Su Yup Kim: French Immersion

French Immersion schools are widespread in Canada. Immersion is a

program of intensive instruction of French as a second language for non-

francophone students. Currently, over 300,000 students are enrolled

across the country. Although some people have raised questions, French

Immersion schools have been supported in various ways. These are some

advantages of French Immersion schools.


French Immersion schools promote bilingualism. Bilingualism has been

shown to have positive effects. Besides enhancing a person’s cognitive

skills, it is also a powerful asset in the world. In written and oral

Communication, French Immersion students perform as well as native

French students. By the end of their education, students are perfectly

fluent in French. They are capable of participating in French community

and are eligible to study at a French university.


French Immersion schools help students to be globalized. In French

Immersion schools, students learn a variety cultures of other countries.

Therefore, students gain a deeper understanding of the customs and

history of the other country. In addition, students will have a greater

number of global career options. With a lifelong ability to communicate

with French-speakers, within Canada and around the globe they will be

able to find jobs in the global market.


French Immersion schools have grown in popularity across Canada over

the past several decades. They provide students with many benefits, both

tangible and intangible. Many results show that French Immersion students

outperform their counterparts in non-immersion programs. Bilingual

education is an increasingly popular option for parents.

Suyup Kim: The Internet

So much of our modern life depends on the Internet. Numbers of people start
their day with the Internet and finish with the Internet as well. People can do a
variety of things just by clicking. However, not everybody is happy with this
invention. They believe the Internet is changing our lives for the worse. The
Internet has improved but at the same time, diminished our quality of life.

These are the ways the Internet has improved our quality of life. The Internet is
full of information and you can find anything that you want. When people have
a project , they start to search the Internet to get the information. It is a
usual that before one leaves on vacation, he/she always gets the information and
makes a reservation on the Internet. The development of Internet skills helps us
to save time. People can do business on the Internet easily because people can
contact with anyone all over the world. Through 0n-line shopping people save
time and effort. The Internet expands personal relations. People can discuss and exchange their opinions freely. On the Internet people are sharing the same
tastes such as an anglers’ club or a music lovers’ society.

These are the ways the internet has diminished our quality of life. Using the
Internet all the time can destroy one’s lifestyle. When people use the Internet,
they usually spend more time than necessary. A growing number of people
immerse themselves in online games or surfing the web. An excess of Internet
usage isolates one from other people. Staying up all night and withdrawing from
their real life friends make people isolated from their family members and
friends. People can harm their health through compulsive Internet behavior.
There is also Information overflow on the Internet so it is difficult to know
what is real information. Hackers can invade the privacy of users by hacking a
person’s blog. Online fraud would increase because it is difficult to know the
person’s name or face on the Internet.

The Internet has improved our quality of life, but it has caused many problems,
too. Treating the problem isn’t easy because a lot of our life is spent on the
Internet. Therefore, people should try to learn how to develop balanced habits
and decide what they should avoid. I think the most important thing is using the
Internet in appropriate ways.

Ernest Yavnik: Technology

There are different improvements the modern technology has brought to our life. One of the most important is The Personal Computer. With help of PC one can store his own office at home or at work concentrating all the documents in one machine. It could also be a perfect source of entertainment, enabling a person to play sport simulators, watch movies and listen to music without even leaving his chair. Another useful invention that improved our life is the ATM – automatic teller machine. It gives us easy access to our funds within a few seconds without having the “pleasure” to sign tons of blanks. It does not require lunch breaks and doesn’t demand for vacations, so that we can use it 24/7. The ATM is also accessible everywhere there’s a sign of civilization. We should also mention such interesting technology as the Satellite TV. It provides a person enormous varieties of TV programs from all over the world so that it’s just no chance that one is getting bored watching it at any time. The Satellite TV also helps person to learn new languages or to improve the ones he already knows by watching a program in desirable language. Moreover, one can understand a certain political situation better by watching different world news reviews.

Our quality of life has diminished recently by Technology in certain ways. One of the causes is, for sure, the Cell Phone. Nowadays, one’s privacy can be easily violated by unexpected irritating cell phone calls. It has also become more and more common to see best friends talking on the phone for hours instead of just meeting each other so that they could share their problems and feelings in a more natural way. Another factor that can decrease our life’s quality is personal stereo equipment. One who uses such devices becomes totally disconnected from the environment; he stays indifferent to immediate problems of people around him/her. Using these devices can also lead to many unpredictable dangerous situations, such as road accidents, fire and many others. One should not forget that listening to personal music players at a high volume over a sustained period can lead to permanent hearing loss. Internet can also be a threat of our quality of life. Some people don’t even pay attention to the fact they get addicted to it, spending all their free time on the web living virtual life instead of the real one. Information available on the Internet can be misleading and incorrect because of lack of control. Finally, computers with internet access are potentially vulnerable to hacker attacks.

