Homework for January 11th, 2011

1. Life in Vietnam would be perfect if everyone were totally equal.  Do you agree or disagree?  Explain your answer in complete sentences.  

• I disagree with it.  Society should be partly fair.
• Citizen should have some basic rights such as right of living, right of freedom and right of happiness.
• However, if people who work hard and people who don't work hard, they have to pay more money for the people who work harder. 

2. You are designing a society in which everyone is equal. What are the laws?

•       Always respects each other
•       If they do something wrong, they have to accept the punishment
•    No stealing or killing
•    Helps people who don't have food or homeless.
•    Helps children who don't have parents
•    Children must go to school and study until 18 years old
•    Just only can have 1 to 2 kids

3. What would you do to help people who were less capable mentally, physically, or socially to “catch up”?

•  Teach them how to do things as a normal people
•  Teach them about jobs and find jobs for them, 
•  Give food, clothes or money to them,...
•  Care about them
• Tell good things about life and makes them feel in love with their life 

4. What problems can you foresee that might come in a society with laws that force “equality for all”? How would you handle those problems?

• Society would have lots of crime because they are jealous of each other

   Þ Law should be strict.

• Society wouldn't develop

  Þ People must get their rewards based on their effort.

5. Do you believe that total equality is possible, or would human nature make sure that some people would eventually dominate others?

• I believe that human nature would make sure that some people would eventually dominate others because there will be some rich people and they have lots of money so they want to do anything they like. And poor people, they don't have money so they have to work for rich people. 

6. In what situations have you felt similarly to any of the characters? What persons, places, or ideas from your own experience came to mind while you were reading this story? Try to list as least two examples.

• First, when I read this story, it makes me the time that my mom went into my room. And she searched for my diary . She opened it and read it. Then, I came home from school , i went into my room and she was reading it. I was mad at her and I said if I could have some private time. She shouldn't be reading it cos it was my DIARY :(                                  
• Second, it was happened in semester 1 in Vietnamese class. We had a test of Geography. Those boys in my class didn't do it and they just made some noises and we couldn't do it. The teacher yelled at them already but they didn't listen and kept make noises. I stood up and just wanted to shot them :|                                                  

Stop taking the bear bile!!! :P

Example of Sustainable Development

• Plant more trees or fresh fruits in your garden
• Using recycled and more environmentally products
• Save water by turns off it when you are not using it
• Use energy sources, less fossil fuels
• Turn off light whenever you don't have to use it anymore
• Recyling paper

Migration / Immigration Assessment

I have a brother whose name is Jimmy. Now he is in grade eleventh. He studied in American International School. Now he migrates to America to study abroad. He moves to Boston. He moves for some push factors. First, he cannot attend a Vietnamese University in Vietnam after graduating from American International School. Secondly, condition of studying in Vietnam is not as good as that in the United States. Jimmy also moves to Boston for pull factors. First, education in the United States is better than that in Vietnam. Second, English-speaking environment is more comfortable for improving English skills. Thirdly, transportation is more convenient for him to travel from school to home.

Living in the United States has some positive and negative effects. He gains many benefits from studying abroad. He can learn to live independently. Besides, he can practice English more frequently. He can earn more money in the future because he knows more about America and speaks English more fluently. He also has some difficulties when living in the United States. For example, when he lives far away from his home, he misses his family and he feels homesick. In addition, he has to face cultural differences. He is not familiar with the United State’s lifestyle. Therefore, sometimes he feels discriminated. On the first days at the United States, at times, he could not understand what Americans say. Oppositely, they do not understand what he says. Besides, he does not have enough money all the time because the school fee in the Unite States is much more expensive then in Vietnam.

A message from mother :X

1. What is the main point of this article?

 _The main point of this article is how the global warming effect the environment.

2. Four vocabulary words

·        Monsoon - Seasonal wind blowing from southwest in the summer and northeast in the winter.

