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February 14 arguement essayIt has been freaking busy recently; therefore, I have not published my blog for a while. However, I have been having lots of writing assignments and this is one of them. It is a not-more-than 500-word essay which my class faculty requires to be supported by facts. So, it is pretty much like a summarized paper, weird? Co-educational schools, are they really a good fit for present students? It was not until the past century that coeducational schools had been established. In the past, there were only single-sex schools; boys from middle and lower-classed families studied at temples taught by monks while boys and girls from high-classed families studied in the palace separately. So far, even though there have been many establishments of coeducational school, there has long been lots of argument whether single-sex or coeducation is better. Modern people argue against single-sex education since they assume that students from boy and girl schools tend to have problems in adjusting themselves into the real society. Nonetheless, what they forget is that single-sex school can help reducing some gender stereotypes. Moreover, it also provides student a more effective learning environment. Firstly, single-sex education can help reducing some gender stereotypes. Typically, many gender stereotypes are usually seen in coeducational environment. Some abilities are obstructed by gender stereotypes which are placed on them by society and faculties in coeducational schools. According to William Pollack, his book “Real Boys: Rescuing Our Sons from the Myths of Boyhood,” says, “[I]n girls' schools, it is plain to see that some girls are poets, some are athletes. Some are historians or mathematicians, and some are scientists or sculptors. Stereotypes about "acceptable" roles simply do not apply." Without the restriction of gender stereotypes, students can show their abilities freely, having no worry about gender acceptability. Consequently, students from single-sex school normally have self-confidence and leadership skills. Secondly, single-sex education provides students a more effective learning environment. As we know, teenagers have strong interest towards the opposite gender. In coeducational schools, such social behaviors as dating, preening, and showing off during academic classes, are usually found while these behaviors are decreased in single-sex schools. Without these study distractions, students from single-sex schools have a better learning environment and tend to perform better than coeducational students do. With strong academic skills, these students from single-sex schools are inclined to carry on their good performance even when they go to coeducational college. There is a survey asking, “[I]f the environment of a single-sex school helped its students?” 4,274 girls’ school alumnae said they were prepared for the college courses because they had stronger academic training. (Girl College Survey 2000) Even though it has always been a
hard decision to make whether to send a child to a single-sex school or a
coeducational school since each of them has both advantages and disadvantages,
we have to keep in mind that men and women are different and need different
patterns of learning. By realizing this matter of fact, single-sex schools not
only eliminate gender stereotypes but also provide a better learning
environment for their students.
September 18 Happy Birthday พี่ชายที่แสนดีเมฆดูสวยงาม
เมื่อยามมองฟ้า ฟ้าดูกว้างใหญ่เหมือนเก่า
เมื่อยังเล็กแหงนดูมือไขว่คว้าเอา สูงจังอยากตัวโตสูง
The clouds look nice as if 'twere portrayed.
The sky is still huge as it's always.
When I was young, I tried to reach out there.
Oh! It's so high. Wish I had the same height as these days.
จ้องมองแสนนาน พี่ชายคงเห็นยิ้มเดินมาใกล้แล้วอุ้ม
ขี่คอจนเกือบสูงทัน จ้องมองบนฟ้านั่น เอื้อมมือถึงจันทร์ จะเอาเป็นของเรา I kept staring there. My brother raised me up as though my thought had been shared.
I was just an inch from the moon.
I could even touch it rather than just stared.
ครั้งโดนเขารังแก
ร้องงอแงร้องไห้
พี่คนนี้ยังคอยคุ้มครองคุ้มภัย น้องเอยอย่ากลัวใครเขา
When I was upset,
I kept crying and being irritated.
He simply supported me.
"No worry. I'd be here whenever you needed."
สองพี่น้องเดินไป น้องตามพี่ชาย จับมือจูงน้องไป มองฟ้าอันกว้างใหญ่
ฟ้าคงไกลไป
ขี่คอพี่สูงเอง
Both of us were walking in this wonderful land.
Glancing at the sky, we walked hand in hand.
The sky might be out of reach.
But he brought it to me as if it were just ordinary sand.
