Blog Assignment #5: Accomplishments

2013

The biggest thing I accomplished this year is entrance into university. The reason is that my campus life will make my future. And the study for entrance examination was hard. I tried entrance examination of other university last year too, but I failed. And the university I entered this year was not the university of my first choice. However, now I think today’s my campus life is one of the best choice. Now I enjoy my campus life.

The second thing I accomplished this year is, to get a good grade on TOEIC. I heard that its score is very important for our future, so I wanted to make a high score on it. My best score is not so high, but I feel I achieved this year’s goal.

2014

The first thing I want to accomplish next year is to keep regular hours, and do something quickly without doing other unrelated things. Because, I couldn’t do them this year, and it may be so bad for my physical and mental health, and it is a waste of time. One of the reason why I can’t keep regular hours is that I don’t do things quickly. ‘Doing everything quickly’ has been my goal since I was a junior high school student. I must accomplish it next time!! And it will make my life change better dramatically.

Next, I want to act more aggressively. I’m a worrywart(?) and shy. I don’t like to start new things. I fear mistakes. But without starting something new, my world will not expand. So I want to try more to start new things next year.

Blog Assignment #4: Leadership

questions: 1) What qualities or characteristics make a good leader? 2) Are leaders born or made?

1)

In my opinion, to be a good leader, we should try some thongs to make the group better.

First, a good leader must not discriminate. It is natural that a person dislike someone who can’t get along with him or her, but a good leader must be fair with the members. I think this is one of the most important quality of a good leader.

Second, we should try to know what people in the group want or need. Listen carefully to their opinions. Then we should not ignore the minority opinions. A good leader should try to make decisions that every member agrees them, however it seem  almost impossible.

             However, even if a person is fair with the members and try to make the best decision for everyone, if he or she has no idea to solve the problem or can’t persuade or discuss with the members about the problems, he or she will never make the best decision and be a good leader. Enough knowledge and discussion skills must be necessary for a good leader too.

2)

              I think both is true. Some people must have a talent for a good leader. On the other hand, I think it so hard for an ordinary person to be a good leader. Because he or she must improve the behavior. However, after the hard effort, ordinary people would also be able to be a good leader, I think. 

Blog Writing Assignment #3: How would your life be different without the Internet?

     I think that the Internet is very useful and gives us a lot of entertainment. Today, personal computers and the Internet are necessary for our life. Then, how would our life be different without the Internet? I think that however how the Internet is useful, my life would be better in a sense without the Internet.

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      Now many people enjoy the Internet life. Through it, we can send E-mails and enjoy playing games or listening to the musics, watching videos ,buying things... We can do a lot of things. But because of its too many functions, we tend to do nothing but use the Internet. I also enjoy doing searches, watching videos, and playing games on the internet. However, the amount of interesting information is too large. Without being careful, I can spend so long time on the internet. I can enjoy then, but during the time, I can't do anything which is more beneficial like going out and playing sports, or reading books, and so on. Staying at home and watching a monitor for long time is also bad for our health and eyes. I think that if there weren't the Internet, I couldn't get so many information, but I could spend more beneficial time.
     Next, I think that the amount of the information and the speed of transmission of information makes our life so busy. Through the Internet, we can get so many information that we need  immediately anytime, anywhere. It means that we can do more and more things in short time. As a result, I think that the time to wait and spend lazily is being lost.
     On the other hand, for public institutions, the lack of the Internet is serious problem. Because, without it, they can't collect and share so important information right now, about disaster or incidents like earthquake, tsunami and its damage.
     It is true that the internet is very useful, and without it there would be some problems for public institutions, but for personal life, I think that we can spend more beneficial and easygoing life without the internet.