Luis - 12 - Children and Cellphones

Children And Cellphones.

The incursion of the internet in the cellphone, the teenagers are espouse to dangerous information because they can see pornography or they can be in contact with predators in internet. Moreover, in the same time, the application that the children's can use is amazing. For example, localization of things with the use of GPS. They can use to find the department of police or it'll be useful when they are in trouble.

Another thing that you need to consider is, the cellphone can be able to store a huge of quantity of games and music, and the teenagers enjoy with this, is not bad if they use for a few minutes, but the problem is when they spend too much time with the games. That can produce insensibility and poor ability to make friends. On the other hand, they can use that capacity of the cellphones to keep the songs, and also, some classes,audiobooks or podcast. With them, they can learn different interesting topics and develop more abilities.

The controversy of that issue is huge, but I'm need to say that I'm agree.  Some countries in nowadays write dawn in the laws to permit give and guarantee the opportunity  to have internet. So, we can't swim against the fluency. 

denise- Children&Cellphones

Unsocial Society

Nowadays people addict to their cellphones. We can't imagine a life without them. While waiting for a bus, walking on the street or in the sky train it's pretty usual to see people when they're checking their cellphones

Cellphones make our lives easier and more comfortable. It makes to communicate with the people around us easily,  helps us to reach an information that we need to find, makes us updated about the news, and so on. It seems like for an adult having a cellphone is a lifesaver. How about for children? Does it that important for them too? In my opinion, it doesn't.

There are some dangers of having a cellphone for children. First of all if they can whatever they want easily, then its hard for the parents to manage the expenses. When these children grow up they will have a desire to buy whatever they want. Parents should think twice before to meet their children's demands.

Second of all there are some people who are seducing people especially teenagers. Sometimes it's mentally but sometimes they try to get some money from them.

Most important danger is children may have some problem about socialising. Children spend most of their times go online; on facebook, on twitter, or with some video games. It steals the time from them when they need to do their homework, meet their friends or talk with their family.

World is changing. When I was a kid, I was dying to go out to play with my friends. Nowadays kids spending their time at their room while chatting on Internet or playing games. It causes miscommunication problems in their families. Instead of playing with their siblings they prefer to spending their times on Internet via computers or cellphones. They get used to have unnatural way of communication. I'm afraid in near future we will live in a unreal world with our unsocial identities, like a video game.

Wendy-15-Children&cellphones

Why should Children have Cellphones?

In my opinion, children should have cellphones. The most important supporting reason is making sure of their security. There are so many hazardous things in the society. So, they can be in emergency situation anytime.

They also can give parents their location by sending just a message.

For example, when they are in an emergency situation, they can send text to parents."mom, E!" How long does it take? I believe that it might take only less than 30 seconds. Moreover, parents can know their location by using GPS tracker where they are if they don't answer calls.

 

Besides, there are so many  functions in phones. 

That helps their learning in all cases. For example, they search some good information on the Internet as well as using dictionary. It helps their studies. Furthermore, they can learn about how being independent and how keep good relationship. I mean, they will get their own time  by using cellphones. After that, they know how to deal with time alone usefully. As they are responding and calling, they  learn little by little how to keep good relationships. It will be really a good base of experience for the future.

On the other hand, most parents worry about their phone bills each month. However, there are many good plans for children on wireless companies. For instance, parents can choose plans such as limited data, texts and calls. It will be good deal for parents and also for children. 

Bahar - #5 - Children & Cellphones

Children with Cellphones

     Today, we have been witnessing children having cellphones, playing games, texting, using the Internet and spending most of their time on technological gadgets. Besides the advantages, there are disadvantages and risks about these non-real tools they use.

     Firstly, the most recent research show that using cellphones is harmful not only for children but also for adults. Therefore we should keep away from these tools which spread radiation, as much as possible. The brains of children are more fragile and the sooner they start using cellphones, the more risk of brain cancer there would be.

