week4

Q1:
No, I’m not. Although blog, msn, and internet prevail over our generation, we still fail to combine those tools with our academic study. Mostly, I’ll use internet to find some information and knowledge. However, it’s just a unilateral searching but the interaction with other information providers or other learners. Besides, we are accustomed to paper reading material since we are little. It’s hard for Chinese students, at least for me to get use to this kind of learning method.

Q2:
“Net worked students” mean students who can share information and knowledge through internet and much interactive software. For example, students use blog to show their academic performance and learning experience and also find some useful expertise and information from other’s blog. They can even listen to some of the best professors’ lectures through internet. Through using interactive sharing tools or platforms, students’ own learning net can be organized. Students can easily get information from it.
I think it’s a great change not only to the school students but to the whole generation. Different opinions and thoughts can be respected and learners can have diverse access to the knowledge and the exchange of information can be more frequently. Apart from getting useful knowledge, students can also improve their critical thinking ability through the process of interacting with other learners. On the contrary, it’s also a dangerous change because students may be misled when they are lacking of judgment.

week3

The tremendous change of Britney Spears may terrify many of her fans and the public, but I think it’s not totally her fault. Of course she should never transform her emptiness and painfulness into drugs and alcohol abuse. However, when she became a superstar, she was still very young and innocent. She tasted the sweetness of success first rather than realize the cruelty of the reality. As a celebrity who became successful in her early age, she was protected so well that she couldn’t face difficulties and frustration on her own. I think that’s the major reason of the overwhelming change after her divorce. Besides, those drugs and alcohol also amplified her painfulness and made her be obsessed with the vicious circle. Although the alcohol and depression did pose a threat to her, her ignorance and innocence are the main reason of her weakness.

If I were her best friend or family, I thought I couldn’t make the judgment to the whole thing objectively and I would put all the blame on her ex-husband, Kevin. Also, if I were her friend or family, I would feel much more helpless because I knew no one can help her but herself.

week2

Actually, yes, I did have this kind of experience. When I was little, my mother wanted me to go to piano class in that learning piano and becoming a pianist is her life span dream. I was too ignorant and innocent at that time and didn’t know where my real interest is therefore I just agreed to take this class and tried to fulfill my mother’s great ambition. Although I felt quite hard when I was practicing the fingering, however, I think it worth because my painstaking effort did help me a lot when I decided to turn to my real interest, guitar and singing.
Now I recall all of this experience, though it’s not from my will at first, but I still glad that I accepted my mother’s suggestion without hesitation. After all, it really established a good sense and foundation of music for me. So I think if we can view things with different angel, we may find that it’s actually beneficial to us.