Monday, July 21, 2008

Abortion Bind And Gender Imbalances

In (2008) article entitled “Abortion Bind And Gender Imbalances,” Yale global points out that government gives women right to legal induced abortion, but it is used for sex-selective abortion, which causes gender imbalance. First of all he states that sex ratio changes a lot because many couples use ultrasounds to choose the sex of their children in India and China. The number of boys is much higher than that of girls. Next, he claims that the government uses a policy to limit sex- selective abortions, but it is reason of cultural beliefs. Third, he points out that the gender imbalances will make a lot of men become bachelors. The more bachelors they have, the more crime will happen. In the end, he points out that the sex- selective abortion also causes gender bias, which means people use new technology to choose boys.

It’s clear that sex- selective abortion is very common in India and China, which breaks crude birth discipline and causes gender imbalance. However, the couples who got higher education also would like to use ultrasound to choose their babies. Also the gender imbalance affects Americans. Furthermore, Many Chinese and Indian immigrant communities contribute to local economic development, but also bring some older tradition like problem for sons to continue the family name and bloodline.

First, the India and Chinese governments should let their people know that gender imbalance is a big problem right now; every person should have responsibility. The government can use media to promulgate that information. People should know if they have too many boys their sons will become bachelors in the future, which is very close to their life. Parents should know there are not enough resources for their children so the less children they have, the more survival opportunity their babies will get. The government should have a better social welfare, which will help their people accept their advice.

Second, the people who got higher education accept new things more easily. The government should limit of how many children each couple can have. Also, government should forbid hospital use of ultrasounds to help parents’ choose the sex of their babies. The people who are higher educated should know gender can not stand the achievement people have. The most important thing is whether this person tries his/her best to do something. Although some companies give different treatment to men and women, it will change in the future. There is no difference between men and women.

Third, there is a number of India and Chinese immigrants who are staying in the U.S. The groups of them become bigger and bigger; I believe that one day the number of the Indian and Chinese immigrant communities will be equal to the number of local people in U.S. Furthermore, the American government should take some actions to avoid away from gender imbalance, because India and Chinese immigrants want boys. Government should limit hospitals from helping people abort and do ultrasounds. Also, the U.S. should give people some good advice to forget some bad and older tradition.

In conclusion, the sex-selection is very bad for gender balance. Government and society should work together to change people’s mind about the old culture. Every person should have the responsible to their country and their children’s future.


References
Delivery Status (2008, July 15). Abortion Bind And Gender imbalance. Retrieved July 12, 2008, from Lexis-Nexis.

Monday, July 14, 2008

India must meet new demographic challenge

In Hanada’s (2007) article, “India must meet new demographic challenge”, he points out that India has 1 billion people, so there was an interview for talking about population in India. These are three stages that will affect population growth changing; death and birth rates, good medical breakthrough and investment in health and education: economic and social development; the empowerment of women; and acceptance and availability of contraceptives. Second, he points out the reason why family planning didn’t success was that there were some cultural roots and gender selection. Third, he points out that age structure is more important than the size of the population. Also India is a new country; large population causes social problems, such as health systems and security. However more training and education and being careful of HIV or AIDS are most important for young people.
I agree with the reasons that population growth is changing. People should change the root which causes gender imbalance. Although age structure in India is very low, people should send their children to school. Therefore, India just has a large number of young people, but they do not have knowledge; their economy cannot develop. HIV and AIDS is a big killer for young people, so the government and society should work together far away from them.
First of all, people should change the root, which causes gender imbalance. Some roots are not right, which we should forget. For example, the idea that boy is better than a girl, or that near relative marriage is better. Men and women are the same; they can do the same job, play the same sports and work together. Government has a social security right now so parents do not need to be cared of their children. However, it always happens in some LDC’s because they need more hands to grow corn. The government should give some preferential treatment to encourage poor people to develop their local economy.
Next, although India has a low age structure, it is like a double-edged sword. It is easier for young people to do stupid things. Government should give young people something to do, give them good education and teach them some useful skill. If they have something to do, they will not have enough time to break rules. I think education can change people’s behavior and teach them how to contribute to their country. Furthermore, technology can make economy grow faster and faster, which makes a country more powerful.
Finally, it’s clearly that HIV and AIDS is the first killer for young people. I think most people do not watch out for it. Maybe they think it is far from them. The government should let young people watch some videos or give some speech, which helps them know how important it is. HIV and AIDS does not just happen around young people, it’s a social problem. I think parents should limit their children’s going to clubs or some dangerous place alone. Some entertainment places should limit young children from coming in.
In conclusion, we should change our roots and forget some bad cultures. Government should give young people some chance to work or have opportunity for studying. Government should forbid young people from going to some entertainment places and society should give them a good environment.

