Essays 2-03a: Learning with Computers

Today, the society of this world is information technology society. We can touch a lot of things all over the world. This is why we have many chances to touch computer. Computers are used as tools for doing many things. Because of this IT society, we study many things by using computer at university.

In my case, I have many classes that give me homework. To do this homework, I need to use computer because it set me to do them on blog. The blog homework system is very nice way to teachers check them because blog is kind of internet advantage. We can see the blog anywhere and teacher too. This is why teacher can check student’s homework anywhere and anytime. By using computer’s function; Internet, the efficiency will be more increase.

There are many good tools to study English. For example there are EnglishCentral, PowerWords, and so on. The Internet can be a good tool to study languages.

When you were doing report at PC; Microsoft Word, but you needed to leave there. You have to save the data, but you didn’t have USB memory stick. How will you do? You can use Google Drive. We can save the data Google Drive and you can download them on another computer. Moreover we can share their files with another student and teacher. This is very nice point. You need not to send the file for them and if you needed to work with them, you can edit same file by using two computers.

There are office tool on PC. There are Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Power Point, and so on. They have each unique point. Microsoft Word has a function; make paragraphs automatically. This is very useful. When you want to make another paragraph, you just need to push Enter key twice. Microsoft Excel has automatically calculated system. It is very useful too because we need not to use an electric calculator. It makes graphs automatically, so you need not to make seat.

When you make a reports, how do you make it? When you want to read books to make that, but you have no time to go to library, how do you do? The easy way is using computer and see many Internet site. When you put a word on search box, you can see more 10000 sites. You can get much information about a thing which you need to research something.

There are many good sites. Especially there are movie share site called YouTube. The site is very nice. When you want to know something, you can learn the thing on movie, so it may more easy to read some sites or books. YouTube can be a good tool to study.

There are not only advantages. There are disadvantages too. Too use computer is not good for your health. To use computer too long cause eyesight problems. It means low vision problems. You know how useful it is, but you must know too use computer is not good your health.

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study with computer

I have many homework which have to use computer. To use computer is very difficult. However we can make paper easily by using computer. For example, there is word function. We can make paragraphs automatically. We don’t have to write by hand, so easy to read others because wrote paper is not sloppy figure.

We have many home works especially writing class. We have to write 15000 words on blog. It is very nice way to check whether student did home work or didn’t because teacher can see their blogs on Internet and make comments, so blog is a kind of nice tool to check home works.

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BR 2-13 The Genie in the Bottle

Once upon a time, a fisherman went fishing.(P4)

 

There was a fisherman. He cannot get more many fish. One day he got a old bottle. When he opened it, a huge genie came up. The genie said him that “I am hungry now. I’m going to eat you.” Then he thought ha have been in the bottle, so I could put in him in the bottle. After all, he could do that and he was safe. This story is not interesting because it is not long story, so too easy to read. I don’t like to read like this story. It has no worth to read.

Mackinnon Mairi; The Runaway Pancake (2006) London England : Usborne
Dickins Rosie, The Genie in the Bottle(2009)England : Usborne

 

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BR 2-12 Androcles and the Lion

A long time ago, there was a man called Androcles. (P3)

 

There was a skinny man who work for a rich man named Brutus. He is not kind, so he never gave him payment. He was only gave a piece of fry bread a day. One day, he decided to run away. Then he ran into the forest. He had never been there, so he lost way to go home. Suddenly he heard something wrong sound. It was lion. However it didn’t chase him. He went close, and he knew. Needle stuck the lion’s foot. Then he rod the needle. After that they became a friend, and live at carve. One day, he arrested and took him to Roma. He didn’t what did he do. A man was in the prison and asked everything. According to him, he had to fight with lion. The day was coming. He saw a lion. It was strange. The lion was his friend. Then he was not eats by lion. Then the king said how brave man you are. I’d like to give you money. Then he had a good life with the lion.

