How one country (mis)treats the mentally ill

I'm sure that there are other countries that are as bad or even worse, but "Locking up Nigeria's 'civil lunatics' ", which I just saw on the BBC News website, is pretty shocking. The report details, with facts and examples, how Nigeria treats its mentally ill. Basically, it throws them into prison and forgets them. 

I was trying to think what was the worst thing about this story: the misery of the people locked up for no good reason or their neglect by society and their own families. In the end I decided that the worst thing was that this was all perfectly legal, that "colonial-era law allows Nigerian courts to jail the mentally ill" (¶ 6)! As is too often the case, a country's laws are the enemy of justice for the citizens. 

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Locking up Nigeria's 'civil lunatics'. (2009, April 29). BBC News. Retrieved April 29, 2009 from http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8023067.stm 

Daniel's question: Is Quest wrong?

In his comments this morning, I thought that Daniel raised an important question: that books are often wrong, that they sometimes contain ideas or statments which are false, or even worse. 

My question, which you might like to leave a comment on, is why is this such a very important point to raise? Why is it so important that I let you spend 20 minutes discussing Daniel's question this morning? 

Also important, though less so, is the specific question of whether or not Quest is wrong in this case. Does Hartmann say something wrong in "Culture and Mental Illness" (2007)? Please also feel welcome to share your ideas on this narrower question. 

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Hartmann, P. (2007). Quest 2 Reading and Writing (2nd ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill ESL/ELT

How Japanese consider mental illness

Generally, in Japan, we tend to ignore mental illnesses in normal lives because traditional people consider that complaining mental illnesses come from weakness of mental then it could be ashamed. Therefore, we would seek psychologists only when we feel something wrong physically, for example we can’t sleep or eat for several days but there is no evidence of physical illness. However, if behavior of ones’ friend or relative becomes abnormal, he or she would recommend them to see psychologists. Then we would take care of them as mentally challenged, such as avoiding having conversation which make them too much concerned, or accepting their abnormal behavior.

Michiyo on mental disease

Some young people who suffer from anorexia nervosa or bulimi ask the psychologists to help in my culture. Some people who suffer from depression also do that. Actually we don't know how to deal with abnormal behavior in a friend or relative, so we have better not to act by personal perspective. I mean it is not that we ignore them. We should respond according to psycholosists or doctor' direction. The prescriptions are various and complicated depends on the patients.

abnormal behavior in thai aspect

Talking about abnormal behavior, in my country, Thailand, it’s not usual to go to see doctors when you’ve a little bit fever or some small problems with your health. Most of Thai people would like to keep their money to pay with pressure things” gold, electrical appliances, new version of mobile, etc.” and let nature deal with those kinds of problem. For that reason, they’ll seek for psychologists help when it is necessary situation “uncontrolled or harmful” because, they always think that everyone who goes to see psychologists is an insane person. On the other hand, when they have to deal with friend or relative who has abnormal behavior, they will talk care them as usual and keep them relax.

Culture and Mental illness by -[DeE-Di]-

In my culture,most of the people have never thought to seek the help of psychologists. Althought,they've a lot of problems in their life.They always solve the problems by themselves which can make them to be an abnormal behavior.They can't know that ,they're being an abnormal behavior by themselves until friend or relative will tell them or may be they can't know forever because they've already crazy.The people who have mental diseases must be looked after closely by thier relative or friend such as take a sick person to travel,try to tell a funny story etc. Don't keep them to be alone because they will harm themselves.The best way is take them to seek the help of psychologists.Moreover,friend or relative of the patient must look after themselves too otherwise they will be an abnormal behavior soon.

Have you ever seen psychologist ?

In Thai culture, people seek the help of psychologists when their relatives or their friends or monks can not help them.Moreover, many patients do not go to a psychiatric hospital because other people may think they are crazy and "Crazy People" is the worst symbolic that they receive from society. I think most people deal with abnormal behavior in a friend or relative by observing behavior of who have problems and then if behavior is not severe and does not disturb others, they help the patient by themselves or go to the temple to ask monk to treat. But if abnormal people have severe symptom, they will be persuaded to see psychologist. In addition, there are not enough psychologists and psychiatric hospitals in Thailand.

Seeking help of psychologist

In my culture, peoples do not want to see the psychologist because they believe that the persons who go to seek the help of psychologist are an abnormal person or have a serious mental illness. Therefore, peoples will go to see the psychologist when they think they cannot control or handle with their problem such as they cannot stop thinking that there is a person who wants to kill them or they are in danger all the time. Moreover, when they think those things can cause an anxiety feeling, an abnormal behavior or mental illness, which is impact on their lifestyle. For this reason, they will go to see the psychologist.

People should understand the abnormal behavior in friend or relative and try to help them. Do not ignore them. Try to listening to their problem and give them empathy. Besides, people should always support you friend or relative who have a problem and deal with them with the positive feeling.

Pang on psychological disorder

In Thai culture, only people who have a severe mental illness seek the help of psychologists. Normally, most Thais think that all patients who treat by psychologists are crazy. The patients do not want to be looked down by society, so they try to cheat themselves that they are normal and avoid to see psychologists. However, they need someone to take care and listen their problems closely. Friend is a person that they trust and want to tell anything. When people know that their friend has a mental illness, they should not tell him directly. It is probably makes the symptom worse. They should tell his parents and suggest taking him to see psychologists that is the best to treat his psychological disorder.

Psychologist in Thai Culture

Usually Thai people who have mental problems didn’t go to see the psychologist because they think that psychologist or psychiatrist treat only abnormal people and they don’t want to be a mental disorder patient. However, they will go to see the psychologist when their abnormal behaviors are more disturb their routine life. For example, they are more depressed and couldn’t work. Moreover, the abnormal behaviors person need more help and support from their friends and family more than going to see the psychologist.

