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Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Reference of Presentation
From: poetry.suite101.com/article.cfm/robert_frost_s_tricky_poem
Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken” has been one of the most analyzed, quoted, anthologized poems in American poetry. A wide-spread interpretation claims that the speaker in the poem is promoting individualism and non-conformity.
A Tricky Poem
Frost claims that he wrote this poem about his friend Edward Thomas, with whom he had walked many times in the woods near London. Frost has said that while walking they would come to different paths and after choosing one, Thomas would always fret wondering what they might have missed by not taking the other path.
About the poem, Frost asserted, "You have to be careful of that one; it's a tricky poem - very tricky." And he is, of course, correct. The poem has been and continues to be used as an inspirational poem, one that to the undiscerning eye seems to be encouraging self-reliance, not following where others have led.
But a close reading of the poem proves otherwise. It does not moralize about choice, it simply says that choice is inevitable but you never know what your choice will mean until you have lived it.
First Stanza – Describes Situation
The poem consists of four stanzas. In the first stanza, the speaker describes his position. He has been out walking the woods and comes to two roads, and he stands looking as far down each one as he can see. He would like to try out both, but doubts he could to that, so therefore he continues to look down the roads for a long time trying to make his decision about which road to take.
Second Stanza – Decides to Take Less-Traveled Road
He had looked down the first one “to where it bent in the undergrowth,” and in the second stanza, he reports that he decided to take the other path, because it seemed to have less traffic than the first. But then he goes on to say that they actually were very similarly worn. The second one that he took seems less traveled, but as he thinks about it, he realizes that they were “really about the same.” Not exactly that same but only “about the same.”
Third Stanza – Continue Description of Roads
The third stanza continues with the cogitation about the possible differences between the two roads. He had noticed that the leaves were both fresh fallen on them both and had not been walked on, but then again claims that maybe he would come back and also walk the first one sometime, but he doubted he would be able to, because in life one thing leads to another and time is short.
Fourth Stanza – Two Tricky Words
The fourth stanza holds the key to the trickiness of the poem:
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
Those who interpret this poem as suggesting non-conformity take the word “difference” to be a positive difference. But there is nothing in the poem that suggests that this difference signals a positive outcome. The speaker could not offer such information, because he has not lived the “difference” yet.
The other word that leads non-discerning readers astray is the word “sigh.” By taking “difference” to mean a positive difference, they think that the sigh is one of nostalgic relief; however, a sigh can also mean regret. There is the “oh, dear” kind of sigh, but also the “what a relief” kind of sigh. Which one is it? We do not know. If it is the relief sigh, then the difference means the speaker is glad he took the road he did; if it is the regret sigh, then the difference would not be good, and the speaker would be sighing in regret. But the plain fact is we do not know what that sigh is. Again, the speaker of the poem does not even know the nature of that sigh, because that sigh and his evaluation of the difference his choice will make are still in the future. It is a truism that any choice we make is going to make “all the difference” in how our future turns out.
Careful Readers Won’t Be Tricked
So Frost was absolutely correct; his poem is tricky—very tricky. But only if we are not careful readers. If we read into poems claims that are not there. And in this poem, it is important to be careful with the time frame. When the speaker says he will be reporting sometime in the future how his road choice turned out, we have to realize that we cannot assign meaning to “sigh” and “difference,” because the speaker himself cannot know how his choice will affect his future, until after he has lived it.
The copyright of the article Robert Frost's Tricky Poem in American Poetry is owned by Linda Sue Grimes. Permission to republish Robert Frost's Tricky Poem in print or online must be granted by the author in writing.
Form
"The Road Not Taken" consists of four stanzas of five lines. The rhyme scheme is ABAAB; the rhymes are strict and masculine, with the notable exception of the last line (we do not usually stress the -ence of difference). There are four stressed syllables per line, varying on an iambic tetrameter base.
Robert Frost published "The Road Not Taken" in 1916. It is his most popular poem. It consists of four stanzas of five lines each, and each line has between eight and ten syllables in a roughly iambic rhythm. The lines in each stanza rhyme in an abaab pattern. The speaker must choose between diverging paths in the woods, and he sees that choice as a metaphor for different directions in life. In 1961, Robert Frost commented that "The Road Not Taken" is "a tricky poem, very tricky."
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The poem is written in first person, and raises question as to whether or not the speaker is the poet or a persona. According to the Lawrence Thompson biography, Robert Frost: The Years of Triumph (1971), Frost introduced the poem in readings by saying that the speaker was his Welsh friend Edward Thomas. According to Frost, Thomas was "a person who, whichever road he went, would be sorry he didn't go the other."
Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken” has been one of the most analyzed, quoted, anthologized poems in American poetry. A wide-spread interpretation claims that the speaker in the poem is promoting individualism and non-conformity.
A Tricky Poem
Frost claims that he wrote this poem about his friend Edward Thomas, with whom he had walked many times in the woods near London. Frost has said that while walking they would come to different paths and after choosing one, Thomas would always fret wondering what they might have missed by not taking the other path.
About the poem, Frost asserted, "You have to be careful of that one; it's a tricky poem - very tricky." And he is, of course, correct. The poem has been and continues to be used as an inspirational poem, one that to the undiscerning eye seems to be encouraging self-reliance, not following where others have led.
But a close reading of the poem proves otherwise. It does not moralize about choice, it simply says that choice is inevitable but you never know what your choice will mean until you have lived it.
First Stanza – Describes Situation
The poem consists of four stanzas. In the first stanza, the speaker describes his position. He has been out walking the woods and comes to two roads, and he stands looking as far down each one as he can see. He would like to try out both, but doubts he could to that, so therefore he continues to look down the roads for a long time trying to make his decision about which road to take.
Second Stanza – Decides to Take Less-Traveled Road
He had looked down the first one “to where it bent in the undergrowth,” and in the second stanza, he reports that he decided to take the other path, because it seemed to have less traffic than the first. But then he goes on to say that they actually were very similarly worn. The second one that he took seems less traveled, but as he thinks about it, he realizes that they were “really about the same.” Not exactly that same but only “about the same.”
Third Stanza – Continue Description of Roads
The third stanza continues with the cogitation about the possible differences between the two roads. He had noticed that the leaves were both fresh fallen on them both and had not been walked on, but then again claims that maybe he would come back and also walk the first one sometime, but he doubted he would be able to, because in life one thing leads to another and time is short.
Fourth Stanza – Two Tricky Words
The fourth stanza holds the key to the trickiness of the poem:
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
Those who interpret this poem as suggesting non-conformity take the word “difference” to be a positive difference. But there is nothing in the poem that suggests that this difference signals a positive outcome. The speaker could not offer such information, because he has not lived the “difference” yet.
The other word that leads non-discerning readers astray is the word “sigh.” By taking “difference” to mean a positive difference, they think that the sigh is one of nostalgic relief; however, a sigh can also mean regret. There is the “oh, dear” kind of sigh, but also the “what a relief” kind of sigh. Which one is it? We do not know. If it is the relief sigh, then the difference means the speaker is glad he took the road he did; if it is the regret sigh, then the difference would not be good, and the speaker would be sighing in regret. But the plain fact is we do not know what that sigh is. Again, the speaker of the poem does not even know the nature of that sigh, because that sigh and his evaluation of the difference his choice will make are still in the future. It is a truism that any choice we make is going to make “all the difference” in how our future turns out.
Careful Readers Won’t Be Tricked
So Frost was absolutely correct; his poem is tricky—very tricky. But only if we are not careful readers. If we read into poems claims that are not there. And in this poem, it is important to be careful with the time frame. When the speaker says he will be reporting sometime in the future how his road choice turned out, we have to realize that we cannot assign meaning to “sigh” and “difference,” because the speaker himself cannot know how his choice will affect his future, until after he has lived it.
The copyright of the article Robert Frost's Tricky Poem in American Poetry is owned by Linda Sue Grimes. Permission to republish Robert Frost's Tricky Poem in print or online must be granted by the author in writing.
Form
"The Road Not Taken" consists of four stanzas of five lines. The rhyme scheme is ABAAB; the rhymes are strict and masculine, with the notable exception of the last line (we do not usually stress the -ence of difference). There are four stressed syllables per line, varying on an iambic tetrameter base.
Robert Frost published "The Road Not Taken" in 1916. It is his most popular poem. It consists of four stanzas of five lines each, and each line has between eight and ten syllables in a roughly iambic rhythm. The lines in each stanza rhyme in an abaab pattern. The speaker must choose between diverging paths in the woods, and he sees that choice as a metaphor for different directions in life. In 1961, Robert Frost commented that "The Road Not Taken" is "a tricky poem, very tricky."
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The poem is written in first person, and raises question as to whether or not the speaker is the poet or a persona. According to the Lawrence Thompson biography, Robert Frost: The Years of Triumph (1971), Frost introduced the poem in readings by saying that the speaker was his Welsh friend Edward Thomas. According to Frost, Thomas was "a person who, whichever road he went, would be sorry he didn't go the other."
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Abortion and psychology
Originally published 10:07 p.m., May 17, 2007, updated 12:00 a.m., May 18, 2007
The Supreme Court's recent decision banning partial-birth abortion has renewed public interest in abortion politics and policy. Despite the infrequency of late-term abortions, the ban is significant because it strikes at one rationale for the general availability of abortion: the potential negative mental-health consequences for women who carry a child to term. Many late-terms abortions are performed for such reasons. For instance, in 1999, mental-health concerns were cited by the abortion provider in all 182 partial-birth procedures in Kansas.
Thus, both pro-choice and pro-life camps are gearing up for more debate over the mental-health consequences of abortion. In a fight, political or otherwise, it is good to have influential allies. In the abortion debate, pro-choice advocates historically have counted on the support of the powerful American Psychological Association.
Abortion and the APA have a relationship that predates Roe v. Wade. Rewinding to 1969, the APA became an early player in the public debate with the following resolution:
WHEREAS, termination of unwanted pregnancies is clearly a mental health and child welfare issue, and a legitimate concern of APA; be it resolved, that termination of pregnancy be considered a civil right of the pregnant woman, to be handled as other medical and surgical procedures in consultation with her physician...
Fast forward to 2007; the APA recently convened a task force called the Task Force on Mental Health and Abortion. According to APA spokeswoman Rhea Farberman, the committee will conduct an updated review of the published scientific literature on the potential impact of abortion on women's mental health. The committee has met once and is slated to report its findings in 2008.
Does the appointment of this committee signal a possible change in APA policy toward abortion? Very likely, the answer is no.
Periodically, pro-life psychologists have urged the APA to examine claims that abortion may lead to negative mental health consequences for some women. In 1989, the APA convened a task force to review research on the topic and found little risk of psychological harm. However, just over a year ago, a New Zealand based pro-choice researcher, David Fergusson, released a study that re-ignited the debate over the mental-health effects of abortion.
In a well-designed longitudinal study, Dr. Fergusson found abortion was associated with depression and other negative mental-health outcomes. Dr. Fergusson's team criticized the APA's position statement on abortion consequences, which stated, "Well-designed studies of psychological responses following abortion have consistently shown that risk of psychological harm is low. Some women experience psychological dysfunction following abortion, but post-abortion rates of distress and dysfunction are lower than pre-abortion rates."
Dr. Fergusson believed the APA position ignored results of studies such as his which found contradictory results.
For a 2006 article, I interviewed Dr. Nancy Russo, long-time APA luminary and defender of abortion rights, about Dr. Fergusson's criticism of the APA position. Dr. Russo first asserted the evidence on mental-health outcomes was of clinical interest but had no bearing on abortion as a civil right. In other words, no matter what the consequences, abortion should be legal.
In addition, she said the APA statement was accurate but that the APA's Internet page on the subject should be updated. Within days, that Web site was removed and remains unavailable.
So it is not surprising that the APA appointed a task force. However, the circumstances surrounding it have raised questions. One APA psychologist who is concerned about the objectivity of the task force is Dr. Rachel MacNair, author of "Perpetration-Induced Traumatic Stress: The psychological consequences of killing." Dr. MacNair says she is a "pro-life feminist" who "sees all violence as connected and wrong, with abortion being one kind of violence."
Why is she concerned? "Although the APA included two experts on the trauma of domestic violence and an expert on methodology, three members have clearly stated ideological commitments to the 'pro-choice' perspective. The voice of the woman who believes that she has problems caused by her abortion is absent."
Speaking about the APA's current stance, Dr. MacNair says, "Women who wish their therapists would take their abortions seriously as a possible cause of traumatization have faced being told that the APA has decided otherwise."
Dr. MacNair believes the committee's credibility would have been strengthened by including members with opposing perspectives. She observes, "Only if the report comes out with conclusions opposite to what one would expect with the ideological commitment of half of its members would it have credibility; if it comes out as would be predicted, the absence of balance on the task force will be a problem for its scientific credibility."
In fairness, Dr. MacNair doesn't assume the APA will disregard all research that associates some type of harm with abortion. She explains, "I have been told that the report of the task force will be going through a vigorous review process before being accepted. If that happens, then perhaps the voices that are absent now can still be heard."
No matter what results are reported, Dr. MacNair raises provocative questions about the role of political philosophy in constructing professional policies. The historical position of the APA on abortion, the method of the current task force's formation, and the ideological leanings of half of the members, all create legitimate concerns about the APA's ability to objectively review the evidence on abortion and mental health. On this committee, or indeed on any task force regarding issues of social controversy, scholars with contrasting professional, religious and cultural perspectives should be appointed. Only in this way will the APA's statements on socially divisive issues be taken seriously across the political spectrum.
Warren Throckmorton is associate professor of psychology and fellow for psychology and public policy at Pennsylvania's Grove City College. He maintains an active blog at www.wthrockmorton.com.
The Supreme Court's recent decision banning partial-birth abortion has renewed public interest in abortion politics and policy. Despite the infrequency of late-term abortions, the ban is significant because it strikes at one rationale for the general availability of abortion: the potential negative mental-health consequences for women who carry a child to term. Many late-terms abortions are performed for such reasons. For instance, in 1999, mental-health concerns were cited by the abortion provider in all 182 partial-birth procedures in Kansas.
Thus, both pro-choice and pro-life camps are gearing up for more debate over the mental-health consequences of abortion. In a fight, political or otherwise, it is good to have influential allies. In the abortion debate, pro-choice advocates historically have counted on the support of the powerful American Psychological Association.
Abortion and the APA have a relationship that predates Roe v. Wade. Rewinding to 1969, the APA became an early player in the public debate with the following resolution:
WHEREAS, termination of unwanted pregnancies is clearly a mental health and child welfare issue, and a legitimate concern of APA; be it resolved, that termination of pregnancy be considered a civil right of the pregnant woman, to be handled as other medical and surgical procedures in consultation with her physician...
Fast forward to 2007; the APA recently convened a task force called the Task Force on Mental Health and Abortion. According to APA spokeswoman Rhea Farberman, the committee will conduct an updated review of the published scientific literature on the potential impact of abortion on women's mental health. The committee has met once and is slated to report its findings in 2008.
Does the appointment of this committee signal a possible change in APA policy toward abortion? Very likely, the answer is no.
Periodically, pro-life psychologists have urged the APA to examine claims that abortion may lead to negative mental health consequences for some women. In 1989, the APA convened a task force to review research on the topic and found little risk of psychological harm. However, just over a year ago, a New Zealand based pro-choice researcher, David Fergusson, released a study that re-ignited the debate over the mental-health effects of abortion.
In a well-designed longitudinal study, Dr. Fergusson found abortion was associated with depression and other negative mental-health outcomes. Dr. Fergusson's team criticized the APA's position statement on abortion consequences, which stated, "Well-designed studies of psychological responses following abortion have consistently shown that risk of psychological harm is low. Some women experience psychological dysfunction following abortion, but post-abortion rates of distress and dysfunction are lower than pre-abortion rates."
Dr. Fergusson believed the APA position ignored results of studies such as his which found contradictory results.
For a 2006 article, I interviewed Dr. Nancy Russo, long-time APA luminary and defender of abortion rights, about Dr. Fergusson's criticism of the APA position. Dr. Russo first asserted the evidence on mental-health outcomes was of clinical interest but had no bearing on abortion as a civil right. In other words, no matter what the consequences, abortion should be legal.
In addition, she said the APA statement was accurate but that the APA's Internet page on the subject should be updated. Within days, that Web site was removed and remains unavailable.
