Junior Writing

2007-04-13T14:16:00.000+08:00

INDUSTRIAS DE SERVICIO ¡A su servicio! POR OSCAR CHUNGFOTOS DE CHANG SU-CHING El sector de los servicios contribuye actualmente más que la industria al producto interior bruto del país, pero necesita una mejora cualitativa lo más pronto posible. La columna vertebral de la economía de Taiwan, el sector de los servicios, comenzó a exceder al sector industrial a principio de los años ochenta.

Why isn’t it a waste of time?

2006-06-24T01:00:00.000+08:00

Watching TV has become the most common entertainment of people. The content of the programs are the main material of people’s chatting, such as the plots of the soap opera or the news happening recently. Also, the changing of the weather reported on TV is the good issue at the beginning of the conversation. With the rapid change of the relationship between people, TV plays an important role in

Polygamy

2006-06-21T00:12:00.000+08:00

As something illegal is shown on TV in front of public eyes, it’s much more possible to cause the originally illegal issue become acceptable. According to the article from Washinton Blade, “The Dutch gay community's official history of the same-sex marriage movement notes how important a turning point it was when a gay couple appeared on a popular Dutch honeymoon show. That appearance helped pave

Why are People so Fascinated with the Vampire?

2006-06-20T22:12:00.000+08:00

The image of a black shadow appearing secretly with thunder and lightning in Gothic castle at night has been deeply implanted in our impression on the vampire. Even in Taiwan, without Gothic castle, the image of the vampire is spread to minds of Taiwan people. Why are people so fascinated with the vampire? According to the article, “The Origins of Vampire,” the author concludes numerous

Plastic surgery, a corruption?(revision)

2006-06-20T14:24:00.000+08:00

Plastic surgery itself is not a corruption; instead, values of the society which prompt the trend changing faces corrupt. According to the cases mentioned in the article fromTIME, it’s apparent that are getting more and more people judging others by their appearance at the first sight and the climate forces people to be choosy about their looks causing the bloom of plastic surgery.Saeko Kimura,

What I Want To Say(revision)

2006-06-19T23:36:00.000+08:00

Pleasant hours fly fast and it is almost time to wave goodbye. Four years ago, by taking a flight, a silly little girl reached an unfamiliar land — Taiwan. It was the first time that I was torn from my native country. And now, as a result of my many and varied experiences, I have grown up. I am no longer that little girl who did not know anything. Now, I find myself packing many boxes to send

Identical Beauty (revision)

2006-06-18T19:16:00.000+08:00

With a lot of weight-loss center establish, it is true that more and more people, especially female ones, are eager to make their appearance more perfect: with big eyes, thin chin, and slim shape. Even males would like to have double-fold eyelids through plastic surgery. However, artificial beauty leads to a kind of universial standardization of modern human appearance.Nowadays people normally

What Should We Know When dying Hair (Revised)

2006-06-16T13:50:00.000+08:00

Look around you, you will find that there are so many Taiwanese whose hair is not black. Are these Taiwanese half-blooded? No. They all just dye their hair. People dye hair because they want to be different from other people or to be like foreigners. But seldom people know the damage of dying hair. For example, their scalp would hypersensitive, inflamed, or even hurt due to the excess of hair

Just Do It? (revision)

2006-06-16T10:55:00.000+08:00

The large corporate companies, such as McDonald’s and Nike nowadays are making an immense amount of money and profits. These companies are also busy shaping their image as charitable enterprises that hold lots of activities and programs that seem to benefit society; for instance, they would invite celebrities to participate in some activities to promote the company image, to raise funds, to help

attitude to obesity

2006-06-15T11:14:00.000+08:00

Before we win the culture war of junk food and tobacco, the power of their industries is immense. For example, in 70s’ movies, those actresses, holding a cigar with elegancy, were considered attractive. In the power of the expressing ideas of tobacco industries, the smoke from burning cigars was not evil but an alien and romantic taste through advertisements. However, now, in Taiwan’s series, as

Campus security (revision)

2006-06-14T19:24:00.000+08:00

After the affairs of sexual abuse and robbery on our campus last month, I saw similar news of sexual harassment on U-online. The news said that a National Taiwan University (NTU) college student Ms. Hong had been sexual harassed by an unknown man. It happened at a new NTU gym alleyway on campus in the evening on May 21. At the moment she wanted to take her bike back home, she was sexually

The Crisis of Students' Obesity (Revised)