An on abnormal disorder

In my culture, there are not many people seek the help of psychology. Those who seek the help could not sleep, or they have a strange dream. For the abnormal people, they are not usually taken to the hospital for that kind of people. They stay at home and their family take care of them. For the rich family, they take care that person very carefully and they have a special doctor for that person. For the poor family, they just let that person in his way, that why some of them always dirty and they don't stay at home. In my country we don't discriminate them, we just need to be careful with them, because they can't control themself sometimes.

PommePomme on psychological disorder

To seek the help of psychologists is not popular in my country. Somes are scared that when anyone know that they met the doctor they will look like they are crazy! but somes aren't care about this because they are not crazy but they are stressful. They want some good listeners to listen to their problems and make them calm down. They will feel more comfortable after they met psychologist. No one can lives without friends so friends are important to deal with these abnormal behavior friends to don't make it worse. To deal with them we can try to speaking with our abnormal friends about their abnormal behavior that you can feel. If your abnormal friend is in basic step he/she can improve him/herself, it will be good but if it doesn't work try to advise him/her to meet the psychologist. Don't make your abnormal friend worried about it.
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May on psychological disorder

The psychologists have important role to first help people who have psychological disorder and sort the patients to cure. If they can not treat the doctors in this field will treat them. In my culture, the psychologists are not important role. General people don't know the exactly duty that the psychologists do. High level education of people know what they do and they seek the help from them when they have some problems and some symtoms such as insomnia, stress. Perhaps general people may think that they do not want everyone know their disorder, so they do not use the psychologists service.

Mental illness

Mental illness does not discriminate between genders, socioeconomic status, age or race; everyone can have a mental illness. Some research has indicated that genes possibly play a role in the development mental illnesses. In general, people in Thai culture have mental illness; they will get suggestions from close friends or their own family. They will try and find out if there are any underlying problems together. If a solution after consulting with close friends and family can’t be found, the person who may be mentally challenged will be advised to consult with psychologists or psychiatrists for professional treatment of their symptoms. The psychologist will treat patient in different methods depending on the patient’s symptoms. For the best one method to treat patient is inform the patient family how to take care of them. In short, if you see someone exhibiting abnormal behavior or mental illness, you should encourage them and treat them like a normal person.

Peter on Art

I don't much like most of the art in chapter 3 of Quest 2, but one piece that I do like is Les Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry, Février, by the Limbourg brothers. This painting is on page 85 of Quest, where it looks a bit drab and colourless. I actually checked Google image search and found a much better copy of it online. In fact, I found colour images of most of the pieces of art used in chapter 3 of Quest 2, and I've put them all online.
The first thing I liked about Les Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry, Février, is that it shows a lot of detail of the people's daily life. There are people working outdoors and others relaxing indoors. There are also a lot of details that can tell us about their lives: the sort of work they did, their daily activities, what they ate, and so on. Other details tell us a lot about the place, which is a snowy country in Europe. There is a church in the background, so the people and place in the foreground are not alone. There must be other people around to go to the church. We can even get a lot of information about the clothes the people wore, and their social customs. Apparently, it was OK to pull up your clothes in front of a warm fire! In the larger and more colourful image online, I was surprised to see the details of the man in the middle with pulled up clothes.
Another thing I like are the wonderful colours, especially the very rich blue at the top of the paining.

Pang on Art

The pieces of art thai I am interested is The Death of general Wolf, by Benjamin West (American). The picture show war history. I would like to know what happen there. I think all of them from western but There is the only one who look like native people. At first I think the war is between native people and western people. When I look it again, it maybe not. A native people can sit with other western people and no one angry on him. The thing that I learn from this picture is war bring only disaster. When war is started, some people will die certainly.

Da on Art

You favorite peice of art from any culture.
my favorite piece of art is Cooling Off by the Riverbank, by Kitakawa Utamaro [Janpan].Late 18th century.when I look at this picture I like culture in japan especailly culture about lifestye and wearing cloths.I like women in janpan who wear cloth polite and lovely.The culture about wearing cloth of janpan looks like Korea but in japan has nany culors and beautiful culors.The culture in japan ,agroup of people look

May on Art

A picture in Quest 2 on page 72, This picture is a man who standing and carrying the bowl. This picture is strange because it is not look like general human. His body is round and has tiny arms and has not legs. His head is open like a bowl to contain something such as water or flowers. It made of clay by hands and tools. It has some cracks that mean it was broken at one time. From Quest 2 on page 73"In history, this sculpture is about 2600 years old. It burned incense or held a religious offering to a god of the Edomite people. It was broken in the seventh century B.C.E.when King Josiah ordered his soldiers to destroy the culture of "PAGAN" or non-Jewish religions." It is a piece of art in this chapter.

Nana on Art

Topic: anything that interested you in this chapter

In the ominbus, I see two women and one baby in the train. where do they go? I guess they are going to visit in birthplace. It take place 1891 in The UK because they wear British clothes and the capture tell me. The printer tell about culture of community when the people take the train and go to anywhere. The older woman look out of window and think when the train arrive the target station. She watch carfully around her.The younger woman is holding baby and don't interesting around her. She feel funny with trip. The baby wear luxully dressing. She is sitting in the younger woman. She don't sleep and she is quit clam. I guess the trip is long time. The printer draw this picture during jouney in other country. The printer keep about culture and history on her picture.

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An on Art

There is a funeral in the painting, Lamentation from Avignon, France. 1320-1350. Everyone looks very sad in the picture. Some ladies are crying and hugging the dead person. The men are preparing for the funeral. I think they are Christians, because there is a cross at the background. This painting was painted in 1320 to 1350, but the the way people are dressing in the picture I think this case happened nearly the time Jesus Christ was born, maybe before or after but it's not too far. The figure of people in this picture look like the people in Israel, I guess that because when I was young I used to watch the movie about the people in Bible, they are look like.
I'm not interested in art, so when I look at the painting I don't have much feeling.