     Apparently, most parents who allow their children use cellphones say that it feels more comfortable knowing where their kids are and what they are doing. This idea doesn't seem to be an excuse to me as I was raised without a cellphone and I am still alive. I would prefer trusting my children and convincing them to spend more time with their family and at safe places. Other than that, I would let them develop the ability to take care of themselves in case of difficulties.

     On the other hand, if we listen to children, they want to have cellphones to mainly communicate with their friends. Because it has become a trend among children and cellphone has become a must for them. They push their parents to buy one and in the end parents cannot resist the pressure.

     Therefore, there is no turning back. It is impossible for the ones who are against children use of cellphones. I am sure there is more to come. I am worried that they will start driving at the age of 10 and parents won't be able to stop this trend as they couldn't stop their children use cellphones.

     Before world starts getting unfairly equal for all ages, I hope a solution can be found. I still have hopes.

Larissa - 8 - Children & Cellphones

 5 good reasons to give your kids a  cellphone.

   When it comes to the education of your kids, there is the controversial subject of whether a kid should or should not have a phone and what age should they get one. Here are some reasons to get out of the stone age without letting the leash of your kids too loose.
 

1 - Teach responsibility

 It's a good opportunity to make them learn how to take care of their gadgets and learn social rules to use the phone when the time is appropriate. Also, you can allocate part of their monthly allowance to pay the bill of their phones so they will also learn a lot about finances.

2 - Be in contact

 The utility of letting your kids have a phone is that  you can always get in contact with them, anytime, anywhere. You might use that to remind them to do their chores or even to do their homework.

3 - Enjoy family plans

 If what worries you most is not the rules but the money, well, there is always a solution because plenty of cellular companies offer attractive family plans so the price is cheaper than having a plan only for yourself. Yes, your children can make you save some money.

4 - Pick the right gadget

 If you concerned what phone is appropriate for your kids, take your time to choose a phone that is appropriate for their age and to your budget and while they are growing up reward them with a better version if they follow your rules. Start with the most basic for  the youngest. For example, a phone that can only text and call with no wi-fi available. For teenagers and young adults try a phone which has a limited internet plan, so they can figure out that everything has its limits.

5 - Be safe

 Parents are 100% of the time trying to figure out where the kids are or what  they are doing but in order to take  advantage of giving them cell phones as much as you can, you can also install a GPS on your kids phone. It gives you peace of mind and you don't need to worry about them and always make sure they are wherever they need to be.

 In the end, a phone for your kid can be a win-win situation because you will have advantages and they will have their independence that they always fight for.

Nataliya-1-Procrastination is the thief of life

Procrastination is not only the thief of time but life!

Time is a very important concept  nowadays. We use our time without thinking about the consequences and we don’t realize that the time spent in vain will never return. Millions of people don’t have enough time to do something or they are procrastinating because they can not properly manage their lives and time. We are wasting our time when  choosing products in a large supermarket or spend the time to select a TV program from the proposed 100 different show, news and film channals: a lot of time we spend on transportation, waiting for bus or just in traffic. We complain that we don’t have time to meet up with friends or family, read a book, or just go out to nature and relax. This comes from the fact that we all leave things for  the last minute.

 We often choose easy ways and procrastinate important things for the best time. People become more lazy than they were many years ago. Now we have everything which simplifies our existence: microwaves, washing machines, cars etc. It seems that everything should be easy and faster but we still don’t have enough time  for everything and for everyone. The only solution in this situation that I can think of  is to plan our time properly and never procrastinate when it comes to important things.

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carmen- 2 - procrastrination

Stop waiting to be motivated, Start what you have to do now!

Do you remember the last time when you left doing something for the last minute ?...if the answer is yes, then you can remember that instead of doing what you were supposed to do, you did many other things, so that situation can describe what people call procrastination. 

procrastination is the act of replacing high-priority actions with tasks of lower priority and leave the main things for the last minute. For example, when you have to do an essay and you prefer to hang out with your friends instead of staying in your house trying to start it. That's something usual when we feel stress about starting something very important.

