I'm going to talk about how the community improved themselves by making people unable to see colour.
Taking away colour have a lot of benefits and no drawbacks (as long as the people don't know colour exists). There will be no racists, and less choices - of course, the community doesn't want people to be able to make choices, because everything is so organized. If they could choose then there might be arguments about certain decisions and other 'unpleasant' things, for example if they choose wrong, things might not be as organized-.
I'm not sure how the community can make people unable to see colours, but it might be some form of colour blindness. I've watched a television program about someone that can only see black and white, and it says that this might be caused either by a genetic nature, by damage to the eye, nerve or brain, or by exposure to certain chemicals. In the community that Jonas lives in, they might have interfered the genetic code of people, so everyone that gets born won't be able to identify colours.
I have a lot of opinions about this no-colour-sameness-thing. I don't think it's a good idea if the people know that colours existed, because they'll want to see colours, so there might be protests and the community won't be able to be as organized. But if they really want to make everything so orderly and if people don't know about colours, then it might be a good idea. My own opinion is that I definitely won't sacrafice my life now to go to a black and white community where everything is the same. It might be better (it is better, in a way), but I just don't think people would want to go and live there. (Last night I asked my mother if she'll want to live in a community like that, and she said she really don't want to leave everything in this world behind).
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Monday, February 9, 2009
Personal history 4 big questions
1. What/who started the war?
2. How did the war affect China?
3. What was life like in China at the time of the war?
4. What other problems did the Chinese have at the time of the WW2?
Grandparent questions
1. What was life like during the war?
2. How did life change after the war?
3. Did you join the army? if yes, what did you do?
4. Did anything unfortunate happen to you (or any of your family members)?
2. How did the war affect China?
3. What was life like in China at the time of the war?
4. What other problems did the Chinese have at the time of the WW2?
Grandparent questions
1. What was life like during the war?
2. How did life change after the war?
3. Did you join the army? if yes, what did you do?
4. Did anything unfortunate happen to you (or any of your family members)?
Monday, February 2, 2009
Bog statements
1. Scientists believe that there's more than thirty types of edible or medical plants around the area where the 'bog people' were buried.
2. Scientists think that the bog is like a public cemetery, because the bodies were nearly half male and half female, also because the bodies didn't show too much 'violent ends'.
3. The Lindow man is found in England. He is different from the other bog people because he has a beard and a moustache.
4. When archaeologists discovered him, the Tollund man had a four feet long rope around his neck.
5. Archaeologists say that the Tollund man is 'treated with care' after he died, although he has a four feet rope tied on his neck...
6. One of the woman discovered in the Florida bog had a variety of berries and plants in her intestines, scientists think that the berries are supposed to be medicine to treat her illness which eventually killed her.
7. Scientists left nearly half the bog people in the bog because they hope then can examine them with better technology after 50 years.
8. Most of the bodies in the bog were about twenty years old (before they died). One was about seventy years old, which was very old at that time.
9. Except humans, archaeologists have also found bone tools (made from turtle bones, white dears, and sharks), wooden artifacts, and textiles (which was used to wrap the bodies).
10. The bog people were found when a man saw bones coming out of the bog. He called the police, who said that the people were not murdered recently. The man then called the Florida State University, who discovered that the ramains were 'bog people'.
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Page 61 questions
1. What methods and sources do historians use to learn about the past?
Historians can learn about the past using written sources, like books and records from the time, but what different types of people write about the same event may be different (of biased), depending on their point of view. Historians can also get information from oral traditions, because oral traditions change to suit people's needs, so historians can find out what is important in the time. To a historian, a primary source is more valuable than a secondary source, because they think that a primary source is more accurate than a secondary one. Primary sources may include a interview with someone who has been through an event, or someones diary, etc.
2. Is the map on page 39 a primary source or a secondary source? Why?
I think the map is a secondary source, because it's not created at that time, so 'map makers' have to rely on written sources (or other types of sources) to create the map, so the written sources are the primary sources, the map is a secondary source. It might not be very accurate.
