Saturday, March 26, 2011

time to give up ?...

Frankly speaking, sometimes i feel so utterly exhausted that I have the pessimistic ideas come up with my mind.  That is giving up everything i have already put a lot of my effort...

i have the desire to run far away from whoever gives me overwhaleming pressure..
i have the desire to escape from whatever may cause me unexpected burden ...
i have the desire to ignore whichever may lead to my disappointment..

i have the dream that one day i can run as far as i can without any scruple...
i have the dream that one day i can laugh as loudly as i can without any embarrassing..
i have the dream that one day i can sleep as well as i can without any anxiety...

i have no idea that weather my choice is correct or not...am i on the right track?
or i have already miss my way , my direction to reach my final goals...

i cannot say confidently that the blue print my boss arranges for me will come true or not...am i the person they pick up? or i have already fall into their traps...

Maybe..it needs time.   i tell myself that.  some people with experiences tell me that.  Of course, my boss tell me that.  Plus," You can learn many things you cannot learn thoroughly in other places.  That's good for a freshman" said he.

Maybe ..it needs patience and belief as well.   
yeah..i will persist in everything i consider is worth doing..
yeah..i will try as hard as i can even if i cannot see the result in a short time..
yeah..never say give up before i try ...NEVER AND EVER...

Thursday, March 24, 2011

An Introduction about CALL by Mark Warschauer

Computer Assisted Language Learning
http://www.ict4lt.org/en/warschauer.htm

In the website, the speaker give us a clear and through concept to explain why the teachers have the necessity to develop CALL in school in the modern age.  Also, he definitely indicated that unlike the tradition method to learn languages, Three phrases of CALL: behavioristic CALL, communicative CALL, and integrative CALL should be concerned.  In each area,  Mark gave the readers a clear direction to follow and moreover, affect the methods and attitude to learn languages. 

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

JK Rowling Harvard Commencement

The speech script
http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2008/06/text-of-j-k-rowling-speech/

Today, in lilterature class, the professor introduced us this inspiring speech made by JK Rowling, whose work, Harry Porter, caused a great attention from the public several years ago.

In the speech, what shocked me a lot was not the concept she conveyed, (because i  was not a Harvard student, i knew the feeling about the failure), but  actually was the firmness and confidence she expressed from her facial expression, her intonation, and even her instinct humor.    It was really hard for me to image that she, as a single mother, once lived on the dole, and led a life with misery and hopeless. However, she overcame all obstacles, defeated all changes, and most of all, she never gave up what she really wanted, and keep the only one thing mattered to her: writting. 

Perhaps, we are too young to understand what she has experienced, what she has struggled, but her sharing occurs to us that no matter what bad situation we encounter, just listen to our inner voice, and persist in what we pursue.  Because life is not easy, and is difficult to to let everything to go your way.  It is life, real life, and we must take tortures, which will help us more mature and learn more. 



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Essay info
http://essayinfo.com/essays/argumentative_essay.php

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