The causes of Divorce, Hazaimeh

HAZAIMEH, HAZIEM
EAP-1
MS. THISSEN
H.W ESSAY # 2
NOV 8, 2007

The causes of Divorce

If you have a problem with your spouse, you must try to solve this problem by seeking the solution in many ways. You should not go to select divorce, which is the worse of solutions. But sometimes the life between the partners will reach a closed road; therefore the solution is divorce. There are many reasons for divorce; such as lack of communication, a stingy husband, and traitor spouses.

The first reason, lack of communication, depending on the man; he is outside the home for working, he did not enter his home more time, so he must find a time to stay at his home. If the line of communication fails, this implies that the marriage is going to fail. They must sit together to discuss many things in this life, like public events, feeling, and their lives. You do not need too much money to take your spouse on a small trip or for a walk, hiking. You can do some exercises with her and you can kill the boring routine. If you look to your spouse with compassion, you will solve many problems.

However, there is another important reason for divorce, which is a stringy husband. The man does not pay much attention to the children. He does not care about his children and his wife. Sometimes men are careless to their family because they are stingy. Therefore, troubles come and the solution is divorce. A man who is stingy must change his bad behavior or he must stay single, since his wife and his children need food and care to stay alive, this means they need money and it is difficult for stringy man to pay money. You should not neglect your spouse and children.

Finally, there is another reason which causes divorce, which is a traitor spouse. Before or after living together, you may love your spouse. Love is not only the good qualitative of the person, but also you must love her lacks. Everyone makes mistakes, but there is a mistake different from another’s. If the spouse is unfaithful spouse, then the divorce becomes the only solution.

In conclusion, unfortunately, many small problems become big problems which can lead to divorce. Divorce is not the better solution; everyone married must understand that. If you are happy person, you can give happiness to others. You must forget selfishness, which makes life more complicated and unhappy. These reasons that I discussed lack of communication, man’s stringy, and traitor spouse, lead to divorce. But if you have wisdom, you can avoid divorce. Life is very nice if you find a good spouse and both are care and love each others.

References:
Panse, S. (May19, 2007). Common Causes and Reasons for Divorce. Retrieved October 31, 2007, from http://www.buzzle.com/articles/common-causes-and-reason-for- divorce.html.

Douglas, M. (Jule16, 2007). Divorce Is Not the Answer Tips For Blissful
Relationships. Retrieved October31, 2007, from http://www.buzzle.com/articles/divorce-is-not-the-answer-tips-for-blissful-relationships.html.

welcome to 076

work done below this picture was done in 075, August-October, 2007.

Fluency Ex.#1

I want to be an intervewer. I want to work on The television for news or programs, because i can see myself doing very well when i work on this job and talk about pople's problems, or i can send massege by TV to the public. So, any kind of people can see me and maybe someone will like my point and he can improve my idea by helping people.

TOEFL Test

TOEFL is test number one by definition for anyone who wants to enter any university in some century. TOEFL is stressful, especially for international students. I have to pass the TOEFL to pass to the next level or university. There is not a specific book for studying. Also, the time is really short and the sections are long. The most stressful section is reading, because it comes when I am tired. Next, when I see many of the words don’t understand, I feel bored and can’t be successful or miss. When I study hard for the classes and I remember the TOEFL, I feel like I failed. I’m really really sick when I hear TOEFL.

FLUENCY EX. #4

I will write about the best way to study vocabulary. Actually, there are many ways to study vocabulary such as writing them down and speaking, making words cards and reading them every time. It is just up to people's study style. In my style, I make vocabulary cards and read them daily when I have free time. I try to remember the selfsame thing about vocabulary. Vocabulary is the most important thing in studying English. I think that vocabulary is the basic element of English. Therefore, people always try to remember vocabulary at any time.

Taking TOEFL

In my opinion, the most stressful aspect of taking the TOEFL, is the time given. TOEFL is a test that needs a maximum amount of concentration to understand the questions and the exactitude to answer them. For example, in the reading section, you are in front of five long texts and fifty questions to answer, but all of that must be done in fifteen minutes. That's what makes stress, because when you look at the time and you realize that you did not finish reading and answering all of the questions, you feel stressed and you lose confidence; you start hurrying up so that you can finish all of it in the right time.

Learning Vocabulary !

If I see a vocabulary word I don't understand, I will use the dictionary to find the word's meaning. Then, I study the meaning of the word and make a sentence. I think it is the best way for me to learn vocabulary easily. Some people have trouble learning English, especially vocabulary. They don't know how to remember and use the word. Today they will learn the vocabulary, but they will forget it tomorrow. If you are learning some vocabulary and using them regularly, you will remember it. This is the way I learn new vocabulary. Anyway, more listening, speaking, reading and writing can improve your English. So do it your own way!

Smoking experience........

I don't smoke, so I don't have any experience with smoking. My father was smoking before, but now he quit it. When I was young, I always saw my father smoking, but he didn't smoke too many cigarettes a day. I don't like smoking. It drives me crazy. So I told my father to quit smoking, because smoking will harm your health. It also influences your family's health. So please quit smoking. Six months later, my father quit smoking. He told me he was never smoking again, although he has stress at his work. When he sees his friends smoking, he will tell them not to smoke. Now, we have a healthy environment to live in, and also have a strong body. So please quit smoking for your health.

My interesting job !

My interesting job is pilot. However, to be a pilot is not easy. It requires good vision, language ability, strong body and clear mind. Beside these, you should have a smart brain to solve many problems in the airplane. When you fly in the sky, security is the most important thing to everyone; many things would influence you, like wind or weather. Making a plane and making passengers safe is the pilot's job. You should control everything in the plane. Although being a pilot is difficult, I still want to try it. I want to make my dream come true, and also hope that day will come soon!

Campus Life!

I love the SIUC campus! It is so big and beautiful. When I first came here, everything attracted me, even the trees or animals. This campus also has a big lake. There are many animals in the lake, tortoies, fishes, and ducks: it looks like a beautiful picture. If I have free time, I like to walk around the lake, and enjoy nature. Beside these, there are many beautiful buildings on the campus. Although they are old, I still like it. The landmark of this university is a bell tower. Every day, we can hear the sound of the bell. Dear friends! If you can come here, I will take you visiting around the campus, I believe you will love it!

This make it difficult for you to remember

Learning vocabulary is sometimes easy, but sometimes it is very difficult. I say it is easy because it’s shorter than an article, but has a lot of vocabulary, and has a lot of words that look similar or one word has a lot of different meaning or some of the words read the same. So here is a question; if you try to remember a lot of words that have similar spelling, what can you do? Sometimes I have the same problem. I do not know these words, or they have the same meaning but are used in a different way, which makes me feel confused. This makes some words harder than others.

