What is power?

Power is the ability to have control over others and in some cases have their respect. For example the ability to walk is not a power. But something like being a king or president is surely a form of power. Power doesn't always have to be used for good causes. Often power is misused like in the case of terrorists. A excerpts from my blog relating to power:

An part of my Cambodian Genocide research:
"The total amount of civilians estimated to have been killed by Pol Pot's tyranny is more than 2 million." This is an example of a person having power. Pol Pot was the leader of the Khemer Rouge and had a lot of power. He decided to misuse it though, an example of power being used for a malicious cause. With his power he killed over 2 million civilians. In this situation he had control over others but surely not their respect!

A excerpt from "Forced Military"
"In my countries, India and USA both do not require military service although they both encourage it." This is an example of a country having power over you as a citizen. Some countries do force citizens to serve the militatry.This sort of power is controversial and there are different opoins on it. But still it is surely not a example of power being abused. More like a case of power being used to deny rights but for a good cause.

A excerpt from "The Scramble for Africa"
"I noticed that during the game we never thought of what Africans might want, we just got what we wanted. Just like that when imperialism occured in Africa no one cared what the Africans wanted." Here is another example of power being abused. The countries of Europe used there supireour tech and military to colonize Africa without consent from the Africans. Furthermore they abused this power even greaterly by making Africans work for them. This is a clear example of having control over others.

To sum it up, I believe that power is the ability to control other and some times earn their respect. Power is not neccasarily always used in the best ways and often is harmful and evil.

Three things that I learned from pp

After the three months of population project anyone gains new knowledge and skills.
The best one I learned was the skill of time management. Through out the project I learned that if you manage your time you have no trouble, but if you wait till the last moment you struggle. Another thing I learned was how a large population can a lot of things. Finally I learned how do deal with big projects which will help in High school.

Sameness vs. Equality

The meaning of sameness is people are the same physically. They can have the same face and same bodies. All people have the same job, the same work time, the same family. Sameness is close to impossible as if every one was same, then there would be no governing bady and as every one would have to do the same job, there could be no society But equality means that every one is considered equal in society. There is no discrimination and every one is treated in the same way. Equality is achievable even though it would be very hard unlike sameness which is impossible.

Child-Adult-Old

A child is an adult when he/she starts contributing to his society instead of depending on it. And by giving back to the society it does not mean just do reachout or join in a environment club in your school. That’s part of it but when you are a adult you do your duty independently. A child becomes an adult generally after graduating from university and starts doing a job. An adult means doing your duty in society properly and sincerely. When an adult becomes mental and physical aged and can no longer perform his/her duty they are considered old and aged. Old people are generally respected because they have done their duty.

Plan for week of 13-20th

At the moment I have done my Independent investigation, halfway done with my data analysis, and have to start my creative expression and research paper.

My plan for this week (including home work time)

Monday -Finish final research regarding info for data analysis and get a outline

Tuesday-work on data analysis

Wednesday-work on data analysis

Thursday-finalize data analysis and get outline for research paper

Friday-get a first draft by the end of the day.

Tech cartoon

The main visual elements are the kid and the parents .This picture is about the breach of technology usage between two generations. The older generation is not very tech orientated and prefers talking. While the younger kid represents the younger generation and prefers bogging over talking. This artist is a person who does not like technology very much, as he shows that people prefer to type over talk. He is showing that technology is stopping people from talking and families from interacting. This cartoon is ironic as generally technology has helped people to communicate but here it stop communication. The artist could have showed the kid with more technological devices like a laptops and cellphones.

Vonnegut; Wrong or Right?

Vonnegut is wrong in his saying . I do see his reasoning in the nuclear submarine, but the computer example is clearly wrong. I believe computers help the becoming. Its allowing us to do things we have never done before. Now we can do to new planets and extreme locations using computers. Using computer we are able to see the universe out there. We have made so many new discoveries with the help of computers. Back on earth we have computer to make work easier, to make construction more accurate. We can make artificial intelligence using computers and uncover Isaac Asimov’s positron brains. We can do amazing things using computer. They are clearly the invention of this century. As for the submarine, all though it destructive power is menacing, it is our defense. And weapons like the submarine are necessary to protect. And they are defensive not offensive weapons. And inventions like the computer, do not stop to becoming, but encourage the becoming.