Thursday, May 20, 2010

German and French visitors to China

The graph shows the number of visitors to China from Germany and France between 2000 and 2009. Overall, the number of visitors to China from France in the first period was only higher than the number of visitors from Germany in 2000.

The biggest average in number of visitors to China was from Germany. It started from 200,000 visitors and slightly increased to reach 280,000 visitors in 2002. Between 2002 and 2003 the number of visitors jumped sharply, reaching 550,000 visitors and held steady with same number of visitors in 2004. From 2004 to 2007 the number of visitors dropped sharply to 250,000 visitors. After that, it slightly increased to 350,000 visitors in the end of the period.

The number of French visitors started with 280,000 visitors in 2000 then it sharply decreased from 2000 to 2004. Between 2002 and 2003 the number of visitors shot up, reaching 490,000 visitors. Then, it slightly decreased until 2007 and reached 200,000 visitors. The number of visitors slightly increased to 290,000 visitors in 2009.

In conclusion, the graph shows that in 2003 both German and French visitors to China reached the peak, although the total number of German visitors was higher than those from France.

Sunday, May 9, 2010

Censorship

In the UAE, the internet succumbs to the censorship by Etisalat. This system blocks the bad things or the sites which contain sexual or violent those some people support this censorship and some are against. This essay, will discuss both sides of the topic for and against censorship.

First, I will talk about the people or the countries which support open or don’t have censorship for the internet sites. So, the people in those countries can access on any sites they went. Whether or not, it contains some bad things which have a big effect especially on children. Censorship irritates many people because in many countries people like to do anything they went with no bother also, they take it as liberty.

There are many countries around the world in favor of censorship. One good reason for censorship is that some people sell tomography and don’t care about children. So, censorship will block those sites and it will be impossible for children to see them. There are illegal materials available on the internet and people aren’t able to download those things. So, the government has signed agreements to protect intellectual property. Yet another point, some people aren’t educated enough to see some sites, which could destabilize their society.

In conclusion, both sides have advantages and disadvantages. However, I strongly believe that the internet should be censorship that because, the net contains many things which could affect you and your child’s behavior.

Examinations

As we know all students over the world have to do exams to know how much they understand the materials. But, the examinations are different from one place to another and from one school to another. In this essay, I am going to discuss both sides of the topic if the exams are a fair assessment or not.

First, I want to talk about why some people don’t support taking exams. They think and believe tests make the students nervous and stressed about the exams. Another reason is some exams come from other colleges, which means different teachers fixed the questions. So, the students will face some difficulty because many students are used to solve the questions that their teachers use.

On the other hand, there are some who people prefer taking exams. One reason is to know in which level they are. With no exams we can’t know if the students understand enough or not. Another reason is the GPA. The GPA depends on the exam’s results so, it is important to have exams to know in which level the students are. Yet another reason is that students will be able to refresh their knowledge. That’s because they review the information for the test which will support their knowledge.

In conclusion, there are advantages of both for using or not using tests. However, on balance, I believe the arguments in favor are stronger than those against.