Most high level jobs are done by men. Should the government encourage a certain percentage of these jobs to be reserved for women?

    'Men symbolise power and trust', most of you may have this kind of thought. No doubt women are not as powerful as men because women are women and men are men. It depends on what kind of industry that they are working for.

    Although women sometimes influenced by their unstable emotions, women are very friendly to workmates. Sometimes, women can be strict when it comes to be a leader. High number of women are occupy high position and active in politics.

    Punctuality is rarely done by men. For instance, men have a certain habits of showing late at their workplace. This is more frequent happened compare to women. From this kind of situation proved that women are hardworking.

    Unlike men, women are very organized. Women handle their work splendidly than men in workplace. Their working tables are well-organised and perfectly neat in order to avoid from misplacing or losing any important documents and notes.

    Women have rights to go out and get a job to have source of income and to support their own family. Having women in a company balanced the gender equality. A harmonic environment will grow when having men and women working together. They have distinct point of view.

    To conclude, hardworking women should given a chance to have high level jobs for a harmonic working environment and well-organised work.

Natasha Idrus 16491
Yoong Huee Yin 16064

Does modern technology make life more convenient, or was life better when technology was simpler?

Does modern technology make life more convenient, or was life better when technology was simpler?

Technology has a great impact on the advancement of a society in this fast pace era, one of the greatest inventions of technology include computer, i-Phones, i-pad and so on. These technology has changed people’s lives clearly. So, I agree that modern technology make life more convenient.

            Firstly, in the area of social communication, time and distance is not a problem to technology user. We can just communicate via chat lines with almost anyone who also uses the modern technology for communication. We can also strike up a relationship with anybody through the use of the chat lines like facebook, skype, twitter or even the e-mail. Thus, people from different cultures and beliefs are easily connected, so such social communication will help to change or enlighten an individual’s outlook on life.

            The further development of the Internet technology has also changed the way business communication is done. Today, it is common for business transactions to be conducted and finalized with business partners over the Internet. While there is a little real face to face communication needed. So, how can we deny that modern technology has make our life more convenient since this technology has cut down on time, money and helps to create a paperless society. Vocabulary or phrases like e-transaction and e-transfer are common to the business circle like in banks and the other sectors.

            Besides, the extensive development of the robots in work places has further revolutionized our society. Robots are being extensively used in the manufacturing, chemical and metal industries. Thus, modern technology has helped to create a safer working condition for the workers. Such advancement in technology has also allowed for more women to start taking on jobs which were once only reserved for the men. With more working women, Modern technology has also caused the change of social composition in the workforce of the present day, as women are playing an increasingly important role to the country’s economy. Housewives can even work from their homes, thus able to jungle between managing their homes and their work. This helps our country to achieve a high-income society as vision by our prime minister.

            Furthermore, the extensive use of modern technology has also begun to change the face of education. The development of computer technology has encouraged learning to be done at any place and at any time. Thus, there are new modes of learning for both the adults and children. It is very common for anyone to enroll into any website as e-learning which offers long-distance learning programmes. So, distance learning allows for continuous learning, especially for the adults or working people. Moreover, children in rural areas who need to travel a long distance for far-away schools or even the disabled children can easily resort to distance learning from the comfort of their own house.

            In a nutshell, we can see that the advancement in knowledge of modern technology can easily affect the life-styles of all levels of society. Advancement in computer, internet and all these modern technologies, has clearly changed the way of how modern people live, learn, work and even socialize, compared to the days of our ancestors. So, it is undeniable that modern technology make life more convenient.

GOH WEI MIN CE 16169

Group 23

Internet, could you be without it. discuss

By Muhammad Amirul Luthfi Bin Zainalabidin – 16230 –

      Thasarathan Jayakrishna-16615-

      Mustafa Bin Mokhtar 16644

Internet is 21th century’s indispensable information source. We depend on internet for most of our business. It provides us with an infinite information about everything. One can find as much information as he does not want to written on a subject.

One of the things that makes internet indispensable for a person is that internet is easily accessible. It is enough for you to enter a word or phrase to reach so much information about it. This not only brings time saving for a person but also the process is so short and not tiring for the individual. He does not need to read hundreds of pages for an assignment as internet will provide him with the summary of the text whatever it is.

