How do we shape our literacy? Through culture, childhood or does it develops in the process depending on our interest? Is there a specific language that you have to master to be considered literate? In my opinion, literacy is the ability to understand what you read and write no matter what the language is. If you ask about my literacy background, it would be an interesting one. I grew up in the Philippines and continuously lived there for fifteen years. I attended a private school that utilizes
Are we alone in the universe? This one is a hard question to answer, but there seems to be an argument that this cannot be so. Firstly, the universe is a huge place, a place that expands every second. It is so big that earth is only a tiny atom in the universe, so we can’t be the only ones alive in all that possibility of space. Secondly, life needs certain things to form; these are called CHNOPS and these are found in other places besides earth. Thirdly, people have reported alien sightings on
Are we alone in the universe? Is anything or anybody out there? These are age old questions, asked from people of all ages and races. But the first questions we need to ask are if it is even possible? Are there any other planets out there that are habitable? What does a planet need to be habitable? Without a habitable planet life cannot sustain in the universe, the search for life in the universe has been long and hard with no results proving life to exist outside of earth. The most predominant searchers
ESS AS 3.6: The features of distant planets – how do we know? 1 INTRODUCTION Exoplanets, also referred to as extra solar planets, are planets which orbit around stars in planetary systems other than our own Solar System. The first exoplanet that was ever discovered was of PSR B1257+12 A in 1992, since then we have discovered approximately 1932 extra solar planets, 1222 planetary systems and 484 multiple planet systems. A wide range of techniques are used by astronomers to find exoplanets, most of
Everyday we are faced with choices. Life is full of them. But we should be happy because it is a good thing to have the freedom to make our own choices. But with so many options, how do we make our choices? For example, with television commercials, advertisers need to be very smart and creative with how they endorse their product because seconds count. Sometimes we are not even fully listening to what the commercial is about, but there is something that sticks in our minds to influence us to act
It is one of the most important and complex questions known to man: are we alone? The universe is vast beyond comprehension and seemingly infinite. Scientists like to explain the universe’s incredible size by using the simple comparison, “There are more stars in the universe than there are grains of sand on all the beaches on Earth.” Given how little of the universe we have searched for life, concluding that there is certainly no outside life is like filling a pot with water from the ocean, examining
Everyday we are destroying our planet. Global warming is one of the biggest problems in humanity. Our society has to take immediate action in order to survive there is not much time left as we continue to grow with this problem at this rate. The increase of global warming is getting out of control. We need to take care of our planet before we run out of time, and the damage become unfixable. One of the major problems is the gas emissions called “The Greenhouse effect” this gas emissions are the
perspective. Many may say that I’m foolish for believing that our plane is capable of sustaining a large population, but I argue this because I truly see a change happening in our world. While we may always have wars, poverty, mistreatment, illegal activities and natural disasters, many good-hearted people are devoting their life to help our planet grow and sustain a large population. Our planet is already capable of sustaining more people than we currently have on earth, “while population doubled; food
Are We or Are We Not Alone in the Universe? There are various ways one could meditate on the question above. One, you're either a complete skeptic who disregards any theory that doens't fit the standards of your beliefs or rather what you were raised to believe in, two, you're not really interested to know anything about the subject and feel quite comfortable keeping ignorant in the matter, and three, you're considering the possibility that everything is possible. For me, it was never an issue of
Thesis: The main idea in this chapter is trying to figure out where our souls go after we die. Summary: In the chapter “Do we survive death.” It talks about both the soul existing and not existing. Socrates’ says that he believes the soul continues to exist and that the soul is better off separated from the body. Socrates also gave a few arguments on whether why he believed the soul still existed. One of his arguments was that the soul cannot be destroyed, like breaking something, it also can’t be