JOURNAL SET 2 ( MULTI-MEDIA ENTRY )

                                                     
                                                       CELL PHONES IN SCHOOL

       In this video, there is a debate over whether cell phones should be brought to school or   not. While the guy in the middle and lady on the right stand up that there is absolutely no    need for students to take their cell phones to school at all, the lady on the left supports that students should be allowed to take their mobile phones to school. She says how they going to get in touch someone if something bad happens on the walk home or on the way to school, so it will be much safer for the kids carrying their cell phones with them to school. As a response to her saying, the guy says that every teacher has cell phones and if god forbid in case of an emergency the teachers will inform students' parents. He thinks such a thing would be a distraction for students. As for the lady on the right, she supports what the guy told and thinks it would be a big problem. Also, the guy indicates that they can bring the cell phones to school, but they should keep them in lockers till the end of the day. Moreover, he says the kids have not cell phones, they have smart phones and during classes they log on facebook and tweeter, download and google something, and surf on the internet. However, the lady sitting on the left states that she just thinks they should bring them to school for emergency purposes, but not use them during lessons freely. 

       I liked this video having a debate over use of cell phones in schools as it explains all possible aspects of it both in a positive and negative way. That is, these people argue about why cell phones are necessary and unnecessary by giving rational reasons and examples; thus, they throw light on this matter and unclutter the confusion on people's minds. As for my opinion, I am of the opinion that they should take their mobile phones to school in case there happens an emergency situation, but they should either give them authorities while entering the school and then take back while leaving or they should keep them in lockers during classes.

JOURNAL SET 2 ( REFLECTION ENTRY )

                                                BRINGING MOBILE PHONES TO SCHOOL

These days, more and more students bring their cell phones to school and it has been a controversial topic recently. I believe that students should carry mobile phones in case there happens a bad thing, but I object to phones being used at school particularly in the classroom. Many students travel to and from school without their parents and they might need their mobile phones in the event of an emergency. Therefore, students should be allowed to carry their cell phones with them to school, but at the entrance of the school, they should be made to submit them to authorities and while leaving from the school, their cell phones should be given them so that they can call their parents in case of something bad on the way to home. I said that they should leave their mobile phones while entering the school because in an educational institution whatever disrupts or spoils the class should be removed out of the classroom. In this regard, nothing can be more disruptive during a lesson than the sound of a mobile phone ringing or playing an annoying tune. Moreover, there is one more point to underline that students who have mobile phone in class do not pay attention to the lesson. Instead of focusing on the lesson, they make something on the phone such as playing games, sending messages, and surfing on the internet during the lesson, which prevents them from getting what is told about that course.  On the whole, cell phones may be brought to school, but should not be used during lessons.

JOURNAL SET 1 ( MULTI-MEDIA ENTRY )


                                                             WHAT IS BEAUTY ?

        This video is about true beauty. It says people assume that beauty is only skin deep; therefore, they want to be called beautiful with regards to physical appearence. However, the real truth is much more far for those who think that gloss is necessary to be beautiful; that is to say, people are ignorant of what the beauty is, it indicates. For a while, the woman who shot this video turns her camera to some posters on the wall on which there are pictures of some fashion models who are called beautiful and  and she says she is not beutiful like them, she is beautiful like her. Furthermore, as far as I understand from what she wrote, she thinks that like those mannikin, to be skinny and have pretty face, long hair, big bust and perfect smile are not indications of being beautiful. She points out that one can never see true beauty with a mirror, which means beauty is not on outer appearence of people. She says beauty is not in the face, it is a light in the heart.
         I liked this video so much because it indicates that beauty is not like people assumed; it is in one's heart and I am of the same mind with it. I think people should not be valued with their beauty and outer appearence. If I have to speak for myself, I can say one is valuable for his/her hümanity, thoughts, ideas, perpectives of life, intentions, and beliefs for me; not for his/her gloss. Every person deserves to be respected and valued by others because of being human. However, today beauty concept is misunderstood and given so much importance that in every field we can see traces of it.

JOURNAL SET 1 ( REFLECTION ENTRY )

                                        THE INCREASING INTEREST IN BEAUTY

Day by day, the importance given to physical appearance is increasing. I think this results from people's desire to win recognition or respect from the others. This lead them to be more and more beautiful as they think that when they are beautiful, their friends or companions will accept them easily. Indeed, it is true; that is, everbody is drawn by the outer beauty. For instance, surely you had such experiences in elementary or secondary school that a beautiful girl or a handsome boy has so many friends and their thoughts or ideas are regarded as more important from that of the others. You can always see a lot of people around such people because of their recognition resulting from their beauties. It also might be the desire to be admired by the opposite sex. It is a fact that a person who is beautiful or handsome, and has a good-looking is admired by the other because one's having beauty creates a good impression on people on the first look. For example, the guys always look for the girls' beauty first of all, and the girls are same, too. If a girl has uneducated or not smart, rude but she is beatiful there are still many guys want her and if a guy is a bad person but he has good-looking, so the girls still like him. Moreover, I am of the opinion that if one is beautiful, he/she has more chance in work life in terms of being hired as most of the employers are influenced by the appearance of the candidates in job interviews, and of course their decisions are also shaped in this way. For instance, what I realize in every company is that all staff members or employees are good-looking people and generally the managers are handsome or beautiful, too. As far as I understand, it is important to have a charisma in work life for every stage. That is, outer beauty is also important for work life. The beauty is gaining more and more importance, and if you have outer beauty most of the doors in life is open to you.

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