Risky Shopping On The Internet

According to Robertson (2006), everybody knows that shopping online is very fast and easy. There is not only saving time, but also can compare the price with different online store very quickly. “The Internet is like a central shopping mall, where you can find just about everything you might need.” However, online shopping is not as fantastic as we thought. It is unsafe and risky. There are many hacks and geeks using illegal ways to get money. And then, online shopping websites are the good deals to steal money very easily. Also, the sellers are not very honest. They just want to get the big benefits. They give a perfect introduction and nice picture to be shown on the Internet and then they give consumers the bad goods. Is that terrible? However, it is truth.

Nowadays, the technology is not completely perfect. Online shopping looks very good. However, there are still lots of problem during your shopping time on the Internet. Many cases cannot be solved on the Internet, such as credit card stolen; goods broken and the shipping taking a long time. Those problems can show that Internet shopping is not very safe or easy.

First of all, when people buy something on the Internet, their money is not safety. People use credit cards to buy something on the Internet. It is really fast and convenient. However, we lose our money when we type the credit card number. Is it terrible? “Technology has made what I did simple. Crime is getting easier, faster and harder to detect” (Nicholls. 2006, Para. 5). According to Nicholls, the hacks can steal your money very easily when you buy some goods on the Internet. Also, we can read the report from Jennifer, “credit-card companies lose about $1 billion a year to credit-card fraud, while merchants lose about $10 billion annually, according to CardWeb, a credit-card information site” (2008, para.8). Therefore, online shopping is unsafe for our money.

Second, the goods, which you bought, may not be the same as you saw them when you have been bought them. Online shopping seems bland shopping. You cannot see the products until you buy it. It is dangerous that some online store may give you wrong stuff or bad stuff. And then, you cannot return them forever. That is a question. We use online shopping because it is cheap and convenient, but we cannot accept that pay less money and get bad things. That means the online shopping’s goods is good or bad depending on whether the seller is good or bad. Therefore, online shopping is dangerous and risky.

Finally, the shipping is also a problem. For example, a man wants to buy a HP computer. In the store, which is located in his city, the price is $500. The man searches the HP computer on the Internet. The price is $450. And then, the man buys it from Internet. However, the man waits for it for about 15 days. The truth is the price is low and the time takes too long. The online shopping is convenient and cheap. However, the shipping time takes too long. It cannot be called convenient. As a result, the online shopping is not very easy.

In conclusion, online shopping is more popular recently. People use it everyday. And the amount of online shopping stores amount is increasing very quickly. “According to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, there were over 205,000 complaints of Internet commerce-related fraud reported in 2004…” (Robertson, 2006, Para. 1) It is a huge amount. However, the online shopping still has same big problem: safety and convenient. These still cannot be solved completely. As this result, the online shopping is risky and complicated.


Reference:

Robertson, C. (2006, Jan. 03). Stay safe while shopping online. Retrieved on May 5, 2008. Majon International. From: http://www.majon.com/articles/shopping_-_General/shopping_online_126.html

Mulrean, J. (2008, March. 12). Protect Yourself. Retrieved on May 5, 2008. MSN Money. From: http://moneycentral.msn.com/content/Savinganddebt/Finddealsonline/P36487.asp

Nicholls, T. (2006, May. 10). Chip and pin fraud set to rise, Evening Standard, Retrieved on May 5, 2008. From: http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/saving-and-banking/article.html?in_article_id=408939&in_page_id=7

Protect The Real "Mermaid"---Dugong

In Harry Bligh’s article “Alarm over gill nets – Recreational anglers fear ban will be overturned” (2007), many dugongs died because of human’s activity. This is a very serious issue that makes a warning for us because dugong and sea animals are endangered now. Should we protect dugong or not? Many people said animals are our friends, no matter whether they are dangerous or not, whether they are beautiful or not. However, many animals have died because people want money, nice clothes or delicious food. They do not think animals are our friends. As a result, humans have killed lots of animals, and some of them have disappeared from our lives. Dugong also may get this destiny. People kill them because they eat fish which fisherman caught in a protected area. Is it a reason that people can take dugongs’ life? The answer is NO. We cannot kill them just because we need money or something else. Therefore, we need to protect dugongs. We need to protect dugongs as soon as possible. In fact, there are three ways that we can protect dugongs. We can build the dugong protection area, we can make a law to control the hunter and protect dugongs and the UN or Greenpeace should control countries’ marine military.

