Saturday, January 23, 2010

Avatar

Avatars are taller than the human,when Jake was human he can't walk,but when he go in to the Avatar body he can walk,because Avatar have a strong bone,the solders want to go there,because they want find the plants for their science,but they saw Avatar,they try to kill them,in the forest,the air can not breath,just Avatar can breath,the human can't breath,like in space.

Sunday, January 17, 2010

First Exam(Citizen)

Everybody can be a citizen like us,good citizens help a lot of other citizen. Like the other day Haiti got an earthquake. Our Taiwan citizen go there to help them,because we are good citizens,I think the citizen is good for me. A prejudice is an opinion,a prejudgment or attitude about a group or its individual members. A prejudice can be positive,but in our usage refers to a negative attitude. A stereotype is an exaggerated belief,or distorted,every time a genera lization that allows of little or none individual different or social variation. Process that begin with attachment to a close of acquaintances or an in group. Prejudice is often aimed at out group. If we want to learn all about citizen,we can watch video in class or we go home to watch by ourselves in YouTube. What is bias?Bias is perpetuated by conformity with an in-group attitudes and socialization by the culture at large . Humanity is basically good. To be a citizen one has to care about everybody. If you didn't care about everybody there will no citizen this world anymore. Scientific research has demonstrated that biases through to be absentor extinguished remain as mental residue in most of us. Studies show can be consciously committed to egalitarianism. Terrence Guay from penn state University. A person can only be a citizen of one's country,and a person can be a citizen of one's state and a person can only be a citizen of the entire world. The executive director of the social education consortium that just because we elect and de-elect politicians to government doesn't mean we have any real power,the University of Michian says that as citizen we should be asking ourselves a very important question. The different between a subject and a citizen is not a subject is a follower and citizen is a leader and a subject is a victim and a citizen has control,citizen have responsibilities that are different for each institution we are a citizen of so we have multiple responsibilities. Another kind of citizen meaning is respon. Sr bill ties for every one voter formal for government. Psychologists all Harvard,the University of virginia and university of wastinglon created project Implicit to develop Hidden bias teat-call Implicit Association tests or IATs in the academic world-to measure unequally because of their group memberships. Disclimination ,behavior ranging from slights to hate crimes,oyher begins with nagntive stereotypes an prejudices. Stereotypes are based on imagn in mass media,or reputations passed on by parents. Peers and other member of society,stereotypes can be positive or negative. We can do what we learn,we own be the right thing we can help people,the gushiun is how do we learn to not be ruice to people because we think we are letter.

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Niccolò Paganini

1.What was the legend of Paganini?He was one of the most celebrated violin virtupsi of his time and left his mark as one of the pillars of modern violin technique
2.How did he contribute to the technique of the violin? He used violin technigues
3.What was his most famous composition?The Israeli violinist Ivry Gitlis once referred to Paganini as a phenomenon rather than a development

Billie Holiday

1.What was her life like? (Biography)
Among show-business legends who have inspired posthumous stage and film impersonations, Billie Holiday has proved to be one of the most stubbornly inimitable.
2.What was unigue about her vocal style?Billie Holiday was one of the first and greatest of American jazz singers, known in equal parts for her unique and laconic timing, her wistful and brassy vocals, and her troubled personal life.
3.What famous people did she perform with?
4. What is the story of "Strange Fruit?"when she was introduced to "Strange Fruit", a song based on a poem about lynching written by Abel Meeropol, a Jewish schoolteacher from the Bronx. Meeropol used the pseudonym "Lewis Allan" for the poem, which was set to music and performed at teachers' union meetings.