References
Hanada, Y.oshio (2007, February 10). India must meet new demographic challenge.
The Daily Yomiuri. Retrieved July 7, 2008, from Lexis-Nexis.

Monday, July 7, 2008

Gender imbalance a threat to stability

In Kontominas’s (2007) article entitled “ Gender imbalance a threat to stability,” he points out that Asian women are at risk because of the gender imbalance. First of all she states that sex trafficking and violence are around women because the number of adult women are outweighed by that of men. Next, she claims that people in China, India, Nepal and Vietnam prefer a son to a girl so they use sex selection to chose which baby they want. Sex selection causes gender imbalance, so it should be prohibited. Third, he points out that just closer regulation of foetal-scanning services does not work very well. People should change their minds to increase the value of women and protect women’s rights.
First, sex trafficking and violence against are very common in Asia countries. I think government should use laws to protect women’s rights. By the way, people need to know laws and know how to use laws to strengthen their rights. The people in Asia cannot take education for each person so they don’t know laws either. Furthermore, the best way is improve people’s quality of behaviors, people should know how to treat people very kindly and respect others’ rights. Therefore, the violence will be reduced and women will feel safety in their normal life.

Second, sex selection is technology that is used in bad way. The baby is innocent; parents cannot decide whether they want it or not. 10 years ago, most Chinese people thought son was better because more boys meant more hands can help. Furthermore, some people think children can take care of them when they are old. I think the reason is low education and poorly. If people have enough food to eat, they will not care whether is a girl or son. The government should develop their economy and widespread education.

Finally, closing regulation of foetal-scanning services does not work very well. Protect women’ rights requires to changing people’s value of women. Men and women are equal; men cannot use violence because they are stronger than women. Government should use media to improve social moral standards. For example, if people see a guy is hitting a woman, they should prevent it. Women also can build organizations to protect their rights by themselves. People should know women are most important for society; they have the same value as men do.

In conclusion, if people get high education and have improved social moral standards, sex trafficking and violence against women will disappeared one day. In fact, the gender imbalance is in Asia because people are very poor and most cannot feed themselves. Government should use laws and media to change civic behaviors.

Wednesday, July 2, 2008

Travel

The oil price becomes higher and higher because resources are very poor. Oil is the first energy right now, so it limits business developing. This is a big problem that is close to us. We drive our car to go to work, go to school and go shopping. We cannot live without cars. Also a car needs to drink oil every day. On the other hand, if the oil price gets much higher, we should pay more money for feeding our car. For example, our income is $500 per month; my car needs 30 gallon per month. The oil price is $4 per gallon, so my oil fee is $120 per month. If the oil price gets higher by $1, I should pay $30 more. It’s a big deal for me. I will think that I should sell my car and buy a bicycle. People same as me may go out by bus or on foot. Driving car is very convenient and fast, so our living steps will become more slow. I will leave my house much earlier; it means I lose 20 minutes for sleeping. It’s also a big problem for me, because I should hold many bags in my hands.

