Sunday, January 25, 2009
Posting Homework
I have started and will continue to post my homework in this Blog in an effort to help other students and improve my knowledge of these subjects by allowing all of you to contribute with ideas, comments and even critics.
Saturday, January 24, 2009
Wildflower Girl
Wildflower Girl This story is about a girl named Peggy.
She passes through lots of adventures on the book.
She let her family in Ireland.
With the famine in Ireland, and her family so poor.
Peggy even being a thirteen years old girl, to help her family Peggy offers to go to
America so she can earn money and send to her family in Ireland.
She goes to America living her family, her friends and all the persons around her.
Peggy goes to America “The New World” on a boat called Fourtunata.
Lots of things happen on the boat.
Peggy arrives to America and she finds a job where no one likes
her and some time later she give up from that job.
Some days later she finds another job where no one likes her but,
Peggy really wants to send money to her family.
Peggy some time later has some enemies but she arranges some friends.
Peggy starts to live on America since she is helping her family on Ireland.
Florence Nightingale
Florence Nightingale
Introduction
Did you knew that Florence Nightingale was the first nurse. Did you ever stop for a minute to think that without the work of the scientist Florence Nightingale, you would have very good chances of dying if you had to undergo surgery due to the hospitals malpractice? That’s right folks! Florence Nightingale was one of many individuals that contributed very much with her job to the improvement of hospital best practices, especially related to the germ theory. Germ theory is the theory that proves germs cause diseases.
Background
Florence Nightingale was born in Florence in 1820 and died in London on 1910. She spent a great portion of her life working in hospitals. She lived in Italy until she was three years old. Then her family moved to England and she went to live in Derbyshire, North of England. When she became an adult she had to fight with her family to be able to follow her dream to become a nurse since she belonged to the upper classes of the British society and it was considered as being underneath her birthright to perform such type of tasks. She became extremely famous all over the world by leading the nursing support to the British campaign in the Crimean War that was being fought in southern Russia. Her main contribution to the effort of war was to bring down the mortality rate in the field hospitals from 42% to a minimum of 2%. She was able to introduce a change of mentalities with men being forced to accept the work and even the supervision of a woman. She was able to achieve this change of mentality because she had the support of very powerful friends like Lord Sydney Herbert and eventually even from Queen Victoria. Nonetheless, she was able to prove to herself and her supporters and critics that she could manage a hospital in a efficient and modern way introducing some practices in Hospital management that are still followed today.
Germ Theory
Florence Nightingale also contributed to the development of the germ theory by doing statistical research and changing medical practices that proved that enforcing sanitary regulations and special diets reduced the mortality rate in the hospitals. The principles of sanitary environment, personal hygiene and good diet were revolutionary in her time and constituted the basis of many of the good practices implement in our days. Florence Nightingale developed several methods to improve Hospital administration and developed statistics methods that allowed her to demonstrate straightforwardly the concepts she wanted to demonstrate to persons without any type of scientific formation like the members of the British parliament. She was able to demonstrate that the huge death rate in hospitals was directly related with overcrowding facilities, lack of air and light, lack of sanitation, poor kitchen conditions and unhealthy diets as well as dreadful laundry practices and facilities.
Other Interesting Info
Florence Nightingale worked with people from all over the world and from all social stratus. Some of her most famous acquaintances were: Elizabeth Blackwell who was the first women to receive a medical degree in USA. Her lifetime friend, Lord Sidney Herbert, Secretary of War. Pastor Theodor Fliedner, the leader of the Lutheran community of Kaiserwerth-am-Rhein. Florence Nightingale used her own money on many occasions to buy medical supplies to the hospitals where she was working. Florence Nightingale was named Florence because she was born in Italy in the city of Florence.
Conclusion
Florence Nightingale was a great woman that fought against biases and pre-concepts of her family and society to introduced hygiene and sanitary regulations and best practices in hospital administration. She became known as the inspiration for the many generations of nurses that have followed her pioneer example. She gave her full attention to all of her patients and never paid attention on their social status. She used her life to pursue her dream and she deserves to be respected for that great sacrifice and for all the changes she introduced that helped save countless of lives.
Other Interesting Info
Florence Nightingale worked with people from all over the world and from all social stratus. Some of her most famous acquaintances were: Elizabeth Blackwell who was the first women to receive a medical degree in USA. Her lifetime friend, Lord Sidney Herbert, Secretary of War. Pastor Theodor Fliedner, the leader of the Lutheran community of Kaiserwerth-am-Rhein. Florence Nightingale used her own money on many occasions to buy medical supplies to the hospitals where she was working. Florence Nightingale was named Florence because she was born in Italy in the city of Florence.
