...Supertoys last all summer long Where do we draw the line? Is it okay to medicate feelings away? Who is responsible for the actions undertaken by autonomous systems? With the increasing development on genetic modification, autonomous machines and the knowledge about our brain and nervous system’s chemistry, things we see in science fiction movies are beginning to seem possible and this poses questions to ethicists and scientists. In the short story “Super toys last all summer long”, Brian Aldiss is questioning what is real and what makes something real, through a story about a woman struggling to love her son. Already in the start of the short story, where it says, "She had tried to love him"(p. 32, l. 19), Brian Aldiss shows us that there is something, which is not right in the relationship between the mother Monica and the son David. A mother’s love for her child is endless, therefore this makes us question whether David is Monica’s real child or not. Later on in the short story, Brian Aldiss alludes to the fact that David is not a normal boy. “He went with her without protest into the house, his dark head bobbing at the level of her waist. At the age of three, he showed no fear of the ultrasonic dryer in the kitchen.”(p. 32 l. 28-32). It is not normal for a three-year-old boy to do as his mother says without protest or not to be afraid of the ultrasonic dryer, which properly is big and noisy. Through the short story, more and more tells us that the communication between Monica...
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...My last summer vacation This summer vacation I went to Helgenæs with my mother, my sister, my mother and my brother. The first day we went up to the train station early to get to Aarhus. The ride on the bus was long and I couldn’t wait for it this year’s summer vacation. The ride at the train was long and I played PSP (Play Station Portable) almost all the time, and the rest of the time I played computer. After about 3 hours at the train we finally got there, Aarhus Hovedbanegård. My mother’s boyfriend, Flemming, waited for us there. Then we drove to Helgenæs in his car, the ride was very, very long and sometimes boring. ZZZZZZZZZZZZ! But then we finally got there after a long ride and I went happy. The rest of the day we were together, enjoying us selves and having fun. I played some computer and I text-messaged with my friend Nicolai. The next day we were walking and enjoying us selves, whilst Flemming were working a lot, we went to Sibirien, and we saw the beautiful nature at Helgenæs. After that we went home and saw some TV. The next day we went off for a walk to climb the hill called Ellemandsbjerget (the highest hill at Helgenæs) but that wasn’t a long climb, because we never went there. Instead of climbing Ellemandsbjerget we went off for another walk around Ellemandsbjerget. The next day we went to Ebeltoft to shop, we didn’t see anything special there, and we went for something to eat. And what did we eat???? Pizza! The classic Italian pizzas like you know it...
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...Super-toys last all summer long How is artificial love different from the love one human can have for another? And if a robot truly could love a human, what responsibility would that human have towards the robot? Those are just some of the thought-provoking questions Brian Aldiss raises in his short story “Super-toys last all summer long”. Artificial intelligence of that caliber will not be achieved before many years into the future, but with technology still improving day by day, it is not a future further away than we can imagine, and the ethical questions raised are something we will have to take a stand on sooner or later, whether we like it or not. Brian Aldiss shows us a slightly dystopian future in his Science-Fiction short story “Super-toys last all summer long”. It is a world where three-quarters of the world are starving, and the only way of preventing that is to implement population control. This means you cannot have a baby without winning the weekly parenthood lottery, and hereby takes away one of the most basic human instincts, to pass along our genes. Obesity is also a big problem where Monica and Henry live. Even in our time it is a substantial problem, but in the story it seems like they have almost promoted the problem. “I guess there is nobody around this table who doesn’t have a Crosswell, working for him in the small intestine, a perfectly safe parasite tape-worm that enables its host to eat up to 50 percent more food and still keep his or her figurine”...
