Today we learned a formal academic structure of essay. I used "you" or "I" and question mark a lot, so I had to rewrite many sentence. Writing essay was more difficult than I had imagined. It's not just writing the facts and justifications but persuading readers with good reasons.
I didn't know the rules of essay such as Chicago or MLA and I got confused. I chose Chicago for my essay. I really want to improve the skill of writing.
Friday, April 30, 2010
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
4/28/2010
Today we learned the structure of essay and had a computer class, which was really amazing! I didn't know I can use zotero anywhere with my USB. That's very useful. What's more, Google tools surprised me so much. There are many option such as timeline, past week...the most helpful one must be wonder wheel. I should've known the tool much earlier. I should add google tool bar, rikachan and X-marks right away as well.
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
4/27/2010
Today we discussed Meiland's essay, but the questions were detailed and difficult to answer. Test is coming soon after GW. I don't know I can get through it. When I revised it, I got impressed by one phrase that I had never taken notice in my first reading. It was one of five justification for basing belief on good reasons;Basing belief fits together well with democratic society. It is an interesting viewpoint. As he said, we have to have good reasons to persuade someone to support our opinion because majority always win in such a democratic society in Japan. There maybe something else I didn't notice before, so I have to read all of Meiland's essay again.
Monday, April 26, 2010
4/26/2010
Today we discussed our writing topics. I was looking for strong evidence and effective data to support my opinion, but I haven't found anything useful yet. Rab advised me to use logic, so I decided to begin to look for new ways to support my position. I thought many students in this section did well in research and their topics seems interesting. I'm looking forward to reading their essays. I have to read books and do more research from now... I'm not sure if I can go to bed today.
Sunday, April 25, 2010
Ch.2
In ch.2 Nisbett describes why Greece and China deffered so much.
He mentioned many aspects of them;political system, location, life style etc. Some of them convinced me, but he needed more details to make me satisfied. As for location, both of Greece and China had maritime location. The Greeks traded with people with different view, how about China? China also traded with many foreign people through the Silk Road. Not only the Greeks that encountered people from other countries. Why particular the Greeks? I would like the evidence that proves the only Greeks could develop in that way.
Second, the sentence"Science was invented only in Greece" seems strange. I was wondering why the historian could claim so. "lack of curiosity"(on Chinese) also sounds weird. I agree with him in respect of the fact that the Greeks were more curious than the Chinese, but the ancient chinese were also curious. They developed their own technology, culture and thought. I think the author said a bit too much about it.
He mentioned many aspects of them;political system, location, life style etc. Some of them convinced me, but he needed more details to make me satisfied. As for location, both of Greece and China had maritime location. The Greeks traded with people with different view, how about China? China also traded with many foreign people through the Silk Road. Not only the Greeks that encountered people from other countries. Why particular the Greeks? I would like the evidence that proves the only Greeks could develop in that way.
Second, the sentence"Science was invented only in Greece" seems strange. I was wondering why the historian could claim so. "lack of curiosity"(on Chinese) also sounds weird. I agree with him in respect of the fact that the Greeks were more curious than the Chinese, but the ancient chinese were also curious. They developed their own technology, culture and thought. I think the author said a bit too much about it.
The geography of thought Ch.1
Today I found I was a really slow reader and I couldn't understand the book so much. Meiland's essay taught me how to really understand reading, but saying is one thing, doing another.
In ch.1 Nisbett compares the Greek and the Chinese. They had very different view and the reasons he mentioned were persuasive. Particularly some of the characteristics of the ancient Chinese which he mentioned mirrors the Japanese character(ex. harmony is the priority, they thinks themselves a part of large organism, they don't debate so much), which is not surprising but funny.
The Greeks are better in science but worse in causality than the Chinese, and vise versa. That is also interesting and I learned a lot of new things through the analysis on their technological development.
However, I wondered why Chinese and Greeks(Some students also mentioned though).
The title of this book is how asian and westerners think differently, but Asian is not equal to China, also Westerners is not equal to the Greeks. I said above that the ancient Chinese view was similar to Japanese one, but it doens't mean everything is same. Every country has different position and point of view. Nisbett cannot sum up them into only 2 points.
Moreover, the modern society tends to focus on each individual. We cannot make a sweeping judgement about their perception.
In ch.1 Nisbett compares the Greek and the Chinese. They had very different view and the reasons he mentioned were persuasive. Particularly some of the characteristics of the ancient Chinese which he mentioned mirrors the Japanese character(ex. harmony is the priority, they thinks themselves a part of large organism, they don't debate so much), which is not surprising but funny.
