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Role card

2009-12-09T08:07:00.000-08:00

Biographical information :

My life and history: My name is Eleonore Reis , and I was born in 1986, in the city of Talcuahano .Talcuahalano is located in the region of Bio-Bio in Chili. My family owns a small farm since 1956, and we mostly grow vegetables like: potatoes, lettuce, tomatoes and more..., We also have buffaloes, chickens and sheep's. My mom , Rosalie Reis, and my dad Bum Reis, have always consider this farm as family heritage. We sell our product to Santiago the capital of Chili, and we do this for a living. However , I always loved biology , and farming has never been my choice. Anyways, I do just like my parents consider our farm like a family heritage, but biology is my passion.

My personal jobs and experiences: Obviously I had always worked with my parents in our farm , i would fed the buffalo and the chickens.I would also plant potato's and lettuce's seeds.I also work twice a week in a laboratory in the domain of biology. We study the evolution and long term effect of GMF food in the human body. I used to work in laboratory in Santiago, but it have moved to an other city, Lota. It in the same region , were I live ,but I'm In a different laboratory now. Although, I was involved in a lot of comity's and community meetings, I don't have a lot of experiences other than farming and biology.

School: I studied in Pasadena in Texas for my high school years and then I came back to chili for University. I was in science program while I was in University, it was very hard. I really enjoyed studying in Texas, it was so much different from Chili.

Achievements:I had received a lot of prices for paints that I've done myself. I also had a gold metal in a swimming competition when I was 17 years old. I participated in a lot of communitarian service for my town and I'm proud of it.

abilities and competencies: I have a lot of potential even though I'm still discovering my self through the times. I am a very hard worker , I am independent and precise in my work. I'm also very good at drying people and shapes , however I never consider turning it into a career.

Position statement: I was inform in one of our community meetings that a project Named Pascua Lama was accepted by the Chilean government. I also had the chance to ask all my question with on of the Barrick gold's member, a Canadian mining company. I'm totally for this project . First of all, if the Chilean government allowed this project in Chili why should I be against it? The government has always been preoccupied toward is people, they evaluated strictly the purpose and the consequences of this project. If my government is for the project, I will also be .

In second, The web is full of misleading statement and fears of the Chilean citizen. The project haven't start yet ,and there is more than 400 conditions regarding the approval of the project.The protection of ice fields and water resources is the ,main priority of the Chilean government and Barrick Gold.

Further more, The ice field will not bee destroyed, 95% of the gold is not under the ice field only 5% of it is under the ice fields.The protection of this 5% remaining, is a major key condition of the Chilean authorities approval of the project.

Final writing test.(Inherit the wind)

2009-12-03T10:29:00.000-08:00

In 1925, Bertram Cates, a teacher from a Hillsboro was arrested and accused for teaching evolutionism.A certain sates law in Tennessee proclaimed that it was illegal to teach Charles's Darwin theory of evolution.In this religious town , only creationism was allowed and the bible was the only truth. Inherit the win is not about a battle between Creationism an evolutionism. It it not about who is right and who is wrong.The Freedom of speak, right and think always come with a high price and consequence. The play opposes two main themes : the freedom of thought vs , fundamentalism.Obviously , the famous <> of 1925, opposed evolutionism and creationism.However, if we take an closer look at the ultimate goal of the play, could we say that Inherit the wind opposes justice to morality? If the human rights were on trial in the play, it is because Hillsboro was a religious town ,intolerant to morality, freedom of thought and individuality . Inherit the win should win the award for the best play of the year.