2006-06-14T11:43:00.000+08:00

Both in Taiwan and America, fighting obesity has become a necessity for many students. From VISD (Victoria Independent School District) report, more than 43 percent of students in Victoria overweight. (Simmons, 2006) William Saletan compares obesity and tobacco in his article Junk Food Jihad. (Saletan, 2006) He reminds us that obesity may increase the burden of whole country just like tobacco,

Regulation of Online Dating (Revised)

2006-06-14T01:21:00.000+08:00

Approximately twenty years ago, singles turn to marriage bureau to look for their lifelong partner. Nowadays, Internet dating has already replaced the role of marriage bureau. People who are seeking their Mr. or Miss Right only have to subscribe for the online dating sites, and then the sites will select a candidate that suits the client’s request. It is much more convenient and effective than

The Weaknesses of the "Strawberry Generation" [Revision]

2006-06-09T21:02:00.000+08:00

In recent years, "the Strawberry Generation" has been a hot term that is used by the Taiwanese mass media to refer to the young adults who are born after the 1980s in Taiwan. (Tang, 2004) People of this generation are said to be fragile when facing pressure, just like the strawberries. In fact, that is why the mass media used the word "Strawberry" to describe those young adults. However, in

the controversial issue of the potentially suicidal students(revised)

2006-06-08T20:51:00.000+08:00

According to the article “Stopping Suicide 101” written by Shaffer, she argues that it is too early to jump to the conclusion that the university should be hold the responsibility for the suspension of potentially suicidal students from the university. “it's tricky to know exactly what's going on in these cases. But don't be too quick to judge the schools. Potential suicides put them in a serious

Scores Aren't Everything (Revised)

2006-06-07T12:02:00.000+08:00

When I was observing an English class at a local junior high school the other day, I heard the teacher said, “Pay attention to ‘ed/ing emotion adjectives’ because they will definitely pop up in the final exam paper.” The teacher went on to teach her students how to distinguish the differences between “ed and ing emotion adjectives.” She told the students the word “bored” has to follow the subject

My Favorite Book [Revised]

2006-06-07T09:53:00.000+08:00

Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express is the best showcase for her extraordinary writing ability. The essence of a good detective story is there -- murder, mystery, suspense, and excitement; all of them so skilfully woven together that there is not any anti-climax in it.At the end of the novel, the reader discovers that everyone who occupied the first class of the Orient Express, indeed,

Class Work for Our Last Day

2006-06-07T09:20:00.000+08:00

Two things to do today. First, I'm going to give you back your marked essays. Correct them and repost.Second, a lot of you had very interesting essay that are worth reading and commenting on. Read your classmates essays and add comments. Make sure you read the comments that other people write also. Then "thread" with them. Threading is following up on a comment with an answer or comment on the

Main Elements in Chiung-Yao's Novels

2006-06-07T02:35:00.000+08:00

From 1963 to 2003, Chiung-Yao’s Novels, adopted into 50 movies and 22 series, are the symbols of Chinese romance undoubtedly. Especially in 70s, reading Chiung-Yao’s novels in class has become the identical memories of girls, who dream to be the fair ladies in the novels, in that generation. Through the popularity of her novels, we can reasonably guess that there are certain elements in the

Extracurricular Activity

2006-06-06T20:34:00.000+08:00

As college students, generally we often struggle to focus on our academic study, or to skim over the colorful extracurricular activities, and the latter is usually the winner of this dilemma. Excluding the reason that teenagers are fond of having fun, there are adequate and proper reasons to support the existence of extracurricular activities.Despite the academic capability, we also should find

Learning to Speak “Science”

2006-06-06T19:18:00.000+08:00

Scientific knowledge is politically vulnerable. Many scientists find out that they are facing a problem to communicate to their classes or to explain their works to the public, because American public does not have the same level of background knowledge or the same attentions span to hear recondite term. In order to win back scientific political influence and combat political attacks effectively,

Vampire

2006-06-06T19:17:00.000+08:00

The legends of vampires are prevailing over the world for many years; it’s not only well-known in western countries but also in the east area, and captivated people around the world. According to the article of “The Origins of Vampire”, there are many reasons that vampires are so attractive, including their eroticism, immortality, power, victimization, beauty, elegance, romanticism, the

Meaning of Traveling [Revision]

2006-06-06T05:10:00.000+08:00

Many of you who known me well have learned the news that I am going to Istanbul, Turkey for a period of 2 months for the purpose of the international traineeship exchange program provided by AIESEC, the world's largest student run international organization recognized by the United Nations. For those who are not familiar with what AIESEC is, I will try to explan a little bit for you since I can

Regulation of Online Dating

2006-06-06T01:17:00.000+08:00

Plastic Surgery? [Revised]