จวบจนฉันโต พี่ยังคงรักและคอยเป็นห่วงแสนห่วง
เมื่อผิดหวังให้กำลังใจทั้งดวง น้องเอยอย่ากลัวใครเขา
Even I, now, have grown.
His love and care becomes more obviously shown.
When I am down, he keeps supporting me.
"Don't wory. You are not on your own."
เมื่อยามท้อใจ จ้องมองบนฟ้านึกตอนเป็นเด็กเล็กนั่น
ขี่คอจนเกือบสูงทัน เอื้อมมือให้ถึงจันทร์
บอกเอาไว้นาน พี่ชายที่แสนดี
When I am depressed terribly,
I look up there nostalgically.
My brother just raises me up.
Until I could reach the moon, and look at it closely.
Upon it, wish I could inscribe his name beautifully.
"My dearest brother, I wish your being healthy and happy"
Happy Birthday ค่า พี่เจนนนนนนนน
เห็นว่าชอบเพลงนี้ พี่ชายที่แสนดี (โจ้ก็ชอบเหมือนกัน) เลยเอามาแต่งกลอนอังกฤษใส่ไป
อิอิ ของขวัญ ก็คงไปรออยู่ที่สำนักงานแล้วล่ะ
สุขสันต์วันเกิด เด้อค่า June 16 Happy 56th Birthday, my great dad!!!!Since tomorrow,17 June, is my dad's birthday, I, thus, write him a poem. Frankly, this poem-writing idea just popped while I was waiting to make an everyday call to my parents. You; therefore, will find its rhyme somehow sounds a bit awkward. Actually, all the things I wanna tell were already written in the hand-made card I sent you. This is what I've got (in ten minutes.) [H] ow fast the time does fly? [A] s if yesterday you had been just nine. [P] apa, you've passed 56 summers. [P] leasant and hard times we have shared together. [Y] ou are the best dad ever I have met. [B] rilliant and genius, dad, you are great! [I] nspring and supporting, you have been. [R] elieving our difficulties, you are by all means. [T] aking a great care of us; that's what you've been doing. [H] esitating to provide us goodies, never had you done such things. [D] earest father, you are second to none. [A] fter all I have been searching for a dad like you, never could I ever find one. [Y] ou are the last person who I mean to hurt by the things I have done. Happy Birthday Daddy!!!!!!! I love you. I promise to be your good gal and will definitely bring home the bacon. with all the love I possess, your stubborn daughter, Jojoe~ May 18 Time does fly...It has already been a year since I came here, spending my college life on and on. I can say that a year here taught me many things. There are many speed bumps on our way to success; it is not always smooth as you have been presuming. I would say, college life here is like walking on the walking rocks across the angry tide. If you can't balance yourself, you will stumble and be finally flushed away with the tide. Many of my classmates here could not do so, and they were already flushed away from my sight. However, it's their life, and I can do nothing about it. It is true that I could somehow stretch out my hand, yet it is their job to grab it. If I grab their hand myself in spite of their unwilling to hold it... that would be no use, as it would not only help none of us but also pull me down with them. Anyway, let's hope that they will get through this angry tide with little difficulty. Ps.. I'm already sleepy that's why I end my blog just now. March 25 Weeks at the Court and my new perspective.."Dad, I don't wanna be a doctor. I want to study Laws,"
I told my dad one day during my high school years. "Can you make the innocent one become guilty and vice versa?" But I kept quiet. Back then, I could say that I had very little knowledge about this occupation. All I knew is that if I want to be a judge, I have to study Laws; and that's it. Fortunately, I had other choice; having won the scholarship enabled me to study Law and simultaneously do not have to be a lawyer. After having searching for information about applying for a Law school in US, I realized that some of them require a 80-100 hours' apprenticing. I then got myself to be an apprentice at the court; learning about the legal procedure and so on. Being here at this court changes my view; things are not always like what we assumed. After having a hard time studying and memorizing all the provisions in those Law Codes, lawyers still have to get through all difficulties in the Bar Examinations and probably the judge assessing examinations also for those who wish to be the judge. As a lawyer, you need to do everything that aids in lessening his client's penalty or ,if possible, getting