Week.14 Writing Journal Prompts2

After the draft conference, I got some useful advice from the professor. My questions are about the back ground design, the idea of the last body paragraph, and the citation.

My goals producing my Webtext are making the paragraphs flow enough and explore my topic well.

From the peer review, I found out that some of my paragraphs might make the read misunderstand my topic and some paragraphs were not flow enough.

Week 14.Writing Journal Prompts 1

My topic is about CEO which connects to the society.  All of our group members have the same topic- social science, so it is easy for me to make my own topic fit into our group webzine. Also, my background color of the index page will fit the background color of the group page.

Week12.Writing Journal Prompts

Reflection of Webtext

For the webtext, Being a Successful CEO, the things that worked not so well for me was to write thesis statement and outline. At the beginning, though I had a topic, it was hard for me to make a fit statement and express my idea clearly. For example, my topic was about some factors which important to a CEO’s success, but I also needed to define what was success. At first, it was hard to make this two points together in on paragraph. At this time, the professor helped me to deal with this problem. Therefore, I followed the professor’s advice to change the stances’ structure and showing my idea in another way. Finally, I over came the problem and organized my idea well.

Week11.Writing Journal Prompts 2

For “Discernment ability” part:

1. The first text is from the Five Marks of a Great Leader. In this article, the author points out 5 things that a successful leader need. The five marks are the moral courage, judgment, sense of priority, disposal and concentration of effort and Humor. The author expatiates how these marks are important to the leader by giving specific examples. I choose this article because it helps me to explain the importance of discernment ability.

2. The second text is from an interview of MCI CEO, Michael Capellas. In the interview, it gives some information about Michael Capellas and Capellas’s opinions of dealing MCI’s problem. It is useful for me to show Capellas’s attitude on his achievement which from his own word. 

3. The third text is an introduction of Michal Capellas. It gives reasons that why people need to pay attention on Michal Capellas and make comments on his achievement. From this text, I can show audiences how Capellas use his discernment ability to make big achievements.

Reference:

Rich, L. (2004).Sunday interview: with Michael D. Capellas. [Web]. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/25/business/sunday-interview-with-michael-d-capellas-frying-pan-ready-for-fire.html?ref=michaeldcapellas

Tucker, C . (n, d,). 10 to watch. [Web]. Retrieved from

http://www.americanwaymag.com/mci-michael-capellas-worldcom-genentech-coo

Johnson, P. (2005). Five marks of a great leader. [Web]. Forbes, 175(10), 31. Retrieved from EBSCOhost.

Week10.Writing Journal Prompts1

Image Evaluation



Carlos Ghosn （2010）















 

Content analysis

1. What do you see? A man is sitting in front of a car.

2. What is the image about? Nissan’s CEO, Carlos Ghosn.

3. Are there people in the image? What are they doing? How are they presented?

  1)Yes. 2) Taking a picture in a car exhibition.

4. Can the image be looked at different ways? No.

5. How effective is the image as a visual message? Inform the audience that he has connection with Nissan.

Visual analysis

1. How is the image composed? What is in the background, and what is in the foreground? Background is a car; foreground is the person who is being introduced.

2. What are the most important visual elements in the image? How can you tell? Carlos Ghosn’s face. He is smiling confidently.

3. How is color used? Colorful.

4. Can the image be looked at different ways? No..

5. What meanings are conveyed by design choices? Without Carlos Ghosn, there will not have Nissan.

Contextual information

1. What information accompanies the image? Carlos Ghosn’s biography.

2. Does the text change how you see the image? How? No.

3. Is the textual information intended to be factual and inform, or is it intended to influence what and how you see? Just inform the facts.

4. What kind of context does the information provide? Does it answer the questions Where, how, Why, and For whom was the image made? No.

Image source

1. Where did you find the image?

http://www.wheelosphere.org/carlos-ghosn-ulc-will-be-priced-below-tata-nano/

2. What information does the source provide about the origins of the image?

  About some things that Carlos Ghosn did for Nissan.

3. Is the source reliable and trustworthy? Yes.

4. Was the image found in an image database, or was it being used in another context to convey meaning? No.

Technical quality

1. Is the image large enough to suit your purposes? Yes.

2. Are the color, light, and balance true? Yes.

3. Is the image a quality digital image, without pixelation or distortion? Yes.

4. Is the image in a file format you can use? Yes.

5. Are there copyright or other use restrictions you need to consider? Not really.

Critics

[Carlos Ghosn]. [Web]. (2010). Wheelsphere. Retrieved from http://www.wheelosphere.org/carlos-ghosn-ulc-will-be-priced-below-tata-nano/

Week11 Webtext Prompt2

Ethos: Showing some professional information, like informing the company structure.

