Lesson 5 of IT Home Learning

I think that building a casino now is a good idea because it provides more jobs for the people, especially in the current financial crisis, where people cannot find jobs. Although some may think that it will cause the number of addicted gamblers to rise, I think that the good outweighs the bad.

People will be able to make money and will be able to spend money, thus causing the economic crisis to get better. If we did not set-up a legal casino, people will still be able to gamble in illegal gambling dens. Also, the casino will attract more people, thus strengthening the tourist industry here in singapore and the tourist industry here is one of Singapore's major moneymaking opportunities.

Therefore, it is better to have the casino built in Sentosa instead of scrapping the idea.

Lesson 1 of home IT learning

The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost


Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,

And sorry I could not travel both

And be one traveler, long I stood

And looked down one as far as I could

To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,

And having perhaps the better claim,

Because it was grassy and wanted wear;

Though as for that the passing there

Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay

In leaves no step had trodden black.

Oh, I kept the first for another day!

Yet knowing how way leads on to way,

I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh

Somewhere ages and ages hence:

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-

I took the one less traveled by,

And that has made all the difference.







This poem is telling us about why we should take the route less travelled, because even though it may be harder than the usual route, it is more rewarding and makes all the difference. Its shows that you are willing to challenge yourself to do things that are hard instead of taking the easier way out like other people.

Book Review 2: The Last Apprentice

Q45) Advertisement to be a spook's apprentice


Come join me, Old Gregory, to be my apprentice. You will grow up to be as powerful as I am under my teaching. Life promises to be full of adventure, hunting down ghosts, witches and even boggarts. There are several conditions however:

1) You must be the seventh son of a seventh son.

2) You must not be afraid of the unknown.

3) You must not trust girls, especially those with pointy shoes.

4) You must bear with not having any friends.

So, what do you say, it will only cost two guineas for a month's trial, after that if I accept you, it will cost 10 guineas to take you on as a proper apprentice. Then you shall be able to rid the county of all evil and be able to earn money as a respectable spook.

Book Review 1: Charles Darwin

Q23) Diary of James Kincaid, ship's boy aboard the HMS Beagle.


Day1:


Charles Darwin gave me his notebook! I am so honoured by his generosity. I am going to use it as my very own diary. I went exploring with Mr Darwin today. He took notes of every single living thing that he saw. We scoured the coasts and found a strange looking thing. it had eight legs and changed colours when Mr Darwin tried to grab it. It was called an octopus, so said Mr Darwin. He was most disappointed when he heard that it was not a new discovery. Nevertheless, he is putting together his scientific discoveries, making notes and cataloguing finds.


Back on board the ship at night, we showed the crew the octopus we saw and caught in the afternoon. They were all intrigued about why it glows in the dark. To preserve it from rotting, Mr Darwin placed the octopus in a jar of alcohol.


Day 2:


That night we set sail and in the morning, arrived at yet another island. The days continued to be warmer and the waves less choppy. Mr Darwin spends much of the day trawling the waters for plankton and jellyfish. We were travelling to Tierra Del Fuego to bring back the three fuegians Jemmy Button, York Minister and Fuegia Basket back to their village. They had been brought to England as a part of an experiment.


Later that day, Mr Darwin went to collect the countless types of butterfly, beetles and spiders on this new island. He was even glad to be caught in a tropical rainstorm that soaked him through in seconds. But his high spirits did not last for long. When he saw the slaves

If many people think something is true, is it true?

If many people think that something was true, it may not necessarily mean it is true. For example, hundreds of years ago, most people thought the Earth was flat and that if we travelled too far away, we would drop off the face of the world. However, Erastosthenes said that the Earth was in fact round, but no one believed him and he was a laughing stock.

Although, if many people think that something is true, there is more chance that it could be true because in a whole group of people, it is more difficult to make a mistake than when there is just a single person. What would you rather believe in, the word of one person or the word of a thousand? It is obvious which party will have more believers.

What is most important is not how many people believe in you, but whether it is really the truth. So if there are many people saying that there is free money being given away, it is most likely to be just a rumour because, nobody would ever give away free money other then for charities.

So no matter how ridiculous what one person says may seem, it might turn out to be the truth after all. No matter how many people think that something is true, it could just turn out to be exactly the opposite.

Will having fun make you happier than studying?

This depends. It will be a lot of fun to stay at home all day and do nothing except play computer games and watch television and not have to do any homework at all. I would have no worries about completing homework, project and studying for exams. I would be carefree for the rest of my five years untill National Service.

However, when I grow older, I would not be able to read and understand completely the english language. I would be a useless person because no company will want me to work for them. I would not be able to earn much money. I will die penniless. So, I do not think I would be very happy.

Thus, I think that if I want happiness now, I shall have to sacrifice my future happiness. It is not worth it to sacrifice have about five years of happiness for a whole lifetime of happiness.

55 word story

“I need help. You are the only one who can help me.”

“Why do you want to kill Edison and Ford, anyway? You’re still not going to save planet Earth. Pollution will still cause global warming."

“Because, if we do this, someone might be able to save Earth or at least push back global warming.”