Alex Kuen: The Internet

Nowadays, The Internet has become an important part of our lives. There are millions of people who use the Internet in the world every day. However, not everyone is happy with this invention. They think the Internet is changing our lives for the worse. As every coin has two sides, the Internet has advantages and disadvantages.

People enjoy the advantages of the Internet today. It helps us find information easily. When we do some searches, we can find lots information from the Internet. We can use it to find a location, a postal code or a company’s website. In addition, we can share our ideas with other people. Twitter, a mini blog website, is becoming a popular tool to share ideas and information on the Internet. The Internet is an easy way to communicate with others. We make friends from social network websites and enjoy chatting with them. It is also a good way to connect to the family. Especially, if you work and study abroad, video chatting on the Internet makes the distance shorter.

On the other hand, the Internet has diminished quality of our lives in several ways. Some people are addicted to the Internet. They can’t make decisions and find the information without the Internet. They spend all of their time playing the Internet games and give up their studies. We are struggling in amounts of information. The news that comes from the different Medias has different viewpoints. Although we can find the latest news easily on the Internet, they confound us. Because everyone can post messages, it is difficult to judge which one is true or false.

When we use the Internet excitedly, we always ignore its disadvantages.

Marjan Kiyani: Animal Farm

In general, people rebel to obtain freedom, good prospect and
comfortable life. Even though their motto is based on democracy, it is very rare to see their success like the India’s revolution by Gandhi. It is a fact that a successful revolution needs a great soul. The “Animal farm” is similar to the most contemporary revolutions which happened in many countries.

The “Animal farm” is a political story by George Orwell. This story is about a farm whose owner Mr. Jones forced animals to toil with little food. “Old Major” was a wise pig who assembled a meeting to talk about the animals’ rebellion to obtain freedom. Eventually, animals rebelled while they suffered from hunger. The pigs who believed themselves as shrewd and intelligent took the leaderships position. One of them was Snowball who tried to educate the animals. Another one was Napoleon, who always had Squealer as a support. Both leaders always argued. Snowball disagreed with Napoleon about building a windmill, so he left the farm after being chased by Napoleon’s guards. Then Napoleon changed the policies and laws gradually. He changed the seven commandments that were Major’s beliefs of rebellion. He was a dictator in the farm. Animals toiled with less food than Mr Jones’s time, who left the farm after rebellion. Napoleon pretended everything was fine and threatened the animals not to have any complaints. Finally, the animals found themselves betrayed by pigs, and all the original principles changed.

All revolutions are similar because before any revolution, the leaderships make their effort to receive people’s attention. They give them hope to attract their attention. In the “Animal farm”, pigs as the leadership talked about freedom, so the other animals were encouraged to believe them. Moreover, the leaders need people’s vote as an agreement for their decisions. In the story, pigs required the animal’s agreement to be the only group who can make the decisions. In addition, they promise good economical prospects, for example, building some structures to achieve energy and obtain economical aims. In the story, the pigs wanted to build a windmill to help their economic issues. They forced animals to work hard like slaves with less food to save money, while they ate well and had best facilities to make the right decisions for them.

Another similarity among all the rebellions is that after revolution, the leaders change. They just think about the ways to achieve their goals. They select governors by themselves to dominate them. The leadership change to a dictator who may discharge the governors who may oppose them. This taboo may involve people’s benefit, but they do not care about people. Although one may see some leaders who may be concerned about helping people, the dictators prevent them do an action which would cause trouble for them; for instance, in the”Animal farm” Napoleon expels Snowball for helping animals to be knowledgeable. In some case, these dictator leaders fool people. If they think that they can obtain more benefit they may change the democratics laws. In the story, Napoleon wanted to follow some aims, which were against the commandment, so he changed them. Moreover, they force people to accept the situation as it is. Even they threaten people not to protest; as an example, in the story if one of animals complained, he or she faced with napoleon guard.

In conclusion, people rebel to have free speech, free vote, in general democracy, but they should pay its price. They shouldn’t lose their hope and fight for that. They should look at the small hole in the cave’s wall which a small light comes out of. Be hopeful to make the hole bigger and bigger and finally break the cave’s wall.