This week basically we have intensive classes through out the week specializing for our first assignment that is portfolio on brief response to questions and exercises. We need to analyze and give critical response towards four article that have been provided. However on Friday we have watch a short video about argument clinic by Monty Python. It criticise about the existence of the argument clinic in certain countries and mostly in western countries. Due to that we have been given two question regarding the video that we have watch, the first one is 'what if we have an argument clinic in Malaysia and how does it impact the citizen?', the second one is ' what will happen if people have lower expectation of you, what will happen to you?'.
If in Malaysia argument clinic is to be created in Malaysia it will give negative impact to the citizen. The motive of argument clinic is to teach people on how to argued with other people, and if this kind of clinic exist in Malaysia, the peoples' behaviour will be different from what has been established today. The people will use their left brain more rather than using both brain equally. It is because, people need to use their left brain to argued as the function of the left brain is to critical thinking and critically thinking is important when arguing as the person who is arguing need to find reason fast. The effect of this situation is that people will always criticise and argued about all the things around them and this will then lead to fight among the citizen.
The second question, what will happen if people have lower expectation of you? as for that, the will only be two outcome of that situation that is first, the person who has been underestimate stands up for himself or herself and proves other people that there are wrong, second the person just gives up with their life and let everybody judges him or her like that. The first situation will only happen to person that have strong spirit and has a high level of self advice to face the world of people being so judgemental and the second situation are the most common to occur in today's society. I have once face this kind of situation where my own parents underestimated with me, they keep comparing me with my other siblings. At first, I put myself in the second situation where I ignore what other people said and let them with their judgement. It is because, I cannot endure with the comparison any longer so I just put my self in deaf mode whenever my parents comparing me or nagging to me. However, now I have changed, I want to proves to my parents that I can also succeed like my siblings. Being a college student has teach me a lot, and definitely it make me think deeply about my situation and also teach me that each person is special in their own way.
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
week 5 and week 6
This week we all have been assigned to prepare for a debate. Each group consist of four person and each group will have one main topic and one challenged topic, that mean that each group will go through two debates. The debate consist of two round that is the first round is where the debators present all of their points and the second round is the most interesting round where we can see interesting debates between the debators, how they defend their point and prove that the other debators group is wrong.
week 5
This week there are three topic that have been debate about that is 'money is the root of evil',' we are happy as we can be', and 'there is no honest person in the world'. The debate on 'Money is not the root of all evil' has taken place on monday 8/2/2010 and the debates is between Wan Radziman's group that is consist of Wan Radziman, Syafiq Anuar, Mohd Zayani and the only flower in the group Nur Hanis and their opponent is Izzati's group that consist of Nurul Izzati, Aimi Nadhirah, Ayuni and Nur Farhana Liyana that is me, however I was absent due to the leave that was given by the college principal as I was involve in the 'Program Nadwah Islamiah' from 5 until 7/2/2010. The winner for the debates is Izzati's group where they oppose the topic 'Money is the root of all evil' and Izzati has been chosen as the best speaker. In my opinion. money is not the root of evil, money does not turn people to the bad sad, money help people in their life, what makes people turn evil is the greed. Greed people are often unsatiesfied with what they have,they often want more than enough and can not stand if other people have more than them.
As for the topic 'We are happy as we can be' the debators for this topic is Siti nurliyana's group that consist of Siti Nurliyana, Ain Nadira, Mohd Fares and Nik Nurul Hamizah and their opponent is Nur Ashila's group that consist of Nur Ashila, Farihin, Afiqah and Saedah however Saedah is absence due to her fever.In this debate, Liyana has been chosen as the best speaker as she can defense her point well. Liyana's group support the topic while Ashila's group go against it. Liyana's group come out with a good content such as we have a supporting family, a good health. However the content manage been opposed by Ashila's group. They stated theri stance that we can not be as happy we can be due to the problem that we might face, not everybody has a good and supporting family and we are not always healthy as the group said. As for me, I agree with Ashila's group that is we can not be as happy we can be. In real life, we will always face variety kind of problem that sometimes even challenge our faith but we need to have a strong stance in our religion so that we can keep our humanity and enjoy our life at the same time.