So it is not surprising that the APA appointed a task force. However, the circumstances surrounding it have raised questions. One APA psychologist who is concerned about the objectivity of the task force is Dr. Rachel MacNair, author of "Perpetration-Induced Traumatic Stress: The psychological consequences of killing." Dr. MacNair says she is a "pro-life feminist" who "sees all violence as connected and wrong, with abortion being one kind of violence."
Why is she concerned? "Although the APA included two experts on the trauma of domestic violence and an expert on methodology, three members have clearly stated ideological commitments to the 'pro-choice' perspective. The voice of the woman who believes that she has problems caused by her abortion is absent."
Speaking about the APA's current stance, Dr. MacNair says, "Women who wish their therapists would take their abortions seriously as a possible cause of traumatization have faced being told that the APA has decided otherwise."
Dr. MacNair believes the committee's credibility would have been strengthened by including members with opposing perspectives. She observes, "Only if the report comes out with conclusions opposite to what one would expect with the ideological commitment of half of its members would it have credibility; if it comes out as would be predicted, the absence of balance on the task force will be a problem for its scientific credibility."
In fairness, Dr. MacNair doesn't assume the APA will disregard all research that associates some type of harm with abortion. She explains, "I have been told that the report of the task force will be going through a vigorous review process before being accepted. If that happens, then perhaps the voices that are absent now can still be heard."
No matter what results are reported, Dr. MacNair raises provocative questions about the role of political philosophy in constructing professional policies. The historical position of the APA on abortion, the method of the current task force's formation, and the ideological leanings of half of the members, all create legitimate concerns about the APA's ability to objectively review the evidence on abortion and mental health. On this committee, or indeed on any task force regarding issues of social controversy, scholars with contrasting professional, religious and cultural perspectives should be appointed. Only in this way will the APA's statements on socially divisive issues be taken seriously across the political spectrum.
Warren Throckmorton is associate professor of psychology and fellow for psychology and public policy at Pennsylvania's Grove City College. He maintains an active blog at www.wthrockmorton.com.
Abortion 'leaves mental legacy'
An abortion can cause five years of mental anguish, anxiety, guilt and even shame, a BMC Medicine study suggests.
University of Oslo researchers compared 40 women who had had a miscarriage with 80 who chose to have an abortion.
Miscarriage was associated with more mental distress in the six months after the loss of a baby - but abortion had a much longer lasting negative effect.
Pro-choice campaigners said there was no evidence abortion directly caused psychological trauma.
The researchers said their work underlined the importance of giving women information about the psychological effects of losing a baby - either through miscarriage or abortion.
The Oslo team found that, after 10 days, 47.5% of women who had miscarried suffered from some degree of mental distress compared with 30% of the abortion group.
The proportion of women who had a miscarriage suffering distress decreased during the study period, to 22.5% at six months and to just 2.6% at two years and five years.
But among the abortion group 25.7% were still experiencing distress after six months, and 20% at five years.
The researchers also said that women who had an abortion had to make an effort to avoid thinking about the event.
Complex response
The researchers, led by Anne Nordal Broen, said the responses of the women in the miscarriage group were similar to those expected after a traumatic life event.
However, the abortion group had more complex responses.
Richard Warren, from the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, said: "It has always been considered, and this study also shows, that the decision to terminate may bring with it long-standing feelings of anxiety and guilt.
"While most women are able to manage and cope with these feelings, when necessary, the need for ongoing support and counselling should be recognised and appropriate help given."
Anna Pringle, from the anti-abortion charity Life, said: "This confirms years of experience with women who come to us for counselling after abortion.
"The emotional suffering can be massive."
Thoughtful decision
However, a spokeswoman for the British Pregnancy Advisory Service - the UK's leading provider of abortion services - said most women weighed up the consequences fully before opting for an abortion.
"We don't see that many women for post-abortion counselling.
"We offer that service but women very rarely come back because they are able to cope with it by themselves."
A spokeswoman for the Family Planning Association, said: "There is no evidence to suggest that abortion directly causes psychological trauma.
"Women can experience mixed feelings after an abortion such as relief or sadness.
"These are natural reactions and few women experience long-term problems."
University of Oslo researchers compared 40 women who had had a miscarriage with 80 who chose to have an abortion.
Miscarriage was associated with more mental distress in the six months after the loss of a baby - but abortion had a much longer lasting negative effect.
Pro-choice campaigners said there was no evidence abortion directly caused psychological trauma.
The researchers said their work underlined the importance of giving women information about the psychological effects of losing a baby - either through miscarriage or abortion.
The Oslo team found that, after 10 days, 47.5% of women who had miscarried suffered from some degree of mental distress compared with 30% of the abortion group.
The proportion of women who had a miscarriage suffering distress decreased during the study period, to 22.5% at six months and to just 2.6% at two years and five years.
But among the abortion group 25.7% were still experiencing distress after six months, and 20% at five years.
The researchers also said that women who had an abortion had to make an effort to avoid thinking about the event.
Complex response
The researchers, led by Anne Nordal Broen, said the responses of the women in the miscarriage group were similar to those expected after a traumatic life event.
However, the abortion group had more complex responses.
Richard Warren, from the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, said: "It has always been considered, and this study also shows, that the decision to terminate may bring with it long-standing feelings of anxiety and guilt.
"While most women are able to manage and cope with these feelings, when necessary, the need for ongoing support and counselling should be recognised and appropriate help given."
Anna Pringle, from the anti-abortion charity Life, said: "This confirms years of experience with women who come to us for counselling after abortion.
"The emotional suffering can be massive."
Thoughtful decision
However, a spokeswoman for the British Pregnancy Advisory Service - the UK's leading provider of abortion services - said most women weighed up the consequences fully before opting for an abortion.
"We don't see that many women for post-abortion counselling.
"We offer that service but women very rarely come back because they are able to cope with it by themselves."
A spokeswoman for the Family Planning Association, said: "There is no evidence to suggest that abortion directly causes psychological trauma.
"Women can experience mixed feelings after an abortion such as relief or sadness.
"These are natural reactions and few women experience long-term problems."
The effects of abortion
Contrary to popular belief, women who have abortions may experience little orno long-term psychological trauma. In a study meant to examine how such factors as race and ethnicity influence the psychological after-effects of abortions, psychologists Nancy Felipe Russo Ph.D.. of Arizona State University, and Amy Dabul, Ph.D., of Phoenix College, found that the best clue to a woman's mental well-being after an abortion is her state of mind before the pregnancy--in particular her level of self-esteem. In other words, those who found the procedure traumatic were generally troubled long before they showed up at an abortion clinic. In fact, Dabul and Russo contend that much of the stress experienced by women who get abortions may stem not from the procedure itself but from the simple fact that the pregnancy is unwanted.
In addition, the researchers found that women's religious affiliation had no effect on whether they had abortions; devout Catholics were just as likely to abort as women belonging to religions more tolerant of the procedure. Nor did religion affect women's long-term well-being after abortion, once education level, income, and initial self-esteem were taken into account.
Russo and Dabul offer one caveat to their findings: They conducted their research be. fore abortion clinic harassment had fully bloomed. No one is sure how the added stress of Operation Rescue activism and recent attacks on clinics and doctors will affect women who choose to abort.
Psychology Today, Jul/Aug 97
In addition, the researchers found that women's religious affiliation had no effect on whether they had abortions; devout Catholics were just as likely to abort as women belonging to religions more tolerant of the procedure. Nor did religion affect women's long-term well-being after abortion, once education level, income, and initial self-esteem were taken into account.
Russo and Dabul offer one caveat to their findings: They conducted their research be. fore abortion clinic harassment had fully bloomed. No one is sure how the added stress of Operation Rescue activism and recent attacks on clinics and doctors will affect women who choose to abort.
Psychology Today, Jul/Aug 97
Abortion? Why abortion?[Real final paper]
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Professor Emma Liang
Composition II
Jan, 6, 2009
Professor Emma Liang
Composition II
Jan, 6, 2009
Abortion? Why abortion?
People over politics, religion, and academic research are apt to arouse the argument about abortion in recent era. Abortion, in the definition, is called” the termination of a pregnancy by the removal or expulsion of an embryo or fetus from the uterus, resulting in or caused by its death.” With stronger feminism since 19th century, abortion seems to involve more than one issue and evoke debate.
Abortion debate has been argued between “pro-choice” and “pro-life” groups. Pro-choice and pro-life are contraries. Pro-choice group agrees abortion. They describe that a woman should have complete control over her fertility and the choice to continue or terminate a pregnancy; meanwhile, pro-life group disagree abortion. They describe the political and ethical view which maintains that fetuses and embryos are human beings, and therefore have a right to live. (Wiki)
It’s obvious that the boundary of women and babies rights is the point which pro-choice and pro-life dispute about. Is the embryo an object or a life? Based Bible contents, it tells us God is involved in our creation from the womb-“Did not He who made me in the womb make him. And the same one fashion us in the womb? (Job 31:15)” Besides, Jesus demonstrated the love of God for children often during his ministry.
The main reason to abortion children are the results of property, being raped, endangers the mothers’ lives. However, the abortion is not the wise choice. It can solve the problem right now, but not solves it completely. As the number of abortion percentage rises higher recently, we can see the most women who go to abortion do not just solve the essentials of real problem. If the abortion helps women solve the problem, then why the women who go abortion still have problems later in their lives. Besides, Pope Benedict XVI said “Abortion is a crime of aggression not only against the unborn, but also against society.” He also mentioned “Legalized abortion has laid the groundwork for acceptance of the destruction of embryos in scientific research.” Children also have their rights. If women think abortion is in the rule morality, then why abortion is easily connected to suicides. A 1987 study of women who suffered from post-abortion trauma found that 60 percent had experienced suicidal ideation, 28 percent had attempted suicide, and 18 percent had attempted suicide more than once, often several years after the event.
What is the side effect for women to have abortion? In “The effects of abortion”, the author compares two groups: one is the miscarriage and the other is the abortion group. Besides the physical side effect- the tendency to have breast cancer, sleeping disorders, and alcohol abuse, there are another psychology trauma. In previous early period after abortion or miscarriage, most of the miscarriage women suffer more than the abortion ones. However, our surprise, the percentage between miscarriage and abortion groups change tremendously in six months to five year. The abortion group still suffers mental distress even after quite long time. Based on the statistics, the researchers advise women who had an abortion have to avoid thinking about the event. The main reason to let women suffer mental illness is that women are easy to associate the two unhappy events together, one is the unwanted pregnancy maybe to be rapped and the other is the period when women are undertook abortion surgeon. One of the researchers says: "It has always been considered, and this study also shows, that the decision to terminate may bring with it long-standing feelings of anxiety and guilt.” Also, According to University of Oslo researchers, the side effect of abortion is not only the physical damage but psychology trauma; women after abortion would have some symptom.
Other sources also support the idea-"In the majority of these cases, the pregnant victim’s problems stem more from the trauma of rape than from the pregnancy itself." (Mahkorn & Dolan, "Sexual Assault & Pregnancy." In New Perspectives on Human Abortion, University Publishers of Amer., 1981, pp. 182-199 239) they all explain the mental help is more necessary for being raped women. Further, "We found this experience is forgotten, replaced by remembering the abortion, because it is what they did." (M. Uchtman, Director, Suiciders Anonymous, Report to Cincinnati City Council, Sept. 1, 1981) Abortion help these victims? Probably not, it makes the thing worse. And there is other very surprising analysis- In one study of 37 rape pregnancies, 28 carried to term. S. Makhorn, (Psychological Aspects of Abortion, Mall & Watts, Univ. Pub. 1979, Pg. 58) almost more than half women choose not to abortion their unborn kids. Namely, it could be solved without abortion. The most excellent cure is how others treated her. If she can be treated in generous love, then she could be supported and encouraged to have the baby. Although the half genes come from the “his”, there is half of baby is hers. So it’s the top priority for government to have complete society workers to counsel these women.
Since we mention about the side effect of abortion, then how the surgeon is undertaken to cause such serious side effect? The video called “Eclipse of Reason” can lead us to the actual scenes of abortion; we can see how the 5 months embryo is destroyed in the abortion surgeon. It documents the abortion of a five-month-old baby boy as seen through a fetoscope - a camera placed inside the pregnant uterus. Riveting images of a late abortion are then shown with a camera both inside and outside the uterus. The progress of it horrifies lots of people and exposes the truths of abortion, particularly Partial Birth infanticide. In Taiwan, several schools use the video as the material of sex education. Several teen girls watch the video and announce they would never go to abortion in rest of their life. In America, the most common surgeon is the abortion. The number of abortion is about 150 million a year. Consistently verifiable statistics emphasize that this horror surgeon takes place 400 times a day in the US alone. In addition, there are deeply moving interviews with the other victims of abortion, women who have been irreparably injured by abortion, physically and psychologically. From World Health Organization (WHO), abortion accounts for 13 percent of women’s deaths during pregnancy and childbirth, and there are 31 abortions for every 100 live births globally in 2007. Nevertheless, according to the Guttmacher Institute's 2005 survey of abortion providers, the abortion rate in USA recently fall down, 30-year trends in abortion rates finds that fewer and fewer U.S. women go to abortion. But, the U.S. abortion rates are disproportionately high- American still has one of the highest teen-pregnancy rates in the developed world. In the way, sex education and contraception is essential to keep pregnancy away. So the school should take the responsibly on educating the teens. And in Taiwan, there are about 30’000 to 40’000 women go to abortion per year. Likewise Taiwan has similar situation as USA- Taiwan government statistics showed knowledge about sex education among teenager is falling down recent years, while the birth rate of teen is the highest in Asia. It’s estimated that about 6100 abortion among teen girls annually. So sex education is the urgent for Taiwan. It’s the root of avoiding abortion.
The first time I saw the video was in my junior high school time. I never thought the abortion is so dreadful before. When I saw the baby was taken out the mother by force, I was deeply shocked. The doctor was rational to using the tools to cause the uterus to contract and expel the tissue. The uterus is nearly human like. Even the documentary showed the breath and heartbeat of the uterus. In the end of abortion, the dead uterus was put in a bucket and then it was filled with scarlet blood. The blood is hard to be distinguished whose blood is- the mother or the uterus. The bucket was settled in the hospital; what’s surprising- there are other “buckets” in the hospital. They were like a dead specimen waited to be “handled”.
Everyday there are about 3500 abortion procedures. In other words, 2 to 3 fetuses are terminated by such procedure. Abortion does harm not only the babies but also the mothers. If the opposite argues that the choice to abortion is the women’s right, then the unborn babies should have rights, too. It’s particularly strange that there is a law that human embryos can’t be undertaken any experiment. Because the government still regards the embryo as a life. However the government gradually endures the human embryo experiment in recent years. In January, 2008, Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) made the decision to approve the experiment on human embryos. But the human experiment is regulated as illegal. This explains that “human” in law would be an “object”. It can be destroyed for the specific purposes, just like abortion. So in order to prevent such events happen, we should not let the human fetuses abort, for they are just the developing period of human.
From “Abortion and psychology”, both sides in abortion topic fight against each other by using scientific research. The whole article mentions about the women’s right and it “seems” to be the primary part to legalize the abortion. In the beginning of the article, it says that The Supreme Court's decision to ban partial-birth abortion. In other words, it strikes the general availability of abortion. Women rights are repeating over again and again. But, how about the unborn babies? Since the women and embryos rights are conflicting in the abortion, should they have equal rights with women? Then why not try to prevent abortion? The real emphasis for people concern is that abortions happen because of a lack of contraception. So Taiwan should reinforce the sex education to let our teen abortion rate fall. Tony Abbott, who is Federal Health Minister used to comment that "the rate of abortion is a national tragedy and society has too lax an attitude towards sexual promiscuity among teenagers" If they are not still careful to be pregnant, I think social workers and parents should help them out, especially parents.
The second reason why women go to abortion is the property. Contraception also can solve the problem. Government should pay more attention in abortion topic; it can cause impact in society. Besides rooting some basic sex concepts since the kids in primary school, avoiding abortion in advanced is more essential than “encourage” them to abortion because the pressure from society. Most women who go to abortion are that they can’t afford to raise these children. In 1977, the federal government of the U.S. paid for 295,000 welfare abortions. Under such circumstances, only 14.7% of pregnancies of non-welfare mothers were aborted. This clearly suggests coercion when we realize that the minority classes who make up a large share of the welfare people are more against abortion than are the while middle and upper classes. However, the welfare was abolished by large majority of citizens who want to pay for welfare abortions. So in general, it’s not the women want to destroy their children. Sometimes, its reality forces them to abortion. Besides, Black abortion rates are approximately 2.6 times higher than the white, since the white have much more socioeconomic prestige than the black. We find is a callous cost-benefit analysis of solving poverty by killing the unborn children of the poor. The problem should be handled by the government. Authority concerned must work out the law to incline abortion rate. The welfare is the better way to see the improvement of falling rate, but in the long term, the government should teach the right concepts to people. If the government ignore the problem, then the quality and quantity of population would be worse.
