Friday, June 15, 2007
To:Lili
Lili, I can't view my blog here in China, don't know why...only can create new posts. Thank you so much for you words. I'll work hard in my future study and won't let anyone down. Take care!!!Enjoy you vacation. By the way, do you have a vacation or do you and Adrianne have to go on teaching this summer?
Back in Beijing!!!
An unpleasant trip from Montreal to Beijing... neck hurts and very sleepy... But it's nice that I finally reached my destination~ Never want to stay in a plane for so long time again!!! Yet I have no choice~
It's two days since I've been back, nothing changed here. I've grown up a lot...daddy and mommy were so excited to see me. I didn't let them down and never will.
Have to plan for my vacation, everything should be in the right order. Miss you guys and take care!
It's two days since I've been back, nothing changed here. I've grown up a lot...daddy and mommy were so excited to see me. I didn't let them down and never will.
Have to plan for my vacation, everything should be in the right order. Miss you guys and take care!
Saturday, June 2, 2007
Final Exam questions discussion
1. Should government be responsible for keeping consumers safe?
In my opinion, government should be responsible for keeping consumers safe. It's the government's duty to keep the consumers safe in any kind of market. Government should protect consumers when there are things that infringed the rights of consumers. But I think consumes also have to be responsible to the government.
4. Is the individual consumer responsible? Should we rely on the consumer's common sense? What is common sense?
Individual consumer should be responsible, yet a lot of consumers aren't responsible. My father owns a food company, I know that some of the consumers are very rude and not responsible at all. They think that it's the company's duty to change anything that consumers don't like. They are not only not responsible to themselves but also to the company and to the market. However, being a consumer myself, it is hard to think of the company's benefit. We all believe in our own common sense. What I think this common sense is that consumers think that they are right in judging products. For example, when we see a nice and beautiful packaging in a supermarket, we usually believe that this package of product must be expensive and good. And the problem is that the more expensive, the more we believe that the product is good! This is wrong. The value and quality of a product doesn't lie on the beautiful package of the product. We should all learn more on how to choose products and learn what's the real market is like. So that we choose what is right. I think after this final exam we will all learn more about these things.
Good luck to you next week!!!
In my opinion, government should be responsible for keeping consumers safe. It's the government's duty to keep the consumers safe in any kind of market. Government should protect consumers when there are things that infringed the rights of consumers. But I think consumes also have to be responsible to the government.
4. Is the individual consumer responsible? Should we rely on the consumer's common sense? What is common sense?
Individual consumer should be responsible, yet a lot of consumers aren't responsible. My father owns a food company, I know that some of the consumers are very rude and not responsible at all. They think that it's the company's duty to change anything that consumers don't like. They are not only not responsible to themselves but also to the company and to the market. However, being a consumer myself, it is hard to think of the company's benefit. We all believe in our own common sense. What I think this common sense is that consumers think that they are right in judging products. For example, when we see a nice and beautiful packaging in a supermarket, we usually believe that this package of product must be expensive and good. And the problem is that the more expensive, the more we believe that the product is good! This is wrong. The value and quality of a product doesn't lie on the beautiful package of the product. We should all learn more on how to choose products and learn what's the real market is like. So that we choose what is right. I think after this final exam we will all learn more about these things.
Good luck to you next week!!!
Thursday, May 31, 2007
Research Project Evaluation
Research Project:
1. Do you think your writing has improved overall by doing this paper? Explain.
After writing this paper, I felt that I've improved in my writing. After Lili and Adrianne's correction, I learned more of the rules in English and know how to do references. The most important of all, I know how to paraphrase. Maybe we can't feel how much we improved, but I know I must have improved at least some in my writing than before. Looking forward for the teacher's feedback next week.
2. What are some of the skills you improved in while doing the paper?
I've learned how to do reference list and most important of all, I learned how to "write" in my own words but not copying from other papers. This is a very good experience for me, when entering university, being smart in writing papers is very important for university life.
3. How do you feel about your paper?
I feel great about my paper~~ Egyptian Pyramids is the topic which I always liked and wanted to do more research on. This research project gave me the chance to explore more. Though it was a hard time to find information that are really useful, I enjoyed the progress while doing my paper. After a 6-month study here in Concordia, my feel that after this paper, I can find what's my strong part and my weak part.
Presentations:
1. Did you enjoy listening to the presentations?
Absolutely yes! The presentations are great! Every student did well in working on their presentations and all of us spend lots of time practising. Each presentation has it's own style and own way of showing their thesis. Everybody did a great job in presenting. I believed we've all learned a lot.
