Jialin Chen
Mr. Kelly
Class: 3A
CAT-W
According to the article “CAT-W Prompt” by some professors, the research found out aerobic exercise can improve the student’s test scores. Charles Hillman says that 20 minutes of walking before a test can raise scores. There are more than a million 18-year old boys who joined the army with higher I.Q. there is no evidence that can prove that exercise can leads to higher I.Q., but the researcher suspect that aerobic exercise can leads to higher I.Q, not strength training, said Gerog Kuhn. Mr. Kuhn said. Mr. Hillman agreed to get kids moving, and to do more aerobic exercise. They compare to let young people of 20 minutes of running are help student increase their score than playing video games. I agree with Hillman that student get 20 minutes of walking before a test can raised children’s score. This essay also describes why exercise will increase student’s test score, and how exercise can help us.
In my opinion, exercise helps people a lot and is not only help to get healthy body or reduce the pressure. It also can make us feel awake. Sometimes, exercise can make our thought become clear and to make it easy to understand something. For example, when I was a middle school student, I needed to take science test, and our teacher said that we all needed to pass. For me, I thought it was impossible because my science was really bad. Our teacher gave us two choices. One was stay in class and study, another one was go out to play if you sure that you can pass and you must pass. I chose to study 20 minutes in class and went to play minutes, there were many students went out and few students stayed in class. Finally, we took test, and I pass, and there were many students who went out to play and pass. A few students stayed in class didn’t pass because they just so tired, and felt stressed, they needed to take break. Student need to clear their brain so they can memory other thing easily.
In the article, there are more than a million 18-year old boys who joined the army are higher I.Q found on a memorable years- long Swedish study publisher last year. In my country, many people joined the army for two reasons. One is people like and other one is people have nothing to do so they join. Not only people who like study and have higher I.Q. People who don’t like study would be have higher I.Q. I think soldiers can learn things faster than normal people. The soldiers endure pressure or things more than normal people, so they accept thing easily. We can compare the soldiers and the office worker, the soldiers always go out and training, and they will see a lot different things, so they can get a lot different knowledge. But the office workers only face computer and papers, so they can’t update their mind, and learn things slowly and slowly. No matter what do you or what do you work for, just try to do some exercise and it helps us a lot.
In conclusion, aerobic exercise helps students to improve their score. And there are no correlation between muscular strength and I.Q. score, there are no evidence can prove that exercise leads to a higher I.Q. But exercise can helps us to release the pressure and to clear our brain, and to memory thing easily and to get higher score on test.
Mr. Kelly
Class: 3A
CAT-W
According to the article “CAT-W Prompt” by some professors, the research found out aerobic exercise can improve the student’s test scores. Charles Hillman says that 20 minutes of walking before a test can raise scores. There are more than a million 18-year old boys who joined the army with higher I.Q. there is no evidence that can prove that exercise can leads to higher I.Q., but the researcher suspect that aerobic exercise can leads to higher I.Q, not strength training, said Gerog Kuhn. Mr. Kuhn said. Mr. Hillman agreed to get kids moving, and to do more aerobic exercise. They compare to let young people of 20 minutes of running are help student increase their score than playing video games. I agree with Hillman that student get 20 minutes of walking before a test can raised children’s score. This essay also describes why exercise will increase student’s test score, and how exercise can help us.
In my opinion, exercise helps people a lot and is not only help to get healthy body or reduce the pressure. It also can make us feel awake. Sometimes, exercise can make our thought become clear and to make it easy to understand something. For example, when I was a middle school student, I needed to take science test, and our teacher said that we all needed to pass. For me, I thought it was impossible because my science was really bad. Our teacher gave us two choices. One was stay in class and study, another one was go out to play if you sure that you can pass and you must pass. I chose to study 20 minutes in class and went to play minutes, there were many students went out and few students stayed in class. Finally, we took test, and I pass, and there were many students who went out to play and pass. A few students stayed in class didn’t pass because they just so tired, and felt stressed, they needed to take break. Student need to clear their brain so they can memory other thing easily.
In the article, there are more than a million 18-year old boys who joined the army are higher I.Q found on a memorable years- long Swedish study publisher last year. In my country, many people joined the army for two reasons. One is people like and other one is people have nothing to do so they join. Not only people who like study and have higher I.Q. People who don’t like study would be have higher I.Q. I think soldiers can learn things faster than normal people. The soldiers endure pressure or things more than normal people, so they accept thing easily. We can compare the soldiers and the office worker, the soldiers always go out and training, and they will see a lot different things, so they can get a lot different knowledge. But the office workers only face computer and papers, so they can’t update their mind, and learn things slowly and slowly. No matter what do you or what do you work for, just try to do some exercise and it helps us a lot.
