When people mention “success”, what will you think of? Some people consider wealth as a symbol of success because rich people can get what they want by money. However, some people think powerful people are successful because they can influence the policy and economy easily. Also, there are still some people who believe that being famous means success because it is a honor to be known all over the world. But I have different opinions from them. For me, success is that people are satisfied with their lives and reach their goals after trying hard.
Success is not related to the minds. Nowadays, people are eager to pursue money and power. They think if they have money and power, they can control things as they want. For them, to own things as much as they can is successful. However, they forget the feeling of happiness and the sense of achievement. I think success does not depend on how much people get but how happy they are. Although some people are not rich and powerful, they still lead successful lives. Why? Because they are contented with everything they have. They do what they want and enjoy it, and that is success.
I have heard a story about a poor old man, who is nearly seventy, and he doesn’t have any families to live with. As a result, he has to make money by washing dishes every day. Although he is not rich, he still tries to help the poor. He says that he believes some people need help more than he, so he wants to raise money for them. After knowing the story, I think he is a successful person. In some people’s views, he is poor and in a low status. He doesn’t have anything beautiful houses, expensive cars and any families to take care of him. However, he loves his life. He treasures it and feels satisfied with it. Most importantly, he does what he wants-- to help others, so he is a successful man for me.
Moreover, success also means people reach their goals after trying hard.If people can finish their works and be proud of them, it means “success.” Take me for example. I had a feeling of success when I was seventeen. At that time, we joined an English drama competition and everyone in my class should do her own work. I was responsible for making the properties and my best friend was the leader of the group. Therefore, both of us had to do most of the works. At first, we all thought it was easy; however, we had some difficulties as time went by. For instance, some of my group members never showed up and it made us spend more time doing the properties. In the end, we met a big problem. Because the properties were too heavy to stand on the stage, we had to find out a way to hold them. Finally, we solved the problem by sticking some paperboards on the properties. When I finished the works, I felt proud of myself. I spent a lot of time finishing my works and tried so hard to conquer many problems. For me, it was “success.”
I have read a book which explains the meaning of success. It says that “success is to do what you want and to be what you dream to be.” I totally agree with it because people can seldom do what they like, not to mention becoming what they dream to be. Therefore, if people can do that and enjoy their lives, it is easy to get the feeling of success.
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Friday, June 26, 2009
Corporal Punishment
Corporal punishment is an important issue which has been disputed by people for a long time. Until now, people still don’t reach a conclusion about it. Personally, I approve of corporal punishment. Although some experts claim that corporal punishment has bad influence on students, I believe that proper corporal punishment won’t hurt students but can help correct their behaviors.
Proper corporal punishment is not to hit or beat students when they make mistakes. Instead, teachers will use suitable ways to make students know that they are wrong, such as asking them to do more homework, jog for twenty minutes, or clean the classroom after class. This way, students can be punished without getting hurt. Nowadays, many people object to corporal punishment. They are afraid that teachers will punish students in a harmful way. Besides, after being reprimanded by teachers, students may feel ashamed before their classmates, and it will influence their personalities. However, I think they are all stereotypes. Take me for example. I
was once punished by my teacher because I ate cookies in the class. At that time, the teacher didn’t scold me in public. She asked me after class not to do it anymore, and punished me to clean the classroom. In that way, I didn’t get physical punishment but I understood my fault and corrected it. Therefore, corporal punishment does not always hurt students.
Corporal punishment is a good way to prevent students from behaving badly. If students make mistakes but no one punishes them, they will not think they do something wrong. By getting corporal punishment, it is easy for them to understand their fault and correct it. They will remember the experience of being punished and try not to make the same mistakes again. Besides, they can also have moral concepts.However, some people do not support this practice. They think it is not useful to teach students by punishing them. Instead, teachers should teach students by “telling” them how to improve it. It seems like a good way to teach students.
However, hey forget that some students don’t respect teachers. If they make mistakes and teachers just tell them they are wrong without any punishment, they do not really care about it. Only if they get corporal punishment will they try to correct their behaviors. Therefore, I think students who respect teachers can be taught without any corporal punishment, but the bad students should be taught by some proper punishment.
