Life in Vietnam would be perfect if everyone were totally equal.  Do you agree or disagree?  Explain your answer in complete sentences.


I disagree with it because everyone has their own advantages and disadvantages. Things they can do and cannot. Some better than other, some are not as good. Some do right things and some do not. Some are disability and some are not. Our life is balance from the positive side and the negative side of everything. 


You are designing a society in which everyone is equal. What are the laws?


1. Treat others equally as you treat yourself
2. Everyone will be paid the same amount of salary
3. The smart people will have to help the lower educated people to catch up
4. You muse know when to behave equally
5. No handicap will be need
6. There won't be any beg and steal and lie and cheat
7. Everyone must have the abilities to do the same things
8. Everyone will have to eat the same type of food everyday


What would you do to help people who were less capable mentally, physically, or socially to “catch up”?


Teach them more until they catch up what they need to catch up. 


What problems can you foresee that might come in a society with laws that force “equality for all”? How would you handle those problems?


No one will be unique and they won't do anything better than other. There won't be history. There won't be competition. Their won't be school. NOTHING good will happen if everything and everyone are literally equal. Because then, we cannot feel anything. It's like living in jail where events of the day happens over and over like our memories will be record. 


Do you believe that total equality is possible, or would human nature make sure that some people would eventually dominate others?


It's possible to make everyone equal because everyone aren't the same, they are equal. They live like others, talk like others, and maybe enjoy their lives like others even they feel bad but it's an experience of enjoying their lives. 


In what situations have you felt similarly to any of the characters? What persons, places, or ideas from your own experience came to mind while you were reading this story? Try to list as least two examples.


1. When China invaded Vietnam, the Chinese made the Vietnamese to work until we all went against them.
2. I feel like I'm Hazel in the story because I forget things lots. I forgot my book, I forgot to do this and that, etc. Hazel forgot that her son got killed by Diana and her agents or soldiers. 

Life in Vietnam would be perfect if everyone were totally equal.  Do you agree or disagree?  Explain your answer in complete sentences.


I disagree with it because everyone has their own advantages and disadvantages. Things they can do and cannot. Some better than other, some are not as good. Some do right things and some do not. Some are disability and some are not. Our life is balance from the positive side and the negative side of everything. 


You are designing a society in which everyone is equal. What are the laws?


1. Treat others equally as you treat yourself
2. Everyone will be paid the same amount of salary
3. The smart people will have to help the lower educated people to catch up
4. You muse know when to behave equally
5. No handicap will be need
6. There won't be any beg and steal and lie and cheat
7. Everyone must have the abilities to do the same things
8. Everyone will have to eat the same type of food everyday


What would you do to help people who were less capable mentally, physically, or socially to “catch up”?


Teach them more until they catch up what they need to catch up. 


What problems can you foresee that might come in a society with laws that force “equality for all”? How would you handle those problems?


No one will be unique and they won't do anything better than other. There won't be history. There won't be competition. Their won't be school. NOTHING good will happen if everything and everyone are literally equal. Because then, we cannot feel anything. It's like living in jail where events of the day happens over and over like our memories will be record. 


Do you believe that total equality is possible, or would human nature make sure that some people would eventually dominate others?


It's possible to make everyone equal because everyone aren't the same, they are equal. They live like others, talk like others, and maybe enjoy their lives like others even they feel bad but it's an experience of enjoying their lives. 


In what situations have you felt similarly to any of the characters? What persons, places, or ideas from your own experience came to mind while you were reading this story? Try to list as least two examples.


1. When China invaded Vietnam, the Chinese made the Vietnamese to work until we all went against them.
2. I feel like I'm Hazel in the story because I forget things lots. I forgot my book, I forgot to do this and that, etc. Hazel forgot that her son got killed by Diana and her agents or soldiers. 

Letter to Felix

Homework for Tuesday, Nov 2nd

1. I think advertising make persuades the people to spend money on their products. By that, it needs more resources and energy to make those products for the citizens. In conclusion, if advertising makes people want to buy things and those things cost natural resources and energy, we'll end up with nothing left.

2. The people would probably not know about the sustainability of our consumption habits. We could learn about those things throughout advertisements by showing the citizens the positive and the negative side of an item they want to present. We could also research on our own to know more about sustainability.

3. Yes, they could use celebrity or put in models to make the items more worthy to buy.

Sustainable Development Examples

1. Using renewable energy
2. Waste treatment (not polluting the environment)
3. Do not disrupt the natural cycles

CLIMATOLOGIST [Migration Short Story]

I’m Felix, Felix Hugh and I migrated from New York City to Los Angeles, California. My parents are climatologists; they are testing for the difference between New York City’s climate and California’s climate. Because of my parents’ job, I had to migrate and immigrate a lot. I think I’m getting use to this. I have to change school for awhile now since parents got the job. I usually am having trouble with finding new friends and meeting new neighbors. America is a mix cultured country so I don’t bother having any issue with people having religions or cultures different to me.

California’s weather is milder than the weather in New York City, my home. However, lots of Californians want to migrate to New York to have better jobs or lives, but because of its extremely worst weather. In California, at school, people avoided me because I’m a new guy who doesn’t know anything about the California’s sea and the people’s lives. I have difficulty meeting new people and friend. Most of the time, I couldn’t do anything except school work and reading books in my room. Because of my parents and my own goods, I have to stay and study here for couple of months or even a year until my parents finish with their tasks. Hopefully, I’ll find a lot of friends and my life in California will be much better. This internal migration could change my life and the way I see the world.

Re: "A Message from Mother Nature?"

1. The article is talking about climate changing could be the sign that will lead the Earth to an END.

2. a. variation -- a different form of something
    b. trend -- the general direction of something
    c. skeptic -- people that doesn't believe in certain things someone had said
    d. torrential -- a sudden and violent action of someone or something

3. Weather is the conditions of the atmosphere over a short period of time, and Climate is how the atmosphere behaves over long periods of time.

4. a. Torrential monsoon rains in Pakistan caused the worst flooding in decades, killing more than 1,500 people and uprooting millions.

    b. In Russia, a record-breaking heat wave along with a record-breaking drought destroyed millions of acres of wheat and sparked wildfires that killed dozens.

    c. In the U.S., flooding battered New England, then Tennessee, Arkansas, and Oklahoma, while a record-breaking heat wave baked the entire eastern part of the country.

5. Extreme weather is when weather unlimited, suddenly, violently happen.

6. Perception is the understanding of something.

7. The Global Climate Change, I think, it's the changing of the climate throughout the globe, the Earth.