In conclusion, aerobic exercise helps students to improve their score. And there are no correlation between muscular strength and I.Q. score, there are no evidence can prove that exercise leads to a higher I.Q. But exercise can helps us to release the pressure and to clear our brain, and to memory thing easily and to get higher score on test.
Jialin Chen
Mr. Kelly
Class: 3A
4/30/15
Draft#:3
Friendship
Do people know what causes a friendship break apart? Everyone needs some friends and nobody doesn’t have friend. In our life, we will make some best friends and some false friend. And to make a friend is very easy but to know a true friend is very hard. Not everyone can make a best in their life. We don’t know when we break a relationship with our friend and what will happen to us, what will lose, and what effects we will face. This essay will describe three causes for a friendship to break apart: distance, betrayal, and dishonesty.
People never think friendship is weak, but it is. How does distance can break a friendship? And when you never face about it, and you will never understand it. Distance can break a friendship in two ways: time and location. Time is precious and people try to catch it but nobody can. We all want time to past slowly and we can do something important. Why does time and locate can break relationship with friends? For example: my friend and I were best friend when we were little kids, and our relationship lasted more than 15 years. But now, we are not really close to each other because we live in different places and we haven’t talked to each other for more than 5 years. I don’t know any information about her and she doesn’t know anything about me either. Our relationship is broken and I think we will never go back like before. Distance is a big problem for a friendship to break apart, but we can’t control because we all have different life need to live.
Nobody likes someone to betray them, including friends, family, and spouse. Betrayal is something that friends do about us and we don’t know what happen in this moment. When we make friends with someone, we never thought that one day we will encounter betrayal. People never think that friendship is fickle and weak, only in difficulties can make us see something. Betrayal is a problem that can break a friendship. In the research there are many people who break relationships with friends because of betrayal. For example, two girls were best friend and they did everything together. One day, they fought to each other because they both liked a boy and they wanted to dance with this boy in the birthday party. In the end, they didn’t dance with this boy and their relationship were broken. They both felt betray by each other because they never thought one day they would fight together just because of the boy. In our life, it takes long to grow an old friend. People need time to develop a relationship.
http://www.teenink.com/opinion/love_relationships/article/162030/Friendship-and-Betrayal/
Can our friendship continue when we lose trust in each other? Dishonesty is apart people will break their relationship. Friendship is very strange because sometimes it brings us support and strength, but sometimes we feel weak for a friendship because we face and understand something that we never want to know about. According to Elbert Hubhard, “A best friend is someone who knows all about you and loves you anyway”. This means a best friend knows everything about you and they know you faults and never give up for you, but it doesn’t mean that friend can lie to you and never say true thing to you. This reminds me of my friend and her friend. They were best friends and they support each other. They always cutting in the class and went to do something they want. One day, my friend told that she didn’t play with this girl anymore. I asked her what happen to them, and she told me that her friend always lie to her. She found her friend went out and ate something, but her friend told to her that she didn’t have time because she needed to do something with her mother. In other day, someone told her that he saw her friend played with someone and lie to her that she didn’t have time. My friend knew that girl made some new friends and didn’t tell her the truth. So now, they didn’t play with each other anymore. People need to see a friend in different set of circumstance and we can know them deeply.
In conclusion, people never want to break relationship with their friends, but they can’t control when things happen to them. Distance, betrayal, and dishonesty are three important causes that can break friendship. People don’t need to be fake around their friends and people need time to develop relationships. People never wonder how many friends they have, one and two good friends can make us get better.
Mr. Kelly
Class: 3A
4/30/15
Draft#:3
Friendship
Do people know what causes a friendship break apart? Everyone needs some friends and nobody doesn’t have friend. In our life, we will make some best friends and some false friend. And to make a friend is very easy but to know a true friend is very hard. Not everyone can make a best in their life. We don’t know when we break a relationship with our friend and what will happen to us, what will lose, and what effects we will face. This essay will describe three causes for a friendship to break apart: distance, betrayal, and dishonesty.
People never think friendship is weak, but it is. How does distance can break a friendship? And when you never face about it, and you will never understand it. Distance can break a friendship in two ways: time and location. Time is precious and people try to catch it but nobody can. We all want time to past slowly and we can do something important. Why does time and locate can break relationship with friends? For example: my friend and I were best friend when we were little kids, and our relationship lasted more than 15 years. But now, we are not really close to each other because we live in different places and we haven’t talked to each other for more than 5 years. I don’t know any information about her and she doesn’t know anything about me either. Our relationship is broken and I think we will never go back like before. Distance is a big problem for a friendship to break apart, but we can’t control because we all have different life need to live.