Also, we all know there is not a restricted time for people to use internet. No matter which day, which time of the day it is, one can use internet as long as he has internet connection. This opportunity is most probably one of the basic reasons for people to tend to use internet.

As for internet’s cost, when we think about the infinite information we get from it, we can say that the cost is not so much. Also when one think about the cost of other information sources, it becomes almost inevitable to use internet as it is so profitable than the other ways of communication.

One of the most valid reasons for people to use internet is their being able to communicate with their friends, relatives who are living in other countries, far away from them. Via internet you know it is possible for you to see your friend, relative etc visually and to hear his/her voice as much as you want.

In addition to these, internet always provides people with the latest information which is updated and ready to use as a valid information. Everything changes everytime and in today’s world it is important to know what’s happening in the world. Especially,  internet is an indispensable technological development for teachers, businessmen and businesswomen, politicians, students etc who always need the latest, updated information. In this respect it can be said that internet is crucial  for these people.

Finally to sum up, all these advantages make the internet a part of our life. We tend to use internet even when we only wonder about something. Its quickness, vast amount of the information, and reliable comments and articles by authors and critics  affect us in a positive way to use internet as all these are necessary qualifications that we look for before using something as a source.

Children should never be educated at home by their parents. Do you agree or disagree?

Children should never be educated at home by their parents. Do you agree or disagree?

      Nobody can say with confidence that children should be taught at home or at any children's institutions. There are many different children and every one demand of education suitable only for him.

      For this situation, I strongly agree that children should never be educated at home by their parents. I have some reasons to oppose it. For instance, parents cannot teach their children all the time. Moreover, learning at home by parents is increased bad moral and listening. This is because most of children will not respect their parents when parents order them to do something. Therefore, it is really important to send children to traditional class.

      Secondly, learning at home by parents is no recommended from higher education. Most of the children have high influence with their favourite teacher. This will attract them to study and score well for subject taught by their favourite teacher.

      Despite, some kids are not born with a bed of roses. This shows that not all parents are really educated. So, how they are going to teach their children? Other than that, some of them even bring bad influence to children such as smoking or drink liquor. This is not a good example for the children. It is better for them to study at school.  Teacher can teach them better.

      A school system provides children with other types of education not only academic, such as social skills. They learn about other culture and lifestyle. Academically wise, not all family should homeschool their children; I guess it depends on the level of discipline they carry their lives with. Some kids may actually stay behind, other get ahead.

      As a conclusion I would like to emphasize that though I agree that children should never be educated at home by their parents, I think that whenever it is possible for children to go to school, they should go there.

NALINII A/P RAVICHANDRAN                  16477

HOJITA BT ITAM                                          16617

COULD WILD ANIMALS BE KEPT AS PETS?

Could wild animals be kept as pets? No, no, and once again NO! Wild animals should not be kept as pets. Nor should it be legal for wild animals to be kept as pets. The fact that so many wild animals are kept as pets is to me a blatant abuse of these animals. The mere fact that they are wild is the reason. Wild animals are wild, not domesticated no matter how long they have been kept in captivity, how young they were when acquired as a pet, how much you think you have bonded with the animal, or how cute and cuddly they appear.

One can not keep a wild animal as a pet and expect it to act or react in ways that domesticated dogs and cats do. This is not to say that domesticated dogs and cats can never be dangerous. We all know that in the hands of the evil, even dogs and cats can kill. But when you compare a house cat to a tiger, there is no match for the destruction. Wild animals are inherently and instinctively dangerous not to mention that forcing a wild animal to live in captivity is cruel.

These were huge news stories and make my point perfectly about how wrong and dangerous keeping wild animals is. These tragedies happen regularly and often times leaves the poor wild animal shot dead in a pool of its own blood just for doing what comes naturally. Then, people want to blame the animal and rarely blame the animal’s captor for reckless handling. Is keeping a wild animal in your house, around your children, friends, and family any safer than keeping a loaded gun?

It should also be stressed how torturous being kept in captivity is to a wild animal. Disallowing a wild animal to be wild is like if not worse (because the animal doesn’t know why) than putting you in prison for life for committing a crime you didn’t do. Would you like that? Would you sit in prison day after day saying to yourself how great it is? 

