Today i would like to talk about the growing number of Casinos in Singapore.
We all know that Casinos accommodates certain types of gambling activities, and are known for real entertainment. The Casinos are supposed to be money makers and job creators, but in many peoples' minds they are just a gambling centre.
As for me, i agree with those people. And that means i condemn Casinos.
Gambling addiction does increase over time and the crime, divorce, abuse, and death tolls to feed this addiction also increase. I heard from the news that one woman lost 200 thousand dollars in gambling and another was jailed because she stole money. One person from one of the youtube videos i watched said,"Gambling is like holding your own fate in your own hands". That is what the addicts think and they get hooked on after gambling became more than a game. Another one of the videos said "Whenever you gamble, your integrity tumbles" as whenever you gamble you will have to fake it and lie to get through.
I recently read on a newspaper on how a wife and mother's sad testimony of how her husband's gambling addiction destroyed her home and family and turned a loving husband and father into a man she no longer recognized. This also tells us that compulsive gambling is not cool and is no game but a growing addiction that is ready to destroy your future and change you completely.
I also heard from NPR websites stating that "addiction is a quiet monster" and i completely agree with the quote. My parents told me that Casinos may be the cause for tourism increase, but is also the cause for economic woes as a lot need to be done in building casinos and that is why Las Vegas, the gambling centre, is one of the world's most environmental problematic countries.
After hearing so much from me, what is your opinion. Don't be shy to type them out in the comments. Thank you!
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Monday, June 29, 2009
Emily Dickinson- a great poet
Alright.
Today i am going to talk to all of you about poets.
She is the poet who suffered so much in her life, yet made a great accomplishment, ahe is the poet many admired and she is the poet who wrote all her poems in her house. Yes, i am talkng about Emily Dickinson, the legendary poet.
Emily Dickinson was born in Amherst, Massachusetts, in 1830. She attended Mount Holyoke Female Seminary in South Hadley, but severe homesickness led her to return home after one year.
People whom she had interacted left great impacts on her poetry and thoughts which caused her to change her mindset.
What i like about Dickinson is that she lived in almost total physical isolation from the outside world, and many people who need isolation just lie around all day, not bothering about anything, but Dickinson actively maintained many correspondences and read widely, which impressed me greatly as she still read widely to get informed of global issues.
I felt sorry for Dickinson and people knew that she was lonely all life as her poetry reflects her loneliness and the speakers of her poems generally live in a state of want, but her poems are also marked by the intimate recollection of inspirational moments which are decidedly life-giving and suggest the possibility of happiness. I felt that she was a great poet as in the hard times she can find a way out by writing that happiness would come to her.
Her work was heavily influenced by the Metaphysical poets of seventeenth-century England, as well as her reading of the Book of Revelation and her upbringing in a New England town.
Emily Dickinson is famous for her poetry and her prolific writing, but during her lifetime she was more famous for the fact that she rarely, if ever, left her house. During her lifetime she wrote over 1500 poems, however, that are incredibly profound, but few were published in her lifetime; a relative discovered them after her death.
Emily Dickinson was very important. She served as inspiration to poets for generations to come. She was also one of America's early female poets. When she was alive, Emily Dickinson was not that popular. Her writing was not well known. She was quite certain that she would be famous for her writing after death.
Emily Dickinson wrote many great poetry and i am going to introduce you to three of her most famous poems. The first one is called a light exists in spring. It is about the realm of human perception that science cannot necessarily explain or participate in. The speaker invokes words and ideas suggestive of Christianity, creating a spiritual realm that is very real to the speaker. The second poem that i like is "i know a place where summer strives". It is basically about nature. The last poem will be a bird came down the walk. It tells us of how the life of the bird appears to be in the eye of a human.
Emily Dickinson was a famous poet and i agree to that.
Today i am going to talk to all of you about poets.
She is the poet who suffered so much in her life, yet made a great accomplishment, ahe is the poet many admired and she is the poet who wrote all her poems in her house. Yes, i am talkng about Emily Dickinson, the legendary poet.
Emily Dickinson was born in Amherst, Massachusetts, in 1830. She attended Mount Holyoke Female Seminary in South Hadley, but severe homesickness led her to return home after one year.