2. What did you learn about presentation techniques while listening to them?
While listening to others presentation, I learned that to look at the audience is very important. When the presenter look at the audience, the audience will be more concentrated on the presentation and be full of passion. At the same time, the presenter will be more involved and present better. When doing the PowerPoint, we shouldn't put to many words on it, or else the audience will read the PowerPoint instead of listening to what you've presented.
3. What did you learn during the process of preparing for your presentations?
It was fun to do the PowerPoints while preparing for my presentation. Especially finding the beautiful pictures to support my project. I learned that it's always important and necessary to put references when we take others pictures or sentences. The process of preparing for my presentation was fun and I improved a lot in doing presentations, really hope to do more presentations...
4. Were you satisfied with you own presentation?
I was satisfied with my presentation. Thanks to the audience, you asked a lot of questions. At first I was quite nervous, but through the whole presentation, the audience concentrated in my presentation and it gave me confidence. I was also very glad to tell you about this topic of mine, and share the interesting things in Egypt.
1. Do you think your writing has improved overall by doing this paper? Explain.
After writing this paper, I felt that I've improved in my writing. After Lili and Adrianne's correction, I learned more of the rules in English and know how to do references. The most important of all, I know how to paraphrase. Maybe we can't feel how much we improved, but I know I must have improved at least some in my writing than before. Looking forward for the teacher's feedback next week.
2. What are some of the skills you improved in while doing the paper?
I've learned how to do reference list and most important of all, I learned how to "write" in my own words but not copying from other papers. This is a very good experience for me, when entering university, being smart in writing papers is very important for university life.
3. How do you feel about your paper?
I feel great about my paper~~ Egyptian Pyramids is the topic which I always liked and wanted to do more research on. This research project gave me the chance to explore more. Though it was a hard time to find information that are really useful, I enjoyed the progress while doing my paper. After a 6-month study here in Concordia, my feel that after this paper, I can find what's my strong part and my weak part.
Presentations:
1. Did you enjoy listening to the presentations?
Absolutely yes! The presentations are great! Every student did well in working on their presentations and all of us spend lots of time practising. Each presentation has it's own style and own way of showing their thesis. Everybody did a great job in presenting. I believed we've all learned a lot.
2. What did you learn about presentation techniques while listening to them?
While listening to others presentation, I learned that to look at the audience is very important. When the presenter look at the audience, the audience will be more concentrated on the presentation and be full of passion. At the same time, the presenter will be more involved and present better. When doing the PowerPoint, we shouldn't put to many words on it, or else the audience will read the PowerPoint instead of listening to what you've presented.
3. What did you learn during the process of preparing for your presentations?
It was fun to do the PowerPoints while preparing for my presentation. Especially finding the beautiful pictures to support my project. I learned that it's always important and necessary to put references when we take others pictures or sentences. The process of preparing for my presentation was fun and I improved a lot in doing presentations, really hope to do more presentations...
4. Were you satisfied with you own presentation?
I was satisfied with my presentation. Thanks to the audience, you asked a lot of questions. At first I was quite nervous, but through the whole presentation, the audience concentrated in my presentation and it gave me confidence. I was also very glad to tell you about this topic of mine, and share the interesting things in Egypt.
Friday, May 25, 2007
Improving Academic Performance
It's important that every student has to know how to study and how to improve their academic performance. I remember last year when I was still in high school, it was a difficult time for Chinese students... study study study all day long... some students even don't sleep more than 3 hours a day!!!! In this article, several good points are given for us on how to study.
Setting up a schedule for studying is a very good method. I used to write down what's in my mind and do all the things step by step. It's not to follow the rules, but to feel more comfortable and relax when you have do to a lot of things in hand. Find a plave to study where you can concentrate is very important. I remember some of my classmates prefer to go on the streets to study!!!That's...oh my god~~~ I prefer to study at home, home is a nice and quite place for me to concentrate, there are several points that you have to be aware of when studying at home. One is always keep yourself awake. Moreover, don't be lazy while you study, it's not good for you to stand up and walk around always (for example some people like to stand up and walk around every 20 minutes). You have to learn how to control yourself. When I was in high school, the best thing is to reward myself! haha~~have a snack and walk around is a good way to make yourself more concentrated in later study. This worked quite well for me.
