Forbidden Websites

Sometimes while surfing in the Internet, I realize that a few sites are forbidden. But why? Of course there are a lot of reasons. But is it true? I think yes but for few of them. For example, parents may block the sites which are unappropriate for their children. For the same reason, sometimes schools can block the Internet sites. And countries... Also they may block. Moreover their reason is that the site which is forbidden is not suitable with their political idea. Countries may also block for other reasons. For instance YouTube is forbidden in our country because of videos which contain annoying things for a few people in Turkey. And also some companies can block social sites like Facebook. They want their workers to work rather than enjot themselves. Maybe they are right but I don't know what I could do if Facebook was forbidden. Luckily, this ban is only for some company. Among all of the reasons for restriction, I think parent's ban is the most meaningful. But when you ask that to children, they certainly say it is so absurd that it is not necessary to block those sites which they use. If I was a child, I would absolutely say the same thing.

Downloading from Internet

Downloading videos and music without paying any money is illegal and it must be so, not legal. Because it is a type of theft. Downloading MP3 without anything is to ride rough over the artist. Because it is his/her job and s/he earns money with income of the CD which is sold to people to earn money.It is illegal. So doing it is the same thing with theft. People don't think so but, when we do it, we steal money of the person who will earn from that video or music. And it causes so much bad reults that maybe even his/her family can be affected from this crime.Some peolple think that it must be legal because buying videos is very expensive way to have them. Maybe they are right but they don't think it is bad for the celebrities while for them it is good. They don't know that they are considered as theft when they download those without paying any money. Because those are pecuniary resource of the celebrities. So we mustn't download anything without paying money.

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Thesis Statement: Downloading videos and music without paying any money is illegal and it must be so, not legal. Because it is a type of theft.

Reason for 1 : Downloading MP3 without paying any money is to ride rough over the artist. Because it is his/her job and s/he earns money with income of the CD which is sold to people to earn money.

Reason for 2: It is illegal. So doing it is the same thing with theft. People don't think so but, when we do it, we steal money of the person who will earn from that video or music. And it causes so much bad reults that maybe even his/her family can be affected from this crime.

Opponent's idea: They think that it must be legal because buying videos is very expensive way to have them.

Refutation of opponent's argument: Maybe they are right but they don't think it is bad for the celebrities while for them it is good. They don't know that they are considered as theft when they download those without paying any money. Because those are pecuniary resource of the celebrities.

English or Turkish Education?

In Turkey, there are a lot of university which teach in English. Even one of them is METU. But is it true to educate people in English instead of Turkish in Turkey? I don't think so. Because education with native language is better. People can understand their mother-tangue more easily. To educate a person in English, his/her English must be perfect. But for a lot of people it is imposible. For example, a doctor studied in English at university but now he is working in Turkey. How can we expect him to be very succesful in a country whose language is not the language he was educated in? Of course we cannot. Altough he is very succesful, he cannot work effectively with Turkish. Ok, it is not suitable for some jobs such as doctors. But it is necessary for us namely for students who will be a teacher of English in the future. But only for us. Moreover people can live culture conflict because of English education. Because studying in a foreign language can make people impress from that country culture. Because they can start to think like an English. So they can became away from Turkish culture. In fact this is because of people who don't know their own culture. But of course studying in a foreign language is also an important reason. And also learning English is necessary but there are a lot of ways to learn it. For example there can be an extra English lessons. But for other lesssons, educaion must be in Turkish.

The Right to Die

A difficult problem that is facing society is euthanasia, another word for mercy killing. Thousands of young people are mortally ill because of incurable disease. They are all kept alive in artificial ways. They have no chance to recover completely, but most of the legal systems do not allow doctors to end their lives. However, fatally ill patients should be allowed to die for several reasons.

The first reason is that medical costs are very high. The cost of a hospital room can be as much as a hundred dollars per day and even more. The costs of medicines and medical tests are also high. The family of the patient is responsible for these expenses. Consequently, they would be a terrible financial burden for them for a long time.

The second reason is that the family suffers. The nurses can only give the terminally ill patient minimum care. The family must spend time to care for the special needs of their loved one. They should talk, touch, and hold the patient even though he or she may be in a coma. For example, Karen Quinlan’s parents visited her every day even though she was unable to speak or to see. Also, it is very difficult to watch a loved one in a coma because his or her condition does not improve.