We may not know what dugongs are. Dugong is a kind of sea cow. According to Animals diversity web, they can grow as long as 5 meters and as heavy as 500Kg. They are very dangerous and they always attack fishermen near China, Japan and Australia. In some Asian countries, dugong is called the real mermaid. In the article “Dugong (Seacow)”, we know that dugong has been found in 43 countries (n, d). Most dugongs live in Asian and near Australia. Some counties already put dugong in their sea animal’s protection list. But there are also lots of problems. For example, US military base in Japan made lots of dugongs died (Kambayashi, 2008). Queensland wants to put gill nets into the dugong protection area (Bligh, 2007). There are also many problems like that. Therefore, we need of think of some ways to solve the problems.

First, we should build enough dugong protection areas and protect the wildlife area. We know dugong is a very dangerous sea animal. Our protecting them is also protecting us. The dugong is found in 43 countries along the western Pacific and Indian Oceans. (n, d,). Those countries need to build the dugong-protected areas. In fact, the dugong is dangerous. Therefore the protection area must be built far from human’s beaches. There are also some problems. One is protection area in LDCs (less developing countries). They do not have enough money to build a protection area. Maybe the LDCs governments support hunters to catch dugongs or other animals because of financial problems. Therefore, the UN needs to give money to help LDCs to build the protection areas. That is necessary to do as soon as possible. The other one is protection area in MDCs (more developing countries). MDCs have lots of militaries. That is also a big problem. And they also need a lot of resources from the ocean. Therefore, the pollution will be worse than in LDCs. So solving the problem of sea pollutions is the first important thing to do before MDCs build the protections area.

Also there are many dugongs that live far from every country. People need to do research that helps scientists to protect those dugongs. Protecting them in human’s way is easy and important and gives them a “house” to live in. Also, just dugong protection area is not enough, because a dugong does not just stay one place until its death. Therefore, scientists’ using high technology to protect them is also necessary, such as some little GPS that can help scientists know where dugongs go and what they should do to protect dugong. That can completely know what happened about that wild the dugongs and easier to protect the dugongs.

Second, we should make a new law to protect the dugong and other sea animals. Each country needs to make a law to protect dugong. One is do not kill or eat dugong or other animals. There are also many hunters who kill dugongs illegally. So the government also needs a law to control them. For example, the government should give them an amount that control them, such as they just can hunt 400 dugongs per year. If they broke the law, they will be caught and sent to jail for several years and pay a very heavy fine. They must study how important that protects animals during these times in jail. The other example, Queensland government give the dugong protection area’s manager pressure that put gill net into the dugong living area. That may make other sea species safe. However, dugong will be dead by this proposal. As a result, government should consider the best way to prevent the problem (Bligh, 2007).

Other is that we must study in a class about how important it is to protect sea animals. Nowadays, people are very busy to earn money, to live better. However, they do not have any knowledge about protecting dugong and sea animals. We cannot protect dugong very well if nobody knows how serious it is. That is a very heavy work to do, but we need to do that. For example, everyone should take a test before they can drive. So everybody knows what that means if the traffic light turns red. Therefore, if we take a dugong protection class well, we can protect them easier.

The last one of these proposals is that if people want to have a factory or buy a house near the sea, they must pay a very heavy tax every year because they may send lots of pollutants into the ocean. That can help government to protect dugong’s life. It is useful because no matter personal or government horse or factory, they are also making lots of pollutions. Therefore, if you want to live near the sea, you must pay a lot. That must be done because of the environment and animals’ lives.