The final reason to abortion is because the fetuses endanger the mothers’ lives. From one of Spanish Studies, there is no maternal death between women with lupus during pregnancy. 8 patients who had "therapeutic" abortions, six of them requested the abortions themselves, and two had abortions performed because their medical treatment were presumed to harm the embryos. The measure to abort isn’t for s a live-preserving mother. And the sample of the fetuses endanger mothers’ lives and go to abortion is very few. Only 151 abortions have been carried out to save the mother's life between 1967 and 1990, a figure amounting to 0.004% of all abortions in UK. Further more, in 1992, a group of Ireland's top gynaecologists wrote: "We affirm that there are no medical circumstances justifying direct abortion, that is, no circumstances in which the life of a mother may only be saved by directly terminating the life of her unborn child." When Dublin's National Maternity Hospital (where 10% of all births in Ireland occurred) investigated the 21 deaths of pregnant women there between 1970 to1979, they found that not a single one of those deaths could have been avoided by abortion. In the conclusion, seldom women can take this reason to abort their children. Further, thanks to the development of medical science, the doctors will always find a way to let both mothers and children alive. For example, even if the woman had uterine cancer, requiring a hysterectomy, doctors would deliver the baby live first if he or she was viable. And for the breast cancer, the doctor would use another therapy treatment to these pregnancy women. So they don’t use the abortion- another killing the fetuses to solve the difficulties.
As the whole article conclusion, abortion is the most immoral to these fetuses. Unlike us, they are silent to announce their rights. Since the period of being in mothers’ wombs is part of our lives. Human can’t be killed, and so do the fetuses. They share the same living right with us. These reasons to abortion could be solved possibly. It depends on the government policy and concern; the rulers must care the crisis which would evolve a serious big social problem in the future. Several social problems combine together would cause the countries the unstable. So the authority concerned should establish a complete system to keep abortion away.
Reference:
Lisa Tolin. (Jul/Aug 97) The effects of abortion .Journal of Psychology Today. Retrieved November 11, 2008, from : http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/pto-19970701-000009.html
Abortion and psychology. (May 17, 2007) Retrieved November 14, 2008, from Washington Time Website: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2007/may/17/20070517-100743-6250r/
Eclipse of Reason. Bernard N. Nathanson. Jan, 1985.
Abortion 'leaves mental legacy'.(Monday12 December 2005)BBC News<>
AbortionFacts.com.2006<>
Friday, January 9, 2009
MSN Group discussion on final paper
Elsa 說:Well, wating for Claire
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:ok
Claire 說:Here I come~
蘇菲亞 說:1. Paper outlines including the title and 1-3 keywords (e.g., euthanasia, gay and lesbian marriage, animal rights, etc). Do you search information using these keywords? In English or Chinese? Why?
Title: Could Gay be Gay?Key words: GayI do research information through this keyword in both English and Chinese because I think that I could gather more information on the topic by doing so.
蘇菲亞 說:However, I found mostly English version.
Claire 說:Wow~
Elsa 說:You just use a key word "Gay"?
蘇菲亞 說:Yes[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:and then you could find many articles
蘇菲亞 說:now that it is a broad topic it is easy to find information.
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:so great and convenientElsa 說:Then, you must be tired to find the information you want. Because there are too many information
Claire 說:Both English and Chinese?
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:and maybe you can narrow your key words
蘇菲亞 說:But I ONLY USE ONE WORD
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:so the information you find may to be too broad for you
Elsa 說:That's ok. If you can find the source you want.
Claire 說: There must have lots of article
Elsa 說:But you might spend more time.
蘇菲亞 說:So what do you think I shoul;ld type?
Claire 說:So you do the topic in extensive way?
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:the topic you choose may to broad for you
蘇菲亞 說:SO WHAT SHOULD I DO
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:you can try to key in the keywords longer and explain detailly about your subject
Elsa 說:It depends on what aspects you want to discuss.
Claire 說:To narrow down the certain point of gay
蘇菲亞 說:OK
蘇菲亞 說:( 1 )Ideology- Queer Cinema.Louis Giannetti (1997). Understanding Movies, the eleventh edition, p.483-p.489. New jersey. Intended audiences: Those who are interested in analyzing movies.I think that it is quite interesting for it explain the ideology on homosexuality by analyzing the movies through media that we are familiar with.
蘇菲亞 說:This is my citation
蘇菲亞 說:The answer to the second question
蘇菲亞 說:( 2 )Gay Genes, Revisited. LeVay, Tim; Hamer. Scientific American(1994, May), Vol. 270 Issue 5, p44, 6p Abstract: Two pieces of evidence, a structure within the human brain and a genetic link, point to a biological component for male homosexuality [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER] (AN 14327844)Intended audiences: Academic paper.
蘇菲亞 說:The author gave out some results of the experiments and tries to convince the readers his point of view.Difficulties: Some of the concepts in the articles are expressed in the scientific way. Thus, I may feel confused.
蘇菲亞 說:Do Gays Have a Choice? Epstein, Robert. Scientific American Mind, Feb/Mar2006, Vol. 17 Issue 1, p50, 8p Abstract: Science offers a clear and surprising answer to a controversial question [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] (AN 23432303)From http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/pdf?vid=3&hid=3&sid=0ef80f05-7ac0-4011-a81c-1967ab28d5c1%40sessionmgr9Intended audiences: Academic paper. 蘇菲亞 說:The author stated different factors in the article that explain the cause of the sexual tendency. He did make his idea clear.
蘇菲亞 說:( 4 )Anonymous (September 7, 2004). Taiwan. Web Site: http://www.jamessteed.com/gayson/gayson.htmIntended audiences: General people. The web site contained the explanation of homosexuality so that people may get more information on the topic. By knowing more information, we might have less discrimination among them.
蘇菲亞 說:( 5 )Could Gay be Gay?AnonymousWeb Site: http://www.youtube.com/v/V1iEpBsNIBU&hl=zh_TW&fs=1Intended audiences: General people. Through the explanation on the topic, most of people could get to know more about gays/ lesbians ( their thoughts for example).
蘇菲亞 說:That's all to the second question.
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:the first citation :i think it is great that you use the book we have studied in this semester as your reference
蘇菲亞 說:The fact is you have to attack me
Claire 說:Ideology!!!Interesting!(When night is falling )
蘇菲亞 說:I don't know whether I had do the citation properly.
Elsa 說:Ha
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:the idea is great
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:BUT
蘇菲亞 說:BUT
Elsa 說:How do you use the second reference in your final paper? Since you said you are confused about that.
蘇菲亞 說:OH YEAH
蘇菲亞 說:I mean some of the idea it mentioned in the article.
蘇菲亞 說:Thanks
Claire 說:Because it's a academic paper ?
蘇菲亞 說:I WOULD REVISE THE SENTENSE
蘇菲亞 說:Yes
Elsa 說:You can add that if you agree with the standpoints in the sources.
Claire 說:Are there lot of new terms should be explained?
蘇菲亞 說:No.
蘇菲亞 說:It's not the term but the words it used in the articles.
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:so you creat th eterm by tourself?Claire 說:So how do you overcpme the problem?
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:sorry foe misspelling
Claire 說:Sorry~Elsa 說:miss spelling: )
Claire 說:overcome[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:XDDDDDDDD
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:C
Claire 說:ha蘇菲亞 說:the蘇菲亞 說:create
Claire 說:?
Elsa 說:I want to be the next to present.
Claire 說:Ok~
蘇菲亞 說: 3. How do you use these sources to support your own argument/opinions or as references for facts? Do you quote some words, phrases, or sentences directly from the original texts or paraphrase them?
I do quote some words, and sentences in my final paper because they supported my opinion.
蘇菲亞 說:
4. What revisions have you made compared to your annotations? What drives you to make revisions? Do you polish your language and pay attention to cohesion and coherence in your final paper?
I made some revisions by referring to the comments I received from peer working.
蘇菲亞 說:
5. What perspectives have you changed compared to your issue paper? Did you add your peer's opinions? Why or why not?
I did add my peer’s opinion in my issue paper because they pointed out the shortcomings that I did not realize before.
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:so do you paraphrase the qoutes
蘇菲亞 說:Before i want to change my position and focus on the cutural environment
蘇菲亞 說:but i found out that all of the infromation that i have found was about the scientific problems
蘇菲亞 說:yes i do qoute
Elsa 說:So you need to find more evidence instead of the scientific problems
Claire 說:What words do you quote?
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:the most important thing is you need to paraphrase them in your own ideas
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:did you do that?(attacking)
蘇菲亞 說:(i can feel that
蘇菲亞 說:it's hard to say it over here
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:i know that you have paraphrased them
蘇菲亞 說:i had put the quotation mark in my paragraph
蘇菲亞 說:actually i quote
蘇菲亞 說:and also paraphrased
Claire 說:Do you have coherence between the paragraph?
Elsa 說:Some conjunctions
蘇菲亞 說:I...am not sure about that
蘇菲亞 說:i think i did....吧
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:do make the mistake as same as me
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:don't
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:the same mistake
Elsa 說:Well. You can do it better when you looking your sentence again.
蘇菲亞 說:ok
Claire 說:Check it again!
蘇菲亞 說:so is that all?
蘇菲亞 說:OK!Claire 說:probably~
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:when i read your annatation, i find that overally there are not some serious problems in your article
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:the grammar and spelling is ok
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:the coherence is not too bad
Elsa 說:You did a good job.[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:but you stll have to polish them into a btter oneClaire 說:serious problems?
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:better
Claire 說:So?
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:the conjuntions
Elsa 說:conjunctionsClaire 說:OH! OK
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:THE MIS SPELLING AGAIN!!
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:so the next parts?
Elsa 說:I can start to presentElsa 說:?
Claire 說:OKClaire 說:Abortion!
Elsa 說:Abortion: A Serious Challenge between Morality and Women’s right
Elsa 說:key words:abortion, women's human rights
Elsa 說:I search the information on internet database with these words in English way. Because I want to know more about the cases and the world trend of abortion. By using the keywords, I do find many information and some of them support to my opinion.
Elsa 說:1. Women's consideration (Reasons for abortion)
2. Human rights (Research about the abortion laws)
3. Looking from another standpoints ( the thoughts of those who anti-abortion)
Elsa 說:That's the outlines of my paper.Elsa 說:2. Topics/themes in four annotations and their intended audiencesElsa 說:1) The first annotation is videos about the opinions of Obama, the president-elect in America. He thinks that limit the liberty of abortion may harm women's human right.
Audience:
People who care about the relationship between abortion and government.
Claire 說:So you emphasize women's human rights?
Elsa 說:Yes.
Elsa 說:That's my main point.
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:yap
Claire 說:Do you have other position?
Claire 說:Law ?Claire 說:Law of abortion!
Elsa 說:Yes. Claire 說:you say you want to mention
Elsa 說:(3) The third annotation is the world trend of abortion law.
Elsa 說:Audience:
People who do not know the real condition about abortion around the world.
Elsa 說:4) The fourth annotation is the reasons for those who oppose aborton.
Audience:
People who want to know why be anti-abortion
蘇菲亞 說:I THINK THAT YOUR VIEWPOINT IS CLEAR
蘇菲亞 說:AND PRECISE
Claire 說:Yup~
Elsa 說:Thank you!
Elsa 說:3. Main points in each source that support your own argument/opinions.Do you organize the relations in discourses with a smoth connection and transition between sentences? Do you quote some words, phrases, or sentences directly from the original texts or paraphrase them?
(1) Obama's ideas have in common with my opinions. No woman make the decision casually.
(2) Those reasons can make people to tElsa 說:(2) Those reasons can make people to think the necessity of abortion.
(3) Liberalization is the main trend of abortion laws.
(4) Show the purpose that those who oppose abortion might because some religion or the slogan of humanism, instead of caring for women and children.
Claire 說:Is any problem you encounter in your paper?[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:and you make three points in your paper
蘇菲亞 說:SO YOU QOUTE
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:discuss the three reasons
Elsa 說:I do qoute some words in my articleElsa 說:But not much.
蘇菲亞 說:OK
Claire 說:What peron do you quote?
蘇菲亞 說:I THINK EVERYBODY'S PROBLEMS IS THAT WE SHOULD CHECK THE SPELLING
蘇菲亞 說:THE COHERENCE
蘇菲亞 說:THE CONJUNCTION
Elsa 說:Yes. So the peer feedback is important
Elsa 說:I do add my peer's opinions, because they pointed out the weak point of my article. I know how to make my article more fluent by their opinions.
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:YES I ALSO AGREE THAT
Elsa 說:To the fifth question.
Elsa 說:(1) The weak point of my article is that I could not deny that those unborn babies have human rights too.
Elsa 說:2) I added more ideas to my final paper
1. The world trend2. The uniqe condition of each woman3. Looking from the other points of view (anti-abortion)
蘇菲亞 說:ok
蘇菲亞 說:so you have stated your position
蘇菲亞 說:that's cool
Claire 說:Pefect~
Elsa 說:But I do not know how to conquer the weak point
Elsa 說:I just avoid to talk about that part...
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:it is really hard to correct
蘇菲亞 說:if i were you, i would also avoid that part...
蘇菲亞 說:sorry
蘇菲亞 說:let me think an\bout that
Claire 說:The coherence?Elsa 說:Well... I am not sure whether my articles is coherent or not
Claire 說:do you work strongly?
Claire 說:And.........
Claire 說:you told me that you have 6 pages "only"
Elsa 說:I would try to make my article fluent
蘇菲亞 說:i think we should go on to the next person
Elsa 說:Ok.Claire 說:Mmmmm.....
蘇菲亞 說:what is human right
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:OK
蘇菲亞 說:i mean at the same time now
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:I'M NEXT
Claire 說:Elsa works very hard!
蘇菲亞 說:because elsa and claire had the same topic
蘇菲亞 說:almost the same
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:SO CLAIRE
Claire 說:different position
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:YOUR ARE THE NEXT ONE?
Elsa 說:So hurry up
Claire 說:I'm ok
Elsa 說:Tell us the outlines in your paper[
耐心 patient] ：) 說:or i will lose my time = =
Claire 說:abotion mental health
Claire 說:abortion
蘇菲亞 說:together
蘇菲亞 剛剛傳送來電震動。
Claire 說:My main outline includes abortion, and I would quote others to persuade others by using lot of science research and essay. The key words are the mental help, and psychology of abortion. Most information are English, because there are much more information what I want in the foreign website.
Claire 說:These annotations information I use is Eclipse of Reason. Bernard N. Nathanson. Jan, 1985, The effects of abortion. Lisa Tolin. Psychology Today, Jul/Aug 97,Abortion 'leaves mental legacy. 12 December 2005. BBC News,, and Abortion and psychology. May 17, 2007. Washington Times<http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2007/may/17/20070517-100743-6250r/>.
蘇菲亞 說:mental help, and psychology of abortion.
蘇菲亞 說:so you deal with the mental problem
Claire 說:These annotations information I use is Eclipse of Reason. Bernard N. Nathanson. Jan, 1985, The effects of abortion. Lisa Tolin. Psychology Today, Jul/Aug 97,Abortion 'leaves mental legacy. 12 December 2005. BBC News,, and Abortion and psychology. May 17, 2007. Washington Times<http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2007/may/17/20070517-100743-6250r/>.
Claire 說:Yes
Claire 說:psychology of abortion
Elsa 說:So how did you deal with the other points of view such as woman's right?
Claire 說:I choose to be pro-lifer.
Elsa 說:How did you conquer the weak point?
Claire 說:I use others' words
蘇菲亞 說:or baby's right
Claire 說:such as the Pope
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:yap
蘇菲亞 說:baby's psychological problem
Claire 說:It's psychological problem of women
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:i agree with sophia
Claire 說:Do you mean that I should develop baby's psychological problem?
Claire 說:Then I can try.
蘇菲亞 說:no
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:if you have enough time
Claire 說:Ok
蘇菲亞 說:because that's also elsa's problem
Claire 說:Thanks
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:otherwise you must reorganize your issue paper
蘇菲亞 說:both of you focus on the adults
Claire 說:Yea
蘇菲亞 說:or don't point out the word "baby"
Elsa 說:I see.