Nobody likes someone to betray them, including friends, family, and spouse. Betrayal is something that friends do about us and we don’t know what happen in this moment. When we make friends with someone, we never thought that one day we will encounter betrayal. People never think that friendship is fickle and weak, only in difficulties can make us see something. Betrayal is a problem that can break a friendship. In the research there are many people who break relationships with friends because of betrayal. For example, two girls were best friend and they did everything together. One day, they fought to each other because they both liked a boy and they wanted to dance with this boy in the birthday party. In the end, they didn’t dance with this boy and their relationship were broken. They both felt betray by each other because they never thought one day they would fight together just because of the boy. In our life, it takes long to grow an old friend. People need time to develop a relationship.
http://www.teenink.com/opinion/love_relationships/article/162030/Friendship-and-Betrayal/
Can our friendship continue when we lose trust in each other? Dishonesty is apart people will break their relationship. Friendship is very strange because sometimes it brings us support and strength, but sometimes we feel weak for a friendship because we face and understand something that we never want to know about. According to Elbert Hubhard, “A best friend is someone who knows all about you and loves you anyway”. This means a best friend knows everything about you and they know you faults and never give up for you, but it doesn’t mean that friend can lie to you and never say true thing to you. This reminds me of my friend and her friend. They were best friends and they support each other. They always cutting in the class and went to do something they want. One day, my friend told that she didn’t play with this girl anymore. I asked her what happen to them, and she told me that her friend always lie to her. She found her friend went out and ate something, but her friend told to her that she didn’t have time because she needed to do something with her mother. In other day, someone told her that he saw her friend played with someone and lie to her that she didn’t have time. My friend knew that girl made some new friends and didn’t tell her the truth. So now, they didn’t play with each other anymore. People need to see a friend in different set of circumstance and we can know them deeply.
In conclusion, people never want to break relationship with their friends, but they can’t control when things happen to them. Distance, betrayal, and dishonesty are three important causes that can break friendship. People don’t need to be fake around their friends and people need time to develop relationships. People never wonder how many friends they have, one and two good friends can make us get better.
Jialin Chen
Mr. Kelly
Class 3A
Feb. 4, 2015
Draft 2
“Learner profile: Henry”
My new classmate’s name is Henry (Yang, He). He graduated from high school in China. He worked before as a
cashier. Henry has lived in United States for two years and he has studied English for two years too. He thinks nothing
is easy about English and he likes to work with classmates. He doesn’t like to read in English and he likes to read in
his first language. Finally, his goal for this semester is pass the CAT-W test and go to the college.
Mr. Kelly
Class 3A
Feb. 4, 2015
Draft 2
“Learner profile: Henry”
My new classmate’s name is Henry (Yang, He). He graduated from high school in China. He worked before as a
cashier. Henry has lived in United States for two years and he has studied English for two years too. He thinks nothing
is easy about English and he likes to work with classmates. He doesn’t like to read in English and he likes to read in
his first language. Finally, his goal for this semester is pass the CAT-W test and go to the college.
Jialin Chen
Mr. Kelly
Class: 3A
Feb.9 2015
Draft 3
“‘Nightmare’ in the Car”
According to “Nightmare in the Car” by Newsday, on Tuesday, an SUV was hit by a train, and it made six people
die. Many people were screaming because the train was jolt at first and then the flames came, and they saw some people
were burning. “It was terrible. … I thought I was dreaming it,” said Anastas, who recounted his ‘nightmare’ yesterday.
Anastas tried to help other people to escape the flames, but he saw others who were injured and that was terrible. He said
he wants to try to release the stress because he just survived something horrific.
Jialin Chen
Mr. Kelly
Class 3A
2/9/15
Graft2
Summary
According to “Why are Children Becoming Obese?” by David Kraft, there are several reasons why childhood obesity has
become a serious problem in recent years. First, children are overweight because of their eating habits. Kids eat a lot of
restaurants and fast food. Second, an important thing is exercise. Many children just like to play video games and sit in front of a
computer. Third, children don’t have weight problems due to biology as much as people think. However, children follow their
parent’s lifestyle. Finally, sleep can also affect children’s weight. Children don’t get enough sleep.
Mr. Kelly
Class 3A
2/9/15
Graft2
Summary
According to “Why are Children Becoming Obese?” by David Kraft, there are several reasons why childhood obesity has
become a serious problem in recent years. First, children are overweight because of their eating habits. Kids eat a lot of
restaurants and fast food. Second, an important thing is exercise. Many children just like to play video games and sit in front of a
computer. Third, children don’t have weight problems due to biology as much as people think. However, children follow their
parent’s lifestyle. Finally, sleep can also affect children’s weight. Children don’t get enough sleep.