Pathos: Reading the podcast in normal voice, but stress some words when showing some information which need to be paid attention on. When the person in the image changes face, I will change the voice. 

Logos: Using proverbs like “Learning from people, we can weigh the successes and failures; studying from history, we can see the rule of falling and rising”.

Rhetorical devices mentioned:

Contrast: To contrast the successful CEO and unsuccessful CEO.

Description: To describe CEO’ job.

Parallel structures: Showing the purpose of the podcast.  

Week11 Webtext Prompt1

My topic for the slideshow will be the CEOs who become successful because of having good abilities and CEOs who fail because do not have those abilities. For each kind of ability (using experience, money management, communication, Discernment ability), I will give a real example to explain how does the ability makes a CEO be successful. For instance, when I start to talk about money management, I will show the result of how Carlos Ghosn saved Nissan by using money management. In addition, I will give a picture to show a CEO’s place in a company.

By showing the CEOs, it gives real examples to support the idea of the Webtext. I will use the examples which are mentioned in the Webtext. In the slideshow, I can give more information about those CEOs. Therefore, though some audiences are unfamiliar with those CEOs, they can get some information from the slideshow. For example, when I show Carlos Ghosn’s picture, maybe some audiences do not know him, so I will give some information or story about him.

My slideshow is used for supporting and adding information for the examples from the Webtext. Therefore, the text can become more connected to the real world.

Week10.Writing Journal Prompts

Differences:

1. A podcast has more oral and simple words, so that can make the listener easy to understand the content in a short time. A printed essay has more precise words and will be written in a normal format because it is for academic use.

2. Any kinds of number in a podcast need to be written in words instead of in figures, so that it is easy to say. Figures are used more in a print assay because they are easy to be identified and are convenient for people to read the essay.

3. A podcast has more short sentences because the speaker can easier to show different tone between different sentences. Also, this can give enough time for the speaker to breath.

4. It is necessary to write phrases like “in the end of this podcast” to show the ending and thankful phrases. A printed essay uses these phrases rarely.

5. The sources need to be cited totally in the podcast, so the speaker can cite the sources orally.

Similarities:

1. Bothe texts need to be logical and are written in full structure.

2. Bothe texts need have citation.

Week8.Writing Journal Prompts

My podcast’s topic will about the importance of CEOs’ abilities, and the main point will be CEOs need to attach importance to their abilities and responsibilities from many aspects. According to the date from Consumerist.com that CEO’s salary went up 298.2% while the worker’s salary just went up 4.3% form 1995 to 2005 (2007). This situation means that CEOs’ pay are much higher than workers’. However, different rate of pay is connected with corresponding rate of job, and having more pay requires having more responsibilities. In other word, because CEOs can get much money, they have to take more responsibilities than workers. Therefore, the CEO needs to have high level abilities, so that he or she can do the job in a long term. Having abilities like using experience critically, money management skill, communication skills and discernment ability are important, because these abilities can make a CEO to gain more achievements. According to Research Recap.com, that Booz Allen points out in CEO Succession, “from 1995 to 2006 annual CEO turnover has grown 59%; in that same period, performance-related turnover increased by 318%. In 1995, one in eight departing CEOs was forced from office – in 2006, nearly one in three left involuntarily” (2007). CEO’s replacing is quick. As a result, it is necessary for CEOs to have abilities which can help them to make more achievements, so that they can keep their jobs and become successful in one day.

Reference:

CEO Pay Up 298%, Average Worker's? 4.3% (1995-2005). (2007). Consumerist. Retrieved from

http://consumerist.com/2007/04/ceo-pay-up-298-average-workers-43-1995-2005.html

Booz Allen Hamilton Reports on CEO Turnover. (2007). Research Recap. Retrieved from

http://www.researchrecap.com/index.php/2007/05/24/booz-allen-hamilton-reports-on-ceo-turnover/

Week7.Writing Journal Prompts

During the draft conference, we have discussed the 1000-words-draft’s format and its subheading. The format of a Webtext is different form the one which used in essay, so I need change the format and make the text looks more like Webtext. The second thing is about the subheading, like the “Controlling skill”. I need to rewrite the heading to make a clear idea and fit the content. Therefore, I change the subheading into “Money Management Skill”.