蘇菲亞 說:otherwise you will have confrontation in your paper
Claire 說:OK蘇菲亞 說:joyce[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:ok
Claire 說:come to Joyce!!
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:The relationship between cosmetic surgery and the self-image Why the trend of having cosmetic surgery has prevailed over the world?
Claire 說:Go ahead!
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:this is my topic(present)
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:Focus on three parts:
1. People are getting higher and higher acceptance of cosmetic surgery
2. The media, the mass images of the beautiful celebrities, and the advertisements about the cosmetic surgery
3. The self-image, self-reflection and the social values Social values affect the way we look ourselves.
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:so i make a deep discussion about these three topics
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:Search information in the key words
English > “self image” “plastic surgery” Mostly in the website of the “All Business” http://www.allbusiness.com/
Chinese> “整形文化” “自我形象” easy to get the full ideas and easy to understand website全國碩博士論文資訊網http://etds.ncl.edu.tw/theabs/index.html Elsa 說:I think that your standpoints are clear.[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:thx蘇菲亞 說:but蘇菲亞 說:i don't know your viewpoints
蘇菲亞 說:you support?
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:this is just the outline
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:my ideas will be in the article
蘇菲亞 說:ok[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:i just categoly them
蘇菲亞 說:just remind you
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:i know that i will pay more attentio non this part
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:it is also my main problem thx for Sophia
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:1. Annotation1- surgeons Enhance Patient’s Self-Image Whittington, Jane.(2006,December 1). Publicized in Greater Lansing Business Monthly [Electronic version], from http://www.allbusiness.com/health-care-social-assistance/ambulatory-health-services/4059428-1.html
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:2. Annotation 2- Power of self-image psychology American Salesman.(2003,May 3).Power of self-image psychology[Electronic version], from http://www.allbusiness.com/sales/526958-1.html
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:3. Annotation 3- Be Yourself Nicole Porter.(2006,September 8).Be Yourself.[Eletronic version], from http://www.allbusiness.com/services/amusement-recreation-services/4574935-1.html
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:4. Annotation 4- Image and Self-Image Alkistis TV.(2007).Image and self image,from http://tw.youtube.com/watch?v=UI5Uy1lWUPQ
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:so much = =
Claire 說:From TV! It's cool.
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:every annotation stands for one point
蘇菲亞 說:AND SALES
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:so there are three stand points
蘇菲亞 說:YOU FIND LOTS OF INFORMATION
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:haha
Elsa 說:Don't forget to express your views when you use them.
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:are you praising me?
蘇菲亞 說:IN THE CONCLUSION PART YOU MIGHT WANT TO ORGANIZE THEM AGAIN IN BRIEF WORDSClaire 說:What keywords do you use?
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:i have said that = =in the above
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:attacking
Claire 說:OH~sorry
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:1. Annotation1- surgeons Enhance Patient’s Self-Image
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:The higher acceptance of cosmetic surgeryThe higher standard about aesthetic >contribute to the uprising rate of the patients taking cosmetic surgery every year The pursuit of attractiveness and good identification are the primary reason that promotes people to take cosmetic surgery
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:2. Annotation 2- Power of self-imThis article puts much emphasis on how self-image affects the attitudes people have toward their lives.age psychology
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:3. Annotation 3- Be Yourself The cultural surroundings which affected the social values people have to self-image and the appearance.The massive images of the celebrities and advertisements
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:4. Annotation 4- Image and Self-Image Film clipThe author mentioned that self-esteem has to do with our appearances.
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:so much = =
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:every annatation stands for one point
Elsa 說:Do you have problems when you use these information?
蘇菲亞 說:for example the meaning
蘇菲亞 說:or some conflict
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:yes, at first i can't find any essay on the internet
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:after a long long stuggling, i found and useful website
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:that's the begining of my annatation
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:that's why i post my articles in the blogger so late
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:so sophia has pointed out that
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:I do quote some phrases in my paper but not much. Mostly I paraphrase the original articles and use my own words to explain.
蘇菲亞 說:i think that you could qoate
蘇菲亞 說:sometimes directly
蘇菲亞 說:to be more persuasive
Elsa 說:Yes.
Elsa 說:Using the words from convincing resouces will helpful
Claire 說:That's right~
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:yap i agree with you
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:i will improve that
蘇菲亞 說:SO ANY PROBLEMS?
蘇菲亞 說:?蘇菲亞 說:DID YOU CHANGE YOUR POSITION
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:I THINK NOT
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:I AGREE WITH THE POINTS
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:and i agree with the attitude toward cosmetic surgery
Elsa 說:If there is no problems...
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:this is the end maybe
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:ok
Claire 說:Here I come~
蘇菲亞 說:1. Paper outlines including the title and 1-3 keywords (e.g., euthanasia, gay and lesbian marriage, animal rights, etc). Do you search information using these keywords? In English or Chinese? Why?
Title: Could Gay be Gay?Key words: GayI do research information through this keyword in both English and Chinese because I think that I could gather more information on the topic by doing so.
蘇菲亞 說:However, I found mostly English version.
Claire 說:Wow~
Elsa 說:You just use a key word "Gay"?
蘇菲亞 說:Yes[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:and then you could find many articles
蘇菲亞 說:now that it is a broad topic it is easy to find information.
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:so great and convenientElsa 說:Then, you must be tired to find the information you want. Because there are too many information
Claire 說:Both English and Chinese?
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:and maybe you can narrow your key words
蘇菲亞 說:But I ONLY USE ONE WORD
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:so the information you find may to be too broad for you
Elsa 說:That's ok. If you can find the source you want.
Claire 說: There must have lots of article
Elsa 說:But you might spend more time.
蘇菲亞 說:So what do you think I shoul;ld type?
Claire 說:So you do the topic in extensive way?
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:the topic you choose may to broad for you
蘇菲亞 說:SO WHAT SHOULD I DO
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:you can try to key in the keywords longer and explain detailly about your subject
Elsa 說:It depends on what aspects you want to discuss.
Claire 說:To narrow down the certain point of gay
蘇菲亞 說:OK
蘇菲亞 說:( 1 )Ideology- Queer Cinema.Louis Giannetti (1997). Understanding Movies, the eleventh edition, p.483-p.489. New jersey. Intended audiences: Those who are interested in analyzing movies.I think that it is quite interesting for it explain the ideology on homosexuality by analyzing the movies through media that we are familiar with.
蘇菲亞 說:This is my citation
蘇菲亞 說:The answer to the second question
蘇菲亞 說:( 2 )Gay Genes, Revisited. LeVay, Tim; Hamer. Scientific American(1994, May), Vol. 270 Issue 5, p44, 6p Abstract: Two pieces of evidence, a structure within the human brain and a genetic link, point to a biological component for male homosexuality [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER] (AN 14327844)Intended audiences: Academic paper.
蘇菲亞 說:The author gave out some results of the experiments and tries to convince the readers his point of view.Difficulties: Some of the concepts in the articles are expressed in the scientific way. Thus, I may feel confused.
蘇菲亞 說:Do Gays Have a Choice? Epstein, Robert. Scientific American Mind, Feb/Mar2006, Vol. 17 Issue 1, p50, 8p Abstract: Science offers a clear and surprising answer to a controversial question [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] (AN 23432303)From http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/pdf?vid=3&hid=3&sid=0ef80f05-7ac0-4011-a81c-1967ab28d5c1%40sessionmgr9Intended audiences: Academic paper. 蘇菲亞 說:The author stated different factors in the article that explain the cause of the sexual tendency. He did make his idea clear.
蘇菲亞 說:( 4 )Anonymous (September 7, 2004). Taiwan. Web Site: http://www.jamessteed.com/gayson/gayson.htmIntended audiences: General people. The web site contained the explanation of homosexuality so that people may get more information on the topic. By knowing more information, we might have less discrimination among them.
蘇菲亞 說:( 5 )Could Gay be Gay?AnonymousWeb Site: http://www.youtube.com/v/V1iEpBsNIBU&hl=zh_TW&fs=1Intended audiences: General people. Through the explanation on the topic, most of people could get to know more about gays/ lesbians ( their thoughts for example).
蘇菲亞 說:That's all to the second question.
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:the first citation :i think it is great that you use the book we have studied in this semester as your reference
蘇菲亞 說:The fact is you have to attack me
Claire 說:Ideology!!!Interesting!(When night is falling )
蘇菲亞 說:I don't know whether I had do the citation properly.
Elsa 說:Ha
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:the idea is great
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:BUT
蘇菲亞 說:BUT
Elsa 說:How do you use the second reference in your final paper? Since you said you are confused about that.
蘇菲亞 說:OH YEAH
蘇菲亞 說:I mean some of the idea it mentioned in the article.
蘇菲亞 說:Thanks
Claire 說:Because it's a academic paper ?
蘇菲亞 說:I WOULD REVISE THE SENTENSE
蘇菲亞 說:Yes
Elsa 說:You can add that if you agree with the standpoints in the sources.
Claire 說:Are there lot of new terms should be explained?
蘇菲亞 說:No.
蘇菲亞 說:It's not the term but the words it used in the articles.
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:so you creat th eterm by tourself?Claire 說:So how do you overcpme the problem?
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:sorry foe misspelling
Claire 說:Sorry~Elsa 說:miss spelling: )
Claire 說:overcome[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:XDDDDDDDD
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:C
Claire 說:ha蘇菲亞 說:the蘇菲亞 說:create
Claire 說:?
Elsa 說:I want to be the next to present.
Claire 說:Ok~
蘇菲亞 說: 3. How do you use these sources to support your own argument/opinions or as references for facts? Do you quote some words, phrases, or sentences directly from the original texts or paraphrase them?
I do quote some words, and sentences in my final paper because they supported my opinion.
蘇菲亞 說:
4. What revisions have you made compared to your annotations? What drives you to make revisions? Do you polish your language and pay attention to cohesion and coherence in your final paper?
I made some revisions by referring to the comments I received from peer working.
蘇菲亞 說:
5. What perspectives have you changed compared to your issue paper? Did you add your peer's opinions? Why or why not?
I did add my peer’s opinion in my issue paper because they pointed out the shortcomings that I did not realize before.
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:so do you paraphrase the qoutes
蘇菲亞 說:Before i want to change my position and focus on the cutural environment
蘇菲亞 說:but i found out that all of the infromation that i have found was about the scientific problems
蘇菲亞 說:yes i do qoute
Elsa 說:So you need to find more evidence instead of the scientific problems
Claire 說:What words do you quote?
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:the most important thing is you need to paraphrase them in your own ideas
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:did you do that?(attacking)
蘇菲亞 說:(i can feel that
蘇菲亞 說:it's hard to say it over here
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:i know that you have paraphrased them
蘇菲亞 說:i had put the quotation mark in my paragraph
蘇菲亞 說:actually i quote
蘇菲亞 說:and also paraphrased
Claire 說:Do you have coherence between the paragraph?
Elsa 說:Some conjunctions
蘇菲亞 說:I...am not sure about that
蘇菲亞 說:i think i did....吧
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:do make the mistake as same as me
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:don't
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:the same mistake
Elsa 說:Well. You can do it better when you looking your sentence again.
蘇菲亞 說:ok
Claire 說:Check it again!
蘇菲亞 說:so is that all?
蘇菲亞 說:OK!Claire 說:probably~
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:when i read your annatation, i find that overally there are not some serious problems in your article
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:the grammar and spelling is ok
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:the coherence is not too bad
Elsa 說:You did a good job.[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:but you stll have to polish them into a btter oneClaire 說:serious problems?
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:better
Claire 說:So?
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:the conjuntions
Elsa 說:conjunctionsClaire 說:OH! OK
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:THE MIS SPELLING AGAIN!!
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:so the next parts?
Elsa 說:I can start to presentElsa 說:?
Claire 說:OKClaire 說:Abortion!
Elsa 說:Abortion: A Serious Challenge between Morality and Women’s right
Elsa 說:key words:abortion, women's human rights
Elsa 說:I search the information on internet database with these words in English way. Because I want to know more about the cases and the world trend of abortion. By using the keywords, I do find many information and some of them support to my opinion.
Elsa 說:1. Women's consideration (Reasons for abortion)
2. Human rights (Research about the abortion laws)
3. Looking from another standpoints ( the thoughts of those who anti-abortion)
Elsa 說:That's the outlines of my paper.Elsa 說:2. Topics/themes in four annotations and their intended audiencesElsa 說:1) The first annotation is videos about the opinions of Obama, the president-elect in America. He thinks that limit the liberty of abortion may harm women's human right.
Audience:
People who care about the relationship between abortion and government.
Claire 說:So you emphasize women's human rights?
Elsa 說:Yes.
Elsa 說:That's my main point.
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:yap
Claire 說:Do you have other position?
Claire 說:Law ?Claire 說:Law of abortion!
Elsa 說:Yes. Claire 說:you say you want to mention
Elsa 說:(3) The third annotation is the world trend of abortion law.
Elsa 說:Audience:
People who do not know the real condition about abortion around the world.
Elsa 說:4) The fourth annotation is the reasons for those who oppose aborton.
Audience:
People who want to know why be anti-abortion
蘇菲亞 說:I THINK THAT YOUR VIEWPOINT IS CLEAR
蘇菲亞 說:AND PRECISE
Claire 說:Yup~
Elsa 說:Thank you!
Elsa 說:3. Main points in each source that support your own argument/opinions.Do you organize the relations in discourses with a smoth connection and transition between sentences? Do you quote some words, phrases, or sentences directly from the original texts or paraphrase them?
(1) Obama's ideas have in common with my opinions. No woman make the decision casually.
(2) Those reasons can make people to tElsa 說:(2) Those reasons can make people to think the necessity of abortion.
(3) Liberalization is the main trend of abortion laws.
(4) Show the purpose that those who oppose abortion might because some religion or the slogan of humanism, instead of caring for women and children.
Claire 說:Is any problem you encounter in your paper?[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:and you make three points in your paper
蘇菲亞 說:SO YOU QOUTE
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:discuss the three reasons
Elsa 說:I do qoute some words in my articleElsa 說:But not much.
蘇菲亞 說:OK
Claire 說:What peron do you quote?
蘇菲亞 說:I THINK EVERYBODY'S PROBLEMS IS THAT WE SHOULD CHECK THE SPELLING
蘇菲亞 說:THE COHERENCE
蘇菲亞 說:THE CONJUNCTION
Elsa 說:Yes. So the peer feedback is important
Elsa 說:I do add my peer's opinions, because they pointed out the weak point of my article. I know how to make my article more fluent by their opinions.
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:YES I ALSO AGREE THAT
Elsa 說:To the fifth question.
Elsa 說:(1) The weak point of my article is that I could not deny that those unborn babies have human rights too.
Elsa 說:2) I added more ideas to my final paper
1. The world trend2. The uniqe condition of each woman3. Looking from the other points of view (anti-abortion)
蘇菲亞 說:ok
蘇菲亞 說:so you have stated your position
蘇菲亞 說:that's cool
Claire 說:Pefect~
Elsa 說:But I do not know how to conquer the weak point
Elsa 說:I just avoid to talk about that part...
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:it is really hard to correct
蘇菲亞 說:if i were you, i would also avoid that part...
蘇菲亞 說:sorry
蘇菲亞 說:let me think an\bout that
Claire 說:The coherence?Elsa 說:Well... I am not sure whether my articles is coherent or not
Claire 說:do you work strongly?
Claire 說:And.........
Claire 說:you told me that you have 6 pages "only"
Elsa 說:I would try to make my article fluent
蘇菲亞 說:i think we should go on to the next person
Elsa 說:Ok.Claire 說:Mmmmm.....
蘇菲亞 說:what is human right
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:OK
蘇菲亞 說:i mean at the same time now
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:I'M NEXT
Claire 說:Elsa works very hard!
蘇菲亞 說:because elsa and claire had the same topic
蘇菲亞 說:almost the same
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:SO CLAIRE
Claire 說:different position
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:YOUR ARE THE NEXT ONE?
Elsa 說:So hurry up
Claire 說:I'm ok
Elsa 說:Tell us the outlines in your paper[
耐心 patient] ：) 說:or i will lose my time = =
Claire 說:abotion mental health
Claire 說:abortion
蘇菲亞 說:together
蘇菲亞 剛剛傳送來電震動。
Claire 說:My main outline includes abortion, and I would quote others to persuade others by using lot of science research and essay. The key words are the mental help, and psychology of abortion. Most information are English, because there are much more information what I want in the foreign website.
