Monday, December 28, 2009

Downloading MP3s

Some people may think downloading musics films for free is not true but circumstances make this obligatory.Because singers actors or actresses want to maintain a very luxury life so prices of musics and films is very high.But people don't want to pay so high for them so they are searches easy ways of acquire them.Singers don't earn all of their money from their albums because their albums are only an inducement for ads. etc. in fact they earn money from ads. concerts etc.
Somebody thinks doing this is like stealing.But if the price of albums were not so hıgh people dıdn't do this.Also they defend that singers made albums but when you download them for free they can not earn any money.But although downloading MP3s is very common singers contınue to maıntaın their luxury lıfe wıthout any cut(interruptıon).To sum up downloading MP3s doesn't affect them.Because they earn money from other sources in fact such as ads. tv programs etc.

Thursday, December 24, 2009

Literature

Literature lessons don't have a limited subject and poem, novel etc. Because of this situation every teacher uses different methods.I think this lessons should be elective or it should be made a curriculum limited according to students level.Also when they are elective only voluntary students takes them.This situation can help the lessons reach their aim and become useful for students.

euthanasia

The Right to Die

A difficult problem that is facing society is euthanasia, another word for mercy killing. Thousands of young people are mortally ill because of incurable disease. They are all kept alive in artificial ways. They have no chance to recover completely, but most of the legal systems do not allow doctors to end their lives. However, fatally ill patients should be allowed to die for several reasons.

The first reason is that medical costs are very high. The cost of a hospital room can be as much as a hundred dollars per day and even more. The costs of medicines and medical tests are also high. The family of the patient is responsible for these expenses. Consequently, they would be a terrible financial burden for them for a long time.

The second reason is that the family suffers. The nurses can only give the terminally ill patient minimum care. The family must spend time to care for the special needs of their loved one. They should talk, touch, and hold the patient even though he or she may be in a coma. For example, Karen Quinlan’s parents visited her every day even though she was unable to speak or to see. Also, it is very difficult to watch a loved one in a coma because his or her condition does not improve.

The third and most important reason is that the patients have no chance of recovery. They can never lead normal lives and must be kept alive by life – support machines. They may need a machine to breathe and a feeding tube to take in food. They are more dead than alive and will never get better. For example, in 1975, Karen Quinlan became unconscious after the she swallowed some drugs and drank alcohol. She was kept alive by machines. Her parents knew that her body and brain would never be normal. Therefore, they asked the court to allow their daughter to die. The judge agreed, and Karen’s breathing machine was turned off. She was able to breathe on her own, but she died nine years later in June of 1985.

In conclusion, because terminally ill patients have no chance to live normal lives, they should be allowed to die with dignity. Therefore, the family should have the right to ask to turn off the life-support machines or to stop further medical treatment.

MY PARAGRAPH

A person's life is very important even if he or she is too ill.There are mainly there pretext to decide euthanasia.Firstly, people complain about the high price of hospitals concern about fatal illnesses.But, if some charities found this can be solved.Also a hospital can be found, its personnal consist of voluntary people.The second complaint is that the family spend much of their time with their patient.But families should be self-sacrificing in these situations.Because whatever the illness is the patient is a human.It is possible that they could be the patient one.Finally, patients don't have much time for living is cause family's deciding euthanasia.But there is always a hope.Because like other people and sciences, medicine and doctors can make errors, too.So it is unnecessary to decide one's dead in every occasion.To sum up, to me euthanasia isn't the correct move to do.Because before everything it is a life.

Friday, December 18, 2009

İmitation

Nowadays producers complain about increasing of imitation products.But high price of products makes this situatıon obligatory.Producers want to earn much more money and they sell their products with high profits.But if they don’t do so number of imitations can not increase .People prefer to buy economic products because of sort of money.But high expectations of producers prevent that.Producers think imitations makes their job difficult but if they don’t want difficulties they should want less money.Viz everything in producers’ hands.Every problem can be solved if they do something.

Friday, December 11, 2009

City life or Country life?

There are both advantages and disadvantages living in counrty or city.İn city you have change of fınd almost everything and also easiness with transportation.You can go shopping easily also thanks to malls near your home you don’t have to do shopping monthly.You can do shopping whenever you want.But you are face to face with air pollution heavy traffic sound pollution etc in city.But in country you have change of fınd fresh air and a silent ortam* .You must do shopping monthly due to the fact that your home far away from malls and also it is too difficult to find everything even water and electricy.Viz, You can maintain a good life in country if you doesn’t like shopping wandering etc. But if you like them you should prefer city life.

Monday, December 7, 2009

ComPare


We went two different places in sL.There was almost no similarity between those.I think first place is a mall.There were shops in it.And it had three floors.At the middle of it there was a pool.And there is some kind of fishes and a turtle in it.But second place might be a holiday village or fun center.There were different places in which you could different activities.There were flowers, trees and also some nations flags.Finally to me second place is marvellous and it's better to spend your time at the second place.

Thursday, December 3, 2009

One Of My hobbies

I want to talk about one of my hobbies-cars-.I am very interested in cars especially modified ones.Also one of my dreams is to have a car and modify it with my own taste.When I was goıng college my older brother Eyüp was studying for get a driver license. And I was always with him while he was studying.I first interested in something about cars that time. And then I became more ınterested about them.I investigate many thing about cars. And also I translate a part of book ınto turkısh about car motors.I still ınterested ın them and I stıll ınvestıgate and learn about them.And I am counting days impatiently.Because I want very much to have a car and modify it.

pride

When ı was at the primary school my teachers dıdn't rely me enough. So they didn't exactly support me until I came 7th class.After this class my teachers started to rely on me and supported me very much.With their support I gain the OKS and also I get the highest grade at my primary school.And that time I was really proud of myself.

