We, Rachel, Joyce, Young and me, went to the campus lake and rented the pedaling boat. It was so hot day, so 1 hour pedaling could exhaust us too much!
We got scolded by the attendants twice since we stood up on the boat and approached the shore without asking.
I am very sorry MAN!
May 6, 2005
May 5, 2005
My Family
This is my wife & my daughter!
Now they live in Japan. I wonder if my daughter can walk by herself. 2 months enable her to grow up quickly and healthily.
Now they live in Japan. I wonder if my daughter can walk by herself. 2 months enable her to grow up quickly and healthily.
May 4, 2005
Project Report “School Shootings”
Our topic is "School Shootings". In 1999, two high school students rampaged with guns in the Columbine high school in Denver, Colorado and 25 people were killed. In addition, two attackers shot themselves in the library. After 6 years in Red Lake high school in Minnesota, the same thing has happened. A 16-year-old school killer caused 9 people to die by gun and then committed suicide. Moreover, he had created the violent film months before his rampage. There are some similarities between the two shooting rampages other than the fact that they shot themselves finally. In the former case, there is the information that the suspects had faced a bully. In the latter case, the suspect's father had committed suicide 4 years before his rampage and his mother was in the hospital. So that means, they were the weak of society and nobody could notice a sickness in their heart, so they had no ways of overcoming their problem without a gun.
I had an interview about "School Shootings" with a woman who has two children, 17 and 12 years old. She said that some kids could get the gun from their house easily and also they could buy the air gun at the shop. And she wonders if they wanted to show someone their power, or proof of ability "I can do this!", "I have the power". Furthermore, her opinion is that we have to notice their signal and understand that their mind is unbalanced. And also the most important thing is that the kids know each other and make a relationship with teachers and parents. In addition she also thinks both the family and school, parents and teachers, should have responsibility and take more care of the kids.
I had an interview about "School Shootings" with a woman who has two children, 17 and 12 years old. She said that some kids could get the gun from their house easily and also they could buy the air gun at the shop. And she wonders if they wanted to show someone their power, or proof of ability "I can do this!", "I have the power". Furthermore, her opinion is that we have to notice their signal and understand that their mind is unbalanced. And also the most important thing is that the kids know each other and make a relationship with teachers and parents. In addition she also thinks both the family and school, parents and teachers, should have responsibility and take more care of the kids.
May 3, 2005
Reading Reaction "Cars smarter than their drivers"
This article mentions the safety device in the vehicle. Continental Teves, Inc., Auburn Hills in Michigan, has developed the automotive safety system for the purpose of decreasing the accident and injury. This system is named the active passive-integration approach (APIA). This APIA system has many sensors and control module to perceive the information surrounding the cars such as speed, direction and distance between the two cars. If the car in front brakes and distance between the cars are shortened, this system makes it possible to add pressure in the brake system and also to fasten the seat-belt and to close the whole windows so that the drivers can escape from the danger of an accident. Furthermore, the author participated in the test of this system as a part of a group of automotive journalists in Germany. In this test, several cases and situation were considered. However, the action against an accident risk still depends on the driver.
Recently the technologies have being improved in many fields and especially the safety systems are considered in many industries. Surely this kind of development is valuable and meaningful for our society if it causes to decrease the car accident and injuries. And also if this system is utilized for elder person with slow to respond or handicapped person during their drive, everyone can drive a car without anxiety.
However, I also think that a number of drivers who possess the car equipped this safety system might get to drive carelessly. Furthermore, this safety system might prevent the drivers from paying attention to their surround as well as it prevents car accident. Therefore, it may be that the number of car accident could not decrease.
Nevertheless, I would like to mount this kind of system to my car because I drive with my family. In Hiroshima, Japan, some road is narrow and lots of cars run very close each other unlike the US. In addition, I get caught in a traffic jam very often. Therefore, there is a possibility of car accident even though I drive a car very carefully since another careless drivers also drive their car. I consider that the primal thing is not to rely on the safety system but to interpret the function and master it.
Recently the technologies have being improved in many fields and especially the safety systems are considered in many industries. Surely this kind of development is valuable and meaningful for our society if it causes to decrease the car accident and injuries. And also if this system is utilized for elder person with slow to respond or handicapped person during their drive, everyone can drive a car without anxiety.
However, I also think that a number of drivers who possess the car equipped this safety system might get to drive carelessly. Furthermore, this safety system might prevent the drivers from paying attention to their surround as well as it prevents car accident. Therefore, it may be that the number of car accident could not decrease.
Nevertheless, I would like to mount this kind of system to my car because I drive with my family. In Hiroshima, Japan, some road is narrow and lots of cars run very close each other unlike the US. In addition, I get caught in a traffic jam very often. Therefore, there is a possibility of car accident even though I drive a car very carefully since another careless drivers also drive their car. I consider that the primal thing is not to rely on the safety system but to interpret the function and master it.
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