2008年5月29日 星期四
Semi-official language, English, in Taiwan.
Some legislators would like to pass a bill that makes English become official or semi-official language in Taiwan. If the bill is balloted, it would bring a number of impacts no matter on education or on culture. This change would be a reverse for the whole country. In education, for instance, for a very long time, our educational policies in English have focused on grammar and reading. If we plan to make English blend into our daily lives, especially in our everyday speech, the teaching guidelines shouldn’t follow the old way as they used to be done. However, we cannot neglect the development of our native language, Chinese. If we over-emphasize the English courses, we might gradually lose our radical knowledge concerning our native language and fail to completely develop another language as an official language due to the fact that a successful official language is related to its culture. Take Singapore as an example, it is a country that dwells different races that originated from different countries speaking different languages; nevertheless, they uses their official language, English, to communicate and to trade with other races and in school, they use English to teach different races. On the contrary, in Taiwan, the majority of our forefathers originated from China. Our background is not like Singapore, a mixture of different races. Although English is an international language, we don’t need to be so hurried to carry out that policy. Such being the case, we might violate our primitive advantage because the standing of Chinese becomes more and more crucial than ever before in this global village. People from all over the world soak in the trend of learning Chinese. However, there is no denying that English is still the most popular language in the world. If we learn it better, we will have more opportunities to keep the pace of the world. Thus, our government can advocate the benefit of learning English, but it is very essential for every Taiwanese to learn our native language well.
2008年5月25日 星期日
Msn Live Messenger
Almost every college student has a password of MSN messenger, which becomes one of the most popular media to communicate and to interchange information. After class, they get used to logging on MSN to chat, sharing their feelings with their friends on line. It seems a new way to express yourself. For example, we type some words about our today’s feeling. Sometimes, you use the words that are puns or rhyme to make a sentence that is full of sense of humor, showing the feeling of today to your MSN friends. Besides that, you can enjoy others’ status which is updating and changes very fast. I think that watching the on-line status is very interesting. From time to time, I observe my friends’ on line status and chat how does she or he feel today? Through the message they left, it reveals some clue to know my friends’ more. If I see my friend’s status is not good today, I will leave a message asking her or him what’s going on, and I will leave the encouraging on-line status to cheer my friend up. Not only that, my 22nd birthday, some of my friends gave me their wish on their status, and send me message. They are so sweet even they are far away from me, still remembering my birthday. Although some people say that technology makes people become isolated, this software help me get closer to my friends.
2008年5月17日 星期六
sharing news
I read a piece of news from NPR. The report indicates that the adopted teens have the higher risk for ADHD which is attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and it means that one is hard to focus or have a lot of energy.
Children with this symptom are likely to be hostile and disobedient. The researcher said that they tend to argue with their parents, refuse to follows the chores, argue with their teachers, and blame others for their own mistakes.
A study picks adolescents who had been adopted before age 2. When they are about 15 years old, the researchers test their psychological interview for their depression, anxiety, and ADHD. Comparatively, the researchers also choose some non-adoption teens for the study. The result shows that they are all psychologically healthy.
However, the rate of ADHD is quiet different. ODD and ADHD of adopted teens is doubled to that of the non-adopted teens. The adopted youngsters have no increased risk for depression and anxiety.
But the reason for the higher rate of ADHD and ODD is the genetic factors. That is, the adopted children are surrounded by the alcohol and drug environment before they are adopted. The exposure is the major factor for their higher risk of ADHＤ, and it do affect their mental health.
Although the adopted youngsters have higher risk for ADHD, their adopted parents have better educated background and financial condition and can help these children to have a proper treatment.
An interesting study shows that the rate of ADHD for adopted children in another country is lower than that in the US, but the reason is unknown and unclear.
The news makes me reconsider the issue of adoption. It shows the risk of adopting a child. If we do not well prepare to have a child no matter what does he or she like. Healthy or unhealthy? Have a well preparation before adopting a child.