week 5
This week there are three topic that have been debate about that is 'money is the root of evil',' we are happy as we can be', and 'there is no honest person in the world'. The debate on 'Money is not the root of all evil' has taken place on monday 8/2/2010 and the debates is between Wan Radziman's group that is consist of Wan Radziman, Syafiq Anuar, Mohd Zayani and the only flower in the group Nur Hanis and their opponent is Izzati's group that consist of Nurul Izzati, Aimi Nadhirah, Ayuni and Nur Farhana Liyana that is me, however I was absent due to the leave that was given by the college principal as I was involve in the 'Program Nadwah Islamiah' from 5 until 7/2/2010. The winner for the debates is Izzati's group where they oppose the topic 'Money is the root of all evil' and Izzati has been chosen as the best speaker. In my opinion. money is not the root of evil, money does not turn people to the bad sad, money help people in their life, what makes people turn evil is the greed. Greed people are often unsatiesfied with what they have,they often want more than enough and can not stand if other people have more than them.
As for the topic 'We are happy as we can be' the debators for this topic is Siti nurliyana's group that consist of Siti Nurliyana, Ain Nadira, Mohd Fares and Nik Nurul Hamizah and their opponent is Nur Ashila's group that consist of Nur Ashila, Farihin, Afiqah and Saedah however Saedah is absence due to her fever.In this debate, Liyana has been chosen as the best speaker as she can defense her point well. Liyana's group support the topic while Ashila's group go against it. Liyana's group come out with a good content such as we have a supporting family, a good health. However the content manage been opposed by Ashila's group. They stated theri stance that we can not be as happy we can be due to the problem that we might face, not everybody has a good and supporting family and we are not always healthy as the group said. As for me, I agree with Ashila's group that is we can not be as happy we can be. In real life, we will always face variety kind of problem that sometimes even challenge our faith but we need to have a strong stance in our religion so that we can keep our humanity and enjoy our life at the same time.
The third debate topic is there is no honest person in the world. The group that obtain this topic are Ahmda Ibrahim's group that consist of Ahmad Ibrahim, Nurul Zahin, Ainnatul Mardhiah and Nadzmie. The opposing group is Liyana's group. Ahmad Ibrahim has been chosen as the best speaker at that time. During the debate, I can see that Ahmad Ibrahim has given the opposing group a hard time when he had come out with his argument and ideas on the topic. He touch on the political world where the politics people manipulate the citizen in order to obtain the citizan trust, in the end all the promises that the politics did remain as a promises only. What about my opinion on this topic, at certain point,I do agree with Ahmad Ibrahim that is there a few person that truly honest in this world. Nowadays, people lying to other people for their own benefit has becoming a common situation in the world where nobody can do anythong about it, especially the politics people. The citizen has no evidence to go against them, and even though they have, the politician will use their power to 'shut' the citizen's mouth up.
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Week 6
In week 6, the debate continue with the topic TV can not educate by Farhan Hadi's group that consist of Farhan Hadi, Fatimatuzzahra, Huda and Fatin, they as the opposing group while the group that support the topic is Nur Syafiqah's group, the members are Nur Syafiqah, Nur Asyiqin,Nurul Syafiqah and Naziha. The council of judges can not decide who is the winning team for this topic as they can not come out with a very good premises to support their proposition. As for me, I have my own point of view about this topic, that is whether TV can educate or not it actually depends on the person itself. whether he or she decide to watch a educational program where he or she can obtain knowledge from it or he or she wants to watch entertaiment program that provide amusement only. I am not saying that entertaiment program is not good, it is a medium that can help the person to relese their strees after working or studying the whole day but it depends on the entertaiment program that the person choose. In short, whether TV can educate or not, it depends on the person to decide for him or herself.
During this week also, we have watch a movie that tittle Animal Farm. it is about a farm where the animal in the farm have form a revolution to the farmer and they have gain control over the farm. The conflict started when the leaders that is among the pigs have different opinion on how the farm should be runs. Snowball offers a organizational that full with new ideas that can lead to a better future, on the other hand, Napoleon believes that only the dictator ways can help the farm into a better future. This movie portrays the coruption of the revolution by its leader and each of the main character represent the leaders from those days.
Saturday, February 20, 2010
week 4 of critical literacy....
This week we learn on how to make a good critical response topic. At first we started off using the first article in the book that is 'Convicted Killer where it talks about a nurse who was convicted for killing her colleague. However she was then release due to the lack of evidence from the nursing government body, the UK Central Council and now she is given the permission to continue her nursing career. That is just a brief about the article but we were not focusing in depth about the story, we are focusing more on how to write a good topic for the critical response. According to Mr Kamaraziz, a good topic must consist of a genre an introduction to the subject and a definite position on the subject. Through out the class Mr.kamaraziz has help us to present a good topic and this is the type of topic that I have written in the class 'the article is a report on Deborah Perry, a nurse who was convicted on killing her colleague, has been given a chance to carry out her duty as a nurse as usual. However she should not be given the chance to pursue her duty as she has once convicted and there are possibilities that she will kill again.
