Wednesday, November 30, 2011

American Colonists: Terrorists or Patriots

They are terrorists to me and this is similar to Skyrim's side plot, which is the Stormcloaks against the Empire. This also would be similar to the Taliban in Afghanistan fighting against the US. For Skyrim, the Stormcloaks would be the Colonists and the Empire would be the British. You could choose which side you can be on and I choose the Empire. Through out the plot, I would go around and kill all Stormcloaks deemed to be threatening to the prosperity of the Empire. In the end, we get to destroy the Stormcloak's leader and restore peace in Tamriel. Now for the Afghanistan side, the Taliban would be the Colonists

Saturday, November 19, 2011

My Response To The Flood and The Innovations From It

The flood did not affect me or my family one bit. The area around my house was dry as usual. I have not volunteered, and would not like to. The flooded industrial areas and most other places were once floodplains that would carry away water, but not anymore, so this is just another example of industrialization's effect on the environment. The government also does an extremely poor job in managing the situation, giving us conflicting information mostly. One of more many rants about the government, the flood waters intended for Bangkok are kept at bay on the outskirts, swamping many poor people, and who's decision is this? Yingluck. Even though they elected her, she treats them as if they were a lesser priority than us in Bangkok. Unless the government gets tougher and has a more dedicated department that especially deals in floods, I believe that Thailand will not learn anything from this flood, and the same mistakes would happen again the next time a flood hits. But however, the innovations that resulted from the flood are very simple and effective ingenious items. The jet ski which is made out of a barrel, bike parts and a lawnmower is an example, it is easy to make, as the materials are easily found and it's useful for navigating flooded areas.

Monday, October 10, 2011

Identity

To me, identity is the thing that makes us one each all different. By having a personal identity would make everyone seem new and interesting than the one you've just met and so on. If everyone had the same identity then the world would just be one big, giant, boring dump with people acting like one another. So by having a personal identity, people would be different from others, and everyone would be a unique person.

Saturday, September 3, 2011

Thursday, September 1, 2011

Metacognition

Metacognition is knowing what your knowing, which could be useful for problem solving. I think that metacognition gets in the way sometimes, like during class time a while ago where we had to speak our minds, I confused myself a bit by messing up what i wanted to do and what my mind was telling me to do, so I'd rather not use it or think about it anytime soon.