Moreover, corporal punishment is a very fast way to make students behave well. In Taiwan, there are almost forty students in a class. If one of the students is noisy and keeps talking during the class, it will disturb the other students. By punishing the student immediately, it can make him be quiet in a short time and do not influence the other students. For instance, my junior high school classmate, Tom, was very rude. During the class, He often kept saying something impolite to my classmates and teachers. As soon as he started to annoy the other classmates, theteacher always asked him to be quiet right away. However, it was not useful to make him behave well. As a result, the teacher had to punish him to stand in the back of the classroom so that he would not interrupt the others. Maybe some people insist that teachers should teach students with patient and love, but when my teacher taught Tom step by step, he would not behave himself instantly and the other students could not concentrate on the class. So I believe that corporal punishment can teach students in a fast way and also make the other good students be educated
without any disturbance.
To sum up, I think proper corporal punishment has three merits: to teach students without hurting them, to teach them effectively, and to correct their behaviors fast. By getting proper corporal punishment, students will not get hurt. Instead, it can push them to do well and learn faster than before.
Proper corporal punishment is not to hit or beat students when they make mistakes. Instead, teachers will use suitable ways to make students know that they are wrong, such as asking them to do more homework, jog for twenty minutes, or clean the classroom after class. This way, students can be punished without getting hurt. Nowadays, many people object to corporal punishment. They are afraid that teachers will punish students in a harmful way. Besides, after being reprimanded by teachers, students may feel ashamed before their classmates, and it will influence their personalities. However, I think they are all stereotypes. Take me for example. I
was once punished by my teacher because I ate cookies in the class. At that time, the teacher didn’t scold me in public. She asked me after class not to do it anymore, and punished me to clean the classroom. In that way, I didn’t get physical punishment but I understood my fault and corrected it. Therefore, corporal punishment does not always hurt students.
Corporal punishment is a good way to prevent students from behaving badly. If students make mistakes but no one punishes them, they will not think they do something wrong. By getting corporal punishment, it is easy for them to understand their fault and correct it. They will remember the experience of being punished and try not to make the same mistakes again. Besides, they can also have moral concepts.However, some people do not support this practice. They think it is not useful to teach students by punishing them. Instead, teachers should teach students by “telling” them how to improve it. It seems like a good way to teach students.
However, hey forget that some students don’t respect teachers. If they make mistakes and teachers just tell them they are wrong without any punishment, they do not really care about it. Only if they get corporal punishment will they try to correct their behaviors. Therefore, I think students who respect teachers can be taught without any corporal punishment, but the bad students should be taught by some proper punishment.
Moreover, corporal punishment is a very fast way to make students behave well. In Taiwan, there are almost forty students in a class. If one of the students is noisy and keeps talking during the class, it will disturb the other students. By punishing the student immediately, it can make him be quiet in a short time and do not influence the other students. For instance, my junior high school classmate, Tom, was very rude. During the class, He often kept saying something impolite to my classmates and teachers. As soon as he started to annoy the other classmates, theteacher always asked him to be quiet right away. However, it was not useful to make him behave well. As a result, the teacher had to punish him to stand in the back of the classroom so that he would not interrupt the others. Maybe some people insist that teachers should teach students with patient and love, but when my teacher taught Tom step by step, he would not behave himself instantly and the other students could not concentrate on the class. So I believe that corporal punishment can teach students in a fast way and also make the other good students be educated
without any disturbance.
To sum up, I think proper corporal punishment has three merits: to teach students without hurting them, to teach them effectively, and to correct their behaviors fast. By getting proper corporal punishment, students will not get hurt. Instead, it can push them to do well and learn faster than before.
A big meal in Tango
This Wednesday, I had a big meal with my lovely roommates in Tango hotal. We have heard that the cakes are very tasty and we all expect it for a long time. Besides, there are also some beef, vegetable rolls, and fries. They are very delicious!!!
We ordered a lot of special drinks. Some of them were good, but there are still some strange drinks...
We ate a lot of chocalate cakes and cheese cakes. It is true that women all like to eat cakes :)
In the end, we celebrated Claire's birthday. The special card was made by Cindy, and she said she would kill Claire if she did not treasure the card , ha ha ha....
We gave her a bag as the gift and she liked it very much.
We took a special and beautiful picture in the end, and said goodbye to this sememster :)
We are going to be juniors from next sememster.
Friday, June 19, 2009
20
I am twenty now!!! On Sunday, I went to a restaurant with my friends. The resaturant was decorated by many special and cute things, however, the meal was not delicious. While eating the meal, Cindy asked me to read a paper. When I opened it, I found that was a card made by her, and everyone started to sing Happy birthday song. At that time, I was touched and happy :)
They bought a white hat as my present. I liked it! Anyway, I thought I would be fine in the future because I had so many friends.