Fluency Exercise #5

We must score over 520 points on the TOEFL test to pass CESL(Center for English as Second Language).

That will be so much stress for CESL students.

Actually, many of the students prepare for the TOEFL but the TOEFL score wil change according to the person's condition. So to take the TOEFL and get a high score is so much stress for students. In my case, in the TOEFL test, I got a high score in the listening part. But structure part always beats me.

So people who want to get a high score in the TOEFL, should study all the parts of TOEFL.

The most stressful aspect of the TOEFL

Not only taking the TOEFL, but also any other test is stress for me. But especially taking the TOEFL is the most stressful, because all kinds of sections of the TOEFL are hard, such as listening, reading and grammar. Among those sections, I have the most difficulty with the listening section, because I’m not good at vocabulary. Even though I can hear some words, I don’t know the meaning of those words. So it makes me stressed.

The experience of smoking

When I was a middle and high school student, the policy about smoking of students was very strict in my school. My family has no people who smoke. I think that’s why I’m a nonsmoker. When I was in the army, I had tried to smoke, because living in the army was the most stressful time in my life. But whenever I smoked, I felt a headache and was sick to the stomach. I think smoking isn’t suitable for me. After that, when I felt stressed in the army, I usually played soccer instead of smoking

fluency Ex#5

The most stressful time is when we are taking the TOEFL. First of all, time is the most stressful part becuase when we tahe the exam we are always worred about the time becuase is it limited. This can bring more stress. However, there is another problem besides the time, and that is how you sleep before the exam. This a big problem, becuase if you don't sleep well you can't focus on the exam. The reading section is the hardest part of the exam, becouase there is a lot of reading and you should understand and pick up the right answer quickly from the articale; if you don't understand you are going to miss all of the questions. Sleeping early and eating break fast before the exam is very importnt to avoid stress; I prefer to have breaks after each part during the exam. This can help students to relax and refresh ther minds and avoid stress.

Fluency Ex. #5

When you take the TOEFL exam there are many things that give you stress. In my opinion the room that you take the TOEFL exam in it is the first thing that gives you stress, because it is large and there are many students with you. The second thing that gives you stress is that the teachers who are with you when you take the TOEFL. The control of time makes many students have stress. Some students don't have control of the time so they are in trouble. If you think that the TOEFL gives you stress, just forget that, then you will see that the TOEFL won't give you stress.

TOEFL is the most stressful thing for CESL students

It is very stressful for everybody to take the TOEFL test. During the night before the day of the TOEFL test, some students feel stressed. They can’t sleep very well and some of them can’t sleep all night. When they are taking the TOEFL test, the most stressful aspect is the time control. They have the same experience that they can’t finish all of the questions in the test time. They usually spend a lot of time on a confusing question. When they think that they don’t have any time to answer other questions, they just hope that they have luck to choose the right answers. So practice makes perfect. They can control their time by practicing the TOEFL test in their free time. They will become better and better at controlling their time and finishing all of the questions.
By Jeremy

FLUENCY EX.5

The most stressful aspect of the TOEFL is the TOEFL itself. There are many reasons making the TOEFL a very stressful event. For example, first, I can't sleep the night before taking the TOEFL, I just keep thinking about the test. Second, I worry about how I can manage my time during the TOEFL test. Third, I worry about I can keep concentrating during the TOEFL test, during the three hours. Fourth, I always think about the TOEFL as the door I should open to study in the university because it is required. Fifth, the last two weeks before the TOEFL test, I usually keep doing many practice tests to be in the mood for the TOEFL and that gives me stress. Sixth, some people make noise during the test by keep moving their feet on the floor and that is really stressful thing for me. Seventh, the third part of listening is very stressful because it always becomes as a long lecture about some majors I didn't study before. Finally, the TOEFL test conditions cause many physical and psychological reactions.

The most stressful aspect of taking the TOEFL

The most stressful aspect of taking the TOEFL is sleeping. If you have to take the TOEFL then you will have a problem with sleeping the night before taking the TOEFL because you are thinking about the TOEFL. When I took the TOEFL the first time I had many problems but the most stressful problem was with sleeping. I was thinking about how hard it is and how I’ll do on it. After the TOEFL I went to sleep and I forgot everything about it. The second time I took it I felt less stress than the first time. I wasn’t thinking about it. I just think that I’ll do my best. I didn’t have to think about how hard or easy it is. Now I didn’t have stress before the TOEFL or after it because I just thought, that I would do my best. I didn’t care if I did good or bad on it because I did what I could do and that was my best.

FLUENCY EX. #5

I think that the most stressful aspect of taking the TOEFL is the new language problem. I'm Korean, so I must learn my country's language and study the rules of Korean spelling, even construction. I always try to study English, but sometimes I'm getting confused between my first language and my second language. Moreover, I have restricted my time on the TOEFL. I try to take the TOEFL within 3 hours. The most stressful aspect of taking the TOEFL is for me to change linguistic habits.

Fluency Ex #5

The most stressful aspect of taking the TOEFL in time pressure. I've taken the TOEFL three times in CESL. I think until now the time pressure was the most stressful aspect. It is very painful, because we can take the TOEFL once a term. Also, before taking the exam, most students were sensitive. During that time if I get time pressure, it makes me suffer. Also, we need to prepare with time management skills but it is also hard.

Trouble with learning vocabulary

Indeed, some words are more difficult to memorize than others. How could that be? First, some words have more than four vowels. If they are easy to divide into common roots, they would be remembered quicky, like transportation. Otherwise, it would take more time. Second, words that have different prounciations or are hard to pronounce also take more time to learn the spelling. Finally, I think words which are not used in a common way or in daily life are still hard to know or write down.

In my case, when I encounter these situations, I'll practice more time, no matter to read or to write them down. Especially I'll write one word on a paper, making the words fill in the paper and trying to write beautifully. If I have more leisure time, I'll connect them to other words and read the examples, in order to remember new vocabulary deeply.

The best way to study vocabulary

When you talk to people and can't use the correct words or don't even know the words, you might have too little vocabulary in your mind. I'm trying to create my dictonary since friends and teachers gave me directions.

Reading articles, news, watching TV shows, listening to music or shopping etc, all things in daily life are resources to study vocabulary for fun. I have a notebook to record new words every day, trying to connect to other similar words and phrases, and study words that I wrote down yesterday. Actually, to study it alone is boring, and you should find some interesting teaching programs or share the words with your friends or try to use them in daily life.

To write them isn't enough, but you should remember how to use them, too.