2006-06-05T20:44:00.000+08:00

Plastic surgery itself is not a corruption because it takes great courage and determination to take the risk of endangering your life and also your looks. Some people undergo plastic surgery to become confident with their appearance. It may not have been done purely out of vanity or under the pressure of not having a spouse or a decent date. It could have been for a simple fact that they could

My Favorite Book

2006-06-05T20:11:00.000+08:00

What I want to say

2006-06-05T02:24:00.000+08:00

Pleasant hours fly fast and it is almost time to wave goodbye.Four years ago, by taking a flight, a silly little girl reached an unfamiliar land — Taiwan. It was the first time that I was torn from my native country. And now, as a result of my many and varied experiences, I have grown up. I am no longer that little girl who did not know anything. Now, I find myself packing many boxes to send back

Scores Aren’t Everything

2006-06-04T23:38:00.000+08:00

The controversial issue of the potentially suicidal students

2006-06-04T23:37:00.000+08:00

According to the article “Stopping Suicide 101” written by Shaffer, he argues that it is too early to jump to the conclusion that the university should be hold the responsibility for the suspension of the potentially suicidal students from the university. This is the controversial case happened in George Washington University. The student named Jordon Nott was barred from the university after he

Just Do It?

2006-06-04T23:12:00.000+08:00

The large incorporate companies, such as McDonald’s and Nike nowadays are making an immense amount of money and profits. These companies are also busy shaping their image as a charitable enterprise that holds lots of activities and programs that seem to benefit the society, for instance, they would invite celebrities to participate in some activities to promote the company image, to raise funds,

Control Over Food [Revised]

2006-06-04T23:02:00.000+08:00

After reading Fast Food Fascism, I am certain that we have not a chance to control what we eat if eating out. First, my definition of control is very simple and straightforward. The food control, in my opinion, in a given restaurant means that I have the free will to choose whatever food I want, however the way of cooking. And also we could freely decide how much the spices or ingredients should

Artificial Beauty [Revision]

2006-06-04T22:00:00.000+08:00

After reading Dennis Cass' article, In the cut, I still don't quite understand the reason why these people want to get a plastic surgery so as to have an identical face as the famous stars on television. It seems to me that these people are out of their mind since they do not care about the side effects or the risks it might bring forth, they simply care about the so-called artificial beauty.What

What Should We Know When Dying Hair?

2006-06-04T15:43:00.000+08:00

Look around you, you would find that there are so many Taiwanese whose hair is not black. Normally, Asian gene of the color of hair is black. Does these Taiwanese are half-blooded? No. Then what problem with them? They just all dye their hair. Recently, with the popularity of dying hair, there are more and more Taiwanese dying their hair, especially the young generation. The young generation dyes

The Weaknesses of the "Strawberry Generation"

2006-06-03T20:43:00.000+08:00

The War on Obesity [Revision]

2006-06-03T20:30:00.000+08:00

Obesity is considered as a serious problem to the modern people for its high correlation with many diseases such as hypertension, diabetes, heart diseases, sleep apnea, cancers, etc. (The U.S. CDC, 2006) In addition, it would become the main cause of preventable death in the U.S.. (Stein, 2004) Therefore, it is necessary to fight against obesity, but who should take the responsibility? According

Obesity, Public Duty(Revision)

2006-06-01T22:33:00.000+08:00

In the article, Junk Food Hihad, William Saletan said that junk food is the main reason which causes obesity that becomes a big problem of modern society but he indicated that “the food industry doesn’t sound quite evil as the tobacco industry” because food is the basic necessary for human beings. With the development of industry, human can acquire something more easily to satisfied their desire

Plastic Surgery, a corruption? (Revision)

2006-05-30T15:25:00.000+08:00

According to the article, In the Cut, Dennis Cass, the author states that along with these two shows- I Want a Famous Face and The Swan, plastic surgery becomes serious business. Ironically, the author said that these participants “are not doing any work, only having it done to them.” (In the Cut by Dennis Cass, Wednesday, April 14, 2004) Those people stand more endurance than do more effort to

Campus security

2006-05-30T15:24:00.000+08:00

After affairs of sexual abuse and robbery in our campus last month, I saw similar news sexual harassment from a column in U-online webpage. It’s said that a National Taiwan University (NTU) college student had been sexual harassed by an unknown man. It was happened at a new NTU gym alleyway of campus at the evening time on May 21. At the movement she wanted to take her bike to back home, she was

Obesity, Whose Fault (Revision)

