Feb 9, 2012

Abortion: the Dismal Tomb of Fetus


Recently, the headline news of a raped ten-year-old Mexico girl gave birth to a boy baby shocked the world and again aroused the debate on abortion. Abortion has long been a controversial issue, especially to women. It is not only a personal decision but also a family’s care or even a society’s concern. Pro-choicers, who support abortion, claim that abortion is the right to choose, which means the mother can decide if she wants to keep the baby in her womb or not. On the other hand, pro-lifers state that abortion is the right to life (anti-abortion). That is, they think that once the embryo implantation happens, growing fetus in the uterus starts to have the right to live as a normal human being. Both the pros and cons parties have their own positions on this issue and provide strong evidences to support their arguments. What on earth is the right thing to do? As for me, I think abortion should be banned, for it not only causes social problems but it also does harm to the mother and baby.

Jan 25, 2012

The Shoulder of Steve Jobs



Steve Paul Jobs of Silicon Valley, who passed away on October 5, 2011 as we all know, was the co-founder and CEO of Apple Inc. A surge of Apple’s website was caused by people from all over the world to mourn for the falling of a great man. The homepage of Apple’s official website was put on a series of numbers “1955 -2011” , which represents not only the record of Job’s overall lifetime but also the historic record of technical era. Steve Jobs, except for the identity of Apple’s chairman, was also a technological pioneer and a convincing orator. Now, let’s dig into the legendary life of Steve Jobs. 

Aug 12, 2011

Anne Frank: The Whole Story


I bought the book, The Diary of a Young Girl.

In order to get the whole outline of the diary and Anne’s daily life, I watch the film about her, Anne Frank: the Whole Story. Before I watch the film, I was always confused by the people in the diary. After watching it, I can clearly recognize them. In my notion, vision is a lot more shocking than words because its impact is direct and immediate. The scene that shocked me most happened at the time when Anne was sent to the concentration camp. Germans gave them nothing to eat and treated them like animals; they stripped off all Jews’ clothes, making them naked, and then tattooed the number on their body. What’s more mortified was women’s hair was all cruelly cut down like weeds. After the mayhem had all done, Jews were sent to obsolete camp.

Jul 10, 2011

Reflection on Language Strategy Learning



Students in Taiwan study in a highly competitive environment. In order to enter a good University, some parents spend a lot of money hiring a tutor for children. Since my parents couldn’t afford the money, I didn’t have the experience of one on one teaching before. However, when I entered in college, there was a project that each student was assigned a tutor for free. After seven times of meetings with my tutor, the tutoring project was over. Now I would like to reflect on this project from three aspects: the whole project, the tutor, and my own learning. 

Jun 5, 2011

Poisonous Drinks


Less than 3 years ago, we condemned China for producing poisonous milk powder. Now Taiwanese food ingredients and drinks are discovered with DEHP contamination which is much worse than the toxic chemical in poisonous dairy from China. How can we salvage the M.I.T. (Made in Taiwan) reputation we have attempted to build worldwide for a long time?

 

May 27, 2011

Animal Slaughter



Mark Zuckerberg is pursuing a new "personal challenge," as he calls it. "The only meat I'm eating is from animals I've killed myself," says the Facebook founder and CEO. Only Zuckerberg himself can explain what this is really about. He sent Fortune an email detailing his thoughts:

May 19, 2011

Do you know this woman? She is the top1 in Time 100


Lady Gaga is not a pop act, she is a performance artist. She herself is the art. She is the sculpture. Gaga is well-recognized for her outré sense of style in fashion, in performance and in her music videos. Her contributions to the music industry have garnered her numerous achievements. In addition, she tried hard to change the world as well. In her 2nd album, "Born This Way" this song is talking about gay thing. Gaga attributes much of her early success as a mainstream artist to her LGBT (Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals, Transgender) fans and is considered to be an icon. "There is nothing wrong with loving who you are, 'cause he made you perfect babe." is the most inspiring lyrics that she advocates strongly. But she also suffered many criticisms.