Jialin Chen
Mr. Kelly
3/6/15
Class 3A
Graft #3
Children Obesity
How does obesity affect children’s life? In recent years, more and more children have become obese. Obesity is
a condition that causes children to be overweight. Parents must be care about this because obesity can affect their
child’s social life. Some people don’t want to play with someone who is obese. There are some problem related to
childhood obesity like high blood pressure, sleep apnea, diabetes, high cholesterol, and bone and joint problems. This
essay will describe proposed solutions to the problem of childhood obesity. Finally, this essay will proposed the best
solution and explain its benefit.
The governor of Puerto Rico wants to make a law that would fine the parents of obese children. The
government would send a teacher to help children come up with a diet and exercise plan. If the child does not lose
weight after six months, the parents will be fined $500. And after six months, fines could increase to $800. Ted Kyle
says “you can have a big effect if you change the dietary habits of very young children”. In other words, young
children have an opportunity to change their life if they want. However, Kyle thinks to fine parents is not a good idea
because it is unfair to poor people. So I think this not a solution to solve childhood obesity.
Another solution is the school should have more quality and quantity in the gym. In general, children will attend
five to six hours in the school, and five days per week. Sometimes the kids don’t like PE class because they feel bored.
So the teacher can make some fun and challenging things to encourage students to do it. It helps students move a lot
and to digest something they eat. PE teacher need to teach children about obesity and to tell them how important it is
to be a healthy person. However, student can learn that challenging themselves and staying healthy are great for
self-esteem and making new friends.
Based on my own experience, I think to eating healthy food and to doing some exercises really help children to
lose weight, and to be healthy. For example, my friend only eats vegetables and goes to the gym three days per week,
and she told me that she lost 15 pound in one month. Also based on the research that tell us children must be take
physical exercise early life. Children need to figure out that obesity is harmful for our health. Children can choose any
different exercise they want. Running, bicycling, skating and swimming are several simple options that they can do it.
Also push-ups and pull-ups build muscle strength, and they can do for anywhere.
Mr. Kelly
3/6/15
Class 3A
Graft #3
Children Obesity
How does obesity affect children’s life? In recent years, more and more children have become obese. Obesity is
a condition that causes children to be overweight. Parents must be care about this because obesity can affect their
child’s social life. Some people don’t want to play with someone who is obese. There are some problem related to
childhood obesity like high blood pressure, sleep apnea, diabetes, high cholesterol, and bone and joint problems. This
essay will describe proposed solutions to the problem of childhood obesity. Finally, this essay will proposed the best
solution and explain its benefit.
The governor of Puerto Rico wants to make a law that would fine the parents of obese children. The
government would send a teacher to help children come up with a diet and exercise plan. If the child does not lose
weight after six months, the parents will be fined $500. And after six months, fines could increase to $800. Ted Kyle
says “you can have a big effect if you change the dietary habits of very young children”. In other words, young
children have an opportunity to change their life if they want. However, Kyle thinks to fine parents is not a good idea
because it is unfair to poor people. So I think this not a solution to solve childhood obesity.
Another solution is the school should have more quality and quantity in the gym. In general, children will attend
five to six hours in the school, and five days per week. Sometimes the kids don’t like PE class because they feel bored.
So the teacher can make some fun and challenging things to encourage students to do it. It helps students move a lot
and to digest something they eat. PE teacher need to teach children about obesity and to tell them how important it is
to be a healthy person. However, student can learn that challenging themselves and staying healthy are great for
self-esteem and making new friends.
Based on my own experience, I think to eating healthy food and to doing some exercises really help children to
lose weight, and to be healthy. For example, my friend only eats vegetables and goes to the gym three days per week,
and she told me that she lost 15 pound in one month. Also based on the research that tell us children must be take
physical exercise early life. Children need to figure out that obesity is harmful for our health. Children can choose any
different exercise they want. Running, bicycling, skating and swimming are several simple options that they can do it.
Also push-ups and pull-ups build muscle strength, and they can do for anywhere.
Jialin Chen
Mr. Kelly
Class 3A
3/12/15
Draft #3
Happy
What does “Happiness” mean to people? Happiness is the most important feeling that people need to get. Sometimes people don’t know to make themselves feel happy or to make other people feel happy. The film “Happy” tells us play, new experiences, friends and family, appreciating, compassion and living a meaning for life can make us feel happy. The film Happy cites research that claims “happiness” is 50% genetic, 10% circumstance, and 40% intentional activity. Genetic happiness comes from people’s blood and mind, and people will not change it because we can’t. Circumstance is come from people’s life, and something that is life give to people and we can’t control it. Intentional activity is when people change their life and make themselves to feel happy. This quote makes us think that happiness comes from different ways can make people feel happy. This essay will describe what really makes people feel happy and important to be happy.
