How Do You WIN Someone's Heart?

First of all, I think the most important think is to be yourself. Nobody will like a person that's always only acting. Second, you'll need to be nice and friendly, like smile all the time and never get angry at him without any reason. Third, stay at her side for all the time, like never be at the opposing position. You may even give him some advice when he's stuck with any trouble. Last, don't only be good to him, but also his friends and family. Never be rude to people that he know or is good with. However, you'll need to be aware not to talk too much, or he'll think that you're annoying. Then, don't just send him gifts and money all the time, or he'll just view you as an ATM. Don't stick with him for 24 hours, or call him all the time; you'll need to give him some free space. I think these are some points to win someone's heart.

Should We Fear Change?

I think there are always good changes and bad changes. However, I think we should definitely never fear changes. Even when there are bad changes happening, it's always better than having no changes at all. People need to learn to improve, and to improve is to make changes, which we'll never know is good or bad before we see the outcome. Although I think this way, I am like most people and do fear changes. People tend to want to stay the same all the time and don't want to have changes, but I also think this is what people will need to learn to overcome. In the future, I'll go to college, will go out to work, and will find someone I love and get married. I anticipate these things coming in the future, but I'm also a bit fear about the changes. This, is what I'll need to overcome.

Is the world Falling Apart?

I'm living in a safe place. There are no wars in Taiwan, at least not for now and there 18 years that I've lived in Taiwan. There are also only little natural disasters in Hsinchu. The earthquake was always more serious in the middle or southern part of Taiwan, and the typhoon was always more serious in the more northern and eastern part. Therefore, I've only seen or heard about the wars and disasters on the television or on the newspaper. Hence, I've never felt that the world is falling apart.
However, I still know that the natural disasters did took away lots of lives. The 921 earthquake, South Asia tsunami, 88 flood, and hurricanes in the US are all examples of natural disasters that caused a lot of death. Many lives are taken away by the natural disasters, but I don't think that people's thoughts are changed as much as it was during the world wars. Wars are human fighting against human, but natural disasters are just human against something that we could never control. This is different, and I don't think it causes the world to fall apart.

Is the world Falling Apart?

I'm living in a safe place. There are no wars in Taiwan, at least not for now and there 18 years that I've lived in Taiwan. There are also only little natural disasters in Hsinchu. The earthquake was always more serious in the middle or southern part of Taiwan, and the typhoon was always more serious in the more northern and eastern part. Therefore, I've only seen or heard about the wars and disasters on the television or on the newspaper. Hence, I've never felt that the world is falling apart.
However, I still know that the natural disasters did took away lots of lives. The 921 earthquake, South Asia tsunami, 88 flood, and hurricanes in the US are all examples of natural disasters that caused a lot of death. Many lives are taken away by the natural disasters, but I don't think that people's thoughts are changed as much as it was during the world wars. Wars are human fighting against human, but natural disasters are just human against something that we could never control. This is different, and I don't think it causes the world to fall apart.

Is the world Falling Apart?

I'm living in a safe place. There are no wars in Taiwan, at least not for now and there 18 years that I've lived in Taiwan. There are also only little natural disasters in Hsinchu. The earthquake was always more serious in the middle or southern part of Taiwan, and the typhoon was always more serious in the more northern and eastern part. Therefore, I've only seen or heard about the wars and disasters on the television or on the newspaper. Hence, I've never felt that the world is falling apart.
However, I still know that the natural disasters did took away lots of lives. The 921 earthquake, South Asia tsunami, 88 flood, and hurricanes in the US are all examples of natural disasters that caused a lot of death. Many lives are taken away by the natural disasters, but I don't think that people's thoughts are changed as much as it was during the world wars. Wars are human fighting against human, but natural disasters are just human against something that we could never control. This is different, and I don't think it causes the world to fall apart.

How do we measure Progress?

To say the truth, I think advances in technology, increase in total wealth, and greater health and happiness in all people are all good ways to measure the improvement in social progress. I think to measure the progress, it's better to mix or find the average of the three. Out of the three choices, I would say that I think the health and happiness of all people are the most important. The reason that the advances in technology and increase in wealth are important is that they both make people happy. However, since it is hard to measure the happiness of people, I think the best way to measure social progress is through the increase in total wealth. When people have money, they can buy things that they want or go to the doctor when they are sick. People can buy electronic devices to improve their lives and to make themselves happy.
In conclusion, although happiness is the most important thing, it is better to measure the social progress by measuring the increase in total wealth.

What can break down Prejudice?

