Recently, I learned a lecture from Compass; it talks about how to start career consideration at the beginning of the semester. Thinking about why people need a job is the main idea of this journal. Some people hold the idea that people work because they need money to live. But I want to mention that there are some other reasons that people work.
Most people are willing to work for various reasons other than the basic necessity of surviving and supporting families. Working enables people to achieve sense of self satisfaction as well as to benefit the society. The choices for jobs are various, some people try to earn more money, while some other people emphasis their efforts towards what they are interested in.
Basically, most people work to realize their self value and enjoy happiness of success. This is also what I learned. After studying over years, they are eager to apply what they have learnt from books into practice. More specifically, most people would like to do something pragmatic rather than merely receiving theoretical information. In this case, working provides people an opportunity to embody their self value and through working, people are able to approach their dreams. For example, my father has always dreamt of owning a company. At the beginning, he worked as a sales clerk in a small scale company. After several years of working and accumulating experiences, he finally founded his own company and gradually made his dream come true.
A further reason is that, as an integral component of a society, it is everyone’s responsibility to work. After years of industrious study, individual is seems like to be anxious to do something useful in reward of the society. Some people may want to work in the government so that they can participate in the decision making which may benefit the whole nation. Some people may tend to be involved in education so as to contribute to improve average education level and also provide aptitude work force for the future. People in different professions have the same desire to devote themselves to the society.
Thus, everyone works not only for their own sake, but also for the society. They are making efforts to realize their self value of putting knowledge to practice and achieving success. In another aspect, they are also fulfilling their self value of doing something beneficial in reward of the society.
2009年11月15日星期日
journey 4
Recently, several of my friends are discussing about renting an apartment next year. Being a freshman as I am, it is recommended to live in a dorm for the whole semester. Dormitory rooms at University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign have three types: single room, shared by two students and shared by three students. At the beginning of the semester, we had had a chance to require the university housing to arrange a certain classmate to share the room with us. But also, some students like me, are willing to let the university assign a student to share a room with you, in random.
Living in the dormitory means a new start for the majority of the university freshmen. The students are looking forward to the different life while they are also concerned about the roommates they are to live with. Some students would like to stay with who they like and they are familiar with, others would rather share a room with someone distributed by the university. As far as I am concerned, the latter opinion is better for three reasons below.
To begin with, living with a native speaker provides a natural language environment for me and it is a stimulus for my English studying. Language is always the primary burden for international students like me. If stay with a native speaker, I will have to speak English everyday. Gradually, I will be used to speak English at any time. This is better than if I choose a Chinese student to live with me. My roommate is really a nice person as she cares about me and always tries to have more conversation with me. Indeed, I pushed myself really hard to express myself and make my sentences meaningful.
Secondly, to live with someone chosen by the university enables me to communicate with students from all over the world and thus we may learn from each other's unique culture without travelling there. Communications between roommates is a method for us to develop deeper understandings about cultures around the world. I believe that such experiences will definitely be an impressive part during university life. My roommate is a Philippine, but she grows up in USA. So she is quite different from the other Whites. She told me that her family used to have rice as their staple food, and it is much more like what I it back to my hometown rather than what the American’s recipes.
Last but not least, if the university assigns a local student for me, I may get accustomed to the local society as well as the life style more easily and quickly. For example, Joyce, one of my best friends, has studied in the USA for a year. She lives with a local American student assigned by the university. At first, he could hardly accommodate the way of living there, but after a few months, she was amazed to find out that she just acted like a local resident.
To conclude, I suggest that living with a student assigned by university is a better choice, for I can not only improve my English, have an insightful understanding of local culture, but migrate into local life as well.
Living in the dormitory means a new start for the majority of the university freshmen. The students are looking forward to the different life while they are also concerned about the roommates they are to live with. Some students would like to stay with who they like and they are familiar with, others would rather share a room with someone distributed by the university. As far as I am concerned, the latter opinion is better for three reasons below.
To begin with, living with a native speaker provides a natural language environment for me and it is a stimulus for my English studying. Language is always the primary burden for international students like me. If stay with a native speaker, I will have to speak English everyday. Gradually, I will be used to speak English at any time. This is better than if I choose a Chinese student to live with me. My roommate is really a nice person as she cares about me and always tries to have more conversation with me. Indeed, I pushed myself really hard to express myself and make my sentences meaningful.
Secondly, to live with someone chosen by the university enables me to communicate with students from all over the world and thus we may learn from each other's unique culture without travelling there. Communications between roommates is a method for us to develop deeper understandings about cultures around the world. I believe that such experiences will definitely be an impressive part during university life. My roommate is a Philippine, but she grows up in USA. So she is quite different from the other Whites. She told me that her family used to have rice as their staple food, and it is much more like what I it back to my hometown rather than what the American’s recipes.