People want to control their life and they don’t want the fate to control them. Fate cannot really control people’s life except someone who gives up on themselves. According to Until I Say Good-bye by Susan Spencer-Wendel, Susan has a disease called ALS. The ALS has no treatment to cure it. She wants to find whether ALS is inherited or something else. Susan has a happy family. She has a nice husband who always takes care of her, and also she has three children. Susan never gives up on her life even though she has no longer life to live. She always tries to make her life become better than before. I think Susan doesn’t agree with this quote because I think Susan has would give a higher percent to intentional activity and circumstance, and genetic is not really important for her life. 20% circumstance is my idea because of some example. First, she is adopted by Tee and Tee always raises her up. Second, her husband and children also are important to her and make her life become colorful. Finally, her friend is really important to her and they went to travel together. 50% intentional activity is the idea I have. Susan has ALS but she doesn’t give up her life. She chooses to write a book and travel with her friend, and also she chose not to wait to die. “I would not bankrupt my chasing a cure.” Susan knows that ALS has no cure and she doesn’t want to waste her time and money. She chose living with joy.
I agree with this quote because I am always happy for no reason. I don’t understand why people should need a reason to be happy. 50% genetic is really important to me because my mother gave me a life and gives me a happy life. I have no reason to be unhappy. 10% circumstance happiness comes from my friends. In our fate, we have to meet different people in our life and some people can be our friends and some are not. Everything I did with my friend can make me happy because it is a new experience to me. 40% intentional activity really comes from myself. For example, I don’t like to talk a lot to others about my feeling, even when I feel sad. I always do something alone and play alone. But now I change. I talk a lot with my friends and my parents. I feel happy when I talk to them about my feelings. I feel like I release all my pressure. Everyone wants to be happy but not everyone is happy when they do something by themselves. People always feel that not enough and sometimes people don’t want to change it.
In my future, I’m not really sure about what will make me feel happy, but I’m sure my family is one reason can make me happy. Everyone has the goals want to achieve in the life. I have two short term goals and one long term goal. My short term goals and long term goal cannot really connect together because they are really different types of goal. But I need to achieve my short term goals first then I can to pursue my long term goal. My short term goals are to become a nurse and a business person. Becoming a nurse can make me happy because I like to take care to other people and to make them feel happy, and also I can make money too. When I see some sick or poor people, I feel really uncomfortable. I don’t know what make them become like that and why nobody wants to help them. I try to help but I have no ability. People don’t know why I want to become a business person because is not easy to become a successful business person. People must work very hard and to face a lot of failure. But my reason is so simple. It is just because I want to make a lot of money and to give to my family a good life. Also I need money to achieve my long term goal. Finally, I need to talk about my long term goal to become a farmer. People laugh at me why I want to become a farmer. First, people should know becoming a farmer is not easy because we need enough money to live and whatever I want to plant. Second, we need to give up everything we have now. Finally, I am from a small village, and I look forward to living with nature. Every day we can get up anytime we want and do whatever we want. We can eat the healthy food that I plant. People don’t know how happy it can be. To be happy is difficult and also is easy. It depends what really makes people feel happy and how people want to be happy.
Mr. Kelly
Class 3A
3/12/15
Draft #3
Happy
What does “Happiness” mean to people? Happiness is the most important feeling that people need to get. Sometimes people don’t know to make themselves feel happy or to make other people feel happy. The film “Happy” tells us play, new experiences, friends and family, appreciating, compassion and living a meaning for life can make us feel happy. The film Happy cites research that claims “happiness” is 50% genetic, 10% circumstance, and 40% intentional activity. Genetic happiness comes from people’s blood and mind, and people will not change it because we can’t. Circumstance is come from people’s life, and something that is life give to people and we can’t control it. Intentional activity is when people change their life and make themselves to feel happy. This quote makes us think that happiness comes from different ways can make people feel happy. This essay will describe what really makes people feel happy and important to be happy.
