Reflection to a Subject-Effects of Unemployment on a Person

There are 3 main effects of unemployment on people. First of all, unemployment affects people physically. It causes economic difficulty in people’s lives.  They can not buy what they want; they can not lead the lives they want. They can not live healthy as much as people who work. They live in poor conditions.  Secondly, unemployment has psychological effects on people. When people, especially men, can not provide their families with basic and secondary needs, they feel themselves insufficient for their families. Not being able to buy a pullover for his son affects a father or mother terribly. When this situation continues to exist, the person who feels insufficient gets depressed and this situation affects his/her life badly. Lastly, unemployment affects people’s lives morally. Not being able to provide their families with needs and the feeling of insufficiency causes moral results. The person who is unemployed may cause violence in the family because of the depression he/she suffers from. If this situation continues to exist, it may have more serious results like committing crimes or even suicide. The unemployed person may try to solve his/her financial problems by robbing other people or shops. As you can see, unemployment has moral, physiological and physical effects on people.

Error Analysis Worksheet

1) The characteristics of an ideal university are offering opportunities of qualified education, settlement, free transportation, low-cost living conditions, employment opportunities after graduation, chance to socialize and being a barrier-free campus.

2) I am happy, because being a student at METU means learning how to survive in a society as an individual. Since METU gives its students a sense of responsibility in every field by letting them do everything on their own such as registration, taking courses or following assignments, everybody at METU learns the meaning of responsibility for all the things they do from the courses they take to various activities they engage in.

Revised Journal Entry 2

If I had been asked about my ideal university in my mind, I couldn't have counted as many facilities as METU has. I mean that METU has many more facilities than one can imagine. In my opinion, someone can find everything he needs at METU campus. My first expectation from a university is its staff and as far as I can observe, I have very good teachers. However, homework they give cannot be ignored, but we should all accept the fact that homework is for us. My other expectation from a university is sports facilities. I think a university should provide its students with all sporting facilities for their physical well-being. It is doubtless that METU performs this job best. At the campus we have the access to 3 gyms, 2 swimming pools, football pitches, tennis courts etc. Somebody at METU doesn't need to go out of campus for the purpose of physical training. METU also has a very natural campus so people can go picnic at METU or go walking in the woods. Meeting different people and things that can contribute to our lives is also an important criterion for me. I think somebody can learn different aspects of life, improve themselves both mentally and physically etc. METU performs this duty well, as well. There are more than 90 student clubs and societies at METU. They help students learn what they can't learn in classes or on their own. They help students do what they can't do in classes or on their own. For example, I have always wanted to wrestle but I have never had the chance to do. However, at METU in my first month I started to go trainings. METU meets this demand of mine, as well. But I think there must be more clubs and societies like boxing team, hunting club, shooting team etc. My last demands from a university are scholarship and accommodation. With its many dormitories METU provides accommodation for all of the students. However, I can't say the same for scholarship. I think METU cannot give scholarship with total justice. I mean those who need scholarship don't get but those who don’t need scholarship get it from METU. As you can see, I think METU is a perfect university and it meets my demands except scholarship distribution.

Error Correction Worksheet

1. When I first heard that I had been accepted to Middle East Technical Unıversity, I was disappointed because I did not like Ankara as a city. However, my opinions have changed dramatically because Middle East Technical Unıversity is a really different world in Ankara.
2. It has been only one month since I came here. However, I got used to this environment because; first of all, people from all ages here respect to each other.
3. I love Ankara, my dormitory, my new friends and my department and I am content with everything which belongs to METU.
4. If someone wants to walk , he or she can go and walk and it is nice a place to go and meet with friends.
5. We can easily see this by watching TV,surfing on the internet or maybe just looking around. There are many people graduating from different kinds of universities, but they're not even able to know what's going on around them or they don't even try to find good ways to improve the countries that they live in.

TV Serial: Prison Break

Today, I will mention you Prison Break, a world famous TV serial. The TV serial came out in 2005. Since the day it was first shown, it has been attracting great attention. In the serial there is a character called Michael Scoffield who tries to help his brother who is imprisoned for a crime he has not committed escape from Fox River State Prison. The brother is called Lincoln Burrows. For 4 seasons they try to escape from the police and justify themselves. In the serial they encounter many difficulties and they deal with these difficulties very successfully. Michael Scoffield is very clever and can use his environment very successfully to deal with difficulties. Lincoln Burrows, on the other hand, relies on his strength. The serial also criticizes the USA administration. I think the most important reason why this serial is liked so much is that it uses game tricks very successfully. It is almost impossible not to admire the intelligence of Michael Scoffield and therefore the writers of the serial. It is not like other movies or serials. When you are watching the serial, you should be very cautious because every minute something very important can happen. When there happens to be a problem; characters, mostly Michael Scoffield, establish a plan and solves the problem with their intelligence. I do not want to mention its final but I can say that you will not regret watching it. It has a very striking final. I want you to watch and enjoy yourselves.

