How do genetics influence our lives?
Have you ever imagined being cloned, for health purpose or some other reason? For most this is a scaring imagination, but already in a while, this will be possible to do. The researches based on genetics made a huge progress in the past few years.
There is already a huge amount of genetic manipulation around us, we just don’t know. The creation of gene-food has become an important issue. While some people believe, this ain’t natural any more and neglect it, some think just the best of it. Supporters argue, that those for example gene-manipulated plants are far more resistant than the natural ones, what they are not considering, is the possibility that this creation might spread and also replace the natural one, which causes its extinction.
Also, the question of cloning is a moral one. Shall we really be able to use clones – living beings, just like we are – as living organ depots?
The biometrics can be useful, as long as they are used for safety reasons only. But when the government starts to take fingerprints and DNA of everyone, this would be nothing but contra productive and grant the government control over the whole state.
Scientific progress is something to judge about carefully. On the one hand, this can be very helpful to heal, to explore etc…, on the other hand this can destroy and kill as the atomic researches have shown with the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima in 1945.
Montag, 30. November 2009
Sonntag, 4. Oktober 2009
Ideal Family
The shape of traditional families have changed ever since. The todays traditional family, consisting of a man a woman and approximately 2,1 children. But be serious, who does really have 2,1 children? In my opinion love and understanding counts, rather than size and setup. In the following essay I'll explain why.
When talking about families, people often mean the traditional family. what is ideal changes from individual to individual. In contrast to that, one thing doesn't change - everyone wants love, everyone wants to be understood. Why would you want to have a traditional family, which is always fighting? Of course there's also fights in non-tradtional families as well, but size and shape is of no importance when it comes to understanding.
When it comes to the relationship between family members you often hear people saying that they wouldn't want all the fighting at all. In my opinion that is far beyond ideal. I mean, what is more human than fighting? The key to this is called "balance" - balance between loving and fighting.
Society cares a lot about shapes and sizes, for example in China: people are not allowed to have more than one child, unless they pay certain taxes. Another example is, that gay-families don't have the social status they deserve. I think my thought of an ideal family is way more valuable than just certain setups. Not rarely children of aggressive and also violent parents tend to be aggressive and violent in the future. Roll models influence the social behaviour of children more than the family setup. Furthermore parents are the most important roll models for children, if there's a lot of fighting at home, what else should children learn but fighting from that?
To sum up, in my opinion it's not important wheter shape or size is close to the statistical traditional family its rather the atmosphere inside the family. It doesn't matter if you are gay or straight. It doesn't matter how many children you raise. It doesn't matter of which race you are, as long as you do your best to create the most harmonic atmosphere possible.
When talking about families, people often mean the traditional family. what is ideal changes from individual to individual. In contrast to that, one thing doesn't change - everyone wants love, everyone wants to be understood. Why would you want to have a traditional family, which is always fighting? Of course there's also fights in non-tradtional families as well, but size and shape is of no importance when it comes to understanding.
When it comes to the relationship between family members you often hear people saying that they wouldn't want all the fighting at all. In my opinion that is far beyond ideal. I mean, what is more human than fighting? The key to this is called "balance" - balance between loving and fighting.
Society cares a lot about shapes and sizes, for example in China: people are not allowed to have more than one child, unless they pay certain taxes. Another example is, that gay-families don't have the social status they deserve. I think my thought of an ideal family is way more valuable than just certain setups. Not rarely children of aggressive and also violent parents tend to be aggressive and violent in the future. Roll models influence the social behaviour of children more than the family setup. Furthermore parents are the most important roll models for children, if there's a lot of fighting at home, what else should children learn but fighting from that?
To sum up, in my opinion it's not important wheter shape or size is close to the statistical traditional family its rather the atmosphere inside the family. It doesn't matter if you are gay or straight. It doesn't matter how many children you raise. It doesn't matter of which race you are, as long as you do your best to create the most harmonic atmosphere possible.
Sonntag, 8. Februar 2009
Summary - Virgins
(Samuel )
The story is about a modern, dysfunctional family, which consists of 4 members. Suzy, who is the head of the family, is very busy doing work during the weeks and cold at weekends. Nick is a househusband, who keeps the house on his own. Jack and Zoe are the two children of Suzy and Nick. Jack appears to be full of life and spontaneous while Zoe is more calm and thoughtful. The closer the story is to its peak the more conflicts are noticeable. For example there’s one caused by Zoe. She tells Jack’s secret to Nick, although she had promised not to tell anyone. The arguing of Jack and Nick is inescapable and at its end Jack runs off. In the end of the story, however, everything is fine again.
(Markus)
In this play you see a huge black curtain in the background, which is used as hiding place for clothes, items like cell phones etc. and the characters if they are not mentioned in the scene. There are also some walls right in front of the curtain so the characters can hide behind the curtain without taking the attention of the main characters. In the middle of the stage is a dollhouse, which is used for sitting by Jack and for window cleaning by Nick. The last things I remember are some boxes. These boxes have multiple uses such as seats or the characters stand on them so the audience can see them better.