There are many reasons why people procrastinate. First, people usually think that they need to  feel relaxed to start a thing that demands lots of effort like an essay or homework. So they choose to do other things with less priority because then, they will feel motivated to do what they have to do. For instance, updating their status in Facebook,  continuing  the coffee breaks till lunchtime, watching TV. But what is a good limit for procrastination if any?  Maybe motivation  won't come and that's the problem with procrastination. 

Maybe you are feeling that procrastination is not bad at all, but the problem is that people who always procrastinate think that the important things can be postponed for the last minute.  you have to realized that they are IMPORTANT so that's why you have to do them  in time and with all your possible effort to obtain a very good result. Furthermore, it is not bad to procrastinate sometimes if you know that this  just wasted your time and won't give you motivation. So stop waiting for motivation , try to think that you have to start before you feel the motivation.

Luis - 11 - AI

The Artificial Intelligences , The Solutions To The Humanity Problems?

After to watching these two videos, Do you think our problems can be resolved with Artificial Intelligentce?. I think yes, because, we can see how the humanity receive the benefit of the technology. We are going to take the first step of the new era.  Now we can live and play with robots. Children use the computers and the cellphones in their dairy activities. All those things are possible with the invention of the Artificial Intelligence. That Invention is part of the mathematics algorithm and that algorithm permit robots to learn with trial and error. In the beginning, the the robots needed to do step by step, for example, the robotic arm, first raise the arm, extend the arm, after they need to receive to coordinate the target and they have two options, the human can introduce  the information, or we create something to receive that information by himself. After doing all those steps, we need to recollect the information and make the algorithm. In this way, we need to repeat those steps for lots of times, because the Artificial Intelligence need to learn how to do the things fastter and more efficiently. Now the robots are more efficient and they have the ability to auto-change the program, have new sources to learn and the capacity to do more movements. With those abilities the humanity can have a better life. Some people with disability have the opportunity  to follow with her life without the help of somebody.

However, some people think that is dangerous to permit the robots to learn, because they can't have the ability to understand some feelings, and they can make mistakes and their decision can affect the humanity. 

denise-Good riddance

SICKstressNESS

I believe everybody has some things in their life that they want to get rid of. Yes, life is beautiful, we should enjoy it but some times it's hard to deal with the difficulties and to face the problems. If there is a chance to change or get rid of them, let's do it then.

I'm not afraid of challenges. I can stand difficulties. I'm a problem solver, so I can face the problems. Although I find myself a strong person, there is one thing in my life that I want to get rid of: Stress! If I can put all the stress out of my life, I will say: Finally, good riddance!

In our competitive world, we have to play our roles simultaneously because people around us have different expectations from us. Of course we want to have smooth relationships; that's why we try our best. At our workplaces we have to be almost perfect, otherwise we may lose our jobs. That's why we have to make effort as much as we can. These obligations, either created by us or our environment,  make us stressed out.

Stress may make a person sick. Actually it's a pretty common reason in the last decade. It can be both mentally and physically. There is no cure for an illness which is caused by stress. Doctors may give some antidepressant pills but they have some harmful side-effects. The only thing that we can do is trying to be away from it.

I've found the cure of stress. Here is the recipe, if we accept that we can't be perfect also if we can see that everybody has mistakes, then we will realise that there is nothing wrong making mistakes sometimes. We just need to try not to make mistakes on purpose and try to do our best then there won't be any reason to get stressed out. It just takes time. Be patient like me, don't give up and fight back.

Jude. 9. Good riddance disorganized Jude!

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riddance

disorganized Jude!

 Every new year's day Jude decides and promises to get rid of bad habits and be a brand new person. But three days after the new year's day he decides not to give himself too much stress  and be satisfied with the way he is. Yes, that indecisive guy is me. Now it is time to say 'good riddance' to many bad habits of mine. 

Laziness, impatience, disorganization, justifying myself, are some of the bad qulities that I find and bothers me when looking back at myself; the first among these that I want to get rid of is disorganization. 

