Thursday, June 5, 2014

Final research

 

Studying in your own country vs studying abroad

Today, the UAE offers an overall education to all male and female students from kindergarten to university, with education for the country’s nationals being provided free at all levels. There is also an extensive private education sector, while several thousand students, both male and female, follow courses of higher education abroad at government expense. Much has been completed since the early 1970s but now they try to improve the educational environment for all students, in line with a revaluation of the role of government. Spending a semester or a year studying abroad is a popular and valuable experience for college students all around the world. College is a time for personal and educational evolution, and studying abroad provides an excellent opportunity for this. The benefits and advantages of these courses are many for those with the desire to do so; it gives credit for study abroad and it’s very advantageous for students desiring this experience.

The advantages of studying in your own country and are many and we will discuss some of them. First, for example, is your language. The students can escape the necessity of learning a second language when studying in their own country. Courses in one's mother language are much easier to learn and succeed at. Learning a second language offers a valuable experience, however, and one that many regret later in life for not having pursued. At the same time, students can still enroll in language classes in their own country to attain a working knowledge of a language.
                       
Second, the costs at universities and colleges around the world vary. Some countries heavily support learning for residents, but charge full price for foreign students. If a student's parents have a passport in a foreign country, students may be able to look into receiving study at the standard price. In their own country, students pay standard teaching costs. They may also have more chance for scholarships. When studying in one's country, students do not have to pay for flights home on holidays.

On the other hand we have disadvantages of studying in our own country like, lack of learning  languages other than the original, lower level of education, lack of scientific discipline, little friendship .
The same thing with studying abroad: extra work responsibility, loss of privacy, cultural differences, worry, food issues, communication with their families and high costs and culture shock. Students who study in their own country do not have to deal with culture shock, that is when a person feels lost and disoriented in a foreign culture. Students studying in their own country do not have to deal with this added stress to their studies.


In my opinion, it’s really hard to do your homework for a few months, because unless you are fluent in the language of the country you are living in, you have to spend a lot of time each night translating your work. Normally, people will stare and point, depending on the country, of course. Sometimes it is hard to communicate if you are not well-spoken. It's also very expensive. For the first while, it could be frustrating to be in a country surrounded by people who you cannot understand, and who can't understand you, so I think studying in my own country is better than studying abroad.

Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Fair & false analogie

To compare the human heart with a pump is a fair analogy, as this is essentially the function of the heart i.e. to move blood around the circulatory system via arteries & veins.

To suggest that cloning humans is dangerous and could lead to the production of a Frankenstein's monster is a false argument because if we clone a sheep we get a sheep which is exactly the same.
Cloning may or may not be a good thing but arguments against it must be based on fair analogies & sound logical argument, not scare-mongering.

Monday, May 26, 2014

Capital Punishment



The most severe of all sentences: that of death. Also known as the death penalty, capital punishment this is the most severe form of corporal punishment as it is requires law enforcement officers to kill the offender. But, capital punishment is a very strong issue in today's society. In my eyes punishment should be on a case to case basis. In the capital punishment debate there are 3 major issues, Deterrence, Arbitrariness, and Retribution.

Deterrence is the inhibition of criminal behavior by fear especially of punishment. This in easier terms just means that once someone commits a crime, if they are harshly punished for it, other people should then be afraid to commit a crime. Which is related to the idea that it is believed that fear of death deters people from committing crime. Studies of the deterrent effect of the death penalty have been conducted for several years, with varying results. Most of these studies have failed to produce evidence that the death penalty deterred murders more effectively then the threat of imprisonment. The reason for this is that few people are executed and so the death penalty is not a satisfactory deterrent. In conclusion if harsher punishment was carried out, there would be a lower crime rate.

The second issue is arbitrariness or determined by or arising from impulse rather than ruling. Fairness requires that people who break the law be punished the same but we treat it on a case-to-case punishment. Wrongful conviction, if acting on impulse they might have the wrong person. Which means the criminal is still out there, and someone else is going to die instead of the person who deserves death. Also, that means it’s risky to carry out capital punishment.
And is based on claimants cancel the death penalty and replace it with penalties of deprivation of liberty to the justification boils mostly in. The death penalty is useless because it has not been proven in a country that expected decline in the number of crimes, also that this punishment repulsive and abhors them souls.

Proponents for the survival of the death penalty rely on the following arguments. If life is a gift from God, the freedom is also a gift from God and therefore should be abolished penalties of deprivation of freedom, also the claim not to the benefit of this punishment is was doubtful because he can not figure out the number of refrained from committing crimes because of the existence of the death penalty.