After read the feedback from the professor and partner, I know that I have to make some changes.

It is really necessary and important for me to fix my grammar mistakes, so I will go to the writing center to get some help. The second thing is that in the background part, after I point out the fail CEO, I have to write more details.

From the instructor feedback, I know that some sentences which are unclear need to be fixed. Also, I need to make the essay in a logical order.

Week6.Writing Journal Prompts

1. The first article I choose is the Five Marks of a Great Leader. In this article, the author points out 5 things that a successful leader need. The five marks are the moral courage, judgment, sense of priority, disposal and concentration of effort and Humor. The author expatiates how these marks are important to the leader by giving specific examples. I choose this article because it helps me to explain the importance of discernment ability.

2. The second article I choose is the Communication from the Top down. This article is about how to use communication as a tool to manage the company and shows how communication is important. The author uses Chris Hamon as an example to explain how communication skills are used in real life. I choose this article because it gives me a specific example about how communication skills works.

References

Johnson, P. (2005). Five Marks of a Great Leader. Forbes, 175(10), 31. Retrieved from EBSCOhost.

Johnson, S. M. (2009). Communication from the Top down. Management Quarterly, 50(1), 24-26. Retrieved from EBSCOhost.1.

Database: Academic Search Premier

References

Book:

Carver, J. (2006). Boards in Nonprofit and Public Organization. Jossey-Bass (pp.418). San

Francisco, CA.

Finkelstein, S. (2004). Why Smart Executives Fail: and What You can Learn From Their

Mistakes. Penguin Group Penguin Group (USA) Inc. New York, NY.

Crowther, G. (2003). CEO Communication. Communication World, 20(6), 34. Retrieved

from EBSCOhost.

Johnson, S. M. (2009). COMMUNICATION FROM THE TOP DOWN. Management

Quarterly, 50(1), 24-26. Retrieved from EBSCOhost.1.

Web:

Carlos Ghosn | Nissan | Renault. Retrieved from <http://www.adept.org.tn/?p=9>

Carver, . (2006). Boards in Nonprofit and Public Organization. Jossey-Bass (pp.418). San Francisco, CA.

Hansen, M. T., Ibarra, H. (2009, December 14). Do We Celebrate the Wrong CEOs. Retrieved from

<http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2009/12/do_we_celebrate_the_wrong_ceos.html#>

Hansen, M. T., Ibarra, H, Peyer, Urs. The 100 Best-Performing CEOs in the World. Retrieved from

<http://hbr.org/2010/01/the-best-performing-ceos-in-the-world/ar/1#>

General Motors CEO resigns as part of bailout deal. (2009, Mar.30). Retrieved from

            <http://articles.cnn.com/2009-03-30/us/gm.ceo.resigns_1_troubled-automaker-wagoner-gm-

             web?_s=PM:US>

General Motors CEO resigns. (2009, Dec.1). Retrieved from

             <http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2009/12/01/gm-ceo-resigns.html>

McIntyre, D A. (2010, April 27). The Worst CEOs In American History. Retrieved from <http://247wallst.com/2010/04/27/the-worst-american-ceos-in-history/>

Tierney,C. (2005, Feb.). Success Story - Carlos Ghosn (1/2). Retrieved from

            <http://www.autotropolis.com/wiki/index.php?title=Carlos_Ghosn>

Week5.Writing Journal Prompts

1. The first book is On the Fly: Executing Strategy in a Changing World. It is about how to organize company in a better way and what problem may be met during the process. The book includes some strategies which teach people to be good at think and leader. This book is helpful because I can find the factors which can affect a CEO become successful from this book.

2. The second book is Why Smart Executives Fail: and What You can Learn From Their Mistakes. In this book, the author summary several characteristics which unsuccessful leaders have. Also the author analyses the reason that why some leaders fail. This book has many examples which are useful for supporting my statement.

References:

Finkelstein, Sydney. (2004). Why Smart Executives Fail: and What You can Learn From Their Mistakes.

Penguin Group Penguin Group (USA) Inc. New York, NY. Wal, Stephen J. (2004). On the Fly: Executing Strategy in a Changing World. John Wiley& Sons, Inc. Canada.

Outline

Working Outline for: Is that too hard to become a successful CEO?

Research Question: What influences can some factors have on becoming a successful CEO?