After that, we have been given another article to write a topic about that is 'Battling the Bullies'.
the article is about the bully activities that occur in school and the severeness of this issues. Bully right now is the most common problem that occur in most school, however there is no a proper ways on how to solve the problem and in most school there is rules and regulations to avoid the bully issues but how effective is the rule and regulations,that is from my opinion about the issue. the topic that i can sum up after reading is that 'the article is a report on how severe is the bully issues in school and discuss on how the issues should be solved and what is the best method to solve it.
After that, we have been given another article to write a topic about that is 'Battling the Bullies'.
the article is about the bully activities that occur in school and the severeness of this issues. Bully right now is the most common problem that occur in most school, however there is no a proper ways on how to solve the problem and in most school there is rules and regulations to avoid the bully issues but how effective is the rule and regulations,that is from my opinion about the issue. the topic that i can sum up after reading is that 'the article is a report on how severe is the bully issues in school and discuss on how the issues should be solved and what is the best method to solve it.
Friday, January 29, 2010
The Third Week of Critical Literacy Class
monday
25/01/2010
On Monday I learn how to write a critical response like I did in the previous class but at that time I only learn until the how to write the purpose of a good critical response. Today I learn on how to write the perspective, positioning and impact. Mr. Kamaraziz has postponed the writing lesson on the previous class due to the time constraints and it is because he wanted to us to understand well on how to write the perspective, positioning and impact. this three elements are quite hard if we do not understand it very well enough and it will become our obstacle in the future when we needed to write a critical response on an article because it is tricky for a person who does not understand the concepts of this three elements.
The three elements are close related to the topic that we choose earlier, for example in my last class we write critical response for superstitous and for the topic we either want to support the topic or condemnd it and I chose to support the topic that I choose that is superstitious are one way for the elders to disciplined and control their children behaviour. So for the perspective, I have to come out with with a negative statements that related to the topic such as superstitous are not relevant for today children as the children nowadays are more modernized and can differentiate between good and bad.
As for the positioning, we need to refer back to the topic that we have chosen whether the topic is positive or negative. For example, in my topic, I support the superstitous so I need to come out with a positve sentence such as however superstitous has been proven by the elders it is a good way to control the children as our parents have gone through it. From the statements above I can give a summary about the three elements that is:
If
topic :+ -
then
perspective: - +
and
positioning :+ -
We are also are been asked to give a response about a video that Mr.Kamaraziz. it is a video about a man named Larry, he is a extreme left bariner where he like to question on the norms and accepted behaviour that everybody has accepted it. In this video he has make a phoned call to a company and wished to talk to the boss in the company. However, before he are allowed to talk to the boss, the receptionist has asked him what is the called all about so that she can tell her boss about the matter. However, larry refused to tell the receptionist what it is all about and has and argument with the receptionist. Well from my opinion Larry should tell the receptionist what the called is all about so that the receptionist can tell her boss because most probably her boss will get mad at her if she let Larry talk to her boss without knowing what it is all about. however if she does not let Larry talk to her boss because Larry does not want to tell the details, she might get fired by her boss because if it is an important business called surely her boss will lose a project. larry should not tell the receptionist what is details because maybe her boss will know that the details is if she has tell her boss who is on the phoned. However,Larry should tell the receptionist what is details so that the receptionist can easily pass him to her boss. That is from my point of view.
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Wednesday
27/01/2010
On wednesday it supposed to be our presentationevaluation day however due to certain circumstances it has been postponed to next week. So basically, in wednesday we learn about proposition on how to make a good argument. At first I do not understand how it is done but as the class went along I began to undersatnd about proposition. Proposition basically help one to come out with a better point of argument where it needed one to list down the premises and subargument that will make them win the argument. The proposition is basically used by the lawyer, to help them understand the cases and to come out with a better point on how to object the prosecutor point. it helps me undersatnd better on how to make a good argument.
25/01/2010
On Monday I learn how to write a critical response like I did in the previous class but at that time I only learn until the how to write the purpose of a good critical response. Today I learn on how to write the perspective, positioning and impact. Mr. Kamaraziz has postponed the writing lesson on the previous class due to the time constraints and it is because he wanted to us to understand well on how to write the perspective, positioning and impact. this three elements are quite hard if we do not understand it very well enough and it will become our obstacle in the future when we needed to write a critical response on an article because it is tricky for a person who does not understand the concepts of this three elements.
