BAN TO ACCESS WEB SITES

Internet users have been visiting a lot of web sites while surfing. However, some of them might contain contents which are sexual, againist national values and harmful . Because there are lots of users who visit these web sites, government forbade these web sites. Also, parents want to prevent their children to access them due to harmful to their development. On the other hand, it is impossible that they can control them with every moment. That government bans them relieve parents that worry about their children for entering harmful sites. I think banning is acceptable and reassuring. It is essential to protect our children from these things. Moreover, some web sites that insult our national values must not be free. Due to their nonsense contents, millions of people might get wrong knowledge. For example, youtube is one of them and I find the ban of government to these sites is valid.

Downloading without Payment

People have been using internet and downloading a lot of things. However, intentionally or not they are violating some rules by downloading without paying anything. They don't respect their product, copyright and prevent gain money by doing it. Craftsmen works night and day to create them. When it is considered, it sholud be a compansate for it. Everybody wants to gain money in return for the things which they produce. By downloading them, people violates other people's rights and for they don't pay anything in return for downloading files, music,films etc. It means that they steals them. There is not different between both. They download them lest they are given permission. It is regarded forbidden by many religions. God disapproves to steal and human rights are special for every person. Unless people are given permission properties which they take by their owner, it is illgotten. It is sort of theft even if it is not known. However, people who do it over say that the things that are downloaded are too expensive to buy. On the other hand, it means that every expensive thing can be taken without permission and it violates ethics. If it is ruined, living comfortably becomes harder and harder.

Argumentative Outline

Thesis Statement: Downloading without paying any money isn't fair.
Reason for 1: People who are produce anything film, music or file spend their time and money. It should be a compansate for it.
Reason 2: Downloading without paying any money is equal to theft.
Reason 3: Using without paying anything is forbidden by religions.
Reasons againist (opponent's argument): They say that prices of things whic are downloaded are too expensive to buy.
Refutation of opponent's argument: That the things are expensive doesn't justify downloading without any money. Because it means that every expensive thing can be taken lest people pay nothing.

Language of Education

That language of education is English in some university is useful or harmful for students is controversial issue. Learning in another language is difficult and has some disadvantage. One of them is understanding completely subjects which are tought because while listening lessons students have to understand both the subject and the language which is spoken. Perhaps while trying to understand the language, things which are told may be missed. In this circumstances education can not be fulfill its pricipal duty. Secondly, learning a lot of terms in another language can be obstacle in term of fulfilling the duties in Turkish employement area. It causes failure in individual's working life and diffident. Finally it composes big gaps between the individual and society and causes gradually to disappear his or her own culture.

EUTHANASIA

The Right to Die
A difficult problem that is facing society is euthanasia, another word for mercy killing. Thousands of young people are mortally ill because of incurable disease. They are all kept alive in artificial ways. They have no chance to recover completely, but most of the legal systems do not allow doctors to end their lives. However, fatally ill patients should be allowed to die for several reasons.
The first reason is that medical costs are very high. The cost of a hospital room can be as much as a hundred dollars per day and even more. The costs of medicines and medical tests are also high. The family of the patient is responsible for these expenses. Consequently, they would be a terrible financial burden for them for a long time.
The second reason is that the family suffers. The nurses can only give the terminally ill patient minimum care. The family must spend time to care for the special needs of their loved one. They should talk, touch, and hold the patient even though he or she may be in a coma. For example, Karen Quinlan’s parents visited her every day even though she was unable to speak or to see. Also, it is very difficult to watch a loved one in a coma because his or her condition does not improve.
The third and most important reason is that the patients have no chance of recovery. They can never lead normal lives and must be kept alive by life – support machines. They may need a machine to breathe and a feeding tube to take in food. They are more dead than alive and will never get better. For example, in 1975, Karen Quinlan became unconscious after the she swallowed some drugs and drank alcohol. She was kept alive by machines. Her parents knew that her body and brain would never be normal. Therefore, they asked the court to allow their daughter to die. The judge agreed, and Karen’s breathing machine was turned off. She was able to breathe on her own, but she died nine years later in June of 1985.
In conclusion, because terminally ill patients have no chance to live normal lives, they should be allowed to die with dignity. Therefore, the family should have the right to ask to turn off the life-support machines or to stop further medical treatment.

