2007년 6월 6일 수요일

Self Assessment (About debate)

What was easy for me?

I think memorizing my part is quite easy. I'm the last debater so I have enough time to memorize. My opinion and example is little bit long, but I prepared a lot so I can debate well.

What was difficult?

I think making example and find good reason for working mom is difficult. I agree with working mom but there are only some logic reason for them. So it is difficult to find reason and example.

What language concepts have I learned? (What did I learned?)

I learned debating is not one's work. We have to prepare our part and also prepare other part. It's hard working but this time's debate is good for me.

What points do I need to improve? (What do I need to improve?)

I have to listen well other part opinion. Firstly, I just busy for my opinion because my opinion is little bit weak and there are really few examples. But, I realize listening is really important.

2007년 5월 29일 화요일

EXPEDITION1 : page97

1. When was the last earthquake of a similar size?

The size was similar as 23,000 Hiroshima atomic bomb.

2. How many countries did the resulting tsunami affect and how many people died?

Due to tsunami 200,000 people died in 11 countries.

3. What prevented the seismic station on Java from issuing a warning?

The lack of telephone line is the reason that seismic station on Java can't issuing a warning.

4. What reason did the Thai official give for not issuing a warning?

They think if they issued a warning, business would be instantaneously affected.

5. How were the people of Nallavadu saved?

They were saved by one phone call from a family member employed in Singapore.

6. How did the Onde tribe of Little Andaman predict the tsunami?

There is spoken tradition "Huge shaking of the ground followed by high wall of water." so they can predict.

7. What suggests that animals sensed the oncoming tsunami?

Animals move to higher ground.

8. Why did the Japanese tourist know what to do?

They already familiar with tsunamis, so they can raise alarm when they saw tell-tale sign.

9. Why did Tilly Smith scream and alert those around her?

She wants to prompt her family and others nearby to retreat to the safety of their hotel.

2007년 5월 21일 월요일

1. Only mom has obligation to care children? Dad also has obligation. Only mom has to give up her job or dream because of her babies? Dad can help her to continue her job. Of course mom's love is important but mom doesn't work all day long. Besides, these days some offices have a day nursery so she can care her baby or children while she works. If mom has a lot of work so she is busy, dad can care his baby. Baby needs sufficient dad's love no less than mom's sufficient love.

2. Though one of parents works hardly, it's not the thing which the other must care the partner comfortable. Mom is not a comfort woman. Is she same with comfort women under the rule of Japanese imperialism? Mom is a human who has a dream. She has a right to do self realization. Mom and dad can care each other enough after theri own work. Moreover, working circumstance has been better, people don't work always. So mom can have time with family making good atmosphere.

3. The idea that 'Working mom is hurting health' is too weak basis. Every working mom is not overworking. It depends on her ability, so it doesn't harm all people. A proper amount of working is good for mental health. In that basis, husband can overwork, so he must not go working. House keeping is hard work. If you worry about mom's health, it is better that working together for a living and also house keeping must do together. Working properly and having medical examination regularly will be help to working people and their family.

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1. It's good for mother because she can do self realization.
→ Mrs. hong is a high school teacher and also two children's mom. Her major is education of social study, so she teaches social study at school. She is proud of her job and loves her students.
After school, she cares her children very well.

2. It's good for mom's financial independency. It's important because when her husband become incompentence, she can support their family.
→ On the real TV documentary, husband suddenly wants divorce because of another woman. But he gives consolation money a little. His wife didn't have financial independence. What is worse, her children want to live with her, but she can't support them.

3. It's good for family because it can help financial stabilization.
→ Mom's friend's husband fails business suddenly. But his wife just stay-at-home mom. So, his family face financial problem. His children can't go university.

2007년 5월 15일 화요일

EXPEDITION1 : page84

1. Give a couple of reasons why women should maintain financial independence.

Women without their own assets are in danger of losing their financial support from separation, divorce, death, or their partners's loss of employment. They are also in danger of losing the financial support of their children.

2. What is considered selfish now? Why?

Many people consider it selfish to have children without the job skills necessary to support them. If mother doesn't have ability to raise her children, people think she just thinks only herself because she can't care her children.

3. What do women feel guilty about when they pursue their carrers? Why?

If she works, she worries that she should be at home with her children. Actually, mother has a responsibility to care her children, but if mother working outside, she can't care her children well.

4. Describe some of the responsibilities the stay-at-home mother has.

She has responsibility of shaping their future, running home and providing more fulfillment and satisfaction than most.