The third and most important reason is that the patients have no chance of recovery. They can never lead normal lives and must be kept alive by life – support machines. They may need a machine to breathe and a feeding tube to take in food. They are more dead than alive and will never get better. For example, in 1975, Karen Quinlan became unconscious after the she swallowed some drugs and drank alcohol. She was kept alive by machines. Her parents knew that her body and brain would never be normal. Therefore, they asked the court to allow their daughter to die. The judge agreed, and Karen’s breathing machine was turned off. She was able to breathe on her own, but she died nine years later in June of 1985.

In conclusion, because terminally ill patients have no chance to live normal lives, they should be allowed to die with dignity. Therefore, the family should have the right to ask to turn off the life-support machines or to stop further medical treatment.

I WANNA LİVE

Euthanasia have always become a problem among people for years. People are discussing whether it must be illegal or not. A few people support that it must be legal but I think it mustn't. First of all, it is wrong to let a person die intentionally. Because there is always a chance to get rid of the bad stuation and health cannot be compared with money. Also their ilness can be recovered. Yes, in ancient times technology didn't developed. But now technology has developed so much that the disease which thought incurable in antient times can be recovered now. Moreover thanks to advanced medical technology, it has become possible to enhance the life span. And also, mercy killing ,euthanasia, is morally incorrect and should be forbidden by law and under any circumstances murdering other people cannot be rationalized. In addition some doctors say that the patient will die in a few days. But even doctors can't always predict truely about the period pf death. So the words which they say about the time of death is only a prediction. On the other hand, death cannot be a solution. Because the patient's family can't endure the death. So family members have take care of them. Moreover suppose that family decide to kill the patients because of his/her sufferings, then they regret and their pyschology may be depressed because one day this disease's solution can be found. So seeing the patient only breathing maybe enough for the patient's family. The most important thing that euthanasia disvalues the human life. But human is the most valuable creature in the world. And finally I want to say that as long as the soul doesn't leaves the body, there is always a hope...

A perfect weekend...

This weekend was perfect for me. Because I spent my time with my high-school friends and when I saw them, I understood that I had really missed them. One of my friends Figen is studying in İzmir. But for weekend she came to Ankara to visit us. We met for her. In fact we did nothing. We were only in Kızılay ,not another place in Ankara. And also we got around the streets. But Figen was happy. Because she only wanted to see us, not get around. So generally we went to the cafes and talked there. Of course our other friends came too. We had fun together. At dark we went to the guesthouse of PTT. We sit there for a while. Afterwards we left and I came to campus. I was very tired so I slept immediately. But the other day we again met. like the day before, we went to cafes and talked. But at the and of the day we went to a bar,Telwe. My class-mates in high school was consist of 16 people and 8 of them was there, at the bar. I really enjoyed myself with my friends. Because I had missed them much. while we were leaving there, we supposed that that would be our the last meeting. But after a few days, we net again because our teacher of English came to Ankara. That day was beautiful too. Our teacher was not like a teacher, she was like a friend. So we enjoyed ourselves with her. I hope one day we can again meet. Because I love my highscool friends very much.

Learning by ourselves

Learning by ourselves is better option than studying with teachers. Because students can learn easily by studying themselves. Because maybe students can be afraid of their teachers.
For example there is a teacher and he is very strict. So his students can be afraid of him and they can't focus on the lesson. Also there are a lot of ways to study without a teacher. The most easiest example of it is online schools. Thanks to them students learn by themselves. And also there are a lot of ways to study without them such as internet and books. Moreover some people love loneliness even while studying. So they think that they don't need teachers. But some people may disagree with this idea and theyu think that studying with teachers is better than studying alone. Because according to them teachers have more experience than the students. So every student needs teachers. And thanks to these experiences they help students to shape their future. Maybe they are right but they don't think that being older doesn't mean knowing everything about life. Sometimes a person who is younger can know about life more than people who are older than him.

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Thesis Statement: Learning by ourselves is better option than studying with teachers.
Reason for 1 : Students can learn easily while studying themselves. Because nobody can confuse them and maybe students can be afraid of their teachers.
Example 1: For example, there is an teacher and he is very strict. So his students can be afraid of him and and they can't focus on lesson.
Reason for 2: There is a lot of ways to study without a teacher.
Example 2: The most easiest example of it is online schools. There students learn by theirselves. And there are books and internet to study without teachers.
Reason 3: Some people love loneliness even while studying. So they think that they don't need to teachers.
Reasons against (opponent's argument) : Some people may disagree with my idea and they think that studying with teachers is better than studying by themselves. Because according to them teachers have more experiences than students. So every student needs teachers and thanks to these experiences they help students shape their future.
Reputation of opponent's argument: Maybe they are right but they don't think that being older doesn't mean knowing everything about life. Sometimes a person who is younger can know about life more than people who are older than him.