Lila on Art

When i studying in chapter 3, i really interested in some picture that show about Art religion because it can make me to understand more about religion from other culture and how they believe on their figure. Before i never look carefully of my figure, what they look like? where is the Buddha sitting ? And how we can believe on him ? but when i finished this chapter 3 i can understand my religion, is Buddha is sitting in the intermediary and the largest of other that we can see the the full face. It can make me believe of the Buddha that he always look after what ever we did and bright good luck to us and our family, too. Event in the family, if some one death, we just think of Buddha face then we can think that our relation that is in other world already in them best way.

Michiyo on Art

I have been intersted in Ukiyoe, which is Japanese wood carving since I have lived in foregin country. The time is almost 300 yeas ago. Especially, I like the artist whose name is Hokusai Katsusika. His wood carvings are very faint, sensitive and beautiful. He left a lot of masterpieces about the Mr.Fuji. They consists of 36 seenary. His technich is between movement and scilenct, for example he depicte the wave as moving, on the other hand he described the mountain as never moving. He used the skill far and near, for example, he depict the mountain in upper of the picture. And he describe the wave or ship in the lower of the picture. His art made a influence on Van goph. If you see the his arts, you might be surprised that there are alomost same. The logo of quick silver, which is surfing apparel company, is also based on his arts. The logo of Fuji, which is japanese restaunt in Thailand, also comes from his art.

How scratching can stop an itch

In “How scratching can stop an itch” BBC news report, Scientists have shown scratching helps relieve an itch as it blocks activity in some spinal cord nerve cells that transmit the sensation to the brain. The University of Minnesota study appears in Nature Neuroscience has suggested that a specific part of the spinal cord. Nerve cells in spinal cord show to be more activity when itchy and apply to skin. People and animal set that scratching the skin block activity of nerve cells in the spinothalamic tract during itchiness control the spinal cord from transmit signal from the scratch area of skin to brain. Professor Gil Yosipovitch, an expert on itching from Wake Forest University in North Carolina said, “the finding was "potentially significant"”. He said: "Although there is a long way to go, methods that can induce a pleasurable scratch sensation without damaging the skin, via mechanical stimuli or drugs that can inhibit these neurons, could be developed to treat chronic itch." At last, when I read this article I feel itchy. I try to control scratching but I couldn’t.
If you have an itch. Can you control them by no scratch?.

ReferencesHow scratching can stop an itch. (2009,April 6), BBC News, Retrieved April 8,2009 from http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7976606.stm

US father 'shoots his children'

In “US father 'shoots his children'” BBC News reports, a father in Washington State shot dead his five children. Then he shot himself after hearing his wife was leaving him. A visiting relative found nobody answered the door and saw a child's body through a window. After that, she called the police to proof that home. James Harrison is 34 years old who kill his children. He shot four children in their bed and one in the bathroom. He was found dead after he shot to his head in his car. As Pierce County Sheriff Paul Pastor say, "This appears to be the terrible work of the biological father. If that doesn't break your heart, I don't know what does."

This is a bad new which real happened in the world. Nowadays, there are many bad news about father. Both of them, real father and stepfather.

What do you think about this news? How do you feel?


References
US father 'shoots his children'. (2009,April 5), BBC News, Retrieved April 8,2009 from http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7984748.stm

Waew on what makes a perfect parent

There are 16 factors which are likely influence to the school performance of a child. I think there are 9 important factors need to be considered while the other 7 factors are indifference on the child's school performance. Those nine important factors are that the child has the intact family, his mother is thirty or older mother at the time of his/her birth, the parents recently moved into a better neighbourhood,the parents regularly take him to museums, the parent are involved in the PTA, his house has many books in his home, the parents read to him nearly every day, the child is regularly spanked and the child frequently watches television.
However, there are two important factors which are possibly negatively effect to the child's school performance; the child is regularly spanked and frequently watches the television. Because the way the parent hit their child would create the violence behavior to the child when he grows up. Also, watching television without any parent guidance would create the improper immitation in child.
On the other hand, the child's family is intact and the child's parent read to him nearly every day would be the most important things to make the child's school performance. I think because the close relationship within family would immune the child from the external shocks.

Tuk on what makes a perfect parents.

Child's performance in school depends on how his parents raise him. In order to perform good in school, child should be healthy and has a good sense of learning. The age of mother and birth rate can indicate how healthy the child is. The mother, who is thirty or older when she had her first child, has a higher risk in giving an unhealthy baby because of the limit of her physical body. The appropriate age of woman to give a healthy baby should be less than thirty. Moreover, the child who was born with a high birth weight is likely to more healthy than those who has a low birth rate weight. Apart from health issues, the sense of learning is also important to enhance the performance in school.This sense could be created at the early in life. To be more precise, if parents read to their child regularly, the child would build the reading habit which is very crucial in study. In addition, bringing child to a good place such as museum is also a good idea. The child should see something new and interesting to increase his curiosity. The curiosity makes learning in school even more fun for child.

sunny on what makes a perfect parent

Nowadays, many social problems are related whith wrong parenting, and it lead an interesting in good parenting. Many Korean parent think that good parent should interested in their child's schooling. So, many parents try to give high quality edcation to their child regardless of their child's situation, who move to the place where they can give the child better environment, that is better neibourhood and high quality education. Those parents believe that academic achievement can give hapiness to their children.However, I disagree with that belief. High education, of course, can give many chances to the children to get better job and hapiness, if the child wants to do. Intimacy between parents and their children is most impotant ting to be a good parent. If they are good paretn, they shold be interested in thier child's concerns. When the parent talk with their child, the parent can understand their child and the child can believe his/her parent. Talking to each other frankly is the best way to understna each other. Good parenting probably get a trust from the child.