2006-05-28T00:18:00.000+08:00

Obesity is a big concern for people worldwide. Nowadays, many adults, as well as children, are in a pickle over their weights. Being Obese is being excessively fat due to eating more than what is needed. Obesity can lead to many health problems such as the lack of energy and trouble breathing as well as mental problems. Obese people easily get unhappy with themselves because of their physical

Fascinating Vampire

2006-05-27T23:15:00.000+08:00

Vampire as a legend has been told in our culture. Although some people may not know the origin, some people began to find out its origin. According to articles in Monstrous.com, it tells that vampire appeared during Dark Age. People were so scared of it for it caused death. Vampire, which actually is a kind of fatal and pandemic disease, used to attack them at night and often time sucking their

plastic surgery (revision)

2006-05-27T17:06:00.000+08:00

According to Dennis Cass’ article “In the Cut”, he quotes the conventional wisdom: popular culture corrupts one’s idea of the self to elaborate his argument that it’s the plastic surgery business that really corrupts people. When we watch the shows “I Want a Famous Face” and “The Swan”, we understood the mentality that the participants have. They believe the beautiful look could make them more

Plastic surgery corrupts one's idea (revision)

2006-05-25T16:30:00.000+08:00

I agree with Dennis Cass’s statement saying that plastic surgery as a popular culture corrupts one’s idea. It leads us to an uncertain culture. Although it develops various fashions such as France fashion, it releases some prejudiced information and destroys our conventional culture simultaneously. For example of participants in The Swam program and I Want A Famous Face program, whose view on

The Beauty Myth (Revision)

2006-05-24T16:13:00.000+08:00

“Popular culture corrupts one’s idea of the self,” is quoted from conventional wisdom by Dennis Cass; here the popular culture denotes the craze of plastic surgery. I think the statement is true. Popular culture does preach people the standard of beauty and diminish the idea of the self. To make matters worse, the prosperity of today’s mass media accelerates the spread of popular culture and

Plastic surgery makes differences? (revision)

2006-05-24T12:47:00.000+08:00

In the MTV I Want a Famous Face and the Show The Swan ,we are convinced that having a popular or coveted face is not merely a daydream. Personally, I believe that popular culture corrupts one's idea. We are always persuaded that having beautiful faces is the main condition in getting along with people in society. Although sometimes we might think about whether a good appearance or ability is more

the responsibility of tabacoo and food industry(revision)

2006-05-24T12:01:00.000+08:00

In contemplating the war on tabacoo and food, I have some opinions to share. I believe that the big tabacoo and food industries such as McDonald’s must have certain mesmerizing effect on our society through commercial advertisement. In the capital society, the industries or corporations of tabacoo and food will make efforts to promote their own products by advertisement in order to increase the

Your Last Assignments

2006-05-24T11:49:00.000+08:00

This is what I asked you to do today, and later I will state what you need to do for your last assignment of the semester.Today (from the log of the MSN chat):First, look at the essay or essays that you got back. Think about how you could improve it and then come talk to me about it.If you are cued up behind other people, then talk to one of your classmates about how you think you can fix your

Does plastic surgery corrupt one's idea of self?(Revision)

2006-05-24T11:19:00.000+08:00

The author of In the Cut, Dennis Cass, sees plastic surgery as popular culture corrupt one's idea of the self. Because of the vogue of plastic surgery, people makes plastic surgery not for necessary but for vain or business strategy. In his article, he uses two TV shows, I Want a Famous Face and The Swan, to support his point of view. All the participants in these two programs consider having a

Plastic surgery, the corruption or a mere choice (Revision)

2006-05-24T11:01:00.000+08:00

Human beings are social animals in every historical epoch. We are all influenced by the ideologies of the society; nobody can exist outside the ideologies. Most of the people share the same standards of clothing, hair styles, social etiquette, moral ethics, and so forth. People are defined not alone but by their various positions in the society, such as gender, race and class. They are

Control Over Food (revision)

2006-05-24T09:40:00.000+08:00

I think to have control over food possible. Maybe it’s true that the meals we eat can not escape out of Western sort or Oriental kind, but after all we can choose what kind of food to eat. In my opinion, as long as we are capable of making our own choices, we can possess the right to have control over food. That is, we can go beyond the limitation that the types of food are finite, and decide

The Illusion of Vampire

2006-05-24T09:09:00.000+08:00

The legend about vampire has been passed down for years. Vampires are not only well-known in western countries, but also in the east. Why vampires are so popular?According to the article of “The Origins of Vampire”, there are many reasons that vampires are so attractive, including their eroticism, immortality, power, victimization, beauty, elegance, romanticism, the supernatural, mystery, and the