Last but not least, if the university assigns a local student for me, I may get accustomed to the local society as well as the life style more easily and quickly. For example, Joyce, one of my best friends, has studied in the USA for a year. She lives with a local American student assigned by the university. At first, he could hardly accommodate the way of living there, but after a few months, she was amazed to find out that she just acted like a local resident.
To conclude, I suggest that living with a student assigned by university is a better choice, for I can not only improve my English, have an insightful understanding of local culture, but migrate into local life as well.
2009年11月13日星期五
Outline for research essay
Liao Yuan
Endanger the Sustainable Development
Thesis statement
Plastic bags should be banned and factories produce plastic bags should be shut down in the United States, as plastic bags is regard as the top pollution source
introduction paragraph
Nowadays, governments and scientists is emphasizing on the importance of sustainable development. Citizens receive abundant of information which talks about how serious the situation is for our earth‘s environment. As plastic bags is regard as the top pollution source, a hot debate about whether we should use plastic bags or not is brought into sight. While enjoying the benefits of the invention of the plastic bags, humankind is also paying a high price.
1. Factors supporting how serious the situation is.
White Pollution Blights Landscape
China Daily May 31, 2005
A. Landfill sites are supposed to last 200 years to an estimated 1 million years.
B. Over 2 billion bags are dumped every day in China
C. Fast industrialization, rising living standards, and changes in consumption patterns
D. policy-makers are neglecting the complex nature of consumption-related environmental problems
2. Government agencies and other policy do not work out.
Shenzhen Plastic bags Consumption Decreases Seventy Percent.
Shenzhen Business Newspaper.
A. multi-faceted and long-term strategy
B. Shenzhen’s government
C. Guo Geng, a political adviser in Beijing, has proposed the introduction of a "bag tax" in a bid to help cut demand for plastic bags and raise more money to tackle pollution caused by the bags.
D. substitute for non-degradable plastic bags to reduce environmental pollution
3. Statistic supporting that tendency to use these bags excessively
Reduction of plastic carrier bag use: An analysis of alternatives in Israel
Waste Management 29 (2009) 2025–2032
A. Acceptable policy measures
B. Effectiveness of levy
C. benefit to the environment is limited
D. Comparison between levy and prohibition of plastic carrier bags use
4. Attitude and possible solutions toward this issue
Regulating Plastics Waste, Stakeholder Engagement and Sustainability Challenges in South Africa
Urban Forum (2008) 19:83–101 DOI 10.1007/s12132-008-9022-0
A. May 2003, the South African government
B. Irish and Australian experiences
C. Consumption recorded reduced after Plastic Bag Regulations in South Africa
conclusion
In conclusion, as the consuming amount of plastic bags is huge, the breaking down process for plastic bags is difficult, and the contamination for the environment and the damage for wildlife are significant, plastic bags undoubtedly should be banished and factories need to be shut down. Prevent further damage to the environment should be start from shut down plastic bags factory. Instead, paper bags which have the same function could work as a substitute for plastic bags before a new invention.
Endanger the Sustainable Development
Thesis statement
Plastic bags should be banned and factories produce plastic bags should be shut down in the United States, as plastic bags is regard as the top pollution source
introduction paragraph
Nowadays, governments and scientists is emphasizing on the importance of sustainable development. Citizens receive abundant of information which talks about how serious the situation is for our earth‘s environment. As plastic bags is regard as the top pollution source, a hot debate about whether we should use plastic bags or not is brought into sight. While enjoying the benefits of the invention of the plastic bags, humankind is also paying a high price.
1. Factors supporting how serious the situation is.
White Pollution Blights Landscape
China Daily May 31, 2005
A. Landfill sites are supposed to last 200 years to an estimated 1 million years.
B. Over 2 billion bags are dumped every day in China
C. Fast industrialization, rising living standards, and changes in consumption patterns
D. policy-makers are neglecting the complex nature of consumption-related environmental problems
2. Government agencies and other policy do not work out.
Shenzhen Plastic bags Consumption Decreases Seventy Percent.
Shenzhen Business Newspaper.
A. multi-faceted and long-term strategy
B. Shenzhen’s government
C. Guo Geng, a political adviser in Beijing, has proposed the introduction of a "bag tax" in a bid to help cut demand for plastic bags and raise more money to tackle pollution caused by the bags.
D. substitute for non-degradable plastic bags to reduce environmental pollution
3. Statistic supporting that tendency to use these bags excessively
Reduction of plastic carrier bag use: An analysis of alternatives in Israel
Waste Management 29 (2009) 2025–2032
A. Acceptable policy measures
B. Effectiveness of levy
C. benefit to the environment is limited
D. Comparison between levy and prohibition of plastic carrier bags use
4. Attitude and possible solutions toward this issue
Regulating Plastics Waste, Stakeholder Engagement and Sustainability Challenges in South Africa
Urban Forum (2008) 19:83–101 DOI 10.1007/s12132-008-9022-0
A. May 2003, the South African government
B. Irish and Australian experiences
C. Consumption recorded reduced after Plastic Bag Regulations in South Africa
conclusion
In conclusion, as the consuming amount of plastic bags is huge, the breaking down process for plastic bags is difficult, and the contamination for the environment and the damage for wildlife are significant, plastic bags undoubtedly should be banished and factories need to be shut down. Prevent further damage to the environment should be start from shut down plastic bags factory. Instead, paper bags which have the same function could work as a substitute for plastic bags before a new invention.