Mark on what makes a perfect parent.

The facter that help children to have high school performance is that they should be adoped. I think, the children that have high school performance are not get high grade or study hard all day all night, but they can do activities with friends or teacher in hamony and can manage their time poperly. They can control themselvs to do the right things such as helping other people, and manage times to play and study. The other improtant one is reading habit. Children that love to read is widely thinking and resonable. They also have wide knowledge in many subjects and use it poperly. Before that when they were young, parents should let them read or read to him as much as possible.

Soojin on what makes a perfect parent

In the list of the paper, I think, most things aren't neccessary, but just four things would be positive effects to the child and one thing would be a opposite result. First one is "The child has highly educated parents". I have read one article which show that educated parents are important. The more parents are educated, the more thier child has achieve good university. I think, parents, who have a experience to concentrate on the study, can lead and advise their children well. Second, "The child's parents recently moved into a better neighbourhood." It is related to the evironment in which the family live. Especially, environment is very important for the child. Children are easily effected by another people and easily follow or mimic the person they see. Third, "Thechild has many books in his home." In my experience, my classmates, who read many books, are very thoughful and logical. The book gives many source to think and effect their personality. They are very calm and patient. This one is related to the forth, "The child's parents read to him nearly every day." The more parents read many books, the more child is interested on the books. Reading books to their child is a starting point to make thier child interested on the books.
However, it is a bad effect that "The child frequently watches television." Theasdays, the programs which come out on the television is very harmful. Most things are ridiculous and violent. Children don't have an ability to classify the information which they watch, so I would like to recommand that children don't watch TV much.

Powerful Italian quake kills many

Earthquake in central Italy have been killed almost 207 people and many people are still missing.Monday's quake was a 6.3-magnitude.Then,there is aftershock in many times .It was very powerful to damage many buildings ,houses, churches and important places.All people try to find survivors from collapsed building while "many residents and rescuers used their bare hands to clear the debris from collapsed buildings, although the army and civil protection units from around Italy are joining the effort." This earthquake happened in night time. I think it's nightmare for Italian.
*If you have to stay in earthquake,you will find one way to survive. In your opinion,give a way to survive from earthquake! Thank you.

References

Powerful Italian quake kills many(2009, April 6) , BBC News, Retrieves April 7, 2009 From http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7984867.stm

May on Religious Art in Thailand

In Thailand, there are many religions such as Buddhism, Islam, and Christianity. Most all of the Thai people are Buddhist. Art in Buddhism is about Buddha. Many Buddhism temples have Buddha, who is sitting in meditation. The temple is a center of art. In the temples have many painting on the walls and the doors. The painting is about Buddha history. The building in the temple is Thai style. The curve and line look soft and make me feel relax when I see them. White is used to symbol of religion.

Peter on Essay Writing

When I was in school, I wrote essays because I was told to. At university, I also wrote essays because I had to, but I also realised that the main reason people wrote essays was not because someone told them to, but because they wanted to.
Why do people want to write essays?
I think that we want to write essays to share our ideas. If have an idea about something, for example, that it would be a very bad idea, and immoral, to ban alcohol sales over Songkran, or during the day, then we write an essay to tell others what we think and to explain why we think that. Maybe they will agree with us! If they disagree, they can write an essay to clearly explain why we are wrong, and then we can think about their ideas, and respond with another essay.
Essays are good for this because they give us a a chance to state and explain our ideas with support so that others can be convinced, or at least encouraged to think about our ideas.
More important, ... sorry no time now. I'll add abit more later tonight!

Pang on Essay writting

Now, I write to essay to practice my writing skill because I have to take the IELTS exam. Writing frequently make me write it faster. It also make me know more new vocabulary. When I study at AUA I have to do writing homework.It is very useful for me. I do not only practice my writing skill and improve my grammar but also get new knowledge when I surf information on internet.

Nana on writing essay

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Michiyo on Essay Writing

Writing essay is a place and an oppotunity to express the own opinion. Writing is leaving the writer opinion. The writer has to be responsible to give the ideas. It could be judged the writers thinking by viewer and reader. It is makes reader understand clearly. It is too difficult to do. If It is common around my terriotroris, it is not known or familier to the readers territrois.

DA on Essay writing

What? When? Why? WE writing essay?
Before writing essay you must to know about how do you write.Write an essay is can tells idea of writer and show about something that I interested and understand it and can add more detail for share idea in essay.writng essay must to clearly explain about your wrting. I think, writing essay difficult more than writing respond because writing respond don't worry about gamma.

May on Essay Writing

Essay has three part important;that is introduction, body, and conclusion. In each part, they can have many paragraph. In introduction they have thesis statemaent. It tells the reader about main idea and it often comes near or the end at introduction paragraph. In body paragraph, should to support main idea. The conclusion is restate the main idea. Essay is a kind of writing. Writing essay is very difficult for me because it uses many knowledge to write. I spend lots of time to write. At least 4-5 hours. It is difficult in process "get idea" and "plan".It must to have practise.

Ann on Essay Writing

Essay is one academic writing.It's common writing in university , A.U.A. and company. If you write eassy,you will think about title of story first. It's easy to know scope of story. I think essay is difficult writing and I try to practice it.

Lila on Essay writhing

Before we want to write an essay, we should know some rule of essay that can make you more easy to think what topic you are going to write about and your main topic. We should have introduction, body and concluding.

An on Essay writing

We writte an essay about whatever we are interested in, such as: language, education, economy...so on. We write an essay when the topic can't be explain in one paragraph, and there are many ideas need to separate. When we write an essay, it will show clearly what you mean in your writing more than when you write one paragraph.