Children with this symptom are likely to be hostile and disobedient. The researcher said that they tend to argue with their parents, refuse to follows the chores, argue with their teachers, and blame others for their own mistakes.
A study picks adolescents who had been adopted before age 2. When they are about 15 years old, the researchers test their psychological interview for their depression, anxiety, and ADHD. Comparatively, the researchers also choose some non-adoption teens for the study. The result shows that they are all psychologically healthy.
However, the rate of ADHD is quiet different. ODD and ADHD of adopted teens is doubled to that of the non-adopted teens. The adopted youngsters have no increased risk for depression and anxiety.
But the reason for the higher rate of ADHD and ODD is the genetic factors. That is, the adopted children are surrounded by the alcohol and drug environment before they are adopted. The exposure is the major factor for their higher risk of ADHＤ, and it do affect their mental health.
Although the adopted youngsters have higher risk for ADHD, their adopted parents have better educated background and financial condition and can help these children to have a proper treatment.
An interesting study shows that the rate of ADHD for adopted children in another country is lower than that in the US, but the reason is unknown and unclear.
The news makes me reconsider the issue of adoption. It shows the risk of adopting a child. If we do not well prepare to have a child no matter what does he or she like. Healthy or unhealthy? Have a well preparation before adopting a child.
2008年5月11日 星期日
Happy Mother’s Day.
It has been a long time for me to have a dinner with my families. My sister has always been busy with her works. My parents are also as busy as bees. My brother needs to go to cram school even on the weekends. As for me, I study in Taichung, seldom coming home. Even if I am home, I stay just for a while, then setting out to my second home, Taichung. Every time I come home, I talk not much with my parents and my brother; they all have something that has to do. We don’t have much time to sit down and talk what we have done recently, not to speak of talking heart to heart. I think that chatting through the telephone and talking face to face is totally different. Therefore, I treasure the time we get together. With the eye contact, facial expression and the laugh, I extremely enjoy the meal at this night. This is the time we don’t have to put on airs and just be ourselves to talk freely, without any pressure to talk. I love this moment. However, I also feel very pity that when we grow up, the chances like this are becoming less and less because we all have own things to be busy with. The time we share together is less and less. It is inevitable to avoid it happen. So, on this special day, we should spare our time to have a hearty dinner with our families. The moment should not be neglected and should be emphasized. My dear mother, I hope you will be healthy and happy all the time.
2008年5月5日 星期一
Essay 2: Should Abortion Be Legalized?
Abortion legalization is always a controversial issue in the world. I think that no matter what the law is legal or illegal, the abortion do occur in the society. Therefore, abortion is operated legally than illegally. As in America, the regulations are valid. The rate of the abortion is becoming lower and lower. Between 2000 and 2005, the study by the Guttmacher Institute, a nonprofit organization focused on social issues, the number of abortions performed yearly dropped from 1.3 million to 1.2 million, the fewest since 1974. Now that legal law of abortion does lower the rate of making an abortion and surely occurs in the world, we can make it licit, then supervise it restrictive and make it safe, and prevent conception effective.
Some human right organizations argue that each human has right to live. They claim that we can’t kill a growing living to death and deprive their rights to grow up. However, what about the mother’s feeling? Some women are conceiving a baby under an unbearable reason such as the reason that the mother is raped for having a baby. Under this situation, should the mother have no right to decision to do the surgery? She is forced to have a sex and have a baby accidentally. How can she face her babies whom she delivers? Besides that, some mothers do not have a good physical condition to have a baby. If they insist delivering infants, it will not only have a highly possibility of death to the mother and the child. For example, people who have severe heart attack and asthma are not suitable for conceiving a baby because during the period of pregnancy, the mother don’t have sufficient physical strength to support herself and give energy to her baby. In order to avoid the tragedy of two lives, the only way is to make an abortion. However, this action is based on the right of human live.