·        Reluctant - not wanting to do something.

·        Vulnerable: able to get hurt/ able to get attack.

·        Indicator: proofs.

3. What is the difference between “weather” and “climate”?

  _Weather: how much wind, rain, sun, snow, or how hot or cold in a short time.

  _ Climate: weather over a long time, averages for a seasons, years or months.

4. What are the examples listed in the article of “extreme weather”?

 _Flooding in Pakistan, Heat waves in Russia.

5. What experiences have you had with “extreme weather”?

 _There were droughts, flood and typhoon in Vietnam. Vietnam gets hotter than usual. At Mekong Delta, there are flood annualy.

6. What does the word “perception” mean?

 _The word perception means the understanding of an issue and knowing what's happening around us. 

7. What is your “perception” of global climate change?

 _ The global warming is caused by a hole in the sky. Smoke from factories and vehicles creates that hole. Due to glob warming. The Earth gets hotter., so people suffer from droughts. The ice in North Pole is melted. Therefore, there are floods everywhere.

  

Perfume Land :X:X:X

Perfume land spreads from 28°N to 155°N and from 15°E to 125°E.It is to the South of Channel Ocean and the North of Guess Ocean. In its south-east is Ed-Hardy Island and Milano Island is right above this land.

As the most perfume-producing land, Perfume land has exported tons of perfume annually to the world. In 1909, after landing in the west of Perfume land, some of the first Sarrynians, who were named after discoverer Sarryna, moved to the east. At the time, there were about 500,000 of them. They left to find more lands to grow flowers. There were another migration ín979 when the war broke out between Gucci & Tommy. People in Gucci gleed to Dior to find safely .Most of Sarrynians followed Hinduism except Tommy .However, in 1970; Hinduism started to spread to Tommy and has had a big imp act on this country until now.

Because Perfume Land has temperate climate, people here can only grow some flowers like tulips, roses, lily, some fruits like strawberries, apples… and some plant. People often traveled by boat along the river. Few years later, Sarrynians built bridges across rivers and tunnels across mountains so that people could travel more easily and more economically. As a land surrounded by sea, Perfume land has long seashore, so fishing in the land has developed a lot. Because the land has a big river running across, flooding is unavoidable. Therefore, many dislikes are built to stop the flood destroying the land.

When the production of perfume increases all over the land, almost all countries have their own factories which have produced tons of perfume products to the world. Among them, the largest one is located in CK. Beside, in order to ensure good health for Sarrynians here, they have many hospitals. Along with travelling by sea, people here can travel by air with many airports. The perfume land is well known for its beautiful nature. One of them is perfume waterfall in Ck whose water is used for making perfume because of its fragrance .The most famous site to visit is Flower Cliff in Gucci which is not affected by humans. That it has was a shape of tulip flower is explained that Perfume land is destined by God to be the land to have the most flowers in the world.

The Perfume land is divided into two main regions according to physical characteristics which are the North and the South. The North consists of Gucci, DKNY and Tommy whiles the south Lancôme and Dior. The North is more mountains than the South. Therefore, it is quite hard for the Northern people to grow flowers. Instead, they dig for gold and diamond. Even so, in the North, some big trees are chopped down and used for extracting oils for producing perfume. The South has more favorable condition for growing flowers than the North. And more factories are built in South because the South has a flatter topography than the North.

Study Guide

J  The Five Themes of Geography
- Place
- Location
- Movement
- Regions
- Human/Environment Interactions

J  The Six Elements
- The World in Spatial Terms
- Places & Regions
- Physical Systems
- Human Systems
- Environment & Society

J  What are the Different Kinds of Jobs in Geography?
_Land Surveyors, Location Analysts, Urban Planners, Climatologists, Cart

J  The Three Main Types of Maps 
- Political
- Physical
- Thematic

J  Vocabulary:
- Geography
- Spatial
- Environment
- Region
- Place
- Location