An on Religious Art in Vietnam

There are many religions in Vietnam, and each religion has a spacific art to help people image about their religion. I want to mention about Christianity, and specifically is protestant. For Protestant church, you can see the cross on the top of every Church, and also inside the church. We don't consider the cross as an idol, but it's just remain us about the dead of Jesus and what He has done for us.

Peter on Religious Art in Australia

When I was growing up, there was a lot of religious art in Australia. There were the catholic churches and cathedrals, which all had some common features: a cross on the top, a steep roof, and high ceilings inside. Inside, the walls were also decorated with paintings. In the catholic church that my family went to, there were pictures around the wall showing the life of Jesus, from before his birth to his death and resurrection. There were 15 of these pictures, and they showed important beliefs of catholics about the life and death of Jesus Christ, who is also their god.
At mass every Sunday, there were hymns, in which music was the art used to tell people the stories and ideas of the religion.
Outside of church, religious art was in most people's home. People usually had a painting of Jesus or his mother, Mary, on the walls of their dining rooms and perhaps other rooms. Again, this reminded people of the people, events and important ideas of their religion. Another thing I remember is that everyone had a small statue of Saint Christopher in their car. Saint Christopher was the saint who protected travellers, so if you had his statue in your car, you would be saved from a car accident. Unfortunately, he didn't always do his job.

Da on Religious Art in Thailand

In Thailand,they have many religious because people of Thailand have many nationality and each religious have difference.Thailand have many beautiful temple and place.Almost all Thai People believe in Buddha aobout doing goodness and believe about karma.In each temple will have and shows picture art or picture on wall the temple for tell history of buddhism to people who can learn to know about buddhism from picture.

Pang on Religious Art in Thailand

An image show when the Bhudha was born. He was born on Lotus and he walk forward on 7 lotus. This picture means he is a special person.In Bhudhism, Lotus is purity.Around him are faith looking at him.

Nana on Religious Art in Thailand

Most all Thai people are Buddhists. Every ceremonies Buddhists go to the temple. The temple have many art of religious , fro example picture on wall decorate every wall in the temple. You have seen about history of god since birth until death. The history teach Buddhists understand easies than the words. When I was child, I went to the temple in Bangkok for learn history of my god. In the temple is quite clam, you look at the picture on the wall and sit in meditation, you feel happy because you go out from work or study in daily. The picture help to image about history of religious, the successful way to goal and knowleged.
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Michiyo on Religious Art in Japan.

Miroku bosatsu is the sculpture in Kouryuuji, which is temple.This based on buddhism. It might be infruenced from china and Koria. It is very old, so it designed as culture tresure in japan.Its face is very calm. Is cloth is very simple. Noramlly the nortible bosatsu does not wear a lot. there are 4 steps, grades when they train. People at the era meditated in front of the sculupture. Behind the histrial background, there is a lot of war. so they want to be calm.

Lila on religious art in Cambodia

In my country, their have many religious art and make the religion more visible. One example of a piece of art that make people visible is the spirit child. A thing that child make people believe is they can take care of your baby that we can't effort and can't see what happen to your baby in the future. In my culture, if someone have a baby, they always bright a small house and invite the small spirit child come to their family. And another religious art is a beauty lady figure which almost all market and small shop believe that lady can bright happy and good luck to them business and got a lot of customer.

Ann on Religion Art in Thailand

Bell's temple is important in Buddhism because it mean one symbol of Buddhism. Bell's temple use tell time of day.The monks knew time to do in activities of Buddhism such as pray , eat and sleep. Moreover,Thai people believe by knock the bell loudly which make you recieve good things.

"Lavender takes adge off horror"

According to "Lavender 'takes adge off horror" in BBC news that if you take a deep sniff of lavender before you watch the horror movie, it will help you to reduce the rate of stress and "stop you getting scary". In contrast, if the men take the smell of lavender they will get more stress when they watch the horror movie. The reason of this difference is unclear.

Now, you've known already the usefulness of lavender, so just take a deep sniff before you're going to watch a horror movie. Do you want to try it?

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"lavender 'takes adge of horror" in BBC news (April, 3, 2009). Retrive April, 5, 2009. From:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7977562.stm

Disturbing details in Thai blaze inquiry

“Disturbing details in Thai blaze inquiry” BBC News report about the Satika , a popular night-club in Bangkok, was blazing inferno in New year party 2009. The revellers about 1,000 persons are at there. Tuk, who was in fearful incident, says that "I looked up at a small fire in the ceiling - then after a few seconds, 'voooom', there were lots of flames, everyone ran at the same time, and then the lights went off." Some revellers think that was a part of show. It was not. The 66-people, who are Thais and foreigner, died in 1st- Jan night, trapped in the building without safty equipments. Three months later, there has been little progress.The police charged the club’s owner with recklessness and the fact was reveled that Satika was licensed as a private residence, not a club, so there had not been fire safety inspection.Chuwit Kamolvisit as nightlife entrepreneur says about the Thai police "They don't work for society, they work for their own pocket". He explained nightclub legally was so inconvenient but it was much easier just to pay money goverment officer. He says "That is the Thai style." The new law, all public buildings have to be inspected for safety but only 200 buildings from nearly 6,000 passed inspection. Prasong Tharachai from the Engineering Institute of Thailand says that, "If you go to a nightclub in Bangkok, and you want to be safe, always check where the exit is, and stay close to it,"

From this case which nobody want to happen in the future. In Songkran festival, Where do you going to plan? There are many people each tourist attraction. How safe do you entry everywhere?

