POVERTY
ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY
By Ian Berrocal Azofeifa
Poverty is one of the most important social problems. There are many causes that explain this problematic; for instance, education, lack of employment, and global econimic crisis. In our case, the goverment of Costa Rica has developed several choices to reduce the negative effects of poverty, some of those politics are positive, but some others should be reformulated. The purpose of this essay is to explain my own perception about three of the major politics adopted by the goverment against poverty.
First, the goverment has been given schoolarships to high school students to avoid them quit their studies. The schoolarships try to keep the boys and girls inside the classrooms. According to the statistics, this policy has effectively reduce the dropout of students, but, in my opinion, it is necessary to establish more controls to guarrantee that schoolarships are used for its real purpose, because, in some cases, they has been used to cover personal or family needs.
Second, the goverment has been fighting against poverty by housing politics. The purpose of this is to give a decent house for poor families, but it is not a secret that people with enough money have been taken part of those benefits. In my opinion, the department in charged of living the benefits should make better research and incorporate more restrictive requirements. Also, there should be some department in charge to investigate the irregular cases.
Last, with the economical crisis, many enterprices and even the goverment, have been reducing the employs. In my opinion, these is not the only choice to avoid the problem; our legislation let’s the enterprices to develop emergency plans against the crisis, but I think that many of the people in charge of them do not know enough about this politics, so it is necessary to have more information.
In conclusion, there are many others politics adopted by the goverment against poverty, some of them are very useful, but some others need to be design again or improve to guarrantee their benefits. In my opinion, it is mandatory to create better life conditions and to avoid some other social problems. In short, there are still many actions to take and they must be establish as soon as possible.
sábado, 24 de abril de 2010
SHERLOCK HOLMES Vs. PARANORMAL ACTIVITY
Comparisons and Contrasts:
Sherlock Holmes Vs. Paranormal Activity.
By Ian Berrocal Azofeifa.
Superstition and magic have always got the attention of all the audiences. Magic is as old as human beings are. It has been always been present in all kind of civilizations, but sometimes magic can be presented in a positive or negative way. In the movies: Sherlock Holmes and Paranormal Activity, the producers tell to the audiences about a story related to black magic. These two movies show differences but also some interesting similarities. This essay has the purpose to describe both, comparisons and contrasts of different aspects; for instance, the gender and some particular situations.
In first place, I am going to mention the differences between the two movies. Whereas the movie Sherlock Holmes is developed in the old Scotland of the last century, the movie Paranormal Activity is developed in the United States of America in recent times. This difference shows us how the magic has been present in all times. In addition, while the gender of the movie Sherlock Holms is action and suspense, the gender of the movie Paranormal activity is terror. In the first case, the producers tell a story where black magic is part of the action and this makes the movie more exciting, but people do not get scared with that; instead of that, in Paranormal Activity, magic is related with the devil, and this movie creates an intense psychological perception of horror. In fact, the movie Sherlock Holmes does not show demon possession, but the film Paranormal Activity does.
Clearly, the sense of horror and terror is stronger in the second movie described. It does not happen in the first one, where magic is only an ingredient to create more intensity in the story. On the other hand, there are some interesting similarities between these movies. The first, and the most clearly is the use of the magic. In the next paragraph, I am going to describe some of these comparisons.
In both, Sherlock Holmes and Paranormal Activity, the producers tell a love story. In the first case, Sherlock Holmes felt in love of a young and pretty woman, but he does not trust on her because she belongs to the bad guys. In the other case, the story is about a couple who buys a new house and there is where all the story takes place. Also, in both movies, there are dead people. In Sherlock Holmes the bad guy dies at the end of the film, and in Paranormal Activity, Micah, who is one of the principal characters, is killed by the devil at the end of the film too. Furthermore, in both cases there are researches. In the first case, Sherlock Holmes makes an investigation about the use of black magic by some people in the city, and in Paranormal Activity, Micah makes an investigation related with demos. Certainly, both stories go around magic.
In summary, these two movies tell exciting stories if you are interesting on magic. The common point between them is the continue war between the good and the evil forces. In my own opinion, the topic is not fiction, it belongs to our reality and people can get some information about these fights reading the newspapers. Also, I think that we all have part of good and bad, it is the nature of human beings. We can create beautiful things, but also destroy them and produce a lot of pain and suffering to others. In short, both movies have differences and similarities, but the common point between them is the presence of magic.
Sherlock Holmes Vs. Paranormal Activity.
By Ian Berrocal Azofeifa.
Superstition and magic have always got the attention of all the audiences. Magic is as old as human beings are. It has been always been present in all kind of civilizations, but sometimes magic can be presented in a positive or negative way. In the movies: Sherlock Holmes and Paranormal Activity, the producers tell to the audiences about a story related to black magic. These two movies show differences but also some interesting similarities. This essay has the purpose to describe both, comparisons and contrasts of different aspects; for instance, the gender and some particular situations.