These are the arguments of the two teams and discussion is still raging in the corridors of the offices of the men of the law and thought, psychologists, philosophy, and perhaps this is the punishment of the most controversial penalties

Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Exam:1

Q.1
Critical Thinking is a cognitive activity associated with using your mind, also the critical thinking involves a wide range of skills and attitudes that include Identifying other people’s positions, arguments and conclusions, also agree and disagree. Also it is an ability to think clearly and rationally.

Q.2
·         Misunderstanding.
·         Arrogance and intolerance.
·         The emotional attitude.
·         Egocentric thinking: thinking only of things in relation to yourself.
·         Group thinks: when everyone thinks alike, nobody thinks very much.

Q.3
I understand the fallacy is an argument that uses poor reasoning; an argument can be fallacious whether or not its conclusion is true. A fallacy can be either formal or informal. Also a misleading or unsound argument.
·         Argument from authority.
·         Argument from personal inability to understand.
·         Ignorance.
·         Personalization of argument.
·         You too’ theory: This is an attempt to justify wrong action because someone else also does it  My evidence may be invalid, but so is yours

Q.4
1.      Improved attention and observations.
2.      More focused reading
3.      Improved ability to respond to the appropriate points in a message.
4.      Knowledge of how to get your point across more easily.
5.      Skills of analysis that you can choose to apply in a variety of situations.


Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Baniyas park in Abu Dhabi




Project title
Baniyas park in Abu Dhabi
Names

Omar Yaqoob    H00157520

CEJ





I spoke at the beginning of the case study generally about air pollution, which surrounded the area and a private garden known in Abu Dhabi as one garden of BaniYas. I met a lot of people for a discussion about the causes of this pollution, and each one had a different opinion.

For example, Khalid spoke about the importance of creating paintings in the park to educate people to keep the place , and he said the reason for the spread of pollution is the lack of these paintings in the garden, while someone named Ali , said that the cause of pollution is the lack of plants working to purify the air, and urged to take advantage of large tracts in the cultivation of a lot of trees. Also us a group of other , said that the reason for pollution is the  barbecues inside the park, which leave pollutants after the completion.
The park is already an important place for fun and relaxation for families and friends; many of them spend it playing with children and some of them spend it walking, playing sports, and some of them meet with colleagues to spend the most beautiful times.



BaniYas park, established in the city of BaniYas South Wathba in Abu Dhabi, one of the largest and oldest parks in the UAE, and this is some information about it:
Company name: BaniYas park, Address: Abu Dhabi,
Park Location: Abu Dhabi - Al Ain Road, BaniYas East 12.
Opening hours: Saturday to Wednesday: 15:00 to 22:00,
Thursday and Friday: 15:00 to 11:00.
Entrance fee: 1 DHS. Admission is free for children 10 years old or younger.
Park facilities: 1 Fountain  Restaurant, regular games  Mosque  rest rooms.
Phone Number: 02-5831566 .

BaniYas garden is famous  one of the oldest and largest parks in the country. I went to it with my family since my childhood, and now I visit it with my friends, especially in the holidays.
This park has improved dramatically; the games have become varied once are many established restaurants, shops.


Restaurants include the most beautiful and delicious meals, as each restaurant is dedicated to create meals such as fast food , snacks , diverse juices, in addition to the markets, which include the most beautiful desserts like ice cream for children .
Also it has a large area available for walking, sports and contains a large pool for young people who are using it more and enjoy, especially in the summer. Characterized by congestion as a result of the multiplicity of the races that are visiting this park and it is now open at 5 pm and closes at around 10 pm.

As a result of this comparison between past and present, I believe that the developments are the cause of pollution in this park.
Rather than take advantage of this development, they are using it wrongly.
I have conducted numerous interviews with visitors; my goal in these interviews is to know negatives and real to this park and then I think about how to  relive the gardens vitality, and attract the large number of tourists as before.
After that I tried to communicate with the government to put the fines for those who pollute the place, and I distributed entries for guidance include how to maintain the garden, I do not advise to make a barbecue in the garden; in addition we must provide equipment in restaurants for retention the pollution rising from the smoke and provision of waste baskets.


Many of the proposals I discussed with you, and I left it to you, so I hope you help me in finding other solutions to stop this pollution, because it is our country and our right to maintain and keep it clean.