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References

Disturbing details in Thai blaze inquiry (2009, April 4) , BBC News, Retrieves April 5, 2009 From http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7981841.stm

Cambodia leader talks down clash

In "Cambodia leader talk down clash"
BBC News reports, there was brief fighting and tension between Cambodia and Thailand share a border nearly 800km by surrounds an ancient temple, Preah Vihear which international court awarded to Cambodia in 1962. Cambodia's prime minister has said “that he does not wish to see border clashes between Thai and Cambodian troops escalate into a more serious conflict.” Cambodian soldiers hadn’t been injured in exchanges of rocket and gunfire on Friday which consider occurrence between neighbors. But Thai authorities said “at least two Thai soldiers died and seven were wounded.” Nevertheless, today we have a problem, and then we calm down and talk to each other.

Reference:

Cambodia leader talk down clash. Retrieved ( April 4,2009) asia pacific, BCC News.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7983136.stm

Hot climate produces baby girls

In “Hot climate produces baby girls” BBC News report that the birth rates of girls in the tropics are higher than in other parts of the world. They base on the birth place. People who live by the equator have more girls than boys. This causes a variety of climate that may effect on miscarriage rates and sperm quality. In addition, from the research, “the female foetus is less fragile than the male foetus, which is more prone to the effects of the environment on pregnant women.” However, it is difficult to draw conclusion because the other factors can also change the birth rate such as the different of culture, society and economy in each region.

Which factor do you think that most effects on the birth rates; the different climate, culture, society or economy? Why?

References
Hot climate produces baby girls.(2009,April 1),BBC News, Retrieved April 3,2009 from
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7972993.stm

No problems so far as April Fools' computer worm awakensStory Highlights

1st Apeil Fool Day computer worm was lanched on Wednesday but so far

it not cause problms to milions computer all over the world. However that

does not much - take about the worm its like a joke, computer seculity. The

easest way to use computer to access Windows from Microsoft.com If you

get you can submited system to update ,its unlike your computer is infected.

conficke's motive is probably financial, information shut down wed pages,

or track keybordes spam from infected computers.

What effects of this day to us?

Do I Like Lady Catherine?

Of the many characters that Jane Austen introduces in her novel Pride and Prejudice, Lady Catherine de Bourgh is defintely not one of the nicest. She is very rich, but she also seems to have all the worst characteristics that people might associate with the rich: she is proud for no good reason; she is arrogant and speaks very rudely to other people; she is demanding and pushy; and she uses her wealth and position to intimidate other people. Not only does she have these faults, but she is also a very stupid woman. It is perhaps fitting that Mr Collins, who "was favoured by nature" with "stupidity" (p.93) is her admiring next door neighbour.
Still, I like her. She is so awful all the time, and so hopelessly ignorant of her own ignorance and awfulness, that she is almost funny. I don't think she ever says a single kind word to or about anyone. And some of her comments really are as stupid as anything that Mr. Collins might say, for example when she says in all seriousness that had she ever learnt to play the piano that she would be "a great proficient". Equally funy is that the only people who are actually impressed by her are those with no taste and little manners: Mr Collins, Sir William Lucas, and a few other snobs. It is clear that Darcy doesn't have any much better opinion of his aunt than Lizie does.

She is just right to show off the virtues of others, bring out the worst in some, and generally contribute to the story and the cast.

I like her quite well enough.

References
Austen, J. & Stafford, F. (2004). Pride and Prejudice. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Caroline Bingley

Caroline Bingley is a common woman who follow the normal thought. She likes party and beautiful dresses. In the party, she would like to be a most beautiful woman among other women and enjoy to be admired by participants. Therefore, sometimes she feels jealious when she hear that another women is beautiful. When Mr. Bingley fall in love with Jane, she doesn't want him to marry with Jane who is poorer than Bingley's wealthy. And she has a rule in her mind, which should be kept as a women. When Lizzie go to their house on foot for some miles, she criticize her behavior that women have to ride something not walk. She comtempt her thoughts. She is very conservative and selfish. Therefore, I don't like her much. I prefer the charater, Lizzie but not Caroline. Though she is beautiful and rich, she seems to be empty and unhappy. She just follow the old rules and try to keep it.

Mrs Bennet in Pride and Prejudice

In Pride and Prejudice, Mrs. Bennet is a mother of five daughters and a wife of a kind and wise man, Mr. Bennet. She wants her daughter to marry with a good and rich man which could be one of a job of a good mother at that time. Her characteristic is a talkative, a little bit bossy and some how sensitive (when she doesn’t get what she wants). I like this character so far although she sometime annoys me. I think she is a very funny character but she doesn’t realize that. When I watch the video about Pride and Prejudice made by BBC in the class, Lizzie and Jane secretly laugh at her mother when she acts and talks in her own style. The book doesn’t mention about this scene but I can imagine that. I wonder how Mr. Bennet can stay quite calm when she starts to be panic and paranoid because if I were Mr. Bennet, it will drive me crazy when someone do that to me. He may know his wife very well and secretly laughs at her when she does those funny actions. I think Mrs. Bennet adds spices in this book and she made me smile when she starts to talk like non-stop. Moreover, her characteristic reminds me of a lovely old lady who lives next to my house. She does the same actions that Mrs. Bennet does to her husband. I think they are a very cute couple.

Jane in "Pride and Prejudice"

I am now reading the Pride and Prejudice written by Jane Austen. I impress the charactor of Jane in many ways. The first charactor of Jane is that she shows some leaderskill. She is the first daughter of the five girl in the family and she are more mature than other in many aspects. For example, she doesn't prejudice about Mr.Darcy like Lizzie, her first younger sister, even though he shows some personalities such as pride of himself. Another example is that Jane doesn't also believe all the information which Mr.Wickham talk about Mr.Darcy which seems to be only the bad sides. While Lizzie really trust Mr.Wickham's words and then prejudice Mr. Darcy. She tries to give reasons to Lizzie about her prejudice. This shows she has some leadership skill in the role of the oldest sister.
Lastly, Jane has the passion of love and kind. It seems she can get along well with Miss Bingley even though Miss Bingley look down on Jane's social stutus. The charactor of Jane seems to be optimistic about people. Also, she love Mr.Darcy by heart not by the financial benefits as Mrs.Bennet expected about. It seems she is such a happy person who is ing in the difficulties of future financial uncertainty in her family.
Above is all the reasons why I like Jane in the Pride and Prejudice.