Law, restrictive or liberal, doesn’t influence a woman’s decision to have an abortion. As in Taiwan, the restrictions are very strict; nevertheless, the rate of abortion in Taiwan, especially in September of every year is still very high. According to the statistics from the Bureau of Public Health, the research shows that those who search a way to do the surgery is through the illicit passage such as unqualified doctor or taking the forbidden pills, RU-486. The research also indicated that the number of death from the unlawful way is extremely high and the age of the dead is around 16 to 24, the blossoming age of a woman. As in Thailand, abortion in there is illegal. Ironically, a survey shows that Thailand‘s mortality ratio of illegal abortions is ten times than that of legal passages. Even if the law is restrictive, it can’t avoid effectively lowering the number of abortion.
A comprehensive global study of abortion has concluded that abortion rates are similar in countries where it is legal and those where it is not. I compare the Taiwan’s and America’s number of abortion. In Taiwan, the regulation concerning the abortion is conditional and not loose; on the contrary, in US, the law of abortion is liberal. I found an interesting survey between Taiwan and the US. The research indicates that the abortion rate in Taiwan is five times than that in America. Besides, abortion is illegal in most of Africa. However, in Ethiopia, its Health Ministry said that abortion is the second-leading cause of death among women admitted to hospitals. Another study said that it is the cause of 13 percent of maternal deaths at hospitals in Nigeria.
In South Africa, the procedure was made legal in 1996; some studies found that it leaded to a 90 percent decrease in mortality among women who had abortions. Therefore, the above information shows that legalized the law can make government effectively supervise the procedure of doing the surgery.
Besides passing the law, the government should pay more attention to the education of contraception. Now that the action of abortion is unavoidable, we make it legalized rather than make it clandestine. Once the law is legalized, the government can watch the medical system, and train certificated doctors to do safe surgery and to prescribe the proper dose of pills to abortion women. It not only protects the lives of the mother but also avoids the abuse of RU-486. At the same time, with the safe system of abortion to women, the administration also promotes the prevention and the knowledge of contraception. For example, in America, the recent surveys show that the education of contraception does work to lower the unplanned pregnancies. The Guttmacher Institute’s president, Sharon Camp, said that almost two-thirds of the decline in the total number of abortions, which also shows that no abortion restriction with a commitment to real sex education helps women avoid unintended pregnancies.
The problem of abortion occurs in every country. The aim of law making is to reduce or decline the problems happen. Wavering between the two sides that is legal or not, we take a side that will make the procedure performed far easier and make the prevention done even easier than that of the other side. Therefore, I insistently argue that we should pass the law of abortion and at the same time, promote the complete education of contraception.
Some human right organizations argue that each human has right to live. They claim that we can’t kill a growing living to death and deprive their rights to grow up. However, what about the mother’s feeling? Some women are conceiving a baby under an unbearable reason such as the reason that the mother is raped for having a baby. Under this situation, should the mother have no right to decision to do the surgery? She is forced to have a sex and have a baby accidentally. How can she face her babies whom she delivers? Besides that, some mothers do not have a good physical condition to have a baby. If they insist delivering infants, it will not only have a highly possibility of death to the mother and the child. For example, people who have severe heart attack and asthma are not suitable for conceiving a baby because during the period of pregnancy, the mother don’t have sufficient physical strength to support herself and give energy to her baby. In order to avoid the tragedy of two lives, the only way is to make an abortion. However, this action is based on the right of human live.
Law, restrictive or liberal, doesn’t influence a woman’s decision to have an abortion. As in Taiwan, the restrictions are very strict; nevertheless, the rate of abortion in Taiwan, especially in September of every year is still very high. According to the statistics from the Bureau of Public Health, the research shows that those who search a way to do the surgery is through the illicit passage such as unqualified doctor or taking the forbidden pills, RU-486. The research also indicated that the number of death from the unlawful way is extremely high and the age of the dead is around 16 to 24, the blossoming age of a woman. As in Thailand, abortion in there is illegal. Ironically, a survey shows that Thailand‘s mortality ratio of illegal abortions is ten times than that of legal passages. Even if the law is restrictive, it can’t avoid effectively lowering the number of abortion.