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...“Motivation is what gets you started, [but] habits keep you going”. This is true for a lot of things; sports, eating habits, and academic habits. But it is almost impossible to keep up a steady academic habit over summer break. You are surrounded by distractions and the next school year seems like decades away. After all you have nothing but time on your hands. Consequently you lose 2.6 months of math over summer because you didn’t practice any positive habits. With year round schooling you would get the benefits of coming to school, the knowledge of last years learning, and longer winter spring and fall breaks. A year round schedule is the best possible way for teachers and administrators to insure the mental and physical health of all students. Some children depend on the benefits they are given at school to thrive. More than 30 million children are forced to take advantage of the free or reduced prices for lunches given at school for those that come from low income households. This might be there only nutritious meal of the whole day. What happens to those children on the three month long break from their best source of food. With a year round schedule, children are able to get meals over the summer, instead of going hungry. Also most low income...
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...Summer is finally here, and as soon as you dip your toes in the water, it’s already over. The 8 hours of Netflix you watched replaced all of you knowledge from last year.. When you finally get to school, your grade starts off with a 70% in your ELAR test. This is what we call ‘Summer Brain drain’ and there’s now a way to prevent it. Year round school makes sure we have breaks that are more spread out, therefore not forgetting any information. With year round school, in between breaks we could get more sleep, bump your grades by getting more time to study, and stopping brain drain. On average, teenagers get 7- 7 ¼ hours of sleep, and with homework, sports, and social media, sleep can be lower than that. We need exactly 9 ¼ hours of sleep a...
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...My summer expectationLærke Emig Bloch Hansen | Engelsk Essay Sønderborg Statsskole 2.J | My summer expectationLærke Emig Bloch Hansen | Engelsk Essay Sønderborg Statsskole 2.J | Summer, Out of all the season's I can think of, there is only one that comes to mind. Summer, the best season of them all. I am that kind of person there have a plan for my summer vacation. I am looking forward to summer in months, and I always have an idea of what a fantastic summer it is going to be. There are many reasons to why I think summer is the best, I mean, with winter, spring, and the fall. They are all great seasons too, but summer blows them all out of the way. The days are getting longer and the nights getting shorter. School is over, so you have the freedom and time, to do anything you want. No more nerve-wrecking testes, homework, or projects. Summer is just the time for fun and relaxing. That is the way I always look at my summer. It was the first day in my summer vacation. I had promised myself, that this summer was going to be crazy. I would do something that no one ever could exceed. My summer would be a whole history of action, activity and excitement, my summer was going to be the one that, everybody would like to hear about. What I did, was I jumped out of.... No wait, more like trying to get up in a slow motion kind of way. Anyway, I was going to have an astonishing day, the first day of ‘Lærkes crazy summer’ could now start. What I did after being...
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...other side of sound, it could be our memory or rewind us back to our childhood time. Sounds come from everywhere, everything, and such as: animals, nature include weather, or objects in the environment. For me, I hear a lot of sounds in my whole life. Some of the sounds I hear can make me think back of my childhood’s memories. Summer season almost approach to us. Sound that most reminds me of the summer are related to insect, weather, and natural. Surprisingly enough, insect is the most annoying bugs at night in the summer. They are everywhere, from the grass to the trees. One night in summer day, I was sitting outside in the balcony in the dark and couldn’t see things well because I lit the candles. I heard the “buzz, zee” sound around my ear; I knew some kind of bee around me. I was terrified that night because I would look horrible if I got stung. I immediately blew the candle so the bee couldn’t see me. Lucky me, it flew away after a few minutes. Bumble bees are a big nightmare to me. So every time I see bees, I remember that night. It was a scary night but also a memory in summer. Bumble bees are friendly to some people but it is my enemy. Summer is the season of rain, thunderstorm and lightning. Everyone likes rain because it cleans out all the dirt and pollen from the trees. When I see rain, I remember my six- grade school year in my country. Back then, we wore uniform when we went to school with a white top, blue bottom and a tie. I didn’t know it will rain that day...