People want to control their life and they don’t want the fate to control them. Fate cannot really control people’s life except someone who gives up on themselves. According to Until I Say Good-bye by Susan Spencer-Wendel, Susan has a disease called ALS. The ALS has no treatment to cure it. She wants to find whether ALS is inherited or something else. Susan has a happy family. She has a nice husband who always takes care of her, and also she has three children. Susan never gives up on her life even though she has no longer life to live. She always tries to make her life become better than before. I think Susan doesn’t agree with this quote because I think Susan has would give a higher percent to intentional activity and circumstance, and genetic is not really important for her life. 20% circumstance is my idea because of some example. First, she is adopted by Tee and Tee always raises her up. Second, her husband and children also are important to her and make her life become colorful. Finally, her friend is really important to her and they went to travel together. 50% intentional activity is the idea I have. Susan has ALS but she doesn’t give up her life. She chooses to write a book and travel with her friend, and also she chose not to wait to die. “I would not bankrupt my chasing a cure.” Susan knows that ALS has no cure and she doesn’t want to waste her time and money. She chose living with joy.
I agree with this quote because I am always happy for no reason. I don’t understand why people should need a reason to be happy. 50% genetic is really important to me because my mother gave me a life and gives me a happy life. I have no reason to be unhappy. 10% circumstance happiness comes from my friends. In our fate, we have to meet different people in our life and some people can be our friends and some are not. Everything I did with my friend can make me happy because it is a new experience to me. 40% intentional activity really comes from myself. For example, I don’t like to talk a lot to others about my feeling, even when I feel sad. I always do something alone and play alone. But now I change. I talk a lot with my friends and my parents. I feel happy when I talk to them about my feelings. I feel like I release all my pressure. Everyone wants to be happy but not everyone is happy when they do something by themselves. People always feel that not enough and sometimes people don’t want to change it.
In my future, I’m not really sure about what will make me feel happy, but I’m sure my family is one reason can make me happy. Everyone has the goals want to achieve in the life. I have two short term goals and one long term goal. My short term goals and long term goal cannot really connect together because they are really different types of goal. But I need to achieve my short term goals first then I can to pursue my long term goal. My short term goals are to become a nurse and a business person. Becoming a nurse can make me happy because I like to take care to other people and to make them feel happy, and also I can make money too. When I see some sick or poor people, I feel really uncomfortable. I don’t know what make them become like that and why nobody wants to help them. I try to help but I have no ability. People don’t know why I want to become a business person because is not easy to become a successful business person. People must work very hard and to face a lot of failure. But my reason is so simple. It is just because I want to make a lot of money and to give to my family a good life. Also I need money to achieve my long term goal. Finally, I need to talk about my long term goal to become a farmer. People laugh at me why I want to become a farmer. First, people should know becoming a farmer is not easy because we need enough money to live and whatever I want to plant. Second, we need to give up everything we have now. Finally, I am from a small village, and I look forward to living with nature. Every day we can get up anytime we want and do whatever we want. We can eat the healthy food that I plant. People don’t know how happy it can be. To be happy is difficult and also is easy. It depends what really makes people feel happy and how people want to be happy.
Jialin Chen
Mr. Kelly
Class 3A
3/27/15
Draft#3 Yijia helps me edit.
Birth Order
Does birth order really affect people’s life? The middle children have the easiest lives for several reasons. First,
parents focus less on them, but it doesn’t mean that is a bad thing. For example, parents will give a lot of rules to first
child and more hope for the younger child. Forer said: “The later children enjoy many advantages as a result of having
more relaxed parents.” The middle child more enjoys their life because parents do not really limit what they do.
Second, the middle child always feels free and less stress. I am the middle child in my family, and I can do whatever I
want and without rules, except bad things. My parents give me space to achieve my goal and understand something
by myself. Finally, the middle child is always in the middle. For example, the middle child maybe becomes responsible
because they can take care the younger sibling. And also they will not be responsible because the older one can take
care of them. It also can connect to my life now. If I go out with my older sister, she pays me for everything, but if I go
out with my younger brother, I need to take care of him and buy something for him.
Mr. Kelly
Class 3A
3/27/15
Draft#3 Yijia helps me edit.
Birth Order
Does birth order really affect people’s life? The middle children have the easiest lives for several reasons. First,
parents focus less on them, but it doesn’t mean that is a bad thing. For example, parents will give a lot of rules to first
child and more hope for the younger child. Forer said: “The later children enjoy many advantages as a result of having
more relaxed parents.” The middle child more enjoys their life because parents do not really limit what they do.
Second, the middle child always feels free and less stress. I am the middle child in my family, and I can do whatever I
want and without rules, except bad things. My parents give me space to achieve my goal and understand something
by myself. Finally, the middle child is always in the middle. For example, the middle child maybe becomes responsible
because they can take care the younger sibling. And also they will not be responsible because the older one can take
care of them. It also can connect to my life now. If I go out with my older sister, she pays me for everything, but if I go
out with my younger brother, I need to take care of him and buy something for him.
Jialin Chen
Mr. Kelly
Class 3A
4/12/15
What is Love?