First the play shows us that justice has no place in a religious society.This small city of Hillsboro rejected all the contemporary thoughts, they had a laws against creationism.The people of Hillsboro lived by the bible and considered themselves totally religious. The bible was the only guide line that could guide their lives.Bertram Cates was accused of teaching creationism and proclaiming immoral things.Although He was only questioning himself on life and the world , he was treated like traitor or a monster by his own community.Moreover, the play also showed that justice in the play was on trial. The court room who was supposed to be neutral , had a huge sign on the wall who said<<>>. That sign already showed to everybody that Cates was going to loose the trial. In a high religious court room where even the judge takes position on you, how can you possibly win?Henry Drummond who is Cate's lawyer is mistaking for the devil by the people of Hillsboro.He is a former lawyer from Chicago and automatically accuses the court room to favor creationism and religious. Also the court room privileged Brady the religious lawyer of Hillsboro, to over win on Drummond.When Drummond tries to used his 15 experts has witnesses the judges and Brady disallowed him. They also disallowed him to use the book of Charles Darwin has prove.The courtroom disallow all his proves even though his prove are the only help he has.Like its not enough, they tell him he could only use the bible.
Justice is definitely on trial, and that's what makes the play reflective

In second, the plays shows that morality and freedom of thought have been for a long time impersonal. Drummond knows that he is affront of a crowd that only believes in the bible.The bible is only a way to explain life, it like philosophy or science. Drummond tries to make them understand that they need to see further. When Drummond calls Brady on affront of the court , we realise that Brady cannot think by himself.Brady cannot make a personal opinion on anything, he always relies on the bible. Drummond tries to make him understand that evolutionism is only a theory that proclaims a constant evolution of species and humans being.Furthermore, Drummond accused Brady of being cunning, manipulative and not enough open minded. Brady said that Charles Darwin theory was nothing, it was devilish , but he never read it. How can someone place such a statement on something he know nothing a bout. Brady never wrote the anything about evolutionism and he doesn't want too, and that his right.What is not right, is to place such a judgmental statement on something you know nothing about.

On the one hand, Drummond places Brady in a funny position when he makes every body realizes that Brady is vulnerable.Brady actually think that the bible is real, that all the miracles and stories which are written in the bible are real.The bible is only on of the many ways that explains life. Most of the stories in it are untruth.When people in the court room realizes Brady weakness, Drummond wins over Brady's credibility.On the other hand , Drummond is not against the bible, he he just against fundamentalism.He even said, that God gives us the possibility to think by ourselves, so we should use our own head.He wants to make the court room understand that Cates was only asking himself question , and that there is nothing wrong with it. Drummond tries to make Hillsboro's citizen that evolutionism is not devilish, it a theory.You need faith in religious like you need critical and individual thinking in science. Science permitted many technological progress, and it has nothing to do with religious. So is science bad? Drummond tries to makes the court room that their are many different sciences ,and they are all useful.

In conclusion, Inherit the wind is a reflexion on the freedom of though, on individuality and justice.Obviously we could there was many others themes, but the outstanding one is the Freedom of thought. Religion is just one sphere of influences on many others. Evolutionism is a scientifically proven theory and Creationism is a religious theory.Inherit the wind is a very strong criticize on our previous society, and it also makes us reflect on the individual rights of toady's generation..

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Pascua Lama simulation

2009-11-12T11:13:00.000-08:00

Who : The Pascua Lama project was instore by the multinational Barrick gold .

Why: 17.6 million oz of gold are trapped under two Iceberg Barrick Gold have the authorization to destroy these two icebergs by the Chilean government.

How :The two iceberg must be destroyed in order for the mining company to get the trapped gold.

What: The project can cause the lack of water for the Chilean population ¸regardless of the consequences on the ecosystem.

Play

2009-11-12T10:51:00.000-08:00

2. Tells us that the offense is not serious and the town people don't see Cates as a threat.

3. The town is very religious and they want to impress him.

4. Brady seems to be insecure and dependant on his wife.

5. Brady appears to be manipulative, and opportunistic , and cunning.

6. Drummond is characterised as the Devil, doing anything to win, even things that are unethical.

7.Hornbeck plays the role of opposition to what the town's people think: he is a city guy vs rural people.