Working Thesis: Working experience, working skills and discernment ability will affect a CEO's activity and achivement.

Purpose: The paper will discuss how some factors except knowledge will affect a CEO to become successful; find connection between CEOs’ success and their experience, working skills and discernment ability.

Audience: Students who choose CEO to be the future job and people who want to learn manage skills.

Question:What is a CEO?

              Daily work.

              What does mean successful

              What factors can make a CEO different achievement

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I. What is CEO?

A. Responsibility

B. Skills

C. Why does it is important

II. Successful CEO

A. What does successful mean

B. Factors of successful

1. Experience

2. Professional skill

3. Discernment ability.

III. Experience

A. Adapt the work

B. Change old style

IV. Professional skill

A. Control

B. Communicate

C. Deal with problem

IV. Discernment ability

Week4.Writing Journal Prompts

Summary：

1. Controling company’s cost:

A. This web page introduces the current CEO of Renault and Nissan-- Carlos Ghosn bv showing the timeline. Though he is a foreign CEO, he has changed the company’s situation from losing money to gaining profit. Because of his success, he become well-known and be learned from by others (Carlos Ghosn | Nissan | Renault).

    B. This article is about Carlos Ghosn’s early life in the companies. The author points out why Mr. Ghosn is successful by using other’s consideration of Mr. Ghosn, compares his work in different companies and how he made Nissan be reconstructed with an amazing plan (Tierney, 2005).

2. Deal with problem expect

    A. This is a news report about GM CEO Rick Wagoner’s resignation. Rick Wagoner thinks Fritz Henderson who will take his place can do well because Henderson is knowledgeable and energetically. At the mean time, the Obama administration starts to support the company by giving financial aid (General Motors CEO resigns as part of bailout deal, 2009).

  

    B. This is a news report about GM CEO Fritz Henderson who superseded Richard Wagoner. Though the news does not give reason for Fritz Henderson’s resignation, the author writes what Fritz Henderson did when the company was in trouble. Because Fritz Henderson make a wrong estimation, the company’s situation gets worse (General Motors CEO resigns, 2009).

References:

Carlos Ghosn | Nissan | Renault. Retrieved from <http://www.adept.org.tn/?p=92>

Tierney,Christine. (2005, Feb.). Success Story - Carlos Ghosn (1/2). Retrieved from

<http://www.autotropolis.com/wiki/index.php?title=Carlos_Ghosn>

General Motors CEO resigns as part of bailout deal. (2009, Mar.30). Retrieved from

<http://articles.cnn.com/2009-03-30/us/gm.ceo.resigns_1_troubled-automaker-wagoner-gm-web?_s=PM:US>

General Motors CEO resigns. (2009, Dec.1). Retrieved from

<http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2009/12/01/gm-ceo-resigns.html>

Week4.Writing

Introduction:

A CEO is the top manager in the company. In other words, the CEO is the most important existence for the company’s survival and development. Nowadays, the competitions between companies are very fierce, and having a successful CEO is very important to a company. Therefore, many companies try their best to find CEOs who have good renown and are capable. However, having renown and being capable dose not mean successful. According to The Worst CEOs In American History, that John Sculley who was hired to be Apple’s CEO in 1983 and Thomas Edison are considered worst CEOs (McIntyre, 2010). I think a successful CEO not only needs knowledge, but also know how to make the company become successful, For this reason, I choose my topic to be What influences can some factors have on becoming a successful CEO and focusing on how a CEO who have these factors without knowledge to make a successful career.  

Rationale:

I choose this topic for 3 reasons. First, being a student who is majoring in management, manager is a position that I have paid close attention for a long time for my future career. As Ibarra and Hansen pointed in Do We Celebrate the Wrong CEOs, that CEOs always be considered getting much admiration (2009). There has many CEOs, however, just a few of them can be successful and well-known, so I am interested in how to get the admiration. Second, I choose to talk about CEO because a CEO is the top manager in the company. In other words, the CEO is the most important existence for the company’s survival and development. What they do may affect the company a lot. I am wondering how a CEO’s ability can influence the company exactly. The reason for me to write about how a CEO can make a successful company instead of write what factors can make a CEO become successful is because a CEO’s success is depended on his contribution in the work. Therefore, the factors that made a CEO manage a company successful are similar to the factors that help a CEO get success. The audience may be the student who chooses CEO to be the future job and people who want to learn manage skills.