 The ways disorganization made me nut are so cruel. Here are some examples; I misplace red pen, used when correctting answers but seemingly not really necessary, and look for it for an hour. Because of that red pen I can not study. I forget what to do because I never take notes of to-do list. What I forgot was birthday of my mother and what I forgot led to no allowance for a month. I picked one of randomly piled up files to take an important interview and what I picked was a resume for an competitor of the company that I was sitting in. What this accident led was bitter smile and silence and no phone call back.

              

Seriously, good bye disorganized Jude. In Vancouver, where I started new life, I strongly ban this bad habit from my life. Sorry but you are not coming with me anymore. By doing my best at every moment, taking notes, never forgetting appointments and schedules, and organizing files I will be the model Korean. Before being organized person, let me take a nap first.. zzZ

Bahar - procrastination - #4

PROBLEMS WITH THE TIME MANAGEMENT

     I have never been the one who finishes the projects on time or early. It doesn't mean that I did not try to change this behaviour. I took a notebook, set the alarmclock, limited myself from the things I love doing the best, but none of them has worked so far. In the end, I have stopped dealing with this problem. I am a last-second person to tell the truth.

    Besides the fact that the things that I have to do are usually boring or unpleasant, it seems that there are two people living inside my body and they are fighting with each other all the time. The evil one is always the winner at the end. My logical part is so patient that she is always trying to explain the positive parts and advantages, while my unreasonable part refuses it and does the opposite. But the problem  with me is that I cannot avoid the lazy me, and just follow what she says.

     It is so painful sometimes that even when I complete the things early by mistake! - because this happens only when it takes shorter than I expect - I try to keep myself busy with trivial things and wait until I am late. This means, I am not used to being on time. Therefore I am trying to be myself who always procrastinates.

    
     I am in the process of accepting myself as I am but then it seems to be irrespective of me. I hope in time I will become a punctual person and be proud of myself about this punctuality.   

       

            

Mayra-12-Procrastination

Who is not procrastinating???

Many people around us  procrastinate at different levels, and they don’t even realize it because they are looking at people who are in the same stage. They don't understand that procrastination could be an emotional problem if they don't control it. Almost all of us have this issue and we live it at different intensity levels.

Some people experiment many attitudes that can show their level of procrastination. even I guess this happens, because we find more interesting activities to do than others and we spend more time that we should. we leave some important things to do for some later time and stick tounimportant matters. also when we  make a decision, we spend a lot of time thinking about if it will be the best for us, but we don’t make a decision, because we don’t want to know the result. This is really easy for us, it’s a part of our behaviour that we can’t put away. we have this behaviour without being aware,  because we think that doing that is common, but that’s not true, everybody procrastinates, just with a little bit of difference. Can you find out if you are  procrastinating or not? Now you have another thing to think about, just don’t take a long time to think about this…

Only remember: “Don’t leave for tomorrow what you can do today”, if this sounds familiar to you, you can be sure that you also are procrastinating….

Wendy-14-Procrastination

 

How do we deal with procrastination ?

Have you ever heard the saying "Procrastination is the thief of time"? I totally agree with this expression. You can say it again ! Everyone knows that time flies. So, we want to spend time more usefully than we did. If we don't make  plans before we start something new, we might take the wrong direction. 

However, I didn't mean to make plans all the time. You just need to realize where you are and what  you are doing. For me, When I'm in trouble, I usually get lazy. That time, I just stay up all the time, and don't do anything. I don't even know what to do. So, I always regret about that later. I tell myself "Oh, I should not just stay up all the time without any thinking. Time is gold".  

Nowadays, I'm trying to make simple plans before going to bed.  Don't trust yourself  for sure.  It is really difficult to know what human beings  exactly  think about and what things are on their mind. What makes you happy? What makes you get more passionate? Make sure that what you really want to you do. After you realize that, go ahead!

Time never gives unfair treatment to anybody. Keep in mind, time doesn't wait for you. Where are you going on your life? How is it going?

If you are worried about past happenings that you made mistakes, simply forget about them. Just let it go and let's not put them off one more day. 

Don't hesitate, but also don't rush it.

Larissa - 7 - Good Riddance!! :)

Say good riddance to the bad feelings!!