A comprehensive global study of abortion has concluded that abortion rates are similar in countries where it is legal and those where it is not. I compare the Taiwan’s and America’s number of abortion. In Taiwan, the regulation concerning the abortion is conditional and not loose; on the contrary, in US, the law of abortion is liberal. I found an interesting survey between Taiwan and the US. The research indicates that the abortion rate in Taiwan is five times than that in America. Besides, abortion is illegal in most of Africa. However, in Ethiopia, its Health Ministry said that abortion is the second-leading cause of death among women admitted to hospitals. Another study said that it is the cause of 13 percent of maternal deaths at hospitals in Nigeria.
In South Africa, the procedure was made legal in 1996; some studies found that it leaded to a 90 percent decrease in mortality among women who had abortions. Therefore, the above information shows that legalized the law can make government effectively supervise the procedure of doing the surgery.
Besides passing the law, the government should pay more attention to the education of contraception. Now that the action of abortion is unavoidable, we make it legalized rather than make it clandestine. Once the law is legalized, the government can watch the medical system, and train certificated doctors to do safe surgery and to prescribe the proper dose of pills to abortion women. It not only protects the lives of the mother but also avoids the abuse of RU-486. At the same time, with the safe system of abortion to women, the administration also promotes the prevention and the knowledge of contraception. For example, in America, the recent surveys show that the education of contraception does work to lower the unplanned pregnancies. The Guttmacher Institute’s president, Sharon Camp, said that almost two-thirds of the decline in the total number of abortions, which also shows that no abortion restriction with a commitment to real sex education helps women avoid unintended pregnancies.
The problem of abortion occurs in every country. The aim of law making is to reduce or decline the problems happen. Wavering between the two sides that is legal or not, we take a side that will make the procedure performed far easier and make the prevention done even easier than that of the other side. Therefore, I insistently argue that we should pass the law of abortion and at the same time, promote the complete education of contraception.
2008年5月2日 星期五
Media affects our society a lot
There are more and more people say that the media are losing their standards of reporting the facts of the incidents in Taiwan. Ironically, the publics tend to pay less attention to the cogent news sometimes for the reason that this kind of news is far less amusing than gossip ones. Judging from the phenomena, some argue that the media reflect society; others conceive vice versa. As far as I am concerned, I believe that both the media and society affect the circumstance of each other.
Turning on the television, we can see the same news being reported again and again even lasting a day, a week, and a mouth. The content of the news is continually being stretched. From time to time even the least related matter can be produced into another news report. As long as there are some links related to that report, there are opportunities to give a presentation to the screen. These kinds of topic reports will be presented to the programs until there is no one interested in this event or there is another topic more sensational than prior one. Every news topic is as a series of soap opera, and the viewers seem to expect what the plot develops.
It’s hard to tell apart the reflection between the media and society especially in such a chaotic and disorder society. However, this kind of turmoil is able to attribute to the freedom that we overdo. Under the same situation, we have the right to turn on or off the programs that the media offer on account that the remote control is on our hands. If the programs are awful, of course we have the dominance to refuse watching them. Moreover, the journalists also have the responsibility to offer us multifarious programs for selection just as diverse society.
Turning on the television, we can see the same news being reported again and again even lasting a day, a week, and a mouth. The content of the news is continually being stretched. From time to time even the least related matter can be produced into another news report. As long as there are some links related to that report, there are opportunities to give a presentation to the screen. These kinds of topic reports will be presented to the programs until there is no one interested in this event or there is another topic more sensational than prior one. Every news topic is as a series of soap opera, and the viewers seem to expect what the plot develops.
It’s hard to tell apart the reflection between the media and society especially in such a chaotic and disorder society. However, this kind of turmoil is able to attribute to the freedom that we overdo. Under the same situation, we have the right to turn on or off the programs that the media offer on account that the remote control is on our hands. If the programs are awful, of course we have the dominance to refuse watching them. Moreover, the journalists also have the responsibility to offer us multifarious programs for selection just as diverse society.
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