Blog #8 -(CATW Practice Essay 1) - Is Music a good tool for health? (revise)

      Listening to music is general in our life. People enjoy listening to music. Even wherever they go like hospital, restrooms,stores,street,and so on, they can listen to music eaily. They think listening to music may be able to help feel better and make life enjoy. Can you believe that living without music in your life? I have never thought that. I cannot imagine it. Music was kind of best friend from long times ago. Music was good for our mind and soul.
  
      According to the article "Is music a good tool for health?", Elizabeth Scott said music has a great effect on our body and mind. In fact, there is a health care as music therapy, which uses music to heal. People start to use music therapy to help patients in hospital as pain management, depression, to promote movement, to calm patients, to ease muscle tension, and other benefits. For example, researchers said fast beats of music make people sharper concentration. And slower beats of music make people calm and meditative state. The research means music can bring benefits to our state of mind. In other example, breathing and heart rate may be affected by music. Music can help prevent the bad effects of stress, not only relaxation, but also health. So, people try to listen to music for bring a positive mind, helping to keep depression, trying to control their feeling.

     I totally agree with Elizabeth's idea, because I always listen to music these days. Even when I make- up, take a shower, walk on the street, go to school, take a subway, and so on. These days, I had chronic stress and felt sad, but if I listened to music, I felt like getting better. So, I love to listen to music and agree with Elizabeth's idea.

    In my experience, I had read newspaper a few months ago. The article was about music class in hospital. These days, Doctors recommend to patients to take music class whenever they want to take in hopsital. Doctors and patients listen to music as fast beats and slower beats and then they discuss about the music. And also sometimes they sing a song and dance together in class. Doctors think music is good tool for preventing patents' diseases. So, they are using music to heal. And also patients said when they take the class, they can forget that they are sick at least during the class. So, they are satisfied to taking the alss. They can keep tainking a poistive way like music. Doctors and pateidnts can have a conversation each other by music. The article was showing how music therapy is good for health. Even not only the patients felt good things from music therapy, but also doctors. In my opinion, when I read the article from newspaper, I was surprised and I think the music class need to be popular in the world. And Even not patients, other people can enjoy with music and can be consoled from music. I think that is how music therapy works and what is the music to everyone.

      Thus, Elizabeth Scott said music is a good tool for health, because music can bring a more positive mind, help control our emotions, and make feel better. And also poeple can react by music. So, I agree with Elizabeth's idea that music is a good tool for health.

Blog #7- (CATW Practice 2)- Individualism in Groups

         People can go through so many happenings in their life. Sometimes, some bad situation can approach to people who are in a group or who are individuals. People tend to have different behavior towards a situation.

        According to the article “ In Groups we shrink” by Carol Tavris, she said when people are in group, they act differently than they are on their own. If one person is in danger situation, the person will try to figure out by own-self or go to someone’s help. However when there are people in bad situation, they do not know how to act and hold back. Psychologists call this “diffusion of responsibility” or “social loafing.” People in a group become lazier than individual. And they think nothing needs to do for the dangerous situation, because they think someone else will take care about it. I agree with Carol Tavris’ idea that is people act different in different situations. I think that people who are in groups do not want to get embarrassed or make a fool by themselves. So, they tend to stay in the background.

          In my experience, I watched movie that was Korean movie. The movie was talking about that how people are selfish and how people do not want to be a fool these days. Main character was dreaming that he was walking on the street. There were two guys were fighting hard on the street. Many people were looking at the guys. Even one guy was bleeding heavily and the guy almost died, but the other guy never stopped. But the problem was nobody made the guys stop. They just cheered and watched the guys. The main character was shocked about that, but even he could not say anything. He was so confused by himself like he should make stop or not. He wanted to make stop, but he was scared of others’ eyes. He did not want to be a fool and get embarrassed, because that was not his business. Finally, He woke up and sat down the bed. After then, he reminded the dream. And he felt a guilty, because he did not make them stop. And he thought he was scared of others’ eyes, if there were just him and the two guys, would he make them stop? And why did no one care about them? It was really selfish and stupid behaviors. Even he knew it was wrong, but he could not do anything. After I watched the movie, I totally agreed with the movie that talked about how people are selfish and having different act in different situation. And also I thought I was same as the main character, because sometimes, I tend to stay in the background. I am scared of bad situation that if I am in dangerous situation, but no one care about me. What should I do in the situation? It really makes me be scared. I can be a victim. So, I think everyone should follow and should not stay back.

          Thus, people tend to have different act in different situations. If one person is in bad situation, the person will do something for solving the situation, but people are in bad situation, they try to ignore and do not care about that. They think someone else will take care about that. It can be big problem in modern life. I think people should follow and go with the situation in a group, because you can be a victim.

Blog #6- ( Practice Essay ) Is Music a good tool for health?

      People enjoy listening to music. Wherever they go, they can listen to music eaily. For example, hospital, restrooms, stores, street, and so on. Listening to music is general in our life. Many people think listening to music may be able to help feel better.
  
