Frances Cheng的作文貼

Nefertarismile

Agree or disagree: the way of a person’s dress in an indication of his or her personality or character.

One person can have different dress styles, however, their characters won’t change a lot. There’s a saying that don’t judge a book on its cover and same as the people. （So are the people.）Thus, I argue that the way of a person’s dress can’t indicate his/her personality or character.

Firstly, the nature of the person won’t change because of the dressing style changes. There’s no doubt that personality is relatively stable. However, people’s dress can change very often. As a model, Ann needs to try different kinds of dress style. Even though she doesn’t like certain kind of dress code, she still needs to challenge herself because model is her job, which needs to show the creative things from designers in the T station. Ann is so shy, but she dares to wear only underwear to stay in T station. If we only see the Ann’s aspect of wearing underwear, we won’t consider Ann as a shy girl, which we can get to know only through getting along with her. Refering to Ann’s case, we can learn that the changeable dressing style can’t indicate the relative stable personality. (can 这个词出现的频率太高了，建议换一些动词，直接用具体的动词来表示也会更生动，例如最后一句可以直接说doesn't indicate)

Secondly, halo effect can bias person’s perception so that the indication of people’s dress won’t be accurate. Halo effect, one of the biases in cognitive psychology, means people tend to regard others as certain kind of person because of one characteristic. For example, Jack is an A- student in biology, and his teacher regards him as excellent students in other courses as well, even it isn’t true. Same as judging people through one’s dress, when people meet a beautiful girl, they are willing to consider her a kind person only because of her nice cover.Oppositely, If the girl is not good-looking enough, people will think she’s not so kind. It’s so normal because people are too lazy to recognize the world in a rational and comprehensive way. People tend to use(这个词感觉不太合适，也许可以换成choose) shortcut to live, like beautiful（as beauty） means good in everything instead of really getting on with the person and then make a conclusion that what kind of person he/she is. In a word, In order to avoid halo effect that is strong enough for people suffering unconsciously, we should discard the attitude that judges people through their dress.

In conclusion, it’s difficult for us to define the person’s personality accurately by dress for the changeable dressing style and halo effect. Hence, I don’t believe the way of  a person’s dress can indicate his/her personality or character.

cicicoly

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: one quality that a successful leader must have is to make decision quickly; When a leader takes too much time to make decisions, he will be seen as inefficient to the people he leads.

What makes a good leader? I believe different people’s view vary according to their own profession, experience and values, but no one will deny that making right decisions is vital for being a leader. However, is making decisions quickly a necessary part for being a successful leader? I do not think so.

First, decisions made in a rush can be wrong due to lack of evaluation. A good decision needs to be based on analysis of current situation and the possible outcome needs to be predicted, which means it takes time to make a right decision. For example, if a manager needs to decide the bonus of an employee, he/she can not just think about a number and then publish it without comparing it with other employees according to their performance.

Also, by making decisions cautiously, a leader can earn more trust from the people he/she leads. Imagine you work in a firm, what would you think if you report an important problem to your leader and he/she makes a decision soon without thinking or calling for a meeting to discuss it?

However, I would like to agree that in some occasions that a leader needs to be very decisive, like when it is a small decision or it is an urgent situation. In such occasions, if a leader can not respond very quickly, their capability will sure be questioned.

In conclusion, except for small or urgent problems, I think a leader should take time to make decisions to assure its positive outcome. A wrong decision for a country or organization can be disastrous and speed is not that important for most of time.

cicicoly

被自己蠢哭，发到别人的帖子下面了。。。

Frances82

Schools have always offered students three types of after-school activities. But due to recent limited budgets, they can only support one kind of activities. Which one would you choose? Why? 1. Sports 2. Arts 3. Volunteering (eg. For the community)

Usually, sports and arts course are offered in the schools so that students can do exercises and appreciate art work during the class. However, volunteer is not a class in schools. Then students may not have chance to do it. Therefore, if schools need to support one kind of activities, they must choose volunteer work because it not only can benefit students and communities but also is a type of education.