Thursday, May 1, 2008

Video game

According to "f," WILLIAN (2000), " In 1974 Atari employees Bob Brown and Harold Lee propose a home version of 'pong’, able to be hooked up to any tv set. In 1975 they cut a deal to sell the system under the Sears tele-games label. The order was for 150,000 units. Bushnell has nowhere near the facilities to produce that many in the time sears wants them, so he taps a venture capitalist for a $10 million line-of-credit to expand."(p. 7). Since 1949, people have designed video games. In the beginning, video games were very simple, but they needed a big machine. Nobody wanted to play them. In 1971, Nolan Bushnell was developed, but it did not sell well. In 1974 Kee games designed 'tank', which was the most successful and popular game in the world. After that, video games became more and more popular. In those days, more and more people are playing video games, and there were some problems came out. Video games are very bad for people's health. We should stop playing the violent video games because it will abet people in crime. We should stop playing video games too much, especially for children; heavy video game use by kids will slow brain development. We should stop playing games because it’s like drugs; more and more people are addicted to video games right now.
In "Computer and video game history," Mary Bellis states, "In 1952, Douglas wrote his PhD degree at the University of Ambridge on human computer interaction. Douglas created the first graphical computer game- a version of Tic- Tac - Toe" (para. 1). Willian Higinbotham designed the first video game in 1958 that was called "Tennis for Two," in 1962, Steve Russell created Spaceward, which was the first game played on computer. In 1967, Ralph Bear designed Chase, which was the first video game played on television. In 1971, Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney wrote the first arcade game. In 1972, they started to design Atari computers. In 1975, Atari re-released Pong, which came out in people's life. In 1976, Channel F was created and it was one of the first games that used electronic systems. In 1980, Atari designed "Asteroids" and "Lunar Lander," which were the first two video games that were published in the Copyright office.
First, we shouldn’t play the violent video games. In "Game over for China's net addicts" the author states,” ‘the effects are the same,’ Tao said. 'Some addicts drop out of school, some mug people for money, steal and sell their families' things to keep playing games. Some end up killing themselves because they feel life has no point’. Addiction to the Internet is blamed for most juvenile crime in China, a number of suicides, and deaths from exhaustion by players unable to tear themselves away from marathon game sessions"(2007, para. 18). Video games encourage people to break the law and try what they play in violent games. They think they can get money from people who are not stronger than them. In the games, players can kill different people who have low level or bad equipment. In the game, there are no rules. People just look at who is at high level or strong. In "Violent video games cited as bad gifts for kids" the author states (2004) "publish standards for marketing video games that encourage or reward players for performing acts of violence and brutality, and that depict images demeaning to women and minorities; place M-rated games in a location separate from other games in stores; post signage describing the video games ratings systems; and evaluate and report on their enforcement and compliance programs of policies to prevent minors from purchasing violent video games…"(Para. 8). It mean the violent video games can affect your life habits, You will use same feeling to think about people and tings that happen in your life. You will use same way to solve that problem too. The violent video games are like minors, it let juvenile crimes easy to happen in normal life. Especially for young people, they do not have good personal control ability. They are easy to accept some new things, but they cannot separate bad and good things. It is easy try to break laws because of an impulse.
Second, we should stop playing video games because heavy video game use by kids will slow brain development. In "Heavy Video Game Use by Kids May slow Brain Development" the author states, “Is a task such as the Kraepelin test a fair comparison? I believe that it is more than fair. Adding single digit numbers is a very mundane task that does not sound like it would require much of the brain. If video games use even less of the brain than the simple task of adding single digit numbers, then imagine how much less of the brain that they use than more complex activities such as socially interacting with peers. Frontal lobe development is necessary for learning to control behavior, as well as for developing memory, emotion and learning.” It means when children play video games; they just use their eyes to look at changing in TV screen and listen to songs. They don’t need to use their brain to think, remember or have emotion. Most of time brain doesn’t work or just works in a small area. . If you don’t let your brain be active, your behavior will be affected by what you play. In “Heavy Video Game Use by Kids May slow Brain Development” the author states “He appears convinced that children who play computer and video games excessively will not develop their frontal lobes and may be more prone to act more violently as they grow up. His research findings bolster earlier findings that violent video games contribute to violent behavior.” (2001, papa. 5). Many video games have violent now, if children play too much of those games, their behavior will become violent and irascible. They will not have a mellow attitude to solve problems, only violence. It is the most important time to stop playing computer games.
Third, we should stop playing games because it is like drug, more and more people are addicted to video games right now. "At the end of 2006, China had 137 million Internet users, an increase of 23.4 percent from the previous year. Of users under 18, an estimated 13 percent -- or 2.3 million -- are Internet addicts, according to a 2006 study by the China National Children's Centre."(2007, Para. 13) More and more young people are addicted to Internet games in China right now. A number of juvenile crimes are also caused by Internet games. Some violent games affect people’s minds and become a real killer. Internet games are like alcoholism and drugs. Most young people lose their dream and want to kill themselves. The online games are like alcoholism and drugs. They give people a virtual place to do what they want. They will kill other players and not need go to jail. They come to love to play this game all day. If they don’t have money to pay for the game, they will steal things to sell or rob people. A number of juvenile crimes are also caused by Internet games so we should help them and keep them away from games. If people play a lot of violent games, they want to try it in real life. Maybe they will kill people just for their cyber swords or virtual money. They become crazy and adapt to breaking the law, especially if they don’t have enough money to play games. In "Game over for China's net addicts" (2007), the author states "With education perceived by many parents as the only means of advancement in an ultra-competitive society of 1.3 billion people, some lock their children up to study and ask teachers to assign them extra homework.” (para. 27) That means the parental pressure is also useful to help children break Internet addiction. The children live in society so family, school and government should get together to help children break video addiction.
In conclusion, these days, every child plays video games and computer games at home; they take much time playing games. Their life is the game. They do not use their brain as usual, they do not study or do some exercise. They will become sick and slow. Many violent games are very dangerous, which will encourage children to commit crime and change their behavior. Government should use laws to limit violent games and Internet bars. Parents should help their children to pick good video games to play and limit their time. Children should go outside to do some exercise and hang out friends, not play games the whole day. It’s not that video games are bad; some games can also improve your health. In “Computer Games Are Good For Your Health” the author states “ At the same time, WVU monitored health indicators throughout the period, including weight, blood pressure, body mass index, arterial function, fitness levels and attitudes towards exercise.”(2007. Papa. 3) We should balance our time and choose a good video game to play.
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Mcdonald’s

