WEEK 14 :
 SCENTS AND SMELL

“Smell is a potent wizard that transports us across thousands of miles and all the years we have

lived,” wrote Helen Keller in her autobiography. “The odors of fruits waft me to my southern home, to

my childhood frolics in the peach orchard. Other odors, instantaneous and fleeting, cause my heart to

dilate joyously or contract with remembered grief. Even as I think of smells, my nose is full of scents

that awaken sweet memories of summers gone and ripening field far away.”

Though Helen Keller’s words are made more poignant by the fact that she was blind and deaf,

we all have this innate connection to smell. It seems to travel to our brains directly, without logical or

intellectual interference. Physiologically, we do apprehend smells more quickly than other sensations,

and the images aroused by smell act as beacons leading to our richest memories, our most private

selves. Because smell is so intimately tied up with breath, after all, a function of our bodies that works continually, day and night, keeping us alive, it keys us into the memories that evoke the continual   and flow of experience. The richest smells can be the most innocent: the smell of a BarbieDoll, the

smell of Play-Doh, the smell of the house right after your mother cleaned (the hot dust inside the

vacuum, the tart scent of Lemon Pledge), the shoes in your father’s closet that smell of old polish. Or

smells can be more complex: the aftershave your father wore the day he lost his job, or the scent of a

baby’s head. Smells can be pleasant or unpleasant: The perfume of a soft ocean breeze or the stench of

rotting garbage or burning rubber; the odor of Grandma’s sumptuous apple pie or the scent of a burnt

and ruined meal; the smell of flowers blooming on a warm spring day or the smell of something that

made you feel ill.

What are the smells that you remember, the ones that, even in your memory, make you stop a

moment and breathe deeply, that make your heart beat faster, or make your palms sweat? Write about a

sense of smell that for you is a powerful memory trigger. Do you remember the smell of your

grandparents’ House, the smell of freshly cut grass, the sweet smell of cotton candy at a carnival, or

the smell of a dentist’s office? 

WEEK 12 :
MAN TO LEAD, WOMAN TO FOLLOW

Man to Lead Woman to Follow

 This is a very ticklish question. Eyebrows will look down upon the very question. The question aims at equality between man and woman. It cannot be blind equality. Nature has endowed man with certain capabilities and capacities, which are not found in woman. Man also cannot claim some capacities peculiar to woman. Thus we speak of manly strength and feminine grace.

 Now late in the twentieth century to say that man sound lead may should absurd. But in what he should lead lies the answer. Then there won’t be any controversy. Man by his nature is given to hard work involving physical strength and also to be great extent, physical endurance. Woman, as a rule are denied his physical strength. So, man has been a fighter all along and these fighting qualities have always been in demand. So many came to be a leader. Exploring, pioneering, climbing, fighting and such of these require many courage, bravery and hardihood. Then society needed them badly. Man became the leader.

Woman as a rule, are the best homemakers. Their sense of duty, humility and patience make them really the authority in the house. Their feminine touch has a lot to go in bringing up children. If a country needs good youngsters, it is to the mothers it has to look to. The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world. Man and woman are thus complimentary and supplementary to each other and it will be useless to decide who leads whom.

WEEK 9: 
FASHION

Fashion. When you hear that word you may very well think of ditsy supermodels that strut around in thousand dollar name brand pieces of fabric. Or you could think of movies like Confessions of a Shopaholic, The September Issue, Coco Before Chanel, or The Devil Wears Prada. But what you most likely don't think of is an art, a career, a passion, or a lifestyle. Fashion can promote creativity, that it is very important in culture, society, and religion, and it can make you look and feel more professional.

So, I know that you may think that fashion is not important. That people should find other ways to be creative, like joining an art class, or getting into photography. Maybe you think that nowadays the clothing choices are just not all that great, and I agree with you in part. Or you could think that if people want to be religious then they can practice their religion just as long as they are in their own home, or a place of worship. You might think that kids shouldn’t be exposed to other cultures besides theirs. Maybe you think that you can look professional without making a big deal about it. And trust me all of these reasons are completely valid and you have the right to think this way. But in this case the pros outnumber the cons.


First off, fashion can make you more creative in your everyday life. Of course you’re wondering how fashion could possibly improve someone’s creativity. But if you really think about it, when you are getting dressed in the morning what goes through your mind? No matter what it is it's probably pretty creative and you most likely put some thought into it. No matter if you are trying to look like the most popular kids in your school or if you are trying to look like your favorite celebrity. Now if we we were more creative with everything that we do including the way that we dress it could makes us more creative in school/work. What I have found is that people feel extremely happy when they create something that they like and ends up a success. For example if someone was getting dressed and they decided to wear an outfit that they had never worn before and people complimented them on it they would be happy and self confident. Once people understand that it is okay that your clothes look different from other people's and they start to enjoy looking different and/or having a "signature" style they will become a lot less stressed about how they look and won't feel as much pressure to look like everyone else. Of course it will also really give people a lot of self confidence, which is always a good thing. For all of these reasons fashion can promote creativity in everyday life.

