No one can choose his parents and his family of birth. Parenting
style is different from family to family and culture to culture. Parents have
their own ways to teach their offspring, which will bring up children of various
kinds. Sometimes, even father and mother have their own point of views on parenting
respectively. In order to have a clear understanding of parenting styles, we
can group them into three types: helicopter, drill sergeant and consultant.
I do not know what the date of World Earth Day is. So, of course I
search the Internet and find that the World Earth Day has already passed for
many days; it's on April 22. I only had one course on April 22, and I spent
rest of my time staying at home, turning on the air-conditioner and using my
laptop computer. It is obvious that I do not do all the things above to protect
the earth in my daily life.
If
I were a boy
Even just for a day
I'd roll outta bed in the morning
And throw on what I wanted then go
Drink beer with the guys
And chase after girls
I'd kick it with who I wanted
And I'd never get confronted for it.
Cause they'd stick up for me.
If I were a boy
I think I could understand
How it feels to love a girl
I swear I'd be a better man.
I'd listen to her
Cause I know how it hurts
When you lose the one you wanted
Cause he's taken you for granted
And everything you had got destroyed
If I were a boy
I would turn off my phone
Tell everyone it's broken
So they'd think that I was sleepin' alone
I'd put myself first
And make the rules as I go
Cause I know that she'd be faithful
Waitin' for me to come home (to come home)
If I were a boy
I think I could understand
How it feels to love a girl
I swear I'd be a better man.
I'd listen to her
Cause I know how it hurts
When you lose the one you wanted (wanted)
Cause he's taken you for granted (granted)
And everything you had got destroyed
It's a little too late for you to come back
Say its just a mistake
Think I'd forgive you like that
If you thought I would wait for you
You thought wrong
But you're just a boy
You don't understand
Yeah you don't understand
How it feels to love a girl someday
You wish you were a better man
You don't listen to her
You don't care how it hurts
Until you lose the one you wanted
Cause you've taken her for granted
And everything you have got destroyed
But you're just a boy
I have envied my younger brother for over ten years. When I was
still a little girl, I always dreamed of being a boy. I think the direct reason
why I would like to become an opposite gender is because of family environment.
Since Taiwan
is a patriarchy society, the elders always favor boys more than girls. Of
course, there is no exception in my family. For instance, my grandparents only
buy gifts or snacks for their grandsons. Besides, when my brother does
something wrong, my mom doesn’t punish him for his own fault. Instead, she
always blames me for setting a bad goal. After those years of undergoing such
unequal treatment, I start to imagine that what my life would be if I were a
boy.
I think there are three specific advantages of being a boy. First of
all, I would not have menstruation and pregnancy if I were a boy. For women,
the pain of menstrual cramps and childbirth is hard to endure, and men never have
to experience it. So if I were a boy, I would not have to suffer from this
pain. The second benefit is that males feel less emotion than their counterpart.
They are rarely influenced by their moods; thus, most of them can objectively
make decisions and map out their plans soon. It is always said that men are
rational creatures, not emotional one. Finally, men have more opportunities
than women in the patriarchal society. In Taiwan, it is easier for a male to
get promotion than a female; such circumstance is so-called Glass Ceiling
Effect. Though the government ceaselessly advocates gender equality, patriarchism
is rooted in Taiwan;
it’s hard to entirely eradicate it. Therefore, I think it is better to be born
as a man than a woman in this type of society. If I had the chance to become a
boy, even though for only one day, I would feel fulfilled and satisfied. However,
the truth is I am a girl indeed.
Having a creative ceremony, no matter in junior high schools, senior
high schools, or universities, seems to be a trend in these years. However,
recently our ministry of education enacted the regulation of graduation
ceremony, which provides standards on planning graduation ceremony, warning
that students should not “overdo”. Some scholars approve of this regulation,
while some others think our ministry of education is over-conservative.
No one is born to be a bully. However, bullying in school appears to
be a troublesome problem that needs to be dealt with instantly. A bully is
someone who abuses one’s power to threaten or insult others who are compared to
be weaker. The society should put attention on those misbehaved teenagers lest
there should be more innocent victims under the bullies’ self-complacency. The
three main possible reasons which contribute the bully behavior of a student
are peers, family conditions, and the mass media.
Bullying consists of three basic types of abuse – emotional, verbal
and physical. It involves repeated acts over time attempting to create or
enforce one person's (or group's) power over another person (or group), thus an
"imbalance of power". The "imbalance of power" may be
social or physical power. –Wikipedia
We all know what happened to Japan recently; and in fact, the
disaster has not reached to its end. Except for showing our sympathy for the
victims, what have we learned from this historically devastating tsunami? We
have heard people talking about the amounts of money people donated, e.g.,
President Ma and Mayor Hao. Some people also started to prepare for emergency
begs (with water, food, and flashlights) under the bed. But when one is facing
a life-threatening situation like this, what do you care the most?