Plagiarism : of Importance in the American University

In this modern world we can get information from TV programs, magazines, newspapers, and the internet. When I studied in the university, there was a lot of homework about reading reaction and projects. A student usually found the articles on the internet and copied other people’s opinions to become their homework. Sometimes I also did that, too. When I came to SIUC, coping an opinion or researching from other people and not mentioning where this research came from was a big problem for students. They even were kicked out of the university. So plagiarism is a serious issue to students who study in the university. This also gave me a good understanding about respecting thoughts and researching from other people. I also don’t like other students to steal my research and opinions. This is a good view to everyone.

By Jeremy

Studying vocabulary words form shows

The best way to study vocabulary is watching TV and movies, because it's an easy and free way to study. In the regular way, people usually get vocabulaary from a textbook or a newpaper. These vocabulary words are learned from the boring way. Uusually people will feel annoyed and have no energy to study. If these vocabulary words come from movies or TV shows it will become interesting. Peple usually watch the show they like. So, we can choose some foreign shows we like to watch then we will see some vocabulary we don't know. But we like this TV show and movie so we will not give up. We will want and try to find out what that vocabulary means. We will want to understand the show. Finally, because we like the show we will watch it very often. Therefore, we can very easily and freely study a lot of vocabulary.

Fluency Ex #4

I decided to write down about the best way to study vocabulary. Actually, there are many ways to study vocabulary such as speaking and writing down, flash cards and take out vocabulary and read inside much of time. It is just up to people's study style.

In my case, using flash cards is the best way to study vocabulary. Also, many CESL teachers recommend that way. Vocabulary is the hardest thing in studying English. First time, people of course do not remember.
You have to take time with a relaxing mind.

fluency EX# 4

I have been a CESL student about a year. and I face a lot of problems and stress like vocablary and reading. However, the most stressful is the TOEFL exam, because the exam includes reading, lisening and a lot of vocabulary also. I get nervousness dering the TOEFL because the pressure that i get from limited time. And i try to answer and do my best to get all the questions right with out any break. Also i face problems the night before TOEFL exam i couldn't sleep well because i all the time thinking about how to pass the exam. On the other hand, there is no way to avoid the stressful.

Fluency Ex.#3

SIUC is a nice place. The question that a lot of my friends ask me is "How is your college in USA?" and i say, " SIUC is the quietest college that i have ever seen",because I think this college is the best college for any international student who wants to stay in USA. SIUC has nice programs to make the students ready for doing any thinking by themselves. I will say to my friend that SIUC has a beautiful natural view, nice weather, nice people and also it's the best place to study, because it's a small town and it's very safe. I will describe SIUC to my friend, that SIUC has a strong program to make the study easy to learn. And all the time i say to my friend I am so lucky to be here in SIUC.

Fluency Ex.#2

Smoking is the worst habit in the world. Before six years ago, i had a big experience with smoking. I started to smoke because my friends pressured me to try it, and it was a big mistake I made in my life. I smoked for two years and because i have asthma the docter told me if you don't quit smoking, your health is going to be a problem in the future. This experience made me think a alot about my life and my health. Maybe some people don't understand how bad smoking is. Before i went to the hospital i was fighting to get oxygen and i understand now that smoking is a very bad behavior. I understand my health is more important than anything in the world. I feel sorry for any people who smoke, especially my friend because I don't want to see people have the same experience as me. I hope to all people health; "Dont get hooked by smoking".

Fluency Ex. #4

The best way to study vocabulary is repetition studying vocabulary is really important for those who want to study English; also. it's basic English. I think one of the reasons that people fail in studying vocabulary is they don't repeat. If we repeat the vocabulary once a week, we can remember better. Then we can gradually remember step by step. However, it's indeed hard to keep the rules. So when we are determined to study vocabulary, we should have preparation of a strong will. -moon-

Fluency Ex. #4

I think English language learning depends on vocabulary. If you are without vocabulary, you might have bad reading, listening, writing and speaking skills. I think studying new verb is good every day. Reading is really good to improve your language. When you study new vocabulary, you should try to use it in speaking. If you don’t review what you are studying, you can’t improve quickly. You should try to use an English to English dictionary. Ask your teacher when you hear any new word. You should try to talk in English with your friends. When you are talking in English for fun, I think you will learn better.

Fluency Ex. #4

We know smoking is bad for human health. I am one of the people who smoke, and when I smoke I know these cigarettes will hurt me. But sometimes I think smoking is good for me, because I get angry too fast and smoking helps me to calm down. Also, when I read something or try to understand something, I think when I smoke I feel that I understand more than before. For example, when I study I feel a headache, then I don't understand what I studied; smoking lets me repair and go again without the headache and I can understand what I read.

FLUENCY EX.4

There are many ways to improve your study of vocabulary. First, try to read more articles, magazines and newspapers. Next try to write down all of the new words that you didn’t understand. Translate the new words using an English-English translator machine or book. List the new words into groups, for example, medical group, economic group and accounting group, etc. Then, try to read them and keep them in your mind by using them the next day. Moreover, you can write any small article for yourself using the new words. Suffixes and prefixes will help you to know more vocabulary. For example, there are many suffixes that lead you to know what the word is, noun or adjective. Finally, it is important to know the different kinds of the part of speech.

The best way to study vocabulary

There are many way to study vocabulary. You can use your dictionary to learn it in your own language. When you learn it in your own language you will be confused when you speak. The best way to learn it is that you learn it by its language. You will see that it makes it easy in speaking and writing. If you have a problem in writing the new word correctly you should write it more than one time. There is a good way to learn new vocabulary by writing. You will see that because when you write something you will not forget it. There are many different ways to learn vocabulary. These two ways are the best ways to learn vocabulary.

Studying Vocabulary

In my opinion, the best way to study vocabulary is by reading, listening, and also by being curious. When you spend your time reading novels, books, journals, or any sort of documents, you learn more about vocabulary, such as new words and expressions. Being curious means while talking to someone who speaks better in that language, don't hesitate to ask for a word you did not understand well, that would help to keep that word or expression in your mind so that you could use it one day in your speech. In addition, by listening too, this way helps you to get the sound easily. For example, when you are listening to the radio, you hear the sound of the word. If you cannot catch that sound, just check the dictionary.

the best way to study vocabulary

Vocabulary is very important in English. If you want to study English very well, you need to know more vocabulary, so a lot of people choose to remember everything. This is very hard and easy to forget. If you know all of it and never forget , you may not know how to use it. You need to write am article, you have a lot of good vocabulary to use, but you don’t know how to use it. I think remembering vocabulary is very important but you can choose other ways. You can remember the whole paragraph. This can let you remember not only a word, but you can remember the grammar. This is a good way to study, I think this can kill two birds with one store and save you time to study grammar.

The way to beat stress.

I'm really likely to get stress, because my feeling is changed easily. So if I can't cope with stress; I was already crazy. Because I really like to play sports and to watch them, I usually cope with stress by sports. For example, when I get a bad grade in my school, I call my friend, then ask him to play basketball with me. After playing basketball for many hours, I forget my concern about the grade. Somtimes, it's a problem to forget so easily.

