miércoles, 25 de marzo de 2009

Technology Helps to the Students

The technology is very important for the development of the world, nowadays the education institutions have all the technology easy to get the knowledge. Is more easy to learn with the help of the technology, this make that the students fell more interest in to learn more things and more quickly.

For the university students is important to have all the resources and the technology is the most important thing, for example they need computers, software, equipment of advance, internet, many things, etc, sometimes the university need communicate with teachers of another places for to give more information or activities in particular and they need equipment tech for communicate, for that reason they need technology.

In the schools is necessary give to the students good education, the kids need activities that they likes, actually they can see educative videos and to listen educative music, in the similar way see television programs that help to their with their learning. They can learn in different forms for example with games, computers programs and other things.

The principal source of information is the internet, this source give information from many places and help for all the home works and to get any information that they want, many times that information is wrong and the students copies that and believe any thing, similarly they lose the interest in to read books and practice sports, the technology in some adequate form can help to the students but on the other hand it takes they out of the real activities.

Is very important to know how to get the knowledge, use the adequate tools and to have all the possible correct information, the technology is the most important tool for the learning, because gives all the necessary help, but on another hand the students should take the correct sources of information, nowadays is essential to have all the help for the students learning and the technology is really important for the quickly learn and to get more information.

jueves, 19 de marzo de 2009

Do you agree or disagree that progress is always good

Progress is the objective of all governments, societies and persons by the benefits that it provides, there are so much opinions in favor or against so we will analyze why some countries are poor and others are rich, why some countries obtain progress faster than others and some consequences of progress in the societies.


Progress is defined as the useful change or improvement in society, is the objective of a society as we have said because it is a way of being more productive and competitive in the world, getting more money and them obtain progress in other aspects like new technologies that are very useful at this modern times for be connected to the entire world.


Progress bring others important benefits as better help services, an important aspect in this days, more efficient public services, better education, improved infrastructure in the countries, as a result of this improvements the people will be more prepared and ready for international competition in many economic situations, specifically by better productivity.


On the contrary some people thinks that progress will make slaveries of technology because the people will not make anything without depending of some technology device, for example to write a letter necessarily need a computer. Moreover progress makes that less people in the world have a job as a consequence of the replacement of people by machines in factories leaving high unemployment as consequence and many poor people that will not have way of how to feed and how to get educated.


In conclusion, the progress helps us be more efficient and productive, very important factors in these times of high international competition which together helps us get better medical services, education, which together helps us to be increasingly better.

miércoles, 18 de marzo de 2009

How do movies or television influence on people’s behavior?

The television and movies have become in part of our lives in most places there is nobody who doesn’t know the T.V or the movies but how many people think that they are a positive influence? Or how many think that they are a bad influence? These days we have censorship and schedule depending on the age and the time but for some people is not enough and for others it is too much personally I think that T.V and movies have a good influence most of the times

The T.V and the movies have been used for education giving school classes on T.V others for cultural documentaries and children programs that try to approach them with their own roots and teaching the good old values using characters and situations but many people think that this is too few because the budget for this kind of entertainment is too small against the other programs and movies who don’t give us anything besides violence gossip and advertisement who tries to sell us a way of living and the items that we suppose to have in order to live it this means that for some people it is too much brainwash.

In the other hand for the most of the people many of these programs are a source of entertainment and fun who most of the time show important values on their characters even if the situation is not always real or actual and we have to respect their right to see whatever they want to see no matter how silly or nonproductive it seem like for us anyway the T.V and the movies are giving to the audience what they think the audience want and is in the mind of each one if they should or should not see anything or buy anything for anyone.

It is a fact that T.V and movies have a good influence in the audience most of the times and even if they don’t have it this is not an excuse for get out of the air a program or ban a movie without the people have the chance to evaluate and decide if it is proper in the best interesting of the children or most of the people to regulate who can be the audience we can’t let a T.V program or a movie managed our behavior but also the people who want to ban everything that they don’t like.

“PEOPLE WORK BECAUSE THEY NEED MONEY TO LIVE”

Most people work is essential in order to live because it enables to develop the individual needs of each person as well as can get many economic benefits that will influence the future life, all people should be working to meet their own needs and solve physical workload because work can get economical and mental stability.

The question is whether people actually do the work because they want to or because they happen?, on the one hand, sometime people working to make a difference, to have more power, to feel more intelligent and important because they believe that things will not give it, that all costs and you have to work to get what they want.

On the other hand, other people work to keep busy or just do what you like, because happiness is that these are paid to do what they really like; but others do it for new challenges and for reasons to get up every morning and go to work with enthusiasm.

