The Times of Harvey Milk

I think he's a really hero, he against the people fight for their rights, I'm really admire for that because sometimes I will think "it's unfair! why we have to accept that? they're wrong ! I must fight!" but.........in the end, nothing has happend! Because I'm not brave enough, and it just some little thing, but Harvey Milk, he fight for the rights, he has to stand in forn of everyone!! Amazing!

Animal Laws

I think it’s acceptable because if the penalty is too low then people will not obey it; people will think animals are their tools, they can buy them in the stores easily when they really want to get one, and they also can threw it when people don’t like the animals anymore; if the penalty is strict, then people will afraid themselves will be punished if they do the wrong things(abendant their dogs), and people will not do it, and people will consider carefully before they raised the animals; people will know the animals are not human beings’ toies, they’re lives!
Maybe we should regist for the animals like baby; we should go to the 戶政事務所 to regist when the baby born, and there’re our families’ name, relationship, relationship in the household registration, and then the baby is one of the family members, I think the animals are also should be treated like this.

Homosexuality In Taiwan

I think it was very common that if there were gay person in the family, the family member avoid to tell it, they thought it was embarrassing( or shameful) because they thought it was weird, abnormal, but I think it has a little change because Taiwan is more open than before, for example, me, I didn't like the gay people before, but I can't tell the reason that why I can't accept the homosexuality, maybe is the environment(my family, the media.....?), I don't know!

But, now I change my mind because homosexuality is normal, they have their rights ,just they're homosexual, no different, they're nice and soft; my family are also change their mind because they accept my cusin, he's homosexual( when he went to London for studying, he made a boyfriend, and he told us; in the begining, my aunt couldn't believe it, but in the end she accept it because she live him, and she thought she should respected her son). And my cusin is happy now because his family support him, and they don't feel they have the homosexulity in the family is a shameful thing.

Whale War

I think they're very cool to volunteer to protect the whlaes, to do something for the earth, and they must very love the place that they live, I think it's a very special experience.

But, why some people just think about money(It's embarrissing because we both are Asian, it's a bad impression for people), why they don't worry about the whales will become extinct, it means the whales will disapear from the earth! We all are one of the earth, we should love the earth, we should do something for progeniture instead wast the resource . It's our responsible, we all have to do it.

The Poem

Robert Frost----The Road Not Taken

Sometimes we see other people’s success, we admire it and regret it, and think “if I do that in that time, now I will……I will be different, I will be successful….” But, you never know what will be if you take another road! Will the road be straighter?
Or curved?
Longer or shorter?
Is it safe?

Maybe the answer is definitely different to your thought.
So don’t regret it! Just go! And you’ll find the beautiful land!

The Celluloid Closet

Question1.

The gay person are always sissy, and their gesture are like girls but a little weird; the lesbian person is muscular, manlike, and they always have short hair; if the character of the film or television is sissy or muscular, then we will think that he or she is homosexual, it’s the stereotype; and they are always not popular in the play, and sometimes, they are ridiculed because of their personalities. But, now there is some thing different because some movies describe the gay person that is very handsome, and the lesbian person is very pretty.


Question 3.

Yeah! If I see gay men holding hands walking, or kissing, I will….I will feel uncomfortable, and I think it’s weird, I don’t agree with it. But, it’s unfair because if I see two girls holding hands I don’t think it’s weird; in Taiwan if girls are very closed(they’re not lesbian but friends) they will holding hands to go to the restroom together(and……I do that!), but if two boys do the same thing, we won’t accept it, it really bothers people. But, why? Maybe it’s also the stereotype of male and female; people think if you’re a boy, you should be independent, and you can’t cry, you can’t show your emotion off, in this way I think be a girl is more happy than a boy!

Animals Taiwan

Their purpose are improving the livelihood and treatment of animals in Taiwan; they find solutions for the problem of pet overpopulation through educational activities, adoption efforts and outreach programs.
They'll find new owners for the pets which thir owners don't want them.

Animal Issues 2.