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...The summer season is one of the main seasons of India. It starts from the month of April and lasts up to the end of June. There is intense heat during these months. The sun shines perpendicularly causing numerous difficulties for the people. They want to stay indoors, especially during mid-day. They get tired very soon and feel lethargic. Summer mornings are little bit pleasant and so are the summer evenings. Hence people look busy during these times. They try to finish all their work as quickly as possible because they know that a long hot day is waiting for them. At noon the heat is at its peak. The towns and cities look deserted. There are few people on the road. Sometimes it is too hot to continue the work. Everything is paralysed. People go inside their houses in the darkest room. They drink cold water again and again just to quench their thirst but they never feel satisfied. During summer we eat little food. We do not feel healthy and sometimes develop many complications regarding health. Any irregularity in food-habit leads to sickness. Hot wind called loo' blow throughout the day and many die of heat stroke. The rich people do not have much problem because they have electric fans, coolers and air conditioners. But the poor people have to face hardships. They go on with their work in the open under hot sun. The season is lazy one. People do not feel active and only want to sit under fan in the cold dark room. It is therefore all schools and colleges are...
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...My Ideal Summer Vacation A warm and sunny afternoon last day, I was in a deep thought. I was thinking, if I would be given a chance to have a summer vacation without worrying about the expenses, maybe it could be my ideal one. This thought triggered me to ask myself, “What would be my ideal summer vacation looks like?” To start my visualization, I would like to spend it in a place afar from the noisy streets of the city. A place where the only sounds I can hear are the chirping of the birds, the waves crashing on the shore and the laughter of my family. In that place, the trees are dancing gracefully and flowers are waving gently with the wind. In the distance, the shore is filled with sand so white, crystal clear water and with porpoises on the sea side. On the top of the hill resides our home, a small bungalow type but filled with so much contentment and joy. Inside of it are simple things to suffice our needs. Upon entering the entrance door, you will see the clean and tidy living room, with a window on the right that offers a beautiful sight of the blue ocean. Beside our home, there stood a tall and old narra tree that gives us shade during the day. Flowers of different kinds and varieties grows around the yard abundantly. Then, I can see the endless sky above with shiny shimmering stars blinking at night and in the water, it seems the unreachable stars are within my grasp. In a distance, I can see the fire keeps burning from the bonfire we have made, and beside it,...
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...No School In August It seems like summer fun is a thing of the past. School ends in May and begins in early August. Instead of getting that last vacation, we are scurrying around buying school supplies. What happened to going back to school after Labor Day? There are many disadvantages in going back to school in August. I am going to point out a few of them. The most obvious is the missed vacation in August. Everyone knows that it has always been the month for the last summer vacation. I would think that tourism suffers, when the summer break is abruptly ended. Local pools sit unused for an entire month. Theme parks only see visitors on the weekend. The bottom line is that money is lost due to going back so early. August is just too hot, for school. I am sure the kids would agree that going back to school in August, the hottest month, is miserable. Who wants to go back to school in temperatures over 90 degrees? Everyday tasks of walking to and from the bus stop become a journey thru the desert. Yet, there is no oasis to be found. Besides that, who can pay attention in class? The summer is at its peak. There are too many places yet to go. The sound of the ocean waves call your name. The screams of the rollercoaster racing along the tracks echo in your head. There is too much fun to be had. I am sure there is a lot of daydreaming going on. Another issue is safety. There are many extra-curricular outdoor activities. Many student athletes suffer from heat...
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...The second semester of school arrives and grade-school students have one goal in mind; they simply want to survive until summer break. The day-dreams include fantasies of getting gorgeously tan, stretching out in a hammock to read a good book, and having wild adventures with friends every possible day. However is this the reality of what the traditional three month summer includes? No, many kids instead complain to their parents of their complete and utter boredom by the time July hits. In the states closer to the equator the sun makes the outdoors so scorchingly hot that people get dangerously sunburned rather than a bronzed tan. And in all honesty, the average American kid is not spending her/his free time by reading such an “ordinary thing” as a book. This reality of how the end months of summer break turn out do not necessarily mean that the whole break was a complete waste all together. After...