Stressful

The most stressful aspect of social life in the USA is culture. I lived in a tower, so everyone comes from the USA; sometimes I do something I think in my culture is ok, but some of my friends will say “Renzhi, what are you doing, you are so wild.” So now when I do something I think is ok, it’s very stressful; I worried that after that they will say the same words to me. Because culture is different, they think they can do something and can not do others, but I think both of them are ok, so culture gives me a lot of stress in the tower. Now I try to study American culture and it makes me have less stress.

SIUC in my eyes

SIUC is a university in Carbondale, a small town, and life here is very easy and comfortable; it does not have too much noise and trouble like a big city, it has no pollution or traffic problem. There is only a good life here. At SIUC, there is beautiful scenery, only in southern Illinois. You can see deer and squirrels everywhere; this is very beautiful. Students have nice space to study and live in, a beautiful lake and small forest. History buildings and new buildings blend and give us a nice memory. This is SIU in Carbondale, a nice small town and beautiful university. This is where I live and study.

The first impression in SIUC

Study in SIUC is really a wonderful experience. The classes will give you many learning opportunities, which are truly different form Taiwan. You must talk or communicate in English and get used to American teaching culture, which will improve your expressive skills, especiallly the students from Taiwan. Because the students are shy, the custom of keeping quiet is used in Taiwan. So moving to an English environment not only promotes your English, but also changes your bad study behaviors.

I'm still learning to build and get a better attitude and better behaviors. Besides what teachers give you, you should create your own way to improve English. So far, no matter the study environment, the people or the classes, I'm enjoying SIUC.

My Major

I hope to teach after I finish my major. My major is Electronic engineering. I want to work at a college in my country. If I can’t find a job in the college, I will go to look in the synthetic industry. Maybe I will face some danqer in my work. Also I might spend a lot of time when I choose synthetics. My major is difficult to study for and difficult to work in. usually any engineers in my country get a good salary. I like my major because it's more fun and more technical. Electronics is very important in our lives.

My favourite job

My future job is what I can do my best - Computer, because I have loved computer and study for nearly 11 years. I am very good at programming, so in my future I will choose this job. To become a good programmer you need to know a lot of things about math and computer. Programming is very interesting and you need a good group and you must remember here is not only you, all people must help each other and that will make it easier to succeed. One of the things that is very important is that you need patience. You cannot feel anxious. But a difficult thing is this, which is insipid. You need to sit in front of your computer for one month to do it. So this is hard for people. Sometimes I can not sit there for a long time. But I will try to do my best and this will make me become a great programmer.

My American life in SIUC

I am glad that I can come to America to learn English and know American culture, and I am able to be a student again. In the last term of CESL I went back to my country, Taiwan. I went to meet my dear parents and visited my best friends. How did I describe my American life? The best way was that I had a good lunch or dinner with my friends and showed the pictures about my daily life in Carbondale. I could tell them about CESL classes, my trips in the U.S., my new American friends and international students from anywhere in the word. I also told them my special experience while studying in America, such as my experience of going to a hospital, a special culture which is different from culture of Taiwan, and experience about shopping in the U.S. There are a lot of differences between Taiwan and America. Students in America usually drive cars and ride bicycles to the campus, but students in Taiwan usually ride scooters. In the university, I can make a lot of friends from all different places in the word. This is a special experience to know friends from different countries.
By Jeremy

resist stress

When I have some stress, usually I will do nothing. I will not really do something to resist stress. I think I just go to sleep to relax. I sleep a lot every day, maybe because of this I feel I do not really have too much stress. And another thing I will do is I will watching a movie, drama, play game, listen to music or talk with friends. But I think the important way to make me feel less stress is sleep. Sleep can relax me, and after sleep I feel more free and easy. I won't think too much. And I will just do something hard in my own way. That's why I think I am happy, not depressed, and it seems that nothing happens to me every day.

Fluency EX.3

I will tell my friends about campus life here at SIUC; sometimes it's easy, sometimes it's hard. It is easy because everything is close to you. Also it's cheaper than other campuses. The life here is good to study because it's a small town. But some people think it is hard to live here because it is a small town and there is nothing to do here. Also it is hard because it keeps you away from your family. Moreover sometimes you can not find the stuff that you need in your study or your home. But my advice is that if they want to study, they should come to SIUC.

FLUENCY EX.3

When I face any stressful events I start to be confused for about 10 seconds. Then I start to analyze the situation or the stimuli. If is it a big stressful event I try to calm myself down and try to solve my way of thinking quickly. Because when I arrange myself, in my mind, and my ideas, I start my reaction against it. Then I try to convince myself it is easy and and I can pass it. Sometimes I take a deep breath and count from one to ten calmly. How does that work?? It depends on the stressfulness and how harmful it is. Sometimes I pass the stress very easy. And other times I couldn't because it is more than what I can resist. But before I sleep on the day I faced the big stressful event, I should figure up a solution and do my best to go with it the next day.

Fluency Ex.#3

I feel the affirmative about animal rights protestors, because I'm partial to animals, too. We can find easily on the internet animal cruelty articles. Many people both agree or disagree about that. I think that animals also have a life. We can't account for the value of life. Humans should coexist with all nature. I don't think that people can't live without nature which is animals and plants. I think one of the way of the protection of natural environment is keeping the ecosystem. Totally, I agree with the animal rights, so we should protect them. -moon-

Fluency Ex.#2

I think that most stressful part of being in CESL is writing Essays. EAP1 and EAP2 class have a lot of Essays. And Essays require my brain to storm with all of my knowledge. Usually, when I finish writing on Essay, I feel tired and sick in my neck. So much information translated gives me stress. -moon-

SIUC Description

I have some friend who is thinking about to transferring to SIUC. I described three students; now they are here at SIUC. Also two my friends asked me some questions yesterday. I said, it is a nice University but the city is boring. You can stay in the weekday but you cannot in the weekend. The SIUC campus design looks really old. It is without paints. I do not like the SIUC campus and activities, but I like to quietly study and I like the people in Carbondale. If my friend likes to sit in the home very much I will advise him, but if he likes more fun, I can’t advise him.

Campus life

About campus life at SIU, i would tell my friends a good testimony, because since I've come here I was always enjoying the life of campus here in Carbonale. First of all, the multiculture: I've met so many people from different countries, especially people from Asia with different languages such as Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Malaysian; that is very interesting for me. In addition, I'm living with my brother in the same place; he graduated last semester at SIU, thanks to him I also met a quite a few of people from the continent, mostly African people. They are really interesting, they welcomed me well, we often play soccer together and sometimes go for the walk each Friday and Sunday together. And also they are very serious about their studies. Furthermore, something really important that I could not miss telling about is the Student Service, because I've noticed that some students are working for the university in the bookstore, in the computer lab room, in the library and in other places on campus and they are paid for that. That is very appreciable.