Vampires

2006-05-24T08:53:00.000+08:00

People are fascinated with the vampires because the vampires possess the capability of what normal human beings do not have. They have the appeal of immortality, appeal of power and appeal of sexual which transcend normal human beings.[origin] Furthermore, their living styles are totally different from human. They stay in dark, sleep in coffins and suck human’s blood to survive.The images of

Identical Beauty

2006-05-24T01:03:00.000+08:00

It is true that more and more people, especially female ones, tend to make their appearance more perfect: with big eyes, thin chin, and slim shape. Even males would like to have double-fold eyelids through plastic surgery. However, artificial beauty leads to standardization of modern human appearance.Nowadays people normally identify a girl as a beauty with some certain features such as white

The Fascination of Vampire

2006-05-23T22:49:00.000+08:00

Recently, vampire has become a popular topic in the movie. Actually, mankind has been fascinated with vampire for a long time. Originally, vampire serves as a projection of mankind’s fears and anxieties. However, as time goes by, vampire nowadays has been included into the commercial production and is not as frightening and vicious as before. Therefore, vampire can be viewed from two

Fighting Obesity

2006-05-23T22:25:00.000+08:00

The students in Taiwan, especially those of the elementary schools, are becoming increasingly obese than before. One of the most important rationales responsible for their obesity is overeating junk food. Although it seems to be a personal freedom to choose what you want to eat, related institutions still would tell and even stipulate people what and how to eat are better. Every social being

Control over Choice (Revision)

2006-05-23T22:07:00.000+08:00

It is widely acknowledged that we human beings do have choices. We can choose how we would like to dress today, the way we get to school, which movies we would like to see, and so forth. It seems that we indeed have control over our choices. True as it seems; however, it is also false to consider choice in this way. Joyce Marcel in her essay asserts that McDonald’s offers “a false sense of

Control Over "Eating Out" [revision]

2006-05-23T21:18:00.000+08:00

It isn't difficult to say "Well, I can just choose the restaurant that I want to go to." The thing is if you can control how you wanted that certain dish you ordered to be cooked or divided into the portion that you requested. it is possible to ask for a less salty or oily dish but it's actually the chef who decides for you how much the "less" is.For most people, eating out is to get away from

Plastic Surgery, a Corruption or Not?

2006-05-23T11:04:00.000+08:00

Before following the author’s opinion that popular culture corrupts one’s idea of self, we have to question that where popular culture comes from and what is the relationship between popular culture and one’s idea of self. As to the first question, undoubtedly, popular culture, is composed of everyone’s idea in the society, becomes the main trend that people might trail behind. After we answer

Control over Choice(revision)

2006-05-22T22:12:00.000+08:00

I think that it is possible to have control over choices in food when eating out. How can people control food? There are two steps. First, people can control which restaurant to go. Second, they can choose the food that the chosen restaurant provides. In the article, the author mentions that McDonald's offers a false sense of control. In my opinion, when going into McDonald's, people have

Control choices on food (Revision)

2006-05-17T16:02:00.000+08:00

In article “Fast Food Fascism”, the author Joyce Marcel thinks that we do not have many choices while eating in MacDonald’s. She criticizes that MacDonald’s offer a false sense of control on food by giving a false sense of abundances. She is saying that “You appear to have many choices - a Big Mac, a cheeseburger, a quarter pounder, a double quarter pounder or a "Big 'N' Tasty" - but they're all

controlled choices[revision]

2006-05-17T12:16:00.000+08:00

Is it possible to have control over the choices in food when eating out? In Joyce Marcel’s article, “Fast Food Fascism”, she commented that consumers can’t control the portion size, or the way the meal is cooked. Aside from McDonald’s, many restaurants provide limited choices for consumers. The limitation of a menu is inevitable, when considering the characteristic, and the convenience of a

control over food(revision)

2006-05-17T12:00:00.000+08:00

I believe that if you eat outside, it is impossible for you to control your food. At first, we should give “control” a clear definition. “Control” here in this sense means “choosing good food”. It means that we can choose healthy food in light of your will at any time and any place. Since we have to eat outside, consequently, we have to accept the food other people provide for us. We can’t decide

Fast Food Fascism (Revision)

2006-05-17T11:59:00.000+08:00

Joyce Marcel, the author of Fast Food Fascism, expresses her point of view on McDonald’s in her article, and accuses McDonald’s of offering a false sense of control. Customers of McDonald’s are only offered choice of foods on the surface; they can not even decide the size of food or the way their meal is cooked.In my opinion, since the choice of dish is limited on the menu, it is hard to control