Claire 說:These annotations information I use is Eclipse of Reason. Bernard N. Nathanson. Jan, 1985, The effects of abortion. Lisa Tolin. Psychology Today, Jul/Aug 97,Abortion 'leaves mental legacy. 12 December 2005. BBC News,, and Abortion and psychology. May 17, 2007. Washington Times<http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2007/may/17/20070517-100743-6250r/>.
蘇菲亞 說:mental help, and psychology of abortion.
蘇菲亞 說:so you deal with the mental problem
Claire 說:These annotations information I use is Eclipse of Reason. Bernard N. Nathanson. Jan, 1985, The effects of abortion. Lisa Tolin. Psychology Today, Jul/Aug 97,Abortion 'leaves mental legacy. 12 December 2005. BBC News,, and Abortion and psychology. May 17, 2007. Washington Times<http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2007/may/17/20070517-100743-6250r/>.
Claire 說:Yes
Claire 說:psychology of abortion
Elsa 說:So how did you deal with the other points of view such as woman's right?
Claire 說:I choose to be pro-lifer.
Elsa 說:How did you conquer the weak point?
Claire 說:I use others' words
蘇菲亞 說:or baby's right
Claire 說:such as the Pope
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:yap
蘇菲亞 說:baby's psychological problem
Claire 說:It's psychological problem of women
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:i agree with sophia
Claire 說:Do you mean that I should develop baby's psychological problem?
Claire 說:Then I can try.
蘇菲亞 說:no
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:if you have enough time
Claire 說:Ok
蘇菲亞 說:because that's also elsa's problem
Claire 說:Thanks
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:otherwise you must reorganize your issue paper
蘇菲亞 說:both of you focus on the adults
Claire 說:Yea
蘇菲亞 說:or don't point out the word "baby"
Elsa 說:I see.
蘇菲亞 說:otherwise you will have confrontation in your paper
Claire 說:OK蘇菲亞 說:joyce[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:ok
Claire 說:come to Joyce!!
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:The relationship between cosmetic surgery and the self-image Why the trend of having cosmetic surgery has prevailed over the world?
Claire 說:Go ahead!
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:this is my topic(present)
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:Focus on three parts:
1. People are getting higher and higher acceptance of cosmetic surgery
2. The media, the mass images of the beautiful celebrities, and the advertisements about the cosmetic surgery
3. The self-image, self-reflection and the social values Social values affect the way we look ourselves.
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:so i make a deep discussion about these three topics
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:Search information in the key words
English > “self image” “plastic surgery” Mostly in the website of the “All Business” http://www.allbusiness.com/
Chinese> “整形文化” “自我形象” easy to get the full ideas and easy to understand website全國碩博士論文資訊網http://etds.ncl.edu.tw/theabs/index.html Elsa 說:I think that your standpoints are clear.[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:thx蘇菲亞 說:but蘇菲亞 說:i don't know your viewpoints
蘇菲亞 說:you support?
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:this is just the outline
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:my ideas will be in the article
蘇菲亞 說:ok[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:i just categoly them
蘇菲亞 說:just remind you
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:i know that i will pay more attentio non this part
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:it is also my main problem thx for Sophia
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:1. Annotation1- surgeons Enhance Patient’s Self-Image Whittington, Jane.(2006,December 1). Publicized in Greater Lansing Business Monthly [Electronic version], from http://www.allbusiness.com/health-care-social-assistance/ambulatory-health-services/4059428-1.html
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:2. Annotation 2- Power of self-image psychology American Salesman.(2003,May 3).Power of self-image psychology[Electronic version], from http://www.allbusiness.com/sales/526958-1.html
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:3. Annotation 3- Be Yourself Nicole Porter.(2006,September 8).Be Yourself.[Eletronic version], from http://www.allbusiness.com/services/amusement-recreation-services/4574935-1.html
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:4. Annotation 4- Image and Self-Image Alkistis TV.(2007).Image and self image,from http://tw.youtube.com/watch?v=UI5Uy1lWUPQ
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:so much = =
Claire 說:From TV! It's cool.
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:every annotation stands for one point
蘇菲亞 說:AND SALES
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:so there are three stand points
蘇菲亞 說:YOU FIND LOTS OF INFORMATION
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:haha
Elsa 說:Don't forget to express your views when you use them.
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:are you praising me?
蘇菲亞 說:IN THE CONCLUSION PART YOU MIGHT WANT TO ORGANIZE THEM AGAIN IN BRIEF WORDSClaire 說:What keywords do you use?
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:i have said that = =in the above
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:attacking
Claire 說:OH~sorry
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:1. Annotation1- surgeons Enhance Patient’s Self-Image
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:The higher acceptance of cosmetic surgeryThe higher standard about aesthetic >contribute to the uprising rate of the patients taking cosmetic surgery every year The pursuit of attractiveness and good identification are the primary reason that promotes people to take cosmetic surgery
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:2. Annotation 2- Power of self-imThis article puts much emphasis on how self-image affects the attitudes people have toward their lives.age psychology
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:3. Annotation 3- Be Yourself The cultural surroundings which affected the social values people have to self-image and the appearance.The massive images of the celebrities and advertisements
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:4. Annotation 4- Image and Self-Image Film clipThe author mentioned that self-esteem has to do with our appearances.
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:so much = =
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:every annatation stands for one point
Elsa 說:Do you have problems when you use these information?
蘇菲亞 說:for example the meaning
蘇菲亞 說:or some conflict
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:yes, at first i can't find any essay on the internet
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:after a long long stuggling, i found and useful website
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:that's the begining of my annatation
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:that's why i post my articles in the blogger so late
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:so sophia has pointed out that
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:I do quote some phrases in my paper but not much. Mostly I paraphrase the original articles and use my own words to explain.
蘇菲亞 說:i think that you could qoate
蘇菲亞 說:sometimes directly
蘇菲亞 說:to be more persuasive
Elsa 說:Yes.
Elsa 說:Using the words from convincing resouces will helpful
Claire 說:That's right~
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:yap i agree with you
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:i will improve that
蘇菲亞 說:SO ANY PROBLEMS?
蘇菲亞 說:?蘇菲亞 說:DID YOU CHANGE YOUR POSITION
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:I THINK NOT
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:I AGREE WITH THE POINTS
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:and i agree with the attitude toward cosmetic surgery
Elsa 說:If there is no problems...
[ 耐心 patient] ：) 說:this is the end maybe
Q [presentation for final paper]
1. Paper outlines including the title and 1-3 keywords (e.g., euthanasia, gay and lesbian marriage, animal rights, etc). Do you search information using these keywords? In English or Chinese? Why?
A: My main outline includes abortion, and I would quote others to persuade others by using lot of science research and essay. The key words are the mental help, and psychology of abortion. Most information are English, because there are much more information what I want in the foreign website.
2. 4 full citations (see the previous email for the APA formats) including library and Web sources and their intended audiences (e.g., general, academic, customers, peers and friends, other). Are you satisfied with the quality of these resources? What difficulty do you encounter?
A: These annotations information I use is Eclipse of Reason. Bernard N. Nathanson. Jan, 1985, The effects of abortion. Lisa Tolin. Psychology Today, Jul/Aug 97,
Abortion 'leaves mental legacy. 12 December 2005. BBC News,
, and Abortion and psychology. May 17, 2007. Washington Times<http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2007/may/17/20070517-100743-6250r/>.
They all comes from Internet, for I choose the research papers on abortion and some news reported by some media. For most of all, I think they can support my own position. They are useful. However, I think the searching is much more difficult. From so such the results of Google, you must look at the article and then decide to choose it or not. Sometimes if you can’t find what you want, you may be frustrated.
3. How do you use these sources to support your own argument/opinions or as references for facts? Do you quote some words, phrases, or sentences directly from the original texts or paraphrase them?
A: Most of the resource I use is research or video. I think they have the truth and also not strong position about abortion, excluding the video. But I would choose the one which is proper for my position.
4. What revisions have you made compared to your annotations? What drives you to make revisions? Do you polish your language and pay attention to cohesion and coherence in your final paper?
A: I think when I write annotation, it’s part of my final paper. So maybe 4-5 revision. The peer feedback and advice would drive me to revise. It can point up my weakness. I learn how to polish my writing by “slowing down” my speed of writing and use right phrase to describe in semester. For the real final paper, I would examine overtimes to have the coherence in the paper. For the version now, I don’t have strong coherence between different issues. So I think the next revision, I should pay more attention on it.
5. What perspectives have you changed compared to your issue paper? Did you add your peer's opinions? Why or why not?
A:I think Elsa gives me some other position view.
A: My main outline includes abortion, and I would quote others to persuade others by using lot of science research and essay. The key words are the mental help, and psychology of abortion. Most information are English, because there are much more information what I want in the foreign website.
2. 4 full citations (see the previous email for the APA formats) including library and Web sources and their intended audiences (e.g., general, academic, customers, peers and friends, other). Are you satisfied with the quality of these resources? What difficulty do you encounter?
A: These annotations information I use is Eclipse of Reason. Bernard N. Nathanson. Jan, 1985, The effects of abortion. Lisa Tolin. Psychology Today, Jul/Aug 97,
Abortion 'leaves mental legacy. 12 December 2005. BBC News,
They all comes from Internet, for I choose the research papers on abortion and some news reported by some media. For most of all, I think they can support my own position. They are useful. However, I think the searching is much more difficult. From so such the results of Google, you must look at the article and then decide to choose it or not. Sometimes if you can’t find what you want, you may be frustrated.
3. How do you use these sources to support your own argument/opinions or as references for facts? Do you quote some words, phrases, or sentences directly from the original texts or paraphrase them?
A: Most of the resource I use is research or video. I think they have the truth and also not strong position about abortion, excluding the video. But I would choose the one which is proper for my position.
4. What revisions have you made compared to your annotations? What drives you to make revisions? Do you polish your language and pay attention to cohesion and coherence in your final paper?
A: I think when I write annotation, it’s part of my final paper. So maybe 4-5 revision. The peer feedback and advice would drive me to revise. It can point up my weakness. I learn how to polish my writing by “slowing down” my speed of writing and use right phrase to describe in semester. For the real final paper, I would examine overtimes to have the coherence in the paper. For the version now, I don’t have strong coherence between different issues. So I think the next revision, I should pay more attention on it.
5. What perspectives have you changed compared to your issue paper? Did you add your peer's opinions? Why or why not?
A:I think Elsa gives me some other position view.
Book Review[Group Essay]
This semester we have learned lots of writing skills and the steps of how to write an essay from the book “Steps to Writing Well” written by Jean Wyrick. This book guides us to write a variety of essays by following the steps from the basic elements to the advanced skills which provides us an elementary direction to the world of writing. In the following, we would make a brief introduction of this book.
When composing works, we need to pay attention to several problems. Firstly, discover our audience is important. We have to change our style of writing and the form of composing our works so as to meet different readers request. Remember to organize our writings with clear thesis statements; we should not bore them with confusion, and disorder. Thus, to interest the readers with a sexy topic is really important. Also, choose to describe things in objective or subjective way. Different writing categories such as argumentations and descriptions have different writing methods. Secondly, try to convince the readers with abundant evidences to support our ideas. Besides, we can make our essays vivid by using sensory details. Thirdly, after finishing writing the articles, we have to revise them. Think of the questions such as whether the topics are too broad or too narrow, does specific ideas support our viewpoint and so on. Grammar, punctuation, word choice and usage are also what we should pay attention to. In addition, we could also ask someone else to look over our works, because with their help, we could find out more faults that we have not realized. Last but not the least, we have to write down the citation in a proper format.
All of these writing skills are contained in the book and really offers us a clear and complete guideline to writing well. Besides the brief introduction of this book, the following are some of the favorite chapters we think of as the most important and impress us the most.To begin with, we discussed about which chapter is our favorite one. Most of us thought that Chapter 18 “Writing about Film” is the most impressive and interesting chapter. Sophia’s group introduced about how to analyze a film, and the clips they chose made their report become more abundant. We also connected this chapter with Jerome’s film class and Stewart’s movie discussion class. Then, we turned to regard some important writing skills when we are going to organize an essay. Recognizing your purpose and choosing the topic carefully should be consider in the first place. Knowing who the readers are, trying to interest and convince them with your unique viewpoints and feelings are significant. In addition, providing specific examples to support your ideas, building the arguments and giving out your position are necessary, too. In chapter 10, using appropriate tone and seeing the opposite points of view could help us to fight against those people who have opposite opinions.
Afterwards, the problems we should avoid became our discussing topic. In chapter 20 and 21, the usage of grammar and punctuation are pointed out. The order of time and space and the transitional words between each paragraph are also needed to be considered. Besides, we learned how to put the source and the author’s name in a correct form in chapter 14. The citation made the reference we used clearly. When we are going to write an article, remember to use the concise words and keep asking “why”. It can help us to express our meanings more concrete. At last, by the process of revising, our defects of writing can be improved. It is the only way to make our articles become better and smoothly.
When composing works, we need to pay attention to several problems. Firstly, discover our audience is important. We have to change our style of writing and the form of composing our works so as to meet different readers request. Remember to organize our writings with clear thesis statements; we should not bore them with confusion, and disorder. Thus, to interest the readers with a sexy topic is really important. Also, choose to describe things in objective or subjective way. Different writing categories such as argumentations and descriptions have different writing methods. Secondly, try to convince the readers with abundant evidences to support our ideas. Besides, we can make our essays vivid by using sensory details. Thirdly, after finishing writing the articles, we have to revise them. Think of the questions such as whether the topics are too broad or too narrow, does specific ideas support our viewpoint and so on. Grammar, punctuation, word choice and usage are also what we should pay attention to. In addition, we could also ask someone else to look over our works, because with their help, we could find out more faults that we have not realized. Last but not the least, we have to write down the citation in a proper format.
All of these writing skills are contained in the book and really offers us a clear and complete guideline to writing well. Besides the brief introduction of this book, the following are some of the favorite chapters we think of as the most important and impress us the most.To begin with, we discussed about which chapter is our favorite one. Most of us thought that Chapter 18 “Writing about Film” is the most impressive and interesting chapter. Sophia’s group introduced about how to analyze a film, and the clips they chose made their report become more abundant. We also connected this chapter with Jerome’s film class and Stewart’s movie discussion class. Then, we turned to regard some important writing skills when we are going to organize an essay. Recognizing your purpose and choosing the topic carefully should be consider in the first place. Knowing who the readers are, trying to interest and convince them with your unique viewpoints and feelings are significant. In addition, providing specific examples to support your ideas, building the arguments and giving out your position are necessary, too. In chapter 10, using appropriate tone and seeing the opposite points of view could help us to fight against those people who have opposite opinions.
Afterwards, the problems we should avoid became our discussing topic. In chapter 20 and 21, the usage of grammar and punctuation are pointed out. The order of time and space and the transitional words between each paragraph are also needed to be considered. Besides, we learned how to put the source and the author’s name in a correct form in chapter 14. The citation made the reference we used clearly. When we are going to write an article, remember to use the concise words and keep asking “why”. It can help us to express our meanings more concrete. At last, by the process of revising, our defects of writing can be improved. It is the only way to make our articles become better and smoothly.
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Book Review[MSN]
2008/12/30下午 10:10:13友君Sorry for late.
2008/12/30下午 10:11:08涵兒 加入對話。
2008/12/30下午 10:11:29蘇菲亞So that's start
2008/12/30下午 10:11:39友君Ok.
2008/12/30下午 10:11:49[ 耐心 patient] ：)two hours discussing
2008/12/30下午 10:11:59涵兒ok~
2008/12/30下午 10:13:21[ 耐心 patient] ：)so first of all
2008/12/30下午 10:13:31蘇菲亞As for me, I think that Chapter 18 "Writing about Film" is my favorite chapter
2008/12/30下午 10:13:54友君Me too.
2008/12/30下午 10:14:14友君And your report also impressed me.
2008/12/30下午 10:14:27[ 耐心 patient] ：)MOVIE
2008/12/30下午 10:14:42蘇菲亞We could connect the chapter with "Understanding Movies"
2008/12/30下午 10:14:47涵兒It's good~
2008/12/30下午 10:14:52蘇菲亞Oh I am flattered
2008/12/30下午 10:15:22[ 耐心 patient] ：)haha
2008/12/30下午 10:15:22[ 耐心 patient] ：)I THINK
2008/12/30下午 10:16:02友君The clips you chose connect with our Film class.