Conclusion
Florence Nightingale was a great woman that fought against biases and pre-concepts of her family and society to introduced hygiene and sanitary regulations and best practices in hospital administration. She became known as the inspiration for the many generations of nurses that have followed her pioneer example. She gave her full attention to all of her patients and never paid attention on their social status. She used her life to pursue her dream and she deserves to be respected for that great sacrifice and for all the changes she introduced that helped save countless of lives.
Confucius
HIS LIFE AND WISDOM
Confucius: was a philosopher very famous on his own time because of the philosophical teachings that he created and those teachings still influence the world nowadays, especially in Asia.
Confucius studied almost all his life and created a set of rules that gave origin to the belief of Confucianism.
The rules created by Confucius are still studied in our days by millions of people all around the world.
Life
Confucius was born in the year of 551 before Christ (B.C) from a noble but poor family. He was born in the Chinese state of Lu. His father was the commander of a district of Lu but unfortunately died three years after Confucius was born. His death left the family in poverty but Confucius still received a fine education. Confucius got married at the age of nineteen years old. He eventually had 3 child’s, one son and two daughters.
Confucius worked as a market keeper and as a farm worker he took care of farm animals. Eventually around his 20th birthday Confucius started working for the governor of his district. After his mother death, Confucius started the career that would make him famous: Teacher and Philosopher. He usually travelled throughout China and his body of students used to travel with him wherever he would go. Confucius reverence for Chinese ideals and costumes made him very famous.
Teachings
Confucius presented himself as a spreader of nothing, because he did not invent anything but he influenced the way of thinking and the society on his time and in our days. The most important thing to Confucius was to study because he wanted to know more and more. The Chinese people still see Confucius as their Greatest Master. Confucius wanted their disciples to continue studying deeply and continuously the outside world. When the times of war and disasters came, he wanted to reestablish the Mandate of Heaven. The reestablishment of the Mandate of Heaven would bring China peace on a time of feudal rule. He wanted the rulers to try to obtain personal and social perfection when they were ruling. Confucius moral was considered by the Chinese as a moral of good quality. The Golden Rule is probably the most famous teaching of Confucius and summarized it means basically: “never impose on others what you would not choose for yourself.”
Confucius influence in Asia and Europe
Confucius teachings are now studied by many people in different Asian countries such as: Korea, Japan as well as Vietnam. The Confucius works and words were translated to European languages by some of the first Jesuits to go to China. The works of Confucius have considerable importance in the philosophy of some European philosophers even nowadays. There are inclusive groups that are still interested in the integration and morality of the philosopher Confucius in day to day life.
Confucius studied almost all his life and created a set of rules that gave origin to the belief of Confucianism.
The rules created by Confucius are still studied in our days by millions of people all around the world.
Life
Confucius was born in the year of 551 before Christ (B.C) from a noble but poor family. He was born in the Chinese state of Lu. His father was the commander of a district of Lu but unfortunately died three years after Confucius was born. His death left the family in poverty but Confucius still received a fine education. Confucius got married at the age of nineteen years old. He eventually had 3 child’s, one son and two daughters.
Confucius worked as a market keeper and as a farm worker he took care of farm animals. Eventually around his 20th birthday Confucius started working for the governor of his district. After his mother death, Confucius started the career that would make him famous: Teacher and Philosopher. He usually travelled throughout China and his body of students used to travel with him wherever he would go. Confucius reverence for Chinese ideals and costumes made him very famous.
Teachings
Confucius presented himself as a spreader of nothing, because he did not invent anything but he influenced the way of thinking and the society on his time and in our days. The most important thing to Confucius was to study because he wanted to know more and more. The Chinese people still see Confucius as their Greatest Master. Confucius wanted their disciples to continue studying deeply and continuously the outside world. When the times of war and disasters came, he wanted to reestablish the Mandate of Heaven. The reestablishment of the Mandate of Heaven would bring China peace on a time of feudal rule. He wanted the rulers to try to obtain personal and social perfection when they were ruling. Confucius moral was considered by the Chinese as a moral of good quality. The Golden Rule is probably the most famous teaching of Confucius and summarized it means basically: “never impose on others what you would not choose for yourself.”
