Saturday, October 29, 2005

 

Who am I ?






S : smile face

E : emotional heart

S : sports mind

 

Catch Me, If You Can # 1

Name : Soony
Class : EAP1(Culture Through Film)
Date : 10/30/05

Catch me if you can

Above all, I like this title “catch me if you can,” I got the message “catch English if you can” from the title of the movie. I like ‘Leonardo DiCaprio‘, who is a main character (Frank Abagnale Jr) on this movie. I enjoyed his handsome face and his interesting experiences. Actually the movie is based on real a story about the fraud who is young , handsome, and smart.

Frank Abagnale Jr(main character) is a young man who is just 18years old. He is handsome and sexy and smart and good speaker to the people. So he has essential factors to be fraud. He was raised by rich , happy parents, but he got sad feeling part in his heart through his family brok up.

His family was broken by his father' failure in business. His family faced financial and emotional problems. Finally, his mother got a divorce. He was gifted by heredity to attract people , and his situation around was not good, so he solved his financial problem by useing his talent. He was too smart to live a general life.

It is interesting to see the fact that fraud is too attractive to women. Sometimes he took advantage of purpose. He gave fantastic compliments and gifts to women in order to get something. What will happen next ? I think that he will have problems with girls. He is very busy making lies to survive as a fraud, so he will face new inevitable problems that he does not want to have.

Thursday, October 20, 2005

 

DECISIONS

Name : Soony
Class : EAP1
Date : October20,2005

DECISIONS


There were many chances to select one in my life. It has been always difficult to decide how to do. I had to make decision to choose, I did them. The decisions have made my unique life.

Before moving America, I got big problems to solve. I wanted to study English with my son in America, also wanted to be with husband in Korea. It was the hardest decision to my family. My husband who is a decisive person helped me make decision to go America. Without his wise decision, it was impossible to come America. It was hard time to decide to come America without my husband.

I have thought about my family and my dream. Above all I recognized that family is most important in my life and I wanted to give good opportunities to my sons. I had to make the priority in choices. After making decision, I didn’t think any other choice which is just staying without dream in Korea. It is not helpful to do something with complex thinking. I made simplify my decision.

After moving America, I have been happy to study English with my sons because I made good decision to develop my family history. I have been dreaming that I am a good Korean teacher to foreign student in Korea even though I got more the numbers of age. I made fantastic decision to come true my dream.

Monday, October 17, 2005

 

Fall


Saturday, October 15, 2005

 

Understanding Alchoholism

Understanding Alcoholism

Heavy drinking has passed a dangerous situation to society because it makes many problems to the society. There are drunken driving accidents, health problems, family problems from alcohol. So we try to find out the important factors about alcoholism and try to protect from alcoholism. The author of “Gene clue to heavy drinking”(2002) believes that people with a family history of heavy drinking are more likely to become alcoholic. I believe that both genetic factor and environment are the important facts to stimulate for alcoholism.

There are two view of alcoholism. First, some scientists have found further evidence that genes may contribute to alcoholism. They say people with a family history of heavy drinking quickly develop a tolerance for alcohol. Sandra Morzorati, Indian University School of Medicine, says that the development of tolerance may maintain or increase drinking in people with a family history of alcoholism through her laboratory experiment. Second, Richard Phillips says, even assuming that genetic factors play a part, it seems highly likely that other factors will be just as or important. He emphasize the environment more genes in alcoholism.

I think that both genetics and the environment in alcoholism are important factors which can’t be ignored. I have a tolerance to alcohol from my dad. Even though I got tolerance from my dad, I did not have achance to drink alcohol when I was young. I did not know I had a the good ability to control alcohol. But after marriage, I recognized that alcohol is a very good way to forget something, to express my feeling, to communicate well, Finally I have got the chance to meet alcohol. Actually tolerance was passed from my dad. It is not easy to be drunken well. Finally I have enjoyed the chance to meet alcohol without fear of being a terrible drunken woman. Sometimes I like to drink when life is not simple, especially the situation is not good. In addithion, environment is also an important factor to understand what makes people drunken . If someone has a natural tolerance to alcohol , in addition, has a favorable environment , he will absolutely be an alcoholic who makes problems not only in his life but also in society. Drinking alcohol is a bad habit, and it is difficult to stop . So we have to learn how to drink alcohol, how to handle it because alcoholism is one of the important social problems. It is important to develop ways to solve the problem without drinking alcohol.


Reference: Gene clues to heavy drinking(2002),August13),[on line] BBC News Retrieved http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/2190905.stm

Thursday, October 06, 2005

 

MASK OF THE DRUNKEN

I was surprised at reading the terrible story of "Halloween in Carbondale".(http://www.dailyegyption.com/fall/10-27-00/cover.html/fall100/10-27-00, http://www.dailyegption.com/fall100/10-27-00/hupdate.html ) It was 1994 when there was the last celebration on the Strip involving Halloween in Carbondale. The young drunken groups were violent to the society. There were riots! The policeman used tear-gas to arrest them. After 1994 the policemen strongly controlled the young drunken groups in Halloween.

Around 10 years ago, what happened in Carbondale? The young opened a big party and enjoyed their party with alcohol. Even though they know most students should have a good time and be responsible, what made them becomed violent? Some American said, "I don't know!" "They are young, drunken!!" "Stay at home with candies on Halloween."

What made Carbondale young people become violent at Halloween? Some Americans pointed that a number of young people who couldn't get good grades and didn't belong in school live in Carbondale with alcohol. It's inevitable for them to get angry. Maybe they resolve their anger through drinking alcohol like the other cities of young people. Every weekend they enjoy alcohol, making trial problems individually. Alcohol makes them be free, be happy. Futhermore they got mask of the drunken who are violent, uncontrolled, unacceptable to society. They reveal their hidden animal instinct which has been controlled to be good by socialization. They enjoy some bad activity for fun itself together in Halloween. The group with the drunken masks, after hiding their faces behind masks are very dangerous to society. Alcohol brings up a drunken mask in deep heart in Halloween. Drunken people are more likely to cause violence as a group. They are rebellious, defiant against society. So we try to find out the way for young people to solve their problem. We have to be more interested in young people.

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