Seasons

Japan has four seasons that have many interesting events. However, the Japanese summer is the most uncomfortable season. First, before summer, typhoons hit Japan so it is dangerous. In addition, there is too much moisture in the summer. When people must stand, the body sticks to seat. Also, there are many mosquitoes in the summer. Therefore, we should prepare counteract mosquitoes because we want to get a good sleep. In conclusion, a Japanese summer is the most uncomfortable season, due to typhoons, moisture, and mosquitoes. Japanese summers have some problems.

by Hiroyuki Asano

Frog Son

Japanese people sometimes use “a frog’s son is a frog.” This proverb is similar to, “like father, like son.” Japanese people usually use the proverb for a son has the same job as his father. If a father is a skillful carpenter, and also his son is a skillful carpenter, we say, “A Frog’s son is a frog.” However, Japanese people sometimes use this proverb for irony, for example when a governor’s son becomes a governor, a wrongdoer’s son is a wrongdoer. Japan has another proverb that has a similar meaning; “like father, like son,” which is “Blood is thicker than water.” This message is same as the frog’s son, but we use this proverb for a positive meaning. Japan has some proverbs that relate to blood relations.
by Hiroyuki Asano

Summary response #2

Street Children

In this article “The Killings Escalate In Brazil,” Caius Brandao mentions that Brazil has a high a quality of children’s rights legislation, but why are many Brazilian children still dying? In addition, she mentions that killing children is a business in Brazil. The powerful elite pay killers to kill children for private security. The killers do not get guilt or punishment. This author also mentions why this business is profitable. Killing children is to help the killer’s life and to decrease street crimes. However this author suggests that these killings are escalating. Finally this author mentions how many children are killed a year. In my opinion, Governments should control number of street children to change the law to accept abortion.

First, Brazil should make laws without considering religion. Their religion does not accept abortions but accepting killing children is strange. Their religion helps prenatal children but it dose not help born children. The parents of street children are too irresponsible, so they already have discarded their religion.

Second, street children are trying to survive themselves; government should support them. Brazil has too much population to protect them, so if they do not have enough money to protect street children people should not make children. Government should make a choice for people. That is better than killing children in live moral life.
Finally, governments should make sex education programs to teach that contraception is important. If they cannot bring up children they should use contraception. However, sometimes despite people use of contraception, it does not work and sometimes they make children accidentally. Therefore, people need abortion.
In conclusion, Brazil should accept abortion because their religion does not help children, governments could not support street children and contraception sometimes does not work. If Brazil accepts abortion, they can decrease the number of street children.

Finally, governments should make sex education programs to teach that contraception is important. If they cannot bring up children they should use contraception. However, sometimes despite people use of contraception, it does not work and sometimes they make children accidentally. Therefore, people need abortion.

In conclusion, Brazil should accept abortion because their religion does not help children, governments could not support street children and contraception sometimes does not work. If Brazil accepts abortion, they can decrease the number of street children.


Reference
Brandao, C. (1995, April 24). The Killings Escalate In Brazil. ICRI Brazil Project
Coordinator. Retrieved July 16, 2007, from
http://www.pangaea.org/street_children/latin/brazil.htm

by Hiroyuki Asano

EAP2#3 writing
2007/ 07/13
Urashima Tarou

Once upon a time, Urashima Tarou was on a beach. He found a turtle, which was bullied by children. He has conscience so we helped the turtle. The turtle appreciated him, and the turtle acknowledged the kindness by take Tarou to Ryuugu castle, which is in the sea. The castle is inhabited by sea creatures and Otohime, who is the princess of sea. Taro enjoyed the castle life for many years. Then, when he did not know how many years the hehas been in the under the sea, he decided to go back to his house. When he prepared to leave the castle, Otohime gave him a box but she said, “Do not open the box.” When he was back to his hometown, everything had changed. His house was not there. There was no one Tarou knew in the towns. Tarou felt strange so he went back to the beach and was at a loss what to do next. Suddenly, he wanted to open the box. However, he had promised Otohime he wouldn’t open it, but he really wanted to open the box. Finally, he opened the box. Inside was empty, only a lot of smoke. Then, when Tarou was tucked in the smoke, he became an old man. Actually, he spent many years in Ryugu so he got old enough. However, he enjoyed an old man’s life.

