LIVING WITH REALITIES

    People live with their families for a long time. They spend a great amount of their lives with their families. When they have the chance to live without their families, they do not usually reject it.Most university students choose to live with their friends, not their families. There are some differences and similarities between living in the dormitory and living at home with family.However, similarities are fewer than differences.

    Living in the dormitory has some different points from living at home with family. First of all, they learn to live without the support of their parents so they can understand the realities of life.While students who live with their families spend their money unconsciously, the other students who live in the dormitory spend it in a thrifty way. Due to being distant from their families, they could not ask for money from them frequently. Nevertheless, the students who live with their families ask for money from their families whenever they need. Secondly, students who live with their families have fewer responsibilities than others, for they do not have to cook meal and clean their rooms.Nonetheless,the students who live in the dormitory generally have to clean their rooms and  cook their meals themselves because they do not have a person who will do these duties.Thirdly,students who live in the dormitory have more powerful friendships than other students who live with their families because students living with their families do not spend much time with their friends. In contrast, students living in the dormitory are always doing everything together. As a result, they know each other well and they can have powerful frienships.

      There are some similarities between living in the dormitory and living at home with family. If you live in the dormitory, you have to obey the rules. For example, you must come to the dormitory at a certain time. Smilarly, you ought to be your home at a certain time,too.They think that being outside in late hours is dangerous for you,so they get worried about you. Therefore, they create some rules to protect you. Another similarity is the study environment.In dormitories, there are special rooms for students which includes studying desks, and these rooms provide students to work in a silent environment.Likewise, you have your own rooms to study silently in your houses,too.

     In conclusion,it is clear that there are some differences and similarities between living in the dormitory and living at home with families,but similarities are fewer than differences.We understand that living in the dormitory improves us in terms of gaining the spiritual responsibility and living at home with families needs to obey the rules like dormitories.I think living in the dormitory prepares us to life because we take more responsibilities.

MY HOMETOWN IĞDIR

 A GENERAL VİEW OF IĞDIR

        Iğdır is a province in eastern Turkey. This province is located along the border with Armenia,  Azerbaijan and Iran. According to the census of population done in 2010, Iğdır's population is 184,418. Turkey's highest mountain, Mount Ararat is located greatly in Iğdır.

       Iğdır plain is located in the North-eastern Anatolian Region,the coldest region of Turkey. The plain is hotter and it has lower rainfall when it is compared to the region, in which it is located.

Therefore, cotton even can be grown in Iğdır. In addition, there is Aras River in the border Armenia-Iğdır. The plain has salty soil because of alluvium carried by Aras River and materials from volcanic Ararat Mountain.

     
Previously cotton was main agricultural product in this area but in present fruit, sugar beet,

wheat, barley, leguminous seeds and various vegetables are cultivated.

Now, I will introduce you Iğdır's the most delicious meal:)

Firstly, I want to begin with Omaç Halva. Many kind of halva is cooked in Iğdır, but Omaç Halva is the most famous among them. I will tell you how to cook Omaç Halva.

Ingredients:

*2 cup floor

*1.5 cup sugar

*2.5 cup milk

*250 g margarine

*1 packet vanilla

 

     Let's do halva:)

Firstly, you need to be patient because it is not so easy as you guess...

Put flour and margarine into a saucepan and broil it at low heat for an hour.

 

 

After 35 minutes, halva begins to liquefy. At this stage, continue to mix up it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If the color of halva becomes dark, it is time for adding milk. In addition, the mixture of margarine and flour must not stick the saucepan and spoon. According to my grandmother's recipe, If you put little broiled flour into a spoon of milk  and you hear ''cozzzz ''sound, ıt is time for adding milk.

Also,while flour is broiled in the saucepan, you need to put milk, sugar and vaniline into another plate and mix up it until sugar melts completely. After flour is broiled, add the mixture of milk and sugar into saucepan at a high heat because flour absorbs it in a short time. 