8. No because the judge did'nt approve of Drummond's scitific experts as witnesses. On the other hand it is just when the judge gives Drummond the title of temporrary colonel.

9.Her motivation is based on her respect for her father, she conforms hersel toward her dad's religieous values.

10. Brady isn't fanatical as we thought, he is able to place limits in what he says and think.Yes it does.

11. The central issue is the freedom to think for yourself , but not to impose it on others.

12. Not it isn't fair.

13.Brady believes blindly every thing he reads and takes it literally.

14. Drummond wins over the town people's support by showing that Brady was illogical and close minded.

15.Drummond says that progress makes society go forward and is based on scientific thinking ; however, progress as a negative side.

16.He accuse Drummond of corrupting every body and destroy their faith.

18.Drummond is not interested because he is censured but Brady use it to give the best impressin however ; the towns people don't listen to him.

19. He's sentence lightlely because he did break the law however his offense is not so strong.

Brand

2009-10-29T10:49:00.000-07:00

Food

My favourite: Sushi shop

Global favourite: Mac Donald's

why: because it is very popular, worldwide .

Technology: Nova tech

Global: Intel

Cars: Suzuki jeep

Global: Toyota

Entertainment

My favourite: Paramount

Global: Disney

Computers

My fav: Dell, apple

global: Hewlett-Packard (HP)

Financial

my fav: Td bank

Global: HSBC

Clothes

My fav: Armani

Global: H&m

Electronics:

My fav: Dell, sony

Global: apple

Household

Software

Global: Google

Mid term writing test

2009-10-22T10:29:00.000-07:00

There are many psychological illnesses diagnosed every year among the north Americans population. Phobia is one of the most complex and common mental problem among the others. A phobia is an intense, an irrational and also a persistent fear of something. This psychological illness has been stereotyped and it is commonly misunderstood.People generally say that they have a phobia without really knowing what it is. So my partner and have decided to talk about phobia as a psychological illness . In the following text you will read about what is a phobia; its characteristics, our method, our results and our final comments.

To begin, my partner and I decided to make a survey on phobias because we though that younger person age 18-30 had less knowledge on phobias.A person can only be diagnosed of phobia if his fear is unreasonable and persistent, even if the object of his fear is not around.A phobia is a really complex mental illness and we cannot blithely say that we have one. However, my partner and I choose for our thesis statement that younger people had less basic and also general knowledge on psychological oiliness such has phobias. In order to prove that our statement was true we created two groups of people. The first group contained people aged 18 to 30, and the second one people aged 30 and over. We based our criteria on ages and both of our respondents were either males or females. We though that age was one of the most important factor of knowledge.
Even though There are others important factors the age seemed to be the best options for us, the age factor makes ans important distinction.

In second, our result was quite a schock, we seriously underestimated the first group, people age 18to 30. My partner and I created questions that were very understandable for both groups.The first question was <>. 50% of the respondents answered that a phobia was a mental illness and that it could be treated by medication. That answer was the one we less expected of them but it is the good answer. An other 25% answered that phobia could be transmitted by heredity which is totally true.So in order to raise the challenge, we created question on phobia's treatment. Question number 5 was a multiple choice question on a man who had a phobia about dog. We placed 4 statements that our respondents could used and 100% of all our respondent in this group choose the same answer. They all choose answer number 3 , which was to start gradually by showing the picture of a dog than a real dog, in order to cure a person.This treatment use association techniques and is were effective, it was also the answer that we wanted to collect.Moreover, the results of the second group was not surprising at all, we collected the answer that we anticipated. For the same questions, in question number 1 75% of all respondent answered that phobias was caused by a disfonctionment in the brain. An other 25% answered that phobia was caused by heredity. And for question number 5 , 50% choose that the best option to cure a man who had a phobia about dogs have chosen answer number 4. This possible answer suggest that the person with a phobia should face his fear until he defeats it. And the other 50% have chosen answer number 3 , the same answer that the first group took.

