One of the songs that really influenced me a lot is Glad You Came by the Wanted. 

   The main theme of this song is to inspire young people and fuel them with enthusiasm. From its lyric:the sun goes down, the stars come out, the stars come out,and all that counts,is here and now. My universe will never be the same, I'm glad you came,we can interpret that this song is trying to show vitality to those who just suffered from pain or who are still in pain. Also, lyrics in the first part implicitly expresses singer's yearning for love.

    From my perspective, this is a song that inspires the weak to fight. From the last sentence of the first part lyric: my universe will never be the same, we can gradually realize that its ideological meaning is to spur people to fight for a new and better world.

body language

 The author states people communicate a lot of information through nonverbal
cues, cues that are often described as unconscious phenomena.  However, some people say, “improve your body language if you want to improve your social life and relationships.” They believe that in order to obtain your goals, you should consciously change your body language to suit certain situations, no matter how you truly feel.  Do you agree or disagree? Please give reasons and examples to support your opinion.

I definitely agree that in order to improve one's social life and relationship, one needs to enhance his or her body language in different occasions, in that body languages not only shows ones ability to express his idea but also demonstrate ones capacity to influence others or to impress others.

For instance, when people are being interviewed, confidence will be shown if people could use their hand to better illustrate their ideas. Imagine you are a boss, will you lose sleep over confident employees or reserved ones? Another example can be shown in political circumstances. It often indicates strength when one leader pat another's back, meaning that I am the boss here, thus giving others a feeling of tension. Also, in sports, when one player falls down, his teammate will go there and help him to stand up. This simple action actually illustrates unity within the team, which can spur players to fight better on the court.

In a nutshell, there is no doubt that body language helps people to achieve their goals faster.

Eat to live, but do not live to eat.

                                                            

                                                  Eat to live, but do not live to eat

            “Eat to live, but do not live to eat” means that in order to survive, people need to eat; however, the purpose of our life is not to eat, but things far more meaningful and essential. Men are born not to enjoy, but to fight for their life and pursue their dreams.  

            People could no more know the meaning of their life by only eating than they could see the Sonoran Desert by rafting down the Colorado. Taking Stephen Hawking as an illustration. Stephen Hawking, a great physicist and author, caught a motor neuron disease when he was in Cambridge University. The disease soon progressed, paralyzing his body. What’s more, he needed a speech generating device to speak. Under such terrible condition, Hawking was thought by most of his colleagues that his life would end soon, not to mention his academic ability; whereas, so indomitable was Hawking that not only did he survive but he also contributed substantially to the physics world, recognized as the greatest physicist after Einstein. On the one hand, food is a major part in Hawking’s life because it is important for him to get as much nutrition as he can from food. On the other hand, despite severe pain and inconvenience, Hawking did not give up his academic researching; instead, he fought harder to achieve his dreams. He did not make any excuse to give up his research. As Hawking pointed out, “we should seek the greatest value of our action.” The greatest value in his life, to me, is definitely physics, rather than food. From Hawking, a man who needs food more eagerly than normal people do, still regards physics, not eating, the most critical element in his life. In consequence, we should fight for real values in our life.

            Created for a divine purpose, men need to spare no efforts to explore the possibility, excitement and variety in their life. At meanwhile, men are supported by food to fight. We cannot deny the fact that food is one of the most essential parts in our life. Without food, ideologies crumble and life crash. However, this does not mean that men are created to eat. Remember, food is only one indispensable element; there are still bunches of other critical issues we have to do everyday, such as doing academic assignment or making friends. Generally, man has a destiny with his creator---he was not just born to enjoy food.

           

Justice question 1

No absolute justice ever existed in our world. Justice to one side indicates injustice to another side. There will always exist one discontent side in the judgement of justice. Taking murderer as an illustration. If a murderer was penniless and, he was sentenced to death, majority of observers will find it a justice judgement to the victim; however, think of the case that the victim is a thirty-year old young man with aspiring future. The loss of him, to his family, definitely outweighs death of the murderer. It is still injustice to his family because his future is so promising and, the fact that he is so young add injustice to the judgement. Consequently, there is only limited and partial justice in our society.
As for taxing the rich heavily to help paupers, this will definitely be seen as a partial justice by Aristotle. This is partial injustice in the sense that the rich earns more money than the poor because in general, they fight harder and longer than the poor everyday. Therefore, it is injustice to deprive the fruit of their labor to the benefit of the lazy ones. This is also partial injustice in the sense that despite reallocation of incomes, gap between the rich and the poor still appears.
Absolute justice is not very good for society; on the contrary, it can be the kiss of death. 

What does independence mean to you?

"What does independence mean to you?"

    As far as I am concerned, independence indicates that it is me, instead of other people, that should be responsible for myself. What I mean is that when people rely on others, they often tend to escape from responsibilities. Having someone who can always protect and help us, we are inclined to think less, thus evading from difficulties which can actually mature us.

    Taking myself as an illustration. Before coming to America for college, I spent eighteen years living with my parents. Living with them, undoubtedly, helped me to grow up, for they could always point out my shortcomings and help me in different situations. Moreover, my parents were great listeners to me because whenever I had problems, I would tell them, and therefore reliving pressure. In a nutshell, it could not be better to live with parents before I came to New York.

    After coming to America for almost three months, I gradually began to appreciate the importance of independence. In the first few days, I was not used to cope with all problems by my own and life somewhat disappointed me. Buying milk from convenient stores, getting textbooks and printing out papers all seem to be something my parents should do for granted; however, as time went by, I learned that I should be responsible for those things because this is what independence for. Independence is a stage when I need to take responsibilities rather than throwing them to others. Taking responsibilities will definitely enhance our different abilities, such as critical thinking and problem solving skills. There are times in life when people have no one for help and need to rely on themselves. Independent enough, a person may overcome various setbacks easily; on the contrary, other people may wade through thousands of difficulties before reaching their goal due to lack of independence.

    No deep and accurate understanding will we gain if we do not know how independence works. Sometimes independence is a shortcut for people to succeed because the more independent we are, the more responsible we are, and then the better we are.