After all, you are being cared for, you get three meals a day, healthcare, and entertainment. Sounds good but is it? Or would you grow, more and more with every day that passes, resentful, angry, vengeful, crazy, hostile, and enraged? I believe you would and so do these animals. Therefore, it should be no surprise to anyone when a wild animal finally snaps.

Our handling as humans of wild animals is appalling, arrogant, selfish, negligent, and unjust. I ask you to boycott any spectacle that uses wild animals for entertainment. And I call for laws forbidding with strict penalty the capture and imprisonment of any wild animal. I call for justice and rights for wild animals everywhere. Leave wild animals where they belong, save lives, and if you need a pet, visit your local animal shelter where plenty of domesticated dogs and cats, victims once again of human ignorance, are waiting to be adopted.

HAMDAN SYAKIRIN BIN ZAIDUN 16121

MOHAMAD AZRI BIN JOHAN 15916

Internet Could You Be Without It?

Imagine a place where people interact in business situations, shop, play video games, do research, or study and get tutoring.   Now imagine that there are no office buildings, no shopping centers, no arcades, no libraries, and no schools.   These places all exist in a location called the Internet. So how will our live be without the internet? Well it is simple. Our life will be harder as it seems.

From my point of view, I totally disagree with the absence of the internet. It is one of the most important invention by the human being for the human being. The internet have contribute a lot to ourselves, families and not mentioning our own country making a profit out of the internet. Why did I totally disagree with the absence of the internet? These are the factors that I am pointing covering most of all its virtue aspects.

For myself, as a student I use the internet to connect with my friends and family. No matter where I am or they are. It is easier, simple and completely free off charge. If the internet is gone. It will be harder to keep in touch with friends and loves one. The internet is also use to browse for information regarding the topics that I have learned in order to get a better understanding. A simple conclusion I put on here is that, the internet is completely virtue for students and without it. The country cannot build a strong graduate to put it in front of others.

Furthermore, telecommunication companies will suffer a lot as one of their most valuable source of money is absent. Over the years , the usage of the internet has   increase rapidly , rising above the use of phone calls and text messaging. Now, with the arrival of wireless technology and broadbands that telco companies provide, the internet has a wide range of connectivity. Without the internet, these companies would better be wrapping themselves up because roughly more than a third of the profit is gone, and none of the companies would keep up with the high rise in costs nowadays.

 As a conclusion I put on here is that the absence of the internet in today world a big lost. I totally disagree and hoping that the internet quality and security in our country will increase.

Muhammad Khairul Anuar Bin Hj Asnawi 16143 (PE)

Irfan Azri Bin Abdul Jalil 16123 (PG)

The Internet: Could you be without it?

At a time now difficult to contemplate a world without the Internet, we begin to fear and question our dependence on it. The world defines itself through the Internet, a global interconnected computer network bent on providing a wide array of information resources. Whether it’s from the Britannica on your home shelve, written in today’s paper, or perhaps from your local neighborhood billboard, or a poster voicing some random stranger’s opinion, the Internet would have found no purpose without the more traditional forms of communication and information relay. I firmly believe we could do without it.

The more important question is should we be without it?

The progression of society demands improvement in the ease of accessibility and continued practice of information exchange, no matter the distance or social barrier one might find interacting with another. Such was resolved through social media, rendering every other interaction-based tool redundant. Social networking redefines the more traditional practice of information exchange into a more casual, convenient, yet indirect form of communication; that is to say the Internet still fails to reflect the emotional contentment behind face-to-face interaction.

As it was traditionally, the Internet is to this day no stranger to restriction, restriction commonly imposed on social networking sites or any other domain name which may be perceived as potential instigators of  “destructive behavior”. Most recently these same restrictions were employed in Egypt, which fueled the Egyptian uprising. What spurred from a military conflict between the Soviet Union and the United States during the 1960s quickly turned from a strategic national defense tool into an everyday necessity, and to this day is a significant factor in worldwide conflicts.

The concealment of factual information makes for a misguided and withdrawn society.

The Internet has become, through constant reliance, a symbol of free speech. One political science graduate puts it accordingly when elaborating on the media’s appraisal of Facebook and Twitter during the upheaval in Egypt by saying that, “yes, the Internet does serve as a good organizational tool, which they used to coordinate themselves appropriately, but it also forced the people to react to the issue on a deeper, more personal level”, subsequently it called for one massive gathering in Tahrir Square, finally bringing light to a repressive and authoritarian leadership.

