201002416 Lee Sejong p119

 

  Have you ever been to Seoul or Tokyo? Both Seoul and Tokyo are located in East Asia. Most people say that the Tokyo and Seoul have much of the similarity. But, although they heard that the two cities are very similar but also it is very different in many ways.

  First, they have similarities in the outlooks of the cities. Seoul and Tokyo are both are mostly contained by sky scrappers. It looks much similar. Also the both people are asians will looks same too. If you didn't look carefully you can only see the difference that Tokyo use Japanish language and Korea use Korean language. From the Tokyo city site, it is interesting differences that the subway system in Tokyo are more complicated than in Korea. Because of the subway station is made by the private enterprise. So if you want to change the train, you have to buy several ticket, different from Korea that Korea only buys one ticket. But it is also different in real property system. In Tokyo, there is no charter system. You have to rather buy it or pay by month.

  As you see, although Tokyo and Seoul looks similar, it is different in various ways. When I was in Tokyo, I didn't found much of the difference between them. Sometimes I became sad that if I saw that more carefully, than I can found more difference between them.

p104 201001043 So Young Na

Stupid Box

 When I was young, I disliked to spend my free time at home. I always went out to play soccer, walk my dog, have a chat with my friends, or play games in playgrounds. Nothing was more interesting than playing outside. In deed many children of my age did the same thing. Playgrounds and streets were filled with young children running, playing. However, these days I barely can see children playing outside. Playgrounds are only left with leaves, deserted. There are no cute boys playing soccer. And television is probably the reason to this. In my opinion, it is not good at all to watch children staying at home stuck with television.

 This is a serious problem because what children should really focus on their age is interacting with parents and other people in order to encourage learning and healthy physical and social development. According to Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF), kids and teens in age of 8 to 18 years spend nearly 4 hours a day in front of a TV screen. From my point of view, that is unbelievable since I spent almost no time watching TV. Young children are experiencing the very easy-learning period which means children of age between 8 to 18 learns really quickly and easily. However, if they spend time merely watching television, they would lose the time to experience both physical and social interactive. Some might argue that children would learn a lot from educational documentaries. However, if children only watch television, there are higher possibility to be obese, show aggressive behaviors after watching violet materials, and to learn risky behaviors early. Therefore, children who spend many time watching television should be guided by their parents.

The American Academic of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends that kids over age 2 watch tv no more than 2 hours under the parental guide. Even though the program is educational enough, there should be a parental guide because it is important to accept that most things from television are quite different from reality. People of all age tend to receive every materials from television automatically. That is why televisions are called stupid box; because you forget to think logically once you start watching those.

p93 second draft 201002971

201002971

Jang Ji yun

Writing Fri 1,2

 

 

Galaxy a, s, u, Vega, Optimus … These are the names of the various smart phones. Smart phone is the most incredible invention in my lifetime so far. First of all, the clear definition of smart phone is a mobile telephone with computer features that may enable it to interact with computerized systems, send e-mails, and access the web. The iPhone of Apple was like a beginning of the smart phone.

Smart phone is becoming more and more popular because it offers a variety of conveniences we can use. We can download any application that we want, and use that immediately. These days, there are so many applications we can use and so many people who use smart phone. I also experienced some of those, and I thought that the applications like weather forecast or twitter were very convenient. I think it is true that the smart phone has some problems such as the invasion of privacy or the low battery. But the fact that smart phone makes our life prosperous is true as well.

 So I think if we choose the application carefully and use the smart phone in effective way, it would be very good partner for our life.

 

201003642 honghua cui

201003642
honghua cui
 
                                                                                          Children and TV
 
   TV is one of the seriou topic in this society. Because it is affect on kinds of things especially for children. TV makes people are stupefied and let people think about dangrouse things. For example, TV makes them waste of time when site on the TV screen most of people fall into screens history maybe they could not listen what peoples said. that's menas TV has stronger poisoning. But the other way TV is very useful, such as news program and education program or life lecture. evenmore traveling program it is very support to the people, Because of most of people dont challenge for traveling, and it is spend lots of money. so traveling program  broaden these people's outlook and also let them the other world.
 
   But children character normaly innocent and donot have perception, when they saw a new things they just follow about that and feels very wonder, that why that is bad or good they just accept that. it is reason why parents must be protect of their children and pay attention at the same time children also must follow to their parents and rely on them. That's why best way is  donot let childern face with TV . of course if parents stay with them together and they control TV program that is good for them. For example make children as soon as possible learn much things and make them creat perception.
 
