Archive for November, 2006
Step by step
“I am so depressed,” I told my friend last week. He then asked me, “Why?” I told him that I have many assignments, but even then I was not sure if that was the reason.
The truth is I felt irritated with myself. It seemed like I couldn’t write a decent thing. I felt as if my brain had turned into [...]
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Who this land belong to?
I learned that South Africa has a declaration:
We, the people of South Africa, declare for all our country and the world to know:
That South Africa belongs to all who live in it, black and white, and that no government can justly claim authority unless it is based on the will of the people…”
My teacher then analysed it and said [...]
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Critical Thinking 2
As mentioned in part 1, a sound argument must pass three tests:
Is there any degree of logical strength between the premises – matter if the premises are true or false?
Are the premises true?
Do the premises support the conclusion?
So after we find out if the premises have logical strength and indeed are true, we must think if they [...]
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I saw on TV a documentary on preserved embryo. Two couples opted to keep their embryos at the embryo bank. One couple did it because the wife has cancer which treatment would sterilise her. I don’t know why the other couple did that because by the time I watch, the babies had popped out – the baby girl [...]
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Should alcohol be made illegal?
I have an assignment that is “In a group, argue if alcohol be made illegal?” The argument is: “Alcohol cause more harm to society than drug, so should it – just like drug – be made illegal. Or should drug, instead, be made legal?” Simple question which should have simple answer YES or NO, but actually rather [...]
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Park and welfare
A friend told me about drawing energy from trees to energize ourselves; I agree. I am no expert in trees. I don’t know their names and I don’t plan to get to know them. But, park is my stuff. I like to take a stroll to clear my head, lift my mood, and kill boredom. I [...]
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Glorious dead
I happened to be in London on the Remembrance Day. After seeing the Downing Street from behind the bar, I came face to face with the words “The Glorious Dead” carved on the Cenotaph. The Queen was there a couple hours ago heading the silent ceremony. It looked grand with many poppies and wreaths laid around it and veterans stood nearby, but I [...]
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Impartiality
For me, morning classes are usually hard to get through, but not when it is Foreign News Reporting class. Every week, with home-made coffee on the table, I would sit back to listen to talks on various international issues. The classes were like “quick tour around the world”. Perhaps due to my limited world-news knowledge, every session is mind-boggling experience.
There [...]
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