Once in a while we caught ourselves so busy with our own feelings that we cannot even deal with other's feelings very well. So, i what i wanted to say to my bad feelings: GOOD RIDDANCE!! Yes, get rid of it.

Some feelings don't enrich yourself in anything, they just keep there, taking your time, making you always a step back instead of moving forward, so, bad feelings, good byeeeeee! UHHHHH SO GOOD! Live a fully life, forget the bad things that people had made to you. As mommy says: It doesn't worth to cry over the spilled milk. 

It means that keeping that old feelings of anger, anxiety, sadness will not take you anywhere. If life is not good right now just live each day without thinking about the past. Live the present. Live now. 

Yesterday is gone. You have a new chance every second to make your life better and create a new opportunity to maybe find your happy ending. Nothing is permanent. Even the Bible says: "weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning". (Psamls 30 - 5)

Change your attitude, your life will be changed. Good Riddance, hope never see you here again, bad feelings :)

Luis - 10 - All The World Is A Stage

All The World Is A Stage...

and we are merely players....

I'm interpret that sentences with this meaning. We are part of a big show, We borned when the curtain was open, and all the plot is our life, depend of us how acting. We can make with our play wherever we want. We can make a good paper in our part with entertainment, happy and excited. Or we can do nothing and only spend the time. Sometimes, when have difficult situations with our family or friends, or issues that happened, the plot show more interesting, we need to pass for that stage before, to see the first actor in the best moment, like a super start of the play.

Sometimes in the play, have a special guest, maybe your friends, girlfriends, or people near to you, and we pass part of our play with them. We can smile, laughter, cry and show our feelings. But, in other moments, we have to pass moments alone, with yourself, wander about that you learn and try to obtain feedback of your life, because sometimes we need to make a break with the play, and prepare for the second chapter.

 

Well. In the final, doesn't matter what are you doing with your life. We always have the same end, when the curtain close. So, try to do all the things that you want to do in life. Try to have the best memories, and do your dreams reality. Because, the people might remember you, if you have a good history.

denise-all world's a stage

 And The Oscar Goes To... ?

We have different roles in our lives. According to our social system we're born as a kid, then become a student, a friend and these may change depending on our choices but we're also a liver, lover or a lawyer. These roles set our responsibilities in our lives and make every each of us an actors.

As an actor we all have tough tasks. We have to perform them in orderly and most of the time simultaneously. Here is my roles in a day: I'm a daughter of my parents so I should call them. Also I'm a student; I have to attend to my school. I'm a friend; I should call, text to my friends or respond to theirs. I'm a worker; I have to go to my workplace. And the Oscar goes toooo Denise!

We can try to run away from our roles but we can't. We may just decrease our roles but we should consider the people that we may hurt.

It's up to us to have a reward or not. The reward is not an object all the time; can be both money or a car. Also it can be any kind of a appreciation such as love, a kiss or a smile.

Our world is our stage. We can't leave the stage -until die-. Why do we want to leave anyway? We're the ones who make our lives happy or sad. We're the decision makers. We just need to stand the results of the situation. Humans are strong actors, we can do it! Also there is one more reason to love the stage; it has so many options; we can choose the background; according to our mood, role or demands. Let's enyoy the play!

`All World's a stage. We are all the actors'

Bahar - #3 - All The World is a Stage

All the World is a Stage

     Life is so strange that we all meet new people, let them into our lives, become very close, fall apart, some do us wrong, some let us down, some teach us something we would always remember. every single incident we experience is for us to learn something and move on.

     Our lives could be assumed as a stage. There is drama, love, regrets, happiness, sadness, losses, disappointments. Even we watch our own lives from outside the stage and see that life is full of coincidences and surprises.
    
     In my opinion, everything happens for some reason. People change so that you learn how to let go, you feel lonely so that you realise how important the friendship and family are. Things go wrong so that you appreciate when they are right.

     The stage is the same as what is happening in your life. There are key players, audiences, boring parts, adorable parts and a conclusion. Likewise there are reasons and consequences.