Concluding, the Internet’s progressive influence far outweighs its’ undesirable outcomes; and from this standpoint we do in fact benefit from its’ continued, unlimited use.

Mamadi Diop

16581
Group 15

Should money be spent on space exploration?

Before 1950’s, human’s mobility was limited within the earth. It seemed like impossible to travel across the thick layer of air around us. However, this old thinking was broken by a technological wonder. In this world, there’s a machine which is in cylindrical shape and used to be a myth to every mankind. It works with thousands of horsepower and enables us to travel across the atmosphere to a place which is still an unknown to all of us. It’s called rocket engine.

       In 1957, the Soviets, which was the leading country in the space industry successfully launched the first ever satellite named Sputnik 1. Its first spark symbolized the beginning of the space exploration era and was then triggered a series of chain reaction that brought the space exploration to its climax. The United State, the biggest rival of the Soviet, was then rising up and sent human being to the moon. It seems like everything goes smoothly, but another problem has arise. People started to question whether money should be spent in space exploration. And my answer is, YES!

       Space exploration is not like we're throwing that money into the Sun. It produces thousands of jobs in our economy. The power of a country is actually determined by its citizens, which act like a root. Without a strong base from the citizens, how can a country survive in such a competitive world? And it's all being spent right here, stimulating our economy and funding scientists, engineers, teachers, students, computer scientists, contractors, technicians, skilled laborers, and many more. Hence it reduces the rate of jobless in our country.

       Space exploration should continue because it could help solve many problems on Earth, such as overpopulation and lack of resources. Exploration of the final frontier must continue in order for human life to continue. The world population in 1970 was approximately 4 billion people, and is currently nearly 6 billion people. The world population in 2015 is estimated to be 7 billion people. According to the recent research, Mars has the most similarity with our earth compare to the other planets. If Earth ever becomes too overpopulated or over polluted, then perhaps people can move to Mars. This is also the result from the space exploration that we were questioning all the time.

       In this universe, we are surrounded by many celestial objects that maybe potential threats to the earth. The Asteroid Belt, which is only 70 million kilometers away from us has a high density of asteroids. The shooting star that is often considered as a symbol of romance is actually the results of intruded and unfriendly asteroids. The Shoemaker-Levy-9-Jupiter Incident in 1994 had proven that collision between celestial objects maybe happen all the time. Therefore, we’ll never know when our earth will be blown up by the asteroid. Fortunately, the advancing in space technology enables us to prevent this potential incident. And I’m sure that all of us don’t want the earth to follow the footsteps of our moon as a dead planet.

       Since the discovery of the Big Bang in 1920’s until today, there’s still no scientist and astronomer that can give an exact answer on the size of our universe. Some say that it’s infinity, with a mathematical number which is too large to be counted. So, another problem has arises again. Are you sure that we are the only intelligent creatures in such a large universe? In my opinion, there are many intelligent creatures in the outer space or maybe in the other galaxies. We are actually not alone in this universe. This can be proven by the witnesses of the intruder, and we called them as the aliens. Therefore, we are not only competing among ourselves, but also with the aliens. Someday, we maybe invaded by them and the scene in “Star Wars” will become a reality. Although there’s still no strong evidence to prove their existence, but still, prevention is better than cure. We should always prepare for war during the peace. And if it really does happened, we have to war for peace.

       In conclusion, never ever think that space exploration is a waste of money. The knowledge about the space exploration and astronomy might be still new to us, but please don’t take it for granted. The things I mentioned just now might be a reality, we’ll never know.


By: Tan Han Boon a.k.a Talented
      Group 15

Internet, can you live without it?

            Man could live weeks without foods, days without water and minutes without air, but, can we live without Internet connectivity? Internet has penetrated our life to a surprising extent. Survey that had been conducted reveals the truth that 74% of 16 to 24 year-olds could not live in a world without Internet and computer. Unquestionable, Internet is one of the most notorious inventions in mankind history. For me, can man live without Internet? The answer unfortunately is no.