In addition, fashion is important in culture and religions. When I say that fashion is important to culture and religion you may ask how? How is something so superficial as fashion important to any religion or culture? But when you take the time to look, fashion is everywhere in religions and cultures. For example, Muslim women cover their faces with head scarves. That could definitely be classified as a “fashion statement,” because it is taking the way that you dress and using it for a purpose. If people were to dress in clothes from their religion more often it could possibly create stronger faith in religion and less people feeling like it is odd to wear things like that. It would create stronger faiths because if people were to dress according to their religion it would be a daily reminder of their faith. And as you have probably noticed people tend to do what they see others doing. So this could catch on quite easily. It would show kids that it is okay to be different from everyone else. If a bunch of their friends has some sort of religious clothing item and wore it then the kid would most likely think that if it were okay for his friend to be different than it is okay for him to be different as well. It could quite possibly make people more interested in other cultures. If someone saw an article of clothing that one person was wearing and thought that it was interesting than that person might want to do a bit of research on that culture and find out what it was for. When I say that it is important in culture I don’t just mean a culture from another country, but I also meant how society develops in the United States. Before women worked there weren’t many women’s dress suits. Most of the clothing for women has changed drastically because of the professions that some women choose nowadays. Most women’s clothing way back when was just fit for house work, grocery shopping, or taking care of kids. Now that some women work more clothes have changed to make them more professional looking and to make it easier for them to work in.


Last but not least fashion can make you look and feel more professional.If you are wearing something that makes you look more professional to a job interview they are more likely to take you seriously and consider you for the job. If people see you and think that you are professional, well kept, and put together than they are more likely to be nice to you. When someone thinks highly of you than someone who thinks that you’re not that great of a person. You will also feel better about yourself and feel like you are professional; therefore you will do better in your work.

In finality, fashion is important because it can make you more creative, it is important in culture and religion, and it makes you look and feel more professional. There are many reasons why this is a completely valid point. I have shown you many facts, and explain it all. Let's face it, regardless of your doubts fashion is important.

WEEK 6:
MODERN INVESTION'S MAKING US LAZY ?

Are modern inventions making us lazy?

In more ways than not, I say yes to the above question.

The motorcar was invented some while back. Since then we have enjoyed an ease of traveling unequalled in history. We have also become immeasurably lazier. We drive the car everywhere, to work, to play, for a hundred miles, for a hundred metres. My brother who has a pot-belly does not in walking at all. It is always the car even to the corner grocery shop a stone’s throw away.

Many ‘modern’ people are like my brother, four wheels take over the job of two legs. Consequently, their whole physical condition suffer. They become overweight, under-exercised and prone to a multitude of ailments. The convenience of the motorcar has caused laziness which in turn caused physical deterioration.

Besides physical laziness, mental laziness can occur too. This happened to a friend of mine who works as a clerk in a school. Before the invention of electronic calculator, he had to do his accounts by making use of his brains alone. He could add, subtract, multiply, divide by simply using a pencil and a piece of paper. Then one day the headmaster gave him a calculator. He was delighted that he could perform all the calculating by simply pressing some keys. He did not even have to think. Thus his mental ability atrophied. He did not realized this until one day the calculator broke down. To his horror he discovered he has forgotten how to perform simple mathematical tasks. He was completely helpless and could not do his accounts until the headmaster got him another calculator. Such is the consequences of mental laziness. It took him only weeks with the calculator to almost forget it all.

To further worsen this physical and mental laziness is the television. Many people nowadays simply sit themselves right in front of their TV set for long hours every evening. These people inevitably become victims of the “idiot box”. Their bodies suffer from lack of exercise and their are too very busy to do work. Even if, the thing's is the really easy work to do.. 

 WEEK 2

 GROWING UP WITH RULES

As a human who live in the peace country we are always have to follow the rules ! As we know, everybody have their own rule. School,home, road and so on. Here I want to share rule as a student. Every morning we have to wake up ealier because it will suprises us to go to school early like the maxim says "Early bird's will get the worm".

Beside that we as a student have to find our objective to get well with the teacher's. For example we can to find our places at the front because it can be more  easier for us to understand what the teacher tell's about. Second, we have be more disciplined this means we have to find someone wise and smart and choosing to follow them. To be disciplined is to follow in a good or the better way.

 

Listening is also the best way for us to keep focus on what we want to learn about. In clases we have keep focusing  if we doesn't want to miss it out. Always keep rise your hand if you doesn't know about anything, especially the question. If you don't know you can ask your friend or other wise you can to rise you hand. To be a good student you have to do your best work and you can't to say 'ICAN'T TEACHER ! I DON'T KNOW MISS !' It will make you miss out.  Student life is also have to take risk and make the mistake. It will be our lesson and we also can fix it to be more better.

  

SO THIS MEANS WE HAVE BORN TO 

 FOLLOW THE RULE'S =) 

TQ Reading <3