3. Why do historians ask questions about their sources?
Historians ask questions because the source may be biased, or it may be exaggerated in order for the author to achieve some type of purpose. Historians may also question a source because they don't know if the author has really been in the event, or just heard the event from someone else (which may be inaccurate).
4. In ancient Rome fewer women than men left behind written sources. How might this have affected historians' knowledge of the history of Rome?
This can affect the knowledge of ancient Rome because what men think about Rome may be completely different from a woman's point of view, so historians might not know as much about how women lived their lives in ancient Rome. Because men left more written sources, the data historians get may also be more biased. They might get much less information about activities women do than the activities men are involved in.
5. Look around your home. What written and nonwritten sources do you see? Make a list of the sources. Then, using one or two of the sources of your list, try to write a history of your family. Follow Thucydides' advice as you write and evaluate your sources carefully.
In my home, there's a few photos on a book shelf, so we know that the family has only one child, the father don't live with the mother and the child, and that the family goes to a cold place in december. The book shelf has a lot of economic and science books on it, so it seems that the mother likes economics and the child likes science. In the living room, there's a classical guitar, a foot rest and a music stand, so we know that one of the family members plays guitar.
The bedrooms are simple, the smaller bedroom has a lot of books, so the owner of the room probably likes to read. The other bedroom is a large one, simple as well, with a few leather bags in a cabinet, so the owner must be a big leather fan...
Historians can learn about the past using written sources, like books and records from the time, but what different types of people write about the same event may be different (of biased), depending on their point of view. Historians can also get information from oral traditions, because oral traditions change to suit people's needs, so historians can find out what is important in the time. To a historian, a primary source is more valuable than a secondary source, because they think that a primary source is more accurate than a secondary one. Primary sources may include a interview with someone who has been through an event, or someones diary, etc.
2. Is the map on page 39 a primary source or a secondary source? Why?
I think the map is a secondary source, because it's not created at that time, so 'map makers' have to rely on written sources (or other types of sources) to create the map, so the written sources are the primary sources, the map is a secondary source. It might not be very accurate.
3. Why do historians ask questions about their sources?
Historians ask questions because the source may be biased, or it may be exaggerated in order for the author to achieve some type of purpose. Historians may also question a source because they don't know if the author has really been in the event, or just heard the event from someone else (which may be inaccurate).
4. In ancient Rome fewer women than men left behind written sources. How might this have affected historians' knowledge of the history of Rome?
This can affect the knowledge of ancient Rome because what men think about Rome may be completely different from a woman's point of view, so historians might not know as much about how women lived their lives in ancient Rome. Because men left more written sources, the data historians get may also be more biased. They might get much less information about activities women do than the activities men are involved in.
5. Look around your home. What written and nonwritten sources do you see? Make a list of the sources. Then, using one or two of the sources of your list, try to write a history of your family. Follow Thucydides' advice as you write and evaluate your sources carefully.
In my home, there's a few photos on a book shelf, so we know that the family has only one child, the father don't live with the mother and the child, and that the family goes to a cold place in december. The book shelf has a lot of economic and science books on it, so it seems that the mother likes economics and the child likes science. In the living room, there's a classical guitar, a foot rest and a music stand, so we know that one of the family members plays guitar.
The bedrooms are simple, the smaller bedroom has a lot of books, so the owner of the room probably likes to read. The other bedroom is a large one, simple as well, with a few leather bags in a cabinet, so the owner must be a big leather fan...
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Jakarta's water
1.According to the article, who is taking a lot of water out of the aquifer?
According to the article, the high rise buildings are taking a lot of the water from the water table (aquifer). The population is supposed to be spread out, but people are stacking up in a very small area, so there's not enough water for everyone.
2.If you take a lot of water from the aquifer, what three things happen?
First, if you keep sucking water from underground, then the land will go down, because the area that was water is gone, so there's a space underground. The land might not be able to hold the weight the buildings, so it lowers itself, making the buildings likely to crack. Also, because the population is so dense in one area, there's not going to be enough water for everyone.
3.What is the punishment for taking more water than your permit allows?
The punishment is five million rupiah and six months in jail.
