Surfing
the internet has many advantages you can surf for books, images, and music,
solve problems, read magazines, play games, watch videos, download music,
videos, books, games and magazines. Chat with friends on the various social
networks, Facebook, Hi5, Tagged, and Msn and so on. There are even various
online dating systems to find your match , listen music from online radio
stations or dj’s who have their own web pages. You can even create your own web
page; decorate your pictures or web page with Widgets letting your personality shine through by gracing your
social networking profile with web widgets. There are many things you can do while surfing
the net it’s a fun, cool and entertaining way to relax and have pleasure.
My Communication Skills Journal
Thursday, 12 April 2012
Entry Nineteen
There are
many books in this world today that can help you gain knowledge from either
medical, science, behavior, education, love, religions, how to get over death
the list can go on forever. Books are full of information as there are good
books there are books that can aid you in any problem except maybe relaxation
these books such as paranormal, suspense, thriller, romance these books can be
harmful to our mind as well they paint this picture about these creatures or
men and women stating that these vampires, werewolves, faeries, warlock what so
ever they name them can give you total pleasure thus women look for this in men
they keep looking for it. They show men as dominants and women as submissive
men controlling women ordering them to do some degrading things bark like a
dog, kiss their toes, even sexual acts for the public, music these days reggae
music in fact paint the same picture. These paranormal books do more harm than
good these books are best sellers and majority of the authors of these books are
females writing about themselves as submissive under total control of their
master or dominatrix men. There are books that have helpful knowledge in them
and then there are those that have none at all.
Entry Eighteen
The dress
code of the University of the Southern Caribbean is informed by the
traditionally accepting understanding of modesty and decency, as understood by
the Seventh- day Adventist Church. On this premise, USC students are expected
to dress and behave appropriately at all times, on campus or off campus, or in
any off – campus activity conducted under the auspices of the University.
Women are
allowed to wear:
- · Loose fitting, full – length pants
- · Knee length skirts
- · Loose fitting tops, cap sleeves
Extreme
immodesty and extravagance is not allowed which includes:
- · Low riders (hipsters) pants and skirts and their kind, ALL JEANS PANTS, tights and their kind are prohibited in the classrooms, the Library, the Cafeteria, and campus office.
- · Short skirts and dress ( any garment more than an inch above the knee)
- · Short tops that reveal the waistline and navel
- · Shorts/three quarter pants (men and women)
- · Sleeveless tops and dresses, halter back, tube tops, or spaghetti straps
- · Low necklines that reveal the breast and cleavage
- · Tight fitting or transparent clothing
- · Conspicuous make- up such as brightly coloured lipstick, rogue, eye shadow, eyeliners and nail polish must not be worn.
The dress
code or what not to be worn is what is worn by majority of the female of the
campus, they wear the tightest, shortest, most cleavage and breast outside on
at the cafeterias, classrooms, and even some offices. Lecturers and Deans need
to enforce the dress code law at this University.
Entry Seventeen
People
who "shop 'till they drop" and run their credit cards up to the limit
often have a shopping addiction. They believe that if they shop they will feel
better. Compulsive shopping and spending generally makes a person feel worse.
It is similar to other addictive behaviors and has some of the same
characteristics as problem drinking (alcoholism), gambling and overeating
addictions. Compulsive shopping or spending can be a seasonal balm for the
depression, anxiety and loneliness during the December holiday season. It also
can occur when a person feels depressed, lonely and angry. Shopping and
spending will not assure more love, bolster self-esteem, or heal the hurts,
regrets, stress, and the problems of daily living. It generally makes these
feelings worse because of the increased financial debt the person has obtained
from compulsive shopping. Shopaholics, when they are feeling "out of
sorts, shop for a “pick-me-up." They go out and buy, to get a high, or get
a "rush" just like a drug or alcohol addict. Shopping addiction tends
to affect more women than men. They often buy things they do not need. Holiday
seasons can trigger shopping binges among those who are not compulsive the rest
of the year. Many shopping addicts go on binges all year long and may be
compulsive about buying certain items, such as shoes, kitchen items or clothing;
some will buy anything. Women with this compulsive disorder often have racks of
clothes and possessions with the price tags still attached which have never
been used. They will go to a shopping mall with the intention of buying one or
two items and come home with bags and bags of purchases. In some cases
shopaholics have an emotional "black out" and do not remember even
buying the articles. If their family or friends begin to complain about their
purchases, they will often hide the things they buy. They are often in denial
about the problem. Because they cannot pay their bills their credit rating
suffers, they have collection agencies attempting to get what is owed, may have
legal, social and relationship problems. They sometimes attempt to hide their
problem by taking on an extra job to pay for bills. It is recommended that
spending addicts seek professional counselling or a self-help group to deal
with this problem. Addictive behaviors tend to come in clusters, so if you have
an eating disorder, a problem with drugs or alcohol, or gambling, you may be a
candidate for shopping addiction. Many communities have credit counseling centers
that will also help with shop holism.