MUSIC,MUSIC,MUSIC...

I think there is nobody who doesn't love listening to music. After all, we can see that while even walking along a road. A lot of people but generally young people listento music while walking, going somewhere by bus, studying or before sleeping etc. Because music can relieve people, prevent boredom or can be an alternative for solutide. Namely they listen for only fun. However some people also study music for various reasons. For example they want to work in the music business. But as for me I listen only for fun. When I was bored, it is a good option. And also while studying, it can be entertaining to do. Because it is very boring to study. At least listening to music make it funny a bit. Moreover while feeling alone, mucic can be like our friends. Namely music makes people good. So I love it and I think until my ripe old age I will listen to music.

FAMILY OR BEST FRIENDS...

Suppose that! You have a girl/boy friend and nowadays you have had some problems with him/her. Moreover you want to talk to someone about your problems. Who do you want to talk to? Your best friend, your mother, your father...? Last lesson we argued about this subject with my group-mates. At the end of this discussion, we decided that the most suitable person to talk about a boy/girl friend is our best friends. Because people who are the same ages can understand each other more easily. But the person we call him/her as our best friend my be real friend. Namely he/she must be dependable and have some experiences on this situation. And in my group nobody wants to talk to their parents. Because they can argue against having a boy/girl friend. Also they cannot understand us and give any advices. So if you ask my opinion on this subject, I think my best friend is certainly the best option.

COMPARE AND CONTRAST PARAGRAPH

Today, I went two different places in secondlife. These are Spacestation Sci-fi Mall and Edunation. There were a lot of differences between them. But they had only one similarity I think. It was that both of them have spectacular buildings. These buildings were so beautiful that I also wanted to go those in my real life, not only secondlife. However there were lots of differences. For example, either of them was an island which makes this places wonderful while another one was a place which was indoor. At Edunation, there were so many trees that accidentally I collided them again and again while flying. But at another place, there weren't any trees. Moreover Spacestation Sci-Fi Mall had shops about scientific materials. Differently, Edunation was a place where there were a lot of houses where people could live. Houses there were very colourful while shops in Sci-fi Mall were colourless. In addition, in sci-fi mall there were an aquarium as distinct from Edunation. That aquarium had a lot of fish and a tortoise. I think sci-fi mall was beautiful but artificial. So if I had to choose one of them, I could want to see Edunation. Because atmosphere there was warm.

BEFORE METU

When I learned that I had become successful at university entrance exam, I was really happy. Because METU was my dream. After I had learned that, I joint a lot of groups about METU on facebook. Thanks to those groups I could know many people from METU . They are nearly twenty students. Most of them were like me. Namely this year would be their first year too. To be honest, until that day I thought myself special because of METU. And I understood that actually I wasn't so. Because there were a lot of people like me. Afterwards we added each other to MSN. And we started to talk via it. Moreover thanks to facebook, we could see each other's photo. So when we ran into first time on registration day, we could recognize each other easily.
First days of METU, I went to Devrim with them but not all of them. And one of them played her guitar. But after that day we never came together again. Of course I still meet some of them. Moreover three of them are my class-mates now. Finally, it was nice to meet new people. Even it became via internet...

MY HIGH SCHOOL YEARS..

I was attending Ortaklar Anatolian Teacher's Training High School before METU. And I can say that I had the most beautiful days of my life there. Maybe at METU I wi,ll live more beautiful days, but I will never forget my high school years. First term of the high school was very difficult for me . Because I couldn't get used to it at first. I always wanted go to Fethiye which is my home town. My father said to me at any time that it was necessary for me to be patient. But I was regretful not to go to a high school in Fethiye. When I was on the semester holiday at first year, I realized that I had missed Ortaklar and my friends there very much. I have lots of memory about there. Of course some of them bad. At high school, sometimes I cried but sometimes I laughed a lot. Especially my last year was wonderful. Yes, I was preparing for university entrance exam. However it was very entertaining for me. Moreover for the first time, I had rented a house actually two houses with my friends at the beginning and at the end of the year. I think second one is more important for me. My home mate was a girl who loves entertainment very much. So thanks to her, my last year passed ver well. I was happy not only at home but also at school with my friends. Finally, I want to say that I love my class-mates and my teachers at high school and I have missed them a lot. I hope one day I can see them again...