The three elements are close related to the topic that we choose earlier, for example in my last class we write critical response for superstitous and for the topic we either want to support the topic or condemnd it and I chose to support the topic that I choose that is superstitious are one way for the elders to disciplined and control their children behaviour. So for the perspective, I have to come out with with a negative statements that related to the topic such as superstitous are not relevant for today children as the children nowadays are more modernized and can differentiate between good and bad.
As for the positioning, we need to refer back to the topic that we have chosen whether the topic is positive or negative. For example, in my topic, I support the superstitous so I need to come out with a positve sentence such as however superstitous has been proven by the elders it is a good way to control the children as our parents have gone through it. From the statements above I can give a summary about the three elements that is:
If
topic :+ -
then
perspective: - +
and
positioning :+ -
We are also are been asked to give a response about a video that Mr.Kamaraziz. it is a video about a man named Larry, he is a extreme left bariner where he like to question on the norms and accepted behaviour that everybody has accepted it. In this video he has make a phoned call to a company and wished to talk to the boss in the company. However, before he are allowed to talk to the boss, the receptionist has asked him what is the called all about so that she can tell her boss about the matter. However, larry refused to tell the receptionist what it is all about and has and argument with the receptionist. Well from my opinion Larry should tell the receptionist what the called is all about so that the receptionist can tell her boss because most probably her boss will get mad at her if she let Larry talk to her boss without knowing what it is all about. however if she does not let Larry talk to her boss because Larry does not want to tell the details, she might get fired by her boss because if it is an important business called surely her boss will lose a project. larry should not tell the receptionist what is details because maybe her boss will know that the details is if she has tell her boss who is on the phoned. However,Larry should tell the receptionist what is details so that the receptionist can easily pass him to her boss. That is from my point of view.
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Wednesday
27/01/2010
On wednesday it supposed to be our presentationevaluation day however due to certain circumstances it has been postponed to next week. So basically, in wednesday we learn about proposition on how to make a good argument. At first I do not understand how it is done but as the class went along I began to undersatnd about proposition. Proposition basically help one to come out with a better point of argument where it needed one to list down the premises and subargument that will make them win the argument. The proposition is basically used by the lawyer, to help them understand the cases and to come out with a better point on how to object the prosecutor point. it helps me undersatnd better on how to make a good argument.
Friday, January 22, 2010
critical literacy class
Wednesday
20.1.2010
This is the third class for my Critical Literacy subject. Today I have presented my mnemonic device for the rule of ten as I said in my previous entry. At first Iwas quite embarassed to say it out loud but Mr. Kamaraziz has motivate me that is not need to be ashamed so i say it out loud and yes there is nothing to be ashamed of. After everybody has present their mnemonic device, we go on with the lesson for that day, still on the rule of ten and superstitons but this time we need to write critical rsponse using the rule of ten.
When I heard that we will write a critical response about the superstitions, I feel unease at first but when Mr.Kamaraziz said that he will guide our class about it then i feel at calm again. We write our critical response step by step according to the rule of ten. Mr. Kamaraziz asked us to pick one superstition, where we are going to make a critical response about it and I choose the superstitions "if a girl sing in the kitchen, then she will marry to an old man". I choose this superstition because for me it is something that is close to my heart where my mother always said to me whenever she heard me singing in the kitchen and also because I have read an article in the internet where it said that make a critical response on something that you care about. However we have not manage to complete due to the time restraint as our class is only single period taht is one hour, so we need to continue it in the next class.
20.1.2010
This is the third class for my Critical Literacy subject. Today I have presented my mnemonic device for the rule of ten as I said in my previous entry. At first Iwas quite embarassed to say it out loud but Mr. Kamaraziz has motivate me that is not need to be ashamed so i say it out loud and yes there is nothing to be ashamed of. After everybody has present their mnemonic device, we go on with the lesson for that day, still on the rule of ten and superstitons but this time we need to write critical rsponse using the rule of ten.
