Tolerance

What is the meaning of tolerance? E.M. Forster has made a claim that I think is what humans must follow with heart. His view on tolerance and acceptance of people is identical to mine. He understands differences. He understands what it takes to make people like you, and you to like people. I totally agree that you don't have to "Love" total strangers to tolerate. You just have to "put up" with what "differences" people have and build a relationship off of that. I think Forster's use of "Love" is a broad word that can fit into many categories. He probably expected his audience to take their familiarity with "Love" and incorporate it into his explanation of tolerance. What you think love to be, take that feeling and relate to how he is telling you not to "Love" as it will put too much strain on you. "Tolerance" is extremely well written, and he has inspired me to write more about tolerance in my definition essay.

First Article I Like

Scores of attacks this year have brought the pirates millions of dollars in ransoms, hiked up shipping insurance costs, sent foreign navies rushing to the area, and left about a dozen boats with more than 200 hostages still in pirate hands.

Word of the latest attack off the anarchic Horn of Africa country came 10 days after gunmen from Somalia captured the Saudi supertanker in history's biggest maritime hijacking.

The November 15 capture of the Sirius Star -- loaded with oil worth $100 million and 25 crew members from Britain, Poland, Croatia, Saudi Arabia and the Philippines -- has focused world attention on the Somali sea gangs. The Gulf of Aden links Europe to Asia and is one of the world's busiest shipping corridors.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I like this article so much because I can read it. Many articles that find have so many words that I don't know that I have no clue what the writer is talking about. This article from Reuters.com is easy to read, and very informative. Words like "rushing" and "loaded" and even "focused" all are modern-day-english words. What may be brought down by using these simple words is credibility, yet Reuters is the website where all mainstream news websites access information. Websites like NYTimes and CNN credit Reuters after almost each article written. I think that gives them enough credibility.

Bad Ad #1

This ad is so bad I don't even know where to start. First off, it is advertising cigarettes and you can barely see them. Next, two guys are... i don't know. And it is making fun of the movie Brokeback Mountain which is a story about gay cowboys. I don't see the point in this ad, mainly because it depicts all things not relating to each other. The text of this story is two guys coming out into the wild enjoying the nature. Then, smoking is brought into the picture probably to tell you to get rid of your needs. the subtext would be that all cowboys have a horse and go out into the nature to enjoy a pack of smokes. The cowboys go away from their main town to hug each other at the camp fires and smoke till they need to go back home.

What is Pain to me

Pain to me is just a word. If you let it, it will be a feeling. I just hurt my ankle and couldn't feel it for a minute. Then all of a sudden, sharp needles pierced and tingled making their way up my leg. Of course, it hurt. Yet, when I was talking to my dad and telling him to come pick me up, I couldn't feel it. I hung up, and looked at my ankle and thought of what I had just done. Then came the pain. I have become callous to most pains, yet this was a new one. I really liked "Pain" mainly for it's description of physical pain. Then, Ackerman showed various examples of pain ranging from totally crazy to something we could relate to. I would like to ask her what kind of pain she has experienced in her life. Just birth? or more...

Letter to Mr. Kristof

Dear Mr. Kristof,

          We, the secondary 2 class in Shekou, China, have read your opinionated article “ Obama and the War on Brains.” I thought you presented yourself as a very cocky, self-confident criticizer. You’re approach to intellectuality and what you expected from it is, in my opinion, extremely biased to the your obvious favorite. You have the right as a person to the freedom of speech, and of expression. Yet, I do not understand how you could make this a public issue and bring it up on a well-visited news website. I understand your point on people hiding their “brains” and not wanting to seem wimpy, however you must know we are all people and not everyone is perfect. You must look at the good rather than the bad, although the bad can sometimes overshadow the good. Personally, another aspect I didn’t understand, is how much time you spent piecing this article together, and ended up still criticizing all the people you mentioned in your essay. It is a personal thing as you can tell from my point of view, yet the intensity of your comparison does not fit the issue. Sorry.

Regards,

Stefan Riemens

Shekou Quality Schools International

Secondary II