I think it’s acceptable because if the penalty is too lenient, people won’t obey it, and people will think that animals are their toys; people can buy them in the stores easily when they really want to get one, and when people don’t like the animals anymore, then they just throw it! If the penalty is strict, then people will afraid themselves will be punished if they do the wrong things like abandon their dogs or abuse their cats, and people will avoid it, and they will consider carefully before they raise the animals. For example, I really want a dog because it’s so cute, and I can play with it, we can go walking and jogging together, but after I saw the video which was posted by Jeff, I feel scary and I won’t buy a dog because I’m afraid that I just think it’s fun to me now, but if some day I don’t interested it any more, what can I do? What will it be? How much do I have to pay if I do the bad things? Then, people will know the animals are not the human beings’ toys, they’re lives!
Maybe we should register for the animals like babies; we should go to the household registry to register when the baby born; there’re our families’ names, relationship in the household registration, and then the baby is one of the family members, I think the animals are also should be treated like this.

Questions

1. Copying a few pages from Wikipedia and turning it in as your assignment. A: If you remark these pages are from Wikipedia, then it’s not cheaing. (cheating)
2. Asking someone else to write a few paragraphs of your paper for you—but you still do most of it. A: If that person agree with you to use it, then it’s not cheating.(cheating)
3. Asking someone to proofread your assignment and fix the grammar mistakes for you. A: Not cheating.
4. Having someone read what you wrote and tell you if they can understand it or not. You take their ideas and fix what you wrote. A: Not cheating.
5. Using an article from an English language learning website by copying it and turning it in. A: Cheating.
6. Finding an article online that says exactly what you were thinking, so you just turn that in. A: Cheating.
7. Reading an article that you found online, thinking about it, and then writing a response in your own words. A: Not cheating.
8. Doing a writing assignment for one class and then turning it in for two, three, or even more classes because you are too busy to do another writing assignment. A: Not cheating.(not ok)
9. Finding some writing online, but changing some of the verbs and nouns before you turn it in. A: Cheating.
10. Finding a paper online, but changing all of the verbs before you turn it in. A: Cheating.
11. Copying an article that you found, but you don’t get caught so no one ever knows about it. A: Cheating.

Unit 2:

1. In your opinion or experience, why do some students chose to cheat? What are some of the different reasons students give? Do you know people who cheated in high school or college? (you can respond generally. I am not looking for names).
1. Because they didn’t study very hard but they want to get good grades or pass the test, they don’t want to be failed. So they choose to cheat.
2. Yes, in my high school, one of my classmates, he always has problems when teacher send the exam paper, his papers always have problems (he said he should get more higher grades because teachers made mistakes, actually, he changed his wrong answer to correct one), finally, teachers copied his paper before they send him, and when he saw his wrong answer of copied paper, he couldn’t say anything.

2. In the US if you were caught plagiarizing assignments you would immediately be given a failing grade. You could also be immediately expelled from the university for “academic dishonesty”. Since the reason you were expelled would be written on your transcripts, every other university you applied to would know you once got caught cheating. What types of punishment are generally given for cheating on exams or class work in Taiwan? Do you think these punishments are a sufficient deterrent to cheating? What do you think the punishment should be?
In Taiwan, If you get caught cheating, you’ll get zero in that exam, and be recorded a demerit, but you can do some campus service to correct it, I think it’s not enough, maybe we should follow the punishment of the US, I think if people know they will be engraved the “academic dishonesty” and no one will accept it, then they’ll be scared of the punishment, and not cheating.

3. You will have to think creatively for your answer here: Even with the threat of severe punishment, the readings above indicate that cheating is still a problem. One reason is because students naturally assume they will get away with it and won’t get caught. Therefore, severe consequences probably won’t be enough, by themselves, to stop students from cheating (if you don’t think you will get caught, it’s easy to ignore the possible consequences). What can be done? What real solutions should be tried? Are teachers and students in perpetual race to see who can get trickier? What other solutions can be tried to stop cheating? Be specific with your suggestions.
Maybe teachers can limit students only take their pens to the class room on the exam, and students’ seat had be arranged (we don’t know who sits next to us), and take a video tape during the exam.

4.Read the following examples of plagiarism and the action that was taken because of it at one American university. Do you agree with the punishment

I don’t agree with that. Because I think suspending one-quarter is too much, they don’t have chance to correct their mistakes, maybe the teachers can deduct the cheating students’ scores, punish them do more community service and tell them be honest and don’t do that again, otherwise they will get the most strictest double punishment! And they have no chance. On the other hand I think maybe teachers should pay attention to the process of students’ learning and attitudes not just a paper, maybe it can make students know their attitudes are the most important things, and it can’t be replaced by other people, just their own!

