Prelim Exam Question

The preliminary exam questions release is to start 26 July, 2007.

Thus, you have to ask your teacher as to the finality of the release date question.
Below are the instructions for your prelim exam:

1. Group yourselves into a group composed of 3-members, maximum. Individual work is accepted.

2. Read the contents of the link. It is about poverty in Nigeria which has oil as a natural resource but is mired in poverty. Make a research about Nigeria, its profile (Wikipedia will be of help and other sources like, Google, BBC, and CNN, Yahoo, look for their country profile).



Click on the link below.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/6908754.stm



3. Read the works of Mr. Antonio Abaya at http://www.tapatt.org/ Look for the works of Mr. Alejandro Lichauco. You can Google the works of Mr. Lichauco and read his ideas (he told me to Google it). Read their works and in your paper indicate how should a country proceed in their path to development that will be able to conquer mass poverty. Then reflect on the reports that we have discussed inside the classroom on how we can change ourselves and our country. In a way this will be a labyrynth research. You have to read, research and read. You have to shuttle from website to website.



As you discuss with your group on how to write your paper, a structure is suggested here:



a. A background on how you worked with your groupmates.



b. Profile of Nigeria and Philippines (comparison)



c. Thoughts of Mr. Abaya on economic development



d. Thoughts of Mr. Alejandro Lichauco on economic development.



4. Maximum page is ten short white paper.



5. Deadline of your prelim paper is 7 August (TTh class) 8 August (WF class).



6. First page should only contain your name/s, class schedule and date of submission, names are all printed, no hand written (18 points). Works should be stapled and double spaced.


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/6908754.stm

Assignment 2

For those whom I assigned assignment to visit the website by Sunday 12:01 pm or a time that I have written something for you to do.

Pick up any one topic in the blogsite and write a reaction paper using some of the sociological terms that you have studied. It shall be 2-3 pages, double spaced. You can group yourselves into 3 members.

Deadline August 2 (TTH) and 3 (WF). No late papers please.

Poverty in America

Can you see the difference or similarity in the Philippines and America?

Comments are welcome.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070717/ap_on_el_pr/poverty_tour_kentucky

American angst

This is the first issue on globalization topic on this blog. Read the contents and we will discuss the points raised by the author.

Will globalization benefit the Philippines?


http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSN1537388920070715?pageNumber=1

Walking in Trees.

Upright walking began in trees.

Read the link below. Feedback and questions welcome.


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6709627.stm

Moonwalk?

Below is a link on human evolution and about walking.

What is the implication of knowing this information?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6902379.stm

What sets us apart?

Looking for what set us apart from primates?

Please Read link:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20070716/sc_livescience/thebrightsideofspiterevealed

Teenage Travel

Read the influence of parents to their teenage daughter and son. There is a strong sense of belief on how parents treat their daughter and son.

The writer turned out to be a novelist.

http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/07/15/opinion/edspiotta.php

Spain and Childbirth

Below is a link about Spain and their declining child birth.

Read the article below and think if we (the Philippines) can reach this stage?

http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/07/13/news/spain.php

Trivia

Why do milk containers have four side and soft drinks have rounded containers when they are both liquid state?

Why is it hard to get a taxi when it rains?

Is it economics? Designs? Find out.

http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/07/05/arts/design9.php

Without reason

Read on female genital mutilation.

Comments welcome.


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6287926.stm

Japanese way

This one is good.

Its about the Japanese way of life and some dilemmas is may pose for a non-Japanese. Compare this to the Filipino way of life.

What will we be if the Japanese won the war?

Read on.

Comment welcome.

http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/07/10/opinion/edkumiko.php

Iran government and adultery

Read the article below.

In short the Iranian government are executing people who have committed adultery.

Will this happen in the Philippines?

Comment-Feedback welcome.

http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/07/11/africa/11iran-web.php

Second-hand smoke, we are victims

Lonelytsunami's profile says that tobacco control is one of the concerns that this blog is concerned of. Below are links on the effects of second-hand smoke to human.

We have to remember that smokers are victims of the tobacco industry and nicotine addiction.

Most non-smokers do not know much of these information.

Equip yourself with knowledge.

Please click on the link below to get more information:

http://www.globalsmokefreepartnership.org/

http://www.fctc.org/

http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/secondhandsmoke/



Should you need more information and feel you want to do something, please leave a message in this spot and I'll get back to you.

Origins of Man - BBC

Read on Origins of Man:


http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/prehistoric_life/human/human_evolution/mother_of_man1.shtml

Food additives

Information on food additive in sausages and cancer.

