MONEY

First of all, the most important sign of wealth, possessing a large amount of money, has become an ambition of many people round the world, especially of the younger generation to which I belong. These days, wealthy people have a very bad reputation. Whereas billionaires such as Bill Gates and Warren donate huge amounts of money, the “average multi-millionaire or billionaire” becomes a concept of enemy for the ordinary people. That happens, however, for the reason that higher revenue allows one to consume more goods and services. As a result, that excites envy. On the other hand, happiness is not just set by one single factor but many others. From my perspective, however, happiness does not always increase in direct proportion to the amount of money. Either way, it is indisputable that money has a brief effect on life satisfaction, especially after we have got enough money to please our fundamental needs. Given these points, I don’t think that it´s somehow possible to “buy happiness”, so money isn’t everything, but it helps. Conversely, we should be aware that it is friendships, good health, and family that truly bring us happiness to which we aspire.

HOLLYWOOD MOVIES

In my opinion, Hollywood movies on 'true stories' don't necessarily mean they are true. It is because a day after Ben Affleck's Argo won the Academy Award for Best Picture, the Daily Mail in not-so-merry-old England posted an article on its website hitting out at the movie for what it called a "long list of films that bend the truth to suit Hollywood". It is a British newspaper after all, so no prizes for guessing what truths the writer accused Hollywood of bending. For those who are unfamiliar with the movie, Argo tells the story of a rescue mission to bring several staff members of the United States embassy in Teheran to safety when Iranian students stormed the embassy during the country's revolution in 1979. Affleck's flick was torn apart because of one short sentence in the movie, where an American Central Intelligence Agency officer said British diplomats had turned away the US embassy staffers. The truth of the matter was that the Americans were told not to enter the British embassy as it, too, was surrounded by an angry mob. So, it can be prove that not all of the Hollywood movies were true and people really need to know that watching a Hollywood movie "based on a true story" doesn't necessarily mean you are getting the truth of the truth story but just get the imagination about the story.

STEREOTYPING

 

“When a man gives his opinion, he's a man. When a woman gives her opinion, she's a bitch.”
― Bette Davis

 

“I hate to hear you talk about all women as if they were fine ladies instead of rational creatures. None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives.”
― Jane Austen, Persuasion

 

 We as a human always practice the stereotyping. But please not to be confused with a stereotypy. A definition of stereotyping is a thought that may be adopted about specific types of individuals or certain ways of doing things, but that belief may or may not accurately reflect reality. However, this is only a fundamental psychological definition of a stereotype. Within and across different psychology disciplines, there are different concepts and theories of stereotyping that provide their own expanded definition. Some of these definitions share commonalities, though each one may also harbor unique aspects that may complement or contradict the others.

                For example as a girl, we always set in our mind that our boyfriends need to treat us all the time even though they are not supposes to do so. In fact, we are not supposes to think in that particular way but that is our stereotyping behavior. Maybe we already try our hard to avoid this particular behavior but it doesn’t work because that is our own identity. So, just let it be. =)

PRISONERS TO GET VARSITY-LEVEL COURSES

According to the excerpt dated 3 March, 2013 taken from news Strait Times which is prisoners to get varsity-level courses, I was agree with the government that prisoners should be given a chances to improve themselves. They need to be helped to make sure that they will be somebody for themselves, their family and especially for their beloved country. As a good society, we should give a support towards them and need to help them while they need us. In my opinion, everyone should have a second chance in their life. It is because, we can prove to the others that we can make a change in our life. In my opinion, this program is good for ex-prisoners because there are no other college will receive them to study there while they know their status. So, by launched the programs all of the ex-prisoners can have a chances to further their studies. It is good for them and their country because statistics shown that department had succeeded in reducing the level of repeat (those returning after being released from jail) to only 7.97 per cent last year, which is lower than the 10 per cent estimated by the ministry.  So, it is a good news for us as a society. We should be proud because of our government already have a potential solution towards this problem. Even though this particular program might need a lot of money but it give a good impact towards them which is they can try to improve themselves.

MY EXPECTATION

 My expectations for this subject, Critical Literacy, are that I would not be able to learn certain part that is needed in this subject and that I would likewise will not be able to make use of them in the future. By the way, I am expecting that the lecturer is kind and understanding, but not in a way that would warrant her to not giving everything easily to students but instead would really utilize effective teaching methods that would both engage us to do our best and lead us to learning without being overly strict. Beside that, I expect that the quizzes, activities, assignments and discussions would be hard to understand and answer. I expect that taking up Critical Literacy can make me and all of the students became stress because the word ‘critical’ give a bad impression towards us. I expect that the work that been given by lecturer will be hard to complete because most of my senior said that have to think very critically in order to complete it. I really feel unluckily by taking this subject. I expect that before we do our activities, the lecturer need to give a complete and clear instruction to make sure that students will not confuse. However, after I already be in class and start learning in this subject, it not too hard like what I have thought. But it is need a lot of reading to grab all of the topics. Lastly, I do hope that I can master in this subject by always read it and I do also hope that I can score in this subject .