In third, my partner and I have underestimated group number one , people age 18 to 30, we though that they did not have a lot of knowledge on phobias. When we written our thesis statement, we had in mind that phobias was to stereotyped and misunderstood. It is true that we all have fears however a person with phobia becomes extremely anxious when he is placed affront of the object of is fear and even when he is not placed affront of it. For instance , my partner and I knew already a lot on phobias and psychological illnesses. We both knew the particular characteristic of a person with phobias and the factors. In the survey, most of the possible answers were true. A phobia can be caused by internal and external events such as a trauma, heredity and genetics factors. People with phobias can also be cured by association techniques and many others treatment involve medication.So every possible answer were true even though we modified the answer in order to get a more affective and precise result. Somehow, younger people did have enough of basic knowledge on phobia and psychological illnesses.For many reasons , younger people have and easy access to documentation and information. Internet which is the easiest way to access and collect information's all around the world , must be the biggest factor in this accessibility. Although the responses from group number two was the one we expected, our thesis was mislead.We should have not only considered the age factor, we should have also considered the technical evolution factor.

In conclusion, The reason why we decided that phobia would be our topic presentation, was that my partner and I had a lot of knowledge on phobias.Overall, we though that phobia was a misunderstood psychological illness among the younger people.Well , phobia is a misunderstood psychological illness because many people blithely talk about common phobias.However our thesis was mislead because we took the age factor to base our thesis statement.Obviously we considered only one main aspect in our survey, we should have considered the technical evolution and also the Internet factor. Internet is very useful, it is a very fast way to access documentation on almost everything.Some people were born while Internet was being widespread. Our respondents in group number one were mostly young people born with Internet in their houses, and they access to it almost every day.We should have consider the technical evolution factor to place our decision and to base our thesis.

477 words.

Formative work 3: Grammar practice 1

2009-10-14T12:52:00.000-07:00

1. Interest level: I founded this test particularly revealing and obviously useful, like all the others . I seriously realised which issues had in grammar, which of my weakness in grammar is the most increased. I did this test order to see what common mistake I make will writing, surprisingly, it turned out to be what I was less expecting.

2. Difficulty : In general the test was well adapted to the level of College students, I cant say that it was hard. The questions were quite simple , although the answers were sometimes hard to find. I hesitated A a few time before submitting my results however, I was intellectually stimulated while doing this test.

3. What I learned: At first, I learned that my biggest weakness in grammar was punctuation. I also learned how to place a semicolon in a sentence, and when can you use it. Moreover, I learned how to place comma in a long sentence . And finally, also learned when to write with a capital letter in the middle of a sentence.

4.My score: 26/40

5 . Course rating: I rate this course 5/5, it wasn't hard and I only failed one section which was punctuation. I am not saying that I'm glad about it, well I'm just happy that I didn't failed the whole exercise.Writing is a very important tool and it is very useful in every days life, so I will continue practicing. I enjoyed doing this test, it was very revealing to me , and now I know what skills I need to improve.

Formative work 4: Writing diagnostics: Sentence Structure

2009-10-14T12:09:00.000-07:00

1. Interest level: I was very motivated this time, so I decided to improve my grammar skills. The test wasn't so hard, however I enjoyed doing it , it was very helpful. Even though I have a few issues in writing, I do believe that the LEL courses will help me.

2. Difficulty : Like I just mentioned, I was surprised that this exercise wasn't hard compared to some others that I've done. Surprisingly, I did not fail this one , even though I have issue in writing . Certain sentences structures were kind of difficult , but it was only because they were new to me.

3. What I Learned :At first, I certainly ameliorate my writing skills and I am also aware of my weakness. I also learned many different ways to structure a sentence , and tips to find my own writing style. Moreover I learned that you need to be comfortable with you writing technique in order to write a Strong and affective sentence.