Is it possible to have control over food when eating out? (Revision)

2006-05-17T11:24:00.000+08:00

According to the author of “Fast Food Fascism,” McDonald’s offer customers the false sense of control. She accuses McDonald’s of depriving their customers of food control, for customers appear to have many choices on the surface, but they could not even choose the size of their food and the way their food is cooked. From my point of view, having “control” over food means to have choices over what

Does plastic surgery corrupt one's idea of self? [Revision]

2006-05-17T11:22:00.000+08:00

When discussing the issue of plastic surgery, people may think directly that plastic surgery corrupt one's idea of self. However, the fact is that although the practice of plastic surgery does change people's external appearance, it cannot change what is inside. If this is true, then what is the root cause of the corruption of people's idea of self? In his article "In the Cut", Cass says that "

Is it possible to have control over the choices in food when eating out? [Revision]

2006-05-17T11:12:00.000+08:00

The answer to the question "is it possible to have control over the choices in food when eating out" is positive, but it would be extremely hard for one to find such a place outside for one to have total control over his choices of food in modern society. According to Marcel, the author of the article "Fast food Fascism", McDonald's offers a "false sense of control". In other words, they give the

We could make choice, but not all (revision)

2006-05-17T11:05:00.000+08:00

I think “control over food” here means someone can decide on the kinds of food when eating outside, but not all the ingredients inside the food. Generally, I think most of us can make a choice on choosing the food regarding the mood of the day. I picked McDonald yesterday because I wanted to have French fries. If today I would like to have noodles, I will pick a restaurant that can provide me

We Got the Control over Food (Revised)

2006-05-17T10:49:00.000+08:00

It takes time to decide what to eat every day. We have to pick a restaurant first, and then choose one dish on the menu of the restaurant. To me, control over food means the initial decision—to pick a restaurant. By this definition, I think we have control over food.Take NCCU students for example. There are several types of restaurants outside campus, including cafeterias, Italian, Korean,

Classwork for May 17

2006-05-17T09:15:00.000+08:00

I'm handing back your "Control over Food" essays. Do the following in class:Fix the mistakes. Help a classmate fix his or her mistakes.Discuss how you can add more depth to your essay. To be honest, most of your essays are very superficial.Everyone is using the phrase " control over the choices in food" incorrectly. Why is it iwrong and how can you fix it?When you finish the above tasks, bring

control over food

2006-05-17T02:35:00.000+08:00

I think it is possible to control over food. Maybe it’s true that the meals we eat can not escape from Western sort to Oriental kind, but after all what kind of food to eat is chosen by us. In my opinion, as long as we are capable of making our own choices, we just have the right to control over food. That is, we can go beyond the limited type of food, and decide the menu we want. For example

Why are people so fascinated with the vampire?

2006-05-17T01:32:00.000+08:00

Historically, something that cannot be understood or explained is relegated to the breeding ground from which springs myth and superstition. The presence of vampires in folklore may well have been to explain through superstition what could not be understood through any other means, that is, the mystery of death. [1] Indeed, vampires were the ones responsible for plagues and for misfortune in the

V for Vampire

2006-05-17T00:26:00.001+08:00

Vampire, or also so-called Count Dracula, has been fascinating for ages. The folklore originates from Romania then gradually spread to all around the western society. Vampire become a symbol of darkness, evilness and bloodlessness. Vampires obsess the supernatural characteristics of immortality. Immortality is the ultimate goal for most of the human being for some people tried so hard to reach

the fascination of vampire

2006-05-16T22:21:00.000+08:00

Vampires, the legendary creatures with the combination of elegance and monstrosity, possess the extraordinary power beyond the comprehension of human beings. They are the paradox of the bliss of immortality and the curse of evilness. The mysteriousness and indefiniteness of the vampires have fascinated people from all the novels and movies. The representations of vampires in the movies and novels

Why Is the Vampire so Fascinating?

2006-05-16T22:08:00.000+08:00

According to the article "The Origins of Vampire" (Monstrous.com, 1998-2003), there are various reasons for why people are fascinated by the vampire. Actually, the historical reason for why the legend of vampire is so popular is people's fear about unknown phenomena. Because the medical knowledge in the Dark Ages was not as advanced as it is nowadays, people usually blamed the death of people who

Vampire!