People whom she had interacted left great impacts on her poetry and thoughts which caused her to change her mindset.
What i like about Dickinson is that she lived in almost total physical isolation from the outside world, and many people who need isolation just lie around all day, not bothering about anything, but Dickinson actively maintained many correspondences and read widely, which impressed me greatly as she still read widely to get informed of global issues.
I felt sorry for Dickinson and people knew that she was lonely all life as her poetry reflects her loneliness and the speakers of her poems generally live in a state of want, but her poems are also marked by the intimate recollection of inspirational moments which are decidedly life-giving and suggest the possibility of happiness. I felt that she was a great poet as in the hard times she can find a way out by writing that happiness would come to her.
Her work was heavily influenced by the Metaphysical poets of seventeenth-century England, as well as her reading of the Book of Revelation and her upbringing in a New England town.
Emily Dickinson is famous for her poetry and her prolific writing, but during her lifetime she was more famous for the fact that she rarely, if ever, left her house. During her lifetime she wrote over 1500 poems, however, that are incredibly profound, but few were published in her lifetime; a relative discovered them after her death.
Emily Dickinson was very important. She served as inspiration to poets for generations to come. She was also one of America's early female poets. When she was alive, Emily Dickinson was not that popular. Her writing was not well known. She was quite certain that she would be famous for her writing after death.
Emily Dickinson wrote many great poetry and i am going to introduce you to three of her most famous poems. The first one is called a light exists in spring. It is about the realm of human perception that science cannot necessarily explain or participate in. The speaker invokes words and ideas suggestive of Christianity, creating a spiritual realm that is very real to the speaker. The second poem that i like is "i know a place where summer strives". It is basically about nature. The last poem will be a bird came down the walk. It tells us of how the life of the bird appears to be in the eye of a human.
Emily Dickinson was a famous poet and i agree to that.
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Figurative language
Poem: Dream defered by Langston Hudghs
What happens to a dream deferred?
Does it dry up
Like a raisin in the sun?
Or fester like a sore--
And then run?
Does it stink like rotten meat?
Or crust and sugar over--like a syrupy sweet?
Maybe it just sagslike a heavy load.
Or does it explode?
The first Stanza of the poem conveys a general idea.
Hughes uses a lot of vivid imagery or figurative language inside the poem to create pictures in the reader's mind. He also uses words such as "fester," "stink," "rotten," and "crust" to show the negative aspects of dreams deferred, and even the physical pain and deferring dreams can cause.
The image of the poem is central to the theme and impact the poem creates and Hughes uses the imagery as one of the most important aspects of the work. I believe that he uses this imagery as figurative language by making comparisons to dreams to the reality of what happens when they are not true or do not come true.
In his poem, it gives an impression that "sore which is festered" of reality is far away from the dream of equality he depicts so much with simile, personification and hyperbole, and that indicates how Hughes manages to blend figurative language into the poem effectively and for the most impact.
In, "A Dream Deferred," Langston Hughes uses similes to show the importance of dreams, "Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun." This symbol means that a dream that is disintegrating and dying like a raisin left out in the sun. Another example of a simile is, "Does it stink like rotten meat" and they all shows the exaggeration of the poem.
I felt that this poem is a gateway between reality and dream. It shows that his desperate calling for dreams and the truth that dreams will not come alive and you have to face the reality. As mentioned before, he also uses figurative language wisely to persuade people. That is why i like this poem.
What happens to a dream deferred?
Does it dry up
Like a raisin in the sun?
Or fester like a sore--
And then run?
Does it stink like rotten meat?
Or crust and sugar over--like a syrupy sweet?
Maybe it just sagslike a heavy load.
Or does it explode?
The first Stanza of the poem conveys a general idea.
Hughes uses a lot of vivid imagery or figurative language inside the poem to create pictures in the reader's mind. He also uses words such as "fester," "stink," "rotten," and "crust" to show the negative aspects of dreams deferred, and even the physical pain and deferring dreams can cause.
The image of the poem is central to the theme and impact the poem creates and Hughes uses the imagery as one of the most important aspects of the work. I believe that he uses this imagery as figurative language by making comparisons to dreams to the reality of what happens when they are not true or do not come true.