Confucius influence in Asia and Europe
Confucius teachings are now studied by many people in different Asian countries such as: Korea, Japan as well as Vietnam. The Confucius works and words were translated to European languages by some of the first Jesuits to go to China. The works of Confucius have considerable importance in the philosophy of some European philosophers even nowadays. There are inclusive groups that are still interested in the integration and morality of the philosopher Confucius in day to day life.
Confucius Quotes
Confucius is known by having produced a vast series of famous phrases or concepts. The quotes below are some of my favorites:
Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.
Do not impose on others what you yourself do not desire.
I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.
Confucius is known by having produced a vast series of famous phrases or concepts. The quotes below are some of my favorites:
Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.
Do not impose on others what you yourself do not desire.
I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.
If we don't know life, how can we know death?
It does not matter how slowly you go, so long as you do not stop.
It is easy to hate and it is difficult to love. This is how the whole scheme of things works. All good things are difficult to achieve; and bad things are very easy to get.
Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.
Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.
The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential... these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence.
There are three methods to gaining wisdom. The first is reflection, which is the highest. The second is limitation, which is the easiest. The third is experience, which is the bitterest.
If I am walking with two other men, each of them will serve as my teacher. I will pick out the good points of the one and imitate them and the bad points of the other and correct them in myself.
It does not matter how slowly you go, so long as you do not stop.
It is easy to hate and it is difficult to love. This is how the whole scheme of things works. All good things are difficult to achieve; and bad things are very easy to get.
Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.
Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.
The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential... these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence.
There are three methods to gaining wisdom. The first is reflection, which is the highest. The second is limitation, which is the easiest. The third is experience, which is the bitterest.
If I am walking with two other men, each of them will serve as my teacher. I will pick out the good points of the one and imitate them and the bad points of the other and correct them in myself.
Confucianism
Confucianism as a system was developed based on the teachings of the great philosopher Confucius. Confucianism objectives are to develop a set of human morals and to persuade the people to perform right actions. It is a complex system of moral, social, political, philosophical and almost religious that is thought to have had a tremendous influence in the culture and history of Asia. In some countries in Asia, Confucianism is considered almost as a state religion because of the governmental support of the Confucianism values. Countries that are influenced by the Confucianism are: China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, and Vietnam and some territories that were settled predominantly by Chinese people.
Conclusion
Confucius was a fabulous teacher and philosopher and his teachings will continue to influence the Asian and the Occidental way of thinking for many years to come. Confucius was a man with a mission, he wanted to reform China from inside but unfortunately, he died thinking that he did not have completed his mission of saving China.
Confucius has the gift of making people believe in other things more important then themselves and his teachings make them to see the world in another perspective.
I have learned some new ideas from his teachings and I will try to adopt them in may own life.
Confucianism as a system was developed based on the teachings of the great philosopher Confucius. Confucianism objectives are to develop a set of human morals and to persuade the people to perform right actions. It is a complex system of moral, social, political, philosophical and almost religious that is thought to have had a tremendous influence in the culture and history of Asia. In some countries in Asia, Confucianism is considered almost as a state religion because of the governmental support of the Confucianism values. Countries that are influenced by the Confucianism are: China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, and Vietnam and some territories that were settled predominantly by Chinese people.
Conclusion
Confucius was a fabulous teacher and philosopher and his teachings will continue to influence the Asian and the Occidental way of thinking for many years to come. Confucius was a man with a mission, he wanted to reform China from inside but unfortunately, he died thinking that he did not have completed his mission of saving China.
Confucius has the gift of making people believe in other things more important then themselves and his teachings make them to see the world in another perspective.
I have learned some new ideas from his teachings and I will try to adopt them in may own life.
Friday, January 23, 2009
How blogging is going to change my writing?
Blogging is a new activity for me and will change the way I write in the following ways:
Looking for more appropriate words to express my opinions.
Learning how to use the computer and the Internet to convey my ideas.
Post my assignments and projects in the Internet where everyone can find it.
WHY BLOGGING IS GOING TO CHANGE MY WRITTING?
Blogging is going to change the way I write because I have to present my work in a way that other people can have a better understanding of it. Blogging will make me verify the information before I introduce it into my Blog. My blog will be seen by many other people so I will want to keep it tidy and presentable so other people can come and see the information I post in my blog over and over again.
I had never had a blog before and I now have one and I want to make it perfect.
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