June 6, 1944
Dear Diary,
Today was a gruesome day. I have already begun going a little crazy from seeing all the blood spewing out of my fellow soldiers like little fountains at the park. I have already been immune to seeing all my friends die in pain, one by one. I have already begun to hate this war, even though this is just the beginning!
When we were about to reach Omaha beach, many people vomited while the rest looked to God for protection. As the soldiers departed from the boat, they were immediately shot by a barrage of bullets. I was fortunate to escape this wrath and swam to shore. I hid behind several barricades and led some of my soldiers up the beach. However, the death tolls increased very quickly, as we were on lower ground. I lost many friends; some lost their limbs while some died in horrible pain. I could not bear to look at their badly-wounded bodies because it was just too revolting. Finally, the day drew to a close and the remnant of our troops returned to base, all relieved but shocked.
As soon as I returned to my bunk, I asked myself, "Why do countries wage war against each other?" Looking at all the dead bodies around me, I really wonder why wars take place. Wars just take away lives like that, destroying people's dreams, breaking up people's families and ultimately increasing the death tolls. Where is humanity? I am lost with a few other soldiers in an enemy's land, although I know that my opposition feels the same way. I live in worry everyday and as soon as I wake up, I live it like it is my last. War is such a tragedy, I cannot emphasise this enough. I hate the war, but not the soldiers; the action, but not the people. I respect all those who risks their lives to fight valiantly and pray that no one dies brutally.
Captain John H. Miller
Monday, April 18, 2011
Sunday, April 17, 2011
Descriptive Paragraph
Smoke wafted into my nostrils, causing me to cough. Suddenly, the sound of a gunshot resounded. The general standing beside me fell to the ground. Blood splashed out from his wound onto my face, then flowed down his cheek continuously and dripped onto his uniform. Bending down to support him, I wiped off the blood off my face and managed to hear him mutter a few words of gratitude to God and his family. After he breathed his last, his head fell to one side. I held back a few tears, thinking back of the encouragement he had given me and I took off his helmet. My fellow soldier beside me was literally shell-shocked. He stared blankly into space, possibly wondering when the same thing would happen to himself. I clasped my hand around his, feeling coldness and lack of life in him. Spurred on by my general's death, I stood up and charged towards the enemies.
Saturday, April 16, 2011
LA Essay- Classification
Q. Our lives have improved as a result of computers. Do you agree?
Our society is filled with 'Generation Y' teenagers who cannot get apart with their electronic devices even for one day. One common device is the computer, which has since been developed from its initial invention in 1936. Despite many negative comments about computers, I believe that these high-tech media devices can help us in every aspect of our lives, if we use them properly. The main aspects I will talk about are education, communication and business.
Education
As Kent Conrad, an American politician, put perfectly, "Access to computers and the Internet has become a basic need for education in our society. " Computers provide many resources for better education to take place. Due to the advance in technology, there are now search engines, like Google, that are useful for research, applications for enhanced learning and online tools available for teaching in a unique manner. Hwa Chong Institution recently adopted a "Future-School" programme which involves online lessons for students to use media to learn subjects in a more interesting way. For example, instead of just doing worksheets on coordinate geometry, teachers use an application called Geogebra to make learning "hands-on". Therefore, computers help to provide quality education by allowing students and teachers to use its resources so that education is improved as a whole.
Communications
Computers have been used as a platform of communication over the past few years, therefore helping to bridge the gap between people from different countries who are unable to meet up in person. As more and more people go for business trips, overseas exchange programmes and vacations each year, more and more family members or friends are separated. Thus, computers help to solve this problem by allowing people to communicate with their loved ones through Skype, Facebook and any other social networking site on the Internet! Therefore, computers have definitely brought convenience to our lives, as we do not need to use the slow and conventional method of writing letters.
Business
Business is an important part of adult life and many companies are coming up with new strategies to improve efficiency in the workplace. Computers are one of the main solutions to fulfill this aim because they provide employees with tools to collate results, analyse data, classify information, you get it. For example, an accountant can use Microsoft Excel to collate data very quickly and then calculate the net profit of the company each month. Hence, this helps to speed things up in the office so that companies can produce work faster, earning more profit as an end result.
However, I have to admit that computers cause gaming addiction and undesirable content can also be easily posted up on the Internet. Therefore, I believe that in order for us to reap the full benefits of the computer in every aspect of our lives, we need to start learning to discern between right and wrong, and gain self-control. The computer is an awesome invention, all we need is to use it wisely.
Our society is filled with 'Generation Y' teenagers who cannot get apart with their electronic devices even for one day. One common device is the computer, which has since been developed from its initial invention in 1936. Despite many negative comments about computers, I believe that these high-tech media devices can help us in every aspect of our lives, if we use them properly. The main aspects I will talk about are education, communication and business.
Education
As Kent Conrad, an American politician, put perfectly, "Access to computers and the Internet has become a basic need for education in our society. " Computers provide many resources for better education to take place. Due to the advance in technology, there are now search engines, like Google, that are useful for research, applications for enhanced learning and online tools available for teaching in a unique manner. Hwa Chong Institution recently adopted a "Future-School" programme which involves online lessons for students to use media to learn subjects in a more interesting way. For example, instead of just doing worksheets on coordinate geometry, teachers use an application called Geogebra to make learning "hands-on". Therefore, computers help to provide quality education by allowing students and teachers to use its resources so that education is improved as a whole.
Communications
Computers have been used as a platform of communication over the past few years, therefore helping to bridge the gap between people from different countries who are unable to meet up in person. As more and more people go for business trips, overseas exchange programmes and vacations each year, more and more family members or friends are separated. Thus, computers help to solve this problem by allowing people to communicate with their loved ones through Skype, Facebook and any other social networking site on the Internet! Therefore, computers have definitely brought convenience to our lives, as we do not need to use the slow and conventional method of writing letters.
Business
Business is an important part of adult life and many companies are coming up with new strategies to improve efficiency in the workplace. Computers are one of the main solutions to fulfill this aim because they provide employees with tools to collate results, analyse data, classify information, you get it. For example, an accountant can use Microsoft Excel to collate data very quickly and then calculate the net profit of the company each month. Hence, this helps to speed things up in the office so that companies can produce work faster, earning more profit as an end result.
However, I have to admit that computers cause gaming addiction and undesirable content can also be easily posted up on the Internet. Therefore, I believe that in order for us to reap the full benefits of the computer in every aspect of our lives, we need to start learning to discern between right and wrong, and gain self-control. The computer is an awesome invention, all we need is to use it wisely.
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