3.Google the words “Fired for plagiarism”. List three examples of people who have lost their jobs for plagiarism. Make a brief summary of them a

1. Madonna G. Constantine, the former professor of psychology and education at Columbia University’s Teachers College, she was fired for plagiarizing the work of two her former students and a former colleague.
2. A freelance TV producer plagiarized passages(“ran into the fire”) from “The West Wing” has been let go by NBC Universal Sports
3. Hiroshi Kobayashi, the chief editorial writer of a local Japanese newspaper, he was fired for copying at least 15 editorials from other papers.

2.What are the six possible punishments you can get at the University of Washington for plagiarism? (Hint: you don’t have to read the whole thing. R

The six possible punishments I can get at the University of Washington for plagiarism are Disciplinary Warning, Reprimand, Restitution, Disciplinary Probation, Suspension and Dismissal.

1.What is the penalty for plagiarism at Stanford University?

The penalty for plagiarism at Stanford University : the penalty for a first-time violation of the Honor Code is a one-quarter suspension and 40 hours of community service. If the student is in his/her final quarter of enrollment the standard practice is to convert the one-quarter suspension into a two-quarter delay in the conferral of the degree.

Assignment:Question3

I think the American culture and the Japanese culture influence Taiwan most deeply
Following are the women and men on TV in Taiwan:

The women (beauty): have well figures (slender bodies, good breasts and hips), beautiful hairs (are usually long hairs), good faces and skins (most Taiwanese think white skin is more beautiful than black). And they’re young. They’re dressed fashion clothes which is famous brand, or some clothes that can highlight the woman’s figure (mini-skirts, mini-pants….)

The men (handsome men): have good figures (strong, muscular), tall, good faces and skins. They’re dressed fashion clothes. Their ages and aren't so important if they looks good.

But, Japanese stars are different from American stars especially the male stars, they’re thin and not tall, beautiful, cute, we call that is the flower like handsome boy; and the female stars are skinny and look cute.

I think the stereotyping of sexual on TV is still being Taiwan but not so obvious, we accept many kinds of people, like the cute flower like boy or the muscular man, women wear mini-skirts, they also can wear loose jeans, they wear neuter clothes, I think it’s very fun, and it’s better than the past.

Assignmen:Question 2

According to the scientific research, men’s brains are different from women’s. For example, women’s verbal skills appear to begin early in life. Studies of children’s behavior have found that girls speak earlier, have larger vocabularies and better at spelling and reading. But, men are systematic; they are better at investigating how a system works, so they like to get deeply involved in activities such as car repair, computing or building up. On the other hand, people will be changed by their family or the environment, for instance, a boy who was born of a ballet family, when he was a little child his parents taught him how to dance and encouraged him to be an excellent dancer; another boy, he loved ballet and really wanted to be a dancer, but his parents told him “you are a boy, don’t do the girl thing! You should be a engineer! It can earn a lot of money!” then he gave up his dream. The sexual stereotyping of job is related to the sex brain and the environment, and family pressure (many women quit her job after got married for her family, it’s unfair!). Now there are more people change their concept of the sex of career, and women’s rights are higher than past, but how to make men and women quality? I think it doesn't mean that women should do as well as men in the same thing, or men should be soft as women, it means that we should understand each other and work together.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/sex/index_cookie.shtml

Is Humanities Education Valueless?

I think the study of humanities is not only necessary but also not waste of time to study. Maybe I can’t be wealthier or get the physical things by studying literature, but I can get the spiritual things, like happiness, understanding and creativity. It can helps me be a thinking person, be more human, not just like a cash machine, has no spirit, just make money. In other ways, I think the humanities education is one of the most important educations, but it doesn’t mean the economics is not important. I think every education is valuable. After all we live in the earth, we need money!

Second Life

It's extremely interesting!! I really want to play the game! I've never thought computer games are interesting before. Because I thought it was unreal, maybe I could get treasures (unreal) or some valuable things (unreal) from the computer games, but…it's unreal it doesn't mean anything. However, Second Life is different, I can get not only virtual money but also real money!!
Most cool of all, I think Second Life will teach me a lot of things and help me be more close to succeed in the real life because of that when I fail in the Second Life, I can review myself and consider what is good and bad, maybe try another way is better, maybe do nothing is best, I'll learn what is suitable for me and change my way to a better one. Then when I face to the situation in the real life I’ll calm down and know how to do instead of be anxious and worried because I’d already faced the situation in the Second Life! It just like the pre-life!