ASP ( 5/28 )

We practiced the P&D about meiland. I thought presentation was very difficult for me. When I did the presentation, I was not able to see the other people's eyes well. I watched the floor or I watched one person's eyes. The random watching is really difficult. On the other hand, when I listened to others presentation, I had to not only listen but also think about the presentation and find the question. It was very difficult and I could not ask. Anyway, I have to practice many times!! Practice and reflection are the best way of improving our skills, I think!

ASP ( 5/25 )

We learned about how to make the presentation. Before, it was very troublesome for me to make a presentation because we used Power Point and we had to use a memory stick and carry it. If we use google documents, however, we do not have to use them! It is very simple and very easy for me :) When we do presentation, it is useful. I want to make the most of today's technology.

ARW Blogging Assignment 5

The main characters in Old Man and the Sea are Santiago, a fisherman and Manolin, a boy who helps him. Three adjectives that describe Santiago are lonely, old, and kind. The reason of being lonely is that he does not have his wife or any his children. He usually speaks the boy only. And the reason why he is old is not only the real age but also his scars and his experiences. The everything about him is not new. Then, he is very kind of the boy. For example, he refused the boy's request of fishing with him because he thinks about the boy very well. Three adjectives that describe Manoline are kind, adult, and lucky. The boy is kind because he takes care of the old man well. The boy is adult because he can react to the old man's action. For example, the boy continued the conversation when the boy thought the old man lied. The boy is lucky because he has a lucky boat!

ASP (5/21)

We talked about how to presentation. The three important things are content, structure, and delivery. I am very poor at delivery. When I stand in front of others, I feel very nervous. But I know that the lecture of people who can collect information and construct very well, but can not be good at delivery is really boring. So, I practice many times and want to overcome the weak point. And to get over this, it is very important to do eye contact and use body language effectively because these actions receive the people's attention. In the end, Thank you for reading my blog :D

ARW Blogging Assignment 3

The pieces of information I found in sources to use to support my thesis and topic sentence ideas for Essay 2 are as follows.

The supporting piece of evidence that I found for body paragraph 1 is a paraphrase from Lacey, Lose. "Lying Is Good For You". Forbes. 10. 24. 05, 9:00 AM ET http://www.forbes.com/2005/10/19/lying-dishonesty-psycology_cx_lr_common05_1024lie.html This sentence includes that lying keep health good. So I think it relates to that lying avoid making people sad.

The supporting piece of evidence that I found for body paragraph 2 is a paraphrase from
1, carby, eHow Member. "How to Know When Lying is a Good Thing". eHow. http://www.ehow.com/how_4836568_lying-good-thing.html
2, Marks, Psychiatry. " Is Lying Good for You?". on friday, August 14, 2009. http://markspsychiatry.com/is-lying-good-for-you/
They tell that lying make people happy and lying improve people's grade.

The supporting piece of evidence that I found tor body paragraph 3 is a paraphrase from Hamada, Sumio. Watashi no nakano Tasya, Watashi no Naritachi to Uso [Other Person In Me]. Kaneko Syobou, 1998. This supports my thesis because it says lying is essential to communicate with others.

ASP( 5/11 )

We discussed about The desert　survival problem.
My total score : 86
My group total score : 64
OH MY GOD! Both I and my group will die...!! I want to survive!! Well...I talk about the class. I am very surprised that cosmetic mirror is the most important thing and that a simple mirror can generate 5 to 7 million candle power of light. At first, our member discussed which way to go. However, we did not know the right spot of us. So we did not have to do that! We should have argued how we were realized by rescue and how we can survive until the rescue coming. I thought salt was important item but it is dangerous one because it require more water. Once I have mirror, I should think about the way of keeping the water. Thanks to the class, I feel that I can live longer :)

ASP (5/7)

We talked about what order people help. At first, our members thought that we should help Mike Smith first because a strong person can pull many people at one time. However, we gave up this idea. We can not pull many people at one time because rope may be split. ( We were NOT able to realize that we can pull faster if there is the strong person!) Then, we discussed the turn with thinking about the age, the sex, and the career. It was very difficult to conclude it. In the class, I found the point of view that the old person spend much time but the young not enough. I have not ever thought that because I think people must help and respect the elder. The new idea is very fresh for me! Who is worth helping? Who should be given preference? They are VERY difficult to answer. I want to find the way that everybody can survive in such dangerous situations. In the class I can not find the idea of fast pulling. So I think that I have to continue to look for the solution by various way even if the situation is hopeless. We should not decide the order of the life, but find the way to help everyone effectively.