In conclusion, about campus life I would tell my friends about the Multiculturality, Sports, Service of Students, and the African Association, because I joined this association and I don't know how I could express my feeling about that organisation which seems to be very important for me and I liked it.

Herve mukuna

Fluency Ex #3

I'm really likely to het stress, because my feeling is changed easily. so if I can't cope with stress; I was already crazy. Because I really like to play sports and to watch sports, I usually cope with stress by sports. For example, when I get a bad grade in my school, I call my friend, then ask him to play basketball with me. After playing basketball for many hours, I forget my concern about the grade. Sometimes, it's a problem to forget so easily.
By ChaChung.

Fluency Exercise #3

I'm living in Carbondale because I want to go to SIUC. I want to induce my frinds if they want to study abroad. SIUC has been given good condition by a resourceful environment. Carbondale is a peaceful city and quiet place. Carbondale people are very kind and modest. At SIUC in Carbondale, most students and professors are passionate in habits and try to become a developing university. If you are an SIUC student, you can enjoy many educational places and kinds of recreation.

When I Feel Stress

When I feel stress I just think about how to forget it. I get stress when I’ll have any test or exam. I study hard to forget it. When I have done the exam I forget everything about it. Sometimes I get stress when I see my grade in the exam, but I think to myself, what can I do? I have thinking on it, then I forget it. Sometimes I get stress when my cell phone rings during class time. I always make it silent but sometimes I forget it. When it’s ringing I feel stress and I don’t know what I should do. I turn it off directly when I feel stress, then after class I make it silent for the other class and forget that it was ringing in the last class.

Fluency Ex #3

I would like to recomend campus life in SIUC for my Korean friends. First, it has nice rec-center. I heard from someone that our rec-center is one of the biggest places to exercise in the United States. So I am very proud of it. I will tell my friends about that first. Next, the campus is big enough with nature. The campus is pretty big, has a lake and many places to take a rest. It is good for students, because the place will be good place for a date or for running or fishing so I recommend SIUC.

Finally, it's located in a rural part of America. So it is good for study. Nothing to do in the town but we just exercise, hang out with friends and study. It is good for students. In conclusion, I totally will recomend it to my friend. SIUC has many nice things for students.

RRJ # 2

You,Byung-Hyuck(Tez)
EAP1A
(09/12/07)

Reference: Mintz, J. (2007, July,18). Google expands sales of print ads. USATODAY Retrieved from http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2007-07-18-google-expands-ad-sales n.htm

Summary:

In Jessica Mintz's articel, "Google expands sales of print ads", she explains how Google influences internet space and how it makes good use of advertisements. The author claims that Google, which has a self-serve site, started with only a few advertisements, but nowadays many large companies want to put their advertisements on Google. The author also discusses that advertising through Google has faster impacts on viewers and that Google is getting to be a bigger company because it's cooperating with other companies.

Reaction:

I learned about marketing of company six years ago because I have worked to my parent's company for two years, and I believe that the Internet has infinite possibilities. So I was interested in reading about Google expands sales of print ads. I harly read any newspapers, but I always use the internet web sites or find some information to Google. I got some good effects by this article. It is the internet offers us infinite possibilities. One of the possibilities is that it is easier for people who have limited funds to do what they want and to be successful. Advertisements on the internet are very effective because people all over the world use the internet.

RRJ # 1

You,Byung-Hyuck (Tez)
EAP1A
(09/03/07)

Reference: Potter, J. (2007, July, 9) Choi wins Wood’s inaugural tourney at Congressional. USATODAY Retrieved from http://www.usatoday.com/sports/golf/pga/2007-07-08-choi-woods-tournament n.htm

Summary:

In Jerry Potter’s article, “The Tank wins Woods’ first tournament at Congressional,” he explains who the champion is, how he learned golf, and how he won the tournament. First, the author claims that Choi of South Korea has marched to victory in a championship hosted by Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus. Choi has physical stamina from his boyhood so that most people are calling him “The Tank”. Next, the author explains that Choi learned how to play golf in South Korea from a celebrated golfer’s autobiography. Finally, he says that Stuart Appleby was the leader until the third round, but it was Choi who won the tournament. The way Choi played in the final round reminded people of the way Tiger Woods plays. In Potter’s article opinion, he tells us that Choi got popular because of his fortitude, and gives us important information about his perseverance and efforts.

Reaction:

My major is architectural design, but my other major is golf, so I was very interested in reading about this Korean champion at the recent golf tournament. The article gave me some strong points and impressions. Choi, who is the winner of the golf tournament, shows me that nothing can be obtained without effort, and success only comes to people who try and put effort to it no matter how talented they are. I learn that the true meaning of success is neither money nor popularity. If I try to achieve my goal and do my best, it is a true success. Choi who is the winner of the golf tournament shows me that people need perseverance and to put forth effort in order to be successful. I also learn that people get the successful life if they put forth more effort all the time, and they can’t achieve anything without perseverance.

CESL Stress

CESL students spend a lot of time in CESL. When I came back to my home, I really try. CESL teachers give us a lot of homework daily. I did not feel, I had free time to go to the gym. I did not feel free time for fun or watching a movie. TOEFL score is higher. The class is tough, so there is not time for studying TOEFL. Getting an 80 for a class score is really hard. Sometimes people do not care or do not know about homesickness or international student’s feeling. Usually activities are in one place and there is not change.

The most stressful part of being a CESL student

You are a new student and you will learn many new things. You feel that you are alone. You miss your family. You don’t understand all of the things around you. You will change your life style. You will make new friends. If you meet anyone who speaks your language you will go to him directly. After a few days you will learn many things, then you will be ok. You have to be in touch with your family. If you are ok you will understand everything around you.

fluency EX.2

There are alot of stressful emotions in life. For me the most stressful things are when my family gets angry with me, i miss classes, someone talks about me behind my back, the cops stop me. The last times i suffered from stressful matters were first when my grandmother died. I love her so much. I can't imagine that i will live without her. I cried alot when i heard she died. Second, last week i had some problems with my family. I can't sleep well. I keep thinking about them for long time. Now i solved everything with them and i hope not to have any problems with them anymore.

FLUENCY EX.2

The most stressful things for me are failing in exams, losing marks, coming late, missing a flight, or losing important things. The last time I suffered was at the beginning of my studying in the university. I was studying computer science which was one of my dreams. But I met a group of friends and they weren't a hard studying people. At the end of the first semester I had failed in two subjects. It was my first time in my life. When I got my grades I felt like I was such a loser, and it was shameful to tell the others, especially my family. I couldn't sleep well, I keep thinking all the time about my life and what I'm going to be. Next I recognized that I have to change my major, my group, and try to meet a new studies group. Finally I found myself improved and succeeded.