Lydia and Mark

Lydia is one of five dourters in Bennet family. I don't know what her exact personality is. I think, she is like a child. So, I don't like a person who has a personality like this, but I don't know why. It may be I don't like to take care of children and I am always anoied when children are playing.

Do you like Lizzie in Pride and Prejudice?

After I read a few chapter. One character in Pride and Prejudice, Lizzie who is Mr.Bennet daughter. I like this character because she has her style and love her sister. She likes to read book. She always has a reason. When her sister got sick and stay in other place, she went to visit her sister immediately. Although she had to walk for a long time, she didn't mind. When she arrived that place with dirty cloth, other people look at her and doubt why she did that. She doesn't care. She worry about her sister only. When one man would like to get marry with her but she doesn't, she dare to refuse him. That make her parent angry but she has a reason and doesn't change her mind.

In pride and Prejudice(Austen, J., 2004), Charlotte is an intimat friend of Elizabeth. She is a daughter of Lady Lucas and Sir William. She is a sensible, and intelligent young lady, however she is little bit old to marry, actually, she is 27 years old and that age is considered too old to marry at her times. I think her cahracter is very realistic and responsible, because she accepted Mr. Collins' propose. Mr. Collins propese to Elizabeth at first, but after soon being rejected by Elizabeth, he chose Charlotte as his wife. Charlotte worried about her friend's criticism, when she accepted Mr. Collins' propose, however, she knew very well about her reality. and she thought about her family, too. In truth, I don't liker her decision, even though I understand her decision. She wants to stay the stable present, rather than searches for her dream. Most women at her times might make a decision like that. however, she is a young woman, and I think young mem have to seek for their dream regardless of the difficulty of making come true. That was the previllege of youth.

Mark and a turning point

I had a major turning point in my life. After I graduated from university, I was a programmer in one well known company in Bangkok. In my major, a programmer is a good job that have high salary, and I really love this job. While I was working there arond 2 mounth, I had a message from my university about the scholarship to study at America and come back to be a teacher. In that time, it was very difficult to decide, because I must have studied around 6 years and be a teacher for around 12 years, that is, the whole of my life. At last, I decided to quit that job, although I might not have had a oppitunity to work there. However, I wish to be a teacher more than other. I love to teach as well as learn how to teach. Moreover, I have a opputunity to study the degree,which is Phd, that it's quit impossible to me to study.

The turning point

The turning point of my life had come when I was eighteen after I finished my high school. Since I had chosen to study in science high school, I should continue my study in science program. However, I realized that it was very hard for me to make a decision. I found myself very interesting in language. I enjoyed studying English and German and I also a dream to study further in language. However, I had a little pressure from being a scientific student that I must continue studying science in the university. I spent a lot of time thinking which way will I take between the road to what I love and enjoy or the road that will take me to where I should be. Finally, I made up my mind and chose to study science in the university level. During my undergraduate study, sometime I would like to turn back time and chose another way and thought that I would be happier than what I was at that time. However, I had a very good support from my parents. They said that time cannot be reversed and things happened for a reason. They continued that at some conjunction in life, we cannot chose what we absolutely like but we have to chose an obviously better one although it seems terrible. It would be better to adapt yourself to something that you quite like, which means you don’t hate it, and enjoy it. I keep their words in my and now I have a quite happy life.

From The Road Not Taken

The Road Not Taken point out that we have to choose the way of life although we don't know the result in the future. Moreover, in some situation different choice make our life very different. I had an experience to make the decision when I graduated. I had to decide what I would like to do in the future. I have a chance to study in higher level or work. If I want to be a teacher, I have to study PhD. Two choices will make my future career very different. In addition, If I decide to study, I have to prepare myself by reading book which have more Statistics'theory. On the other hand, if I decide to work, I have to prepare myself by reading book that will be applied Statistics for a company. At that time, I decided to work because I want to get more experience outside University. Because it will teach me the real world.

the important decision in my life.

In "The road not takedn", the writer explores the difficulty of chioce in our life, and sometimes that chioce make our life very diffrently. when I think of my life, ther were several moments that I had to make a very important decision like marrage, moving to another country. The recent turinig point was the moment that I had do make up my mind to come to Thailand. Before coming here, Thailand, I had a plan for my life and I was trying to make it come true. However, my husband had to move to Thailand because of his work and he wanted to stay with his family, I and my dausghter. At first, I didn't want to be here, because my future was in Korea. At that time, I had to choose whether being in Korea without my husband or coming to Thailand with giving up my dream. That was a very difficult question for me. At last, I made up my mind to be with my family together, because my family is the most important thing in my life. Of course, I had to give up my dream. Event though I had to quit my dream, I am happy to be with my family here in thailand. And now, I'm searching for the another dream for my future in thailand and I'm lerning to enjoy my new life in Thailnad.