In his poem, it gives an impression that "sore which is festered" of reality is far away from the dream of equality he depicts so much with simile, personification and hyperbole, and that indicates how Hughes manages to blend figurative language into the poem effectively and for the most impact.
In, "A Dream Deferred," Langston Hughes uses similes to show the importance of dreams, "Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun." This symbol means that a dream that is disintegrating and dying like a raisin left out in the sun. Another example of a simile is, "Does it stink like rotten meat" and they all shows the exaggeration of the poem.
I felt that this poem is a gateway between reality and dream. It shows that his desperate calling for dreams and the truth that dreams will not come alive and you have to face the reality. As mentioned before, he also uses figurative language wisely to persuade people. That is why i like this poem.
Saturday, June 27, 2009
A summer life
Book Read: The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
I recently read the adventures of tom sawyer and it was written in brillant language and the plot was well developed. Now let me explain the story to you.
Application:
This book gave me a lot of new ideas about myself and it is much evident in the book, as it shows a lot of Tom Sawyer's escapes and tricks, his adventures that were very interesting and fresh. It provided me with many new paths and ideas such as how to persuade others and stuff that were very new to me and i found pleasure in reading the book. Tom Sawyer was apparently the main character in the story and he showed dignity and pride and others were very attracted to him, naturally. I learned a lot from Tom Sawyer and that provided me with many things that i follow his style.
Analysis:
I would be comparing Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer in this story. They are two friends with very different personalities, each bringing their own unique characteristics into this friendship. Tom and Huck are two adventurous people but in very different ways. Huckleberry's idea of adventure is to escape from society, their beliefs and all of their ideas. Tom, on the other hand, is more likely to make up an adventure based on something he had read in a book and not really trying to escape anything. All of his ideas and schemes come from books, unlike Huck, who has actually lived the fantasies Tom has imagined. The two are alike in one way though. They both have a very strong sense of adventure. I think this one trait along with their similar ages is what makes them friends. Huck seems to be the kind of person that Tom would want to be friends with because of his willingness to make other people happy. Tom lives out his escapades with no regard for the pain and suffering it causes others. Huck, on the other hand, just wants things done and done right.
Synthesis :
I think that the climax of the story is pretty obvious. That would be The time when Huck overhears Injun Joe's plan to kill Widow Douglas, and Tom encounters Injun Joe when he and Becky are stranded in the cave.
Then Tom protects Becky from the fugitive. At that point a chill went down my spine as it was really exciting and i was totally into the book. The scary incident in the cave was chilling and at the same time, an interesting case. I quite like the action.
Evaluation:
I think the author wrote this book mainly for the entertainment of kids and teenagers as the language is suitable. The plot and action are all supposed to be a children book but it could also be for adults as the book sometimes pleasantly remind adults of what they once were themselves and of how they felt and thought and talked, and what queer enterprises they sometimes engaged in. I still believed that his main target audience is children as this kind of summer books are mostly interesting to children, just like how i was hooked on it.
I would like to recommend this classic to you as it portrays a realistic summer of a boy and is very interesting.
I recently read the adventures of tom sawyer and it was written in brillant language and the plot was well developed. Now let me explain the story to you.
Application:
This book gave me a lot of new ideas about myself and it is much evident in the book, as it shows a lot of Tom Sawyer's escapes and tricks, his adventures that were very interesting and fresh. It provided me with many new paths and ideas such as how to persuade others and stuff that were very new to me and i found pleasure in reading the book. Tom Sawyer was apparently the main character in the story and he showed dignity and pride and others were very attracted to him, naturally. I learned a lot from Tom Sawyer and that provided me with many things that i follow his style.
Analysis:
I would be comparing Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer in this story. They are two friends with very different personalities, each bringing their own unique characteristics into this friendship. Tom and Huck are two adventurous people but in very different ways. Huckleberry's idea of adventure is to escape from society, their beliefs and all of their ideas. Tom, on the other hand, is more likely to make up an adventure based on something he had read in a book and not really trying to escape anything. All of his ideas and schemes come from books, unlike Huck, who has actually lived the fantasies Tom has imagined. The two are alike in one way though. They both have a very strong sense of adventure. I think this one trait along with their similar ages is what makes them friends. Huck seems to be the kind of person that Tom would want to be friends with because of his willingness to make other people happy. Tom lives out his escapades with no regard for the pain and suffering it causes others. Huck, on the other hand, just wants things done and done right.