2006-05-16T19:28:00.000+08:00

In the article "Origin of the Vampires", it mentions that the vampire fascinating because it is horrifying. Schneider states that "true horror is when we are unexpectedly immersed in the infinite." Perkowski claims that the figure of Dracula "is a focus of fascination for forbidden, proscribed feelings and acts rife with guilt and fear, a focus for venting one's secret desires to surfeit."There

Fascinating Vampire

2006-05-16T16:47:00.000+08:00

According to the article, The Origins of Vampire, it states that vampires are justified as evil because “most vampires take pleasure in killing their victims, justifying their act by the desire to remain secret or to save their victim’s soul from being damned.” Although vampires are recognized evil due to mores, there are many people so fascinated with vampires. From the introduction of vampire’s

The Assignment for the Discussion of the Vampire

2006-05-10T23:42:00.000+08:00

Why are people so fascinated with the vampire? Please elaborate your ideas with references to the articles discussed today and to your own researches.

The Crisis of Obesity

2006-05-10T08:13:00.000+08:00

William Saletan compares obesity and tobacco in his article Junk Food Jihad. He reminds us that obesity may increase the burden of whole country just like tobacco, because obesity causes serious health problems and even death. However, according to the author, the food industry is not quite evil as the tobacco industry. This is because food is necessary to keep human beings alive while tobacco is

The War on Obesity

2006-05-08T22:54:00.000+08:00

Obesity is considered as a serious problem to modern people for its high correlation with many diseases such as hypertension, diabetes, heart diseases, sleep apnea, cancers, etc. (The U.S. CDC, 2006) In addition, it would become the main cause of preventable death in the U.S.. (Stein, 2004) Therefore, it is necessary to fight against obesity, but who should take the responsibility? According to

Questions about the Vampire

2006-05-07T23:41:00.000+08:00

Questions about the characteristics of the vampire1. What is your idea of the vampire? Is the vampire a good or evil creature orwhatever else for you?2. “The vampire has the appeal of immortality, which has been a goal of manfor ages.” What is the loss and gain of the immortality? Or more specifically, what is the loss and gain of vampire’s immortality?3. Do you prefer being an immortal vampire

Articles for the Topic of the Vampire (5/10)

2006-05-07T23:37:00.000+08:00

1. The Origins of Vampire2. Devising the Vampire3. 'Vampire' killer jailed for life4. Self-styled vampire 'drank blood'

Obesity, Public Duty

2006-05-07T11:02:00.000+08:00

In the article, Junk Food Hihad, William Saletan indicated that “the food industry doesn’t sound quitw evil as the tobacco industry” because food is the basic necessary for human beings. With the development of industry, human can acquire something more easily to satisfied their desire or necessary. Although a society’s culture would affect the development of an industry’s culture, the

the responsibility of tabacoo and food industry

2006-05-06T21:21:00.000+08:00

In contemplating the war on tabacoo and food, I have some opinions to share. I believe that tabacoo and food industry must have certain effect on our society through commercial advertisement. In the capital society, the industry or corporations of tabacoo and food will make efforts to promote their own products by advertisement in order to increase the profit. Thus, the industry will promote

Obesity, Whose Fault

2006-05-06T17:53:00.000+08:00

In “Junk-Food Jihad,” William Saletan compares the food industry with the tobacco industry. He indicates that the food industry somehow does not sound as evil as the tobacco industry. While the tobacco industry markets what is harmful to people’s health, the food industry provides the necessity—food, which is comparatively inviolable to attack. In my opinion, the food industry does play an

Discussion Assignment for 5/3

2006-05-03T18:41:00.000+08:00

According to the article, Junk Food Jihad, the author says "the food industry doesn't sound quite evil as the tobacco industry."i. Explain how do the food and tobacco industries affect society (both in Taiwan and in other countries)? Are there positive and negative effects?ii. Should government be blamed for obesity? If not, who is to blame? What role should the government play?

Discussion Questions for 5/3

2006-05-01T23:53:00.000+08:00

Understanding1. Why does the author switch the topic from smoking ban to WAR ON FAT?2. In the second paragraph, the author says that“one thing you're not allowed to do in a culture war is win it….” Why is the culture war NOT allowed to be won?3. In the last paragraph, why is New York City purging WHOLE MILK from its schools?4. What is the attitude of author?Discussion questions1. What is JUNK

Reading for 5/3

2006-04-27T19:51:00.000+08:00

Please read: Junk-Food Jihad and Students fighting obesity

Fifth Passage for class

2006-04-26T11:22:00.000+08:00

This is from Bulino, who that is I can't remember. But this passage has a consistent tense mistake. It should be easy and quick to fix.Recently, because of the production of “Big Love,” the HBO series, the issue about decriminalizing polygamy is argued extensively. After reading these articles, Don’t Do Unto Others by William Saletan, Will polygamy really destroy America? by John Tiemey, Big Love