In addition, the really of it is the people will have to work much harder to get money to live and can get economic stability, security and personal satisfaction. To illustrate, more money will make us happier, the people work more and earn more money , they moved to a larger home in a neighborhood better, buy a more expensive car, enjoy a higher standard of living than before; but not when they compare ourselves and they begin to identify with our new neighbors, the people believe that if they work more will be more happy, when in fact the increase in your wages simply implies a lower total utility and less happiness.

In conclusion, the main reason why a person should work is because there is a motivation or desire that allows you to make efforts to achieve goals and results of all efforts is ,undoubtedly, the satisfaction in the economy and the family which means a better way to live.

PLASTIC BAGS: PLASTIC TRASH?

PLASTIC BAGS: PLASTIC TRASH?

Nowadays, there is a global worried about protection and care of environment. Technology and industries are considering environment’s good treatment like a necessary condition at the time of elaborate a product, even the simplest. For example, we have the plastic bags that supermarkets give for free to its clients. In the last days we have been exposed to an advertisement announcing a new kind of bags 50% more biodegradable than traditional ones, which means a benefit for nature. The fact is no matter how much biodegradable be able to be, plastic bags are a menace and generate big damage to the environment and to the beings that live in the diverse habitats. Next are uncovered some reasons that support this affirmation.

In first place, plastic bags are made with polyethylene, a thermoplastic derived form oil. After decomposition this chemical creation produces petro-polymers, smallest and toxic components that finally will contaminate the soils and fluvial routes. As a consequence, these microscopic particles could begin to be a part of animals diet chain. According to the WWF’s 2005 report, the effect on the wild life can be catastrophic.

Second, a traditional plastic bag takes between 50 and 120 years to be totally decomposed, depending of the elaboration, and it has already been mentioned that the product of this decomposition is very harmful. It is supposed that one of this bags will decompose in half of the time. Even if this is true, in 10 years the damage caused to the environment it will be enormous and at the end the product it will be the same and this poisonous components will spread all over the place where the residues of this bags are deposited damaging the environment and its inhabitants, including the human being.

Finally, we have the damage caused to the animals. When the bags are not useful anymore, most of them are rejected in an inadequate way, contaminating forests, rivers and seas. Constantly, fishes get caught in this bags and then get suffocated and die. The bags in the water look very similar to jellyfish and to plankton. Valuable animals for the ecosystem like turtles, confuse them and swallow them, which causes an almost immediately death or make them get sick and kill them slowly, that is worse. On the ground, birds, raccoons and others animals make the bags part of its nests and dens, modifying the ecosystem and damaging the harmony of the habitats.

In conclusion, the plastic bags, despite of its usefulness and the efforts of industries and technology to make them more biodegradable, generate big damage to the environment and they are a hazard for the alive beings that inhabit it. The real responsibility at the time of using them or rejecting them appropriately is ours. Is in our hands to obtain a healthy and clean environment, for our own benefit and of our children. Anyway, it will always better to use a non-plastic bag.


VALMIRO NARVAEZ-GOENAGA

Technology and studies

Nowadays, since the creation of internet, it has become a way to find information easily. Students can use calculators in order to solve equations and math problems without wasting time and without a certain mistake. But, with this help, students don’t use this information toll appropriately, like stealing information and copying from another partner in a middle of a test. This could be bad, but technology is a good tool to learn quick and in this article I’ll show why.

For decades, calculator has helped students and economist solve equations more precise and in a short time, so people can learn the basics of calculus and physics more accurate, without worrying about how perfect the answer is. Before, solving algebra and calculus problems was very boring and imprecise for the people, and it took days and weeks to figure out a problem. Nowadays we can see electronic calculators that are commonly used in schools and universities, at banks and offices, figuring out problems in a simple way. In addition there are high-tech calculators that are special for electronic and electrical engineers, use for long challenging equations that a simple calculator can’t do.

Since 1995, the year that Bill Gates, founder and president of Microsoft, created the biggest network, called Internet, people can set up communication between other people in the same or in another country exchanging different kinds of information. In the study field it has become a powerful tool, because students can browse on the internet information about their homeworks, without the need of going to the library wasting time and money. Also you can fin the audiobook, which means a novel read by someone and recorded you can buy or download it for free. You can transfer it from you pc, to a mp3 player and know about what the book is in a shorter time than reading if you don’t have good reading abilities.

But some colleges and schools are against the idea of using technology. Students use the internet to find done homework or essays, from an untrustable source in the web, making them to copy and paste information from the source, without reading and learning about the topic and knowing anything about it. Also, cheating has become easier than before for students with the technology income. Students in the middle of a test take pictures of the solved test using cell phones and transfer to a partner’s one through Bluetooth in order to copy and paste from the cell phone math and physics problems, for example.