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...kid. In many cases, kids that come from year round schools are smarter and have a higher IQ than a student from a traditional calendar. Also, a positive is that during the breaks, the teachers can help a student that is behind. One student that attended a year round school said “I love it. Just about the time I’m really tired, I get a break. Also, the teachers do not have to review the things that the kids learned from last year because they remember it because normally the longest break is one month long....
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...DepEd chief: Moving start of classes to September will only benefit some areas KIMBERLY JANE TAN, GMA NewsAugust 14, 2012 3:30pm 61 4 2 1307 Tags: Department of Education Moving the opening of classes to September will only benefit some areas and not the entire country, Department of Education Secretary Armin Luistro said Tuesday. "When I looked at the data it looks like there is very little additional advantage, benefit for schools if you look at things nationwide," Luistro said at a Senate hearing on the K to 12 basic education program. Luistro said that proposals to move the opening of classes from June to September will probably just benefit the National Capital Region (NCR). "Obviously we cannot have a different start of the school year recognizing that the country may have different ways of experiencing the weather," he said. "I think the benefit of moving it to September may be confined to maybe NCR and a few other regions, but that may not necessarily translate to additional safety realities for the other regions," he added. Two climate types PAGASA acting deputy administrator for research and development Flaviana Hilario explained that the country has two climate types: Western areas of the country such as the NCR and Central Luzon fall under type 1 climate, which experiences rain from May to September. Eastern areas such as Aurora and the Bicol region experience type 2 climate, with their rainy season lasting from October to January...
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...blonde hair, with their blue car decorated with “ Just Married” signs all over the car they pulled into the black tar driveway-It was a hot June day where you can see families playing in the kiddy pool, hearing laughter from balloon fights. You will also hear a lot of Congratulations when the couple gets out of the car, neighbors from far and wide come and greet the couple the neighbors in the Prior Lake area are always nice, willing to help which makes the community feel like a whole family in its self. In this quiet but loud neighborhood you will hear a lot of birds chirping while they are sitting in our bright new green trees that grew last year children in the backyards watching them in the tree with their little nest. You will get a great smell of flowers that everyone has in their window sills when you have your windows open in the summer your house will fill with great sunflower smell, roses that are fresh and for picking. In our backyard where the kids do not play we have fresh raspberries and fresh strawberries growing in our garden which makes the smell even more summery smell. When you walk by the townhomes sometimes during the holiday’s you can smell cookies being made, homemade bread and other goodies that you can take to grandmas for Christmas. Also on your walk you may see through the windows of a family playing board games together, reading together you will also hear a lot of children laughing when they are in their homes with their families. In the neighborhood...
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...angle of approximately 23.4 degrees. Thus, at any given time during summer or winter, one part of the planet is more directly exposed to the rays of the Sun. This exposure alternates as the Earth revolves in its orbit. Therefore, at any given time, regardless of season, the northern and southern hemispheres experience opposite seasons. The effect of axis tilt is observable from the change in day length, and altitude of the Sun at noon (the culmination of the Sun), during a year. Summer: Summer is the warmest of the four temperate seasons. Summer is the warmest season of the year when the sun shines directly on one half of the world. Usually, July and August are the hottest months of the summer season. Crops, trees, and other plants reach their full maturity in summer. Summer is traditionally associated with hot dry weather, but this does not occur in all regions. Summer is one of the seasons of a year which is the warmest. It falls between the seasons of spring and autumn. Summer is generally known to be the season which has the hottest and longest days in a year. The summer nights are usually smaller than those of winter. It is a very good season for outdoor activities like vacationing, swimming or simply lazing on the beach. Various tropical summer fruits like pineapples, watermelons, mangoes, berries, melons, and vegetables are abundant in summer. Construction: In higher latitude locations, summer is the time for road resurfacing, as winter ice and snow leaves potholes...
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