Term 2 Lesson 3: War - A Journey In History

World War 1 was a major war centred on Europe that began in the summer of 1914 and lasted until November 1918. It involved all of the world's great powers, assembled in two opposing alliances: the Allies and the Central Powers. More than 70 million military personnel, including 60 million Europeans, were mobilised in one of the largest wars in history. More than 9 million combatants were killed, largely because of great technological advances in firepower without corresponding advances in mobility. It was the second deadliest conflict in Western history.

The war was triggered off by many reasons. The most crucial one was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, the heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary. This was a major reason why the countries started attacking one another.

When the war ended on 11 November 1918, the German, Russian, Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman Empires—had been militarily and politically defeated. Germany, the major powerhouse in the Central Power, was forced to sign the Treaty of Versailles, and was also forced to pay for war damage to other countries.

Because of the brutality and the family lost during the war, people in Europe cherished peace and family more after the World War 1. Many countries' government also began to govern their countries with more mercy. As Germany was still “sick” from the World War 1, they continued to disturb others and started World War 2

Students should be given more freedom in deciding school rules.

Rules, rules and rules. Rules are taking over our life son or later. We are always surrounded by rules. As the saying goes " Rules are meant to be broken"many students are breaking the school rules like gaming and eating in class. But, i feel that students should be given more freedom to a certain extent in deciding school rules.

Firstly, school rules are made for students to follow. However, students still break them. Even tough they know that it is good for them, they still break it. WHY? The reason is simple. Nowadays, students are becoming more and more rebellious. They are stubborn and want to go their own ways. Most of the time, the offence that most students commit is wearing ankle socks. I feel that the school should allow ankle socks as most of my seniors are punished for wearing ankle socks.

Also, when they decide school rules, the students can also study better. This is because when they decide school rules, it feels like studying in a place without restrictions. This allow them to be more relaxed and thus study better.

Therefore, i feel that students should be allowed to decide school rules as it will do them more good than harm.

Lastly, giving the students freedom in deciding school rules also allow the teacher to see the students character. When they decide school rules, they must go through their own opinion and their own point of views. This allow the teacher to see the the students point of view and teach differently.

Therefore, i feel that students should be allowed to decide on the school rules as it does more god than harm to them.

Does nuclear energy still have a part to play in the world?

I feel that after the horrific incident in Japan, Nuclear Energy shall and will be the most widely used energy in the world and most dangerous at the same time. I feel that Nuclear energy is better as it has much more energy than that of burning a few barrels of oil, furthermore, it is much cleaner.

Although after the japan incident people think that Nuclear Plants do not just blow up easily. There was another incident in Chernobyl. While the Chernobyl reactor was due to a costly error by its crew , Nuclear Plants would never blow up or go out of control for no particular error. It is very safe to use Nuclear Plants as long as that country take the risk and have lots of cash. With these money, the country can build a nuclear plant. Nuclear Energy is the best hope the world has if they want to halt Global Warming, it is relatively cheap, safe and extremely convenient for usage and production. Even though the risk of exploding are there, the chances of it exploding are very small. Most of the time it is due to the human error. Therefore, it is relatively quite safe to use nuclear energy

Term 2 Lesson 2: War - A personal Response

The image chosen is very special. Normally, for a war-stricken town, the town would be VERY damaged, but in this photo, the soldier attacking the town was killed because of the war. Desperation and Dejection caused the sad and loneliness of the photo, war can only be used to demolition, not for creation. Every time there is war, people will suffer, and for what? Just for that little profit. The soldier was lying on the cold hard ground, although dying, still holding is M16, hoping to be able to fight more for his country. His teammates surrounded him protecting him with their lives. Even though the solider is dying, he still fight for his life. He is groaning in pain. It was a cold and dark day for anyone, people were aiding to him, hoping to save his life. The buildings were smashed to a million smithereens, money and lives were lost. Everything became dark for the poor soldier as his view of the world slowly faded away...