      According to the article "Is music a good tool for health?", Elizabeth Scott said music has a great effect on our body and mind. In fact, there is a health care as music therapy, which uses music to heal. People start to use music therapy to help patients in hospital as pain management, depression, to promote movement, to calm patients, to ease muscle tension, and other benefits. For example, researchers said fast beats of music make people sharper concentration. And slower beats of music make people calm and meditative state. The research means music can bring benefits to our state of mind. In other example, breathing and heart rate may be affected by music. Music can help prevent the bad effects of stress, not only relaxation, but also health. So, people try to listen to music for bring a positive mind, helping to keep depression, trying to control their feeling.

     I totally agree with Elizabeth's idea, because I always listent to music these days. Even when I make- up, take a shower, walk on the street, go to school, take a subway, and so on. These days, I had chronic stress and felt sad, but if I listened to music, I felt like getting better. So, I love to listen to music and agree with Elizabeth's idea.

    In my experience, I had read newspaper a few months ago. The article was about music class in hospital. These days, Doctors recommend to patients to take music class whenever they want to take in hopsital. Doctors and patients listen to music as fast beats and slower beats and then they discuss about the music. And also sometimes they sing a song and dance together in class. Doctors think music is good tool for preventing patents' diseases. So, they are using music to heal. And also patients said when they take the class, they can forget that they are sick at least during the alss. So, they are satisfied to taking the alss. They can keep tainking a poistive way like music. Doctors and pateidnts can have a conversation each other by music. In my opinion, when I read the article from newspaper, I was surprised and I think the music class need to be popular in the world.

   Thus, Elizabeth Scott said music is a good tool for health, because music cna bring a more positive mind, help control our emotions, and make feel better. And also poeple can react by music. So, I agree with Elizabeth's idea that music is a good tool for health.

Blog #5- "Historical and Personal Illusions."

After I read the article that was The Allegory of the Cave, I tried to think about that what i belive in. In the article, there are two parts of world. One of the world is that prisoners are living in cave are ignorte and do not know about anything , just imagine what about the world. And the other world is real world. I wonder where I was in Plato's cave. I think i was one of the prisoners, because i was afraid of trying something new. Even I was scared come to other countries. In my case, Actually i was negative person before i came to new york. When my parents said why dont you go the other countries for studying? I could not say anything, becase I was scared and I think negative things like if i go to other countries for studying, i would not achieve my goal, and just would spend a lot of money in other countries. So, I rejected the my parents' opinion. But, there was no my futuer in Korea, because i did not study well in school, i was not intersting of my life. i tried to think deeply about my life. After then i changed my mind. I think i tried to belive in that If I think positive things, every thing will be good. And before trying to new things, never know. So, now i am living in real world. after i came to new york , i learned a lot of things, and i am being positive person.

Blog #4 - The Allegory of the Cave (Summary)

According to the aritcle " The Allegory of the Cave", the article will say about the human condition that if humans know the truth about their world or not. There are prisoners have chained their legs and necks in cave so they cannot move and cannot twist their necks around. All day long they just can imagine about passers by behind them because of the fire. One of the prisoners was released. so he can see the world for real, but he was hurt by the light. And he wants to share the outside with the prisoners, but they reject him because he cannot see the world as they can do and had an echo in cave so, they cannot understand what he said. This story is an allegroy for how painful true knowledge is and thinking of possibility.

Blog 2 -Summary of "Hype"

Summary of "Hype"

  According to the article "Hype", the author said there are so many advertisements these days. Advertisements are the most general and toxic of the mental pollutants. These days, people can meet with a lot of advertisements at least 12 billion display advertisements per day. Anywhere people can see and listen a lot of advertisements even when they wake up and until go to sleep.

#1 - Hype (Garam Song)

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Hype

These days, people contact with a lot of advertisements. Even after they wake up and before they go to sleep. Many people think the advertisements are good for us, but some people disagree with them.

According to the article "Hype", the author said people can listen and watch at least 12 billion display advertisements per day. And the advertisements are increasing. For example, when people use cell phone, wait bank machine, sit in the cafe, go shopping, and so on. They can meet with many advertisements easily. The problem is they cannot realize the advertisements are good for them or not. I agree with the author's idea that is people do not realize how we live with a lot of advertisements in the modern life.

There are so many advertisements even when we are walking on the street, we can see a lot of logos or product messages. Sometimes, the advertisements make me tired, because, the advertisements can never stop.

In my experience, when I came to New York for the first time, I was surprised. I could not close my eyes. Street was blight at the night, because of advertisements. A lot of advertisements kept saying some messages to me, but I could understand, because Korea was similar with New York these days. But when I watched TV, I was so mad. I could not pocus on the programs at all. If I compare with Korean TV advertisements and American TV advertisements, it is totally different.

First of all, In korea, programs never stop for 1 hour. After the program is over, advertisements come out to us. However, In America, Advertisements kept coming out while I was watching the programs after the programs stared after 10- 15 minutes. I do not understand why a lot of advertisements are keeping coming out during the programs. And secondly, American advertisements are direct. For example, if some advertisements want to give a message to people, the advertisements just say the message. So, when I saw the advertisements in TV, sometimes I was frown at TV.



We can meet with a lot of advertisements per day. People think the most powerful micromarketing medium is advertisements. People are getting use to be. But, I think too much is not good for everyone and everything. So, I hope advertisements are reduced by people.



The article “Hype” said that people can meet with so many advertisements in wherever and whenever. People need to think about the advertisements are too much. I agree with the author that micromarketing is available, but too much is not good for every one,