Finally, the UN or Greenpeace (an international organization that works for environmental conservation and the preservation of endangered species) (Dict.cn n, d) should control countries’ marine military. Nowadays, lots of wars happen. Lots of human and animals died during the war. Therefore, the UN should control them to a right way to fix the problem between two or more countries. Some countries want to build base near the animals’ protection area. That is very dangerous, because the pollution from the base will kill animals. Also, the most important thing is, do not use chemical weapon during the war. The UN also wants to control that now. That is a pretty difficult rule because chemical weapons are very powerful and useful. It can change a trend during the war. However, we must stop using chemical weapons. It is really dangerous. On December 7th, Japan attacked U.S Pearl Harbor. Japan used the chemical weapons. Even now, Pearl Harbor is still dirty. No animal can live there. That is terrible. Therefore, stopping the use of the chemical weapons is necessary. The war control is very important also.

Opponents of protecting dugong say that protection is not good because dugong is dangerous. They say protecting dugong can make fisherman and some very unusual fish fall into danger. However, their idea is not right. Dugong, fisherman and unusual fish are a life cycle. It does not matter, who is right or not. Therefore, we could not kill dugong just because we want to protect humans and other animals. There is a very strong example. Many years ago, there were not too many sheep in china, because the wolf killed a lot of sheep. People could not feed sheep very well because of it. Therefore, people killed all of the wolves around this area. And then, sheep’s amounts became larger and larger. However, the sheep got a kind of disease. Nobody knows what was wrong with those sheep. Sheep were dead very quickly. And then, an old man told everybody, we need a wolf. That is an interesting story. It is also told us. We cannot kill dugong because dugong eats fish. Thus, protecting dugong is very important.

Also, natural ecosystem cannot be break. Dugong or sea animals, other small fish and human are not a circle. We should protect the natural ecosystem. If we break them, it is must be a problem. “Dugong is needed because they are part of the ecosystem and contribute to the fertility of the sea. The dugong's dung serves as a major food source for certain aquatic animals, thus increasing the volume of marine food available to man. The dugong's extinction, therefore, can affect the balance of the ecosystem and man's survival himself.” (Dugong in danger of extinction n, d)

In conclusion, dugong and other animals need to be protected as soon as possible. Animals are people’s friends. We need to protect them. We should build a protection area, clean the ocean and make a new law. These are only the few way to protect them. Live with them, love them and protect them. It is our responsibility. If everybody loves them, and then we cannot kill him or her any more. If the technology is ready, we can clean the ocean, and give them back a wonderful life. Saving sea animals’ lives is also saving human’s life.














Reference:

Bligh, Harry (2007, December 30). Alarm over gill nets – Recreational anglers fear ban will be overturned. Retrieved on October 22, 2008 from: www.lexisnexis.com/

Dugong dugon. (n, d) Animal Diversity Web Retrieved on December 4, 2008. from: http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Dugong_dugon.html

Dugong. (n, d.)The Humane Society of the United States. Retrieved on October 22, 2008 from: www.hsus.org/

Kambayashi T (2008, February 5th) Ruling to protect dugong could put Northern Okinawa aid at risk. Retrieved on October 29th, 2008 The Christian Science Monitor. From: www.csmonitor.com

Dugong in danger of extinction (n,d.) retrieved on December 2, 2008 from: http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/Cabana/1654/dugong.htm

Dugong. (n,d) Wikipedia. From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dugong

Online Dictionary. http://www.dict.cn

FE#6

My Favorite Dish
Have you ever eaten Chicken leg over fried rice? It is my favorite food. The materials are chicken leg with skin, some vegetable (depending on you), egg, green onion and rice. It is very traditional food. Therefore, I use many season from China, such as soy sauce, Chinese vinegar, white pepper and bean sauce. Now all the predation steps are finished let cook the chicken leg over rice.

At first, clean the chicken leg and use hot water to get the blood out of the leg. And then, put oil and sugar into the pan until the oil becomes hotter and sugar become dark red. Put the clean chicken leg into the pan and blend the chicken until the chicken is done. During this process, put soy sauce and Chinese vinegar into the pan. Still blend it about 10 minutes. Put bean sauce and water together using mid-fire to cook it about 30 minutes. And then, just keep it on the fire; we go to the next step. Fried rice.

