Writing

Should the Internet Be More Tightly Controlled?

Today, technology has dramatically progressed and it has become very easy for people to live. One of the main reasons is the Internet. It is very useful and everyone who has a computer can use it. On the other hand, the Internet is too open to everyone that there are some problems about it. To decrease these problems, it is necessary to make some rules to manage Internet users.
The Internet is a very useful thing. When you need some information, it is very easy to search. An article which I read few days ago told me that 67.2% of elementary school students, 51.0% of junior high school students and 48.5% of high school students are doing their homework by using the Internet. If there was no Internet, you would need to go to the library or a bookstore and search for books. It would take more time and make you very exhausting.
These days, globalization has succeeded, and this could be the result of the Internet. 　The Internet is connected to the whole world, and it allows people to know what is happening on the other side of the world in real time. Letters would be sent by e‐mail via the Internet and it makes us easy to contact friends. The Internet is making the world very small.
However, there are some bad effects in the Internet too. For example, all information which is on the Internet is not necessarily correct. There may be some incorrect information or things that led people to wrong ways. Actually, it is in peoples mind that there is some information which is wrong, but somehow people believe the information on the Internet. Therefore, when you use the Internet to search for some information you need to think and judge by ourselves whether the information is correct or not.
Another bad thing is the websites. Of course, not all websites are bad, but there are some sites that should be abolished. For example, sites which lead people to suicide, or sites on which you write to speak evil of other people. There are a lot of websites which make people feel bad when you see it and it is not good for children’s education either. The Ministry of Education has discovered that there are about 38thousands of school’s ura-sites and this is twice the number of junior high school and high school which exist in Japan. School’s ura-site is a website which children made to exchange their information about own schools. Children use this website not only to exchange information but also write bad things which leads to bullying. To control these sites, it is maybe important to have some rules.
Taking these reasons under consideration, it is necessary to control the Internet more tightly. However, sever control will make it very inconvenient to use. Therefore, people who use the Internet should take more time to think about the problem seriously. If people do these actions, in the future, it will be more convenient and good environment for many of people to use the Internet.


Works Cited:
ITmedia News <http://www.itmedia.co.jp/news/articles/0707/10/news100.html>
Yahoo News

Book Report

Book Report


1) MLA CITATION
Author: Wilkie Collins
Book Title: The woman in White
City of Publication: England
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date: 1993 Number of Pages: 100

2) RESPONDING TO THE PLOT
If I were a character in the story, I would not have told the way to London to the woman who is strangely in all white. I would say “I don’t know” when I was asked. I don’t want to be in trouble afterward. If I were the author of this story, I would change

“To be in love with my sister, Mr. Hartright, will only hurt you.” Page9
This is said to Walter Hartright from Marian Halcobe. Marian Halcobe told Walter Hartright that her sister, Laura Fairlie, who he love has a fiancé and going to marry quite soon. And this was the first time for Walter Hartright to hear about this shocking fact.

3) ANALYZING 7 LITERARY TERMS
Setting: This story took place in London.

Point of view: This story is told by the minds and emotions of some characters. Therefore, the point of view of this story is omniscient.

Conflict: The conflict in this story is Walter Hartright versus himself that he could not keep himself from loving Laura Fairlie who marries Sir Parcival Glyde.

Climax: I think the climax of this story is that Walter Hartright and Marian Halcombe, Laura’s half-sister, expose the plot of Sir Parcival Glyde.
Symbol: The symbol of this story is money. This is a story about succession to property, and if there were no big money, such an event would not happen.

Irony: The irony in this story is Walter Hartright that he did not ask anything to Anne Catherick, who is in all white, when he met her first.

Theme: This story tells us that money changes people. Money is a very important thing and it is impossible to live without. However, too big money sometimes changes people to evil.

4) REFLECTING ON THE STORY
The appearance of the woman, who is all in white, attracts my attention to read the story. Compared with my life, the character’s life is too different. In the story, there are some positions like baronet, but here in Japan such a thing does not exist now. If the book has been made into a film, I think I would check how the woman in white appears mysteriously.

I think the encounter with his friend, Charles Dickens, might have inspired him to write the book. I agree with the author’s view of people and life, because it is little extravagance, but the problem about the succession to property may happen in my life too. What I learned from this story is how difficult problem the succession to property is. I did not changed my ideas about anything after reading this book but, it made me realize that people argue over same kinds of things in any age. I thought that at last Walter Hartright will marry Laura Fairlie and it really happened.