            Nowadays, life without Internet is cumbersome and bugging. It is hard to believe that the web as we know it is still a teenager. No other teenager in all of history has had such a massive impact on life. Throughout world history, technology has fostered change in human society but never at such a rapid pace as the changes today. Like a person aging or gaining weight who fails to notice when they look in the mirror each day, society moves blindly forward, oblivious to the changes that are unfolding in it. How can we see just how far reaching the effects are? How can we observe just how far things have progressed? It is simple, strip away the web, one device at a time and see how that simple imaginary task would change the ways that those devices are used. Like a fat man forced to see that his clothes don’t fit, if we can’t use the devices, we see the changes.

While your first impulse might be to say that the phone and computer would be the only things affected by a lack of connectivity, and man can still live without the Internet. But, the truth is that a great number of devices rely on connectivity for functionality. Many of the hottest products on the market today would become worthless without the connectivity that makes them so attractive. What are they? The list is giant. Home computers, office computers, laptops, Mac Books, iPads and other tablets, MP3 players, iPhones, Android phones, smart phones of all kinds, GPS devices, Kindles and other e-readers, GPS devices, mapping programs, classified ads such as craigslist, news sites such as CNN, game devices such as the WII and XBOX, and even new additions such as internet televisions. Without the Internet, most of the advanced digital technologies will be like amputated, and we, who has been indulging in the advance of Internet for so long, will unable to live the sedentary life anymore. 

Let us start with the most simple. Imagine that your home computer suddenly lost the ability to access the internet. Sure, there are still plenty of interactive programs to use on it, but let us be honest, the vast majority of time spent on home computers is spent writing or answering e-mails, chatting on Facebook, MSN, or Yahoo, making calls using Skype, or simply watching videos on YouTube and browsing the web. How is life going to turn out without Internet? Surely, it will be difficult for all of us

 If the Internet disappeared tomorrow, it would likely be the most shocking news for most of us. According to the trend, Internet has been one of the fundamental needs of mankind. Life without Internet will not be our way of life, for now. Yes, Internet is an outstanding component 21 century’s life, we do not have to exile the existence of Internet from our life, all we need is just self-control and self-discipline. Internet can surely exists in our life without putting our life in jeopardy.

HU CHEE KIONG 16647 Group 15

LOUIS CHANG HOU WEI 16648 Group 15 

Internet: could you be without it? Discuss

For my opinion, I definitely could not live without internet. In this new era, almost 75% of the people in this world know how to use internet. Internet had become the vital device for the world and people could not live without it. I am a student and internet plays an important role in my life. Internet is a device that connecting all over the world. We could know everything through internet. That’s why I fully support that we could not live without internet.

For learning, I always use internet to solve the problems that I couldn’t solve. Internet contains all the information all over the world and we could find anything we want by just one “click” on your mouse. All the information we want will straight appear in front of us. This is the easiest way for a student like us to study. Besides that, we always pass up our homework by using email. We could pass up our homework by just one “click” without going so far to pass up our homework. As a student, we always busy with the homework and there is no time for us to go and buy the newspaper. Internet provides us all the news from all country and we can know the news from all the country by sitting on the chair in front of our computer.

Moreover, I always use internet to communicate with my family and friends. I study in a university which is far away from my home. The way I use to communicate with my family is chat through “skype” or “MSN”. Internet provides us this kind of service which is better than using cell phone. If we communicate by using cell phone, it will cost a lot of money. But if we chat by using internet, we just need to pay the internet’s fee which is just pay one time per month. By using internet, we can make friends with all the people over the world. We can communicate with our friends who live in the oversea. They can receive our message within one second by using internet which is better than letter which waste few days to receive the letter.

Further more, internet helps me to reduce my pressure. When the test is coming, many students will fell tension and they cannot perform their best during the test. Internet contains many entertainments which can reduce our tension. I always find my ways to reduce my pressure by enjoys the games that I found in the internet. Internet provides many types of games which require your IQ and skill to finish the games. Some people express their mad or angry by writing their feeling on their blog. This is also one of the ways for the people to reduce their tension and help most of the worker to find their way to relax themselves.

In a conclusion, internet provides many advantages for human being. We cannot ignore that some of the people use internet to do many bad things like provide porn or violent which are not suitable for your children. But we can find that the advantage of internet is more than disadvantage. The good or bad of the internet is depend on how the user using it.



LEE WEN CHING 16222 GROUP 15