Synthesis :
I think that the climax of the story is pretty obvious. That would be The time when Huck overhears Injun Joe's plan to kill Widow Douglas, and Tom encounters Injun Joe when he and Becky are stranded in the cave.
Then Tom protects Becky from the fugitive. At that point a chill went down my spine as it was really exciting and i was totally into the book. The scary incident in the cave was chilling and at the same time, an interesting case. I quite like the action.
Evaluation:
I think the author wrote this book mainly for the entertainment of kids and teenagers as the language is suitable. The plot and action are all supposed to be a children book but it could also be for adults as the book sometimes pleasantly remind adults of what they once were themselves and of how they felt and thought and talked, and what queer enterprises they sometimes engaged in. I still believed that his main target audience is children as this kind of summer books are mostly interesting to children, just like how i was hooked on it.
I would like to recommend this classic to you as it portrays a realistic summer of a boy and is very interesting.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
A ruthless game, a merciless community
Book read: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
APPLICATION:
When i compare my life to the life of the characters in this book, i felt as if i am living in luxury. Indeed. The lives of the main characters, Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark were poor in their own ways. They do not have enough to eat and have to hunt or find things to eat illegally. Katniss live in district 12 (there are 12 districts altogether), in a desperately poor mining community called the Seam. Strangely, this particular book reminds me of my life in China, where the air is polluted and the environment is dirty. At that time, I suffered a lot as we lived in poorly built houses, we had not much to eat and the toilet were filled with maggots. Yuck! Just the thought of it makes me shudder in fear. It reminds me of my old days, where everything is not so perfect even thought there are some excellent facilities. My old life in China is reflected very well in this book, where the citizens of district 12 led poor and agonizing lives while the capitol led the luxurious lives.
STORY SUMMARY:
Then, there is the hunger games. Twelve boys and twelve girls are chosen to appear in a deadly live television show called the hunger games. There is the unspoken rule of "not eating other tributes" and you must kill people to get out of there alive. Katniss's sister is chosen, and Katniss, fearing for her sister's safety, took her place along with Peeta Mellark. And from here begins the gruesome hunger games. Well, that prettey summed up the first part of the story. The rest are the fighting and returning to district 12.
ANALYSIS:
Well, let me introduce you to another two characters in the hunger games. They are foxface (nicknamed by katniss) and Cato, the boy from district 2, the most ferocious of all. I wanted to compare these two characters as they have very different characteristics unlike peeta and katniss, who have quite the same personality, i believe? In the hunger games, foxface and Cato are the last 2 survivors in the hunger games along with Katniss and Peeta. They have completely different characters and here is why. Cato, to be exact, is a heartless guy with a strong body and it was him who went around killing everyone in the hunter games expect his partner from the same district, Clove. On the other hand, foxface, whose identity is still unknown, is a sly and cunning fellow, just like a FOX. It seemed surprising to me that she was able to survive for so long without killing anyone but rather escaping from everyone. She escapes from everyone and scavenges food. That is why i saw her and Cato to be two complete different tributes. Basicaaly, for Cato, his way of living is to do the so-called hard way while foxface just grabs the good stuffs while noone is paying attention.
SYNTHESIS:
I know that many people will think that the climax of this story will be the middle part, when the hunger games is still taking place. I do Not feel so but i feel that the hunger games is not so interesting but rather the ending. That is when Peeta learned about the fake motives and acts put up by Katniss and Haymitch (their mentor) and felt emptiness and hollow. I felt that this part is very important as it tells of Katniss and Haymitch's attempts to fool the crowd to attract more people to sponsor them. Till this point, Peeta had always been cheerful and that made an unexpected twist which broke the friendship between Peeta and Katniss and left the Cliff hanger of facing the crowd, letting everyone anticipate the second story of the hunger games.
EVALUATION:
I have thought this over and over again, and have more or less came up with a solution. I think that if i can have a friend from the hunger games, it would be Katniss. Why? Firstly it is because that she is responsible and caring. This can be seen as she boldly stood up to protect her sister from entering the hunger games and volunteered herself for it to ensure the safety of her sister. She also had brains and had plenty strategists as she used a lot of techniques to escape the tributes. Then, Katniss is also a loyal friend as throughout the hunger games, she was genuine to Peeta and Rue and never abandoned them. This is the best for a friend as a true friend always one who helps you in difficult times, as the saying goes, "a friend in need is a friend indeed."