(Robert)
This play conveys various messages, such as not to do drugs, because you might lose control of yourself. In addition it’s not too smart to have sex without using a condom. Furthermore the handling of sexual diseases is an important topic too. All of these aspects make the play a good one, which we can recommend you without having a bad conscience.
The story is about a modern, dysfunctional family, which consists of 4 members. Suzy, who is the head of the family, is very busy doing work during the weeks and cold at weekends. Nick is a househusband, who keeps the house on his own. Jack and Zoe are the two children of Suzy and Nick. Jack appears to be full of life and spontaneous while Zoe is more calm and thoughtful. The closer the story is to its peak the more conflicts are noticeable. For example there’s one caused by Zoe. She tells Jack’s secret to Nick, although she had promised not to tell anyone. The arguing of Jack and Nick is inescapable and at its end Jack runs off. In the end of the story, however, everything is fine again.
(Markus)
In this play you see a huge black curtain in the background, which is used as hiding place for clothes, items like cell phones etc. and the characters if they are not mentioned in the scene. There are also some walls right in front of the curtain so the characters can hide behind the curtain without taking the attention of the main characters. In the middle of the stage is a dollhouse, which is used for sitting by Jack and for window cleaning by Nick. The last things I remember are some boxes. These boxes have multiple uses such as seats or the characters stand on them so the audience can see them better.
(Robert)
This play conveys various messages, such as not to do drugs, because you might lose control of yourself. In addition it’s not too smart to have sex without using a condom. Furthermore the handling of sexual diseases is an important topic too. All of these aspects make the play a good one, which we can recommend you without having a bad conscience.
Dienstag, 27. Januar 2009
Shut up
Group work about “Shut Up“
Chorus:
Although they tried they weren’t able to control their relationship.
Stanza [2]
At first everything went alright. They go out together. From the man’s point of view everything is fine, but the woman thinks she gets too few of his attention.
Stanza [3]
It’s too tough for them to keep up their relationship, because it’s based on xxx (the correct word will be added tomorrow prolly, as I can't read my own letters right now). He doesn’t listen to her. They are arguing every day.
Stanza [4]
The man wants to start their relation anew. But the woman thinks that he is not good enough for her.
a co-work of Sam and Markus
Chorus:
Although they tried they weren’t able to control their relationship.
Stanza [2]
At first everything went alright. They go out together. From the man’s point of view everything is fine, but the woman thinks she gets too few of his attention.
Stanza [3]
It’s too tough for them to keep up their relationship, because it’s based on xxx (the correct word will be added tomorrow prolly, as I can't read my own letters right now). He doesn’t listen to her. They are arguing every day.
Stanza [4]
The man wants to start their relation anew. But the woman thinks that he is not good enough for her.
a co-work of Sam and Markus
Sonntag, 11. Januar 2009
summary - paranoid park
The book "Paranoid Park" was written by the novelist Blake Nelson. This book was released in 2008 and published by Puffin.
The story takes place in Oregon state, part of the United States of America. The narrator, who is the main character, is 16 years old and a fascinated skater. There's a very famous skate park in the city he inhabits. One evening he decides to go there by himself - his friend went to see some girl. At this evening he get to know a streeter called Scratch. Scratch tempts the narrator to hop a train. "Just for fun. It's a shortcut", he says. While riding the train, they are seen by a security guard, who immidiately chases them and starts to hit Scratch. The fight ends tragically.
From this point on the narrator has to deal with a bunch mixed feelings. He feels guilty and almost confesses. The fear to be imprisoned, however, is greater than his will of confession. You gain a deep insight of the feelings, which the main character lives through. Blake Nelson is very talented when it comes to describing emotions. The further advanced the story is, the more exciting it is.
This book is a good example of how books should be. A good book is characterized by the fact that you don't want to stop reading until you are done. The book made me grin after reading and I thought that it's a pity that it's already over. I like the style Nelson writes. It's clear and understandable, even for children. I recommend this book to people of any age, who are interested in exciting stories. It's one of the best books we had to read for school so far.
Thank you - Blake Nelson.
The story takes place in Oregon state, part of the United States of America. The narrator, who is the main character, is 16 years old and a fascinated skater. There's a very famous skate park in the city he inhabits. One evening he decides to go there by himself - his friend went to see some girl. At this evening he get to know a streeter called Scratch. Scratch tempts the narrator to hop a train. "Just for fun. It's a shortcut", he says. While riding the train, they are seen by a security guard, who immidiately chases them and starts to hit Scratch. The fight ends tragically.
From this point on the narrator has to deal with a bunch mixed feelings. He feels guilty and almost confesses. The fear to be imprisoned, however, is greater than his will of confession. You gain a deep insight of the feelings, which the main character lives through. Blake Nelson is very talented when it comes to describing emotions. The further advanced the story is, the more exciting it is.
This book is a good example of how books should be. A good book is characterized by the fact that you don't want to stop reading until you are done. The book made me grin after reading and I thought that it's a pity that it's already over. I like the style Nelson writes. It's clear and understandable, even for children. I recommend this book to people of any age, who are interested in exciting stories. It's one of the best books we had to read for school so far.
Thank you - Blake Nelson.
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