In first place, I am going to mention the differences between the two movies. Whereas the movie Sherlock Holmes is developed in the old Scotland of the last century, the movie Paranormal Activity is developed in the United States of America in recent times. This difference shows us how the magic has been present in all times. In addition, while the gender of the movie Sherlock Holms is action and suspense, the gender of the movie Paranormal activity is terror. In the first case, the producers tell a story where black magic is part of the action and this makes the movie more exciting, but people do not get scared with that; instead of that, in Paranormal Activity, magic is related with the devil, and this movie creates an intense psychological perception of horror. In fact, the movie Sherlock Holmes does not show demon possession, but the film Paranormal Activity does.
Clearly, the sense of horror and terror is stronger in the second movie described. It does not happen in the first one, where magic is only an ingredient to create more intensity in the story. On the other hand, there are some interesting similarities between these movies. The first, and the most clearly is the use of the magic. In the next paragraph, I am going to describe some of these comparisons.
In both, Sherlock Holmes and Paranormal Activity, the producers tell a love story. In the first case, Sherlock Holmes felt in love of a young and pretty woman, but he does not trust on her because she belongs to the bad guys. In the other case, the story is about a couple who buys a new house and there is where all the story takes place. Also, in both movies, there are dead people. In Sherlock Holmes the bad guy dies at the end of the film, and in Paranormal Activity, Micah, who is one of the principal characters, is killed by the devil at the end of the film too. Furthermore, in both cases there are researches. In the first case, Sherlock Holmes makes an investigation about the use of black magic by some people in the city, and in Paranormal Activity, Micah makes an investigation related with demos. Certainly, both stories go around magic.
In summary, these two movies tell exciting stories if you are interesting on magic. The common point between them is the continue war between the good and the evil forces. In my own opinion, the topic is not fiction, it belongs to our reality and people can get some information about these fights reading the newspapers. Also, I think that we all have part of good and bad, it is the nature of human beings. We can create beautiful things, but also destroy them and produce a lot of pain and suffering to others. In short, both movies have differences and similarities, but the common point between them is the presence of magic.
UFO: The Conspiracy Theory
UFO
The Conspiracy Theory
By Ian Berrocal Azofeifa
Many people believe in UFO. It means Unidentified Flying Object according to wikipedia.com. For them, there are some other kind of lives in the universe and some of those species are visiting the earth for multiple purposes using their star ships. People who study the UFO phenomenom have even classified the star ships, so they distinguish between plates, cylinders, balloons, and triangles, depending of the form of it. Also, related with UFO, the specialists have elaborated the conspiracy theory. It tries to explains how the evidence about the existence of life out of the earth is being delete or modify by governments; the purpose is to try to hide the “true” from all of the people around the world. In this essay, I will refute some of the arguments used by the conspiracy theory to get its purpose.
First of all, one of the most important arguments to support the conspiracy theory is related with the government of the United States of America. According to noticiario.net/teoria-conspiracion.htm, the United States has a secret base in Nevada, California, called 51, where specialists do research about aliens who had come and even died in the earth; they also say that the goverment wants to get and use the technology of the star ships to get military advantages. In my own point of view, this is a nationalist argument. Many of the most important events have been related with the United States, like if the other countries in the world do not exist. There are some others like China and Rusia, who can be interested in develop alien technologies, but of course, it happens only in “America”.
Second, according to the same website indicated, the conspiracy theory says that the UFOs visit constantly the earth but the world leaders try to hide the “truth”. Also they say that those leaders are in permanent contact and get communication with the aliens. In my point of view, that idea sounds kind of paranoic. Try to think in all the world leaders join together only to hide the existence of alien lives forms it is ridiculous. They can not even join to try to solve our own problems like global warming or the need of food in Africa; nonetheless, according to the theory, they perfectly join to discuss the Ufo theme? And the worst idea: they get an agreement about it. I can not find the sense of that idea.
Finally, the conspiracy theory according to same source, says that Neil Armstrong saw a big number of alien star ships in the hide face of the moon, but of course, it has been denied because of the population can not to know about it. I should question for the purpose of those ships there; what were they doing there? They do not attack the earth, even they did not showed themselves to the people. So, there was no reason for that, just hiding? Only Armstrong could see them? Could be a hallucination?