2008/12/30下午 10:16:16友君Run Lora Run
2008/12/30下午 10:16:31涵兒When we are talking about movies, I think I would come up with Jerome Class~
2008/12/30下午 10:16:51[ 耐心 patient] ：)or stewart
2008/12/30下午 10:17:08[ 耐心 patient] ：)stewart also talks movie in the oral training class
2008/12/30下午 10:17:18涵兒It's impressive to see the same clips in different classes!
2008/12/30下午 10:18:40友君And analyze the photography. Just like what we do on Jerome's class.
2008/12/30下午 10:19:28[ 耐心 patient] ：)but can't put more emphasis on movie
2008/12/30下午 10:20:28友君Yes. I think we can talk about some writing skill in the text book.
2008/12/30下午 10:21:29涵兒Our group is talking about "Writing about Literature".
2008/12/30下午 10:22:25友君There are some things have to do when we are going to write or analyze the literature work.
2008/12/30下午 10:22:41涵兒I think it also applies to our reading in English or American literature.
2008/12/30下午 10:23:22友君We need to know what the author wants to express first.
2008/12/30下午 10:23:38友君and provide our own interpretation.2008/12/30下午 10:24:54蘇菲亞Yes, and that's really important, too
2008/12/30下午 10:24:54[ 耐心 patient] ：)i think we can list some important writing skills
2008/12/30下午 10:25:02[ 耐心 patient] ：)yeah
2008/12/30下午 10:25:04友君Ok.
2008/12/30下午 10:25:49[ 耐心 patient] ：)
2008/12/30下午 10:26:10友君Recongnize your purpose.
2008/12/30下午 10:27:34友君The first main point in chapter 11 and chapter 12. (Description and Narration)
2008/12/30下午 10:28:35涵兒Put your purpose under arrangement
2008/12/30下午 10:28:45[ 耐心 patient] ：)yeah the writing skil
l2008/12/30下午 10:29:26[ 耐心 patient] ：)argumentation2008/12/30下午 10:29:26[ 耐心 patient] ：)decription
2008/12/30下午 10:29:46蘇菲亞By the way, we have to know who are the readers2008/12/30下午 10:30:27涵兒To interest the readers~
2008/12/30下午 10:30:37涵兒with your own topic!
2008/12/30下午 10:30:50友君You need to make your readers be convinced.
2008/12/30下午 10:32:02友君Some experiences can support your perspective.
2008/12/30下午 10:33:38蘇菲亞You are right
2008/12/30下午 10:34:08[ 耐心 patient] ：)so we have to divide our paper in many parts
2008/12/30下午 10:34:18蘇菲亞So we have to choose our subject carefully
2008/12/30下午 10:36:22友君Also, choose to describe things in objective or subjective way.
2008/12/30下午 10:37:15涵兒And supporting our ideas with some research.
2008/12/30下午 10:37:29[ 耐心 patient] ：)yeah
2008/12/30下午 10:37:44[ 耐心 patient] ：)and try to convince audieance
2008/12/30下午 10:37:49[ 耐心 patient] ：)audience
2008/12/30下午 10:38:29蘇菲亞you really did point out the point
2008/12/30下午 10:38:40友君Make readers see what you have found out and feel as your feeling.
2008/12/30下午 10:39:26蘇菲亞Yeah, things that can move us can have stonger impact in our heart
2008/12/30下午 10:39:47蘇菲亞It's just like Approach to American Literature
2008/12/30下午 10:39:57蘇菲亞HAHA
2008/12/30下午 10:40:17[ 耐心 patient] ：)and oral training
2008/12/30下午 10:40:26[ 耐心 patient] ：)gee gee2008/12/30下午 10:41:11涵兒Yup~
2008/12/30下午 10:41:11友君HA~The same skills can be used in all the classes.
2008/12/30下午 10:43:27蘇菲亞hA
2008/12/30下午 10:43:37[ 耐心 patient] ：)剛剛斷線
2008/12/30下午 10:43:47涵兒That's OK :)
2008/12/30下午 10:43:47蘇菲亞THAT'S OK2008/12/30下午 10:43:57蘇菲亞WE DON'T CARE THAT MUCH
2008/12/30下午 10:43:57蘇菲亞HAHA2008/12/30下午 10:45:45友君Besides, we can make our essays vivid by using sensory details.
2008/12/30下午 10:46:06[ 耐心 patient] ：)yeah
2008/12/30下午 10:46:16[ 耐心 patient] ：)tha;t the description2008/12/30下午 10:46:25友君Sight, hearing, smell...
2008/12/30下午 10:46:25[ 耐心 patient] ：)the chapter i report2008/12/30下午 10:46:25[ 耐心 patient] ：)= =
2008/12/30下午 10:46:52涵兒YA
2008/12/30下午 10:47:17[ 耐心 patient] ：)so it's the writting skill
2008/12/30下午 10:48:39友君Always asking "WHY" is also important
2008/12/30下午 10:48:44涵兒And with some logic in writting skills.
2008/12/30下午 10:48:54蘇菲亞After finishing writing the articles, we have to revise them.
2008/12/30下午 10:49:04蘇菲亞"Ask Why"2008/12/30下午 10:49:25蘇菲亞can be related to the Accounting class XD
2008/12/30下午 10:49:45[ 耐心 patient] ：)so that;s the chapter 5
2008/12/30下午 10:50:40蘇菲亞1. What is the most interesting part and persuasive point in your essay.
2008/12/30下午 10:50:54友君It is also needed when we are reading a story or poem.
2008/12/30下午 10:51:04蘇菲亞2.Is your topic too broad or too narrow
2008/12/30下午 10:51:29蘇菲亞3. What aspects might need more work2008/12/30下午 10:51:44蘇菲亞4.Does specific idea support your idea
2008/12/30下午 10:51:59蘇菲亞Give out your position
2008/12/30下午 10:52:09蘇菲亞That's what we have to check out
2008/12/30下午 10:52:24蘇菲亞I agree your point
2008/12/30下午 10:52:29涵兒Yup.
2008/12/30下午 10:52:49蘇菲亞All of the writing skill could be used in different types of writing
2008/12/30下午 10:53:05友君Yeah. You listed the points we should pay attention to.
2008/12/30下午 10:53:41涵兒After writing, we also need to revise~
2008/12/30下午 10:55:03友君How to organize your essay effectively is significant.
2008/12/30下午 10:55:03涵兒Many problems in sentence clarity involve errors in grammar, punctuation, word choice and usage.
2008/12/30下午 10:55:55友君Sometimes the readers might have trouble to understand.
2008/12/30下午 10:56:31涵兒1. Give your sentences content.
2008/12/30下午 10:57:02涵兒2. Make your sentences specific.
2008/12/30下午 10:57:33涵兒3. Avoid overpacking your sentences.
2008/12/30下午 10:57:53涵兒4. Fix fragments
2008/12/30下午 10:58:14涵兒5. Pay attention to word order.
2008/12/30下午 10:59:05涵兒This is the important points in Chapter 6.
2008/12/30下午 10:59:35[ 耐心 patient] ：)yeah
2008/12/30下午 10:59:54[ 耐心 patient] ：)so it seems that we have lots of things to talk
2008/12/30下午 11:00:12友君That is talking about how to make our meanings clear in each sentences.
2008/12/30下午 11:00:48蘇菲亞yes
2008/12/30下午 11:00:48涵兒I think developing a concise style is also important~
2008/12/30下午 11:00:58蘇菲亞tha's true
2008/12/30下午 11:02:45友君It is necessary to build argument when we are writing.
2008/12/30下午 11:03:45友君Explore the possibilities and your opinions.
2008/12/30下午 11:04:11友君Anticipate opposing views.
2008/12/30下午 11:04:56涵兒The classmates' comments are also very helpful~
2008/12/30下午 11:05:41蘇菲亞In chapter 10 for example, when writing an argumentation esay, we have to use "appropriate tone"
2008/12/30下午 11:05:41友君Just like what Claire and I do. We have different standpoint toward abortion.
2008/12/30下午 11:05:57蘇菲亞yeah
2008/12/30下午 11:06:07[ 耐心 patient] ：)yeah
2008/12/30下午 11:06:17蘇菲亞different people can find out one another's weak
point
2008/12/30下午 11:06:27蘇菲亞they could offer us some precious opinion
2008/12/30下午 11:07:18涵兒Yup~
2008/12/30下午 11:07:35友君And we also have to fight with each other to strengthen our viewpoint.2008/12/30下午 11:09:27蘇菲亞that;s right
2008/12/30下午 11:09:47涵兒Others' pointview can complement our views.
2008/12/30下午 11:09:57[ 耐心 patient] ：)fight with othersXD
2008/12/30下午 11:10:21友君The point of view.
2008/12/30下午 11:10:28涵兒I usually fight with Elsa in the dorm. XXD2008/12/30下午 11:10:43[ 耐心 patient] ：)XDD
2008/12/30下午 11:10:53蘇菲亞cool
2008/12/30下午 11:10:54友君No. That's not true~~~~2008/12/30下午 11:11:03友君Haha
2008/12/30下午 11:11:13涵兒Since both of us are making the same topic.
2008/12/30下午 11:11:23蘇菲亞I would so much like to hit my room mates
2008/12/30下午 11:11:44涵兒Ha~~
2008/12/30下午 11:11:54蘇菲亞by discussing your topics, I think you can really get some new ideas
2008/12/30下午 11:12:04蘇菲亞new concept2008/12/30下午 11:12:35[ 耐心 patient] ：)YEAH
2008/12/30下午 11:12:45[ 耐心 patient] ：)i agree with it
2008/12/30下午 11:13:05蘇菲亞seeing the opposite point of views, you can find ways to "fight" back people that's in different position
2008/12/30下午 11:13:14[ 耐心 patient] ：)and other people will also give you advice
2008/12/30下午 11:13:36友君Yeah.
2008/12/30下午 11:14:55友君Maybe we can talk about some problems should be avoid.
2008/12/30下午 11:15:36[ 耐心 patient] ：)grammar false
2008/12/30下午 11:15:56[ 耐心 patient] ：)unorganized article
2008/12/30下午 11:16:17涵兒wrong word choice.2008/12/30下午 11:16:41友君Sudden change in perspective.
2008/12/30下午 11:19:13蘇菲亞Chapter20
2008/12/30下午 11:19:43蘇菲亞It also pointed out some problems about errors in grammar
2008/12/30下午 11:20:03[ 耐心 patient] ：)yap
2008/12/30下午 11:20:43蘇菲亞In Chapter 21,also, talks of the importance of using punctuation
2008/12/30下午 11:20:58涵兒Yes~
2008/12/30下午 11:21:03蘇菲亞that's also the problems we should avoid2008/12/30下午 11:21:13涵兒It does help~
2008/12/30下午 11:22:01友君Yes. It is the basic problems we should pay attention to.
2008/12/30下午 11:22:47涵兒But after getting lots of information in writing skills, I think when I start to write something, I still lose some points.
2008/12/30下午 11:24:02友君It is hard to achieve all the points, so we have to learn and revise.
2008/12/30下午 11:24:47涵兒Revising is important:)
2008/12/30下午 11:27:01[ 耐心 patient] ：)so we need to overcome these obstacles
2008/12/30下午 11:27:30友君The order of time and space the transitional words are needed to be consider. (Chapter 3)
2008/12/30下午 11:28:25友君Repetition of key words~
2008/12/30下午 11:29:05友君When we arrange the paragraphs2008/12/30下午 11:31:10涵兒To present a clear thesis.
2008/12/30下午 11:37:16友君The beginnings and endings are the main factors to attract the readers.
2008/12/30下午 11:38:28涵兒Mmmm.....
2008/12/30下午 11:38:58蘇菲亞YES
2008/12/30下午 11:39:19[ 耐心 patient] ：)YEAH
2008/12/30下午 11:39:19涵兒Don't introduce new points or irrelevant material.
2008/12/30下午 11:39:29[ 耐心 patient] ：)you guys really point out many ideas
2008/12/30下午 11:39:50[ 耐心 patient] ：)but we think we need to organized them
2008/12/30下午 11:40:53友君Ok.2008/12/30下午 11:41:19涵兒Yup~
2008/12/30下午 11:42:39蘇菲亞oh2008/12/30下午 11:42:39蘇菲亞by the way
2008/12/30下午 11:42:50蘇菲亞I THINK THAT2008/12/30下午 11:43:30蘇菲亞Chapter 14 is really important
2008/12/30下午 11:43:50[ 耐心 patient] ：)YEAH2008/12/30下午 11:43:57蘇菲亞I learned the style this semester
2008/12/30下午 11:44:03[ 耐心 patient] ：)that's what teacher focus on2008/12/30下午 11:44:07[ 耐心 patient] ：)why
2008/12/30下午 11:44:07[ 耐心 patient] ：)= =
2008/12/30下午 11:44:12蘇菲亞before, I would just post the website
2008/12/30下午 11:44:22涵兒Ok~
2008/12/30下午 11:44:27蘇菲亞or simply paste the name of the author
2008/12/30下午 11:44:43蘇菲亞and would not do it in the rigt form
2008/12/30下午 11:45:32友君It is also important to search the online databases with concise keyword.2008/12/30下午 11:45:58涵兒It's important to have work cited.
2008/12/30下午 11:47:02友君I usually ignored the citation in the past, too.
2008/12/30下午 11:48:08涵兒It's easy to forget ="=
2008/12/30下午 11:49:18[ 耐心 patient] ：)haha
2008/12/30下午 11:49:38[ 耐心 patient] ：)take advantage of the websites
2008/12/30下午 11:49:49[ 耐心 patient] ：)the digital resourses
2008/12/30下午 11:50:59蘇菲亞yeah2008/12/30下午 11:51:40蘇菲亞So shall we start to organize our conversation
2008/12/30下午 11:53:09涵兒YA
2008/12/30下午 11:53:20[ 耐心 patient] ：)ok2008/12/30下午 11:53:30蘇菲亞First of all, we have to discover our writing. We have to change our style of writing and the form of composing our works so as to meet different readers request.
2008/12/30下午 11:54:19蘇菲亞Organize our writings with clear thesis statement, and remenber do not be vague in the writing.
2008/12/30下午 11:55:09涵兒We can make our paper better by revising.2008/12/30下午 11:55:19蘇菲亞Pay attention to our writings by using precise words and punctuation.
2008/12/30下午 11:55:28友君Avoid grammar and puntuation problems.
2008/12/30下午 11:55:38蘇菲亞Do not confuse the readers.2008/12/30下午 11:56:15蘇菲亞Class discussion is also important. We can talk with our friends about our topics.
2008/12/30下午 11:56:45蘇菲亞Everyone of us may point out the strong and weak point of our works.2008/12/30下午 11:57:05友君Organize each paragraph logically. Make the argument and your interpretation clearly.
2008/12/30下午 11:57:21[ 耐心 patient] ：)yeap
2008/12/30下午 11:57:56[ 耐心 patient] ：)so let's divide our discussion into many parts2008/12/30下午 11:58:47[ 耐心 patient] ：)first, the general ideas about this book?? whcih parts affect you the most2008/12/31上午 12:01:05友君Some general ideas have mentioned before.
2008/12/31上午 12:01:10涵兒I think the book gives me a useful skills about writing; And I think all of the parts are essential for me to develop the issue. Different parts focus on different skills.
2008/12/31上午 12:02:21蘇菲亞Later on could we compose our 500 words of book review by using some of the sentences in our conversation?
2008/12/31上午 12:02:52蘇菲亞Or shall we write the entire one with different styles and ways?2008/12/31上午 12:03:02[ 耐心 patient] ：)so do we need to distribute these jobs2008/12/31上午 12:04:02涵兒Maybe it works.
2008/12/31上午 12:04:33[ 耐心 patient] ：)or we need to find someone to puzzle our discussion up
2008/12/31上午 12:06:05友君I do not know what the teacher wants...
2008/12/31上午 12:06:30[ 耐心 patient] ：)haha
2008/12/31上午 12:07:01涵兒Me, either.....
2008/12/31上午 12:07:11[ 耐心 patient] ：)XDD
2008/12/31上午 12:07:48蘇菲亞She wants us to introduce the book
2008/12/31上午 12:08:08蘇菲亞and point out what's our favorite part of the book.
2008/12/31上午 12:08:18蘇菲亞so how shall we divide our work?
2008/12/31上午 12:09:08[ 耐心 patient] ：)OK
2008/12/31上午 12:09:44[ 耐心 patient] ：)first, who is responsible to make a concise introduction of this book?
