RESEARCH PROJECT

Before I did this project, I think I could not did well as those models that teachers
showed to us. However, now I did it, and also I think it may be better than some of
models. After that, I think my writing improved a lot. I know how to write such a
long paper and how to write references, also some of grammars more clearly than before, such as how to use “pain” and “painful”. During this process, I really tried to use paraphrase to write some sentences and also used the method--- summary. In addition, this is the first time I know how to do research and get books, articles from the library, that is very useful to my future study in the university. While I think my research papers are not excellent, because although I correct it by many times, it still has some mistakes. Also, my feeling about this writing is also not good. Anyway, I hope it good.

I really enjoy listening to the presentations that was very great. Because everyone’s presentations were prepared very well, they were lectures to me. In addition, some of them were really interesting, and from those I got knowledge from different aspects. Also, I think that was a good method to learn from each others, learn what is good, what we should not do it in our presentations. Some of them used great PowerPoint to show examples to audience very clearly, some of them used blackboard did it. No matter what they used in presentations, they did the great jobs to show us their research very clearly. During the process of preparing for my presentations, I knew how important about practice and some sentences you need to say during presentations. For example, how I can start the presentations ,how I connect each ideas , when I forget something what should I say…… In fact, I did not think I did a good job of my presentations. Maybe I was too nervous, therefore I spoke too fast, some words did not speak clearly, and also looked at my notes and PowerPoint too much. Anyway, I finished it, I learn from it, that is good, isn’t it? I strongly believe next time I can do better job.

Improving Academic Performance

That is a good reading, not just helps us to practice English and also get some good methods to study. I like this kind of reading so much, because I can learn some useful thing for my life.

There are a lot of study habits, if you have some good of them that will help you a lot, such as setting up a schedule for studying and playing, and find a right place to study. As we all know, in university, students have classes and social practice in different time, and because we do not want miss some of them and also keep good balance between them. Therefore, have a schedule is very useful. In addition, in my views, write down a study schedule is important, especially for some who can not control themselves well without their parents. For some students, when they go into the university always leave their homework until deadline and some of them can not finish their research paper and fail the course. If they have a schedule and push themselves to follow it, that will be better. In my case, if I want to study I prefer go home or library. For me, those are the right place to study. At home, it is more comfortable, I can wear what I want, a comfortable seat, desk and …… In library, I can pay more attention on books, because that environment pushes me to do like that.

In addition, in this reading also shows a important method that can improve the quality of study---------SQ3R reading system. It has 5 steps: Survey, Question, Read, Recite and Review. Follow those steps can get more information from books and remember more.

Lectures play a important role in university, although I am not in university yet, I know “getting more out of lectures”. Some students in university said the lectures are very hard to understand, if they go to those lectures equal to waste their time, they can read book by themselves and also get good marks. Sometimes it really works, but I believe attend lectures can save time. Because we can at least know some points and know which points are more important, therefore after lectures we should pay more attention when we read those parts, instead of read all of them but do not know which are more important. For sure, we study not just for good marks but we can not say marks are not important. Like when I did my Lecture Project, I could not understand all of them because I did not have any background of it. However, I still can got some important points and use them in my research paper. That is enough, isn't it?

Some of my friends always finish their homework at midnight, as a result , the quality of homework are not good and also they can not have a good brain rest . Therefore, friends, go to bed early and have a good rest.

Have a good weekend!

Public Lecture

On May.8, 2007 I went to a public lecture about palliative care in McGill University. From May 7 to 13, 2007 is palliative care week, also this year is the tenth anniversary of the Sandra Goldberg Memorial Lectures.

In this lecture, they mention about “palliative care is not just about cancer” , it should not just give at the last moment when people will die. Dr. Gain Domenico Borasio shows us lots of examples to support his ideas. Also, he tries to use those examples and facts to let public know how importance palliative care is in our life.

There were 3 speakers in this public lecture. The first one was a mid-age lady, and she was a host of this lecture. She started the lecture on time, and told some information about this lecture. However, she was not good speaker because she always read her notes during her speaking. The second speaker was better than the host; he is a little bit older than the lady. When he was speaking, he used power point to show the information and spoke clearly. The third one is Dr. Borasio. He comes from Germany, but he can speak English very well, that is very important to audience to understand. In addition, he used power point to show us lots of examples and facts.