Mcdonald is one of the most populate restaurants in the world. Although it becomes successful company, it hurt many people in the world. When you see the golden arches, you’re probably on the road to the pearly gates. (Castelli,1998). Mcdonald help people save time, but make people become fatter and fatter. Mcdonald has made American people become super fat country in the world. That is very bad for our health. If when you become fat, many diseases are waiting for you, such as high blood pressure and heart disease. Mcdonald always use green washing to misleading customers. McDonald’s advertising has been misleading regarding its fat content. (Barnard,1993). The first healthy killer in US is heart disease that is caused by fat. I don’t like Mcdonald.
Mcdonald’s is one of the most famous restaurants in the world. Mcdonald’s are successful because management can catch customers’ heart. They use low price, best taste and small gifts to compete in the market. We provide food that customers love, day after day after day.people just want more of it. (Kroc, 1995). McDonald is the first fast food restaurant in the world and also it speeds up American economic speed. It grow up with American, it supports a lot of working places for teenagers. It’s no secret that the majority of college students don’t know how to make their own food, or it could be that they are simply too lazy, but one way or the other, there is always good restaurant. (Dangling, 2008). McDonald is a normal restaurant, people like it.

CESL

I have studied CESL for 6 months. I think CESL is a good place to study English because teachers are very kind and classmates are friendly. It is unbelievable that all of the world people together to study. We have different culture and different background, but we can exchange our opinions with English. CESL likes a big family. There are no age difference and sex difference. There is saying in China: if you meet a friend, you are the luck dog. We come from the whole world so we should treasure our friendship. I also have some advices for CESL. The first one is CESL can organize more activities for traveling. The second one is CESL should give us more Toefl classes per week. The third one is teachers should give more help to shy people and let them try to talk. I think traveling is a best way to make people relax and know each other. Traveling also improve our knowledge of American cultural. I think we should have more Toefl classes because we come to CESL is we want to improve our English skills and study in USA. Toefl is one required that we come to university in USA. We should do more Toefl practices. I think many students are the first time to USA so they are too shy to speak English. CESL teachers should give them more encourage. I think they are very helpful to CESL.