PRİDE

All families want their children to be successful at university entrance exam. According to them, this provide their children with better life quality in the future. An of course they are right. I think I have come to a wonderful university, METU. When my exam result was explained, my family pride on me that and also they were happy more than me. Everybody talked about me; my relatives, our neighbours, our family friends, even some people who I didn't know. Moreover everybody congratulated me and said to me lots of complimentary words. I must say that this made me very happy. Now, I am attending METU which is one of the best universities in Turkey and I know that my mother and my father are even still prode of me...

BEING A TEACHER...

Years ago, I was always saying that I will be a teacher and still so. Namely it is my dream. I feel that I am closer it than previous years. And at the end of METU, I will be a teacher of English.
I must confess that even now, I feel like a teacher. Because my friends sent me message and celebrated my teachers' day. Moreover I sent message to my teachers and their answers were very important for me. Because they also celebrated me and called me as their colleague...
I think for a teacher it must be very pathetic to be forgotten especially on the teachers' day. At least we must celebrate them on that day. Speaking of teachers and their day, it is necessary to mention about ATATÜRK. He is our head teacher. According to him, teachers are the most self-sacrificing and brilliant people in the world. If a nation is uneducated, it is condemned to fail. Because education is everything and teachers are the most important factor of education. So I feel myself special because I will be teacher...

THE MYSTERY OF THE CHRISTMASDAY

It was right after a big meal on Christmasday when a death occurred. The restaurant owner was having his meal in his expensive restaurant. He was happy because all the tables in his restaurant were full and everbody was enjoying their meals. But at the same time, he was little anxious because of being threatened by his ex-shareholder a few days ago. It was a long time ago that they founded this restaurant together. It was going well for a few years until their friendship was over when they started arguing about petty things. It did not last long until he took over the control of restaurant illegally by using mafia. So he didn’t pay any money for the other’s share. Of course his friend had nothing to do except leaving the city . While he was going, he told that one day he would take his revenge from him. After that time he didn’t hear anything about his ex-friend until two days ago. That day he was called by his ex-shareholder and he was told that on the Christmasday something would happen to him. So he was looking suspiciously to the customers. He was looking for his ex friend among the customers. But the night was excellent because nothing bad had happened. He was going to his car in a good mood. He opened the door of the car and saluted his driver. But the person on driver seat was acting strangely. But he didn’t pay attention to driver. In the middle of the way to his house, suddenly the driver stopped the car and turned back to him. He recognised the face of his ex-friend with a gun in his hand. He begged for mercy but the gun was fired and the restaurant owner was killed. At last the revenge was taken…

BUILDING A HOUSE

1. This is my first house which I built with my friends at secondlife. Firstly, it was necessary to join a group which had five members. Luckly other members of this group and I were sitting close. And then we started to build our house. First of all, we made the basement of the house. However, it was not easy to make it. Because we deleted it accidentally. So we had to make it again and again. Secondly, we shared the walls. And we started to build them. I think it was really difficult to adjust the location of the walls. Because if we hadn't placed orderly,our house would have looked awful. Therefore we acted carefully. However there is still some defects at our building. After the walls had been building, it was necessary to build the roof of the house. And one of us made it. After all, we chose colours to paint that building. And all of us agreed on yellow for the walls and brown for the basement of the house. We paint the walls and the roof with the same colour. Because we tried to conceal the defects at the house. Moreover I think we achieved that. But we realized that the height of our house was low. Nevertheless we did't change it. Cause we did't want to spend more time on it. But I love it, because it is only our house not anyone else's. Maybe it can be small etc.. But as I said, it is ours... Finally I want to say that it is really entertainment to make a house at seconlife. Because it is certainly delighting to see the results of something which you did.

When I am younger....