Methodology:

To write the article, I need to know what factors that a CEO’s need to have to manage the company. Therefore, I plan to look up the best CEO list in business report, news paper and find information about those CEOs’ strong points. Than I can explore how these points affect a CEO’s work and why they are important. I will use the Internet to check the basic work for CEO and the some special things that those CEOs’ do. Also, I plan to find some report about the successful CEO in business magazine and use some information from the scholarly journals. 

Detailed plan:

In the beginning of my article, I will explain a CEO’s basic job, importance to the company. Later, I will talk about the connection between a CEO’s success and a company’s success. Then, I will explore how some specific factors (responsibility, work experience professional skills and discernment ability) affect a CEO’s work and why these factors are important by giving positive and negative examples from the news report (Web/ print text, picture). Finally, I will make a conclusion that how these factors are more necessary than knowledge to a CEO to get success in the career.

Preliminary conclusion:

These days, some companies employ successful CEOs, like Steve Jobs and Gareth Davis (Hansen, Ibarra, Peyer). In contrast, sometimes the result is not satisfactory. For example, the CEOs in GM and BP were fired because of their failed management. The companies have changed their CEOs to deal with the companies’ failure. As John Carver said in Boards in Nonprofit and Public Organization, that “If something goes wrongs in the organization, there is only one person at whom the board can point”(2006). Maybe there have some other things cause the failure, the CEO needs to respond for all the bad results, so it is very important for a CEO to know how to manage the company. Though having high education certificate is important and for the CEO, other factors which connect to the real world, like having good sense of responsibility, work experience, professional skills and discernment ability are also important in the process of managing company.

References:

Carver, John. (2006). Boards in Nonprofit and Public Organization. Jossey-Bass (pp.418). San Francisco, CA.

Hansen, Morten. T., Ibarra, Herminia. (2009, December 14). Do We Celebrate the Wrong CEOs. Retrieved from

<http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2009/12/do_we_celebrate_the_wrong_ceos.html#>

Hansen, Morten. T., Ibarra, Herminia, Peyer, Urs. The 100 Best-Performing CEOs in the World. Retrieved from

<http://hbr.org/2010/01/the-best-performing-ceos-in-the-world/ar/1#>

McIntyre, Douglas A. (2010, April 27). The Worst CEOs In American History. Retrieved from <http://247wallst.com/2010/04/27/the-worst-american-ceos-in-history/>

Week3.Writing Journal Prompts 2

Being a student who is majoring in management, CEO is a position that I have paid close attention for a long time. A CEO is the top manager in the company. In other words, the CEO is the most important existence for the company’s survival and development. Nowadays, the competitions between companies are very fierce, and having a successful CEO is very important to a company. Therefore, many companies try their best to find CEOs. There have many CEOs, however, just a few of them can be successful and well-known. Though many of the CEO has considerable knowledge for this job, they do not have striking achievement. What factors can make the so different result between CEOs. The paper will discuss how some factors except knowledge will affect a CEO to become successful.

Topics: the factors for a CEO to become successful.  

Question: What influences can some factors have on becoming a successful CEO?

Sub-questions:

            1. Can a CEO’s responsibility has big influence on his activity?

            2. Is the work experience important to the CEO?

            3. What effects can professional skills have on becoming a successful CEO? (control, communication, deal with problem)

            4 Why discernment ability is necessary to successful CEO.

Preliminary conclusion:

         Though knowledge is important and necessary for the CEO, other factors which connect to the real world, like having good sense of responsibility, work experience, professional skills and discernment ability are also important in the process of becoming successful CEO.

Week3.Writing Journal Prompts 1

I have found some useful information about how to be a successful CEO. In the first website, I found that not only the responsibility and work skill were necessary to the CEO, having work connected experience was also important to the CEO. In the second website, there was an article about how people consider a CEO was successful or not by doing research. 

1. ABR Staff Writer (2010, July 15). BMW Group Names New Executives. Automotive-business-review. Retrieved from

<http://manufacturing.automotive-business-review.com/news/bmw_group_names_new_executives_100716#>

2 Barbara Kiviat （2008， Jan. 11）. Can Looks Predict a Successful CEO? Time. Retrieved from <http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1702778,00.html>

Evaluating Websites:

Authority: Both website has the contact information, parent organization’s qualifications. Parties are responsible indicated. However, in the first website, most of the authors’ names are instead of ABR staff writer.    

Accuracy: Both website has detailed and comprehensive information, links to reputable outside sources. Many articles are recent. Also, these websites list source for presented information.