FLUENCY EX.1

One of my dreams when i was young was to be a doctor. The main reason is to help people who are suffering of sickness. There are other reasons, for example, it is a respected job, you can get a good salary, and people can't live without doctors. On the other hand, there are some negative points. For example when someone has a dangerous disease and I can't help, that work makes me feel I'm useless. Another negative point is when I do my best to treat a patient, then one of his/her family said that you killed him/her. Some people don't know that doctors like to see them fine, in a good health and in a good mood. Furthermore I would hate when some patient comes late and says, help me, and I can't do anything for him/her. In my opinion the most stressful thing would be when someone died in front of me.

Fluency EX.1

When I was young I had a dream to be a teacher. It started when I saw my father going to school and teaching the students. Teachers get a good salary in my country. Moreover, teaching is a respected job, and it is a funny job; you can meet many people each semester. But it's a stressful job. There are many responsibilities on your shoulders. For example, you have to explain very well. Also when you teach children, you should have skills in how to deal with them. Finally, this dream is still in my mind but i don't think i will be a teacher for some special resons (it is related to my girlfriend).

Stressful

The most stressful aspect of social life in the USA is culture. I lived in a tower, so everyone comes from the USA, sometimes I do something I think in my culture is Ok, but some of my friends will say “Renzhi, what are you doing, you are so wild.” So now when I do something I think is ok, it’s very stressful, I worried about after that they will say same words to me. Because culture is different, they think they can do something and can not do others, but I think both of them are ok, so culture gives me a lot of stress in the tower, Now I try to study American culture and it makes me have less stress.

My major

I’d like to be an Electrical Engineer. This job has a good future in my country. My father has this job. I liked this job when I was 12 years old. This job is done inside on the computer. The man who has this job can make enough money for his family. The money can be enough for you when you retire. When you graduate there are many companies that have a job for you in this major. I heard that the major for this job is very difficult. I don’t want to change it, because I like it.

What is the most stressful part of being a CESL student? Why?

I have the most stressful when I can't tell something that I want to tell, because I can't imagine a word in English. Actually I am an outgoing person in Korea. But in the USA, I'm a shy guy, because I'm not good at vocabulary. Even though I have some questions in class, I can't ask them to the teacher. This situation makes me be silent. And my poor vocabulary ability makes me not be able to hear. That's why I have the most stress in CESL in the USA.

Fluency Ex #1

I'm majoring in computer engineering. In South Korea, there are so many people who major in computer engineering, so it's very hard to get a good job. I'd like to work at a big company like Samsung, but it's more difficult to be hired at that company. I have a friend who worked at Samsung, he said to me that working at Samsung is very hard, because there is planty of overtime and his superior made him work like a machine. So he is very stressful. I think I will have same problems as he has.

The Most Stressful of CESL Students

Most international students in CESL have a lot of stress. Smoe students want to go to SIUC when they finish CESL, and get a high-score an the test or TOEFL test. Most of all CESL students try to study English as their second language. They fell a different style between their first language and English, so they have a regard for communication and their life. Some international students in CESL also get stress from financial problems, so they usually have a troubled mind on many days. Actually, most international students sometimes don't have control of themselves because they are young age-groups. Therefore, international students have to take a positive attitude and not be afraid of speaking English.

by Tez

FLUENCY EX.2

Most international students in CESL have a lot of stress. Smoe students want to go to SIUC when they finish CESL, and get a high-score an the test or TOEFL test. Most of all CESL students try to study English as their second language. They fell a different style between their first language and English, so they have a regard for communication and their life. Some international students in CESL also get stress from financial problems, so they usually have a troubled mind on many days. Actually, most international students sometimes don't have control of themselves because they are young age-groups. Therefore, international students have to take a positive attitude and not be afraid of speaking English.

My stressful part in CESL

I think that most stressful part of being in CESl is writing Essays. EAP1 and EAP2 class have a lot of Essays. And Essays require my brain to storming with all of my knoledge. So I need to concentrate on my Essay, or my Essay will be go astray from the main subject. Usually, when I finish writting on Essay, I feel tired and sick in my eyes. Especially, so much information translated gives to me stress.

MOON

what aspect of my social life in the USA is most stressful?

I think my story is just not much of a hard thing, but it's the first time and it is very stressful for me.
When I came to America, I had to buy food and get refunds or something like this, and do it my self, but my English skill was not good enough for that also I don't have a car. In case of my town in Korea, they have a subway so I can go anywhere very easily. So if i had stuff for a refund, I can't take it to refund such as ask to one of my friend who has a car, it was so much stress to me.

I have to pay monthly electronic fee and water fee; That was also very stressful to me, because I tried by Internet, I needed a social security number, but I don't even have it, I had to visit the bill place and pay. It was so much stress for me.

-David-

Stress of CESL students and Me

CESL students have a lot of stress. The most stressful part is how much time they need to spend in CESL and go into SIUC. Because most students want to study in an American university and they need to pass their TOEFL scores and CESL classes, the university will accept their application. Some students can pass but some students can’t; this is a CESL student’s most stressful thing. My big stressful thing is talking with American people by using English, because I sometimes don’t understand what they say. One time I lost my luggage in the airport; I had no idea how to do anything. I was nervous, and tried to find an easy way to connect with them and find a way to deal with my luggage problem. It drove me crazy. Now I don't get my luggage back and I still need to wait for 4 weeks to get the result of my luggage.

By Jeremy

stressful time

A time I suffered from a lot of stress it was when I was in my country. I was a leader of one of my youth church groups. So we were preparing for a big activity on the vacation and i was the one who was supposed to make a reservation for the place in which we should have gone. When I went there to ask about the conditions, they told me that we were supposed to pay for the location for everybody per night. I agreed about that because i knew that we were able to do so. At the moment of the activity, we went there all together but the money was not sufficient. We went to give the part of the money we'd brought in order to ask for a favor to stay and pay the remaning fee later. Directly the head of the place was very nervous. He decided to send all the 300 people back and demanded to know why I accepted the conditions that i could be unable to fulfill. I was very stressful that day.


Herve mukuna

The most stressful thihg for cesl students

The most stressful part of being a cesl student is we must to take TOEFL when we are in high levels. We must take TOEFL when a term is finished. If we can't pass the TOEFL we have to stay at the same level we studied before, again, even though we passed the class exam. So, taking the TOEFL is the most stressful thing for students. If we stay at the same level again we have to pay more money and spent more time. Almost every student's partents want their child to go to university very quickly. But if students can't pass TOEFL they must stay, and parents will feel sad. So, parents give their stress already, and TOEFL gives them stress again. Therefore, that is a really stressful thing.

by Yalanda

CESL student's stress........