Second, it is fried rice. Put oil into another pan. Put green onion and egg into the pan and blend the egg until the egg is cooked. And then, put rice into the pan; blend the rice and egg together. Cook it 5 minutes.

All the steps are finished. Just put the chicken over the fried rice. The very delicious food, the chicken leg over fried rice, is done. It is very delicious and has lots of nutrition.

S/R#2

Military, Please Go Away from Dugongs


In Takehiko Kambayashi’s article “Ruling to protect dugong could put Northern Okinawa aid at risk,” the author states that, the American military should protect the marine mammal when they want to build a proposed base near the animals’ “home”. First, the author explains that the U.S. Defense Department found the problem between the military base in Okinawa and the dugongs. Some people think that military need to research the dugong in Okinawa because there are many dugongs near the military base. Second, the author shows that there are many U.S. troops in Japan. Therefore, U.S. government should discuss the situation about military and dugongs. “The 35,000 US troops stationed in Japan.” (Kambayashi, 2008) Third, the author argues that U.S. put many troops in Japan, so they need protect the sea animals. The government has money to build a luxury spa. However, they do not have money to protect the dugongs. At end, the author states, “There is no place like Okinawa on earth.” (Kambayashi 2008) That means we need to protect the ocean and protect the dugongs.


In the author’s opinion, the dugongs should be protected by the military. I agree with that. In recent years, the world is not peaceful. War is often happened. Animals were killed by the war. Therefore, we need protect them and help them get a safety place to live. In fact, military should consider where they should build a base if there are many sea animals live in this ocean, the United Nations should make a law that protect the sea animals and if it is must use a war the solve the problem, do not use chemical weapons.
First, military should consider where they should build a base if there is many sea animals live in this ocean. People must not just think about themselves. They build a military base just consider their own benefit or convention. However, they kill a lot of animals when they build some military bas into the sea. For example, Okinawa, Japan has lots of dugongs. However, the U.S. military build a base that makes lots of dugongs died. “A federal judge said a US military base propose for the depressed area must evaluate impact on the marine mammal.” (Kambayashi 2008) Therefore, where should build a base or not is very important to protect dugongs and animals life.
Second, the United Nations should make a law that protects the sea animals. We all know protect dugongs and sea animals are not just a national problem. That is global problem. Thurs, UN should give each country a law that can control them to protect the dugongs and sea animals. For example, if there are many dugongs and animals, it must cancel the ship route. That can protect the animals because the pollutions problem will go down. Controlling is important to save the dugongs and sea animals’ life.


Third, if it is must use a war to solve the problem, do not use chemical weapons. That is a pretty difficult rule because chemical weapons is very powerful and useful. It can change a trend during the war. However, we must stop use chemical weapons. It is really dangerous. On December 7th, Japan attack U.S Pearl Harbor. Japan use the chemical weapons. Until now, Pearl Harbor is still dirty. No animal can live there. That is terrible. Therefore, stop using the chemical weapons is necessary.


In conclusion, protecting animals is very important because if the animals disappeared already, that means people live alone on the earth. There are many ways to protect the sea animals. In the military situation, we only can do is we need peaceful world. No war, No military pollution. Although it is only a dream, we can do something to reduce the problem. UN need control the problem as soon as possible because it is not only one country can solve the problem. If people do it well, the dugongs and sea animals will live forever.

Reference:
Kambayashi Takechiko (2008, February 5th) Ruling to protect dugong could put Northern Okinawa aid at risk. The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved on October 29th, 2008 from: www.csmonitor.com

FE#5

Drawing Your Vocabulary

Everyone thinks learning a foreign language is very difficult, especially vocabulary. It does not mean vocabulary is head, but we waste time an vocabulary. Sometimes it does not work. Everyone hates vocabulary. However, I have a good idea that helps us to learn vocabulary, drawing a picture in your mind. What is that? That means when you have to remember some vocabularies, you can think a picture about the definition of the word. For example, “nice”, if you do not know the meaning of this word, you can draw beauty in your brain. And then you feel interested about this word. After that you found you can remember “nice”. Is it not magical? Draw a picture of a word. You can remember the word very quickly and you will hope you want to remember a lot of vocabularies.