The audience in the lecture maybe was 100. 85% of them were older people, the age were between 50-60. Some of them asked simple questions during 10 minutes, and also there was special one, he told us his own experience about palliative care.

In my opinion, I really like this project, and really enjoyed it so much. First of all, it was the first English lecture I went outside class in Canada. Secondly, I think it was a good chance to know more about the life in Canada. Also, it was a good model to show us what a good speaker is and what bad speaker is. Therefore, when we do our own experience we can pay attention about those points. In addition, it also was a good chance to know the classmates better; we ate dinner together, talked with each other and shared our interesting experiences in our life. That was good for us to build more deeply friendships with each other.

Population--my opinions

When I was in childhood, in china just had few cars on the street,fewer people than now, and also less busy traffic. However, because from I began my education, i always in the best schools in our cities, there are so many students in one class--at least 60! Therefore, we just had very little space for each person, sometimes it was hard to cross between desks......

Now, in china still have large population, we already use family plan to control, but because the population base in too large,so it is still a seriouly problem to the govement! However, now in my city and also some others ,some not very good schools need to face a problem---close! There are not enough students to them,because the birth rate is reducing a lot! Also, because the family plan just alow some parents have one baby, so some of them use some methods to know the gender of baby, then choose male. In addation,in China, the law about family plan now is allowing some couples have two babies---if these two people are the single in his and her family. However, because the fees of one baby is already expensive to them ,so almost of them still perfer to choose having one baby.As a result, in schools ,it is very hard to make banlance of male and female! One of my friends is a teacher now, she told me in her class have 45 kids now, 32boys and just 13 girls!

Family plan is really good to control growth of population but it has lots of problems! How we can get better banlance of them, i think the best way is educating people better! Tell them how the important of this problem,and tell them the right idea about how to face and deal with this seriosly problem!
We just have one earth ,just one world can live on,at least until now we do not find another one can instead of it! Therefore, we should pay much more attention about it, because the large population has lots of problems,such as food shortage,and bad environment, also not good quality of life!

Population --SAQ

1. My grandparents (mother’s side and father’s side) both have 5 children. My parents just have one child—me! In my opinion, I want to have at least one, if can be one boy and one girl ---that is wonderful!

2. As we all know, china has the largest number of population---1,318,000,000, 20.01% of the world population. Too much population cause lots of problems, so lots of Chinese go to broad to enjoy better quality of life. For example, education, food, health care and public establishment are not enough to supply those large number of population!

3. Now, we have 6,661,000,000 population in our world.

4. There are lots of factors can influence the population of animal species. However, the most important factor is environment; it includes lots of things, such as contaminative food, less natural environment — less trees and flowers. Thus, animals do not have enough natural food. Of course, those factors also influence human population. We eat dirty food too, thus, we have bad heath, maybe some of us can not have baby because the dirty environment.

5. In my opinion, I strongly agree that government should control population. Everything has limited, also our earth .Not just in some lager population countries, also in others, because we live in the same world, and only one earth, we should do our best to help ourselves and our offspring.

Happiness! Haha! Hehe! Heihei!

What is happiness? I think there is no answer, because everyone has their own views about it. However, there are some facts can be accepted widely about this topics.

Almost people believe that money can not buy happiness.
That is true, because lots of researches show that very rich people are not the most happiness person, also, the poorest people are not the most sadness person. In my view, I strongly agree that we should not pay so much attention about money, and of course we can not make our life’s goal for money. Maybe some of people will say they know lots of people when they win lottery, they looks very happy. But I have to say that according lots of researchers’ article, they said in fact we have two types of happiness. The one is short term happiness, which means that it just can lasts for few days, or even some hours, then people will back to their baseline of happiness. Another one is long term happiness; I guess you will say, it means happiness can last longer. Congratulations! You are right! However, do you know how we can keep it clearly; I guess lots of people will say no. Also, I can not say the right answer to you, because in my mind, I think everyone has different ways to get happy, therefore, they have different ways to keep it. Nevertheless, I think no matter what the ways are, they are focus on our personality. In addition, by nature selection, we get some genetic from our parents, also it can influence our ability.

Do not always say I am not lucky one; I hate something or someone…… Try to enjoy your life around you, try to say I am so lucky I have……now, I like this, that……Then you will find your life will really change a lot.