Discussion Board

Early to bed, early to rise, makes you healthy, wealthy and wise, is a short but a powerful phrase. In this aspect the connotation of each adjective is related to those who have the habit of going to sleep and get up early, benefits such as mental and psychological well-being, energy and knowledge. Also it is a common thinking that old people have. They believed that have a lifestyle like this may let others live longer and happier. In my opinion is a reasonable and verifiable philosophy, because when wake up early you have more time to organize you full day. Consequently if you plan correctly, you will rest enough and have all the vitality to carry on a very active day, and at the same time a responsible life by doing all your duties in a prudent period of time. However, nowadays even though most of the people are aware of the benefits of having a structured lifestyle is very regular to see an entirely wrong way doing things. A very common example is the nutritional habits. Everyone knows how important it is to have healthy nourishment, but a lot of people just do not care about and they consume exaggerate amount of junk food. Another related example is student’s habits in High School or University where frequently you find that they are irresponsible with their homework and assignments. However and the other hand, there are better rewards by applying the proverb early to bed, early to rise, makes you healthy, wealthy and wise.

Unit 4 Animal Intelligence

Animals are very interesting creatures that make our life happier in certain way. In case of domestic animals they are extremely friendly with you when your treat them kind. Also they makes you laugh, but at the same time they are very receptive and emotional so when you   are a ruff person  with them they understand that things are not right. They are so intelligent that they able to learn how share and care for their family.

Unit 3 "Early to bed, Early to Rise"

"Early to bed, early to rise, makes you healthy, wealthy and wise", is a very short but meaning phrase. Here is a video with some ideas about sleep importance that we can considerate.

Unit 2 "The Aquilles Heel"

This is an example of  how obstacles are only in our mind, somtimes people put a lot of excuses when they do not want to do things. But there is a short and truthful phrase we all sholud have in maind "Who wants to do something finds a way, who does not want to do anything finds excuses".

Do not give excuses!

Unit 1 "Information Overload"

The overload of media comunication affect our ability to absorb and process all the information to which we are exposed; Also it can cause “Information Fatigue Syndrome” (IFS) that characterize through poor concentration, hostility, falling into a trance-like state, burnout, and a compulsion to check email, voice mail, the Internet to stay connected.

 

Read more at :

http://www.wnd.com/2013/01/information-overload-making-your-head-explode/

Essay # 2 "Obstacles stay only in your mind"

Kalila Gittens • Sofía Garro • Glenda Moya

Obstacles stay only in your mind

Nowadays there are all kinds of people, but nobody is living happy. For someone life is very difficult and they complain about everything. This people do not imagine that there are others who have had accidents and their life has changed, because they have physical disabilities. Thereby, after certain people become a disable they way of seen life changes and they overcome all kind of obstacles even those they never try before. For that reason we believe that obstacles never exist if you develop your self-esteem, your perseverance and your courage.

Self-esteem is very important in your life, because, this is a component that improves your goals. If you do not have a high self-esteem, you do not have inspiration to get your dreams. Also, self esteem makes you believe that you are valuable and unique.  For this reason, you never give up, and because, of this, there are people who have a disability, but they have a beautiful life and never get angry or sad. These people have a high self-esteem and overcoming wish. On the other hand people who do not have any disability, always complains about everything; therefore, people that have disabilities, should be an example in your life.

Perseverance is the state of continued effort to do or achieve something and overcome difficulties encountered. It is also the attitude of dealing with the problems or weaknesses with courage. Perseverant people seek ways to overcome challenges and do not give up; this determination can be applied in all aspects of life, as shown in the video in class related to the “Achilees Track Club”. There where people with physical disabilities have been perseverance and have achieved important goals in sports and also be an active members of clubs that promote physical activity. Cleary, perseverance is one of the keys to keep going.

According to the free dictionary courage “is the state or quality of mind or spirit that enables one to face danger fear or vicissitudes with self-possession, confidence and resolution bravery”. In that case a person who has courage is someone that faces obstacles with open mind and patience. However, a person with low or no-courage will surrender very easily. These kinds of people feel that their life dot not have sense, because of the way they face problems. Therefore, to succeed in life people should be brave and try to develop their courage day by day.

All over the world you will find people with different physical disabilities due to various reasons such as accidents or birth problems. But fortunately these people are able to develop many other skills based on their positive attitude regardless of difficulties. Clubs and organizations like the “Achilles Track Club” promote recreation, physical activity and emotional health for disable people. Thank of the encouragement that people had received in those groups people thrive in different sports. As a matter of fact these people overcome live obstacles merit of their high self-esteem, perseverance and courage to move forward and become a good example for others.

Essay # 1 "Media Overwhelming"

Nowadays the use of media communication has become a need for everyone. At work, school or university, you have to deal with media tools. Some of the benefits of media area are that now you can communicate with family, friends and other people located across the world and also send or receive emails or money by just doing click. The problem that I find is that the excess or barrage of different types of advertisement overwhelms the audience. When a person is overwhelmed, you can find problems such as stress, media resisters and attention deficit disorders.

When we talk about stress, we may imagine a lot of things. But, according to the Medicine Net, stress is a “simply fact nature forces from the insider or outsider world affecting the individual” (Medicine Net, 2013). Basically the external factors include physical environment like your job, your relationships with others, your home, situations, challenges, difficulties and expectations you are facing daily. Internal factors determine your body’s ability to respond and deal with external factors which influence your ability to handle stress, including your nutritional status, health, fitness levels, emotional well being and the amount of sleep and rest you get. In summary, stress can alter all your body and in this cause we can considerate media overwhelming a cause of stress.

Another problem related to media overwhelming is news resisters. News resisters are the people that think the amount of advertisement news they received is bad. But, others are aware of the benefits of being well-informed regardless of this overwhelming. I think that to avoid becoming a news resister, media companies should take into account the audience opinion. Using tools as a survey can provide important information about the spectator’s interests and also you can find out what they believe about media overwhelming.

Another disadvantage or issue caused by media overwhelming is the attention deficit disorder. The Diagnostic and Statical Manual 4^th Edition (DSM-IV) indicates that the attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a “persistent pattern of inattention and/or hyperactivity-impulsivity that is more frequent and severe than typically observed in individuals comparable levels of development. ADHD manifestations may be subdivided in three types: 1 predominantly inattentive, 2 hyperactivity/ impulsivity and 3 combined type.  The rates indicate that 60% to 80% or patients diagnosed are children. In addition the overexposure to video games, television or internet can be some of the causes.

In my opinion, media overwhelming become a problem for people when they are not interested in receive certain information. And as a matter fact stress can easily impact our lives in many aspects as a result. Therefore news resisters demeanor is an understandable behavior for who feel assail with the exaggerated amount of advertisement on television, radio or internet. Consequently the ADHD it is affecting the new generations; and lot of kids has been diagnosed with this mental disorder. In general if we don’t care about this situation attention deficit may become a social problem. Finally, media companies and people should be conscious about media overwhelming causes and effects and try to have a balance between media overexposures.

Bibliography

Medicine Net (2013). What is stress?  Retrieved from http://www.medicinenet.com/stress/article.htm

Medicine Net (2013).  ADHD in teens. Retrieved from

http://www.medicinenet.com/attention_deficit_hyperactivity_disorder_in_teens/article.htm