FW#4

IMac is a kind of PC, but it is good at education. In IMac, you can find all programs about how to learn a language. IMac include dictionary, language transition and lots of programs about education. For example, I try to write a essay in English. However I do not understand grammar clearly. The IMac can help me to fix the problem. Another example is when I write an academic paper and I do not know how to write “so” in an academic way. I just put so in the IMac dictionary, and then the IMac can tell me which is the best word that is similar to “so”. IMac is really improving my English. In fact, I can write English essay more academically and I know how to use grammar as well. I am surprised that technology can help me improve my second language. If I have the opportunity to teach Chinese students English, I will allow them buy an IMac PC. That is really helps us to learn a second language.

FE#4

The Moonlight Day

The Moonlight Day is the traditional day in China. It is one of the biggest holidays in China. All the members of family will go to the oldest person’s family to have a dinner and see the beautiful moon. Also, do not forget the moon cake. It is really delicious. In recent years, we eat moon cake and watch the slow about Moonlight Day. That is fantastic. It is completely different from Halloween. In Halloween, people wear some very special clothes and make much fun outside. People have parties and celebrate Halloween. However, Moonlight Day is different from Halloween. In China, we just stay home and watch the moon and say something fun. We are happy but it is not like people on Halloween day. They are crazy. Although, Halloween and Moonlight have many differences, I still like both of them. In China, I like Moonlight Day. In the U.S., I like Halloween

S/R #1

Dugong Will Be Protected or Not

In Harry Bligh’s article “Alarm over gill nets – Recreational anglers fear ban will be overturned” the author argues that about whether gill nets need to put in the dugong protection area or not. First, the author explains that the proposal will take human and animals’ lives. “This proposal has the potential to decimate our marine life, including dugongs, turtles and dolphins and erode biodiversity” (Bligh, 2007). Second, the author states that Queensland government gives the people who work in the dugong protection area pressure to push them to make a decision. The government pushes them to put the gill nets in the dugong protection area that can protect some fisherman. It will hurt many dugongs. It is that people will help dugong but they hurt the dugong if they try to save the dugongs using this way. However, people think it is not right. According to Goodwin, who has worked 15 years in the dugong protection area, according to Goodwin, the proposal was never raised in the meeting of previous consultative body in 2006. Finally, the author says that the proposal only protects humans. The people who work in the dugong protection area think the gill net can only protect the human, not dugong. They said this proposal could make 200-kilo dugong to be homeless. At the end, Goodwin said, “this proposal is a bad resource management” (Bligh, 2007) he said government need make a plan that consider both sides.

In this article, the author thinks we need to protect the dugong in the right way. I agree with that. Dugong, also called sea cow, is near to extinction. We need to protect them as soon as possible. In fact, there are three steps that can help to save dugong’s life. We should build enough dugong protection area and protect the wildlife area, solve the water pollution problem and make a new law to protect the dugong.

First, we should build enough dugong protection areas and protect the wildlife area. We know dugong is very dangerous sea animal. Our protecting them is also protecting us. The dugong is found in 43 countries along the western Pacific and Indian Oceans. (The Humane Society of the United States n, d) Those counties need to build the dugong protection areas. In fact, the dugong is dangerous. Therefore the protection area must be built far from human’s beaches. Also there are many dugongs who live far from every country. People need to do research that helps scientists to protect those dugongs. Protecting them in human’s way is easy and important and gives them a “house” to live in.

Second, we solve the water pollution problem. Every year, people put much garbage into the ocean. That garbage makes the sea water dirty, especially the plastic. The dugong eats it until they are dead. The plastic still is here. So we need to cape with the water pollution. Clean the ocean. Give sea animals back a clean sea. That is what we need to do now. Also, creating the new technology to clean the dirty chemical water is also necessary. These are two ways to solve the water pollution problem. the pollution must be removed as soon as possible.