him out of guilt; but after all, it must not get others in trouble. The reason why they do this is not that they love being paid a lot, as for many cases, they do not get paid; just volunteer to do so according to the request from the court itself. Court, to your mind, probably sounds like a sketchy place, but actually it is not. Court can be seen in two lights: it might look like a theater where everyone keeps lying to each other, or it could be a real court where justice could be expected. You might say every single fact or, on a contrary, you lie everything. Court has no idea if all you said is truth or a well-prepared lie. All the sentence is made based on the evidence and witness the court has. You might wonder if law and court could not keep society peaceful, what's the use of law then? Do keep in mind that not only laws are needed in maintaining peace and happiness in our society, but flexibility and conscience also play an important role in doing so. If people keep doing wrong, no peace or development is going to be found here. So..maintain your goodness, fidelity and conscience in a good condition. March 17 Tips..Can you tell the difference between these two sentences? I love you more than he. I love you more than him. If I ask you "which one is correct?" I do belive that many of you will choose one of them. You are wrong!! Both of them are correct but when to use which one depends on the meaning. "I love you more than he." This original sentence is, "I love you more than he does." or "I love you more than he loves you." This sentence is used to compare the action parts; that's why the word "he" is still in a subjective form. On the contrary, "I love you more than him," originated from "I love you more than I love him." See the difference? I guess, there's no need for further explanation. Nonetheless, there is still the ambiguous one; the one ends with noun. You can hardly tell what the speaker means. Ex.. I love you more than Tom. It can be interpreted into two ways: I love you more than Tom does (or more than Tom loves you) I love you more than I love Tom. So, I guess you already see that the one ends with pronoun can be easily interpreted. ***************************************************** Another common error I have seen is still concerned with "than" In a comparison sentence did I always find that people generally used the object form after than. Ex.. I am taller than him. That's such an always-get-ignored error. The right one should be, I am taller than he..which came from the original one; I am taller than he is. Got what I am trying to make out? ***************************************************** All right, I already asked my dad about this error. Normally, when we compare something mentioning times or folds, what we have long seen is that we use the comparative pattern despite according to what I have learned, it should be used in an as....as pattern. For instance, This house is twice as expensive as that one. This tree is three times as high as that one. but take a look at what we always see. This house is twice more expensive than that one. This tree is three-times higher than that one. There is actually no book mentioning anything about this pattern, but there is one of TU GET tests mentioning this; even though not in a direct way. This is what it looks like, Coins last approximately twenty times.......................paper bills. a) longer b) as long c) long d) longer than. As you can see, choice b) would be definitely correct if it were as long as. The best one, thus, has to be 'longer than' instead. Grammatically,a group of words which is used before the comparison, usually sth about quality--good, bad-- and price, are much, far, a lot, a little, a bit. Ex.. This house is much more beautiful than that one. This book is far better than that one. Am I clear? March 11 Sth to write...."It was flipping its wings,
moving its head as if 'twere doing the dance,
the most beautiful I had ever seen.
While it was flying swiftly away from my hands
to tease with the kind breeze blowing against my face,
its feather fell slowly into my hands.
It was a swan;
one of a few things I brought with me
together with my fancy silk dresses,
which I could never wear in my real life.