by Hiroyuki Asano

Brazil

In this article “Brazil Begins Talking Openly About Abortion,” Jen Ross states an idea about the problem of illegal abortion and the Brazil’s government thinking about abortion. First, this author mentions that illegal abortion is common in Brazil because women cannot get abortions even for marital rape, so they use private clinics to get illegal abortions. Second, this author talking about an ulcer drug, Cytotec, that is for treating ulcers is widespread use in Brazil. This pill gives a woman a miscarriage. Third, this author mentions that a high level of women die from illegal abortion in a year, so leftist try to forward women’s health activists. In addition this author introduces the idea of deleting the police report requirement, so Brazil still has a problem with women’s rights. Finally this author mentions woman’s rights. She hopes to women will have more free choice. However, Brazil’s government should make laws without religion.

First, government should control population, because they cannot support poor families. Brazil has too much difference fortunes in society between rich and poor. Children are costly. If they cannot accept abortion without exceptional instance, poor people cannot continue their lives. In addition, Brazil’s population was increased, but Brazil cannot control its population because their religion does not accept abortion. Therefore, Brazil’s law already makes street children. It will make more street children. Their religion does not help these children. They just grow population in vain.

Second, religious education is not always correct. Religious dogma hides social problems under a varnish of unclean. Therefore, if they make laws that include religious dogma, they cannot reduce illegal abortion, because there are many women who need to take abortion to disobey religious education.

Third, they should protect women, because many women still try to take illegal abortions or take ulcer drugs. Those abortions and pills have high risks, and sometimes cause death. However, to take abortion is not according to their religion, so some people do not accept religion so government should change its mind and take care of these women. Therefore, if it allows legal abortion, it can help to reduce the number of women’s deaths.

In conclusion, government should change laws without their religious education, because they should control population to reduce street children, religious education is not always good, and they should support women. Just following religious education is an old age law, because now we have different social problems. The good old days are over. If they can make the laws that match the needs of society, Brazil will have a good social conscience.

Reference
Ross, J. (2005, May 15). Brazil Begins Talking Openly About Abortion. Women’s e
News. Retrieved July 12, 2007, from
http://www.womensenews.org/article.cfm/dyn/aid/2296/context/archive

by Hiro

The Best Family

There are many families in the world. Some families have problems, so they will decide to divorce. Same families have difficult relationships with children. How can people escape from these problems? That family should become the best family. The best family has no strict rules and is generous with each other. There are three reasons why this family is the best family; there is a good relationship with children, there are no fights in the family, and they will help each other.

First of all, the best family’s parents have a good relationship with children because they do not have strict rules in the family. When children are in a rebellious stage, they do not listen parents’ opinions. Also children try to find out who they are, so they need freedom. There fore, parents should watch what children do. If the parents make strict rules, children rebel against the parents. However, the parents should be model adults because children will do an imitation of them. They can have a good relationship with children.

Second, the best family does not have fighting with each other, because if they are generous with each other they can settle problems by talking. In addition, if they are respect each other, parents do not deceive other people. Also, if children learn how to respect each other, children do fewer misdemeanors. Therefore, the family does not have problems.

Finally, the best family can help each other. If the family gets problems, like the father become unemployed or the parents get injured; for example, the farter gets injured, the mother has to work, so the children do housework or take care of the father. The best family helps each other.

Opponents of the best kind of family say that if the parents give children freedom, they will become delinquent. Young people want to be delinquent. However, if parents make strict rules, children will rebel against the parents; for example, parents make a curfew, but children want to have more time. They will fight, because children think parents do not understand them and parents want to control their children. However, children need this free time or these experiences, because when they get old enough, they cannot do the amusements of childhood. In addition, this stage is to prepare to be adults so children should go out to learn about the social world, social rules, and norms. Making strict rules is nonsense, and it is just parents’ self complacency.

In conclusion, a family should become the best family because the family can have a good relationship with children, they will not make problems, and the family is helpful. Parents should become model adults and children should watch parents and learn about what are adult. Also, family members must respect each other, and do not makes problems. The best family helps each other so the family becomes cooperative. Those things are important for family. To be generous and have no strict rule is keywords for becoming the best family.

by Hiro