2008/12/31上午 12:09:54[ 耐心 patient] ：)and then
2008/12/31上午 12:10:15[ 耐心 patient] ：)some people do the middle parts
2008/12/31上午 12:10:25[ 耐心 patient] ：)what are our favorite parts
2008/12/31上午 12:10:35[ 耐心 patient] ：)this can use our diologues2008/12/31上午 12:10:59[ 耐心 patient] ：)what do you think about
2008/12/31上午 12:12:24蘇菲亞Or we could compose it with the dialogue over here?
2008/12/31上午 12:12:49[ 耐心 patient] ：)can we?
2008/12/31上午 12:13:04蘇菲亞I don't think it is a good idea to separate one article into four parts
2008/12/31上午 12:13:19涵兒Yes~
2008/12/31上午 12:13:22友君I think we can take advantage of the dialogues.2008/12/31上午 12:14:18友君and write the chapter we liked
2008/12/31上午 12:15:21[ 耐心 patient] ：)yeah2008/12/31上午 12:15:31涵兒OK
2008/12/31上午 12:15:31[ 耐心 patient] ：)this mentioned beforeXD
2008/12/31上午 12:15:42友君We can write the introduction, our favorite and impressed chapters, and then what we have used in our paper.
2008/12/31上午 12:16:07[ 耐心 patient] ：)YEAH
2008/12/31上午 12:16:50涵兒OK//
2008/12/31上午 12:18:46友君Do you mean that we have to introduce some main points in each chapter? Each one provide introduction of some chapters?
2008/12/31上午 12:19:41涵兒I agree.
2008/12/31上午 12:20:12友君So~
2008/12/31上午 12:20:27蘇菲亞So~
2008/12/31上午 12:20:27[ 耐心 patient] ：)the generanl introduction of this book
2008/12/31上午 12:20:37[ 耐心 patient] ：)genearl introduction
2008/12/31上午 12:20:48蘇菲亞I can organize that in the papers
2008/12/31上午 12:21:08[ 耐心 patient] ：)just like you need to introduce this book to other people
2008/12/31上午 12:21:08蘇菲亞by means of the dialogue
2008/12/31上午 12:21:18蘇菲亞and I would send them to one of you2008/12/31上午 12:21:18涵兒That's all？
2008/12/31上午 12:21:28蘇菲亞and then send it to the third people
2008/12/31上午 12:21:34蘇菲亞and to the forth
2008/12/31上午 12:21:39蘇菲亞how about that
2008/12/31上午 12:21:51友君I think I can do that part myself
2008/12/31上午 12:22:16[ 耐心 patient] ：)蘇菲亞 說 (上午 12:04): She wants us to introduce the book 蘇菲亞 說 (上午 12:04): and point out what's our favorite part of the book.
2008/12/31上午 12:22:16涵兒Ｓｏ？
2008/12/31上午 12:22:25[ 耐心 patient] ：)ok
2008/12/31上午 12:22:34友君Ok
2008/12/31上午 12:23:39蘇菲亞what2008/12/31上午 12:23:39蘇菲亞?2008/12/31上午 12:23:59蘇菲亞so we would do the separate part?
2008/12/31上午 12:24:10蘇菲亞so who is going to combine ti
2008/12/31上午 12:24:10蘇菲亞it2008/12/31上午 12:26:31友君We need to have the same introduction？
2008/12/31上午 12:26:59[ 耐心 patient] ：)the generanl introduction of this book
2008/12/31上午 12:27:06友君Sorry, I do not know what I should do now
2008/12/31上午 12:27:12蘇菲亞I will do that
2008/12/31上午 12:27:42[ 耐心 patient] ：)just like you need to introduce this book to other people2008/12/31上午 12:29:02涵兒OH~2008/12/31上午 12:29:02蘇菲亞==
2008/12/31上午 12:29:22蘇菲亞only a person need to do that2008/12/31上午 12:29:31友君Ok
2008/12/31上午 12:30:47[ 耐心 patient] ：)sopia will be responsible for the introduction2008/12/31上午 12:31:11友君Thank you.
2008/12/31上午 12:31:42[ 耐心 patient] ：)then we need two person to organize our diologue
2008/12/31上午 12:31:51[ 耐心 patient] ：)and do the middle part
2008/12/31上午 12:32:06蘇菲亞to form the introduction?2008/12/31上午 12:32:26[ 耐心 patient] ：)explain some chapter that you think important
2008/12/31上午 12:32:30友君Ok. Claire and I can take it
2008/12/31上午 12:32:55[ 耐心 patient] ：)ok
2008/12/31上午 12:33:05[ 耐心 patient] ：)then i will do ....??
2008/12/31上午 12:33:05[ 耐心 patient] ：)haha
2008/12/31上午 12:33:35蘇菲亞you can form the introduction with me
2008/12/31上午 12:33:46蘇菲亞o k
2008/12/31上午 12:33:46蘇菲亞?
2008/12/31上午 12:34:06[ 耐心 patient] ：)Ok2008/12/31上午 12:34:06涵兒OK~
2008/12/31上午 12:34:06[ 耐心 patient] ：)deal'
2008/12/31上午 12:34:16[ 耐心 patient] ：)good2008/12/31上午 12:34:16涵兒thanks you:D
2008/12/31上午 12:34:16[ 耐心 patient] ：)it's close to the end
2008/12/31上午 12:34:27[ 耐心 patient] ：)so touching
2008/12/31上午 12:34:37[ 耐心 patient] ：)T^T2008/12/31上午 12:34:37涵兒The End YA
2008/12/31上午 12:34:57蘇菲亞More than hours2008/12/31上午 12:34:57蘇菲亞haha
2008/12/31上午 12:35:07[ 耐心 patient] ：)AND
2008/12/31上午 12:35:17[ 耐心 patient] ：)after we finish our parts
2008/12/31上午 12:35:28[ 耐心 patient] ：)we need to organize again
2008/12/31上午 12:35:28涵兒囧
2008/12/31上午 12:35:38[ 耐心 patient] ：)to make the article smooth
2008/12/31上午 12:35:48涵兒
/12/31上午 12:35:48[ 耐心 patient] ：)and coherent
2008/12/31上午 12:36:08蘇菲亞when will you finish it?
2008/12/31上午 12:36:29涵兒Mmm....
2008/12/31上午 12:37:24友君I would put them on blog before 1/2
2008/12/31上午 12:37:39[ 耐心 patient] ：)ok2008/12/31上午 12:37:50[ 耐心 patient] ：)after we finish our parts
2008/12/31上午 12:38:00[ 耐心 patient] ：)just put the blogger
2008/12/31上午 12:38:10[ 耐心 patient] ：)and after the vacation2008/12/31上午 12:38:31[ 耐心 patient] ：)we find some time to organize it
2008/12/31上午 12:38:41[ 耐心 patient] ：)~the end~
2008/12/31上午 12:38:45[ 耐心 patient] ：)yeah2008/12/31上午 12:38:48友君See you.
2008/12/31上午 12:38:51[ 耐心 patient] ：)enjoy you vacation
2008/12/31上午 12:38:56[ 耐心 patient] ：)happt new year2008/12/31上午 12:39:06[ 耐心 patient] ：)哈哈哈哈哈
2008/12/31上午 12:39:36涵兒Happy New Year!
2008/12/31上午 12:40:07蘇菲亞Bye2008/12/31上午 12:40:17涵兒See you~
2008/12/31上午 12:40:28涵兒bye
2008/12/31上午 12:40:38[ 耐心 patient] ：)bye
2008/12/31上午 12:41:08[ 耐心 patient] ：)remember to put the diologue in your blogger
2008/12/31上午 12:41:19[ 耐心 patient] ：)everyone needs it
2008/12/30下午 10:11:08涵兒 加入對話。
2008/12/30下午 10:11:29蘇菲亞So that's start
2008/12/30下午 10:11:39友君Ok.
2008/12/30下午 10:11:49[ 耐心 patient] ：)two hours discussing
2008/12/30下午 10:11:59涵兒ok~
2008/12/30下午 10:13:21[ 耐心 patient] ：)so first of all
2008/12/30下午 10:13:31蘇菲亞As for me, I think that Chapter 18 "Writing about Film" is my favorite chapter
2008/12/30下午 10:13:54友君Me too.
2008/12/30下午 10:14:14友君And your report also impressed me.
2008/12/30下午 10:14:27[ 耐心 patient] ：)MOVIE
2008/12/30下午 10:14:42蘇菲亞We could connect the chapter with "Understanding Movies"
2008/12/30下午 10:14:47涵兒It's good~
2008/12/30下午 10:14:52蘇菲亞Oh I am flattered
2008/12/30下午 10:15:22[ 耐心 patient] ：)haha
2008/12/30下午 10:15:22[ 耐心 patient] ：)I THINK
2008/12/30下午 10:16:02友君The clips you chose connect with our Film class.
2008/12/30下午 10:16:16友君Run Lora Run
2008/12/30下午 10:16:31涵兒When we are talking about movies, I think I would come up with Jerome Class~
2008/12/30下午 10:16:51[ 耐心 patient] ：)or stewart
2008/12/30下午 10:17:08[ 耐心 patient] ：)stewart also talks movie in the oral training class
2008/12/30下午 10:17:18涵兒It's impressive to see the same clips in different classes!
2008/12/30下午 10:18:40友君And analyze the photography. Just like what we do on Jerome's class.
2008/12/30下午 10:19:28[ 耐心 patient] ：)but can't put more emphasis on movie
2008/12/30下午 10:20:28友君Yes. I think we can talk about some writing skill in the text book.
2008/12/30下午 10:21:29涵兒Our group is talking about "Writing about Literature".
2008/12/30下午 10:22:25友君There are some things have to do when we are going to write or analyze the literature work.
2008/12/30下午 10:22:41涵兒I think it also applies to our reading in English or American literature.
2008/12/30下午 10:23:22友君We need to know what the author wants to express first.
2008/12/30下午 10:23:38友君and provide our own interpretation.2008/12/30下午 10:24:54蘇菲亞Yes, and that's really important, too
2008/12/30下午 10:24:54[ 耐心 patient] ：)i think we can list some important writing skills
2008/12/30下午 10:25:02[ 耐心 patient] ：)yeah
2008/12/30下午 10:25:04友君Ok.
2008/12/30下午 10:25:49[ 耐心 patient] ：)
2008/12/30下午 10:26:10友君Recongnize your purpose.
2008/12/30下午 10:27:34友君The first main point in chapter 11 and chapter 12. (Description and Narration)
2008/12/30下午 10:28:35涵兒Put your purpose under arrangement
2008/12/30下午 10:28:45[ 耐心 patient] ：)yeah the writing skil
l2008/12/30下午 10:29:26[ 耐心 patient] ：)argumentation2008/12/30下午 10:29:26[ 耐心 patient] ：)decription
2008/12/30下午 10:29:46蘇菲亞By the way, we have to know who are the readers2008/12/30下午 10:30:27涵兒To interest the readers~
2008/12/30下午 10:30:37涵兒with your own topic!
2008/12/30下午 10:30:50友君You need to make your readers be convinced.
2008/12/30下午 10:32:02友君Some experiences can support your perspective.
2008/12/30下午 10:33:38蘇菲亞You are right
2008/12/30下午 10:34:08[ 耐心 patient] ：)so we have to divide our paper in many parts
2008/12/30下午 10:34:18蘇菲亞So we have to choose our subject carefully
2008/12/30下午 10:36:22友君Also, choose to describe things in objective or subjective way.
2008/12/30下午 10:37:15涵兒And supporting our ideas with some research.
2008/12/30下午 10:37:29[ 耐心 patient] ：)yeah
2008/12/30下午 10:37:44[ 耐心 patient] ：)and try to convince audieance
2008/12/30下午 10:37:49[ 耐心 patient] ：)audience
2008/12/30下午 10:38:29蘇菲亞you really did point out the point
2008/12/30下午 10:38:40友君Make readers see what you have found out and feel as your feeling.
2008/12/30下午 10:39:26蘇菲亞Yeah, things that can move us can have stonger impact in our heart
2008/12/30下午 10:39:47蘇菲亞It's just like Approach to American Literature
2008/12/30下午 10:39:57蘇菲亞HAHA
2008/12/30下午 10:40:17[ 耐心 patient] ：)and oral training
2008/12/30下午 10:40:26[ 耐心 patient] ：)gee gee2008/12/30下午 10:41:11涵兒Yup~
2008/12/30下午 10:41:11友君HA~The same skills can be used in all the classes.
2008/12/30下午 10:43:27蘇菲亞hA
2008/12/30下午 10:43:37[ 耐心 patient] ：)剛剛斷線
2008/12/30下午 10:43:47涵兒That's OK :)
2008/12/30下午 10:43:47蘇菲亞THAT'S OK2008/12/30下午 10:43:57蘇菲亞WE DON'T CARE THAT MUCH
2008/12/30下午 10:43:57蘇菲亞HAHA2008/12/30下午 10:45:45友君Besides, we can make our essays vivid by using sensory details.
2008/12/30下午 10:46:06[ 耐心 patient] ：)yeah
2008/12/30下午 10:46:16[ 耐心 patient] ：)tha;t the description2008/12/30下午 10:46:25友君Sight, hearing, smell...
2008/12/30下午 10:46:25[ 耐心 patient] ：)the chapter i report2008/12/30下午 10:46:25[ 耐心 patient] ：)= =
2008/12/30下午 10:46:52涵兒YA
2008/12/30下午 10:47:17[ 耐心 patient] ：)so it's the writting skill
2008/12/30下午 10:48:39友君Always asking "WHY" is also important
2008/12/30下午 10:48:44涵兒And with some logic in writting skills.
2008/12/30下午 10:48:54蘇菲亞After finishing writing the articles, we have to revise them.
2008/12/30下午 10:49:04蘇菲亞"Ask Why"2008/12/30下午 10:49:25蘇菲亞can be related to the Accounting class XD
2008/12/30下午 10:49:45[ 耐心 patient] ：)so that;s the chapter 5
2008/12/30下午 10:50:40蘇菲亞1. What is the most interesting part and persuasive point in your essay.
2008/12/30下午 10:50:54友君It is also needed when we are reading a story or poem.
2008/12/30下午 10:51:04蘇菲亞2.Is your topic too broad or too narrow
2008/12/30下午 10:51:29蘇菲亞3. What aspects might need more work2008/12/30下午 10:51:44蘇菲亞4.Does specific idea support your idea
2008/12/30下午 10:51:59蘇菲亞Give out your position
2008/12/30下午 10:52:09蘇菲亞That's what we have to check out
2008/12/30下午 10:52:24蘇菲亞I agree your point
2008/12/30下午 10:52:29涵兒Yup.
2008/12/30下午 10:52:49蘇菲亞All of the writing skill could be used in different types of writing
2008/12/30下午 10:53:05友君Yeah. You listed the points we should pay attention to.
2008/12/30下午 10:53:41涵兒After writing, we also need to revise~
2008/12/30下午 10:55:03友君How to organize your essay effectively is significant.
2008/12/30下午 10:55:03涵兒Many problems in sentence clarity involve errors in grammar, punctuation, word choice and usage.
2008/12/30下午 10:55:55友君Sometimes the readers might have trouble to understand.
2008/12/30下午 10:56:31涵兒1. Give your sentences content.
2008/12/30下午 10:57:02涵兒2. Make your sentences specific.
2008/12/30下午 10:57:33涵兒3. Avoid overpacking your sentences.
2008/12/30下午 10:57:53涵兒4. Fix fragments
2008/12/30下午 10:58:14涵兒5. Pay attention to word order.
2008/12/30下午 10:59:05涵兒This is the important points in Chapter 6.
2008/12/30下午 10:59:35[ 耐心 patient] ：)yeah
2008/12/30下午 10:59:54[ 耐心 patient] ：)so it seems that we have lots of things to talk
2008/12/30下午 11:00:12友君That is talking about how to make our meanings clear in each sentences.
2008/12/30下午 11:00:48蘇菲亞yes
2008/12/30下午 11:00:48涵兒I think developing a concise style is also important~
2008/12/30下午 11:00:58蘇菲亞tha's true
2008/12/30下午 11:02:45友君It is necessary to build argument when we are writing.
2008/12/30下午 11:03:45友君Explore the possibilities and your opinions.
2008/12/30下午 11:04:11友君Anticipate opposing views.