What is love? It is a easy question but nobody can really explain what really is. Everyone has
different opinion and experiences to understand what is love. For me, I think is so simple. Love can make
me feel happy and also can make me feel sad. Love is devoted, when you falling in love with someone
and you will feel like that you can everything for them. Love is devoted, just like a mother devote
everything to the children. People cannot use anything to balance love. We cannot someone's love is not
good because we don't really feel what they really feel about. Love have many different ways can feel it.
When you lose someone and you feel really sad like heart broken. That means you really love this person.
Mr. Kelly
Class 3A
4/12/15
What is Love?
What is love? It is a easy question but nobody can really explain what really is. Everyone has
different opinion and experiences to understand what is love. For me, I think is so simple. Love can make
me feel happy and also can make me feel sad. Love is devoted, when you falling in love with someone
and you will feel like that you can everything for them. Love is devoted, just like a mother devote
everything to the children. People cannot use anything to balance love. We cannot someone's love is not
good because we don't really feel what they really feel about. Love have many different ways can feel it.
When you lose someone and you feel really sad like heart broken. That means you really love this person.
Jialin Chen
Mr. Kelly Class 3A CAT-W 2 According to the article "Helping College Graduates Find Jobs" by Jean Fitz, many college student can't find jobs when they graduate. Many students want to know that their educations will help them to find a real job,but the problem is many student don't know what kinds of job they want. They always choose one major and change to another one. It makes them unable to have a specific skill to find a job and difficult to find a job. The state's accountants have a problem too. They feel that the state always waste money on someone who does not graduate in the college. They want students who get financial aid to be able to graduate, and then become successful. Some community colleges in Wisconsin are find out the solution where they will determine the students' abilities, skills, and even personalities. And to let students know what kinds of worker will be need in the coming years. Although, students can still choose what major they want to study, the government will only give money to students are matched to majors. This essay will describe what problems most college students have. Jobs are he most important part in our life and it difficult o find out what people really want to do. This article reminds of the news I read in China. A college students graduated in college, and he couldn't find a job because his major wasn't really popular, but he still became rich because he sold meat in the street. The reporter asked him why he sold the meat and didn't go find a real job related to his major. He told the reporter that he couldn't find a job because many people studied this skill and there weren't enough jobs for them, so he came there to sold the meat. But he felt happy when he sold the meat because he made money and it was easy work. He also told the reporter not everyone who graduated in college would find a job in this society. People still don't know how to solve this problem. There are so many people who still need a real job and still not enough space for them to work. This article also reminds of my friend who studies nursing in QCC. We graduated from the same school and we chose the same major, and she studied the nursing program one semester already, but now, she has changed er major because this major is so hard and she has failed some classes. Now, she needs to study another major and she already waste money for last semester. I think it is a big problem that most students have. Most students think something is so easy before they get into college, and they are not sure about which major they really want to study. The students will not change the major if they really want to study, and it doesn't how hard of this major. Some college students waste money in the college and they give up easily. When they think something is difficult, they will give up. In conclusion, there are so many problems that college students need to face and find the solution. We hope that college students can find a real job easily in the future. Also, college students can focus for one major, and don't always change. Don't waste money in the college and make everyone win in this society. Chen, Jialin
Mr. Kelly cat -w 3 According to the article “What is quality of life?” by Francisco Orozco, some people think that quality life about the amount of material goods and some people think not. On the spiritual side, people have to spend their time with family and to learn something else. People need to make themselves become a useful person and don’t make others feel that they have to make more money. The author said when he stayed in Mexico. He understood that quality of life was more important than material goods. He learned that some people live happily despite their material poverty. However, non-material ‘s life also have disadvantages like poor- quality roads and hospitals. New technologies can make people’s life become more comfortable, but it also has negative results like increased crime and weak communication with family, and this makes a poor spiritual quality of life. I agree that material goods are important to our life, but I feel that material goof is not a way to make us feel happy. What makes your life become better? Everyone wants to live well and without struggles. This article reminds of the book I read. Until I Say Good- Bye by Susan Spencer Wendel, Susan has ALS and her life is so difficult. She can’t talk cleanly and she can’t move her body, but she never gives up on her life. She writes the book and goes to travel with her family and friends. She doesn’t want to speed the rest of her time in the hospital. Instead, she wants to live with joy. This book never say that material goods are important in life, instead this book tough me that author’s attitude to life and how to live happier without material, money, and something else, and just enjoy everything that happened to us. Material goods can’t really make people feel happy, even people who are poor and unhealthy. In my experience, material goods are the way to make people’s life become better, however, it is not a way to make a happy life for people. My hometown is a