5. Who benefits from the stay-at-home mother staying at home?

Staying at home benefits children and whole family immeasurably. Staying at home is good for her husband, her daughters, her society, and for her.

6. What does the stay-at-home mother consider a sense of accomplishment?

Stay-at-home mother considers a sense of accomplishment that raising their children not to be latchkey-kids.

EXPEDITION1 : page85

WORK

1. It is good for mother because she can do self realization.
If she just stay at home, she just care her babies and husband. She can't do what she really want because of her babies and husband. If she working outside, she can do self realization because she has a freedom from her babies and husband.

2. It is good for herself because she can get equal status with her husband.
Some husbands don't know how hard house keeping is. So, they ignore their wives. If, women work outside, they know how hard work is, so they understand their wives and approve equal status.

3. It is good for family because it can help financial stabilization.
These days, the prices are very expensive, so if husband is only working man in house, their house maybe facing financial problem. If, husband and wife working together, they can manage their financial problem.

4. It is good for mom's financial independency. It is important because when her husband became incompetence, she can support their family.
Nowadays, unemployment is very big and serious problem. So, there's an ability that husband become unemployed person someday. Women have to prepare that situation, so she'd better working outside.

5. To lighten your husband's burden.
If husband only working man in house, maybe he has a lot of obiligations because of money. These days, earning money is really hard. If women just stay at home, husband's burden maybe bigger and bigger.

6. It is good for children because they can take a good example from mom.
Children will be adults. Some children think their mother and father as a role model. If father is working and mother just stay at home and just care babies, they think their mother is incompetence person.

HOME

1. Mom has obiligation that care her children. Her children is baby. Baby's time is important. Baby forms their personality in that times. They have to ger mom's love sufficiently.

2. Parents have responsibility of their family atmosphere. One of parents is so busy and tired from work. The other care their partner comfortable.

3. She keeps herself from overwork and hurting health.

2007년 5월 13일 일요일

Seoul Project- ITAEWON

Our group went to Itaewon. We took a picture in front of the mark 'public office of Itaewon 1 dong'. 유선민 explores about US military base and embassies. 김수지 explores about foreign restaurant. 이정원 explores about Itaewon market. 선우효은 explores about Imitation market.

There are US military base and a lot of embassies in Itaewon. We saw some foreign embassies, but we can't take a picture. There is a police man and he obstructs us to take a picture. So, we just see map of embassies on the road. We also saw military base. I took a picture in front of there. It is a very bic place. Because of these two things, there are many foreign people in Itaewon. We went there early morning, so we can't see a lot, but we saw some foreigners.

There are many foreigners in Itaewon. Because there are US military base and lots of foreign embassies. So there are various restaurants for foreigners from many countries. We saw Chinese restaurant, American steak restaurant, Japanese restaurant. But we can see these places anywhere in Korea. We found somewhere special. It was Pakistan & India restaurant. I took a photo in front of there. I want to eat special food in there next time.

Between fasionable people, Itaewon is a must shopping center for them. Why they prefer Itaewon? It is the reason why there are many unique and exoticism style clothes and price is low. When we ask to fasionable people that where they shopping, they don't hesitate and say" Itaewon". But when we arrive at Itaewon, there are all exoticism signboard and they treat foreigners. We don't know what shall we do. But we walk Itaewon's streat carefully, can find fasionable girls get out from an inlet, there is Itaewon market. Dongdaemoon's shopping rounge is cover a wide range, but Itaewon's is centered to Itaewon market. The exterior of a building is not good but inside, there are many cheap and polishing clothes.

We went Itaewon and we saw Itaewon Market. There was many goods like bag, cloth, accessories and etc . And these are almost imitation. So we call these market 'Imitation Market'. 'Imitation Market' maybe satarted at Korea most lively and now many countries have these market and people like these. In these market, we can saw louisvuitton's imitation bag. The price was much cheaper than it's real price. Nowadays, imitation market is growing much, so it is hard to distinguish the real goods and the imitation. This side of 'Imitation Market' looks attractive for many people who come to Itaewon, so it can be loved by many people.

2007년 5월 12일 토요일

EXPEDITION1 : page77

Graph 1 is negative graph, because Y axis range is wide so it doesn't show increase. Whereas, Graph 2 is positive graph, because it just shows very big increase. Graph 3 is balanced graph. It's Y axis range is proper. It shows both negative and positive aspects.