The final oral exam was very interesting. I liked oral class because my teacher, Shuan, was a very smart, cute, and patient teacher. She always encourages me to speak English although my English oral ability is very poor. I think I will not meet her very often in the future, but I will remember everything she has taught me. I will miss her.
Friday, June 12, 2009
A wonder trip :)
This Sunday, I went to a farm with many of my classmates. I got up very early because I was afraid of being late. The weather was good and hot, but we all expected that we would have a nice trip :)
After going on the bus, we started to sing many popular but old songs. It seemed that we all live in the old age, ha ha ha...... Because of singing, everyone was in the high spirit and thought time passed very soon. After two hours, we arrived the farm.
As soon as I went off the bus, what I thought was-" Oh my God, it was too hot!!!" But what I could do was to bear it. Oh, I did hate sunshine :(
When it was about 12 o'clock, we went to have BBQ. It was good to eat BBQ with my friends and we chatted a lot with each other.
In the end, we took many pictures with sunflowers. We were energetic !!!
Friday, June 05, 2009
A lesson
I cannot sleep well! Recently, I have a lot of homework to do, such as two research paper, an English test, Japanese oral test, novels, English literature...... I think I am almost crazy!!! Everyday I am afraid that I cannot do all things well, and it makes me nervous and tired. I want to relax!!! Anyway, summer vacation is coming, and I hope I could pass the exams...
Cindy and I explain to visit green island. At first, only she and me want to go trip together. However, if four people go to green island together, it would be cheaper. Therefore, I invited some of my classmates and it seemed that they were interested in the trip. Unluckily, they did not think about twice before they said they would like to go with us. After I reserved the room, some of them said that it was too expensive for them to afford it. At that time, I was not happy :( I had told them that how much would we spend and ask them to count it before they accepted my invitation, and they promised. However, they did not. I thought they were not responsible. Anyway, Cindy, Monica, and I would go to green island together. They are two of my best friends in the class, and I think we will have fun!!!
Cindy and I explain to visit green island. At first, only she and me want to go trip together. However, if four people go to green island together, it would be cheaper. Therefore, I invited some of my classmates and it seemed that they were interested in the trip. Unluckily, they did not think about twice before they said they would like to go with us. After I reserved the room, some of them said that it was too expensive for them to afford it. At that time, I was not happy :( I had told them that how much would we spend and ask them to count it before they accepted my invitation, and they promised. However, they did not. I thought they were not responsible. Anyway, Cindy, Monica, and I would go to green island together. They are two of my best friends in the class, and I think we will have fun!!!
Tuesday, June 02, 2009
Life
Last Monday, my friends and I celebrated Pauline's birthday. After attending English Literature's class, we sang birthday song for her and gave her a present. She liked it very much and appreciated our goodness.
On Wednessday, Monica and I went to an Italian restaurant. We enjoyed tasty meals and also talked a lot. I told her that I did not want to live with others because I thought I would quarrel with my room-mates. Both of us all agree that if people are too close to each other, they will have quarrels easily. Therefore, people should do some things by themselves instead of doing everythings with their friends. Sometimes people should enjoy being alone. As I as concerned, I like to talk with friends everyday, however, I also enjoy being alone at home. I always believe that it is impossible to keep in touch with friends forever. When people grow up, they may leave their hometown and seldom see their friends. Or if students graduate from school, it is easy to forget their friends because they don't meet each other anymore. I want to get used to being alone is because I know I can not keep in touch with my friends forever. There are too many reasons which will make us separate. Someday if they leave me or I leave them, I hope I would not cry and accept it peacefully. Cause it's life.
On Wednessday, Monica and I went to an Italian restaurant. We enjoyed tasty meals and also talked a lot. I told her that I did not want to live with others because I thought I would quarrel with my room-mates. Both of us all agree that if people are too close to each other, they will have quarrels easily. Therefore, people should do some things by themselves instead of doing everythings with their friends. Sometimes people should enjoy being alone. As I as concerned, I like to talk with friends everyday, however, I also enjoy being alone at home. I always believe that it is impossible to keep in touch with friends forever. When people grow up, they may leave their hometown and seldom see their friends. Or if students graduate from school, it is easy to forget their friends because they don't meet each other anymore. I want to get used to being alone is because I know I can not keep in touch with my friends forever. There are too many reasons which will make us separate. Someday if they leave me or I leave them, I hope I would not cry and accept it peacefully. Cause it's life.
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