About bad apple

I have never been in a group with a "real" bad apple. In my opinion, a bad apple is a kind of people who break the group's chemical reaction. He/She may distract other members or steal someone's achievement. However, I used to meet some people who didn't do anything helpful to the work as if he was not a member in this group. For this situation, what I usually do is to leave him alone and focus on my own work. If he is willing to do some help sometimes, I will still be kind to him, or I just regard him as air.

Group Work

One of the group works I have attended is the lab experiment in course EE331. I did the assignment together with my partner. I believe we finished it very well. Basically, the assignment are divided into two parts: simulation and circuit establishment. Therefore, we are responsible to one part separately. When we meet any difficulty, we discuss together and try to figure it out. Finally, we validate our consequences from two different parts. I think this is a very effective group work.

Homeplace

The summer is coming.
There should be the yell of cicada,
but not.
There should be many people sitting under the tree to summer,
but not.
My homeplace,
like many other big modern cities,
has been rapidly developing.
Insects disappear at all,
people prefer to stay at home to enjoy the cool brought by air-condition.
It seems a big change,
but few people notice the vanishment of those lively creatures,
they all focus on the better living condition.
no one cares if there is cicada around them,
sometimes, it is even better without that "noise",
as long as they can hear the pop music.
The road is covered by concrete,
no one knows where the grass goes,
sometimes, it is even better without that "mess",
as long as they have the convenience to walk and ride cars.
We realize one aspect of changes that caused by ourselves,
but neglect the changes of nature that caused by ourselves as well.

The changes I made to the surroundings

I tried to recycle all the beverage cans I drank with and sold them to the Cub Food market. Geneally, I drank apprximate 5 boxes of beverage which are about 60 cans in one semester. I didn't throw them away directly as usual. Oppositely, I gather them together and sold them at the end of the semester. It was not only an environment-friendly action, but also brought me some extra money.

Personal mission statement

I am committed to living a peaceful, easy, country life. Life is a little stream for me, without any wave. I intend to enjoy the life with family in a harmony community.

Silent Spring

Context: How does the author convey the purpose of the text?

The main purpose of this writing is to show that the abuse of pesticide - DDT is not only harming even killing the insects and birds, but also human beings. In order to materialize the harms caused by pesticide, the author describes a town in detail. It used to be a harmony and beautiful town, but then the cattle and sheep sickened and died. Even the adults and children died. The whole town is in a shadow of death, which is extremely horrible. Although this town doesn't exist in real, the author uses this exaggerate depiction to draw audience's attentions to the serious harm from pesticide.

A Thousand-Mile Walk to the Gulf

What specific details stay in your mind? Why? How do these small details lead to larger ideas?

In this piece, the author depicts a man he met with his experience that his dog is caught by an alligator and this man has a tough fight with him." It is a vivid description as if the audience was standing beside that shallow. Through this story, the author draw into a discussion about the relationship between human beings and nature. Why are they evil? Then the author also talks about the creator and god.

Polemic: Industrial Tourism and the National Parks

What are the major themes in this piece?

The major theme of this piece is to propose to keep national parks from industrial developments. The author introduces his job at first place, and then describes what is happening in the national parks. At last, he comes up with some proposals. In his opinion, people are disconnected with nature, and government funds to increase it though. It is not only costly to pave roads, but also destroys the natural landscape.

A First American Views His Land

How does the writer structure the essay and to what effect?

The author inserts several poems throughout the writing. These poems engage the audiences very well. At the same time, they work as good transitions between paragraphs. One of the advantages of the poem is to depict and express the profound emotions with only a few words. The author writes with these poems to make the writing vivid and give audicens more spaces to image.

The similarities and differences between Chris McCandless and Thoreau

The similarities between Chris McCandless and Thoreau are both of them intent to have a simple life, and they want to isolate from the society as well.

However, they are also different in many ways. Thoreau doesn't leave the society absolutely. He just lives near the town, not far from his family home. He works to earn money to build his small cabin. Also, he reveives visitors and returns their visits. On the other hand, the life of McCandless is totally in the wilderness. Although he also works to get the money to Alaska, he burns all of his money after he arrives the Alaska, and he lives in there without any help from other people or "society". Additionally, he lives alone all the time.