The Greeks are better in science but worse in causality than the Chinese, and vise versa. That is also interesting and I learned a lot of new things through the analysis on their technological development.
However, I wondered why Chinese and Greeks(Some students also mentioned though).
The title of this book is how asian and westerners think differently, but Asian is not equal to China, also Westerners is not equal to the Greeks. I said above that the ancient Chinese view was similar to Japanese one, but it doens't mean everything is same. Every country has different position and point of view. Nisbett cannot sum up them into only 2 points.
Moreover, the modern society tends to focus on each individual. We cannot make a sweeping judgement about their perception.
Thursday, April 22, 2010
ZOTERO
Today we learned about Zotero.
Zotero is...
Zenithal technology you've ever seen
Omitting any complicated process on the Internet
Taking you to any page you wanna go immediately
Entertaining you
Rock(it just rocks)
Oh what an amazing tool it is!!
Thank you
Zotero is...
Zenithal technology you've ever seen
Omitting any complicated process on the Internet
Taking you to any page you wanna go immediately
Entertaining you
Rock(it just rocks)
Oh what an amazing tool it is!!
Thank you
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
4/21/2010
Today we learned how to write a good essay, which appeals to people.
I've written some essays(If I can call them "essay") in my high school, but I didn't pay attention to the structure and how the readers thought. I learned humor and eyec-atching phrases were required in an essay. It seems very difficult. I have to try hard to make my essay attractive.
I've written some essays(If I can call them "essay") in my high school, but I didn't pay attention to the structure and how the readers thought. I learned humor and eyec-atching phrases were required in an essay. It seems very difficult. I have to try hard to make my essay attractive.
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
4/20/2010
Today we discussed our writing topics, which was very difficult.
Our topics seemed not to have any assumptions at first, but I found some "dogmatic" part of them. I heard the word "dogmatic" for the first time today and I was shocked to see that our thought tend to be dogmatic so easily. I have to learn to think more critically to find dogmatic part of paragraph.
Our topics seemed not to have any assumptions at first, but I found some "dogmatic" part of them. I heard the word "dogmatic" for the first time today and I was shocked to see that our thought tend to be dogmatic so easily. I have to learn to think more critically to find dogmatic part of paragraph.
Monday, April 19, 2010
Today's class
Today I learned how passive my reading process was.
Though I had thought I really understood Meilland's paragraph, when it comes to discussion, I couldn't explain it at all. I found that reading with understanding is difficult, but important. I have to get used to the way of reading.
And I totally forgot 3Bs on Meiland, the most important process before reading.
Meiland's 3Bs can be seen here.
I was suprised to know he was a christian. His opinion absolutely contradicts christianity. From this view point, ICU also contradics it because they have policies of christianity and critical thinking at the same time, which seems weird to me.
Anyway I have to decide my writing topic after this...
Though I had thought I really understood Meilland's paragraph, when it comes to discussion, I couldn't explain it at all. I found that reading with understanding is difficult, but important. I have to get used to the way of reading.
And I totally forgot 3Bs on Meiland, the most important process before reading.
Meiland's 3Bs can be seen here.
I was suprised to know he was a christian. His opinion absolutely contradicts christianity. From this view point, ICU also contradics it because they have policies of christianity and critical thinking at the same time, which seems weird to me.
Anyway I have to decide my writing topic after this...
Friday, April 16, 2010
Today's class
Today's class was really interesting but complicated because
this was the first time I used Mac computer, which confused me so much.
What's more, I had never have my own blog.
Today I came to know that blog has many useful functions.
If I can use all of them effectively, my blog would be more attractive.
For now it is too difficult for me to use many tools, so I have to learn
about blog, or computer a lot more.
this was the first time I used Mac computer, which confused me so much.
What's more, I had never have my own blog.
Today I came to know that blog has many useful functions.
If I can use all of them effectively, my blog would be more attractive.
For now it is too difficult for me to use many tools, so I have to learn
about blog, or computer a lot more.
Thursday, April 15, 2010
he first music video ware really amazing and the editor is so genius, but
the second one also appeals to me, maybe I liked it more than the first one.
People all over the world played one music together through the Internet.
It's just so exciting and impressing, isn't it? Anyway, I love both of them.
I want to join the video, but unfortunately, I can't play any music instruments well.
First one
Second one
the second one also appeals to me, maybe I liked it more than the first one.
People all over the world played one music together through the Internet.
It's just so exciting and impressing, isn't it? Anyway, I love both of them.
I want to join the video, but unfortunately, I can't play any music instruments well.
First one
Second one
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
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