Illusions

A&B are supposed to be the same colour. However, it doesn't look like it.

There's your proof that it is the same colour.


Here's another one...
These two orange circles are the same size!

Is Online Reading Really Reading?

I do believe that reading online is reading. They are all just reading in different ways. This is the new way and the new culture of reading and this is just like a trend in a way. It’s just like how people have moved on from scrolls to actual pages of scripts. I think that reading online and reading through a book is very similar, and it is still considered reading. I do agree on the fact that sometimes those websites and those places you can read those things have horrible grammar. However, it still keeps people of all ages still very interested.
In my school (NCA) we have e-books on our website, where we just scanned all of our text books and put it online so that it could be accessed online. I have asked a couple of students as to if it is very useful, and both replied yes. They agreed that this has been extremely convenient for them. Now many people read books online, because there are some unofficial stories out that they want to read and such. Online, there are even places where one can put up his or her own story, and people would read it. These days, I, too, read things all online. Internet is a very big part of my life, and I use it for a lot of things. These days, when I do my research, I don’t even walk into the library, and I find all of the resources online. When books are required, I just look for online books which I can just read via a PDF file. Everything is on the internet these days, so I barely do research outside of it. Just like Nadia, I used to be one of those people who would read and review things that people would post on fanfiction.net and quizilla.com. There were a lot of creative people who would write things that were very interesting, and this allowed people to use their creativity. This is just like reading another work that was never published. Although teens and the youth may not read things such as novels online all the time, they still read things like those small stories that other internet viewers put online to expand their creativity skills .
I believe that reading online is still considered reading because there are so many different ways to read, and this is simply just one of them.

Winter Break HW

1. According to a well-known children's rhyme, 'sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me.' Do you agree or disagree with this? Give reasons.

I disagree with the statement of ‘Sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me’ because there are plenty of people out there who are hurt by words. If someone that I really like tells me that they hate me and that they’re never going to talk to me again, I would be very hurt. When we were all little kids, we were all made fun of with names, whether it be “fatty” or “ugly.” As kids, those words hurt us deeply, and it left a scar. When I was a little kid, my friends made fun of my crooked teeth. As a response to this, I went to go get braces, because I, too, believed that my teeth were the ugliest set of teeth ever. This is also the same for adults. When girls get called ugly, they want to do whatever they can with their money and power to beautify themselves. They hate being called ugly, because it hurts their feelings, and they feel as if they are going to be unloved for being ugly. In response to this, girls go to plastic surgeons to fix their faces to make them prettier. Words may seem like just words, but they have a powerful impact on our society. With one word, the king has the ability to kill or save one’s life. With one word, the president of the United States has the ability to make a change that will change America forever. Just like this, words have a very strong effect on people of all ages and races. I honestly think that the children’s rhyme should be rewritten to ‘Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words cut deeper into the heart.’

2. Find out something about the political correctness (PC) movement, which seeks to use language to change attitudes to the oppressed of disadvantaged. What arguments are there in favour of political correctness and what arguments are there against it?

Political Correctness is attempting to make broad changes in society. This usually requires one to be very careful of word choices, avoiding any word that may offend one of the parties in any way. These sensitive issues are usually ones that deal with things like illegal immigrants, homosexuality, and abortion. The pro about PC is that it does not offend anyone, since that is what its main function is to say things without offending people. However, the con to Political Correctness is that because it does not offend anyone, it becomes a situation that is not really considered a big deal, since it has no sensitivity.