Though I'm still not in university yet, I believe "getting more out of lectures". No one can say that they are so smart that they don't even need to go to classes. Even if the lectures are hard to understand or the teachers are not right for you. It is important to attend the lectures. You can at least get some points out of the lecture. There's a sentence in the article, " The key to getting more out of lectures is to stay motivated, stay attentive, and expend the effort to make your notes as complete as possible. To be a smart student is not to follow all the teachers word, but to make the best out of it.
As I said in the beginning, some of my friends don't sleep much. They think that they can sleep less and use sleeping time to study more than others who sleep. That's wrong!!! "The purpose of sleep may be more to rest the mind than to rest the body." After a whole days hard study, and max use of mind, it's good to have a rest and sleep well in order to make progess the next day. Sleeping well can make yourself concentrated more and have a higher speed in reaction. Why not be more efficient when it's time to study and sleep well when it's time to sleep? I have a friend in middle school, he's not a smart boy, but he knows how to study. That's why he always got good marks. To be honest, every time my classmates called him to ask him questions, he was always sleeping... when asked why he always sleeps? His answer was: I can solve problems while sleeping!
Haha~~~ Have a nice weekend my friends! Remember! When it's time for bed, go to bed! Don't make yourself too tired, still two more tough weeks! Keep on going!
Saturday, May 19, 2007
Shrek the third~~~
I went to watch Shrek the third this afternoon... my...oh my...It was funny at some parts of the movie, but to be honest, it's not so interesting...
Snow white, Cinderella, and a bunch of other characters in other folk tells. Messed up a little bit. But for me, the most interesting part is when the frog king died, and when the donkey act like the cat...haha...funny...
Looking forward to watch The Pirate of Caribbean!!!!
Snow white, Cinderella, and a bunch of other characters in other folk tells. Messed up a little bit. But for me, the most interesting part is when the frog king died, and when the donkey act like the cat...haha...funny...
Looking forward to watch The Pirate of Caribbean!!!!
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Lecture Project
On May 8, 2007, Cathy, Jennifer, Hajji and I went to a public lecture at McGill University. The lecture was about "Palliative Care isn't just about Cancer."
It was a quite interesting lecture as our group said in our presentation. A lot of people went to the lecture and they really get involved in it. The lecture started on time, and a host spoke at first. She wasn't a very good speaker, because she was reading her paper and speaks in a low voice. The main part of the lecture was when the speaker Dr. Borasio spoke, he is an expert in palliative care and gave many lectures about it. Although he is a German, he can speak English very well and we can feel that he practiced before the lecture. His PowerPoint was very clear and he gave a lot of examples to support his ideas.
This was a very good experience for us, because after this lecture, we knew what the teacher taught us to do in our presentation was very useful. There was a comparison between the speakers in this lecture. Now I know that in my presentation, I have to be well prepared and instead of reading my notes, I have to present. Being humorous is also very important during speech, so that your audience can concentrate well and get involved. Doing PowerPoint can help the speaker grab the attention of the audience, but never read the PowerPoint, and put only notes in the PowerPoint.
This lecture project made us gain more experience and learned how to use the things that we learnt in class.
It was a quite interesting lecture as our group said in our presentation. A lot of people went to the lecture and they really get involved in it. The lecture started on time, and a host spoke at first. She wasn't a very good speaker, because she was reading her paper and speaks in a low voice. The main part of the lecture was when the speaker Dr. Borasio spoke, he is an expert in palliative care and gave many lectures about it. Although he is a German, he can speak English very well and we can feel that he practiced before the lecture. His PowerPoint was very clear and he gave a lot of examples to support his ideas.
This was a very good experience for us, because after this lecture, we knew what the teacher taught us to do in our presentation was very useful. There was a comparison between the speakers in this lecture. Now I know that in my presentation, I have to be well prepared and instead of reading my notes, I have to present. Being humorous is also very important during speech, so that your audience can concentrate well and get involved. Doing PowerPoint can help the speaker grab the attention of the audience, but never read the PowerPoint, and put only notes in the PowerPoint.
This lecture project made us gain more experience and learned how to use the things that we learnt in class.
Tuesday, May 8, 2007
About population...