Monday, November 23, 2009

Story

It was a rainy and cold night. And there was a lonely child sitting on a bank in the city park. He seemed really like a homeless child. And there was nobody around the park except from him. He was really hungry and he couldn’t bear this situation anymore and started to search something that he could eat. Then he saw a market. But, he hadn’t any money. He entered the market there was nobody around. He rapidly took something that he would eat. But the shop owner noticed him and accused him stealing something from his market. But, said child that he wouldn’t do anything. They talked for a while. Then the market owner gave something to eat to child. And child promised not to this any time.

Thursday, November 19, 2009

ınternet addıctıveness

In these days the number of houses which have ınternet ıncreasıng fastly. And the use age of ınternet decreasing.Children easily learn and use computers. But ınternet not only a useful thing. There are also harms of ınternet using such as games, or unethical web pages etc.But everybody should be prevent their being an internet addictive person.If a person knows that he or she has difficulty with other forms of addictive behavior, they should be cautious in exploring the types of application that are used on the Internet. In addition, it is important for people to engage in social activities outside the Internet. Finally, mental health workers should investigate ways in which to participate in the implementation of new technology rather than waiting for its after effects.

Monday, November 9, 2009

Our House!!

We build an house in sL this week.First I made a ground for our house.Then my friend Ural made the right wall of our house and my friend Gökhan made its left wall.My friend Mehmet Ali made its back and then Cedric and Salim made its front.Cedric made its left and Salim made its right and there was a room between them for the door.I made a block for door's over and put it there.And then I made its roof.At the end of our work while some of us was deciding walls shape and color the others made some accesories such as chairs, arm chairs etc. in it.And last we made the house in the photo.

Thursday, November 5, 2009

Charles Dickens - Paragraph 1

It was a rainy Thursday night in London. The feast of St. Michael the Archangel was lately over and the Lord of Chancellor was sitting in Lincoln’s Inn Hall anxiously. There was implacable November weather outside.There was so much mud in the streets that one would think there had just been a very heavy rainfall and it would not be wonderful to meet a Megalosaurus which has approximately forty feet long, waddling like an elephantine lizard up Halborn Hill. As smoke was lowering down from chimney-pots, it was making a spongy mizzle, with flakes of soot in it. It was as big as full-grown snowflakes,which had gone into mourning, one can imagine for the sunset.Dogs were undistinguishable in swamp.Horses were scarcely better and splashed to their very blinkers.Foot passengers were pushing each other’s umbrellas in a general infection of ill temper, and lost their foot-hold at street-corners, where tens of thousands of other foot passengers have been slipping and sliding since the day broke.(if this day ever broke).They added new deposit to the crust upon crust of mud, stuck at those points, persistently to the pavement and accumulated at compound interests.

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

University students

We can divide university students two different groups.One of them is social ones.They goes university not only to have a job but also another things such as sport, music, making new friendships etc.They don't interest only their own department.They also interested in many other things different from their department.So they generally have a good general culture and a good spirit when they graduated from university.The other is the unsocial ones.They generally goes to university only to become proffessional on their department.They only interested in their own department.I think the first one is better than the second one.

hobbies

Most of us have some hobbies.I have hobbies,too.I like football, swimming, listening music and car modify.But I like football most.As you know we are in foreign language class and most of our class' are girls:).So I have never been in a class in which there are six boys for play football.My only complaint about my classes is that.I fed up with to be in other classes' teams.I wish to have a class in which I can found a team in university:)

Monday, October 26, 2009

Secod Life using..

I find three different groups according to purposes of their use of second life.First of them is people who use it for just a game. There are also people who use it for communication with each others on the other hand.The last one is the people who use it for education like us.As you see everyone have a different purpose to use second life.

Thursday, October 15, 2009

My cousin SaLiH


I have many cousins.But one of them-SaLiH- is really one of the most important persons I have.We both have been together since I was born.I always face some problems but he always helps me to cope with them.We both played together in our childhood.Not only ın our childhood but also in our all life we always be with each other.We hadn't left us until I came here.Now we live two different city. But he calls me everyday now.Viz he still with me.May be he won't read this paraghraph but anyway thanks for everything SaLiH with his other name for me Emmoğlu:)Wishes for being together all the time.

Second Life Edunation


I took a photo of sunset in edunation II from secondlife.I always dream to have a house like this.As you see there is only a house on seaside and there is also a boat in front of the house and of course wonderful sunset and sea.There are some trees in the right side. The combination of all of these makes the landscape very good.Doubtlessly most of the people wants to live an area like this.Because this area have many useful features like fresh air marvellous landscape etc.I wish me and everybody who wants to live an area like this could reach our aims.

Thursday, October 8, 2009

Abdullah

hi,
I'm Abdullah Aras.I'm from Sivas and I graduated from Sivas Prof. Dr. Necati Erşen Anatolian Teachers Training High School.Metu is my first choice.In advence Metu was an only dream for me and I was very surprised when I learn I would come here.So I'm very happy about this and to come here was encouraged me about the things that I will do in the future.I believe this will be an advantage when I graduated from Metu.


Advanced reading and writing is so necessary for us.Because we are the students chosen the foreing language education department.I don't want to be only an english teacher.I also want to enter other jobs about english.So I must have very good skills about writing for example in tranlation and I also must be good at reading because for a good translation I must understand all the text and translate it into an other language.Because of all of these I expect after this course I would have very good skills and to be in a very good position about reading and writing.