When I heard that we will write a critical response about the superstitions, I feel unease at first but when Mr.Kamaraziz said that he will guide our class about it then i feel at calm again. We write our critical response step by step according to the rule of ten. Mr. Kamaraziz asked us to pick one superstition, where we are going to make a critical response about it and I choose the superstitions "if a girl sing in the kitchen, then she will marry to an old man". I choose this superstition because for me it is something that is close to my heart where my mother always said to me whenever she heard me singing in the kitchen and also because I have read an article in the internet where it said that make a critical response on something that you care about. However we have not manage to complete due to the time restraint as our class is only single period taht is one hour, so we need to continue it in the next class.
Monday, January 11, 2010
Critical Literacy Class.
Monday,
11.01.2010
Critical Literacy was the first class that I attend for this semester. It is a compulsory subject for student in semester 4 to take it. Mr Kamaraziz will be the one who going to teach my class this subject. In the first class, Mr Kamaraziz has explained to us about what is critical literacy and I found it rather interesting. I look forward for this class and I cannot wait to learn something new as this is a new subject for me. A brief look at the subject title, at first I thought that we are going to study in depth about the literature. Well my guess was wrong at least that is what I think. We are going to study many type of text, movie and etc in order for us to think critically.
I have done some research about Critical Literacy in Google and I have found many articles about it. Each one of it has different meaning but I can conclude that Critical Literacy is the combination of critical thinking and how we response to a text. It involves analysis and critique when reading a text to understand the meaning lies beneath the written, visual, spoken, multimedia and a lot more. Critical thinking is crucial when taking the subject Critical Literacy in fact it is needed to be practice by people in this rapid and fast develop world. Critical thinking requires a person to use both brain rather than only one side of the brain. It is to balance the response that one person will show. It is because, when a person only use one brain they will have the tendency to judge a story or a person either it is base on their experience or emotional.
Critical thinking is discovered by Socrates. He discovered it by questioning that the people in the ancient Greek that solely believe in the “authority” statement that they called knowledge without asking question and think in depth about it. He has enlighten the people to seek for evidence, make assumption and reason before accepted something as a “knowledge”. Socrates’ practice has been followed by Plato, Aristotle and the Greek skeptics.
11.01.2010
Critical Literacy was the first class that I attend for this semester. It is a compulsory subject for student in semester 4 to take it. Mr Kamaraziz will be the one who going to teach my class this subject. In the first class, Mr Kamaraziz has explained to us about what is critical literacy and I found it rather interesting. I look forward for this class and I cannot wait to learn something new as this is a new subject for me. A brief look at the subject title, at first I thought that we are going to study in depth about the literature. Well my guess was wrong at least that is what I think. We are going to study many type of text, movie and etc in order for us to think critically.
I have done some research about Critical Literacy in Google and I have found many articles about it. Each one of it has different meaning but I can conclude that Critical Literacy is the combination of critical thinking and how we response to a text. It involves analysis and critique when reading a text to understand the meaning lies beneath the written, visual, spoken, multimedia and a lot more. Critical thinking is crucial when taking the subject Critical Literacy in fact it is needed to be practice by people in this rapid and fast develop world. Critical thinking requires a person to use both brain rather than only one side of the brain. It is to balance the response that one person will show. It is because, when a person only use one brain they will have the tendency to judge a story or a person either it is base on their experience or emotional.
Critical thinking is discovered by Socrates. He discovered it by questioning that the people in the ancient Greek that solely believe in the “authority” statement that they called knowledge without asking question and think in depth about it. He has enlighten the people to seek for evidence, make assumption and reason before accepted something as a “knowledge”. Socrates’ practice has been followed by Plato, Aristotle and the Greek skeptics.
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Friday
15.1.2010
The second class of critical literacy, I learn about superstitions. I learn so enormous things in the class that interest me on continue on searching about the topic that I learn in class. In the second class, Mr. Kamaraziz taught us to critical thinking about the superstitions, for example, if a girl sing in the kitchen, she will marry to an old man. In order to come out with a good critical response, ones must use the rule of ten.
The rule of ten are:
1.Topic
2.Content
3.Source
4.Audience
5.The rhetorical function
6.Purpose
7.Perspective
8.Positioning
9.Impact
10.Visual literacy
After that Mr.Kamaraziz asked us to come with a mnenomic device where it could help us remember the rule of ten easily and more effective and he wants it in his next class. At the moment he ask us to do it, I have come out with a sentence but it is in bahasa that is "Tia Cari Saya Ari Rabu lepas?Pia Pegi Pasar Ikan dengan Vellu". My friend said, it is funny and I prefer it is funny due to the human nature that love funny and cute things so it makes me easier to remember the rule of ten and I will present it on my next critical litercy class.
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