Third, we should make a new law to protect dugong and other sea animals. Each country needs to make a law to protect dugong. One is do not kill or eat dugong or other animals. Second is that we must study in a class about how impotent it is to protect sea animals. Third, if people want to have a factory or buy a horse near the sea, they must pay a very heavy tax every year. That can help government to protect dugong’s life. It is useful.

In conclusion, dugong and other animals need to be protected as soon as possible. Animals are people’s friends. We need to protect them. We should build a protection area, clean the ocean and make a new law. These are only the few way to protect them. Live with them, love them and protect them. It is our responsibility. If everybody loves them, and then we cannot kill him or her any more. If the technology is ready, we can clean the ocean, and give them back a wonderful life. Therefore, saving sea animals life, it is also saving human’s life.

Reference:

Bligh, Harry (2007, December 30). Alarm over gill nets – Recreational anglers fear ban will be overturned. Retrieved on October 22, 2008 from: www.lexisnexis.com/

Dugong. (n, d)The Humane Society of the United States. Retrieved on October 22, 2008 from: www.hsus.org/

Chicago

Chicago
Chicago is one of my favorite cities in the U.S. Last month, I went to Chicago. In fact, I always go to Chicago. Chicago is called the windy city. There are very clear four seasons each year. Every time I go to Chicago. The first destination is Chinatown. Why? Because I really like Chinese food, I can eat very traditional Chinese food in Chinatown. Second, I will go downtown. It is fantastic. Nobody can say we have the same downtown in my country. it is beautiful and large. All the buildings are wonderful. Third, I will go to the place called Windy because there is a ship that is called Windy. I love that place because I can see Lake Michigan. It is the most beautiful lake I have ever seen before. Actually, there are many places that I did not visit, such as some museums, Sears Tower and some mall in Chicago. However, I still feel excited about going to Chicago.

Saving Animals’ Life from Global Warming

Saving Animals’ Life from Global Warming

According to Tim Hirsh’s (2005) article “Animals ‘hit by global warming’” the author states that global warming has already changed animals’ living style. The author says three points of animals changed by global warming. First of all, the author explains that global warming can make many species of animals disappear. Global warming makes ice melting and ground become desert. Those signs make several animals change their destinations, such as migratory birds and some turtles. Second, the author discusses that animals’ moving times are changed by climate change. “Many species have been able to adapt to new conditions simply by moving their ranges further towards the poles.” (Hirsh, 2005). For example, some animals leave the arctic very early because the Arctic sea ice melts too quickly. The author says the climate changes so fast that animals cannot adapt to this changing. Some reports show how dangerous it is that the climate is changing so fast. And some conservation organizations want to control the problem as well as they can. At the end, the author explains that the conservation is necessary. Climate becomes warmer and changes very quickly.

In the author’s opinion, the global warming has already affected animals’ lives. I agree with that. According to the author’s article, the climate is changing already. Animals’ lives are going to change very quickly. Therefore, we need to make some plan that will help animals protect themselves because animals are human’s friends. In fact, there are three ways to help animals live better. We should building a large national park that can give animals a space to live, protecting the animal migration routes, and study the high technology to solve the global warming.

First, building a large national park can give animals a space to live. Tim Hirsch said that the animals’ lifestyle is already changing. In this case, we can just build a large national park in each country or in different areas. Let those animals find a new home that will be safe and comfortable to live in. This is a better way to save some animals’ lives because global warming makes many lands disappear. Lots of animals will be dead if they cannot find where they live before. Therefore, people’s building some national park can help some migratory animals to live. That is a good way to protect the animals.

Second, we should protect the animal migration routes. This plan can be adapted to some animals that move to beaches or nearby the ocean. Protecting migration routes is really important. Some animals cannot adapt to live in a new place anymore. Therefore, we need to protect the migration routes for those animals. We should control these areas’ countries’ pollution and send professional teams to help the local people save the migration routes. In this issue, knowledge is very important. People need to know the animal’s life style, such as when they go and come back. It does not completely help the animals’ migration routes. However, it can give the animals time to adapt to changing climate conditions.