Yet, when I reached the States, the land of HOPES,
the Immigration staffs took it away from me. All I they left me are just my unusable fancy dresses and hopes, Hopes that my daughter will be as graceful as the swan, she'll speak only perfect and accentless American English, and she'll be too full to swallow any grief. But look at you now, it's true that you are speaking accentless American English perfectly; especially when you are swearing and firing out rude words with your gangsters. You are really too full to swallow any kind of grief, 'cause your mouth now is full of Pepsi. And you are now even more graceful than the swan due to your millions of dresses and cosmetics you wear. Sh!! Don't pout! You never know what I had to face before I could leave China for here. I had two babies, and tried every way to get them with me; even sleep with the officer. " "Where's the other one? Does dad know about this?" "Your dad is not my first husband. That evil thing did not help. I had to give up 'everything' to come here. You are not those babies." (Antie Mei; the joy luck club p.ii) FYI: I'm not gonna talk about this novel in a deep analysis. I'll just raise up some point of views here. Part I If anyone of you, by somehow, know some of the history of China, you'll immediately know that Antie Mei was one of those Chinese refugees who immigrated to California in order to escape from the Political Revolution in China. The swan she brought with her initially symbolizes herself. It flied swiftly and freely away from her it could leave her no matter when it wanted to. Nonetheless,it cannot really do so by virtue of the intangible bond linked it with her; the bond that's called love. Similarly, it seemed like she could never forget her loved things in China. But as I mentioned earlier, it just initially seemed so. Later, we could see that she had already given up 'everything' she possessed for the purpose that she would gain her far better life in US; everything even her ex-husband and her two babies. Now,she apparently has her better life with her new husband and her new daughter and she would never have slipped out such secret if it is not because of her rage at her daughter. Did she did the right thing? Is that the best thing she could do? Left everything for her own better life? ................................................................................................................. Part II As we all know, the Chinese who set out for the US, leaving China for good, all have the same hope -- the hope for the better life, for freedom and for peace. However, different mother tongues are also the problem they were to encounter. This woman, thus, hoped that her daughter would be able to speak the best American English as native speakers do. She, like other Chinese people then,also wanted the best things for her daughter, and hoped that her daughter would find no gloom. Her daughter,yet, does not seem to appreciate her good will; she always take no heed on her mother's words, always expresses here boredom on her mom's nagging without knowing what her mom had faced before she got to California. Did Antie Mei really get what she wished her daughter to be? Did all her daughter's clothes and cosmetics really make her graceful? Absolutely not!!! If you were Antie Mei herself, how would you feel when seeing the way your daughter is. Although it seems like she was not pleased with the the way her daughter is, but it is not that unbearable. I am not saying that buying many clothes and cosmetics, speaking rude words and drinking too much Pepsi are not the bad thing at all. But if you look it through carefully, you will see that what she hates the most about her daughter is her pouting. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Part III Look, she just teased her daughter ironically about her binging over Pepsi and those pretty things she bought. Also, not one speaks politely all the time. Just give her sometimes to express herself with her best friends. But make sure that she knows what is what. What should be done at what time. Let's talk about the pouting. From this excerpt, you can see that right after her daughter pouted, her mom lost her nerve ends; she fired out how many difficulties she faced when trying to leave China. She even slipped out the secret she had been keeping for years owing to her rage. Let's find out why most parents always get angry when their daughter is pouting. (This problem even applies to myself.) And this is what I think. To my mind, the reason why parents go mad at their children when they pout is that, they assume their children to be disobedient and aggressive. They sometimes presume that they children are opposing them quietly. In some cases, the parents even figure out themselves that their children need their advice no more, but what they forget to take into account is that no one likes being blamed, especially publicly. Still,as children, they should not talk back to their parents or pout at them. Why don't they just meet half way? Children should be just sit quietly and and listen to what their parents say and then, it's the parents' turn, they can say what they want to advice their children and then, listen to what their children think. And find the best solution. Does that seem to be a good way? December 26 Crammin' season - -"After having been deserting this blog for a (big) while, I am now back.
This one, however, is not gonna be a long one,
as you can see from the blog title that I'm in a cramming season.
(See! Dad, you need not worry that putting something on this blog
is gonna waste me time; it will take me like two brinks. ^^ )
Well, that is ,I admit, kinda exaggerating since I myself am not cramming.
Actually, I should have said that I am now floating fairly freely and still,
despite the strong influx of those who love cramming in the last minute.
Still, I'm not swimming upstream.
That I have been burning the midnight oil,getting myself prepared for the exam
doesn't mean that I can just ease my weary bone on the comfortable chair,
while others have become the all-nighters,cramming texts as much as they can.
"He who stops stays behind," is still one of the proverbs that provides me strength,
enthusiasm and ambition during my hopeless,helpless and hapless period.
Irrelevant as it may seem, this proverb still play a great part in my self-discipline.
Whenever I feel like wasting my time, entertaining myself, or sleeping days and nights,
I would immediately detect the guilt that pops up unexpectedly.
Seriously, I'm not saying that I'm such a top-notch girl.
On the other hand, if it's not my dad, the coolest planner,
who keeps telling me to keep everything organized.