     We, in our own stage, are the key players and everything is affected by our moves. Therefore each move we make will come around as a result. To live a good life, we should consciously do what we intend to do, learn from our mistakes and try not to fail again.

CARMEN -1- all the world is a stage

I'M NOT IN THE LOVER STAGE IN THIS WORLD

Once upon a time there was a girl who met her true love and then they lived happily ever after . That's a good story but in the real life it doesn't happen like this. Teenagers and young adults think too much about their love situation, and all people want to find their other half of orange and some of them have already found their half ,but what about the people who have not found it yet? Imean we are not all able to be in love or in a relationship? or we just not in the stage of love and be loved?... well that's my case and maybe it is yours too .

The first time I felt in love was when I was 15 years old and I can remember it because it was the first time I felt that incredible emotion about something called LOVE but when I was in the relationship with that boy of my dreams, the things didn't go well enough , so then we broke up and of course I thought I would never find  love again!...but thenI realized that maybe that is not the true love, maybe there is something more incredible than that feeling I felt.

Until this moment, I have not fallen in love with someone but I have met a lot of boys that definitely  mean something special to me. On the other hand,  I have realized that I   have never felt that incredible strongest feeling that  people call love in those special guys I met. Maybe thousands of people are in the same stage as me, that means not be in the lover stage of life.I think maybe we are able to love someone but we are not in the correct moment yet.

 I know that I'm not in my 'lover stage of life' and that's so good too because that means that in this moment I'm in another stage that lets me know more about myself, because I can travel abroad, meet lots of people and cultures and make good experiences,  dream about my future, improve my skills as a student in my career and that makes me happy because maybe not all people have to pass the same stages in the same moments, maybe that's the magic of the life because everything  happens when you least expect it .

Wendy-13-All the world is a stage

 

What kind of a player are you in the world's stage?

''All the world is a stage and we are merely players''  William Shakespeare

All the world is a stage, but how big is the stage? There are so many people who live competitively.
Why do people want to get respect from others? Why do people want to earn so much money?

Are there any reasons? I think that  they even have no idea about what they're doing . They just want to be stronger and more remarkable people than others. Does it make sense? For me, Of course not ! 

It has occurred to me that they are really stupid. I didn't mean to insult anybody. I just want to let some people who have wrong attitude realize their behavior. We get only one chance to live in this world. That is why we have to live honestly. I believe that just being phsyically  well and healthy is a blessing for us. Also, I'm sure that positive mind is the most important thing more than anything in life. After being physically and mentally well, we can help and relieve each other.

For example, being part of a group can be an ideal opportunity for people to share their skills and reach goals that would be difficult to achieve alone. Likewise, they can be helpful and motivate each other. So, tasks give the synergy effect to them. It not only helps one’s advancement, but also gives a lot of motivating chances to each member from other members.

Let's share our lives, a lot of stress, sadness, happiness, luck and LOVE !

Happy Valentine's day !

Luis - 9 - Good Looks (Does It Matter)

Good Looks (Does It Matter?).

How do you like other people remember you? What is the first impression that you produce when the other people look at you?

The society impose fashions and  idols on us to follow. We don't have to follow the rules, but, Do you think the look is important?

I think yes, I don't want to sound superficial, but I'm sure that you prefer talking and living with people that look good. Besides, having good looks can help you to feel as part of the society and in many other ways.

In this society which is consumer society, the most important thing that you need to sell is yourself. If you can sell yourself well, the world is open for you.

First, having good looks can help you with self-esteem, when you look good, you feel powerful and with energy, also, you feel more happy, and when other people look at you, you project all those things.

Moreover, having good looks  can help you to have a good job, because, in the interview they can not only see your abilities, also, they can see a complete brand in you. When you are part of a company, you represent the company, So, if the you look goodl, the people think that the company is successful.

Moreover, for the men, the style is the most import  tool you can use to conquer  a woman's heart. When you have good looks, all the women look at you so, don't feel shy.  Let's go and make the transformation. Show the best part of you and dress to kill..