Korean Songs (Tony-Reaction)Final Draft

A lot of Korean students know about a Korean boy band named, Big Bang. They are really famous in Asia, and their songs are loved by a lot of Koreans. 2 days ago, this boy band released a new alum called, “Remember”. I loved all the songs in the album. I especially liked a song titled, “Sunset Glow”. When I listened to all the songs in the album, I knew that millions of fans will love these songs. Also, I knew that these songs will effect thousands of children that listen to them.  Even though I loved all these songs, I was worried about the effects that this song will cause to Korean children. I’m not just talking about Big Bang. I am talking about all the other famous bands and singers of Korea.

Firstly, most of the famous songs that Korean children love are about romance. We can take the songs made by Big Bang as an example. The only song that they made which is not related to romance is “How Gee” and “Dirty Cash”. These romance-related songs are not good for the children, because romance bothers a child’s education. Considerable amount of children in Korea will be effected, because a lot of children will listen to famous songs.

Secondly, a lot of music videoes made by famous bands or singers contain scenes that give bad effects toward children. We can take a music video of “Day by Day” as an example. This video contains a scene of two members of Big Bang fighting physically.  Also, it shows one member who destroys his house to show his anger. Some kids might follow this after they watch the video.

I hope a lot of singers and bands will consider about the effects that they give toward children. They should change their songs and movies into more of a beneficial type.

Sunset Glow

Day by Day

Does This Really Work? (Alice – Thought)

     As you know, there are criminals all over the world including Korea. The Korean Government has been trying hard to get hold of those criminals. However, it wasn’t easy.

     So, recently, the Korean Government tried out a new way. It was where the criminals had to wear electronic bracelets that could track where they were and what they were doing. People have been believing that this way would help a lot. However, their expectations were broken into little pieces. Here’s why: this new system was experienced on a man. The government released him from the jail. The man, let’s call him B, was quiet for a while, actually about a month or two. Then, suddenly, just a few days ago, B caused another problem after drinking a large amount of alcohol; he is back in jail now.

     This example clearly shows how this new system does not really affect the criminals. The electronic bracelets definitely does not help the government control the criminals. Not only that, they might even cause some mental disorders to some people by stressing them out. B was one of those stressed-out people. He felt that somebody was watching him everytime he did something.

     What can the government do to solve the problem of controlling the criminals?

New Energy (John – Reaction) Graded

  

Currently, we are running out of oil. The people in America are trying to find more oil by drilling in Alaska. This ruins the environment in many ways. First of all, It could kill a lot of animals that are currently living at that place. Next, another problem is that if we get more oil, then there would be more cars which would cause air pollution. We shouldn’t make this happen. Let’s think it in another way. If we give harm to the environment, the air, water, soil and etc will be polluted. Soon, the harm will come right back to us. For example, if we pollute the air, then it would be hard for us to breath or make it hard for us to see. This could casue some people to even die in the end. For the environment, and for ourselves, we should not harm the environment.

There are many other different kinds of energies that are all around us that we could also use. First there is the solar energy. The solar energy is the energy that uses the heat of the sun. The first picture above is a picture of a hybrid car that uses solar energy to activate. Hybrid cars do not fume out exhaust gas, so it also does not pollute the envirnment at the same time. The main type of energy that people could use easily is solar energy because it is obviously easy to find. I think that it would be much better if we use new energy just like this.

Another type of new energy is the wind energy. Another kind of energy that we could easily find is the wind energy. The second picture above is a picture of a wind tribune which makes electric using the wind power. The wind power also gives us a lot of help because even if it is used just like oil energy, it also does not pollute the environment. The environment is very important in our lives. We should keep on inventing new things that could make energy and also not harm the environment!

Why should people have to fight each other for singers? (Irene-Thoughts)

Okay. It could make some people angry right now, but I do not like Big Bang, neither the other singing groups except for SHINee. Some people reading this are going to be very angry at me and write insulting comments. However, that is the problem that I am writing this post is to argue that I do not understand why people have to insult each other just because of the difference in opinions.

For an example..

A.  I just like SHINee so much!

B. Why do you like them? They are rubbish compared to Wonder girls.

A. Wonder girls? Are you kidding me? They are !@#$%^&U*)(*&^%$

B. What did you say, you ()*&@_(&#*_!^& YOU OUGHT TO DIE!!

 

This is a very common situation of what happens between people these days, and I can not stand it! Why do people have to fight and insult each others just because their interst is different? People should be able to respect other’s opinions, and be able to only like what you like and not take care of other things.

The World should care for small countries!(Jennifer-Reaction)

http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/11/07/haiti.school.collapse/index.html#cnnSTCText

 When the world is interested in Obama being elected as United States president, there was something really terrible that happened in the island of Hispaniola, Haiti. A school in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, was collapsed and nearly 100 people were injured and 50 people died.

Actually I am not going to write about Haiti school being collapse. Instead, I am going to write about the world’s irresponsibility. Obama being elected is good news and since United States is a worldly-known country, everybody cares. On the other hand, the school collapsed is sad news and Haiti is a small island so most of you won’t know. However, Haiti needs more interest and help from the other countries than Untied States.

Since the world is developing, the world is interested in big and strong countries such as United States, Russia, China, United Kingdom, and etc. These countries help the world develop but the small countries also need interest. I don’t mean Singapore, Monaco and etc that are small but rich and developed countries. I mean countries such as Haiti, Samoa, Tonga and other island countries. These countries need care and help from the world to develop like other countries.

Until the 21 century ends, the world should get interested in small countries and should help develop them.