4.Do you think this punishment will stop people taking too much water from the aquifer? Why?
I don't think that this law will stop people take the ground water, because five million rupiah is a small amount for high rise building managers/investors. There's also some 'relationship' problems in Indonesia, so the people who are taking too much water can simply avoid the jail.
5.Jakarta’s aquifers are being contaminated by sea water. What else is contaminating Jakarta’s groundwater?
Probably waste chemicals from factories, they might just dump chemical wastes in rivers, or even on land, then the chemicals will soak into the aquifer, polluting the ground water.
6.What evidence is there for the additional contamination in number 5?
The chemicals from factories have been traced in the ground water from wells. A lot of chemicals are radioactive, so they will decay and undergo partial decomposition reactions, leading to new hazardous chemicals, like dichloroethylene.
According to the article, the high rise buildings are taking a lot of the water from the water table (aquifer). The population is supposed to be spread out, but people are stacking up in a very small area, so there's not enough water for everyone.
2.If you take a lot of water from the aquifer, what three things happen?
First, if you keep sucking water from underground, then the land will go down, because the area that was water is gone, so there's a space underground. The land might not be able to hold the weight the buildings, so it lowers itself, making the buildings likely to crack. Also, because the population is so dense in one area, there's not going to be enough water for everyone.
3.What is the punishment for taking more water than your permit allows?
The punishment is five million rupiah and six months in jail.
4.Do you think this punishment will stop people taking too much water from the aquifer? Why?
I don't think that this law will stop people take the ground water, because five million rupiah is a small amount for high rise building managers/investors. There's also some 'relationship' problems in Indonesia, so the people who are taking too much water can simply avoid the jail.
5.Jakarta’s aquifers are being contaminated by sea water. What else is contaminating Jakarta’s groundwater?
Probably waste chemicals from factories, they might just dump chemical wastes in rivers, or even on land, then the chemicals will soak into the aquifer, polluting the ground water.
6.What evidence is there for the additional contamination in number 5?
The chemicals from factories have been traced in the ground water from wells. A lot of chemicals are radioactive, so they will decay and undergo partial decomposition reactions, leading to new hazardous chemicals, like dichloroethylene.
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Water Vocabulary
FlowFlow means for something to run smoothly, or for something to move. For water, Flow means to move with a continual change of place or circulate. For example, rivers flow from springs and lakes, tears flow from eyes.
Jakarta example: The flow in Jakarta's pipe lines might not flow very well, because there's things in the pipes that's blocking the way.
Groundwater is (normally drinkable) water located beneath the ground surface. Ground water is usually in the aquifer, where a large quantity of water is held. Ground water makes up about 20% of the world's fresh water resource. But pollutants may be dumped on the ground, which might work it's way into the ground water supply, making it unsafe to drink.
Jakarta example: Jakarta's groundwater (water table) is lowering, because there's not a lot of rain now, some cities are experiencing droughts.
LuxuryA luxury is something people desire, but don't need. It's much more expensive than necessary goods, the quality is normally better. Luxury can include cars, handbags, wine, and even chocolate.
Jakarta example: Water is considered a luxury in some places, because there's so little of it in Jakarta, and a lot of people needs it. In Jakarta Post, a man says that he spent one million Rupiah to buy seven bottles of water.
ManagementIs normally the act of getting people together and achieving a goal. It may contain planning, organizing, resourcing, or directing.
Jakarta example: Jakarta doesn't seem to be managing their water properly, because some people can't even feel a problem, and some can never find any water.
PressurePressure is the force per unit area applied to an object in a direction perpendicular to the surface. Gauge pressure is the pressure relative to the local atmospheric pressure. Water pressure is measured in Atmospheres or Bars. At sea level, the pressure is 1 Ata. At 10 meters deep, the water pressure is about 2 Bars.
Jakarta example: In Jakarta, the taps and showers are working well for apartments, but there might be problems in houses. If the water pressure is good, then the tap will run well, and theer will be enough water when you're showering. But some places don't have good water pressure, so it's hard to get water. There's not enough water for every one, so people at the end of the pipes often don't get water.
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