Overall, i found this story pretty good with a lot of vivid descriptions of the hunger game and the things the characters did. It was a fresh idea, although many people claimed it to be quite similar to the Japanese book, Battle Royale. The author was also good at attracting people to read on further as she constantly uses cliff hangers and at the ending, there happened to be an unexpected twist which i think will cause the readers to wait feverishly for the next book, catching fire. I would like to recommend this book to you as it is a good read to me and i am sure it will be one to you as well.
APPLICATION:
When i compare my life to the life of the characters in this book, i felt as if i am living in luxury. Indeed. The lives of the main characters, Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark were poor in their own ways. They do not have enough to eat and have to hunt or find things to eat illegally. Katniss live in district 12 (there are 12 districts altogether), in a desperately poor mining community called the Seam. Strangely, this particular book reminds me of my life in China, where the air is polluted and the environment is dirty. At that time, I suffered a lot as we lived in poorly built houses, we had not much to eat and the toilet were filled with maggots. Yuck! Just the thought of it makes me shudder in fear. It reminds me of my old days, where everything is not so perfect even thought there are some excellent facilities. My old life in China is reflected very well in this book, where the citizens of district 12 led poor and agonizing lives while the capitol led the luxurious lives.
STORY SUMMARY:
Then, there is the hunger games. Twelve boys and twelve girls are chosen to appear in a deadly live television show called the hunger games. There is the unspoken rule of "not eating other tributes" and you must kill people to get out of there alive. Katniss's sister is chosen, and Katniss, fearing for her sister's safety, took her place along with Peeta Mellark. And from here begins the gruesome hunger games. Well, that prettey summed up the first part of the story. The rest are the fighting and returning to district 12.
ANALYSIS:
Well, let me introduce you to another two characters in the hunger games. They are foxface (nicknamed by katniss) and Cato, the boy from district 2, the most ferocious of all. I wanted to compare these two characters as they have very different characteristics unlike peeta and katniss, who have quite the same personality, i believe? In the hunger games, foxface and Cato are the last 2 survivors in the hunger games along with Katniss and Peeta. They have completely different characters and here is why. Cato, to be exact, is a heartless guy with a strong body and it was him who went around killing everyone in the hunter games expect his partner from the same district, Clove. On the other hand, foxface, whose identity is still unknown, is a sly and cunning fellow, just like a FOX. It seemed surprising to me that she was able to survive for so long without killing anyone but rather escaping from everyone. She escapes from everyone and scavenges food. That is why i saw her and Cato to be two complete different tributes. Basicaaly, for Cato, his way of living is to do the so-called hard way while foxface just grabs the good stuffs while noone is paying attention.
SYNTHESIS:
I know that many people will think that the climax of this story will be the middle part, when the hunger games is still taking place. I do Not feel so but i feel that the hunger games is not so interesting but rather the ending. That is when Peeta learned about the fake motives and acts put up by Katniss and Haymitch (their mentor) and felt emptiness and hollow. I felt that this part is very important as it tells of Katniss and Haymitch's attempts to fool the crowd to attract more people to sponsor them. Till this point, Peeta had always been cheerful and that made an unexpected twist which broke the friendship between Peeta and Katniss and left the Cliff hanger of facing the crowd, letting everyone anticipate the second story of the hunger games.
EVALUATION:
I have thought this over and over again, and have more or less came up with a solution. I think that if i can have a friend from the hunger games, it would be Katniss. Why? Firstly it is because that she is responsible and caring. This can be seen as she boldly stood up to protect her sister from entering the hunger games and volunteered herself for it to ensure the safety of her sister. She also had brains and had plenty strategists as she used a lot of techniques to escape the tributes. Then, Katniss is also a loyal friend as throughout the hunger games, she was genuine to Peeta and Rue and never abandoned them. This is the best for a friend as a true friend always one who helps you in difficult times, as the saying goes, "a friend in need is a friend indeed."