2008/12/30下午 11:04:56涵兒The classmates' comments are also very helpful~
2008/12/30下午 11:05:41蘇菲亞In chapter 10 for example, when writing an argumentation esay, we have to use "appropriate tone"
2008/12/30下午 11:05:41友君Just like what Claire and I do. We have different standpoint toward abortion.
2008/12/30下午 11:05:57蘇菲亞yeah
2008/12/30下午 11:06:07[ 耐心 patient] ：)yeah
2008/12/30下午 11:06:17蘇菲亞different people can find out one another's weak
point
2008/12/30下午 11:06:27蘇菲亞they could offer us some precious opinion
2008/12/30下午 11:07:18涵兒Yup~
2008/12/30下午 11:07:35友君And we also have to fight with each other to strengthen our viewpoint.2008/12/30下午 11:09:27蘇菲亞that;s right
2008/12/30下午 11:09:47涵兒Others' pointview can complement our views.
2008/12/30下午 11:09:57[ 耐心 patient] ：)fight with othersXD
2008/12/30下午 11:10:21友君The point of view.
2008/12/30下午 11:10:28涵兒I usually fight with Elsa in the dorm. XXD2008/12/30下午 11:10:43[ 耐心 patient] ：)XDD
2008/12/30下午 11:10:53蘇菲亞cool
2008/12/30下午 11:10:54友君No. That's not true~~~~2008/12/30下午 11:11:03友君Haha
2008/12/30下午 11:11:13涵兒Since both of us are making the same topic.
2008/12/30下午 11:11:23蘇菲亞I would so much like to hit my room mates
2008/12/30下午 11:11:44涵兒Ha~~
2008/12/30下午 11:11:54蘇菲亞by discussing your topics, I think you can really get some new ideas
2008/12/30下午 11:12:04蘇菲亞new concept2008/12/30下午 11:12:35[ 耐心 patient] ：)YEAH
2008/12/30下午 11:12:45[ 耐心 patient] ：)i agree with it
2008/12/30下午 11:13:05蘇菲亞seeing the opposite point of views, you can find ways to "fight" back people that's in different position
2008/12/30下午 11:13:14[ 耐心 patient] ：)and other people will also give you advice
2008/12/30下午 11:13:36友君Yeah.
2008/12/30下午 11:14:55友君Maybe we can talk about some problems should be avoid.
2008/12/30下午 11:15:36[ 耐心 patient] ：)grammar false
2008/12/30下午 11:15:56[ 耐心 patient] ：)unorganized article
2008/12/30下午 11:16:17涵兒wrong word choice.2008/12/30下午 11:16:41友君Sudden change in perspective.
2008/12/30下午 11:19:13蘇菲亞Chapter20
2008/12/30下午 11:19:43蘇菲亞It also pointed out some problems about errors in grammar
2008/12/30下午 11:20:03[ 耐心 patient] ：)yap
2008/12/30下午 11:20:43蘇菲亞In Chapter 21,also, talks of the importance of using punctuation
2008/12/30下午 11:20:58涵兒Yes~
2008/12/30下午 11:21:03蘇菲亞that's also the problems we should avoid2008/12/30下午 11:21:13涵兒It does help~
2008/12/30下午 11:22:01友君Yes. It is the basic problems we should pay attention to.
2008/12/30下午 11:22:47涵兒But after getting lots of information in writing skills, I think when I start to write something, I still lose some points.
2008/12/30下午 11:24:02友君It is hard to achieve all the points, so we have to learn and revise.
2008/12/30下午 11:24:47涵兒Revising is important:)
2008/12/30下午 11:27:01[ 耐心 patient] ：)so we need to overcome these obstacles
2008/12/30下午 11:27:30友君The order of time and space the transitional words are needed to be consider. (Chapter 3)
2008/12/30下午 11:28:25友君Repetition of key words~
2008/12/30下午 11:29:05友君When we arrange the paragraphs2008/12/30下午 11:31:10涵兒To present a clear thesis.
2008/12/30下午 11:37:16友君The beginnings and endings are the main factors to attract the readers.
2008/12/30下午 11:38:28涵兒Mmmm.....
2008/12/30下午 11:38:58蘇菲亞YES
2008/12/30下午 11:39:19[ 耐心 patient] ：)YEAH
2008/12/30下午 11:39:19涵兒Don't introduce new points or irrelevant material.
2008/12/30下午 11:39:29[ 耐心 patient] ：)you guys really point out many ideas
2008/12/30下午 11:39:50[ 耐心 patient] ：)but we think we need to organized them
2008/12/30下午 11:40:53友君Ok.2008/12/30下午 11:41:19涵兒Yup~
2008/12/30下午 11:42:39蘇菲亞oh2008/12/30下午 11:42:39蘇菲亞by the way
2008/12/30下午 11:42:50蘇菲亞I THINK THAT2008/12/30下午 11:43:30蘇菲亞Chapter 14 is really important
2008/12/30下午 11:43:50[ 耐心 patient] ：)YEAH2008/12/30下午 11:43:57蘇菲亞I learned the style this semester
2008/12/30下午 11:44:03[ 耐心 patient] ：)that's what teacher focus on2008/12/30下午 11:44:07[ 耐心 patient] ：)why
2008/12/30下午 11:44:07[ 耐心 patient] ：)= =
2008/12/30下午 11:44:12蘇菲亞before, I would just post the website
2008/12/30下午 11:44:22涵兒Ok~
2008/12/30下午 11:44:27蘇菲亞or simply paste the name of the author
2008/12/30下午 11:44:43蘇菲亞and would not do it in the rigt form
2008/12/30下午 11:45:32友君It is also important to search the online databases with concise keyword.2008/12/30下午 11:45:58涵兒It's important to have work cited.
2008/12/30下午 11:47:02友君I usually ignored the citation in the past, too.
2008/12/30下午 11:48:08涵兒It's easy to forget ="=
2008/12/30下午 11:49:18[ 耐心 patient] ：)haha
2008/12/30下午 11:49:38[ 耐心 patient] ：)take advantage of the websites
2008/12/30下午 11:49:49[ 耐心 patient] ：)the digital resourses
2008/12/30下午 11:50:59蘇菲亞yeah2008/12/30下午 11:51:40蘇菲亞So shall we start to organize our conversation
2008/12/30下午 11:53:09涵兒YA
2008/12/30下午 11:53:20[ 耐心 patient] ：)ok2008/12/30下午 11:53:30蘇菲亞First of all, we have to discover our writing. We have to change our style of writing and the form of composing our works so as to meet different readers request.
2008/12/30下午 11:54:19蘇菲亞Organize our writings with clear thesis statement, and remenber do not be vague in the writing.
2008/12/30下午 11:55:09涵兒We can make our paper better by revising.2008/12/30下午 11:55:19蘇菲亞Pay attention to our writings by using precise words and punctuation.
2008/12/30下午 11:55:28友君Avoid grammar and puntuation problems.
2008/12/30下午 11:55:38蘇菲亞Do not confuse the readers.2008/12/30下午 11:56:15蘇菲亞Class discussion is also important. We can talk with our friends about our topics.
2008/12/30下午 11:56:45蘇菲亞Everyone of us may point out the strong and weak point of our works.2008/12/30下午 11:57:05友君Organize each paragraph logically. Make the argument and your interpretation clearly.
2008/12/30下午 11:57:21[ 耐心 patient] ：)yeap
2008/12/30下午 11:57:56[ 耐心 patient] ：)so let's divide our discussion into many parts2008/12/30下午 11:58:47[ 耐心 patient] ：)first, the general ideas about this book?? whcih parts affect you the most2008/12/31上午 12:01:05友君Some general ideas have mentioned before.
2008/12/31上午 12:01:10涵兒I think the book gives me a useful skills about writing; And I think all of the parts are essential for me to develop the issue. Different parts focus on different skills.
2008/12/31上午 12:02:21蘇菲亞Later on could we compose our 500 words of book review by using some of the sentences in our conversation?
2008/12/31上午 12:02:52蘇菲亞Or shall we write the entire one with different styles and ways?2008/12/31上午 12:03:02[ 耐心 patient] ：)so do we need to distribute these jobs2008/12/31上午 12:04:02涵兒Maybe it works.
2008/12/31上午 12:04:33[ 耐心 patient] ：)or we need to find someone to puzzle our discussion up
2008/12/31上午 12:06:05友君I do not know what the teacher wants...
2008/12/31上午 12:06:30[ 耐心 patient] ：)haha
2008/12/31上午 12:07:01涵兒Me, either.....
2008/12/31上午 12:07:11[ 耐心 patient] ：)XDD
2008/12/31上午 12:07:48蘇菲亞She wants us to introduce the book
2008/12/31上午 12:08:08蘇菲亞and point out what's our favorite part of the book.
2008/12/31上午 12:08:18蘇菲亞so how shall we divide our work?
2008/12/31上午 12:09:08[ 耐心 patient] ：)OK
2008/12/31上午 12:09:44[ 耐心 patient] ：)first, who is responsible to make a concise introduction of this book?
2008/12/31上午 12:09:54[ 耐心 patient] ：)and then
2008/12/31上午 12:10:15[ 耐心 patient] ：)some people do the middle parts
2008/12/31上午 12:10:25[ 耐心 patient] ：)what are our favorite parts
2008/12/31上午 12:10:35[ 耐心 patient] ：)this can use our diologues2008/12/31上午 12:10:59[ 耐心 patient] ：)what do you think about
2008/12/31上午 12:12:24蘇菲亞Or we could compose it with the dialogue over here?
2008/12/31上午 12:12:49[ 耐心 patient] ：)can we?
2008/12/31上午 12:13:04蘇菲亞I don't think it is a good idea to separate one article into four parts
2008/12/31上午 12:13:19涵兒Yes~
2008/12/31上午 12:13:22友君I think we can take advantage of the dialogues.2008/12/31上午 12:14:18友君and write the chapter we liked
2008/12/31上午 12:15:21[ 耐心 patient] ：)yeah2008/12/31上午 12:15:31涵兒OK
2008/12/31上午 12:15:31[ 耐心 patient] ：)this mentioned beforeXD
2008/12/31上午 12:15:42友君We can write the introduction, our favorite and impressed chapters, and then what we have used in our paper.
2008/12/31上午 12:16:07[ 耐心 patient] ：)YEAH
2008/12/31上午 12:16:50涵兒OK//
2008/12/31上午 12:18:46友君Do you mean that we have to introduce some main points in each chapter? Each one provide introduction of some chapters?
2008/12/31上午 12:19:41涵兒I agree.
2008/12/31上午 12:20:12友君So~
2008/12/31上午 12:20:27蘇菲亞So~
2008/12/31上午 12:20:27[ 耐心 patient] ：)the generanl introduction of this book
2008/12/31上午 12:20:37[ 耐心 patient] ：)genearl introduction
2008/12/31上午 12:20:48蘇菲亞I can organize that in the papers
2008/12/31上午 12:21:08[ 耐心 patient] ：)just like you need to introduce this book to other people
2008/12/31上午 12:21:08蘇菲亞by means of the dialogue
2008/12/31上午 12:21:18蘇菲亞and I would send them to one of you2008/12/31上午 12:21:18涵兒That's all？
2008/12/31上午 12:21:28蘇菲亞and then send it to the third people
2008/12/31上午 12:21:34蘇菲亞and to the forth
2008/12/31上午 12:21:39蘇菲亞how about that
2008/12/31上午 12:21:51友君I think I can do that part myself
2008/12/31上午 12:22:16[ 耐心 patient] ：)蘇菲亞 說 (上午 12:04): She wants us to introduce the book 蘇菲亞 說 (上午 12:04): and point out what's our favorite part of the book.
2008/12/31上午 12:22:16涵兒Ｓｏ？
2008/12/31上午 12:22:25[ 耐心 patient] ：)ok
2008/12/31上午 12:22:34友君Ok
2008/12/31上午 12:23:39蘇菲亞what2008/12/31上午 12:23:39蘇菲亞?2008/12/31上午 12:23:59蘇菲亞so we would do the separate part?
2008/12/31上午 12:24:10蘇菲亞so who is going to combine ti
2008/12/31上午 12:24:10蘇菲亞it2008/12/31上午 12:26:31友君We need to have the same introduction？
2008/12/31上午 12:26:59[ 耐心 patient] ：)the generanl introduction of this book
2008/12/31上午 12:27:06友君Sorry, I do not know what I should do now
2008/12/31上午 12:27:12蘇菲亞I will do that
2008/12/31上午 12:27:42[ 耐心 patient] ：)just like you need to introduce this book to other people2008/12/31上午 12:29:02涵兒OH~2008/12/31上午 12:29:02蘇菲亞==
2008/12/31上午 12:29:22蘇菲亞only a person need to do that2008/12/31上午 12:29:31友君Ok
2008/12/31上午 12:30:47[ 耐心 patient] ：)sopia will be responsible for the introduction2008/12/31上午 12:31:11友君Thank you.
2008/12/31上午 12:31:42[ 耐心 patient] ：)then we need two person to organize our diologue
2008/12/31上午 12:31:51[ 耐心 patient] ：)and do the middle part
2008/12/31上午 12:32:06蘇菲亞to form the introduction?2008/12/31上午 12:32:26[ 耐心 patient] ：)explain some chapter that you think important
2008/12/31上午 12:32:30友君Ok. Claire and I can take it
2008/12/31上午 12:32:55[ 耐心 patient] ：)ok
2008/12/31上午 12:33:05[ 耐心 patient] ：)then i will do ....??
2008/12/31上午 12:33:05[ 耐心 patient] ：)haha
2008/12/31上午 12:33:35蘇菲亞you can form the introduction with me
2008/12/31上午 12:33:46蘇菲亞o k
2008/12/31上午 12:33:46蘇菲亞?
2008/12/31上午 12:34:06[ 耐心 patient] ：)Ok2008/12/31上午 12:34:06涵兒OK~
2008/12/31上午 12:34:06[ 耐心 patient] ：)deal'
2008/12/31上午 12:34:16[ 耐心 patient] ：)good2008/12/31上午 12:34:16涵兒thanks you:D
2008/12/31上午 12:34:16[ 耐心 patient] ：)it's close to the end
2008/12/31上午 12:34:27[ 耐心 patient] ：)so touching
2008/12/31上午 12:34:37[ 耐心 patient] ：)T^T2008/12/31上午 12:34:37涵兒The End YA
2008/12/31上午 12:34:57蘇菲亞More than hours2008/12/31上午 12:34:57蘇菲亞haha
2008/12/31上午 12:35:07[ 耐心 patient] ：)AND
2008/12/31上午 12:35:17[ 耐心 patient] ：)after we finish our parts
2008/12/31上午 12:35:28[ 耐心 patient] ：)we need to organize again
2008/12/31上午 12:35:28涵兒囧
2008/12/31上午 12:35:38[ 耐心 patient] ：)to make the article smooth
2008/12/31上午 12:35:48涵兒
/12/31上午 12:35:48[ 耐心 patient] ：)and coherent
2008/12/31上午 12:36:08蘇菲亞when will you finish it?
2008/12/31上午 12:36:29涵兒Mmm....
2008/12/31上午 12:37:24友君I would put them on blog before 1/2
2008/12/31上午 12:37:39[ 耐心 patient] ：)ok2008/12/31上午 12:37:50[ 耐心 patient] ：)after we finish our parts
2008/12/31上午 12:38:00[ 耐心 patient] ：)just put the blogger
2008/12/31上午 12:38:10[ 耐心 patient] ：)and after the vacation2008/12/31上午 12:38:31[ 耐心 patient] ：)we find some time to organize it
2008/12/31上午 12:38:41[ 耐心 patient] ：)~the end~
2008/12/31上午 12:38:45[ 耐心 patient] ：)yeah2008/12/31上午 12:38:48友君See you.
2008/12/31上午 12:38:51[ 耐心 patient] ：)enjoy you vacation
2008/12/31上午 12:38:56[ 耐心 patient] ：)happt new year2008/12/31上午 12:39:06[ 耐心 patient] ：)哈哈哈哈哈
2008/12/31上午 12:39:36涵兒Happy New Year!
2008/12/31上午 12:40:07蘇菲亞Bye2008/12/31上午 12:40:17涵兒See you~
2008/12/31上午 12:40:28涵兒bye
2008/12/31上午 12:40:38[ 耐心 patient] ：)bye
2008/12/31上午 12:41:08[ 耐心 patient] ：)remember to put the diologue in your blogger
2008/12/31上午 12:41:19[ 耐心 patient] ：)everyone needs it
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