Introduction By:Owen Ever find yourself unable to put down your phone? Well, you are not alone as an up and rising problem internet addiction is as much of a problem as alcohol or drug addictions. More and more students use the internet for school work but are they truly in control or are they at…
Month: October 2020
Social Media and Elections
By: Amy Zeng Social media: How have elections been affected? Question: How has social media impacted elections in the U.S.A and the U.K? INTRODUCTION I’m sure that most, if not all of us have heard about the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica scandal. For those who haven’t, it’s a scandal where the data of millions of Facebook users…
CHANGES IN VIET NAM AFTER THE WAR
By Alex and Alan INTRODUCTION: Viet Nam has experienced 2 wars with France (1945-1954) and America (1955-1975). Therefore, our country suffered a lot of damage, especially the economic and the transformation of the ideology. TASKS: How did ideology affect the war in Viet Nam? How the population difference from past to present has changed? What…
Trade War: US and China
BY Sandra .Finding out the backgrounds behind the commercial dispute between two giants economists. As getting the trade agreement, US and China bilateral relationship. Term to know Trade war :commerce when a country perceive a competitor has unfair trading, domestic union may put pressure on imports good to make it less attractive to consumers Deficit:…
Robotics and Social Consequence
by Aaliyah and Carly Introduction Robotics have evolved over time and have been used to industrialize our society in factories, hospitals, constructions and production of mass goods. It is undeniable that robots have benefited society, making our lives easier and safer. However, there are also negative consequences to the increasing development of robots. Job loss…
Rapid Development of Vietnam
by: Keana Nolasco and Aimee Tang Terms to know Đổi Mới (English: “Renovation”): The name of the economic reforms initiated in Vietnam in 1986 with the goal of creating a “socialist-oriented market economy. “The term Đổi Mới itself is a generic term widely used in the Vietnamese language. However, the term “Đđi Mới Policy” (Chính…
The Impact of the Holocaust
Trevor Yu, Socials 11, Block 1B, Ms. Moore. Introduction The Holocaust, coming from the Greek word “holos” (whole) and “kaustos” (burned), was the mass genocide of European Jews between 1933 and 1945, whom Nazi Germany deemed were inferior and threatened the racial ‘purity’ of Aryan German culture. Also known as the Hebrew word, “Shoʾah” (Catastrophe),…
Trade War: The economic conflict between China and the United States
By Estelle Kim and Yvonne Du Introduction China–United States trade war is an ongoing economic conflict war between China and the United States, which started on July 6, 2018. The trade dispute originated when US President Donald Trump signed a Presidential Memorandum on March 22, 2018, saying that “China has thief intellectual property and American…
South China Sea – The Ongoing War
By Jack and Arush South China Sea South China Sea is a region of tremendous economics and geostrategic importance, one-third of the word’s maritime shipping passes through here ($3.37 trillion in 2016), 11 billion barrels of untapped oil and 190 trillion cubic feet of natural gas. With this resource and opportunities to increase the economic,…
THE INTERNET
By Hanna H. INTRODUCTION Internet is a computer network where inside of the net has many information and shares this information with an another computer and organize it. And is amazing on how we have progressed through the years with a one idea and keep changing it to different functions. The internet has help us…
The Kosovo Genocide
by: Gloria and Hannah INTRODUCTION The Kosovar Albanians have always had bad blood with Serbians due to land claim and separation issues. There have been many disputes between the two groups of people, with some countries recognizing Kosovo’s independence and some of the world refusing to recognize Kosovo. Serbia and Kosovo are divided at South…