2009年11月6日星期五
research log
topic
1. plastic bags (Sustainable Development)
2. plastic bags should be banned
save as files for resources.
sources:
1.
Abstract
Plastic carrier bags have been drawing the attention of the public and politicians. Different policy measures to reduce the environmental burden of these bags have been implemented and more are planned. The research analyzed the actual environmental aspects of consumption and use of plastic carrier bags and assessed the effectiveness of the proposed regulation in Israel. Since plastic bags are provided free of charge, people have a tendency to use these bags excessively, therefore a rigorous educational program should address this trend. However, the environmental load imposed by the bags is more a politically correct issue than an actual environmental hazard, and therefore the means for reducing their use should not include a high levy or total elimination of these bags.
2.
Abstract
In May 2003, the South African government enacted regulations banning the production of thin-film plastic shopping bags. The government advocated that such thin-film plastic shopping bags were indiscriminately discarded because they had no economic and recycling value. However, in as much as the regulations led to significant reductions in plastic shopping bags in the environment, the law resulted in severe unintended negative consequences, as jobs were lost with some businesses in the plastic shopping bag manufacturing sector closing down. The paper also reveals that key stakeholders, such as industry, business and labour, lobbied against the introduction of the regulations but without success. On average, business went down by about 83% with a conservative 25% reduction in employment. Drawing insights from the Irish and Australian experiences, this paper critically reviews sustainability debates and responses surrounding environmental regulation and business, with a special focus on the Plastic Bag Regulations in South Africa. Lessons learnt are presented with the intention to provide insights for future waste product or other environmental regulation initiatives in South Africa and elsewhere in the region. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
3.
http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail?vid=5&hid=106&sid=fd214048-25ae-47e1-a0e5-7a38542d9f87%40sessionmgr14&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=aph&AN=44760762#db=aph&AN=44760762
Abstract
The article discusses the amount of plastic waste in the ocean. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a mass of floating plastic debris that scientists estimate is at least twice the size of the state of Texas. The threat to wildlife by the debris's microplastics, which are chunks of plastic waste that have been reduced to bits of polymer by the effect of waves, wind, and sun, is explored. How the chemical toxins in microplastics harm fish and mammals when ingested are discussed.
1. plastic bags (Sustainable Development)
2. plastic bags should be banned
save as files for resources.
sources:
1.
Abstract
Plastic carrier bags have been drawing the attention of the public and politicians. Different policy measures to reduce the environmental burden of these bags have been implemented and more are planned. The research analyzed the actual environmental aspects of consumption and use of plastic carrier bags and assessed the effectiveness of the proposed regulation in Israel. Since plastic bags are provided free of charge, people have a tendency to use these bags excessively, therefore a rigorous educational program should address this trend. However, the environmental load imposed by the bags is more a politically correct issue than an actual environmental hazard, and therefore the means for reducing their use should not include a high levy or total elimination of these bags.
2.
Abstract
In May 2003, the South African government enacted regulations banning the production of thin-film plastic shopping bags. The government advocated that such thin-film plastic shopping bags were indiscriminately discarded because they had no economic and recycling value. However, in as much as the regulations led to significant reductions in plastic shopping bags in the environment, the law resulted in severe unintended negative consequences, as jobs were lost with some businesses in the plastic shopping bag manufacturing sector closing down. The paper also reveals that key stakeholders, such as industry, business and labour, lobbied against the introduction of the regulations but without success. On average, business went down by about 83% with a conservative 25% reduction in employment. Drawing insights from the Irish and Australian experiences, this paper critically reviews sustainability debates and responses surrounding environmental regulation and business, with a special focus on the Plastic Bag Regulations in South Africa. Lessons learnt are presented with the intention to provide insights for future waste product or other environmental regulation initiatives in South Africa and elsewhere in the region. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
3.
http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail?vid=5&hid=106&sid=fd214048-25ae-47e1-a0e5-7a38542d9f87%40sessionmgr14&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=aph&AN=44760762#db=aph&AN=44760762
Abstract
The article discusses the amount of plastic waste in the ocean. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a mass of floating plastic debris that scientists estimate is at least twice the size of the state of Texas. The threat to wildlife by the debris's microplastics, which are chunks of plastic waste that have been reduced to bits of polymer by the effect of waves, wind, and sun, is explored. How the chemical toxins in microplastics harm fish and mammals when ingested are discussed.
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