Currency: Both website has dates on Web pages and has no

Objectivity: Most of the information are fair and without conflict of interest. In the first website, there has some advertisements.

Week2.Writing Journal Prompts 2

Topic1: Some risks of the job in business administration.

  I am majoring in Management. After I graduated, I will find a job in business administration, so it is necessary to find out that the work is security enough for me to choose or not.

Topic2: The responsibilities that a CEO need to have.

          The most popular job in business administration is being a CEO because it is one of the important job in the company. However, importantce means the job requires more responsibilities. During searching, I found that this job also requires high professional ethics.

Topic3: The skills that a manager need to have.

          Being a manager is not easy. It is important to gain enough skills for this job. Therefore, by knowing the stills that I need in the future career, I can set up goals and make a list for future study.

Particular Business: Automobile industry

Week2.Writing Journal Prompts 1

Subject area: Business administration

The things that I know about this subject:

1) Some special area of the business administration study is needed:

    Accounting; Entrepreneurship; Finance; Human Resource Management; International Business

2) The most well-known title is the CEO

3) Business administration is the performance or management of business operations and thus the making 

    or implementing of a major decision.

4) Being a manager, he or she need to make plan, organize things, do staffing and control many stuffs.

5) The salary of the people whose job is about business administration is high.

The things that I want to know:

1) Does there has any risk in the future for this subject?

2) What kinds of skills are needed?

3) What is the most challenging part of the work?

Response 1

   I have read two articles about Gen Y and tobacco smoke.

   The first article is “Why Gen Y Is Going to Change the Web” which was written by Sarah Perez. In this article, the author discussed the background of Gen Y, like what did the Gen Y’s daily life looks like and Gen Y’s attitude to life. Then, he pointed out the Gen Y’s specialty on technology. At last, the author gave the suggestion about how people especially the bosses to get along with the Gen Y. The purpose of the article may be building an image of Gen Y to people who do not understand them very much. The author first talked about how different the Gen Y’s attitude to life is. He thought that though the Gen Y do not pay too much attention on TV, ad and work which were considered need to be cared about a lot, they concerned about the world wild issues.  

    I agree about the Perez’s opinion that “Ignoring the voices of Gen Y is something you should do at your own peril, especially if you're a business looking to hire, a company selling a product, or an advertising firm trying to reach them”. Nowadays, a successful company can live without high technology, so it is important for the company to keep the employees who has the knowledge of technology. As Perez said in the article that “science Gen Y grew up on the web, they're going to be the driving force behind the way the web of the future is shaped”. Therefore, Gen Y may play an important role in the company. As a result, it is very important for bosses to deal with the relationship with Gen Y employees, or they will lose the resource.

   The second article is a highlight sheet which name is “A Report of the Surgeon General: How Tobacco Smoke Causes Disease - The Biology and Behavioral Basis for Smoking-Attributable Disease Fact Sheet”. From the report, the author wants smokers and people who exposures to secondhand tobacco smoke that how danger smoking is by listing tobacco-related diseases. Also, the author suggests smokers to make quite plan as early as possible. In this sheet, it includes gave a lot of information about the diseases which caused by smoking and some stereotypes of smoking. For instance, the author pointed that “There is no safe level of exposure to tobacco smoke”. Even though a person does not smoke, he or she also will get the disease by exposure to secondhand smoking.

   I agree about the author’s opinion that “The only proven strategy for reducing the risk of tobacco-related disease and death is to never smoke, and if you do smoke to quit”. It is very necessary for the smoker to stop smoking. It is not only good for themselves, but also good for the people who are living around them. From the sheet, I know that most of tobacco-related diseases are very harmful to human body. For example, the author claims that “The chemicals and toxicants in tobacco smoke damage DNA, which can lead to cancer” and “Smoking causes about 85% of lung cancers in the U.S”. Also, there has no safe ways to reduced tobacco-related diseases risk. Therefore, the only way to get back a health body is to quit smoking.

About college life

    Being an international student and freshman, at the first day of college, I was full of curiosities about the new teaching and learning style, college life and cultural. Also, I had a strong desire to get a high score in the end of each semester. I had learned most of the background knowledge for the classes, so I thought I could do well in these classes. Because the teaching style is different from high school, I knew that I needed to learned how to management time and make plan. Besides, in the beginning, I still am conditioned to follow the teacher’s direction and being dependent.