Korean Songs (Tony-Reaction)

A lot of Korean students knows about a Korean boy band named, Big Bang. They are really famous in Asia, and their songs are loved by a lot of Koreans. 2 days ago, this boy band released a new alum called, “Remember”. I loved all the songs in the album. I especially liked a song titled, “Sunset Glow”. When I listened to all the songs in the album, I knew that millions of fans will love these songs. Also, I knew that these songs will effect thousands of children that listens to them.  Even though I loved all these songs, I was worried about the effects that this song will cause to Korean children. I’m not just talking about Big Bang. I am talking about all the other famous bands and singers of Korea.

Firstly, most of the famous songs that Korean children love are about romance. We can take the songs made by Big Bang as an example. The only song that they made which is not related to romance is “How Gee” and “Dirty Cash”. These romance-related songs are not good for the children, because romance bothers a child’s education. The number of children who will get effected will be huge, because a lot of children will listen to famous songs.

Secondly, a lot of music videoes made by famous bands or singers contain scenes that gives bad effects toward children. We can take a music video of “Day by Day” as an example. This video contains a scene of tow members of Big Bang fighting physically. They punch each other until both of them is hurt. Actually, two of my class mates fought in my class after they watched the video. Also, it shows one member who destroys his house to show his anger. Again, some kids might follow this when they get mad.

I hope a lot of singers and bands will consider about the effects that they give toward children. They should change their songs and movies into more of a beneficial type.

What Inventions Now? (Thought-Julia)

Dining table podIBangle   

       What will it be like in 2020? There would be a lot of inventions. People think creatively and make unique inventions. There are some types of new inventions. First, there is the iBangle. IBanlge is a mixture of  an MP3 and a bracelet.  It was invented by an Indian designer named Gopinath Prasana. The iBangleis made of a “thin piece of aluminum with a multi-touch track pad. To achieve the perfect fit, a cushion inside the bracelet inflates to keep it taut against your wrist” (Lorie, 1). The adventage of the iBanlge is that you don’t need earphones. You just have to use wireless earbuds.

       Another invention is called dining table pod. Invented by a Turkish designer, Fatih Can Sarioz, this dining table can be opend and closed like a flower. When it is opened, it becomes a dining table, and when it is closed, it looks like a “sphere-shaped futuristic pod” (Lorie, 1). Also, there is a lightsource at the center of the table.

       I believe that these inventions are very creative, and later in the future, the world will look like a totally different place. I want to create a unique invention that will please other people.

Obama elected as the 44th president of US-Susie(reaction)

On November 6th, Barack Obama was elected as the 44th president of United States. He was the first colored person to become a US president. He first competed with Hillary Clinton and then in the major election, he competed with John MCcain. At first, nobody knew that he was going to become the president since Hilary was such a strong candidate with a lot of advocates. However, by Obama’s pursuasive speeches and strong policies, people were attracted. At last, he also won MCcain and became the president!

I was quite surprised because he wasn’t very famous as a politian. However, now, I think he is an appropriate person to lead US. When I read the newspaper aritcle that talked about Obama’s childhood, it was kind of astounding because I found out that he wasn’t a well-behaving student for a while. It was very impressive that he changed his mind and became a helpful person.

I think by Obama being elected as the president, there would be many changes happening to US. I hope he would become a good leader and most of all, solve the economic problem we have. ^^

Linkin Park Numb (William/Reaction)

http://kr.youtube.com/watch?v=_5Oi4R-jSoA

I was looking for a song by Linkin Park because most people in my class knew about the band and I heard a song by the band I liked it. This is song the most popular song by Linkin Park, Numb. I really like it. Something interesting is that my friends told me there is somebody that is over 50 in the band but I am not really sure. I hope you enjoy this song. Go Linkin Park!

Twilight(Ariel-Journal)

     Have you ever read the book, “Twilight”? It is the best book I’ve ever read in my whole life of 13 years! Actually, before I read this book, I thought “Harry Potter” was the best book series that I have ever read but this book it much much better than “Harry Potter”!

     The title is called “Twilight”, and it was writter by Stephen Mayer. It’s the first book in the “Twilight Saga”. The second book is “New Moon”, the third is “Eclipse”, and last is “Breaking Dawn”. I’ve only read the first until know, but it is the best book in the world! That’s my opinion, but still. Well, have you ever read a book that was exciting from the very first page? I haven’t, at least until I read twilight. I actually finished the book today. I started reading this book 3 days ago, and I was totally addicted to it! I didn’t have much time to read books, so I started reading in cars and while I walk on roads. I even read this book at school while recess! I wouldn’t have done this if this wasn’t TWILIGHT!

     I don’t want to ruin this book for you, but since I read it because my friend, who is also very addicted to the TWILIGHT SAGA, and is reading the 4th and last book in the series, told me about what happened in the stroy, I will tell you.

     The main character is Bella and Edward. Bella just moved into Forks, and she goes to school there. She sees this very handsome boy who happens to be Edward. Edward and Bella fall in love with eachother, BUT! Edward happens to be a vampire. Bella still loves Edward, but she is upset because Edward doesn’t get old because he is a vampire(born in 1901!), and he is and will be 17 until someone kills him, but Bella keeps getting older. Then, some problems are caused…

     You have to read this book! Even though it is 498 pages, I finished this book in 3 days! I said “THIS IS THE BEST BOOK I HAVE EVER READ IN MY LIFE!”.

     I am dying to buy “New Moon” in a few days. Now, I am addicted, and I can’t live without the TWILIGHT SAGA!