There are always prejudice between Eastern and Western people. Eastern people ought to think that Western people are always tall, strong, and rich. Western people ought to think that Asians are nerds, silent in class, and especially good at math, etc. These are stereotypes which most people fits into, but there are also always a portion of people (which is not a small portion) that doesn't fit into the stereotype. There are always weak or poor Western people, and some Asians are extremely bad with math. Viewing people with prejudice is never a good thing. Every person should try to understand a stranger through communication and their own observations so that people can truly understand each other and that misunderstandings will not happen. People tend to be prejudice on everything. There is a saying that prejudice forms within 7 seconds after one first meet another, and is hard to be changed. I do agree with this saying, but I also believe that prejudice could be broke though communication.

What is Beauty?

The word beautiful is an adjective and a noun. When it is used as an adjective, it is used to describe anything that is very pleasing or satisfying. It can be used to describe the physical appearance or the connotation of a literature. The beauty of flowers, gardens, dresses, and women are all examples of physical appearance. However, some people may say that this poem, this song, or this piece of literature is beautiful. They're praising the beauty of their connotation. When I see something adorable, I use the word "cute" more often than the word "beautiful", but I sometimes will used the word "beautiful" to describe some poems, some poems that rhyme, have symbolism, or form imagery. It is hard for me to determine what kinds of things are "beautiful", but I agree with the definition that anything that is pleasing to me is defined as "beautiful" to me.

How can Guilt enslave us?

When I was in 3rd grade, I remember my father went to somewhere for a business trip, and he bought a crystal ball for me as a gift. I really like that crystal ball. That day, I was playing with it, holding it in my small hands, flipping it over again and again to let the paper flakes float in the ball. However, the size of the crystal ball is a little bigger than my hands, so my hands just slipped a little bit. The ball fell down to the ground and broke into pieces. The ball is a gift from my father and I just got it for about 3 days and I just broke it. I cried not only because I was scared, but also because I was so guilty! My mother helped me cleaned the pieces and I said sorry again and again to my father. I remember, for the whole week, I was so guilty that I can't look at my father's eyes.

How do you live life to the fullest?

I think my mother's friend, Uncle William, is a person who lives life fully. Although he doesn't have extremely much money, but he has a happy family and a stable work. He lives in the US and has a house which is not too small or too big. Both of his children went to good colleges and have good grades, so that he don't need to worry about them and he often go on family trips in the states. I don't think a person needs to have great achievements to live his or her life fully. Instead, I think a full life is to have a stable income, a happy family, a comfortable house, can travel to places, and don't need to worry about his children. Having these things means that one don't need to worry about anything and can do whatever one wants, and I don't think there are any downsides for these experiences.

What are the perils of JEALOUSY?

Jealousy is formed when you realized that someone have something that you really want but cannot have. Some people will hide their jealousy so it is not seen. Some will try hard to get what they want from the person. Some will choose to destroy the object so nobody can own it. The cause of jealousy might be wealth, fame, or love; however, the one used, seen, or written in most books is love.

In Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Ron was jealous about Harry's fame, so he broke up with Harry. Their friendship was destroyed by the jealousy deep inside Ron. Later, in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows, Ron thought Hermione loves Harry, so his jealousy rose again. He had conflicts with them and finally left one day. These are some negative consequences of jealousy of love.

In Snow White, the queen was jealous about Snow White's beauty; in High School Musical, Sharpay was jealous that Gabriella have Troy's love; in Tangled, Rapunzel was jealous about other people's freedom. Different people have different wishes and forms different kinds of jealousy, but every person's differences cause different people to do different reactions. Some will do bad things, but some will not.

Visionary #2

I think Wang Yung-Chin is a visionary. He was born in Taipei, Taiwan. His family was really poor when he was small, and they need to sell his sisters to support his family. The reason he started to try hard to earn a lot of money is that he want to redeem his sisters back. He went to Tainan to learn how to farm when he was 15, and he decided to have his own rice company the following year, which he only have 200 dollars to use. Wang Yung-Chin is really good business minded. He knows how to sell things and see which industries can earn more money. He started to earn a lot of money and became successful. He is a very strict self-discipline, self-demanding, and absolutely honest person. He also did a lot charity. He did donation after huge disasters like 921 earthquake and Wen-Chuan earthquake. He also proposed to aid 10,000 primary schools in China.
Although his motivation when he as small is to earn money for his own use. However, after he was grown up, he thought about the society, wanted to make it better, so he did a lot of charity to help the poor. I really think that he is a great person.