Right to Life

One of the most computable subject is that euthanasia should be legal or illegal. A lot of people suffered from this situation but it is illegal and it should continue as illegal. Because everyone has right to life. Even if the person have to live depending on artifical ways, ending his/her life is a murder. Anybody doesn't know the person will die so there is always a hope for every patient. Meeting the patient's needs is too difficult for families but health can not be compare with money. Nothing can be more important than seeing his or her as alive. If the family doesn't make self-sacrifice in terms of money and time then they will have guilty conscience and this is irremedial disease for the family all their life. Another thing about euthanasia is that seeing the patient in coma every day. It may be hard for the family but it isn't harder than seeing his her cropse. Inhaling and exhaling of the patient is invaluable for them. We should struggle for our patient for what it is worth. Killing is morally incorrect and should be forbidden by law. It is a homocide and murderin another human can not be rationalized under any circumstances. Human is the most valuable creature. Human life deserves protection and rehabilitation centres are alterbatives to help disabled or patients.

Eating out or at Home?

The number of eating out is increasing dramatically but eating at home has more advantages in terms of health, sincerety,economic etc... When we consider whether eating at home or out is much more preferable, eating at home is more preferable than eating out. Firstly, eating at home, people reinforce their relationships and there is sincere atmosphere at home to make conversation. When people invite their relatives, they enjoy more comfortable and behave more freely. If they have children eating at home more suitable for them. Secondly, eating at home is more healthy. People can not see kitcken of restaurants or cafes, so you can't know the conditions of restaurants or cafes. They use oil which is used much more times, which leads to health problems. Therefore, eating at home, people can choice healthy food and eat more securely. Finally, people make profit eating at home because the fee of food you eat out contains waiter's payment, rent money etc...So they are more expensive. Tho opposites of this opinion think that eating out take less time and easy. But they risk their health and the other things without considering these.

Argumentative Outline

Thesis statement: Eating at home is much more preferable.
Reason for 1:Eating at home strenghtens family relationship and coordination.
Reason for 2:Eating at home is more healthy.
Reasons againist (opponent's argument):Eating out gains time and it is more simple.
Refutation of opponent's argument: They say eating out is more simple and claim that people have no time and don't want to spend extra time for preparing food.

Friends or Mothers?

We discussed an issue last week in the lesson as a group. It was to whom a girl should say a problem about her boyfriend. To her friends or mother? Most of us said that she should tell her friends because she or he understand her much better because they go through the same things and difficulties; so their emotions is similar. A friends can be much better choice than telling a mother. A mother may understand and show tolerance her but motherhood is always dominant. Because of that, a mother can be very sitrict about this issue. She wants to protect her daughter so she can be very sensitive. Some mothers can be opposite such situation. Furthermore, some girls do not even tell anything lest their mother shout or yell them. To sum up, a girl should talk her friends. It is much better for her.

Differences Between Two Places in Second Life

First place I went in second life was too beautiful. There were small island and their shapes was like square. Luxurious houses placed on the square lands. There was small river between every square lands. Lovely flovers and trees seemed like a paradise. I think that one of these houses was prepared for new year .There were pine trees, deers, boxes in that home. But generally the houses in there were technologic and too modern. The other place I went was like a farm. Firstly I saw two oxes and interesting houses. One of them houses had a fireplace and a carpet. Also It was snowing outside. There were houses in both of places. Similarly, these houses had terrace. However in second place I went, there were a lot of pines while in first place had a lot of flowers. I found first place was more beautiful. Because rivers between the lands was too extraordinary and there was a boat on the river.

We did a little different thing in second life. It was to create a house. Firstly we made up a group which include five individual and learned how we create an object that we can turn different dimension such as rectangular walls and roof. Secondly these shapes were combined with each other and then walls and the roof were painted different colours which you see in the picture. Finally this lovely house emerged.

Second Life

I want to mention about why we are using second life. We can divide four categories this. Firstly, speaking English , because we have to talk English with other people so it helps improve our English skills. Secondly, we use it for the purpose of meeting new people, because there are a lot of people from all over the world in there. And the other one is to go unknown places. We are free to go any places we want to go via teleporting. And the last one is to enter a different world as a different person and to create new things in there.

It is a view from second life and I want to describe this picture. There is a lovely house which we can see its two windows and a door. there is three torchlight but two of them are on both sides of the door and the other is in front of the house, it seems really authentic. There are railings and shutters on the windows. There is a path extending to the house and there is nice flowers at the and of the the path or in front of the house. We see a round table and two chair around it. Of course sea is the most buautiful scene in this picture and although we can not see itself, we can see several leaves of a tree.And the groud is floored with grass. I really want to have a house like this;)

INTRODUCTION

My name is Elif Tola and I am 18 years old. I am from Çorum and graduated from Çorum Anatolian Teacher Training High School. My family lives Çorum and I have left my home first time in my life. I have some difficulties to getting used school and Ankara. I live in a dormitory and it is a little boring and difficult. But when I think of being teacher and unique university METU, I can bear these problems. By the way, my goal is to be an English teacher. For the time being, I like this lesson and suppose that this course will improve my reading and writing skills.