BLOG 4.4: About My CATW Exam...

Today, when i came to the class, I got confused that Thursday exam is the final exam for only the ENG099 class or the real CATW exam in order to get out of this class. So I got nervous at first. Then when Prof. explained about the exam, I realized that that will be the final CATW. He let us know about the important things such as must respond to reading's ideas, must have a claim and so on. To be honest, I feel a little bit afraid not to pass the exam. But I myself also know I need to change that attitude. So, I made up my mind that I am going to pass it because I knew the rule of the writing and I did well all of the CATW test that Prof. gave us. So I am going to try my best on coming Thursday in order to pass CATW that is one of the obstacles to move on to enter into the college program.

BLOG 4.2: CAT # 6: Is Google Making Us Stupid?

         
   I believe that nowadays, Google makes people distracted in doing their work because people can get any information very easily and quickly. The more people use the Google, the less they are intellectual and use their brains.
            In the article named “ The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains” written by Nicholas Carr, the main idea of that passage is that using Google all the time causes the people to be distracted in addition to lack of being calm and concentration on what they are doing or thinking deeply. The author mentions that it wouldn’t call people are smart if they search many information quickly, but it would call they are if they think very deeply about that information. The author also states that if people are always texting, surfing and Googling, they’ll never have a deep think. Then what else is said in the passage is that Google is providing people all precious information, on the other hand, it makes them think superficially.
            It is absolutely true that Google makes me distracted in doing my schoolwork. For example, in my country, although I could not be able to use the net very easily, I used to research what I want to know by using my brain and find out what I want to learn difficultly. As a result, I did everything very well especially my schoolwork because I put all my concentration on only the thing that I focused on. I myself knew that it’s my real abilities and everything I did was valuable. Doing one thing eagerly is better than doing multi-taking at the time. When I came to the State, researching and finding out information in a school are very easy for me because all information are put in the net as well as we can Google that information in an easy way. But I develop my mind less than before and I feel myself I am always distracted. Every time when I sat in front of the computer for study, I always did surfing and Googling instead of doing my schoolwork. It doesn’t work at all if we do the schoolwork and the Googling at the same time.
            Nowadays, people regard themself as if they know most of the thing. In fact, they are not aware that they entirely rely on the Google. In work, they find most of the information from Google if a boss asks them to do. In school, not only do students always find articles for their essays, but they also copy them without thinking deeply. Eventually, people forget to use their brain intelluctually and wisely. Without Google, we cannot imagine our life is going to be. Google seems to be a very important part of a human's life. Why does it happen like that?
Because human is a kind of creature that are lazy sometimes and follow an easy way instead of thinking or doing difficultly, our brains are no longer smarter or sharper than it used to be.

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Practice CAT # 5

          I believe that nowadays, the technologies such as the internet, cell phones and so on run in many good ways for children because it is really obvious that they can save their precious time, improve faster than others, make them easy for doing duties, use as learning tools and be globalized.
          In this article in "Rewired: Understanding the iGeneration and the Way They Learn" written by Larry Rosen, Ph.D., the main idea of the author is that using technology effectively on the children schoolwork and understanding and giving some guidelines for their health help them improve. The author also states that children spend a day by joining friends by social networks, text messaging and so on. Moreover, parents should not refuse children to use the technologies that make them grow and improve.
          I would say technologies play in many different roles in this age especially for the iGeneration. Basically, a child who lives in a country that has lots of high-tech cannot know the differences very well. So, some children don't know how to value the high-tech. My country, Burma, is a developing country without good internet, subway, cheap cell phone. Even not only couldn't computer students use the internet at colleges but also none of the computer was good to use. For example, professors in colleges teach the basic Microsoft office such as Microsoft Word or Excel and so on without using computers. Then it is very ridiculous that students have to take those exam by hand-writing on exam papers. Moreover, there is no social life or networks for children in the internet. They always find lots of difficulties to learn what they want or read because of lacking technologies. Their improvement is literally slower than others' in developed countries.
          Compared with that country, children in developed countries have a lot of chance to use technology as much as they can in order to improve more. Using technologies effectively, children can save their time, my first reason and spend the time that they save doing other stuffs as well. For instance, if a child need to do three things in one day including go shopping, making inquiry about one category and studying, he would save a lot of time by using the internet or the phone to order some food and to find out what he wants to know. So, he could do three things in one day for the reason of technologies. On the other hand, he could be faster than others who couldn't use the internet and the phone.
           Then, children use the internet as learning tools to make their school work more efficiently. For example, they can research the articles what they want, present their power-point presentation with a projector and learn other language pronunciations on online. In addition, nowadays, children can aware of everything around the world to get more knowledge by using the internet.
           Eventually, children can do their social life with high-tech such as they can keep in touch with their friends, relatives who live far away from their house. It is required in a part of their life as a social issue. When they are always busy with their schoolwork and studying and don't have time to go out with some friends, social networking is one of the medicines that can release some of their loneliness and study stress.          
           No doubt technologies are very important in children's lives due to above reasons. I would agree with the author saying that there are side effects of using technologies ineffectively such as causing health problems. But it would be more efficient if children use technologies in good ways and parents understand them and give some advices that how to take care of their health successfully.

CLASS BLOG: Blog 13: How to do One Thing at a Time

CLASS BLOG: Blog 13: How to do One Thing at a Time: " In the passage 'How to do one thing at a Time' by Nancy Jones, Nancy explains that in this century and generation multi-tasking..."

This essay has a clear explaination of the article and summary. What the author needs is a specific claim, clear word choice and the usage of grammar.

Summary Paragraph 4: Family Farms

           Family farms have been replaced by factory farms since 1930s. They produce more food at a lower cost. Do u think industrial agriculture is better than family farms? In fact, food production can affect our health, our environment and our communities. Having family farms also make green space within our environment. Moreover, our family farms are very important because not only they can supply healthy, fresh, nutritious, high-quality foods but also they play a vital role in rural economies. family farmers also help support tiny businesses by buying stuffs and services within their communities. Family farmers help to have an important connection between customers, their food, and the land. We can join the organizations that support family farms to get back our rural America.

Summary Paragraph 3: The Meatrix II 1/2

        The main idea of this film is about the negative things of dairy factories. Baiscally, the workplaces are very dangerous for workers who are paid low income but work in a very unsafty place. It also mentioned that a factory can produce five thousand cows per day and all fast food nation use those meat. Morever, it states that meat packing is the most dangerous job in the nation. To get more profit, workers are forced to work very fast without safty. Then, there are manures in the meat and e coli, a kind of bacteria in the lower intestine.

Summary Paragraph 2: The Meatrix: Revolting

The thesis of this film is the comparing of wonderful family farm and recent awful factory farm. In the past, animals are very delighted and healthy by eating natural grass in big fields, baby calves are always with mommy cows and people got their milk by using the human’s hands. Nowadays, everything is replaced by machines. Some animals are spent their entire life in a factory farm in which not only they cannot see the light but also they are placed in a specific place; can’t move or go around. Although they are feed antibiotic, they cannot be healthy because of their terrible living conditions. Business people who know only about their profit make the products as much as they can by using RBGH, an artificial growth hormone. In addition, they also saw the mad cow disease known as bovine spongiform encepholopathy (BSE).