 

Mix up it quickly until absorbed. When it solidifies, you leave it for being steeped. you can range it to serving dish with the help of a spoon.

ENJOY YOUR MEAL... 

 

MY HOMEWORK

    Soccer — or football (or foosball or futbol), as it is called by the rest of the world outside theUnited States is surely the most popular sport in the world. Every four years, the world championship of soccer, the World Cup is watched by literally billions all over the world, beating out the United States professional football's Superbowl by far. It is estimated that 1.7 billion television viewers watched the World Cup final between France and Brazil in July of 1998. And it is also a genuine world championship, involving teams from 32 countries in the final rounds, unlike the much more parochial and misnamed World Series in American baseball (that does’t even involve Japan or Cuba, two baseball hotbeds). But although soccer has become an important sport in the American sports scene, it will never make inroads into the hearts and markets of American sports the way that football, basketball, hockey, baseball, and even tennis and golf have done. There are many reasons for this.

    Recently the New England Revolution beat the Tampa Bay Mutiny in a game played during a horrid rainstorm. Nearly 5000 fans showed up, which shows that soccer is, indeed, popular in the United States. However, the story of the game was buried near the back of the newspaper's sports section, and there was certainly no television coverage. In fact, the biggest reason for soccer's failure as a mass appeal sport in the United States is that it doesn't conform easily to the demands of television.

    Basketball succeeds enormously in America because it regularly scheduled what it calls "television time-outs" as well as the time-outs that the teams themselves call to re-group, not to mention half-times and, on the professional level, quarter breaks. Those time-outs in the action are ideally made for television commercials. And television coverage is the lifeblood of American sports. College basketball lives for a game scheduled on CBS or ESPN (highly recruited high school players are more likely to go to a team that regularly gets national television exposure), and we could even say that television coverage has dictated the pace and feel of American football. Anyone who has attended a live football game knows how commercial time-outs slow the game and sometimes, at its most exciting moments disrupt the flow of events. There is no serious objection, however, because without television, football knows that it simply wouldn't remain in the homes and hearts of Americans. Also, without those advertising dollars, the teams couldn't afford the sky-high salaries of their high-priced superstars.

      

THE HEAT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM IN OUR BODY

     One of the vital cargo packets which are conveyed with blood is heat.This heat spreads all body like a central heating transmitting hot water to all building.However, the source of heat in our  body is not a specific place like boiler of central heating unit. Thanks to blood, heat produced by cells spreads body equally .

                                                                         Many changes occur in our body  according to our

actions' tempo during day.For example, when the heat of  the body increases, the central systemaziter  in brain,hipotalamus, provides blood vessels widen and sudor glands come into action. (1)After that,the heat of body decreases immediately.When the loss of heat in the body emerges,the same central systemaziter do entirely a different operation from the previous one so it makes blood vessels tighten and create thrill.(2)Due to these precautions,the heat of the  body increases , again.

          If we did not have the heat distribution system , we would have a lot of problems.For instance, when we run,our legs  would heat exceedingly and the other parts of body would remain cold .This instable system would damage our metabolism greatly, so we can conclude that distribution of heat to body equally is very important.
            Similarly, blood together with the perspiration mechanism set in so as to reduce the  rising heat in the body. Thanks to this, blood vessels under the skin widen and the heat transmitted by blood releases into the air easily, so when we work in a high tempo, our faces go red due to the widening of vessels. As stated above, blood is very important for our body...

HARMS of TELEVISION

     We often hear the expression '' old endearments do not remain since television's emerging . '' from old people. We, as young people, say that expression by changing in this way ''mothers and fathers do not spare time to their children and are not interested in them since television's emerging...'' Mothers want their children to go and play with their toys when they come to their mother while she is watching tv.Similarly, when the father comes home, after eating dinner, he takes remote control of tv and changes channels for hours and this time, his children miss  their father ....