Third, we should study the high technique to solve the global warming. We need to create some new techniques to save the environment, not just animals, because if the earth still gets hotter and hotter, humans will be dead, too. Scientists should study a new high technique to solve the problem at its base. Protecting the animals is just a way to keep them for a few years. When the environment becomes worse and worse, when have no choice to save the animals’ lives, or even ours. Thus, people should cope with the problem at a basic level.

In conclusion, global warming is the hottest topic around the world in recent years. There is “Melting ice, spreading deserts and the impact of warm seas” (Hirsch, 2005). Those situations are very dangerous to us, and to animals. People should discuss that, because human makes all of these problems. People break it, and then they need to fix it. The way which can solve the problem is difficult, is expensive and takes a long time. However, we must solve it now. If we do not do it, we will be dead after all the animals disappear. In my opinion, people need to get a point to solve the problem as soon as possible and to save our and animals’ lives.

Reference
Hirsch, T. (2005, Oct. 5). Animals ‘hit by global warming’. BBC News. Retrieved on October 15th 2008 from: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4313726.stm

FE #1 Road Trip

Road Trip
I love traveling. My friends know it. They often call me to have a trip. However, sometimes they do not know why I like road trips. They said road trips are so tiring and so dangerous if you feel sleepy. But I do not think so. A road trip is the best way to have a short trip because you can drive and see the entire places that are beside the highway at the same time. When I prepare for a trip, I will order a hotel on the Internet. And then I just go with my favorite car. My biggest movement was when I drove 23 hours form Carbondale to Los Angeles and never stopped. I feel excited about road trips. I can see the animals, trees and the farmers. Isn’t it interesting? I really love road trips. However, it is not as fast as planes, it is not as comfortable as a boat and not as safe as a train. But it is really like a trip; you have a trip on the way, and also you can have a good trip when you arrive at your destination. If some people ask me what is your favorite way to travel, I just tell them I love road trips.

Punishment for Kids

According this article “ Our view on corporal punishment: To spank or not to spank” the point of argument is whether we need to spank or use another way to punishment their bad behavior. The author talked about government giving a new law to control parents’ spanking their kids, and gave some cases to show how important it is that we stop punishment of kids. The education system also tries to get kids right and protect kids’ healthy and grow up in a good way. Also they said spanking can keep children doing well.

Parents hope their child becomes a perfect person. So they really want to see their children be very good. So sometimes if children don’t do very well, parents may use punishment to keep kids doing better. I think we need to punish kids with some other ways besides spanking. In fact, usually talk, show the bad result from bad behavior and show parents self to teach children what to do.

Parents need to work every day. It’s busy and stressful. But talking to your kids every day is necessary. Because we often work and forget children’s mind, sometimes children will learn some bad behavior. Parents should talk to them and tell them to be honest. And you must keep in your mind not to be angry and tell them a better way to do things or what not to do, and tell them why. You can use this way anytime you want. That is easy way but it is hard to do.

Sometimes you found your kids doing some bad things. Don’t be angry. They do this because kids don’t know what is dangerous or bad. They just think it is convenient. So you must tell them how dangerous what they are doing is or how bad they are. You should tell them what the result is if they do some things. For example, if kids often play with fire, you must show them pictures and some videos to tell your kids, that is very dangerous, and the result is very bad. We won’t have a place to live and you can’t play anymore. This way kids know these things and they may not do that next time.
Show yourself. Parents need to do your best to show a good behavior and good way to raise kids. Parents are the first teacher. So whether they do good or not, kids may learn to do some action. So parents must do their best. And show kids what to do, or how to study, or something like that. That will be fine.

Every family has different cases. But most families need their kids to be good people, whether the punish by spanking or in a way that I described is their business. But I think they should use good ways to help their kids grow healthy and happy. That is better than spanking. So let kids know you love them and you want them to be well.

Reference: “Our view on corporal punishment: To spank or not to spank” from USA Today on January 25th. 2007. http://blog.usatoday.com/oped/2007/01/post_35.html

Stressful Life

Everybody has lots of things in modern life now. “Busy” makes us stress. We want to do something but cannot finish on time or have some problem. That is so stressful. Even thought we have lots of stressful things. But I think the biggest causes of stress are traffic emergency and government.