How do I
prevent shopping binges?
- Pay for purchases by cash,
check, and debit card.
- Make a shopping list and
only buy what is on the list.
- Destroy all credit cards
except one to be used for emergency only.
- Avoid discount warehouses.
Allocate only a certain amount of cash to be spent if you do visit one.
- "Window shop" only
after stores has closed. If you do "look" during the day, leave
your wallet at home.
- Avoid phoning in catalog
orders and don't watch TV shopping channels.
- If you're traveling to visit
friends or relatives, have your gifts wrapped and call the project
finished; people tend to make more extraneous purchases when they shop
outside their own communities.
- Take a walk or exercise when
the urge to shop comes on.
Entry Sixteen
Education
in its broadest, general sense is the means through which the aims and habits
of a group of people lives on from one generation to the next. Generally, it
occurs through any experience that has a formative effect on the way
one thinks, feels, or acts. In its narrow, technical sense, education is the
formal process by which society deliberately transmits its accumulated knowledge,
skills,
customs and values from one generation to
another, e.g., instruction in schools. A right to education has been created
and recognized by some jurisdictions: Since 1952, Article 2 of the first
Protocol to the European Convention on Human Rights
obliges all signatory parties to guarantee the right to education. At the
global level, the United Nations' International
Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
of 1966 guarantees this right under its Article 13. Etymologically,
the word education is derived from the Latin ēducātiō
(“A breeding, a bringing up, a rearing) from ēdūcō
(“I educate, I train”) which is related to the homonymēdūcō
(“I lead forth, I take out; I raise up, I erect”) from ē-
(“from, out of”) and dūcō
(“I lead, I conduct”). The
purpose of school is that it:
·
Develop reasoning about perennial
questions
·
Master the methods of scientific inquiry
·
Cultivate the intellect
·
Create positive change agents
·
Develop spirituality
·
Model a democratic society
Entry Fifteen
Religious belief
is a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human
destiny. Such a state may relate to the existence, characteristics and worship
of a deity or deities, divine intervention in the universe and human life, or values and
practices centered on the teachings of a spiritual leader. In contrast to other
belief systems,
religious beliefs are usually codified.
While the term religious belief is often considered to have the same
meaning as religion, the latter term usually deals
with both ideas and religious behavior.
Religious belief can be seen as a focus exclusively on ideas. Adherents of
particular religions deal with the differing doctrines and practices espoused
by other religions in a variety ways. All strains of thought appear in
different segments of all major world religions. People with exclusivist
beliefs typically explain other religions as either in error, or as corruptions
or counterfeits of the true faith. People with inclusivist
beliefs recognize some truth in all faith systems, highlighting agreements and
minimizing differences, but see their own faith as in some way ultimate.
Entry Fourteen
Social
Networking has become very popular during the past few years, but it can still
be very difficult to understand for someone new to social networking. The
open-ended nature of social networks adds to this. Once signed onto a social
network, having answered a few basic profile questions, it is easy to sit back
and wonder what you are supposed to do next. The easiest way to understand
social networking is to think of it like high school. You had friends in school,
and you knew quite a few people even if you weren't friends with all of them,
but it's likely that you didn't know everyone.
If you ever moved to a new school -- or if you can imagine moving to a
new school -- you start out with no friends. After attending classes, you start
meeting people, and as you meet them, you begin associating with those that
have similar interests. Getting started with social networking is much the same
as starting at a new school. At first, you don't have any friends. But as you
join groups, you begin to meet people, and you build a friends list of those
with similar interests. Social networking is based on a certain structure that
allows people to both express their individuality and meet people with similar
interests. This structure includes having profiles, friends, blog posts,
widgets, and usually something unique to that particular social networking
website -- such as the ability to 'poke' people on Face book or high-five someone on Hi5. Social Networking is a nice form
of entertainment, great for meeting people with similar interests, and can be a
very effective business technique for entrepreneurs, writers, actors, musicians
or artists. Most of us have hobbies, or things that we are keenly interested in
such as books, television, video games or movies. Social networks allow us to
reach out to others that have the same interests. For example, if you like
movies, Flixster can help
you decide if you might like a new movie just out at the theatres. If you like
music, Last.FM can help you find new artists
that are similar to your favorite bands. You are never too old to get involved
in social networking! There are plenty of social networks to choose from
including niche
social networks that
focus on a specific theme like Take Part, a network for social activism,
and 43 Things, a social network dedicated to
goal setting.
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