Reminder of posting deadline each week

Hi all,

This is just a reminder that your blog posts are due Wednesdays. To be more specific, they are due by 10pm since that is the time I will log on each week to check and comment. If I don't see your post at that time, this will affect your effort mark. You may post at any time throughout the week, but the last possible moment is Wednesdays at 10pm. It is advisable not to wait until the last possible moment.

Also, let's try to vary our topics so we are not all writing about the same thing.

Keep up the good work, and enjoy!

Corinna

What is after death ?

Hi every body, I am Shadi, and I would like to talk about the “ What is After Death “ led-discussion that I went to yesterday. Approximately twenty five students attended this discussion which is as you know a relatively high number for such discussions. This obviously means that it was an interesting and powerful subject that many wanted to discuss. “What is After Death” discussion became all of a sudden a religious matter which turned it into a heated one (we almost had a fightJ). For example, some Moslems argued that souls after death go either to heaven or to hell; other Moslems believe that souls go to other bodies. Christian on the other hand argued that there is a judgment day after death where god decides whom soul goes to heaven and which to hell. Others believe that bad souls go to an animals and good souls to other human bodies. I found this discussion to be very interesting because I like to hear other people believes, and the way they think. In my opinion there is no life after the one we live in, and that actually God has created heaven and hell on earth, leaving the option for us to decide whether to be a good person and; therefore, live a good heaven-like life or a bad one and; therefore, live a destructive hell-like kind of life.

Roxina ( SLD )

On March 11th, 2008 I went to a student lead discussion which was about life after death. The class was full because the topic was very interesting. Students were from different countries, and they had different ideas which were based on their religions. In addition, we started with Muslim people. As they said, they believe in heaven and hell. Moreover, they believe that after death all the people in the world are going to be divided to 2 groups. The first group is people who have done good things in their lives, and the second group is the people who have done bad things. Furthermore, these people will be judged by god, and they will go to heaven or hell based on how they lived their lives. In contrast, some students were talking about something new. They said that they think after death people's souls will go to animal's body and they will start a new life in an animal's body. On the other hand, 2 students implied that they don't believe in god, and they said that they believe there is no hell or heaven. In other words, they said there is nothing after death. Even thought I didn't have a chance to talk because we were out of time, I was thinking about this topic and I have another opinion. In my point of view, everything has a reason, and we are in this world for a reason. In addition, I believe in heaven, and hell in this world and in the other world as well. For instance, I believe hell, and heaven are in this world too and everytime I do something bad, something bad happens to me. In contrast, everytime I do something good, I feel someone is paying me back. In other words, everything is balanced. In addition, people can make this world a heaven for themselves with their good actions. In contrast, people who commit sin will suffer from what they have done in this world, and the other world as well. Moreover, when we look around we see different people with different lives and it is a good question to ask that why we are so different? Why someone is rich and another person is poor? Why some people are blind even though most people are able to see? Why some people cannot walk even though most people can walk? There should be a reason that we are so different from each other. As I believe god has created this world like this which shows that this creator is a smart creator. In addition, I believe that there should be a reason that people are so different from each other. In my point of view, after death people will be judged by god, and if they have been a good person in their first lives, they will have a better life than the life that they used to have. In contrast, if someone has been a bad person, he/she will have a most terrible life even than his/her first life. That is how people have different lives and their life is based on their first life. However, personally I need to think more because my friend had a good answer for me. As he said, people don’t remember what they have done in their past lives. In addition, the purpose of getting punished is to learn something. Thus, how people can learn to be a good person when they don’t even remember what they have done in their first lives? In conclusion, we couldn't agree with each other in the student lead discussion because people have different ideas about religion. However almost all of us believed that there is somebody named god who will judge us for what we do in our lives.

Oh my god! Lecture again >.<

Hi everyone! Today I'm going to enjoy to a lecture after class; however, I feel tired and cold, so I decide to go home. That's why I have to find an online lecture (Link here).
The lecture talks about the structure and function of body. The major point is arteries of nerve's system. The lecturer tell us a lot of vocabulary that is very important to study this faculty such as artery(vessel), carotid(hard to explain ^^), femur(bone leg), etc... Also the lecturer point out some strategies to study. In the main part, she tells a lot of terminologies of arteries and the function of them. In the final part, she says a little bit about the brain.
I think this lecture is very interesting because of the lecturer. She is very humoristic. She asks; for example, the students what the penis means :) , no one can answer then she told them: "It's a tail". The interaction between the teacher and student is quite good. Actually, I don't understand some parts that she talks about the nerves, it's too hard because many vocabularies I've never known. Her voice is very clear, so I think it's easy to listen.

The ROM

Have you ever planned to travel around the world? How much money does it cost you to do so? $10,000 or more, maybe? Last weekend, I and my friends just spent one-quarter of day and $12 to travel around the world. Surprise? As like numerous of human beings in the entire world, I had dreamed and denied to see all parts of the world since I was young. My dream was finally completed under the support of the ROM (The Royal Ontario Museum), which is one of the best museum in the world. The ROM was first established since March 19, 1914 with fewer objects to look at; however, the museum became fascinated to everybody around the world after the reestablishment and new renovation of the museum on June 3, 2007. Annually, the ROM welcomes approximately about one million visitor from all over the world.Why would many people like to visit the museum? The ROM, which is as big as 80,000 square feet, is the world of everybody. Hundreds of millions of objects from all over the world are available in the museum, divided into different sections where they should be. By visiting the museum, visitors will see clearly the diversity of different cultures and civilizations of many tribes of human beings as well as animal. Historical and political from the ancient until recent year is also found in the museum.
This was the first time that I saw mummy and many wonderful objects from all over the world. It did not feel tire after many hours explored; however, I found my trip fascinated and I tremendously loved it. I strongly recommend everyone take a chance to visit the ROM, which is not just a museum, but it is a world of everything you would never imagine to experience in your whole life.