Summarizing, technology is a powerful tool depending on how you will use it. But the advantages of using it for good are extremely high, rather than using it for bad intentions, because nowadays, teachers and college professors are well informed about cheating in tests and works. So technology help students learn quickly.
MEDIA INFLUENCE PEOPLE' S BEHAVIOR

Any type of information is basic for the developed of any process, but that depends of the handling and results that the people, companies or product wants; because if the power of the information is very important, and it can use to generate benefits or to manipulate the behavior.

As technology advances and media choices increase,; children can developed a constructive way of learning by means of programs in different channels like discovery kids, Disney channels and another institutional channels that teach very good topics like socialize with friends, health habits, numbers, words, colors, etc.
For this reason is important supervise our children all time, because the media play’s a significant role in shaping children's life.

The media could have many bad influences on people, because it make's anyone want to change the way they look, there way they dress and the way they act, so they can be accepted by society.
For example the supermodels and the Barbie dolls shown on television. The media show they are as being the ideal woman, and their having the perfect body, and that in order to fit in you has to look like that.

Since children are spending an average for hours a day consuming media, they have little time to do homework and spend time with their family.
Children can see acts of sex, violence and people consuming drugs as normal and risk free, because " everybody do it and is very excited".
To begin with children who sit in front of a screen all day, have a greater chance of suffering from obesity. Parents need to pay more attention to the amount of time their children spend ingesting media, because it can have numerous long-term health effects on children.

To summarize, there are many things in the world that can have an influence on the minds of people, some examples are friends, family members, teachers and role models. But the important thing is the formation and values that each person learns in the person's home.

MARIA CLAUDIA MONTOYA


Luck and success

At some point of your life you may have wondered: "­what does it take to be successful? ". You may also have thought that if luck were on your side you would already be successful. But, is it true that luck results in success?

In order to answer this, we must first consider what success is. We might be tempted to think of luck as a synonym of wealth. However, the actual definition, "when you achieve what you want to achieve" (Longman dictionary), allows us to see that success may differ from one to another because we all have different goals. Nevertheless, there are certain things; such as being respected, and not being in misery etc.; we all want, or at least most of us do.

Now, let us take a look at the things that may lead to success. We will get two answers right away: luck and hard work. We will consider luck to be the help the world gives us, and hard work to be the help you give to yourself, that is, your own effort. Both are important, but one is more important than the other, and that is hard work.

You may be thinking that there are things luck can get for you and hard work cannot, for instance, winning the lottery. However, is someone who wins the lottery really successful? What has he or she achieved? In the best case he will temporary be out of misery. The world gave him a hand but not success. If he or she doesn't do something he just had an illusion of true success.

How about people who's born rich, and respected? As we said before, money is not the same as success. Subsequntly, success is a consequence of achieving. What has a newborn achieved? A newborn has not even set goals to try. Therefore, you cannot be born succesful.

On the other hand, there are people who work hard all their lives and they do not become succesful. Why does that happen? Probably, what happens is that they miss some opportunities. And that,s one of the things that never comes back, a missed opportunity. it is like they say "luck is what happens when oportunity an preparation meet". In that way, true luck is the outcome of a prepared mind, which is the result of hard work, and a mind aware of opportunities, which is constant hard work. Thus, luck is actually the result of hard work.

As we have seen, true success can only be achieved through hard work. Everything else is just an illusion.

MEDA INFLUENCE PEOPLE`S BEHAVIOUR

Nowadays, the media is a persuasive tool that permit communication or being informed of different social-politic and economic national and/or international facts, also thanks to the develop of media this has become in a necessary tool in the process of socialization of people, becouse it can influence the style of life.

For example, when a group of people get together sometimes remember educational T.V. shows ( Plaza Cesamo, Barnie, etc.), that taught many value and how meet or relationship with other people; this programs present a number of behaviour that supposed are right, so that since childhood, we are influence for the media and communication (TIC) to have attitudes and beliefs, but on the other hand, actually we are manipulate for the media.

Furthermore, children and teenager follow the trends of fashion, the activities of famous and starts of movies or T.V. shows behaviour, we can see this when a child want to be like his start favorite or do things that him watch on T.V, to illustrate, children that like superman is probably that jump of high place since they want fly like superman, this is a some bad reason for use the media in the society.

Many people, to this day, are still debating whether people is truly influenced by the media. There is no doubt that the media has an impact on people, but doesn’t it really influence people to act out even thought they know it’s right?, in order that, research has found that television, movies and other media enhances a child’s imagination and the way of thinks of people, because the media puts new ideas into people’s head causing then to act or create a whole new set of ideas; in addition, others research has found that the media have advertising that have the power of influence attitudes and beliefs of people because the media plays a crucial role in forming and reflecting public opinion,

To summarize, the media has a strong social and cultural impact in the society that can use to teach behaviour in appropriate ways; moreover the media have a capability of sends a strong and influence message to people, that we can use for educating people.
People work because they need the money to live, what are some other reasons that people work?