Well, I know that it should end like this but the 5-min period's up,
and I should now be getting something else done.
Gods bless me...
I'll keep my fingers crossed for myself,
Wish me the best luck of all...
Ha ha I'm such a big dork... ^^ November 28 Nth special...just changed the space song... เธอจะเลือกใคร - วารุณี สุนทรีสวัสดิ์
ฉันรู้ว่าเธอเหงา ตั้งแต่เขา นั้นจากไป
ฉันรู้เธอวุ่นวาย ต้องการใครสักคน คนที่คอยปลอบโยน ให้เหตุผล ช่วยผ่อนคลาย ช่วยเธอตัดสินใจ เขาไปเป็นอื่นแล้ว เธอก็ยัง ไม่เลิกรา ใจเธอคอยเรียกหา ยังลังเลร่ำไร ทั้งที่ยังมีฉัน คนที่รัก เธอมากมาย เธอกลับมองข้ามไป ใจดวงเดียว แต่มีสองทางเดิน เธอเลือกใคร ลองถามใจเธอดู ว่าเธอจะเลือกคน ที่เธอรัก หรือว่าเธอ จะเลือกคนที่เขา ยังรักเธอเสมอ ฉันเองอาจจะร้องไห้ คร่ำครวญเพราะเสียเธอ แต่อีกคนเขาคง ไม่แคร์ เขาไปเป็นอื่นแล้ว เธอก็ยัง ไม่เลิกรา ใจเธอคอยเรียกหา ยังลังเลร่ำไร ทั้งที่ยังมีฉัน คนที่รัก เธอมากมาย เธอกลับมองข้ามไป ใจดวงเดียว แต่มีสองทางเดิน เธอเลือกใคร ลองถามใจเธอดู ว่าเธอจะเลือกคน ที่เธอรัก หรือว่าเธอ จะเลือกคนที่เขา ยังรักเธอเสมอ ฉันเองอาจจะร้องไห้ คร่ำครวญเพราะเสียเธอ แต่อีกคนเขาคง ไม่แคร์... ง่ะ สองคนนี้ มาเม้นท์เร็วเกิน ยังไม่ได้เขียนเลย
ตอนแรก ที่เว้นว่างไว้ เพราะง่วงเลย ยังไม่เขียน
ก็กะจะเขียนเป็นภาษาอังกฤษตามปกติ
แต่ บล๊อกนี้ ขอแอบมีสาระนิดนึง
อยากให้คนบางคน ที่ไม่ชอบอ่านภาษาอังกฤษ ได้อ่านด้วย
ไม่ได้ มุ่งหมายให้ใครโดยตรง เพราะเพลงนี้ เป็นเพลงที่ ติด อยู่ในใจมาตลอดตั้งแต่เด็ก
หลายๆคน บอกว่า ความรัก กับ วัยรุ่น เป็นสิ่งที่มาคู่กัน
หยุดก่อน อย่าเพิ่งคิดว่า กำลังพูดถึงเรื่อง รักคนที่เค้ารักเราดีกว่า คนที่เรารัก
ไม่เกี่ยวกัน
จากตัวอย่างหลายๆอย่างที่เห็นมา ไม่ใช่ว่าเอาเรื่องของใคร มาเล่า แค่อยาก จะเรียกว่า เตือนสติ ตัวเอง และใครหลายๆคนเอาไว้
คือ เวลาคนมีความรัก ก็มักจะเหมือนกับไปอยู่ไหนมาก็ไม่รู้ ตัดขาดจากโลกภายนอก จากเพื่อนๆ หรือแม้แต่จากครอบครัว
แต่พอวันนึง ความรักครั้งนั้น หายไป คนที่เคยรัก เค้าไม่รักเราแล้ว
แล้วพวกเราทำอย่างไรกัน
บางคน กินไม่ได้ นอนไม่หลับ เรียนหนังสือไม่ได้
บางคน หนักกว่านั้น ทำร้ายตัวเอง อย่างนั้น อย่างนี้
แต่เคยย้อนกลับไปมอง คนที่เค้า "รักเรา" จริงๆ บ้างมั้ย
ว่า เวลาเค้าเห็นเราเป็นแบบนั้น เค้าจะรู้สึกอย่างไร
มัวแต่พร่ำเพ้อ ทำไมคนนั้น เค้าไม่รักเรา อย่างนั้นอย่างนี้
แล้วเราล่ะ ทำไม ไม่รัก "คนที่รักเราจริงๆ" บ้าง
เวลาเราทำร้ายตัวเอง เวลาเราเกิดภาวะจิตตก หดหู่ เคยหันไปมองมั้ย ว่า
คนที่รักเราน่ะ เค้าเจ็บกว่าเรามากเท่าไร
ตอนนั่งร้องไห้ น่ะ เห็นคนที่รักเราเค้านั่งน้ำตาซึมมั้ย
แค่อยากจะบอกว่า ทำอะไร คิดถึงคนที่ เค้ารักเรา บ้าง แค่นั้นแหละ
Even though never before have I experienced such this tragedy, I'd like to devote this blog to my beloved fam..