Punter Russell, Androcles and the Lion(2008)England : Usborne
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BR 2-11 King Donkey Eaars

There was once a king with a big secret.(P5)

 

There was a king, but he has a problem. He has donkey’s ears. He didn’t tell about it anyone, but hair cutter knew about it. Every time he had his hair cut, he sent the hair cutter to the prison because they surprise about his ears. One day, he asked a woman to cut his hair. She surprised when she saw his ear, but she didn’t say anything. Then she was said never say my ear’s thing from the king, but she wanted to say about it. The next day, she went to forest and said to a tree that the king’s got donkey’s ear! Later, a woodcutter chopped down the tree. The tree became a harp One day, the king gave a huge concert. However the new harp played a very strange tune. It said the king’s got donkey’s ears. Then the king accused the woman that “You told my secret!”. The king’s friend came forward and said “It’s not a secret. We all know.” Then everyone said the easrs are very cute. Then he proud of the ears.

This story is unique, so it is interesting to read the book, so I recommend you to read the book. I think the problem the king has is impossible, so I thought it may nice to change for cat ears.

Sims Lesley London :King Donkey Eaars(2009) London England : Usborne

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breakfirst Between America and Japan

Ⅰ　Introduction

This paper researched about breakfast in Kumamoto and Minnesota. I made this report using a Google questionnaire. I asked 105 Americans and 84 Japanese. I needed to have more date, so I did questionnaire twice, once in three month and once in two month.

Ⅱ Results

The first question was how often Japanese and Americans usually eat breakfast. Interestingly, there was almost the same result between Kumamoto and Minnesota. Please see figs 1a and 1b. Over half eat breakfast every day, but less than half; (43 percent (Minnesota) 48 percent (Kumamoto))  do not eat breakfast. They show a result which says there are no obvious differences between Kumamoto and Minnesota. According to the graph for Minnesota, more Minnesotans eat breakfast every day than Japanese, but the gap is very small. So it seems that there is not a big difference between Kumamoto and Minnesota about eating breakfast. Please look at percentages for people who eat breakfast 2-4 times a week and almost every day. It seems students in Kumamoto skip breakfast a bit more often than students in Minnesota, but the gap is still very small.

・How often do you eat breakfast?

Fig 1a  Minnesota                               Fig. 1b  Kumamoto

The next question was do you have brunch? Brunch means eating meal time between breakfast and lunch. Please see fig 2. People who have brunch in Kumamoto total 74% and those who have brunch every day are 16%. However, there are no one who have brunch every day. Moreover, Americans have brunch once or twice in a week.  They show that Japanese tend to skip breakfast more than Americans.

Fig 2 Do you ever have brunch?

The next question was about what kind of breakfast they usually eat. It may be easy to guess this result. As is well known, Americans eat cereal more often than Japanese, and Japanese eat rice more often than Americans. This suggests the results of the survey. 65% of Americans eats cereal compared with only 11% of Japanese, but Japanese eat rice 71% better than Americans 2%. However some Japanese may be surprised about the results about bread. Please see Fig 3.  Interestingly, Japanese eat bread more than Americans 23% vs. 17%. It seems that eating bread at breakfast has become a very usual thing in Japan. This result may shows that culture from other countries have become habitual for by Japanese.

Fig 3 What do you usually eat at breakfast?

I can say the same thing about this result from my experiences. I usually eat bread or a rice ball every day in Japan, but when I was in Minnesota, I ate cereal, pancakes and so on. It still isn’t common in Japan to eat fruit [m2] at breakfast, so it may rare to find someone who eats fruit at breakfast. So this point shows us one example of US food culture which is not still accepted in Japan.

Look at Figs 4 a and b. This question waa whether they eat salad at breakfast. Here you can see interesting result. There was only one percent of Americans who eat salad at breakfast. However, there are 36 percent of Japanese who eat it at breakfast. It can be said that Japanese eat salad at breakfast instead of eating fruit like Americans.

 

Fig 4 a and b Do you eat salad at breakfast?

Cereal at a store in Kumamoto costs double the price in America: price in America is about $2 (200 yen), price in Japan is about $3 (300 yen) Because of the price, it may not be customary to eat cereal in Japan. The price effect may make this result. Another reason may be the timing of eating cereal. I asked “when do you eat cereal?”  Then there was very interesting result. Please look at fig 5. There are 52 % Japanese people who think cereal is morning food but 83 Americans think cereal is morning food.  This different thinking made this result.