I don’t know how old I was but I can clearly remember that I had a terrible accident. And now I have a trace which reminds me that day. Initially, it was a perfect day because I was with my friends. And we were playing,laughing and having fun.At home we were jumping from the armchair to the table or to the sewing machine... It was only a game for us. It was my turn and I jumped. Because I was very little, I was fearless. But at the end of this jumping , a terrrible incident came true. I had fallen while jumping. My tongue was about to sever from middle because it had remained between my teeth after falling. If it had been cut, I couldn’t speak now. But luckly it did’t and I don’t have any difficulty while speking. As soon as this incident became, we went to a hospital.We thought it was necessary to be sutured. But doctor said to us that we would wait and I would take only liquid nourishment such as soup.orange juice..for a month. Until I became well, I couldn’t eat anything. But thanks to it I am very well now.
I don’t know what I would do if I couldn’t speak.

STUDENTS AT METU...

A lot of students are attending METU and we can classify them in terms of their personality I think. If we consider them according to this perspective, the students at METU can be classified in three category. First of them are only social but not industrious students. They don't care about lessons. But they are interested in sport, friendship, music... Generally, they are popular in their social circle. However, they can't be so successful at their lessons. But with the passing of time, they will see that they have to study to complete METU successfully. The students who can be regarded form second category are both social and industrious in learning at university. They are openly successful at their life. Because not only they complete METU successfully but also they are popular among their friends. It can be said that they are sample students and everybody including their family, teachers, friends etc pride them. And also they have a good general culture. The last category are only industrious but not social students. They are successful at their lessons. But they are usually shy. Moreover because of being embarrassed, they can't attend the lessons. Because they are afraid of answering the questions wrongly.
Among these three category, the second one is better than the others. Because students in this group are the people everybody want to be like. I hope all of us can be so :D

Why are we using Secondlife?

Some people are using Secondlife for different purposes and they can be classified into three catogories according to why they are using it: for fun, for education and finally to improve their English. First category is for fun and I think people in this category don't have any purposes. Because they only spend time at Secondlife. They can listen to music and they want to meet new people from everywhere and chat with them etc. They are the most common type I think. And also second category is for education. For example at METU, we have to use it for Advanced and Reading lessons. And the last category is to improve English. Of course thanks to Secondlife, we can improve our English. But for it, we must talk to people who can speak English...

my ex-flatmate...

I want to introduce my friend ,Gizem, who is very important for me. Because I think my life has changed thanks to her. She was not only my classmate at high school but also flatmate last year.
In appearance, she has black curly hair. Contrary to her black hair, she is white-skinned. And I think these suit her very well. She is curvaceous but beautiful. A lot of people say to her that she resembles Türkan Soray a lot, maybe beacuse of her beauty spot on her left cheek. And what's more she is tall. She is a sensitive girl. But she doesn't want to make this feature clear. So she always laughs a lot and some people think she behaves neglectfully. But she never hurts people intentionally. Moreover I can say that she is an optimistic person. And she is the person who I can always trust. Also, she is a bookworm. You can always see a book with her. And of course, she loves listening to music very much. More importantly, she is a good cook. When we were flatmates, she used to cook and I must admit that I have missed her dishes. But now she is in Belgium. She has gone there for eleven months, then she will come back to Türkiye and I hope she will bring me some gifts :D

Hyde Park

This is Hyde Park in London,England.

At this picture, Hyde Park seems like a deserted place. There is four brown benches and a white sculpture. Because here is the biggest park of the kingdom parks in London, I think that sculpture can be about a king. And also, when we look at the picture, we can see the lawn. In addition to the lawn, there are also some trees. I think this green area makes the photo wonderful. Additionally, there is also a fountain and we can see stairs. Moreover there is something which covers half of the picture and it is the marbled floor. They are brown, after all the picture mainly consists of green and brown. Finaly, there is also a high mountain with blue sky. Mountain climbing can be amusing there.

I like Hyde park and if you want to discover some new places, come here! You will enjoy yourself...

INTRODUCTION

I am Senem Zeynep Turgut. I am 18 years old. I have brown eyes and brown hair.I am from Fethiye. I have graduated from Ortaklar Anatolian Teacher's Trainig High School and I will always miss my high school years. But now i am attending METU. I hope METU will be beneficial and entertaining for me.
I am staying at the dormitory. In fact at the high school I had stayed too. Namely I am accustomed to stay with another students in a room. And also maybe it can be better.
In the future I want to be a teacher of English so i have chosen METU because i think thanks to it I can be good at my job in the future. For this, I must study much. But I am at unıversity. Namely these years will be my last studentship years . So I must have fun in addition to studying at METU.