People in Bangladesh speaks Bangla and their traditional costumes are less strict than other Muslim countries, they allowed their costumes to have colors and they only need to cover their heads, while other Muslim people was forced to cover their faces. Muslim hat is called a Tubi or Tuki, and people wants to cover their heads because they believed that god is up there. Everyday, kids bathe at the pond. But Mr. John Golden take a bath in his water place so the children thought that he haven't take a bath for 3 years. I also learned about the family in Bangladesh. The parents have a lot of child because of birth control, but they don't have any money to feed their child. They think that if they have a lot of children, there will be more workers and they can easily make money. But they are wrong, having lots of babies doesn't bring you anything but hardwork. In fact, the parents have to wait for their babies to grow up and work, but before that, they have to take care of them.
Mr. John Golden said that Bangladesh is an #1 country for Dengue Fever. Every night, he put on a mosquito net and sleep. He also have to pray 5 times a day (Call of Prayer). It was interesting at first but it's getting old with all the noises. Muslim people also cook peanuts with sand so it won't burn the peanut when they cook it. Afterward, they'll shift the sand out. Mr. John Golden intends to stay at Bangladesh for 27 months, but he only stayed for 20 months. He had a great time there but he didn't get to finish his trips because at the U.S, an extremist drove a plane to the twin tower strikes and killed a lot of people. So then Mr. John Golden was forced to leave.
I've learned a lot from Mr. John Golden and I'm looking forward to have another interesting conversation with him.
His favorite color is green and Bangladesh is all green. He like this color because he think that there are many types of green. People in Bangladesh speaks Bangla and their traditional costumes are less strict than other Muslim countries, they allowed their costumes to have colors and they only need to cover their heads, while other Muslim people was forced to cover their faces. Muslim hat is called a Tubi or Tuki, and people wants to cover their heads because they believed that god is up there. Everyday, kids bathe at the pond. But Mr. John Golden take a bath in his water place so the children thought that he haven't take a bath for 3 years. I also learned about the family in Bangladesh. The parents have a lot of child because of birth control, but they don't have any money to feed their child. They think that if they have a lot of children, there will be more workers and they can easily make money. But they are wrong, having lots of babies doesn't bring you anything but hardwork. In fact, the parents have to wait for their babies to grow up and work, but before that, they have to take care of them.
Mr. John Golden said that Bangladesh is an #1 country for Dengue Fever. Every night, he put on a mosquito net and sleep. He also have to pray 5 times a day (Call of Prayer). It was interesting at first but it's getting old with all the noises. Muslim people also cook peanuts with sand so it won't burn the peanut when they cook it. Afterward, they'll shift the sand out. Mr. John Golden intends to stay at Bangladesh for 27 months, but he only stayed for 20 months. He had a great time there but he didn't get to finish his trips because at the U.S, an extremist drove a plane to the twin tower strikes and killed a lot of people. So then Mr. John Golden was forced to leave.
I've learned a lot from Mr. John Golden and I'm looking forward to have another interesting conversation with him.
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Carpet Boy's Gift Homework
In the short story The Carpet Boy's Gift, there had been so many children's rights being violated. Like "Every child has the right to play and rest", but in this story, all the children does it work work, and work. The master was just using Nadeem even though Nadeem thought his boss was being nice to him, and I think that is not fair to treat children that way. But as Iqbal came and explained about Children's Rights, Nadeem finally understand that every children has the right to KNOW THEIR RIGHTS and there should be a harsh punishment for the master.
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Thursday, January 13, 2011
My Favorite Song
~ I THINK my favorite song would be Domino by David Archuleta (maybe)
I like this song because it have lovely melody. It also used simile to describe that's David don't know what to do and he's falling like a domino @@. Sometimes if I'm in a bad mood, I can sing along to this song and it makes me feel better =]]
Link: http://mp3.zing.vn/mp3/nghe-bai-hat/Domino-David-archuleta.IW66C06Z.html
I like this song because it have lovely melody. It also used simile to describe that's David don't know what to do and he's falling like a domino @@. Sometimes if I'm in a bad mood, I can sing along to this song and it makes me feel better =]]
Link: http://mp3.zing.vn/mp3/nghe-bai-hat/Domino-David-archuleta.IW66C06Z.html
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