Overall, i found this story pretty good with a lot of vivid descriptions of the hunger game and the things the characters did. It was a fresh idea, although many people claimed it to be quite similar to the Japanese book, Battle Royale. The author was also good at attracting people to read on further as she constantly uses cliff hangers and at the ending, there happened to be an unexpected twist which i think will cause the readers to wait feverishly for the next book, catching fire. I would like to recommend this book to you as it is a good read to me and i am sure it will be one to you as well.
Friday, May 29, 2009
Is it your duty to donate to charity?
Hey ya dudes.
Without telling you guys i think you already know looking at the title. (obvious)
So, is it your duty to donate to charity?
First, lets analyse the word, Charity. so, what is Charity?
Just to let you all know, i felt that charity is like an involuntary act, an act that you want to do, for the sake of the handicapped, the needy, etc. I am not going to make it cliche, but i think that charity is not a must to do, moreover of an initiative.
Why do we have charity then?
Well, the world have infinite number of unlucky handicaps and more that really needs financial support or welfare support. That is when charity clicks into place. Charity is made so as to let the people contribute to the needy and help them.
So, is it your DUTY to donate to charity?
Well, honestly speaking, duty means that it is a must-do, a thing you are supposed to do. So, by right, it is NOT your duty to donate to charity. But, BY RIGHT.
In the 21st century, the world had advanced in many areas and the behaviour of people had changed a lot. As mentioned in the previous paragraph, i said that by right, it is nt your duty to donate to charity. However, the world had transformed into such a place with the idea of charity that is ironic to the word, CHARITY itself, Nowadays, there are so many charitable organisations that almost everyday you will see an advertistment or two regarding the handicapped and stuff like that. That makes you feel kinda of guilty if you do not contribute to charity.
That is my point. It will make you feel guilty or lose out to others if people donates but you do not. And there are also a lot of advertistments going on about you playing a part to help the needy... Blah Blah Blah... So, i am just trying to say that the whole duty and charity thing is actually contradicting itself. Charity is supposed to be a voluntary work but nowadays the society had changed in such a way that charity had become a duty.
So, the question, as usual, is left hanging on a thread.
Is it a duty?
Is it a voluntary act?
You decide.
Without telling you guys i think you already know looking at the title. (obvious)
So, is it your duty to donate to charity?
First, lets analyse the word, Charity. so, what is Charity?
Just to let you all know, i felt that charity is like an involuntary act, an act that you want to do, for the sake of the handicapped, the needy, etc. I am not going to make it cliche, but i think that charity is not a must to do, moreover of an initiative.
Why do we have charity then?
Well, the world have infinite number of unlucky handicaps and more that really needs financial support or welfare support. That is when charity clicks into place. Charity is made so as to let the people contribute to the needy and help them.
So, is it your DUTY to donate to charity?
Well, honestly speaking, duty means that it is a must-do, a thing you are supposed to do. So, by right, it is NOT your duty to donate to charity. But, BY RIGHT.
In the 21st century, the world had advanced in many areas and the behaviour of people had changed a lot. As mentioned in the previous paragraph, i said that by right, it is nt your duty to donate to charity. However, the world had transformed into such a place with the idea of charity that is ironic to the word, CHARITY itself, Nowadays, there are so many charitable organisations that almost everyday you will see an advertistment or two regarding the handicapped and stuff like that. That makes you feel kinda of guilty if you do not contribute to charity.
That is my point. It will make you feel guilty or lose out to others if people donates but you do not. And there are also a lot of advertistments going on about you playing a part to help the needy... Blah Blah Blah... So, i am just trying to say that the whole duty and charity thing is actually contradicting itself. Charity is supposed to be a voluntary work but nowadays the society had changed in such a way that charity had become a duty.
So, the question, as usual, is left hanging on a thread.
Is it a duty?
Is it a voluntary act?
You decide.
Thursday, May 28, 2009
If many people think or believe something is true, is it true?
Okay, guys.
Another question.
Ha, if many people think or believe something is true, is it true? I thought for a moment, and decided that it may be true. Maybe! So, is it true?
Then i racked my brains for a moment, and realized there is some false logic in my thinking. I mean, if people all believed in something, could it really be true? Or could it be false?
