This level-what is behind it?

This level contains very interesting units that carry very useful ideas in terms of preparing for any academic study. The first two units (skyscrapers & language learning) include useful points such as paraphrasing and definitions, and other things that I couldn’t remember right now. Anyway I have strong feeling that we miss a lot of benefits because our teachers were in New York. I really liked the unit of male and female communication, and the idea of the lecture is very useful to prepare for university lectures. Evolution unit is also important to give a light about Darwin theory that is important in the academic environment. In addition, learning about writing summary is very important and useful concept. I found the Happiness topic very interesting in terms of its ideas about the fact of happiness. Experimentation on animals is very sensible unit that gave us chance to debate an ethical dilemma even though that we disagreed with our positions. Discrimination is an important unit that lighted up my injuries. I really enjoyed the video, and re-watched it online with my husband and my brother. Looking for a job taught me how to write the CV and the application letter. I think it is very important unit in this period of time. Who is responsible trained me to be a critical thinker. At last, the blogging concept is very useful idea to connect with each other and to know the others’ style of writing and way of thinking.

In general, I have really got benefits when I received a feedback from my teachers especially for writing skills that I think it is more important than any skill to be successful in university. The units in this level were chosen very carefully to serve students as much as this level can. They contain interesting facts in terms of general information and English language.

Book project (text project - thanks Jack)

Honestly, I have found this project useless. The point of this project is to learn how to study and answer questions. I think everybody in the class has reached a stage that makes him/her knows how to study and to answer questions. For me I have sad and painful memories in terms of studying this project. Actually, I didn’t finish reading. And for the topics that I have read I really needed to reread. I have reached a stage of exhausting that made me unable to understand what I read. I kept reading one line for several times. One page took up more than one hour only to understand what is written. I forced myself to continue reading without any care for my needs to rest and to sleep. I forgot my health and my family. The chapter contains complicated ideas that have many of similarities. It needed great deal of concentration- at least for me- to distinguish between them. Honestly, I don’t like to write more than that.

After my presentation

I really worked hard –harder than you expect- to be able to present my research paper. I kept the last day before the presentation day only for practicing. The first practicing took up more than one hour. By practicing i could shrink the period time to 20 minutes.

In terms of the little small things that I distributed between my lovely class, It was a little express that came out directly from my heart to reflect your values inside me. I am really injured when somebody said:”do you think that you will get 5 more marks because of this”. Even though the speaker said “I am joking”, being have such feeling in your mind is very painful.

In fact, I enjoyed this presentation especially when I felt that I made the honey topic sensible for the listeners. Honestly, i didn’t feel with the rapture of finishing as we have had another long exam next day. Anyway, now both of them are gone.

My research project: process and writing.

My research project process has been done very well. Even though I don’t finish the final step which is representing my topic, I feel some satisfaction with what I have achieved so far. Choosing the topic was the most difficult part in this issue. As soon as I was able to start working in my research, the next steps were done very well. I agree that the past week was so hard and difficult for me as I experienced a single mother's life, but now most of work is done. Finally I have been able to finish and submit my paper.

In terms of writing, I found some obstructions for writing reference and quotations, introduction and conclusion, and some times with paraphrasing. However, although this project is not the first project that have been done, I learned a lot from it. For me, the most significant parts in this project are: putting the research plan, searching for reliable sources, having comments about grammatical mistakes, and placing the paper in its final version.

Honestly, I would like to give a great deal of thanks to my teacher Adrianne for her supporting and comments.

“Keep me from ever judging a man until I have walked in his moccasins”…

It is fair enough to judge somebody after putting ourselves in his/her position. Actually, even though most of mature people try to position themselves in the same location to others, they would have mistakable judgment. This is because it is impossible to simulate the exact position. That is why each person should appeal more than one excuse to others.

Last word,we shouldn’t be like some “philosophers” who say that they have tried to appeal any excuse to some one but they couldn’t find any one. If you have not found any excuse, please try to find excuse.

The Population Problem.

In term of the future population, I am not worried about that as I believe no one can predict exactly what will happen next day. Generally, I have been grown and thought that if every one does his responsibility toward himself and the others; we will live in a safe and wonderful place. Our future is placed in between our hands, and we have the absolute freedom to make it sweet or bitter.

In term of the industrial world, I have one massage: you have really introduced many beautiful slogans such as freedom, equality, human rights and so on. Just distribute these wonderful words between our worlds as one family, just present your extra crops and materials to the poor countries, and just introduce your desire for help. If you do that, the water will return to its normal current.

The Love Lecture

The love lecture lighted up my emotion toward my family. I really miss my parent and my siblings. My memories went back as I remembered my mother’s and father’s maternity and warm heartedness, love and support. I felt that if I spent my life to thank them, it would not be enough. They took my hand and move with me step by step. They sacrificed their comfort and happiness, just to see me grow and smile. I love them.

The love word is bigger and more pure than what the media try to show. In fact, it has been distorted by media. The real meaning of love comes when we respect ourselves and others, and when we recognize the real meaning of humanity and human right. It is a combination between sacrifice and altruism. It is the artery of our communications and lives. It is a gift from our creator. Therefore, it should stay for ever.

My mother and father, my brothers and sisters, my husband and children, you are all a big gift to me.