Fourth set of passages to examine

2006-04-26T09:45:00.000+08:00

Here are some sentences from Carole's essay. Correct the grammar.Kurtz further comments on the >>pobability<<>>influences that the drama can actually bring to the public.<<>>less <<>>even a bigger matter<<>>that it would be unwise to make a hasty decision and later regret it.<<>>so is marriage.<<

Third set of passages to examine

2006-04-26T09:27:00.000+08:00

Here are some sentences from Elmo's article. Focus on correcting grammatical mistakes and making the sentences more concise. The areas between the arrows have mistakes:>> mistake<<>> <<>> dominating <<>> believe <<>> <<>>By then<<, the traditional American family structure will surely>> deteriorate and collapse<<. Every >>mankind <> partnership << >>in the <<>>testifies<<>>the<<>>of<<>> put<<>>

Second article to examine

2006-04-26T09:19:00.000+08:00

This is the first paragraph of Terrance's polygamy essay. DO NOT focus on grammar at all. Instead, look at the structure and organization of the essay. How can it improve?Polygamy becomes a controversial issue as the HBO program “Big Love” which depicts the polygamous family confronting the traditional monogamy of American society is shown the screen. Polygamy used to be a practice of marriage

Classwork for April 26

2006-04-26T09:06:00.000+08:00

Log on to MSN, get a partner and get ready to improve some passages. I'm going to post passages with errors. I want you to discuss ways to improve the passage with you partner, and then send your corrections back to me. Later I will post solutions for improving the target passage.Here is the first passage. This is the introductory paragraph of Henrry's essay on polygamy:The institution of

Artificial Beauty

2006-04-26T03:23:00.000+08:00

Beauty Myth

2006-04-26T02:06:00.000+08:00

“Popular culture corrupts one’s idea of the self,” is quoted from conventional wisdom by Dennis Cass; here the popular culture denotes the craze of plastic surgery. I think the statement is true. For the young people in “I Want a Famous Face,” their primary motive of undergoing plastic surgery is to resemble their dream models in order to attain some “life goals.” The participants of the TV show,

Does plastic surgery corrupt one's idea of self?

2006-04-26T01:54:00.000+08:00

The author of In the Cut, Dennis Cass, sees plastic surgery as popular culture corrupts one's idea of the self. In his article, he uses two TV shows, I Want a Famous Face and The Swan, to support his point of view. All the participants in these two programs consider having a beauty face is the only way to been success, and see plastic surgery is a business work. Ironically, Cass said that these

Plastic surgery makes difference?

2006-04-26T01:10:00.000+08:00

According to Dennis Cass, females have been convinced by the shows that "the beauty myth is alive and well"(In the Cut). Personally, I believe that popular culture corrupts one's idea. We are persuaded that having good looking is the prior condition in the society. Although sometimes we might think about whether is good appearance or ability important in the first meet? In this realistic world, I

Is the plastic surgery corruption of self?

2006-04-25T23:52:00.000+08:00

According to Dennis Cass’ article “In the Cut”, she quotes the conventional wisdom: popular culture corrupts one’s idea of the self to elaborate her argument that it’s the business that really corrupts people. When we watch the shows “I Want a Famous Face” and “The Swan”, we understood the mentality that the participants have. They believe the beautiful look could make them more valuable and

Plastic surgery, the corruption or a mere choice

2006-04-25T23:44:00.000+08:00

Human beings are the social animals within a particular time and space. We are all influenced by the ideologies of the society; nobody can exist outside the ideologies. Most of the people share the same standards of clothes wearing, hair styles, social etiquettes, moral ethics, and so forth. People are defined not alone but by their various positions in the society, such as gender, race and class

The Impact of Plastic Surgery

2006-04-25T22:42:00.000+08:00

It’s true that popular culture corrupts one’s ideas of the self. Recently, some parents in Taiwan sent their daughters to the model training programs, and expect them to be a famous model like Lin Chihlin in the future. What kind of impact does the gorgeous model Lin Chihlin bring to Taiwan? Children who are sent to the model training programs are misled that being a model is a shortcut to

We Got the Control over Food

2006-04-25T22:35:00.000+08:00

Public culture corrupts one's idea of the self

2006-04-25T22:15:00.001+08:00

I really agree with Dennis Cass’s statement that popular culture corrupts one’s idea of the self. It leads us to an uncertain ultra culture. Although it encourages various fashions, it releases some prejudiced information and destroys the conventional wisdom simultaneously. And somehow, we almost look the same whenever we blindly follow those fashions, for it truly corrupts our idiosyncrasies. I