Then, i thought, maybe it is not.
For an instance, when people all say that McDonalds is unhealthy, is it really unhealthy? I thought about it. Yeah! Is it really unhealthy? My friends often go to McDonalds, but after a few years, nothing happened to them. So, it this was true, why people kept on saying that McDonald’s food is unhealthy? Is it because of the media's influence and the supposedly recorded statistics that shows McDonalds’s food is unhealthy? Is it rumors that resulted in predictions which lead to the guess that McDonald’s food is unhealthy? If it is not, what is it then?
I still remembered the time when the teacher asked my primary school class about a question. When she asked us for a yes or no answer, at first, no one raised their hands. No surprise here. Then, the class genius, Melissa, raised up her hands and said no. Also no big surprise here. Then the “strange” thing happened. Slowly, one by one, my classmates raised up their hands with a “cross” sign representing no. I, on the contrary, chose yes, in fact, the only yes in the class, as I believe that it was correct. Then, the miracle happened. The answer was yes.
So, when most people think something is right, is it truly right?
It looks like it is still a difficult question to answer.
For now, let me voice out the opinions I have. I felt that following the crowd may lead to disastrous consequences. It means that if you simply go on with the flow and follow other peoples’ ideas and paths, it would not be good. That would show that you have no personal thoughts and are too shy or scared to spit out your opinions and your way of thinking.
Everyone has their unique way of thinking but one problem is that they are too afraid to voice it out but instead follow the crowd. That is why once there is one people agreeing to an idea, more and more people will follow and that results in the fact that “most people believe something is true” which does not necessarily mean the truth.
So, why does most of the people have the same thoughts?
There may also be a possibility that people tend to look things in a simple manner and they do not have in-depth thinking. People could have thought about a particular matter simply without considering the different perspectives of the matter. On the contrary, there will also be some people who think very hard at the matter and come up with a different response unlike those who tend to think generally.
After all this thinking, I still cannot come up with a good answer as I felt that there are several possible answers.
What do you think?
Another question.
Ha, if many people think or believe something is true, is it true? I thought for a moment, and decided that it may be true. Maybe! So, is it true?
Then i racked my brains for a moment, and realized there is some false logic in my thinking. I mean, if people all believed in something, could it really be true? Or could it be false?
Then, i thought, maybe it is not.
For an instance, when people all say that McDonalds is unhealthy, is it really unhealthy? I thought about it. Yeah! Is it really unhealthy? My friends often go to McDonalds, but after a few years, nothing happened to them. So, it this was true, why people kept on saying that McDonald’s food is unhealthy? Is it because of the media's influence and the supposedly recorded statistics that shows McDonalds’s food is unhealthy? Is it rumors that resulted in predictions which lead to the guess that McDonald’s food is unhealthy? If it is not, what is it then?
I still remembered the time when the teacher asked my primary school class about a question. When she asked us for a yes or no answer, at first, no one raised their hands. No surprise here. Then, the class genius, Melissa, raised up her hands and said no. Also no big surprise here. Then the “strange” thing happened. Slowly, one by one, my classmates raised up their hands with a “cross” sign representing no. I, on the contrary, chose yes, in fact, the only yes in the class, as I believe that it was correct. Then, the miracle happened. The answer was yes.
So, when most people think something is right, is it truly right?
It looks like it is still a difficult question to answer.
For now, let me voice out the opinions I have. I felt that following the crowd may lead to disastrous consequences. It means that if you simply go on with the flow and follow other peoples’ ideas and paths, it would not be good. That would show that you have no personal thoughts and are too shy or scared to spit out your opinions and your way of thinking.
Everyone has their unique way of thinking but one problem is that they are too afraid to voice it out but instead follow the crowd. That is why once there is one people agreeing to an idea, more and more people will follow and that results in the fact that “most people believe something is true” which does not necessarily mean the truth.
So, why does most of the people have the same thoughts?
There may also be a possibility that people tend to look things in a simple manner and they do not have in-depth thinking. People could have thought about a particular matter simply without considering the different perspectives of the matter. On the contrary, there will also be some people who think very hard at the matter and come up with a different response unlike those who tend to think generally.
After all this thinking, I still cannot come up with a good answer as I felt that there are several possible answers.
What do you think?
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