E- Learning - Intra-personal Task C : Jem's Diary

Dear Diary,

Today is a day I want to forget. Did it really happen? What I had trusted for so long, what I believed in, crumbled before my very eyes today. Justice. Just what exactly is justice? I used to believe that justice can never be wrong. They'll never wrongly accuse someone. But this false believe crumbled today. I arrived at the court full of hope. All of us know that Tom Robinson is innocent. All the arguments put forth by Dad was also accurate, while the opposition's lawyer had no logical point at all! But all because Tom Robinson is a black and Mayella Ewell is a white, Tom Robinson was judged guilty by the jury. What rubbish is this! They all know. They know! But yet, their prejudice and racism towards blacks clouded their judgement. What happened to truth? What happened equality? Justice for all? All this is coming under ridicule after I witnessed this trial. There is no true equality in the world. The winners, the majority get the priority treatment. The losers, the minority get ridiculed, and suffer less-than-human treatment. There is no justice. What is the world turning into at this rate? The world is corrupt.But I will, and I hope that one day I can change this. God bless Tom Robinson, who was treated unfairly for the whole of his life.

Jem Atticus Finch.

E- Learning - Linguistic Task 2 : News Report on Tom Robinson's Trial

JUSTICE IS SERVED

Tom Robinson is convicted of rape

Maycomb County - The case of the rape Mayella Ewell has finally come to a close. The jury has responded with an overwhelming response. Guilty! Thomas Robinson has been convicted of rape, as everyone knew he would. Somehow, Tom Robinson has managed to get the help of renowned lawyer, Atticus Finch.
Trying desperately to save his client, Atticus Finch hammered poor Mayella Ewell with questions such as,"Did you scream first at your father instead of at Tom Robinson? Was that it?" followed closely by "Who beat you up? Tom Robinson or your father?". With his argument of Bob Ewell beating his own daughter, Mayella Ewell was at a loss for words and soon burst into tears and kept silent for the remainder of the case.
A member of the jury proclaimed triumphantly after the trial, " Justice has prevailed! That nigger, who has committed such a heinous crime will be duly punished!"
Another member of the jury was shaking his head with disbelief at Atticus' defense of Tom Robinson, " A nigger lover! He brings shame on all of us! Don't expect us to treat him with respect anymore!"
Atticus, before hearing the judgement, left the court hurriedly. Before he left, he whispered something in a young reporter;s ears. Whatever it is, he seemed really dejected at losing the case. This must have been a huge blow to his reputation. Tom Robinson will be appealing, but it will most likely be hopeless. -AFP

MI test.

Well, I took my Multi-Intelligence test and realised that my multiple intelligence lies in the area of intra-personal and linguistic. Well, the intra-personal part came as a shock, but the linguistic part was kind of expected. ( Especially after reducing my sister to tears by just "debating with her. Okay nevermind that." I've been known to talk a lot, though not always very word smart. I like using "bombastic" words in my composition, but only because it gives me higher marks. I don't really like literature, as it is the hardest subject to understand. Wait, so why am I linguistic again?And why am I intra-personal? I thought was a very selfless person, so very noble, helping everyone without regard for my own interests......

This quiz has a problem.

Casino

Well, Singapore has completed building one of the 2 casinos at Resorts World Sentosa now. Prior to building the casino, it was said to be able to bring in more tourists to Singapore and create more jobs. More people get employed, and the Government earns more money from tourists and rich Singaporeans. Or at least this was what the Government hoped for and the messages they were sending out. What is their response to those who are afraid their friends, kin or themselves might get addicted? They set up a Problem Gambling Counselling Centres ( Not really sure what its called) in which people who are addicted can get themselves counselled and kick the habit of gambling, and they also put up advertisements discouraging gambling addiction. So far, there appears to be no problems with building a casino right? Surely there will be no problems with building a casino.

But when we look closer into the issue of building a casino, is there really no problems with building two casinos in Singapore? Well, sure, there might have been a lot of tourists and visitors at the casino on the opening day, but wouldn't it just go down hill afterwards, as the opening day was on Chinese New Year, so most of the tourists didn't come just to see the casino, but because they wanted to visit friends or relative and thought they might just go and see the over-hyped casino that was under construction in Singapore. After the Chinese New Year, they probably won't come to Singapore again just for the casino. Also, since the Casino was so over-hyped, there must have been a lot of tourists who came and visited just out curiosity. Since Singapore opened the casino early during the Chinese New Year holidays because of greed, the Casino was badly managed. People have been complaining on the internet on poor management and long queues. This makes the tourists who come here with extremely high expectation leave disappointed. Opening a casino will attract more tourists to Singapore? The reverse, more likely.

Also, the issue of creating more jobs. Of course a casino will create more jobs. But what about the people who get addicted? They lose their jobs, they lose their money. And in worst case scenarios, they may lose their lives and their families. Is it worth it? Just how many jobs can 2 casinos create? Compare it to the number of jobs people might lose if a casino opened. No, TWO casinos opened. Many more people may addicted and lose their jobs. Is it worth it? Okay, you might say that Singapore opened Problem Gambling Counselling Centres ( Not really sure what its called) especially for this. But how many people will really go there to get counselled? If you really are addicted, you wouldn't want to go and kick the habit. You like gambling. You want to gamble. Why would you voluntarily go and get yourself counselled? The Counselling Centres will probably have a very small impact on gambling addicts.

I strongly condemn the building of the casino, but since Singapore has already built it, I shall carry on my own silent protest - by not visiting it.