To work has become a daily activity. Sometimes, to work is not an option, it is a necessity. Most of the people work because they need the money to live. There is a small amount of people who work only because they are bored at home. This kind of situation happens when the person does not need to earn one's living. But this is not a common situation in Colombia.

There are a lot of reasons why people work. I am going to mention two reasons, that I considered the most important ones.

The first one, but not the most important in my list, is that people feel important when they work, they have a high selfsteem, and therefore it helps these people to have a better relationship with others. People who have a low selfsteem cannot achieve this level of relationship, in many cases people who do not work have low selfsteem.

And the second one, people mostly women want to feel independent. They do not want to depend on their husbands and to earn money sometimes give the women the power of making decisions on their own.

In conclusion, at the moment most of the people work, no matter the reason they work, at the end the whole world works because everyone makes it it works

The Influence of Heavy Metal Music in Youngs



The Musical preferences are as diverse as the people who listen. Every kind of music has its reputation. The Heavy Metal is marked as negative by the society. In contrast, others find it as a harmless form of music.
The point is demonstrated that The Heavy Metal Music poses not threat to the welfare of their listeners.

Many people think heavy metal music is bad especially parents, who fear their children's reactions, but all this in mind.

The most common age that children begin to listen to this kind of music is around 14th to 24th years. Some young people may become a little aggressive, but this happens under the pressure and stress that parents and society place on them and only in this music are a way to express their disagreement, uncompression and anger. For them this music is like a therapy that helps with the pressure and stress, feel relaxed, comfortable, plus it also use dark clothes to feel good and believe that is the way to express your personality. Listen to the music of heavy metal is not bad, just there are people who do not like all this kind of music and should respect others who do not like this and heard a low volume.


One solution to this situation would be to reach awareness in society about this music and see how the behavior of young people in society in general, breaking taboos and parents find the solution to your child with more love, more attention be more sympathetic and give advice.


In conclusion, people are easily influenced and they are all in the mind and when the child is growing need to take all stages of life are important and parents need to be careful and be rather require attention to their children more what you can do to avoid stress, and social taboos the left side and have not lived if you feel this situation and check that everything that is said to be a point to stop these youth as the worst exists.

success not a matter of luck?

Success is every people's dream in a way or another. We have always been told that we have to work hard and to put all of our efforts into something in order to actually be the best at it or make the best of it. But is it really worth it when you see people winning the lottery everyday or just achieving their goals without moving a finger? Perseveration leads to success; but let's face it, a little luck would not do any bad. A lucky strike can get you to the top easier, faster and, in some cases, without any sweet drop.

There are many stories of people who had anything but their will to succeed, whom started at the bottom of an enterprise, and in some years achieved the top of it. It could be hard work what took them to the top, but making a call to a frien is all the help some people needs to reach that high. People can use their influences to erach higher levels and, in fact, they do. Would not you consider being friend of the enterprise's president's son a punch of luck? This is a v ery good help for getting a job. Being friendly can be very usefull, and you will not have to wait for the enterprise to "call you back" if you know what i mean.

Let's just suppose we work hard and we actually get to be successful. We even get to have a lot of money, we marry and have children. Think about the children of thoose who have money. they are lucky to be born having everything they want. life is going to be easier for them. Is like being born whit the lottery already born. They will not have to worry about finantial problems which, in addition to the ease of having a good education will lead them to success for sure. Now, being successful is not only about having money, but in a way or another it can surely help you achieve you goals without making big efforts.

the best way to succeed in life is to have a good education. There are two ways to succeed in schools or universities: studying very hard or just having a little luck. For example, the multiple choice answer's tests. You will be sure of having a good grade if you have studied to answer the questions. But if you add some numbers to it, you will see there is always a chance of picking the good answer, no matter what it is. If there are two possible choices the posibility to pick the correct one is 50%. It is half the chance, which is a high number, just a little luck is needed to select it and, with a very good luck, all of your answers could be correct. That is how you get to see students with scholarships whom you may say are "not as smart as others". In this cases luck plays a very imoprtant role.

I am not trying to tell you that you do not have to fight for succeeding. In fact, people who perseverates can get anything and can also succeed at everything they want. It would probably take some time as you may not succeed at once, but people who work learn, and if you fall and then get up again you will not fall again ni the same hole. It is hard, but if you try and never give up you can be sure you'll get what you want.

luck is a very relative thing. In a particular case, there are people who spend a lot of money in the lottery and they have never won it. In the other hand we have people who have never try it, but then thy win at their first try. Is winning the lottery a sample of success? Maybe not, but it would help you in your seek for success, and no one can say winning the loterry is not a lucky strike.

In summary, we can say there is more that one way to succeed. working hard is what you must do to achieve your goals. But we cannont deny a little good luck could help us out. People who succeeded are lucky to be successful.