Workhouse

A workhouse is a noun, an institution maintained at public expense where able-bodied paupers did unpaid work in return for food and accommodation. The above is one of the definitions from the dictionaries. In England, the workhouse is equal to the poorhouse. Poor and homeless people can go to the workhouse to find a job to do so that they can survive. Although the conditions of the workhouse are harsh and the jobs are hard to do, it is still better than nothing. Even though the job may be bad, people can still get food and money to support themselves.
Another definition for workhouse is also a noun; it is a prison for pretty offenders serving short sentences at manual labor, it is a county jail that holds prisons for periods up to 18 months. The first definition is used more formerly in England and the second one is used more popularly in the U.S.

Sources: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/workhouse

What is a Visionary?

From the book, it says that a visionary may be someone who envisions a better future or someone who claims to see people or events in dreams. In fictions and comics, there are many characters that can see the future by all kinds of paths, and one most common is from dreams. However, mostly, when the stories are about "time traveling" or "predicting the future", they come out that the future cannot be changed, and no matter what the characters did, it seems just like it is them who caused the results. When we talked about visionaries, I also thought about the people in the real life - who are the people considered visionaries? Since I'm not familiar with this, I did some research and realized that there are many people who are considered as visionaries. Ex: Favianna Rodriguez (political artist), Susan Nussbaum (founder), Bill Drayton (founder), etc.

Source: http://www.utne.com/2008-11-13/50-Visionaries-Who-Are-Changing-Your-World.aspx

Class Evaluation

I would say that British Literature is the hardest class I took in my senior year. I am not as good in literature, there are a lot of pieces that I can't understand, and there are a lot of homework. However, although I my self cannot feel it, my mother said that she felt my English is improving.
I know one of my huge problems is that I cannot focus on one thing for too long if my hands are not writing. I think your way of solving this problem, constantly changing what we're doing, is very useful for us the concentrate. Moreover, I like the discussions we had during class. The class size is small and we're able to discuss some questions. The discussions really helped me a lot with understanding the pieces.
What I really don't like is the holt reader. There are too many questions to finish in the book and they're so hard to write. Well, I think posting journals on our blogs is a very special way for doing homework.

How Can We Fight Injustice?

As the proverb says, "The pen is mightier than the sword." I really agree with this statement, especially when I live in a high technology world with computers and the Internet. There are many injustice on the world that we cannot solve (global poverty etc.), but we still can express our ideas by speaking or writing out our ideas. To me, I think works both spoken by mouth and written by hand are both very powerful. People can publish their works by blogs, newspaper, television, radio, or magazines. These are all common "places" that people constantly visits. Most people orders newspaper and watch television everyday; some listen to radios when they are the car; many read the magazines monthly, weekly, or even daily. These are all very power sources that can provide people to publish their work. However, among all of them, I think the best way to let people notice your work is to publish on the Internet so every person in the world can look at it and know what you want to say. Although this may not solve the problems, it still can let your thoughts be noticed.

Apollo Landing Rewrite

On July 21, 1969, Apollo II successfully landed on the Moon. It is the first manned space mission to land on a planet! This is so amazing. The space shuttle launched from Kennedy Space Center, carrying astronauts Neil Armstrong, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, and Michael Collins into orbit. They are all lucky guys to go to the Moon. On June 20, Armstrong and Aldrin landed their small lunar module in the Sea of Tranquility. Armstrong then made his descent to the Moon's surface and spoke the famous line, "That's one small step for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind." Over 600 million people stared at the television and witnessed the event. Armstrong and Aldrin marked their great achievement by planting an American flag in the soil, which is great decision. American became the first human to step on to the Moon and our flag is also the first flag being planted on the Moon! Before they returned to their shuttle, the astronauts installed a plaque that bore the signatures of each astronaut and President Richard Nixon, along with an inscription. The inscription read, "Here Men From Planet Earth First Set Foot Upon the Moon, July 1969 A.D. We Came in Peace For All Mankind."

Why keep a diary?

To me, to keep a diary is to keep my memories. When I was small, my mother used to force me to keep a diary in English so that I can practice how to write in English. However, because I really don't know what to write, I wrote "I am happy today." everyday. Now, when I look through what I wrote, I felt really funny and recalled my feelings when I was writing the "diary" When I was in middle school, I kept a habit of keeping a schedule book. Although it is not a diary, I almost wrote down what I did everyday. And now, when I flip through the books, I can recall what I did in that year, in that month, and at that day. I don't know what the purpose of writing a diary is when I was small, so writing a diary is a painful thing to me. Now, because I found fun looking through what I wrote, I know that the purpose of writing a diary is to keep my good memories fresh, and I found fun writing it.