Imagine yourself, one day when you wake up and go to work or school there are no laptops or computers where there are suppose to belong and instead of the computer devices there are stacks of paper piled up on your desk. Today, I want to write about three advantages and two disadvantages of life without the internet.
First of all, life without the internet will make the life of children easier and safer. There would be no cyberbullying which is being a huge problem in many countries around the world including Japan and America. Many people may ask, what exactly is cyberbullying? "Cyberbullying" is when a child, preteen or teen is tormented, threatened, harassed, humiliated, embarrassed or otherwise targeted by another child, preteen or teen using the Internet, interactive and digital technologies or mobile phones. There are actually some people who have killed each other and committed suicide after having been involved in a cyberbullying incident.
Next, the internet has many websites that include "dangerous" information including ways to make a bomb. Two days ago on the newspaper, there was an article about 5 young teenagers in Japan who stole hazardous chemicals from their school's science lab and made a bomb and tested it in a nearby forest. The Internet is a dangerous place for children to find
out dangerous and harmful information.
Thirdly, the internet is a place where you can communicate with weird people. There are actually some crimes where a man who was 45 years old pretended to be a 25 year old man on the internet and communicated with a woman. However, when the couple met face to face the woman was surprised by how the man was acting as if he was 25 years old on the Internet, while he was actually 45 years old.
Next, I want to write about the disadvantages if there was no internet. Firstly, I believe the internet is a great place for receiving information. I believe it is very convenient for us to surf the internet and look up information than going all the way to the nearest library, and looking for a book that will be your resource for your next report.
Lastly, the internet is a great place to keep in touch with your friends. As a returnee, it is very difficult to keep in touch with your friends without the internet. However, I believe that it is very convenient to keep in touch with your friends by using Facebook or other communication sites, for example, Twitter.
In conclusion, I believe that life without the internet
would be very difficult and inconvenient. However, life with the internet can
cause many difficulties but overall is very convenient. In my opinion, I
believe that the Internet is necessary for our lives.
2012年4月27日金曜日
The differences between America and Japan
First of all, I am a returnee that lived abroad for around 8.5 years. All the time I lived abroad, I lived in a suburb of San Francisco, California called Foster City. Since I have been living in the US for more than half of my life there was quite a culture shock when I moved back to Japan. Actually, there are three big points that I was surprised about when I returned from abroad to Japan. First, I want to write about commutation, second conveniece stores, and lastly school life.
Firstly, when I came baack to Japan, the first thing I was surprised about was the commutting system. Back in the US the main transportation system was by car. However, in Japan the main transportation system is train. I particulary had a hard time getting used to the IC cards such as the PASMO and SUICA cards. The first time I bought a PASMO card I tried to fit the PASMO card inside the ticket reciever and was warned by the station employee not to fool around. I was really embarassed that time. One another episode is the time I slept on the train and accidentally went all the way to Shinjuku. That day, I was so exhausted by soccer practice so I nodded of on the train. Next thing I know the station employee woke me up telling that I came all the way to Shinjuku. From the next time I took the train back home, I was very cautious not to nod off on the train.
Secondly, in the US there were no convenience stores near my house and it took 15 minutes of walking to go to the nearest supermarket. However, I find it very convenient in Japan because there is at least one convenience store per station. Maybe thats why they call it a "convenience" store. I especially like the idea of point cards of convenience stores. It is a great to get customers buy more products. I actually go to convenience stores every day after soccer practice. I usually buy rice balls, bread, or drinks. I also love buying "Gari Gari Kun" soda ice bar during the summer.
Lastly, The most different thing about the US and Japan is school life. Well, first of all SFC is a "private" junior high school so there was a quite big shock when entered this school since I belonged to a local junior high school in the US. One big difference is the size of the school. Well, in our case there is a junior high school, high school, and an university in our campus, so it is supposed to be big but this school's campus is at least 20 times bigger than the school I used to go to in the US. Next thing different about SFC and a normal English school is that there is a snack shack in the school. I think that this is a great way for students to fill up there tummies before going straight away to work.
In conclusion I believe that life is very convenient in Japan. However, it is very difficult to keep up with modern technology in Japan, especially newcomers. I guess that Japan is a great place to live once you get used to it.
Firstly, when I came baack to Japan, the first thing I was surprised about was the commutting system. Back in the US the main transportation system was by car. However, in Japan the main transportation system is train. I particulary had a hard time getting used to the IC cards such as the PASMO and SUICA cards. The first time I bought a PASMO card I tried to fit the PASMO card inside the ticket reciever and was warned by the station employee not to fool around. I was really embarassed that time. One another episode is the time I slept on the train and accidentally went all the way to Shinjuku. That day, I was so exhausted by soccer practice so I nodded of on the train. Next thing I know the station employee woke me up telling that I came all the way to Shinjuku. From the next time I took the train back home, I was very cautious not to nod off on the train.
Secondly, in the US there were no convenience stores near my house and it took 15 minutes of walking to go to the nearest supermarket. However, I find it very convenient in Japan because there is at least one convenience store per station. Maybe thats why they call it a "convenience" store. I especially like the idea of point cards of convenience stores. It is a great to get customers buy more products. I actually go to convenience stores every day after soccer practice. I usually buy rice balls, bread, or drinks. I also love buying "Gari Gari Kun" soda ice bar during the summer.
Lastly, The most different thing about the US and Japan is school life. Well, first of all SFC is a "private" junior high school so there was a quite big shock when entered this school since I belonged to a local junior high school in the US. One big difference is the size of the school. Well, in our case there is a junior high school, high school, and an university in our campus, so it is supposed to be big but this school's campus is at least 20 times bigger than the school I used to go to in the US. Next thing different about SFC and a normal English school is that there is a snack shack in the school. I think that this is a great way for students to fill up there tummies before going straight away to work.
In conclusion I believe that life is very convenient in Japan. However, it is very difficult to keep up with modern technology in Japan, especially newcomers. I guess that Japan is a great place to live once you get used to it.
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