4. my score: 27/40

5. Course Rating: I rate this course 5 /5 , I was very interesting , useful and overall totally helpful. I think that I should try all the exercise in grammar, and practice until I get very strong. I think that this test really pointed out the weaknesses of many students , and it was also adapted to the students needs. And finally, I realised that I need to use this useful tool which is the LEL , in order to improve my skills in English.

FORMATIVE WORK 2; Reading skills diagnostic2 : informal text

2009-10-06T20:06:00.000-07:00

1. Interest level: It was a little similar to the first reading in terms of language. I was at some point lost, the author was trying to make us deduct information's without explaining them clearly.

2.Difficulty: Yes all the text contained mature content and were very well detailed. It was a little bit hard for me to answer a few of the questions, however I understood the main idea of each texts.I have to admit that those learning task are kind of hard but helpful in many ways.

3.What I learned: I learned how to understand the main ideas of informal text , its not an easy thing to do.I also learned many new vocabulary word and expressions , and I've also learned a few historical facts.

4. my score :19/30
5.Course rating: I rate this course 5 stars! I know it might sound awkward ,before I was saying that those self-learning tasks were hard , it true.But I somehow enjoy self-learning task and I really feel that I am ameliorating myself. Also, I now consider the express library an indispensable element for all students because it is very useful.

CONSUMER AND BUSINESS BUYER BEHAVIOUR(READING 2)

2009-09-16T16:58:00.000-07:00

1. Consumer's behaviour is influence by four main characteristics: cultural ,social ,personal and psychological.

2.Culture is the set of basic values ,perceptions,wants and behaviours learned by a member of society from family and other important institutions.

3.Canada is a multicultural and multilingual country because of the increase of immigration.Quebec has the largest number of bilingual Canadian citizen.

4. A cultural shift is important in order to discover new product regarding the consumers needs.

5.A subculture is a group of people who share the same values based on common life experiences and situations. Subculture include nationalities, religion,racial group etc...

6.Subculture is an important market factor because marketers design product , and marketing programs tailored to their need.

7. Scotiabank maintains a stable relationship with first nation people through its 3 on-reserve branches and 24 aboriginal banking center.They also sponsor the aboriginal Achievements awards and 10 annual scholarship of 2,500$ for young entrepreneur.

8.Canada's ethnic consumers represent the fastest-growing market in Canada.For example, several national television services are aimed at specific cultural groups such as: black entertainment television, telelatino network and the Asian television network.

9.Many ethnic group believe that they have been neglect or misrepresented by marketers.

10. Most house hold have the Internet at home, a lot of people also have computers all over the place. Internet has become the fasted, largest and useful way to communicate with your network ,get informed and purchase things. The new generation of youth have been growing up with Internet and it is a major part of their life and habit.

11.Some people are worried about providing their credit card number when marketing an Internet purchase. They fear they will have a little recourse if the product they bought isn't the right one or arrives broken.

12. A social class relatively stay permanent and ordered division in a society whose members share similar values, interest etc... It is determined by different factors such as: income,occupation,education,wealth and more.

5 new words
- subculture
-cultural shift
-recourse
-hound
-white-collar

Formative Work 1

2009-09-10T11:16:00.000-07:00

Course 1 : Reading comprehension practice 1

1. interest level: I had more then 4 different readings and the subject were quite interesting.Although I had a Little difficulty understanding the main idea of the last reading , so I consulted my English dictionary.

2.difficulty: Yes I do have to said that I underestimated the texts, at first they didn't seemed hard ,but they were.

3.what I learned: I've learned plenty of new vocabulary words like : awe, fair,pneumatic,acre,whiplash and more...
- I've learned new different leads-in and introductions styles.
- I've realized what are why weakness so now I can work on ameliorating my reading skill.

4.my score: 15/25

5.course rating: I rate this course 3/5 , just because it was a little hard however, I've learned many different tips to improve my skills in English.