In conclusion, there are many arguments to support the existence of aliens forms of life, but in my criteria, the conspiracy theory is not the best way to explain the phenomenon, because the theory only says why world leaders hide the phenomenon, but does not explain with scientific evidence the real existence of star ships and aliens visiting the earth for whatever they want. In my own point of view, relate the conspiracy theory with the government of the United States or with the world leaders is just the eternal discussion about the politic power. Who is the stronger? Of course, if your country has alien technology, it must be the best fighter in case of world war, but where were those weapons and technology in Irak war? The United States army use great technology in wars, but it does not seem like alien technology. In short, nowadays we can not denied or support the existence of aliens because there are not scientific researches to support those positions, instead of explaining the phenomenon pointing out some people of hiding the “truth”, the ufologist should join the evidence to show to the world the real existence of their study object.
The Conspiracy Theory
By Ian Berrocal Azofeifa
Many people believe in UFO. It means Unidentified Flying Object according to wikipedia.com. For them, there are some other kind of lives in the universe and some of those species are visiting the earth for multiple purposes using their star ships. People who study the UFO phenomenom have even classified the star ships, so they distinguish between plates, cylinders, balloons, and triangles, depending of the form of it. Also, related with UFO, the specialists have elaborated the conspiracy theory. It tries to explains how the evidence about the existence of life out of the earth is being delete or modify by governments; the purpose is to try to hide the “true” from all of the people around the world. In this essay, I will refute some of the arguments used by the conspiracy theory to get its purpose.
First of all, one of the most important arguments to support the conspiracy theory is related with the government of the United States of America. According to noticiario.net/teoria-conspiracion.htm, the United States has a secret base in Nevada, California, called 51, where specialists do research about aliens who had come and even died in the earth; they also say that the goverment wants to get and use the technology of the star ships to get military advantages. In my own point of view, this is a nationalist argument. Many of the most important events have been related with the United States, like if the other countries in the world do not exist. There are some others like China and Rusia, who can be interested in develop alien technologies, but of course, it happens only in “America”.
Second, according to the same website indicated, the conspiracy theory says that the UFOs visit constantly the earth but the world leaders try to hide the “truth”. Also they say that those leaders are in permanent contact and get communication with the aliens. In my point of view, that idea sounds kind of paranoic. Try to think in all the world leaders join together only to hide the existence of alien lives forms it is ridiculous. They can not even join to try to solve our own problems like global warming or the need of food in Africa; nonetheless, according to the theory, they perfectly join to discuss the Ufo theme? And the worst idea: they get an agreement about it. I can not find the sense of that idea.
Finally, the conspiracy theory according to same source, says that Neil Armstrong saw a big number of alien star ships in the hide face of the moon, but of course, it has been denied because of the population can not to know about it. I should question for the purpose of those ships there; what were they doing there? They do not attack the earth, even they did not showed themselves to the people. So, there was no reason for that, just hiding? Only Armstrong could see them? Could be a hallucination?
In conclusion, there are many arguments to support the existence of aliens forms of life, but in my criteria, the conspiracy theory is not the best way to explain the phenomenon, because the theory only says why world leaders hide the phenomenon, but does not explain with scientific evidence the real existence of star ships and aliens visiting the earth for whatever they want. In my own point of view, relate the conspiracy theory with the government of the United States or with the world leaders is just the eternal discussion about the politic power. Who is the stronger? Of course, if your country has alien technology, it must be the best fighter in case of world war, but where were those weapons and technology in Irak war? The United States army use great technology in wars, but it does not seem like alien technology. In short, nowadays we can not denied or support the existence of aliens because there are not scientific researches to support those positions, instead of explaining the phenomenon pointing out some people of hiding the “truth”, the ufologist should join the evidence to show to the world the real existence of their study object.
WORKING OUT
WORKING OUT
By Ian Berrocal Azofeifa.
Working out is important for everybody because of physical and psychological health, and its social benefits. Nowadays, people do not want to spend their time exercising. Usually there are many reasons to avoid exercise; for instance, jobs, school responsabilities, no free time, social life, and family obligations. That list is not over there; so there can be many other reasons for people just to avoid working out. But many of them are not concious of the amount of problems that this can produce; for example, diseases like obesity, psychological disorders like depression, and even social problems like drugs and gans that are related, in certain ways, to the lack of exercising. The purpose of this essay consists in explain some of the causes and effects related to the lack of exercise. To achieve that result, the causes and the effects has been grouped in three categories: physical, psychological and social.
Working out is a good instrument to prevent many kind of problems. First of all, we can point out the exercise as a direct responsable in the prevention of multiple physical diseases. Some of the most common are: obesity, high and low pressure, heart attack, diabetes and hypertension. Second, working out is good to prevent signs of psychological disorders such us anxiety and depression. Depression is the most common mental disorder diagnosed by the specialists. It can be produced by internal or external reasons. When it is internal, its because the brain reduces the production of serotonine; this is a chemical substance that helps to regulate the sense of humor and animic conditions. Thus, working out can help the body to keep the normal production and balance of serotonine, preventing depression. Working out is also a good technique to control some compulsive behaviors like shopping, smoking, and drinking. Finally, training the body has some social benefits, specially for teenagers and the society in general way because it helps to prevent the drugs consumption, to keep the young people away from gans and it contributes for normal growing of younger people.