Population growth is such a big problem now that almost everything relates to it. We should be opitimistic of our future life, but with so many problems, how can we be optimistic? In this unit, I've learned a lot. We have to be realistic. Things always happens when we aren't planning well. So have a plan to have a baby is important for everyone, in order to help the world we are living in. As in my country China, population growth is a problem. The government helped a lot in controlling population growth. One-child-policy helped in some part of China, but still needs to be improved and be more strict. Because of the density of population in some parts of the world, people aren't better educated. This leads to wanting more babies. The highly educated parents are wanting to have only one baby or not having a baby. What will happen in the near future? Lower IQ human-being or more intelligent ones?
The mass growing population of developing countries and the reducing population growth in developed countries causes headaches... How can we balance the world population? More need to be explored. Anyway, we should be optimistic so that we can live an easier life. Care more of our planet and our future.
The mass growing population of developing countries and the reducing population growth in developed countries causes headaches... How can we balance the world population? More need to be explored. Anyway, we should be optimistic so that we can live an easier life. Care more of our planet and our future.
Sunday, May 6, 2007
Spiderman 3!!!!!
I've went to watch Spiderman 3 today! Wow................
Strongly recommend you guys to watch it! The Pirate of Caribbean is going to show on May. 25th! Highly recommend it too!
Watching spiderman 3 in the cinema is really a great! I feel like flying...
A lot of kids are watching the movie with their parents, haha...funny kids... they are acting like spiderman!
In Spiderman 3, new characters are coming out. Great prop!! Amazing and heartshaking...haha...I'm still thinking of this movie...wow...hero...
Strongly recommend you guys to watch it! The Pirate of Caribbean is going to show on May. 25th! Highly recommend it too!
Watching spiderman 3 in the cinema is really a great! I feel like flying...
A lot of kids are watching the movie with their parents, haha...funny kids... they are acting like spiderman!
In Spiderman 3, new characters are coming out. Great prop!! Amazing and heartshaking...haha...I'm still thinking of this movie...wow...hero...
Friday, May 4, 2007
Population questions...
1. My grandparents have 5 children.(my father's parents have 3, mother's parents have 2)
My parents only have one child---me!!!
It's good to have 2 children, one boy and one girl! But... one girl might be enough for me.
2. In my country, China, there is 1.3 billion people. Having a large population effects the quality of life in my country. Like eating problems and not enough living spaces are two main points. A lot of children are always hungry, they don't have enough food to eat and are also starving to death...
3. The earth's population is about 6.7 billion now...
4. There are lots of factors that control or regulate animal populations. One factor is traffic. With cars, trucks and all kinds of transportation roaring on the road and urban areas. How can animals live in peace? More species are dying not only because of the noisy surroundings they are living now, but also the dirty environment that traffic causes. Another factor is that too many high buildings are built for human purpose. Less natural surroundings are available for animals. Moreover, human have to eat animals! We are controlling the amount of animals living. So how can these poor animals live in peace? It's for sure that less animal species are living on earth. The population of human is influencing animal species directly.
5. In my opinion, governments should control population growth. For example in my country China, if the government doesn't control, more social problems will take place. One-child policy is very useful. Why should people born many children? Is it possible? Every governments should and must do something for the whole world. It is believed that the population limit is 100 hundred million on earth, it's already 6.7 billion now. We have to do something to save the earth and save our next generations. In order to let everyone get involved, government should do something so that everyone could obey the laws and born less children...
My parents only have one child---me!!!
It's good to have 2 children, one boy and one girl! But... one girl might be enough for me.
2. In my country, China, there is 1.3 billion people. Having a large population effects the quality of life in my country. Like eating problems and not enough living spaces are two main points. A lot of children are always hungry, they don't have enough food to eat and are also starving to death...
3. The earth's population is about 6.7 billion now...
4. There are lots of factors that control or regulate animal populations. One factor is traffic. With cars, trucks and all kinds of transportation roaring on the road and urban areas. How can animals live in peace? More species are dying not only because of the noisy surroundings they are living now, but also the dirty environment that traffic causes. Another factor is that too many high buildings are built for human purpose. Less natural surroundings are available for animals. Moreover, human have to eat animals! We are controlling the amount of animals living. So how can these poor animals live in peace? It's for sure that less animal species are living on earth. The population of human is influencing animal species directly.
5. In my opinion, governments should control population growth. For example in my country China, if the government doesn't control, more social problems will take place. One-child policy is very useful. Why should people born many children? Is it possible? Every governments should and must do something for the whole world. It is believed that the population limit is 100 hundred million on earth, it's already 6.7 billion now. We have to do something to save the earth and save our next generations. In order to let everyone get involved, government should do something so that everyone could obey the laws and born less children...
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