Newspaper Article

Newspaper Article Discussion

“Pinprick found in China bean pack.”
The Japan Times 18 October 2008

Written Summary:
A woman who lives in the suburb of Hachioji, Tokyo has bought a frozen green beans package which has a hole 1mm in diameter. It was imported from China, and after she ate beans, she became sick. Therefore, police has investigated whether the hole is related to the contaminated vegetable which made the woman sick. After discovering, police found that vegetable were contaminated with the insecticide dichlorvos. Police have recovered 57 other package of green beans from the shop which the woman became sick has bought, and checking it carefully. Besides the Hachioji woman, 25 people have claimed health problem after eating green beans but, no traces of dichlorvos have so far been found. Japanese investigators said that the dichlorvos which is contaminated to the package seems to be included by deliberate, rather than accidental during the production process.
Opinion Statements:
I think this kind of thing cannot be happen anymore. I want the Japanese investigators to find out the reason why this kind of thing happened and, bring back the reliance on food which is imported from foreign country as soon as possible.
Discussion Questions:
1. Do you often buy or eat frozen vegetable?
2. Can you believe things which are made in China?
3. Do you want to buy things which has imported from China?

Words:
・pinprick：　針のひと刺し、小さな傷
・insecticide： 殺虫剤
・tainted：　汚染された
・nausea：　吐き気、むかつき
・deliberate：　故意に

2008/11/26

I went to Harajuku to have my hair cut!
I reservrd at 14 o'clock so, I was planning to wake up at 11:30.
However, the time I woke up was 12 o'clock!
I rushed to the station and I was able to be on time.
After hair cut, I went to Rafore and went to Shinjyuku.
At tshinjyuku, I drunk my favorite Jyabachip frappechino.
After drinking it, I went back to Tudanuma and went to Parco.
I walked around a while and went home.

2008/11/22

I'm going to snow boarding today.
It is my first time.
I have to wake up at 4 o'clock.
So I'm going to sleep .
ByeBye.

2008/11/19

Today I went to Tokyo Disney Land!!!!!
I met my friend at Tudanuma station where I live at 16:30.
We decided to eat dinner and went to the pasta restaurant.
After talkeing for a while, somehow we started to talk about Disney Land.
And we decided to go there by after 6!!
The time when we decided to go was already 17 o'clock so we rashed to Maihama station.
It only takes about 30 minutes from Tudanuma station to Maihama station.

When we rached at Disney land, it was only 18 o'clock and there was 4 hours for us to play.
We ride Space Mountain, Big Thunder Mountain and Splash Mountain.
It was very fun!!!

2008/11/8

I went to Shinjyuku with my friend.
We had no plan to do so, we decided to eat lunch first.
We walked Kabukichou and decided to eat Ra-men.

After eating lunch, we walked around Kabukichou.
It made us tired so we decided to go shopping.
We went back to the station and looked around Rumine.
Walking a lot made us hungry again.
So, we decided to eat dinner.

The dinner we decided to eat is SUSHI!!
It was tabehoudai in 3000 yen.
Rich Rich Rich!!
We ate sushi as much as possible.

Finished eating sushi, we were very full.
So, considering our helth, we decided to take a wal again.
We walked around Shinjyuku about 1 hour.
The illumination around the Shinjyuku station was very beautiful!!
Walking for long time made us tired so we wnt to cafe for break.
We took a short break and went home.

2008/11/1～3

School Festival!!

Our circul sold Kebub look sandwich.
Grill meat and put it and onion between bread.
Sauce was ketchup and mayonnaise.
We sold it for 400 yen first, but we soon reduced the price to 300 yen.
Then it soon became soldout.

My part was shop girl, and the first grade student was told to wear high school uniform for costum.
So I needed to wear it.
It was fun but it was cold.

I'm looking forward for next years school festival.

2008/10/31

Halloween!!

This day, I went to my friends house who live in Omiya,Saitama.
She is in the same circle and she was helping the preparation for the School festival so,
I went to Aoyama campus to meet her.
We ate lunch at Italian restaurant and I ate pasta.
It was delicious.

Then we went to Kichijyouji to pick up pur circle t-shirt and went to Omiya.
While waiting for another friend come to Omiya, we bought cake for the small Halloween party.
After joining another friend, we went to public bath.
It was very fun.

After taking bath, we drunk coffee milk.
When we reached to my friends house, another friend came and we did Halloween party.

That night, we didn't sleep and talked overnight.
It made us next day very sleepy.

2008/10/28

I went to Yakitori with my friends.
The Yakitori shop where we went is located in Fuchinobe.
It is tabehoudai in 980 yen!!
It's very cheap and it was very delicious.
By the way home, I happend to meet my friend of high school in the train.
It was long since I mwt her so, we talked a lot.
We kept talking until near our house.
It was very fun.