Are people aware of carcinogenic contents in their food?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6286834.stm

Education in Afghanistan

Read the article by clicking on the link.

It is about the state of affairs on Education in Afghanistan.

What questions come to your mind?


http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/07/09/news/afghan.php?page=1

Happy to be dead!

Happy to be dead.

Click on the link below:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6286498.stm

Why it is nice to attend a funeral and be happy that the one to be burried deserves to die?

Feedback welcome.

Drink Tap Water New Yorker

Below is a link about New York City campaigning to drink water from the tap. Bottled water drinking habit becomes popular for the past several years now and many entrepreneurs are cashing on it.

On the other hand it is claimed by some environmentalist that drinking bottled water contributes to global warming.

How will this conciousness change our perception on our action towards drinking water? Are we really endangering our environment if we drink from bottled water? If yes, why? If no, why not?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6286606.stm

Life in the 1500's

The text in this posting came from a forwarded message. In our discussion, we have encountered the concept of cultural lag. Cultural lag is a process wherein past habituation or human practices are still carried over the present times.



The article invite us towards understanding.

Do you have something to add to this list: Post it.



LIFE IN THE 1500's The next time you are washing your hands and complain because the water temperature isn't just how you like it, think about how things used to be. Here are some facts about the 1500s:



1 Most people got married in June because they took their yearly bath in May, and still smelled pretty good by June. However, they were starting to smell, so brides carried a bouquet of flowers to hide the body odor. Hence the custom today of carrying a bouquet when getting married.



2 Baths consisted of a big tub filled with hot water. The man of the house had the privilege of the nice clean water, then all the other sons and men, then the women and finally the children. Last of all the babies. By then the water was so dirty you could actually lose someone in it. Hence the saying... Don't throw the baby out with the bath water.



3 Houses had thatched roofs-thick straw-piled high, with no wood underneath. I t was the only place for animals to get warm, so all the cats and other small animals (mice, bugs) lived in the roof When it rained it became slippery and sometimes the animals would slip and fall off the roof. Hence the saying ... It's raining cats and dogs.




4 There was nothing to stop things from falling into the house.. This posed a real problem in the bedroom where bugs and other droppings could mess up your nice clean bed. Hence, a bed with big posts and a sheet hung over the top afforded some protection. That's how canopy beds came into existence.



5 The floor was dirt. Only the wealthy had something other than dirt. Hence the saying, dirt poor.

6 The wealthy had slate floors that would get slippery in the winter when wet, so they spread thresh (straw) on floor to help keep their footing. As the winter wore on, they added more thresh until, when you opened the door, it would all start slipping outside. A piece of wood was placed in the entranceway. Hence the saying a thresh hold.(Getting quite an education, aren't you?)



7 In those old days, they cooked in the kitchen with a big kettle that always hung over the fire. Every day they lit the fire and added things to the pot. They ate mostly vegetables and did not get much meat. They would eat the stew for dinner, leaving leftovers in the pot to get cold overnight and then start over the next day. Sometimes stew had food in it that had been there for quite a while. Hence the rhyme, Peas porridge hot, peas porridge cold, peas porridge in the pot nine days old.



8 Sometimes they could obtain pork, which made them feel quite special. When visitors came over, they would hang up their bacon to show off. It was a sign of wealth that a man could bring home the bacon. They would cut off a little to share with guests and would all sit around and chew the fat.



9 Those with money had plates made of pewter. Food with high acid content caused some of the lead to leach onto the food, causing lead poisoning death. This happened most often with tomatoes, so for the next 400 years or so, tomatoes were considered poisonous.



10 Bread was divided according to status. Workers got the burnt bottom of the loaf, the family got the middle, and guests got the top, or the upper crust.



11 Lead cups were used to drink ale or whisky. The combination would sometimes knock the imbibers out for a couple of days. Someone walking along the road would take them for dead and prepare them for burial. They were laid out on the kitchen table for a couple of days and the family would gather around and eat and drink and wait and see if they would wake up. Hence the custom of holding a wake.



12 England is old and small and the local folks started running out of places to bury people. So they would dig up coffins and would take the bones to a bone-house, and reuse the grave. When reopening these coffins, 1 out of 25 coffins were found to have scratch marks on the inside and they realized they had been burying people alive. So they would tie a string on the wrist of the corpse, lead it through the coffin and up through the ground and tie it to a bell. Someone would have to sit out in the graveyard all night (the graveyard shift.) to listen for the bell; thus, someone could be, saved by the bell or was considered a ...dead ringer.



And that's the truth...Now, whoever said History was boring ! ! !



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