What is after death

Hello every body,I am Pui. As we could see most of our classmates attended a students-led discussion activity in the topic “What is after death,” This topic was interested for students. Although the leaders asked students to share the opinions about what they think after death, the situation became discussion of the religions. For example, Muslims believe that souls will leave the bodies after no longer existing, on the other hand, Christians believe in heaven and incarnation. In my opinion, after death, it means empty and no feeling. However, while we still have alive, we should the best thing. I don’t know exactly what will happen after death because I don’t have experience. Moreover, we should not against other religious beliefs.

Student-led Discussion

Today, I went to student-led discussion. It was a big student discussion group because there were more than 20 students attended the discussion. The topic was “What’s after death?” Some students thought when people passed away, they were still alive because some of students believe God. In fact, most students spent time to talk about their religion. They even argued with each other. I think some students got angry.
In my opinion, after death, there is a new life. I think there’s no exactly answer for the question. We don’t have experience about death, so we don’t know what’s going on after death. Students have different ideas because of their cultures and belief.

student-led discussion

Hallo everyone! Let me introduce you a “little trip” to one of our university life’s activities - student-led discussion. I’m pretty sure that most of us are going to write exactly about the topic “What is after death”. Because I also was one of the many students who attended this discussion grope on Tuesday, March 11, I’m going to write about this event. First of all, i would like to mention that a class was really overcrowded! Around 25 persons joined this discussion. On the one hand, it was a little bit hard for students to give their opinions about the topic because only few people had chance to express themselves; however, on the other had, this debate was great since almost all people came from different countries, and all of them have unique believes which are based on their religions, educations or personal convictions. Obviously, religions became the main factor that divided room into several groups of people who believe in various theories. There were individuals whose religion is Christianity, Moslem or those who don’t believe in anything. Of course, these persons who had chance to speak assumed their opinions as ones that are undoubted. Some people stated that person has a soul which will go to the hell or heaven after his or her death. To this point, everyone will be judged by God on the last day of world’s life according to good or bad done things. This belief was hold by Moslem people as well as Christians; however, not all participators agreed with the fact that heaven or hell is a real thing. Conversely, reincarnation was another theory that was proposed and held by some students. According to this belief, there is no death, but only another form of life flows from previous one. Personally, I think that there is no matter what person believes in because everyone should live accordingly to main humanitarian principles. Moreover, I can say for sure that everything that a person has done will come buck to him or her once. It is universal rule that was established long ago. If you live worthy life doing many good things for other people without hopping to get something in return, you will achieve a little miracle every day, and even impossible wishes may come true some day. Also, I always try to find the most reasonable explanation for any statement. To this point, I believe that person cannot live without faults; as a result, if you do something wrong, you may have a chance to improve yourselves. Therefore, to my mind, there is no death!!! :)

Students-led discussion

I joined a students-led discussion on Tuesday. During twenty minutes, the students were intensively discussing what is after death. This topic were related to the religions, so the answers of the students were dependent on what they believed. For example,the Christians students believe that people go to heaven after they die. The Muslim consider that people's soul leaves its body as they pass away. Apparently, there were some misunderstanding and disagreement between some students so that we stuck on talking about religions for most of the dicussing time. Since I didn't have any religions, in my opinion, the live just finish and disappear after die. However, in my culture, people believe that lives are cyclic. When a life is over, another life is going to sart. In this discussion group, as many students argued with others, it was more like a debate activity. It was pretty fun.:)

What is after death?

Today I attended student-led discussion, and the topic was “what is after death?” We thought that it depends on people’s religion or beliefs. Some people thought that a person’s soul may still exist after he or she had died. In my country, we believe that a dead person can still hear what people say a few hours after he or she had passed away. Also his or her soul will come back in the seventh day after he or she died. Usually, we believe that their souls accompany with us most of the time, and they may bless and protect us when we need it. However, different countries have different beliefs; therefore, the ways people think differs according to their own traditions.

D's Life

Welcome

Welcome to your online blogging community. This is for Corinna's level 6 class to post thoughts each week (due Wednesdays, weeks 2-7) on either "University Life" activities, lectures attended, student-led discussion comments, or other discussion groups/events that you participated in outside of class times.

The main idea is that this will give you a chance to compose your own written work (approx. 100 words) and exchange ideas and comments, or just to share your opinions.

Even though this is not as formal as essay writing, it should be clear, concise, and as well-written
as possible. Read your classmates' posts and take time to comment on some. When commenting on the work of others, don't just say "I agree" or "me too". Always try to add something substantial to the discussion. Respect other people's opinions. If you disagree with someone's opinion, say it politely.

Visit your blog regularly. Ignoring a comment by classmates is discourteous. Remember that this is an online community offered for your benefit. Don't say anything that might discredit or embarrass our school. Also, be cautious about posting personal information.

You will be marked on your participation in this BLOG.