Ps.. Also, thanks Tone for providing me an mp3 file of this song.. ^^
November 15 ...How IP impacts on our everyday life?...Actually, I wrote this long time ago...
This is probably the first law issue I have ever written.
It took me the whole week to do a research about this Intellectual Property.
Even though, I had been studying fairly well about this topic
during my preparation for the scholarship interviews.
I had very little knowledge about the IP thing
relatively to when I already finished taking an Introduction to IP course online.
As far as I can see, even if people are now paying more heed to its importance,
there are manyl ppl who still do not understand or have a malbelief about it.
I thus made up my mind to put it on this blog,
so that it would be somehow educating for those who are barely educated about it.
Ps.. Please excuse me for some grammatical errors and also my poorly-arranged writing.
I spent too long on doing a research; therefore, I only had a half hour to write it na.
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How IP impacts on our everyday life? Many people misunderstand that Intellectual Property, IP,hardly involves with their life.
However, IP indeed plays an important role in our everyday life.
Frankly, I do acknowledge that IP impacts on my life
and their impacts can be categorized into two aspects:
advantages and disadvantages.
Advantageously, Intellectual Property not only provides economic rights to creators
but also encourages human creativity. Copyright, for instance, has won the creators wide recognitions
and offered them incentives to work hard, and it enables us to benefit through a greater access
to a wider variety of culture, knowledge and entertainment.
Patent helps economic developments by stimulating creativity in industry;
furthermore, it aids in promoting more innovative and aesthetically attractive products
and it enriches the total body of technical knowledge in the world as well.
The owners are also obliged to publicly disclose information on their inventions,
valuable information for other people like us.
Trademark, on the other hand, does not encourage creativity but helps us identify
and purchase products with confidence. Having noticed the familiar trademark on the label,
we are likely to buy that product with trust based on a product’s reputation
and quality indicated by its unique trademark.
On a contrary, Intellectual Property causes us many problems as well.
One of the obvious problems nowadays is the piracy.
Although the IP laws protect every piece of art, craft and music,
there are many illegal-imitated items being continuously made
and they are selling well thanks to their relatively low price.
According to the Economics theory, consumers tend to buy product of the same quality
that has a lower price. The copyright causes the price gap between the legal and illegal items,
and as a consumer, we are inclined to buy the cheaper one to make the best use of our money.
Little as it seems to have effect on us, Patent influences our life considerably.
As we know, Patent protects the inventions; it thus costs the manufacturers to pay more
for the patent engines. As these patent engines are part of producing processes,
the production costs grow higher. You probably wonder, “How does it affect us then?”
Well, when the production costs increase, the price of that product increases proportionally,
and so do our living expenses. Like copyright and patent, trademark also impacts on our way of life.
Supposing that in front of us lay two watches
-- one with a made-in-China trademark and the other with the Mido brand,
which one would you choose to buy? You would buy the Mido one of course,
because the Mido has long been famous for its durability.
We prefer to buy products with the familiar trademark no matter how costly they are,
and that is how trademark influences our life.
Although IP seems to cause higher living expenses by its protection to some products,
it also benefits us by providing us a more variety of culture,
general knowledge and facilities. Without it, there would not be as many aesthetical innovations
and inventions as we have nowadays
and we would be living with great inconvenience by now.
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