    Nowadays lots of parents very sensibility between their children and TV. because of TV program more dangerous than before. especially over the midnight. one of the newspaper said that many parents even they have meal at restaurant where they need to change channel about education program for their children.

Week 10 assignment by Jang Jiyun

201002971

Jang Jiyun

Writing Fri 1,2

 

 On November, The temples in Korea are crowed with people who came to wish good luck. What they wish for is the best result of Su-neung. Su-neung is the college entrance exam in Korea that almost every Korean student should take to enter the university or college. I think that Su-neung exam is not so good way to estimate the student's condition for entering the college.

 Su-neung exam takes place only once a year. Korean students should be estimated their ability to take the course in the university by just one exam. They should show everything they can do on just one day. Although they make mistake, the situation is already over. So if they make mistake, they should study one more year and take the exam again. If they can't do well on that exam again, they should do that again. According to megastudy, the biggest company regarding entrance examination in Korea, the rate that people who enter the college by taking exam more than once comprise of all freshmen is more than 50 percent. All of them are the students who made mistake on exam and studied hard for more than a year again. That shows the cruel reality in Korea. And also, In Korea, the strange things sometimes happens after the Su-neung exam. Some students who become too depressed about the result commit suicide. It became quite important matter in Korea society. Some people insist that the Su-neung exam is very good way to measure the student's ability, but I don't think so. Many attempts to skim competent students in other ways these days show that the su-neung exam is not the best way.

It is so harsh for the students who try very hard to be judge by just a single exam. We should find the other rational ways to choose talented students to prevent the sad Korean ending.

Week 10 Assignment by Jang Jun Hwa

Jang Jun Hwa

200802967

 

 

Attack of the Boob Tube

 

　　　Do you know gonggi, juibulnori, ddangddameokgi? These are the Korean traditional games which I used to play over 10 years ago. My friend and I played the games everyday after class. We was so hooked on them that we did not notice the time. Sometimes I want to see children play these kinds of games, but I can not. Why? I think children these days may watch the TV rather than play outside. Children are attacked by the boob tube!

 　　 In my opinion, TV always does more harm than good. First of all, TV is one of the major causes of obesity. Have you heard about couch potato syndrome? It is a set of behavior that some people spend most of their time watching TV, therefore they are getting fat. Andrew and Rachel wrote in their book, "One of the things which is sometimes held up as a cause of this(obesity) is the amount of time children now spend watching television…compared to dtoing more physical activities." There is no doubt that watching TV has a strong influence on obesity. In addition, watching too much TV can worsen children's school performance. According to the study conducted by Linda Pagani of the University of Montreal, children who watch television too much had more problems in school. Linda said, "High levels of TV consumption during this period can lead to future unhealthy habits," and she added, "In the classroom their teachers rate them as less persevering, less task-oriented and less autonomous." some people say educational programs are helpful for kids to get beneficial information. However, there are few educational programs which are appropriate for children. The research by Seoul YMCA shows that many Korean broadcasting companies organize children's programs no more than one hour a day. Furthermore, these programs are mostly trivial animations.

 　　  There are countless bad effects on children including being overweight and doing poorly at school. In spite of a lot of disadvantages, many children are exposed to TV everyday. In order to make kids get out from a swamp of TV, parents must encourage them not to watch TV and to find a new enjoyment.

 

200601825 Hyesu Ahn First draft

TV and Children                Whenever I recall my childhood, what is on my mind are playground, mountain, and friends. However thesedays many children don't seem to agree with it. In the US, children watch TV two to three hours a day. For me, it is shocking because wathing TV is not good for children.              First, TV has a bad effect on children's health. Childhood is important moment for children's health. They should exercise ouside. They should run, jump and play on playground so that their body grows correctly. However watching TV takes away their time to exercise. Instead of exercising, they spend a lot of time to watch TV. It could lead to childhood obesity and childhood obesity causes many diseases. Second, TV has a bad effect on children's school performance. Children who is watching TV too much don't have enough time to do their homework, to review what they learned and to read books. Compared to other children who do not watch TV, the performance of children who watch TV too much is definitely low. Lastly, TV has a bad effect on their thinking. An average American child will see 200,000 violent acts and 16,000 murders on TV by age 18. And two thirds of TV programes contain violence. Also children can be exposed to some adult movies or adult shows. All kind of these programes affect children badly. Because childhood is important moment to establish values, children who are exposed these kind of programes can grow incorrectly.              Some people point out that TV could help children learn something or entertain children. However it's ridiculous because TV has absoultely a bad effect on children and above all children can learn from books or enjoy their life without TV. In order to grow correctly, children should avoid watching TV too much.