Fig 5 When do you eat cereal?

                Then I asked about when they eat breakfast. There were many differences for this answer. Please see Fig. 6. 96 percent of Americans eat breakfast at 5:00-8:59, but 99 Japanese eat breakfast at 6:00-9:59. It is related to the time when their schools start. The first class of Bethel University starts earlier than at KGU (Bethel University: 07:40~, KGU: 09:00~), so Japanese don’t have to wake up and have breakfast as early as Americans. This is why there are these results. Maybe people who eat breakfast earlier than others live far away from school, so they must eat breakfast and go to school earlier than others. This thing can be said about results for both Minnesota and Japan.

               

Fig 6 When do you usually have breakfast?

The next question was “Who do you usually eat breakfast with?” The result was almost the same. Please see Fig. 7. Almost everyone eats breakfast alone, but there are students who eat breakfast with their friends only in Minnesota. The result may suggest students in Kumamoto prefer to eat with family more than friends, because if you eat breakfast with friends, you must pay money for it at restaurants or convenience stores. Students in Kumamoto may not like to pay money too much. It may be because they want to save money.

Fig 7 Who do you usually eat breakfast with?

Ⅲ　Conclusion

              When it comes to breakfast, there are many differences between Kumamoto’s students and Minnesota’s students. Over half of students in both Kumamoto and Minnesota eat breakfast every day, but Japanese students tend to eat later than Minnesota. The time when Japanese eat breakfast is not early, because it is related by the time when their first class starts. Probably students whose first class starts late don’t eat breakfast. They have brunch, so about half of all students in Japan do not eat breakfast.

On the other hand, students in Minnesota eat breakfast earlier than students in Kumamoto. The first class in Minnesota is earlier than Kumamoto’s first class, so they don’t eat brunch but breakfast. Therefore the rate of Americans who eat breakfast every day is a little higher than students in Kumamoto.

Finally, Americans eat cereal more than bread. Japanese eat salad better than fruit at breakfast. This result may surprise Japanese. Japanese think the typical American breakfast is French toast and milk. It can be seen as a stereotypes. I am not American, so I do not know how they think about Japanese breakfasts, but there must be stereotype for Japanese breakfast, and it may amaze them to learn the differences.

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BR 2-10 The Runaway Pancake

There was once a family with seven children, and they always hungry. (p4)

There was a family and all of them felt hungry. One day their mother tried to make a pancake. However, the pancake ran away, so they chaise it. Again and again they tried to catch it, but it goes faster, but finally a pig said lie and ate it. This story is not interesting because there were no interesting points and felt boring. I think it has not god pint to read the book.

Mackinnon Mairi; The Runaway Pancake (2006) London England : Usborne

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BR 2-09 The Peach Boy

Once upon a time, an old man and an old woman lived by a river. (p5)

There was an old couple. One day, an old woman went to wash clothes to the river. Then a big peach flowed at the river. She took it to her house and waited his husband. When he came home, he was surprised. Then he cut the big peach. Then there was a baby. He grew fast and he became strong. One day, a devil came his village and took villager’s money. Then old couple decided to kill the devil by using the boy. He took a knife and a food. He tried to make a company and went to the devil’s house. And he fought devil and won. He took village’s money and he became a hello.

Frith Alex ; The Peach Boy (2009) London England : Usborne

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BR 2-08 The Chilly Little Penguin

There was a little penguin called Perry. (p3)

There was a small penguin. One day, he found a box which is in sea. It was very cold, so he wanted to warm himself. First of all, he did skating, but he didn’t become warm. The next, he tried swim every day, but it doesn’t make sense. Finally, sliding down a hill day by day, the finally, he could warm up and open the box. There was an ice cream. He tasted good. This story is not good because it is not interesting to read. I think it doesn’t have worth to spend time to reading the book.

Punter Russell.; The Chilly Little Penguin (2008) London England : Usborne

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