Saturday, June 27, 2009

Holiday Homerwork 2

Picture discussion

This picture depicts a scene of some children building a sand castle at a beach. All the children are crowding around a mound of sand, which is most probably the foundations of the sand castle which they are going to construct. There is also an adult who is most probably guiding them on how to build the sand castle. Some of the boys know that their picture is being taken and looks up. Perhaps a sandcastle competetion going on as many other sandcastles are also being constructed. The children look like they are all having fun. There are also many children of different races working together on the sandcastle. This shows that people of different races and age can work together too.

Conversation

I once took part in a running competetion. It was tough and i needed many weeks of training. My coach took this competetion very seriously as it was the competetion for my nationals. Many schools participated in this competetion as well and some of them were quite professional. I enjoyes competing and i got 7th position which meabt that i won a trophy. furthermore, the competitors were one year older than me, which is why i thought of it as a major accomplishment..:)

Holiday Homerwork 1

Picture Discussion
This picture depicts a scene of a group of old people having fun in a nursing home. In the picture, old people could be seen playing ball with one another. A nurse is present to watch over them while they play. The elderly are positioned in the shape of a circle, with a nurse to toss the ball towards them. They seem to be having fun. This activity helps the old people to bond with one another and allows them to make new friends so that they will not be lonely in the nursing home. Although a few of the old people look bored, most of them are having fun. Probably something more intellectual would be arranged for them later. The nurses seem very professional in their line of work, as they try their best to allow the old people to have fun. In conclusion, i think that these activities are very beneficial to the old people, and relieves them of their loneliness and boredness which is accompanied by with old age.

Conversation
My grandfather is the old person i'm going to talk about today. From him, i've learnt that life is full of setbacks, but with each, we learn new things and make us more experienced. I have not considered of what i could do for him. But if i had a chance, it is likely that i would go with him overseas. As he is adventurous by nature, and likes to go to other countries alone. Thus, i feel that if i had a chance to get away from my studies, i would go with him to see the world.
Personally, i do not think that children should abandon their parents in nursing homes, as it is unethical. Afterall, everything that their parents did was for them, and to abandon them is just not right. But if i had to make a special home for the elderly, i would design one such that it is more homely and with facilities that allow them to excersise to keep their minds active. A mahjong table would be most ideal. As it has been proven that mahjong helps to keep active minds. I would also hire good nurses and everything they do must be for the interest for the elderly.