The Best Turkish Boxer "Selçuk AYDIN"

Today, I will mention you Selçuk AYDIN, the best boxer in Turkish professinal box history. He was born in 1983 in my hometown, Akçaabat. I am proud of being countryman of him. He started boxing when he was 8 . Since then he has been fighting for Turkey. He has won a lot of medals in a lot competitions. In 2003 he became a professional boxer and since then he has fought 24 times. He won 23 of these matches and he lost only once. He has a match 6 days later on 27th of this month at 5.00 in the morning. We hope he will win this match. Selçuk Aydın is the most successful Turkish boxer. He has the title of "intercontinental boxing champion", "Europe boxing champion" and he has World Silver Belt. He is also a very good Trabzonspor fan.

I chose this video because it shows how great Selçuk Aydın as a boxer is. He won most of his victories by knock out and this video shows his knock outs. He is a great boxer. Enjoy this video and do not miss waking up early on 27th January Sunday at 5.00 o'clock and watch his match.

Comment on Barıs',Tuba's,Helin's and Asena's Food Product Journal

Oh my dear friend Barış,
You cannot predict how hungry I am now and how much I want to eat some baklava. You chose one of the most important desserts of the Turkish cuisine. You wrote the ingredients and the recipe very clearly. Someone who have read the recipe and the ingredients can make baklava. Your slogan "SINCE ADAM AND EVA , EVERYBODY HAS EATEN TURKISH BAKLAVA" is also very attractive but it can be written better to keep the size of the sylabbles. However there are some points that I do not like. First of all, you did not write a paragraph. There is not coherence among parts. Secondly, you did not mention why you chose Latvia to market your baklava and lastly you did not mention the price of the product. Wtih this information, it can be better.

Commnet on Merve's Fire of Anatolia Journal

Dear Merve,
I am totally agree with you. I also think that Fire of Anatolia is the best dance group in Turkey and is one of the best groups in the world. I had the opportunity to watch them live in the opening ceremony of EYOF 2011. They performed a perfect show there and fascinated everybody. You organized your paragraph well. First you mentioned its history and aim and lastly the countries they have performed a show. As I am also a fan of Fire of Anatolia, I liked your paragraph very much. I couldn't find any mistake. The video you chose was also good but I think it could be better. As a whole your journal is very good.

Comment on Fatos' And Ahmet's Mesir Macun Journal

Dear Fatoş and Ahmet,
You wrote a paragraph to market a historical flavour,Mesir Macun, to world. I also want Mesir Macun to be known worldwide so I support your effort.You wrote your paragraph well organized.You wrote some benefits of the ingredients in Mesir Macun and you mentioned its history. It is good paragraph but I want to learn how much it coasts, what there are in it and especially which country your are targetting. However, even without these information, I like your paragraph.

Comment on Hasan Şerif's Mehmet Ali Birand Journal

Dear Hasan,
You chose an important journalist to introduce. It's kindness to introduce such a man after his death. I appreciate your journal. You organized your paragraph very well. Everybody who have read this article can understand how important Mehmet Ali Birand was for Turkey.You chose a good person and wrote a good paragraph. Except for some grammatical mistakes it is perfect paragraph. Well Done :)

Journal Entry 4- I Brain ODTU

The latest slogan of METU, I Brain ODTU, is very appropriate slogan for METU in my opinion. When I first heard about the slogan, I really liked it. The slogan is English. It resembles the most famous English love words "I Love You". In the slogan, the word "love" is placed with the word "brain". I think, that slogan strongly reflects the University of METU in terms of its features. Firstly, the language of education at METU is English. The slogan's being English reflects the education language of METU. Somebody who has first read this slogan can understand that English is an important language at METU since the slogan of the university is English. Secondly, in Turkey the university that uses and produces science most is METU. The people in Turkey who use their minds most are in METU so saying “I Brain ODTU” shows that METU has the most academic staff, most scientific publication and best students. This slogan reflects METU’s using science and producing science and using foreign language very successfully. However, METU is also a university which has a great history and a very big and natural campus so I wish the slogan included some information about METU’s history and its campus. If I were to produce a slogan for METU, it would be “A historical town of science in green nature”. METU is like a forest town in bare Ankara and it has a rich history in which a lot of nation-wide events have happened. My slogan, apart from the one I mentioned above reflects the nature and history of METU, too. It also shows that METU is like a different town in Ankara with its nature and history. When I handle the slogans as a whole, I can say that they are both appropriate for METU. METU always deserves the best.