The most stressful part of being a CESL student is money. I think time is also very important. Although learn English requies spending much time, I hope I can learn it as soon as possible. Every term, I have to pay two thousand dollars for CESL. It is pretty expensive and is only eight weeks. So I have to study hard and pass the TOEFL test; then I can study in SIU. I hope I can finish CESL class this year and enter SIU in spring next year. Anyway, I should study hard to improve my English.
Labels:Patrick

Driving under stress

Although I got my driving license at 20 years old, I am still a new driver. In Taiwan driving is more dangerous, so my father is afraid to let me drive and I have almost no chances to drive. However, the driving environment in America is safer and far away from my father; it's my chance to practice.

For a new driver to control a car is really stressful. Many fast cars surround you, and the one who sits next to you appears to be nervous or tells you what to do all the time, which are all stressful, and make you crazy. At that time I just want a quiet driving circumstancs.

I hope to teach after I finish my major. My major is Electronic engineering. I want to work at a college in my country. If I can’t find a job in the college, I will go to look in the synthetic industry. May be I will face some danker in my work. Also I might spend a lot of time when I choose synthetics. My major is difficult to study for and difficult to work in. usually any engineers in my country get a good salary. I like my major because it's more fun and more technical. Electronics is very important in our lives.

Mohammed Radwan

Mechanical engineer

In the future I will be a mechanical engineer. I think it is not a bad job, because I will get a salary that is not bad. But a good salary means high stress. Every day I need to work over eight hours and I need to work in the middle of the night. Long working time will make me have less sleeping time, have no time to hang out with my friends and or get a girlfriend. I also think it is not a long career for me if I want a healthy body. But I think it is good training for me to have a good experience.

by Jeremy

My Interesting Job

I am to wrk in a human resource department. It is kind of helping people increase their work effectiveacss. In there departments they are also reponsible for hiring new workers and interviewing them. This department has become more and more inportant in many companies, because companies can save money if they accentuate human resources. For example, companies can train their employees to get many different skills, and get them to do many different jobs. Therefore, companies do not hire many people. In this department, they have to control their emotions. Employees may have complaints about their salaries or something. So, human resource workers have to deal with their problems, also, they have to listen about their complaints.

By Kevin

FLUENCY EX.1

Architectural designers are one of the most tough jobs, so they always try to make a new designs and works overtime. They take a cautious attitude foward people, architectural designers usually have a time limit their work, and they always work hard all day for quality of life. I think that they devoted their life to social service and they have developed civilization to a high degree. Architectural designer is an inventor and a creator in present-day life.

some job cause stress

This is a famous popular job. We can appear on televison so that we are superstars. We can have a lot of fans and we can earn a lot of money. But it will be stressful because we have a lot of work because we can not sleep well and we have to give up some sleeping time. Then, we have to keep a good appearance and we have to have a good face, and a skinny body. These things will be stressful to us. For me, keeping a skinny body and not being able to sleep well is difficult for me to do.

By Yalanda

fluency exercise

I'd like to be an electrical engineer. This job has a good future in my country. My father has this job. I liked this job when I was 12 years old. This job is done inside on the computer. The man who has this job can make enough money for his family. The money can be enough for you when you retire. When you graduate there are many companies that have a job for you in this major. I heard that the major for this job is very difficult. I don't want to change it because I like it.


JASIM

Fluency EX.1

I think that an interesting job is actor. An actor can be famous in public. Sometimes they can be an idol of the young people. They like to get fame. However, they can't use their personal time, because many people in the public know them. Also the paparazzi always follow the famous actor. They even catch their personal life. So the actor may feel really stressful. They need to prepare before they go outside. I think that they feel stressful about their personal life. -EAP1 Moon-

political affairs

I like so much being a political man, administrator, minister or one of the influential members of the country, especially the president of the republic. It's a really good and interesting job. But the most stressful thing about this function is to deal every day with problems thinking about solving social conditions of the people, struggling every day against the pressure from the opposition. It would be sometimes difficult to solve all the problems at the same moment, because there are so many -Economic, Security, Education, International Affairs, Financial and others.

HERVE MUKUNA

Fluency Ex.1

Nurse might be a interesting job. I think that when you are a nurse,
it is rewarding to take care of people, make them more comfortable, and
make them become better and better.

However, to inject them, and to see the painful faces on patients is
stressful to me, especially when a patient's situation is getting worse.
I think I have a kind heart, but I can't handle the emotion in the ward.
When I was a student nurse I usually cried privately, because the pain
seemed to be on my own body or on those of my relatives.

Maybe I should control the feeling or change to another interesting job.

by Corina

FLUENC EX.1

One of my dreams when I was young is to be a doctor. The main reason is to help people who are suffering of sickness. There
are other reasons, for example, it is a respected job, you can get a good salary and people can't live without doctors. On the
other hand, there are some negative points .for example when someone has a dangerous disease and you can't help that make
you feel you are useless .another reason is when you do your best to treat a patient , then one of his/her family said that you
killed him /her. Some people don't know that I like to see them fine, in good health and in a good mood.
Furthermore I hate when some patient comes late and says, help me, and I can't do anything for him/her .in my mind the most
stressful thing is when someone died in front of me.

Mohammad A

Fluency Ex.

It will make people tired because they can't taking a picture all the time and all of sistuation. Some good things are in picture myself. For example, can take a picture whatever and make some crazy acting or funny face on camera. But it is will stressfull because if want to take picture themselves with background. And I think always same acting, not much way to take a picture.

Also people who have a big head or face the camera just take a face not else. So it will be stressfull, too. They will be kind of social loner because acting and everyting in the picture think alone. So people will sick of picture yourself.


EAP1A
-David-

To Be A Pilot !

My interesting job is pilot. However, to be a pilot is not easy. It requires good vision, language ability, strong body and clear mind. Beside these, you should have a smart brain to solve many problems in the airplane. When you fly in the sky, security is the most important thing to everyone; many things would influence you, like wind or weather. Making plane and making passengers safe is the pilot's job. You should control everything in the plane. Although being a pilot is difficult, I still want to try it. I want to make my dream come ture, and also hope that day will ccome soon! (Patrick)

Welcome to Illinois!