The Road Not Taken

After I finished reading the poem "The Road Not Taken", it reminds me of a turning point of my life when I graduated my masters degree. At that time, I have two choices needed to be considered which are being a lecturer at one university and helping my family business in Phitsanulok. Those two choices may be determined my whole life in the future. However, I don't know the what the future would be for sure. The first choice of being a lecturer made me fulfill my dream. I have set my goal to work in the academic area in order to bring about my passion on dedicating my existing knowledge to others. On the other hand, working in the family business is the good ways to help my parent who are the ones I love. Also, if I choose to become as an academic I could only get a salary probably enough for my own living expense without much savings. While working in family family would make me gain enough money for my whole family. So, after I had throughoutly considered those possible outcome, I decided to become a lecturer at Naresuan University, located in my hometown in Phitsanulok. This option would be satisfy my goal to become an academic at regular working hour and at the same time, I could somehow help my family business after my working hour. However, when I became the lecturer as a full time, I found out that I didn't have much time to help my family business as expected. In addition, I need to go to study abroad to gain the masters and doctorate degrees which are the requirement for the lecturers in the university. So it seems I need to make a choice again whether I should continue my working as a lecturer and go abroad or I quit my job and help my family business at home.
I realize that people need to make a choice many times in their lives and those choices have their own different outcomes.

Soojin's respons writing about page 183 ex.F in Quest

My turning point is choosing my major, theology. Actually, I would like to study law when I was in high school. I wished to be a lawyer and applied a university who is well known law. However, I failed to enter a university. I was very despaired at that time. Instead of law, I applied theology. Generally, people think that if someone choose theology, they will be a priest, but I don't abandon to be a lawyer in the future. Now, Korea just has a law school system and I have a plan to apply after graduate my faculty. In theology, I get a many things expecially about why I live, how I live, and what I have to live for in the future. Those are very voluable in my life. While I study theology, I would like to work for human rights, so decided to go to Bangkok and would like to work for them practically. If I didn't choose theology, I must not think of my life and decide to work for human rights but would like to follow my profits forever, and I must not decide to go to Bangkok and join Amnesty International.
Theology change my life and change my perspective of God. In the theology, I thought something that related to who is God, and who is human. Actually, my University is very liberal, so my professors push to think liberally and sometimes accept another religions' perspective. I was shocked at that time, because I just accustomed to christian in the church. Normally, church emphasize that God is absolute and only one with the bible. However, out of the church, in my faculty and with my professors and my friends, though I had a many stress, I get many things. I feel my thought is more broad. Though until now I can't answer many questions, I believe, someday, I will answer some of them(not all!) and help students who are worried about similar topic like my university life. Thus, theology change my vision and give new perspective.

Why Peter is here

When I left Australia in 1989, i didn't think it would be such a turning point in my life. I had just finished years of study, and before starting a Ph.D., I had decided to take a break and travel. That was the first decision that marked a turning point in my life. And my decision was made firm by what was really a very accidental remark. I had asked a friend what he thought of my idea to take a year off to travel, and his reply, which I've never forgotten, was, "I reckon your crazy if you don't!" So i did. The next twist in the road was when I decided to start my travels in Thailand. Again, that was simply because another close friend said she had really enjoyed her month here when travelling around the world. So I got my visa and plane ticket to Thailand. I also had visas and tickets to India and Taiwan. And I hadn't seen any further than that.
I got to Thailand and after my allotted two weeks, went on to Taiwan, where I did some work and study as planned. But instead of spending two years there, with short side trips, I made longer visits back to Thailand, which was much more enjoyable place to be.
After a year, I decided to spend a year in bangkok studying Thai at AUA. Again, this was largely as a result of an accident. I was interested in language learning theories at the time, and had been reading some theoretical works, including a book by Stephen Kraschen, which had made a sensation with some radical ideas about how people actually learn languages and how that could be applied to second language acquisition. I had studied other languages in school and at university using the traditional approaches, so I was well aware of the seriuos defects in those methods: I could read classical literature, but I couldn't even have a simple conversation with people! Something was wrong.
I had never taught a language, and I'd never studied teaching, but I wanted to see if Kraschen's ideas really worked, and one of the few places in teh world that used his ideas in the way he intended and at a reasonable cost was the Thai Studies Department here at AUA. So back i came to settle in thailand for a year.
That was great, but afer six months or so, I also realised that it would be good to have somethign else to do with my days. Well, there was an English language school just down the corridor, so I began teaching English for a few hours a day as well as studying Thai.
That is the series of small things that have led me down paths that I might never have taken otherwise. I wonder what I would be doing now if I hadn't decided to travel for a couple of years? If I hadn't hadn't become interested in language learning? If I hadn't heard of Kraschen and AUA?
Frost is right in "The Road Not Taken": the bends in the road make it impossible for us to see how even small events and decisions can lead us to ways we could never have imagined.

Shopping sprees linked to periods

In “Shopping sprees linked to periods” BBC News report that the psychologists believe the shopping is a way for premenstrual women to manage with the negative emotion that from hormone changing. The study found in ten day before periods the women like to go spending spree. This situation is cause from fluctuation and surges in hormone and affects the part of brain. In fertile day, the women tend to dress to impress and were adornment with jewellery or make-up. As Professor Pine, of the University of Hertfordshire say, "The spending behavior tends to be a reaction to intense emotions. They are feeling stressed or depressed and are more likely to go shopping to cheer themselves up and using it to regulate their emotions."

What is your spending behavior? How much you pay for shopping per month ? Have you ever calculated it?

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References

Shopping sprees linked to periods.(2009,March 30),BBC News,Retrieved April 1,2009 from

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7971578.stm

Earth population 'exceeds limits'

Earth population 'exceeds limits'

Now,there are too many population living in the Planet Earth. "We have six-and-a-half-billion people on the planet, going rapidly towards seven." All people need foods , water , habitat and medicine. But,the Earth can't support too many people.A National Medal of Science laureate tries to invent genetically modified foods for many people in The Earth. They accept GM food similar in medicine.

*Do you accept GM food? Why? Why not? Give a way to save the earth in many people.

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References

Duke,S . 2009,March 31 . Earth population 'exceeds limits' . BBCNEWS .Retrieved on 31 March 2009 From http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7974995.stm