Saturday, May 24, 2008

My research project

Congratulation!!!! I have finished my research paper on time at the end .. I can't believe it.. Even I never did the research paper in my language before.. Although it is very hard to start, the reference also let me fell frustrated. In china, we needn't write the references, also, I need find it again from the sources. Moreover, organize the information was very hard for me,because I have too much information. I didn't know which one I should focus on.. Anyway,I am very happy I can finish it, I know it is not the best one in the Class,, but I have won myself, also I have learned a lot from this unforgettable experience..I am proud of myself

On Tuesday, I have finished my presentation... I felt so relax ... during these days,,I dream of yoga, live with yoga, eating with yoga ... it was crazy ... but i like it .. At beginning time.. I go to yoga class because of this project.. but after few classes,, I really love it ... But in the presentation ,, I should find some yoga music ... it is really relax .. Before the presentation,, I feel so nervous ,, because I am a person who want do everything in perfect ... Actually ,, this kind of personality has both side .. In positive way, it can push me work so hard ,,, In negative way ,, it will make always feel worry, nervous ... Anyway,, this is my personality, I have to learn how to live with them ..
However, I have did my best , I think everyone tried their best..
Finally , I want to appreciate Marley and Sandra .. you help me a lot . ...

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Fashion show--- my dream

Population

Population is a hot topic in the world. Industrial countries lack of population, developing countries over population . It become two extremist, population can't be balanced. In my opinion, I am pessimistic about the future in terms of population. Because of two reasons. The first one is people in industrial country don't want to have baby early. They have high pressure from society to push them work and work. In industrial countries, they have good economic, high consume, strong competitors, people always consider about the money first. Hence, they have no time to look after the baby and they can't afford the huge amount of money. I suppose people will more busy in the future because of economical development, also the role of woman have changed a lot. Children is not their only life anymore, they have begun had many other interests. The second reason is population in developing country still grow up. Even many developing countries have had some policies to control the population. For example, the one child policy in China, each family just can have one children. But still have many people keep birthing. Actually, no body have right to stop a new life coming to the world, but reality is cruel. Even the situation has much better than before, but the number of population still rise.
Anyway, though balance population in the world is a tough task and need a really long process, we still should to do something to prevent a scare consequence. Every people has responsibility. Also, government play a very important role. We should work together.

Monday, May 12, 2008

Public lecture

Summary of public lecture Ivy
We went to the lecture “Dose public education benefit public” on April 29. It held in a coffee shop.
The speaker named Noel Burke. He is the Dean of school of extended learning. He used and worked with public education system for 55 years. Also, he used to study in England. He found that the public education system is very different from Montreal. He has done a lot of researches on this topic, so he gave us a wonderful lecture.
Firstly, I would like to talk about the thesis of the speaker. Noel Burk presented his idea about how people participate in public education so that they can improve it. There were two accepts. One was the role of policy; another was the role of school.
Secondly, I would like to give some critiques. Noel Burk is a really good speaker. He spoke in expressive way and normal pacing. He had a good organization so that we can understand well. Also, he talked about his personal experiences, so we didn’t feel bored. Moreover, audiences had different backgrounds. Some of them are educators, some of them are retired principles, and some of them are parents. Everyone listened carefully and involved in the topic. An addition, the question period lasted one hour. It sounds like very long, but it was very interesting and useful. We got much more information in the question period. Anyway, this lecture was very nice. It was very deferent from others. It held in the coffee shop and in conversational style. There are more interaction between speaker and audience. Everyone asked questions, discussed questions and gave comments. We didn’t feel be isolated from other people.
Finally, I would like to give the summary of the lecture. The lecture started with the background of the public education. Noel Burk pointed out the public education system always change because they need adopt our society. In the past, everyone studied at home. Nowadays, everyone is studying at school. It has been created a good environment that has more social contact with each other. Also, there is more and more people began to pay attention on public education system. We have realized that learning from experiences is more important than learning from books. We should have our own ideas instead of just accepting what teacher gave us. Skills what we learned from school should be used in our rest of life. Moreover, from what I have understood, he pointed out two important things which are needed to improve our public education system. The first one was public education should let everyone see that what they are doing, because parents want to know everything about their children in the school. The second one is the partnership of public education system. Parents, teachers and leaders have to work together. Otherwise public education system won’t work well. The relationship between them shouldn’t be conflict.
In conclusion, although we can’t understand everything about the content, we got a new experience from this lecture.


Tuesday, May 6, 2008