Chinese Talk: The girl lives in the moon

A long long time ago, there were ten suns in the sky. They lived in the cave at night, and they would go outside to keep the world light and warm in the daytime. But there was a special rule in their jobs, that was only one could go outside per day, or the earth would be dry and the creatures would die. Therefore, they took turns and each one would stay in the cave for 9 days, and had one day free. That made them feel bored, and they often complained about that. One day, they made a decision that they would go outside together, and one day they did it.
It was terrible for ten suns to appear in the sky. Human and animals could not stand the heat and a lot of creatures died. This condition kept on for a few days, but smart human could do everything for that. A few months later, when the earth almost lost all life, the hero appeared. He was the #1 shooter, and he shot down nine suns, and left one. As soon as possible, the earth recovered, and the people smiled again.
The people let the hero become their king to thank him. But it was the wrong decision for the people. The hero lost his humble heart and was more and more period. He hurt his people every day and didn’t care for his people. Moreover, because he wanted to control his kingdom forever, he found two miracle herbs which would not let him become old or die. Why did he get two herbs? He had a beautiful wife, and he wanted to share the kingdom with her. His wife loved him deeply, too. But she was very kind to her people, and she could bear to let her husband hurt the people. So she took both herbs to prevent her husband from living forever.
Unluckily, both herbs were too much. She felt her body become more and more light. At the same time, her husband found out she took both herbs, and he felt so sad. He tried to chase his wife back, but he could. His wife was too light, and flew into the moon. The king was so angry, he tried to shoot the moon down, but a god made him lose the power of the shooter. His wife received a new life and lived in the moon forever.

By Fred

Real Brotherly Love

This story is Korean folk tale.
A long time ago, in the country, two brothers who were poor farmers were living there. The older brother was better a little bit than the younger brother even though they were very poor. One day, the old brother thought that it's better to bring some grain to the young brother because he could eat food on time, but he thought his brother could not. So he decided to do his plan. At night, the old brother brought some grain from his granary to his brother's granary secretly. After he did it, he felt very good and slept happily. But, the next day, when the old brother saw his granary, he found that the amount of the grain was not changed. He thought it very strange and at night, he brought some grain again. However, it was still not changed. He thought it really strange so he decided to watch his granary at night secretly. At night, he hid among the trees and he was watching his granary. Suddenly, one guy came close with some grain. He is the younger brother !!! Yes, he thought the same thing as his older brother. And the older brother hugged his younger brother and they cried together. And they were living very happily for a long time~

Chongmin Jeong

Internet users

There are a lot of people who use the Internet, but the point is why they use it and do they use it in a positive way or in a negative way. We also need to think about what the government should do with these people who use it in a negative way. As we know there are some who people use the internet to buy all kinds of stuff, but the thing that people care about is security. Some people use the Internet to steal from other people and they have many ways to steal, for example, creating fake websites, sendimg folders that have a lot of patch that help the people who try to steal to get the IP number from the users computers, also sending any passwords that users use. There are a lot of programs from famous company to try to catch these hackers but also when they put anew program the people who want to steal find another way to steal. The other negative way some people use the Internet to find inappropriate relationships with teenagers and we know that is very strong in the United States. People who use it in positive way are more than people who use it in negative way. We have to stop these people and we should punish them. That’s what the government should do.



Suliman Aluqeel

Welcome to CESL, 074

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What is below this, was done earlier!

Globalization and indrustrialization in the Chinese toy market

Armah L.Kamara
EAP1 Writer’s Workshop 1
1/29/07



Globalization and industrialization in the Chinese toy market

In his article,” Lament of Chinese toys of old”, Kelvin Platt (1999) mentions that, the Chinese toy market has been greatly affected by the globalization and introduction of modern toys which have made many changes to Chinese cultural preservation. Children no longer want to see or play with old toys, such as, opera mask, hand-inscribed paper balls, pinwheels, and other antique playthings because they feel those are not very entertaining and they prefer modern toys like electronic games, watching movies or having robots which bring great excitement.

However, Liang Zuwang, a former toy manufacturer and collector, organized an exhibition, in which he says, it is important for children to have modernized toys because of the computer age, he wants the Chinese toys of old to be preserved because it helped the children to use their imagination and helps keep in focus or preserve the past of Chinese culture and its evolution. He also says these toys like the hand-painted clay figures, stilt-walkers, or a craftsman preparing to mend an iron bowl, showed how people lived in the 1800s.
Therefore, he wants the Chinese populace to rally and preserve these toys of old so the richness of China’s cultural past can be realized and appreciated from generation to generation.
Platt, K. (1999,Dec 24). Lament of Chinese toys of old. Christian science monitor. P.6

A vivid idea of the Navaho culture

Armah Kamara
EAP1 Worker’s Workshop 1
01/29/07


A vivid idea of the Navaho culture

In a World today full of many cultures (the shared beliefs and values of a particular group of people) some cultures have tried to influence other cultures in many ways such as, food, language, religion and so forth. The author explained how people attached strong beliefs and concepts to where they are from or the importance of being connected to something that make you feel recognize in a broader prospective. He emphasized that these objects are not only for decoration but also as a mark of distinction.

In his article,” My Navaho home in Los Angeles”, Thomas Whiterock (1995), gives detailed descriptions and meanings of items and symbols in his mother’s home to his friend, Tung, who is from a different cultural background. For example, he explains the difficulties faced when the Navaho people refused to change their staple food, corn to wheat in a province given them by the Scottish. This was an important aspect of their culture because it keeps them together as people of substance and integrity.
However, he further lamented that the Navaho home was full of rich items and symbols of both natural and artificial components, which attract the attention of people who come across these objects, and symbols because of their characteristic designs. In his text, he named the rain stick, a stick with a tube-like design, where seeds are placed in to make the sound of rain fall, which was used for a ceremony during the harvest season thanking their gods for giving them plentiful rain for their crops to grow. He also explains the importance of some colors, which played vital roles in their culture. Like, red, which means a symbol of wisdom, red and black meaning knowledge. He mentions natural objects like the silk butterfly, which was mainly respected as a messenger, taking their prayers to heaven, and most interestingly, the sunflowers, which grow as a symbol of favor from their gods.
In relation to his work, I believe that the Navaho culture is of great value in connecting people of the past to that of people who live today because you cannot live without the past to build the present, or without the present to build the future as we move from one generation to another. For example, the ladder in the Navaho home was used to get the children to their room, which was up in the Hogan, and this ladder has been transformed to form of stairs to get in the upper part of a house.
Even though, we move from country to country in search of better living conditions, people still eat their main diet as a mean of survival, which keeps the cultural heritage alive. For example, in Liberia, rice is our staple food and if I eat a day’s meal without rice, I would say, I have not eaten today because of the lack of rice.

It is good to keep a focus of your cultural past because no matter what it may have been like, someone will love and cherish it because it helps to keep us together and determine the right way forward in our journey in life.

Reference: Whiterock, T. (1995) My Navaho home in Los Angeles. In B. Lee (ed.) (1995). Celebrating Diversity: A multicultural reader (pp. 94-6). Lexington, MA: D.C. Health.