really small town, and everyone lives happy in there, my hometown is not a rich place and also there are a lot of poor people. Sometimes, we wonder if we live in a big city and we will feel happy or not. Now, I live in a big city and I have everything I want. I still feel not really happy because I feel lonely. Everyone is busy and they always rush their time to do something. My mom told me that she didn’t happy about live in NY because she had nothing to do if she was off. She only had two places to go for the whole week, home and working place. She wanted to go back to China because there life was easier than here. People didn’t rush and everyone had time to play. My mother also told me that she made money and she could buy everything she wanted, but it didn’t make her happy. Material goods make our life become better but it can’t make us feel happy. In conclusion, material goods are not a way of quality in life. The quality in life is something can really make us happy. People cannot really care about how much money they make or how best they do in life. All people need to think about to live well and how to become happy people. The spiritual side is a way to be happy, and we all should learn it. Jialin Chen
Mr. Kelly 5/22/15 Draft #3 interview Mohandas K. Gandhi said “Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony,” this means people need to control their own mind, say something they believe, and do something they want. So they have more opportunity for happiness. No one else can steal happiness for you, only yourself. I agree with this statement because not everyone knows what really can make them happy. Sometimes people don’t know what they really need or what thing they really want to do. Some people think money can make them happy because they have enough money to do everything. And also they think money can control their thought and speech. This essay will describe how people’s free action, free speech, and free thought can make them feel happy. People don’t want other people to limit what them can do or can’t do. People want to be free and nobody can really affect them to do something. In the research, there are 10 keys to happier living and they all are actions. For example, to give someone a free hug, do things for others, and take care of someone can make people happy. It reminds of my little cousin, he feels happy every day and he only 8 years old. People might say he is little child and he must be happy, and nobody ask him why he feels happy. One day, we recognize why he is happy because his teacher tell him when he tries to help someone needs to help and he will be a nice kid and to be happy every day, so he gives his money to someone who needs help. I think the action make him happy and he is young boy and he can really listen when teacher tell something to him. If it happens to me, I will feel that is impossible because we think do something good for self and is only way to make us happy. So I think we need to teach kids to do some actions and make others happy. http://www.actionforhappiness.org/10-keys-to-happier-living People’s life can’t be happy without free speech. Nobody wants someone to limit their speaking. There so many famous people who speaking something they want and help a lot people. It stronger reminds me of Dr. Martin Luther King. Jr, he reports I have a dream speech. He tries to help poor and to equal black and white. One time he saw a black woman didn’t give her seat to white woman, and this black woman got into jail for two years. He felt that he had to protect black and let white people to give them respect. His speech is successful and people really pay attention about this problem. And black people can live with an equal and happy life. People know how free speech is important to them and people just afraid about this. When they really speak out something they want, they feel happy and relax. In my interview, many people think happiness can come from self-thought because when you think something is not real and you also feel happy. When you think something you want and it becomes real and you feel extreme happy. I asked my brother, why people would be happy just by their thought? He answered me because people’s mind could change the mood and if people write three happy things may be happen tomorrow and they would feel a lot hope in life. I realize anything he said to me even though he is younger than me. Everyone has thoughts and thoughts can make you happy. Happiness is people can control their thought and there are a lot of things they can do by their thoughts. In conclusion, happiness is important part in our life. We all want live in peace and happy world. Nobody wants to fight and to limit other people’s action, speech, and thought. Do what you are good, spend time with someone you like, and money is good, but many other thing are better. Jialin Chen
Mr. Kelly Summary-1 According to the essay “A Goal Service Humankind” by Anthony Fauci, the author believes that he has the responsibility to make a positive impact on society. He tries to help some people who need help. He has three guiding principles that anchor his life. First, he has an unquenchable thirst for knowledge. He thinks that reading a scientific journal, and taking care of patients make him feel bored. He considers himself to be perpetual students. Second, he believes in striving for excellence. He wants to improve his sobering feeling of anxiety and inadequacy. The anxiety keeps him humble and creates a healthy tension. This makes him become a better physical and scientist without tension. He accepted he will never know as much as he wants because it makes him have energy to learn something. Third, he believes that as a physician goal is to serve humankind. The author has spent all of his life to work in public service. The author said that he must be guided by these principles. Summary-2 According to the essay “Unleashing the Power of Creativity” by Bill Gates, the author believes that power of creativity and intelligence will make a better world. Bill Gates always tries to learn some new things and he does anything compare to the computer, and it changes his life. He started Microsoft with his friend thirty years ago. He believes that computers would change the world. Computer gives kids everything they want to know and can communicate to other people. He also believes that good fortune is to have responsibilities to make world better. As a father, he believes that the death of a child in Africa is no less poignant and tragic. |
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