Recently, we have identify in working out one positive characteristic: prevention; and we pointed out how it is important to keep not only physical and psychological health, but also, to build a better society. So we can afirm that working out is the cause of the prevention of many different kind of problems: for individuals and for the society. In the other hand, in the next paragraph we are going to explain how working out can have also positive effects when the problems described could not be avoided. To do that we are going to keep the three same groups used in the last paragraph.
Working out is valuable not only in the prevention of the problems described before, but also in the treatment of them. In case of physical diseases, the specialist should combine the medical procedures with exercise because reaserch has shown that this can help to a faster and better recovery. This technique is used also in psycho therapy. In case of depression, it is very useful to combine the therapy with exercise because this will help the brain to produce more serotonine, in consequence, the pacient is going to feel better and the disorder can be treated without using drugs. Working out can also help to reduce the anxiety. Finally, when children and teenagers consume drugs or belong to a gang, many social programs to rescue them combine social assistance with exercise and the practice of sports such us soccer, basket, and others.
In conclusion, working out has many benefits and we can group them in three categories: physical, psychological and social. It is important to promote exercise not only in schools or high schools but also in companies and nursing homes, because the benefits are for all kind of people; it does not matter the nacionality, the economic position, the age or the gender. To promote the exercise is a good investment in personal health and also in social policies; all the society will get the benefits, specially the insurance companies. In short, the human body is like a machine, and it needs constantly maintenance in order to prevent physical, psychological and social diseases.
By Ian Berrocal Azofeifa.
Working out is important for everybody because of physical and psychological health, and its social benefits. Nowadays, people do not want to spend their time exercising. Usually there are many reasons to avoid exercise; for instance, jobs, school responsabilities, no free time, social life, and family obligations. That list is not over there; so there can be many other reasons for people just to avoid working out. But many of them are not concious of the amount of problems that this can produce; for example, diseases like obesity, psychological disorders like depression, and even social problems like drugs and gans that are related, in certain ways, to the lack of exercising. The purpose of this essay consists in explain some of the causes and effects related to the lack of exercise. To achieve that result, the causes and the effects has been grouped in three categories: physical, psychological and social.
Working out is a good instrument to prevent many kind of problems. First of all, we can point out the exercise as a direct responsable in the prevention of multiple physical diseases. Some of the most common are: obesity, high and low pressure, heart attack, diabetes and hypertension. Second, working out is good to prevent signs of psychological disorders such us anxiety and depression. Depression is the most common mental disorder diagnosed by the specialists. It can be produced by internal or external reasons. When it is internal, its because the brain reduces the production of serotonine; this is a chemical substance that helps to regulate the sense of humor and animic conditions. Thus, working out can help the body to keep the normal production and balance of serotonine, preventing depression. Working out is also a good technique to control some compulsive behaviors like shopping, smoking, and drinking. Finally, training the body has some social benefits, specially for teenagers and the society in general way because it helps to prevent the drugs consumption, to keep the young people away from gans and it contributes for normal growing of younger people.
Recently, we have identify in working out one positive characteristic: prevention; and we pointed out how it is important to keep not only physical and psychological health, but also, to build a better society. So we can afirm that working out is the cause of the prevention of many different kind of problems: for individuals and for the society. In the other hand, in the next paragraph we are going to explain how working out can have also positive effects when the problems described could not be avoided. To do that we are going to keep the three same groups used in the last paragraph.
Working out is valuable not only in the prevention of the problems described before, but also in the treatment of them. In case of physical diseases, the specialist should combine the medical procedures with exercise because reaserch has shown that this can help to a faster and better recovery. This technique is used also in psycho therapy. In case of depression, it is very useful to combine the therapy with exercise because this will help the brain to produce more serotonine, in consequence, the pacient is going to feel better and the disorder can be treated without using drugs. Working out can also help to reduce the anxiety. Finally, when children and teenagers consume drugs or belong to a gang, many social programs to rescue them combine social assistance with exercise and the practice of sports such us soccer, basket, and others.
In conclusion, working out has many benefits and we can group them in three categories: physical, psychological and social. It is important to promote exercise not only in schools or high schools but also in companies and nursing homes, because the benefits are for all kind of people; it does not matter the nacionality, the economic position, the age or the gender. To promote the exercise is a good investment in personal health and also in social policies; all the society will get the benefits, specially the insurance companies. In short, the human body is like a machine, and it needs constantly maintenance in order to prevent physical, psychological and social diseases.
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