Sentence variety

2009-09-10T10:30:00.000-07:00

-IC

1. At first, this girl seemed to be quite messy.
2.Regardless of all her efforts, Tess was still selfish.

-DC with IC

3.Even though Jerry is a smart guy, his arrogance fails him.
4.Nathanael took this critic as if he was being insulted.

-The coordinate conjunction

5.That guy is everything but easy.
6. She is not yet ready in Julie's point of view.

Wiki quizz

2009-08-30T15:08:00.000-07:00

1. What is the Learning Express Library? Its a self learning task.

2. Where is Mr. B's office? His office is located in the local C-150.

3. What percentage of the course is reading and listening worth? The reading part worth 30% of the final mark, and listening worth 30% as well.

4. How can I communicate with Mr. B through this Wiki? We can communicate with him in discussions.

5. What are Mr. B's office hours? His office hours are: Monday 12:00 to 4:00 and Thursday 3:00 to 4:00 .

6. What is the 48 hour rule? The 48 hour rule is valuable only if you have missed and exam. You will get the right to retake an exam only if you contact your teacher the next day . You have 48 hour to get in touch with him starting the day after you have miss the exam.

7. What is the first assignment? The first assignment consist on posting 3 posts in blogger.com. The first post must be the student profile, the second one is answering the wiki quiz, and the third one is answering the questions of the book on blogger.com.

8. What is ELLLO? English Listening Lesson Library Online ,its a web site where you listen and read conversations of diversified subjects.

9. How can I use the discussion forum? You can create a new topic conversation, it is called a 'thread'. A thread can consist of many 'posts' by multiple users.

10. Do you have to go to the Grande Bibiliotheque to register? No, there is an other way to register, you can also register online on the library web site

11. How many ways can I contact Mr. B.? Name one. We can stay in touch with him by e-mail .

12. How many pages appear when you type "grammar" in the "Search this site" box? One full page with 10 articles.

13. What is the name of the class textbook? Do you need to buy it?L.E.A.P, Learning English for Academic Purposes , and yes we do need to buy it.

14. How many items are there in the "Writing Correction Code"?

15. Write two questions you have about the course.

How many orals presentations will we get?
Is there an ENCADREMENT program for students with issues?

Student profile

2009-08-29T13:35:00.000-07:00

We students , all have different skills, goals, interests and more...However, we do have this one thing in common, which is the desire to go further. In the following text , I talk about a particular student , Alexandre Choinière. I will introduce you to his world, you will learn about his goals, interests, achievements , networks and skills.

At first, Alexander has for longtime objective or goal, finishing is musical studies in the Conservatoire .The Conservatoire is a specialized musical school for people like himself, attending to make music their future career.Alexander is also a very ambitious young man, he which to have a PHD in musical composition. Getting a PHD in music can seriously advantage in his future career. He knows that hit wont be easy, he will need to work harder and longer to get this diplomat.

Meanwhile, Alexander's short time objective is to finish an electro-jazz composition for his little brother. This composition will figure on his brother's graduation DVD as the main musical soundtrack. Alexander has to finish this project on time because his brother is definitely counting on him. In second, Alexander has many interests but music always comes out to be his primordial passion. He also enjoy sports like Football, he thinks that it is very important to stay in good shape . Well that's about it for his interests, Alexander loves music and that's his main interest.

Further more, Alexander has achieved a lot in the musical area, he has participated to many musical contest. He has won many contests with Big band in high school, and also received many prices. Alexander has also already composed a total musical composition and he's very proud of it.

Above all, Alexander loves his family , friends and personal contacts , and he's looking forward to manage music and his social life. Moreover, Alexander is a talented young man, he is a very good composer for his age and he's also a fast learner. He has always been talented in music and with practice and hardworking he hopes to be rewarded . Alexander believes in him self even though music is a very restricted area, he his still hoping to become something.

To sum up, Alexander as like most of us one goal that he wish to achieve . He has many interests and objectives but music seems to be his one and only true passion.