First, traffic causes lots of stress. In modern life, more and more car run on the street and people have lots of accidents every day. So that is so stress. Because if on car has accident then the street very stop. Lots of driver will be angry and say some bad words. Also accident stops the line of car. Spend time and make some case, also make us be late to anywhere. That is too bad for us.

Second, emergency also is a main point for us. But criminals often happen criminal things now and they kill people, hurt people and put bomb in the building some times. So policeman will go there and see lots of blood and ugly place. They feel stressful and they cannot work very well and they don’t have angry to work that cannot protect our lives. That is terrible.

Finally, working in the government also stressful. Officers who work for the part of them fix traffic and emergency problem. They think how to fix it and which way is the best. Oh, it is so terrible and stressful. And if they cannot fix problem very well, people will come into the street and protest their rights. So people working in the government are so stressful.

So there are lots of stressful things around the world in the modern life. Traffic emergency and so on. Even thought they are stressful, but if we can control our mind. It will be a piece of cake. But control them is very difficult.

Stress and Traffic

This article, “’Road Rage’ runs rampant in high-stress U.S. society” by Correspondent Kyoko Altman, talks about a public traffic problem. It tells us about a man who was injured by a speeding reckless driver and his mother died. And from this the article talks about something about the traffic problem and how the government can control it. One is stabbed and run over. The NHTSA has studied this case and thought about how dangerous it is. That shows us that stress make people drive unsafely. Second is fighting a ‘mental disorder’. A psychologist said road rage is a mental disorder. After traffic accident, the criminals only pay a fine. But they also can still drive car.

I think traffic the problem is very dangerous and serious now, because more and more cars are on the roads and highways. We don’t know which driver is good or bad. So I think the government needs to do something. For example, it should make a new traffic laws, drivers who had traffic accident more than once must go to traffic law class and pay a heavy fine. If they do this, government can solve the cases. In fact, make a new law for driver make a new test for DL and government control used car.

First, we need to make a new law. People must go to study again and pay a heavy fine if they had traffic accident more than once. Before people only paid a fine but it wasn’t good for everyone. Some psychologists said some people have some psychosomatic problems. They cannot control themselves, so we must help them to control themselves. And they go to class to study the law and the rule.

Second, government needs to change the drivers’ license test. It is too easy and lots of people can get license. I got a license already, I know there are two different ways from driving during the test and driving in common days. So we need to try our best to fix this case.

Last, I think it is most important, that the government must control the used cars. You know that some used cars are derived from 20 years or more ago. That is terrible. Because car is too old and their turbo is broken and something cannot be used very well. So that is important.

So now there are billions of numbers cars in the world. We must control it. And rcstnict them to a new model. Change something that is wrong and fix something. Traffic is important to everybody. So we must think of a way to make it better.


‘Road Rage’ runs rampant in high-stress U.S. society by Correspondent Kyoko Altman July 18. 2008 web posted at 9:57 am http://www.cnn.com/us/9707/18/aggressive.driving/

cash flow debt causes student stress, scientist told

The article “cash flow debt causes student stress, scientist told”, By Ed Ewing and Rachel Jasper, talks about students financial problem. Some scientists point is that students need to learn how to control their money and if not. They will be more stressful. They explain that the university students worry about day to day money spend and that make them stressful, but scientists think the problem can fix by themselves. Dr. Scott studied loan and stress from 268 students for several years. And he shows a problem those students need to keep their money and learn how to control their money. And some scientists said school needs to help students’ managements their money, kind of daily cash flow. One of them said,” day to day pressure of juggling finances is the most stressful thing we need to do.” Finally, scientists think students need to keep money as much as possible

Ewing, E. & Jasper, R. (2005, April 4). Cash flow not debt causes student stress, scientists told. Guardian Unlimited. Retrieved on January 18, 2008 from:
http://education.guardian.co.uk/students/finance/story/0,12728,1452001,00.html