Who should be most respected?

Young adults, middle-aged people, or senior citizens, who should be most respected? To answer this question, we should know one thing first: why do people show respect to a person?




I think when people show respect to a person, they think highly of the good things he/she has done. That is to say, the contribution one made to the improvement of the human society is the main factor of how people show respect to a person. Besides this, they may also think about the benefits he/she will bring in the future. So, if a person contributed a lot or is able to contribute a lot to the society, people will show respect to him/her. People show respect to superman not only because he (or “it”?) saved the world, but also because he can save the world again and again in the future, we show respect to his ability.



Now let’s come back to the question. According to the conclusion above, I think all of them should be respected equally. All of them work for the human welfare: the old people use their wisdom, the youth use their endless energy, and the middle-ages use their strength and experiences to build our world together. The olds did much, and the youth will do more. All of them are essential. I think it’s impossible to choose one of them.



Incidentally, in the question paper, it says：Americans are often accused of admiring youthful beauty and energy over the experience and wisdom of older people. But I asked my roommate, he said that Americans used to be like this, but not anymore. I think it’s good because everyone has his/her significance to the society.

About the Policy of Immigration

America is a country with great ethnic diversity, so the policy of immigration is very important thing to this nation.


It is the ethnic diversity and the aim (or slogan) of freedom that attracts so many people to come to the U.S. So I think the immigration quotas based on country will make people in or from countries in the blacklist lose their good impression of America and confidence in it. However, in order to make the economy and the society more stable, it is necessary to have immigration quotas, but not aiming at special countries.

Should immigrants become citizens? Of cause they can, why not? That is the way American population grows in the past time. But due to the density of the population, it should depend on the situation in different areas, and the government should control the percentage strictly. Totally, America should show its freedom to the whole world.

About the “guest workers”: in my opinion, every country needs temporary workers. Truly they help the country to develop, and they also bring diversities in many parts. So it is impossible to not let people have temporary jobs. Nevertheless, if the number grows too big or too fast, that will be harmful to the country. So it should be under control as well; everything needs balance, aren’t they?

Anyhow, opening to the outside world and having a good control of the amount of the immigrants will help a country to get a nice name and a stable development.



P.S.: The question asked very generally, the policy changes from country to country, so it is hard to answer in general, so I just choose America to write.

Tour to the Downtown

This is a federal court.

This is a church at the opposite side of the river, and it surves only Spanish people. There is an other church nearby which surves only Jews.

Behind me is the Phoenix Park, that area was the early settlement of Frenches, but most of them didn't settle down; they  traded with the Indians here.

Sawdust City Matures, built in 1893-94, is the largest remaining commercial building in this city.

The City Hall and the old public library, built in 1916 and 1903. They remind us that Eau Claire was one of the first towns in WI to adopt the Commission form of government.

The first brick house here. Fire is one of the greatest problems here in the early ages.

Comparisons about Campus Lifes Between China and America

It has been one week sense the campus life began and I learnt a lot of things. And I’ve found some comparisons and contrasts between students here and in China.



First, let me talk about the dormitory life. Because of the large population, dorms in China universities are usually for 4-8 students. But here, we have smaller rooms but larger spaces. Most of the universities in China don’t want students to have electric equipments in dorms, but here we have almost all of them. There’re also some similarities, for example, we also have RAs in my home university and we get along with each other very well. And we always go tripping and have picnic outdoors as well.



Diets between these two cultures have more differences. We don’t have so many cafes in a campus, without saying the cafe in the library. In the dining halls, we choose what to eat and pay for each of them. Not like here, we don’t have cafeterias. Foods here differ a lot from those in China, most of them contain huge amount of calories, they make people fat, but Americans like sports, don’t they? The way people eat vegetables here is a little strange, they eat uncooked vegetables directly. We always cook them so they will taste better, but nowadays more and more people especially women use the American way to eat fruits and vegetables because it can save most of the nutrition in them.



About the campus life, we also have variety of clubs along with lots of school events. It’s a kind of inconvenient to get to the shops off campus. Luckily, we have all kinds of shops in campus, so it’s easy of us to get things we need. However, I find that in America, cars are as general as bicycles in China, so they can drive to anywhere they want. The professors are kind, and the students are friendly, like those in my home university. Even the architectural pattern is similar to ours.



This is only the first week of my campus life. I hope in the next two years I can adapt my self to the life here, make more friends and learn more.