     Most of the educated families that have high incomes buy another tv for their children's room. They make an agreement with their children and want them to promise that they will watch it after they do their homework and they promise on the first impulse that it will be in this way. In fact, ın this agreement, both of them deceive each other . The aim of parents is to escape from their children and the aim of child is to watch tv...Researches show that children who have televisions in their rooms have difficulties in their lessons in contrast to what is  expected. Children do their homework superficially to watch tv so they can not study for their exams well.

    Watching tv not only influences children's school success but also slows down their physical, social, mental, emotional improvements. The child puts on weight continuously as a result of being inactive during watching tv. While a child spends his accumulated energy by running or playing with his friends, thus relaxing and going back his home as calm, another child who sits in front of tv accumulates stress in place of spending his energy. As a result, it is obvious that children who watch tv frequently are more nervous  and agressive.
    

COLD COMFORT

     Not so long ago, many of us resisted separating the glass, cans, and paper out of our garbage. What a hassle. Today, of course, every second-grader knows that the world's resources are limited and that recycling helps preserve them. We act locally, while thinking globally. It's time to bring the same consciousness to health care as we face a growing medical crisis: the loss of antibiotic effectiveness against common bacterial illnesses. By personally refusing—or not demanding—antibiotics for viral illnesses they won't cure, we can each take a step toward prolonging overall antibiotic effectiveness.

     Media reports have likely made you aware of this problem, but they have neglected the implications. Your brother catches a cold that turns into a sinus infection. His doctor treats him with antibiotics, but the bacteria are resistant to all of them. The infection enters his bloodstream—a condition known as septicemia—and a few days later, your brother dies. (Septicemia is what killed Muppets creator Jim Henson a few years ago.) Or instead of a cold, he has an infected cut that won't heal, or any other common bacterial disease, such as an ear or prostate infection.

   Far-fetched? It's not. The antibiotics crisis is real. Consider Streptococcus pneumoniae: This common bacterium often causes post-flu pneumonia. (Pneumonia and influenza combined are the country's sixth leading cause of death, killing 82,500 Americans in 1996.) Before 1980, less than 1 percent of S. pneumoniae samples showed any resistance to penicillin. As of last May, researchers at the Naval Medical Center in San Diego discovered that 22 percent of S. pneumoniae samples were highly resistant to it, with another 15 percent moderately so. And the most recent statistics from the Sentry Antimicrobial Surveillance Program, which monitors bacterial resistance at 70 medical centers in the U.S., Canada, Europe, and South America, show that 44 percent of S. pneumoniae samples in the U.S. are highly resistant, and worldwide, resistance is at an all-time high...

VİDEO REFLECTION

   Studying in the USA is very attractive for students as a result of its advantages. They learn American culture and they learn a lot of things from people who live in the USA.They can gain experience thanks to team works.Additionally, they think they have a creative atmosphere due to American Education System.

   Linxi  decided to go to the USA for education because she needs high scores to attend Chinese college.Krishna is from the Netherlands, she chose USA for studying because she wants to study in a team and she thinks education should base on creavity.

   They observed some differences in educational life and daily life. Krishna thinks the Netherlands' Education System is strict and it is not creative; however, in the USA, education is very flexible and creative.The Japanse student says that students have to choose a major  in Japan and after it, they can not change their major.When it comes to daily life, Linxi says in America, people use drying machines to dry their clothes but Chinese people do not use it, they hang out their clothes.The Japanese student  says in Japan, people do not speak each other directly ;nonetheless, in America they communicate each other directly.  

   The expense depends on their department  because each departmant needs different  quantities.Also, they have to spend money for housing, meals,boarding, tuition,airplane but ıt needs around 35.000 dollars they think it is moderate.

   They experienced culture shock like all international students because it is natural. They thinks culture shock is a feeling of disorientation or confusion that somebody has  when he or she begins to live in a new country. I have thought of going to America for studying so that I can improve my english and I can learn their culture.I think If I go to America, I will have similar experiences because every country has different cultures, habits.