In America now, we rely on modern technology for virtually everything. You wake up to a digital alarm, brush your teeth with an electric tooth brush, exercise on a treadmill, briefly check your email on your laptop before going to work, read the news on your iphone or even read a book on your new kindle. Technology keeps improving every day to make life easier. So the question is “have modern technologies such as computer and cellphones so totally taken over the American life that we cannot live without them?”
I decided to take on the challenge to see if we cannot really live without technology. I asked different people this question, from middle grade students to college students, and majority said they could live without modern technology. Although most said they could, they had time limits ranging from one to four months in which they could live without modern technology.
A particular response from a college student was very interesting. She said that human are superior beings because of their ability to adapt to any environment, so even if the need comes for us to live without technology, we can definitely do it. I asked another individual what he thought about that response. He agreed with it, but he said that this adaptation is not going to be immediate; instead it will be a gradual process. After about 25 different responses, I believe that we can actually live without modern technology. It may take a lot of patience and time, but it is definitely possible.
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Evaluating Surulere
I had lived in Surulere, Nigeria since I was born and I thought that was the way it was going to remain. I had become so comfortable that I thought it was impossible to live anywhere else. As we know, nothing last forever. When I turned sixteen, my parents decided we should move to another country, the United States. Since we arrived I have moved three times, and now I am settled in college for four long years. In my English language class, I have to evaluate a place I have lived. I decided to choose Surulere.
Surulere is a street located on the main land of lagos, Nigeria. It is about a mile and a half long with iron gates at each end of the street. The criteria I decided to evaluate surulere by are its appearance, neighbours and major events
• Appearance: the neighbourhood has a variety of house ranging from bungalows to two storey apartments(most people live in apartments) houses. This provides diverse choices for those who don’t mind heights and those who do. But there are mostly two storey building houses. Due to this, there have been a lot of problems with these building and small children. While I lived there, there had been two cases of children jumping over the railings of these buildings. Most buildings in Surulere are painted white and this requires a lot of maintenance, so they are painted almost every year.
• Neighbours: In Nigeria, we have three major ethnicities: Igbo, Yoruba and Hausa. In Surulere, Igbo and Yoruba mostly reside in the neighbourhood. Most people prefer to live in houses with landlords and occupants of the same ethnicity. This help prevent quarrels and fights .Despite preventing fights, it does prevent the children from interacting with other ethnicity. This does inadvertently cause some children to be one minded.
• Major events: In Nigeria, we celebrate a lot. These celebration are mostly festival of the different ethnicities. During most of these celebrations the whole neighbourhood is involved. This makes the neighbourhood more lively and brings everybody together
Living in surulere has been an experience I will never forget and I consider it a very good place to live.
Surulere is a street located on the main land of lagos, Nigeria. It is about a mile and a half long with iron gates at each end of the street. The criteria I decided to evaluate surulere by are its appearance, neighbours and major events
• Appearance: the neighbourhood has a variety of house ranging from bungalows to two storey apartments(most people live in apartments) houses. This provides diverse choices for those who don’t mind heights and those who do. But there are mostly two storey building houses. Due to this, there have been a lot of problems with these building and small children. While I lived there, there had been two cases of children jumping over the railings of these buildings. Most buildings in Surulere are painted white and this requires a lot of maintenance, so they are painted almost every year.
• Neighbours: In Nigeria, we have three major ethnicities: Igbo, Yoruba and Hausa. In Surulere, Igbo and Yoruba mostly reside in the neighbourhood. Most people prefer to live in houses with landlords and occupants of the same ethnicity. This help prevent quarrels and fights .Despite preventing fights, it does prevent the children from interacting with other ethnicity. This does inadvertently cause some children to be one minded.
• Major events: In Nigeria, we celebrate a lot. These celebration are mostly festival of the different ethnicities. During most of these celebrations the whole neighbourhood is involved. This makes the neighbourhood more lively and brings everybody together
Living in surulere has been an experience I will never forget and I consider it a very good place to live.
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Elektra:a movie review
The morning after I watched the movie "Elektra," I laid quietly on my bed. The thought of doing my laundry or anything else seemed too tiring, I just decided to lay there and enjoy the morning sun rising through my window shutters. Out of the blue, I thought “what if I could weave between bullets, spin in the air like a forming tornado, see the future for a brief moment or fight off bad guys like Jet li”. These were the things that Elektra could do
The movie "Elektra" tells the story of a woman who had one more opportunity to live again. This time she does it right and takes control of her life. She learns ancient martial arts and becomes an assassin at the same time, losing all sense of compassion. On one of her assignments, she is told to kill a man and his daughter, and from this assignment we start to see her regain a sense of compassion and form new relationships.
The movie’s downfall is it leaves its viewers wondering in the end, who the main antagonist was and were they eliminated, but like most movies the bad guys never completely go away. The movie is also predictable but you just want to see what amazing feat Elektra will perform next.
This movie tells us, especially women, that we can be superheroes in our own way and even if compassionate, we should not be taken too lightly. The movie also highlights the internal locus of control, where we are in control of our own destiny. So if you are looking for all those things in a movie, Elektra is the one.
LIVE LIFE PONDERING.
The movie "Elektra" tells the story of a woman who had one more opportunity to live again. This time she does it right and takes control of her life. She learns ancient martial arts and becomes an assassin at the same time, losing all sense of compassion. On one of her assignments, she is told to kill a man and his daughter, and from this assignment we start to see her regain a sense of compassion and form new relationships.
The movie’s downfall is it leaves its viewers wondering in the end, who the main antagonist was and were they eliminated, but like most movies the bad guys never completely go away. The movie is also predictable but you just want to see what amazing feat Elektra will perform next.
This movie tells us, especially women, that we can be superheroes in our own way and even if compassionate, we should not be taken too lightly. The movie also highlights the internal locus of control, where we are in control of our own destiny. So if you are looking for all those things in a movie, Elektra is the one.
LIVE LIFE PONDERING.
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