Firstly, students can gain virtues from the volunteer work. As students, they only stay in the schools and focus on study. As a matter of fact, school is not the only place they can learn in the world. Students should leave schools and come out to get in touch with the society, where they can get to know the truth they can’t learn from schools. Take my little brother as an example. He is the youngest one in family so everyone spoils him, making him a selfish child. Fortunately, his school held an activity of volunteer teaching in poor village and I encouraged him to go. After coming back, his changes amazed me. He is now willing to share his things with me. Before, he even didn’t allow me to touch his books. And He suggests me to collect my old clothes and books to send to some places in need. I appreciate his changes. And thanks to the volunteer work, he knows more truths and becomes more sensible.

Secondly, it’s advantageous for the whole communities. Students’ volunteer work can improve the community environment. For example, the students are organized to pick up the wastes and to sweep the street, making the street tidy and clean. Besides, other kind of volunteer work, such as visiting aging people in the nursing home, can accelerate relationship within the community. Volunteers get to know each other. And maybe some of them can become good friends. In addition, students communicate with old people. The olds can feel the warmth from young children, and the youth can learn knowledges and hear stories from old ones. The interaction inspire the harmony environment in the community.

Last but not least, education is not all about knowledge. It also incorporates truths and personal experience. Doing volunteer work make students learn from their actions and the experience can be part of the unforgettable memory in their life.

According to what I mentioned above, I strongly believed that schools should offer volunteering as after-school activity.

Tiana_ni

Schools have always offered students three types of after-school activities. But due to recent limited budgets, they can only support one kind of activities. Which one would you choose? Why? 1. Sports 2. Arts 3. Volunteering (eg. For the community)
一些小小的建议：1，就三选一的题目而言，我觉得对另外两个提到的有点少，只有在开头。   2，三个主体段的论证，看完觉得用了好多and,可以改变一下句式，句子间的逻辑关系也要注意一下。    3,总的来说，我觉得词汇用的有些重复和简单。

Usually,(More often than not)sports and arts course are offered in the（我认为the不需要，没有特指） schools so that students can do exercises and appreciate art work(works) during the class. However, volunteer(volunteer做名词是志愿者的意思，volunteering) is not a class in schools. Then students may not have chance to do it（do可以改成participate in,do用的有点多）（这两个句子可以用and thus连接）. Therefore, if schools need to support one kind of activities, they must choose volunteer work because it not only can benefit students and communities but also is a type of education.

Firstly, students can gain virtues from the volunteer work. As students, they only stay in the schools and focus on study(可以用bend on study,刻苦学习) . As a matter of fact, school is not the only place they can learn（这边少了宾语，可以加一个knowledge） in the world. Students should leave schools and come out to get in touch with the society, where they can get to know(access to) the truth they can’t learn(achieve) from(in) schools. Take my little brother as an example. He is the youngest one in family so(so的话是要前面加逗号的) everyone spoils him, making him（become） a selfish child. Fortunately, his school held an activity of volunteer teaching in poor village and I encouraged him to go(engage in). After coming back, his changes amazed me. He is now willing to share his things with me. Before, he even didn’t allow me to touch his books. And(and用的有点多，可以换成also,) he suggests me to collect my old clothes and books to send to some places in need. I appreciate his changes. And(我觉得这个and用的没啥必要) thanks to the volunteer work, he knows more truths and becomes more sensible.

Secondly, it’s advantageous for the whole communities（不确定whole后面是不是可以用复数）. Students’ volunteer work can improve the community environment. For example, the students are organized to pick up the wastes and to sweep the street, making the street tidy and clean. Besides, other kind(s) of volunteer work, such as visiting aging people（the elderly） in the nursing home, can accelerate relationship within the community. Volunteers get to know each other. And maybe some of them can become good friends. In addition, students communicate with old people. The olds can feel the warmth from young children(可以用一个when从句), and the youth can learn knowledges（不可数） and hear stories from old ones. (可以加一个therefore,)The interaction inspire the harmony environment in the community.

Last but not least, education is not all about knowledge. It also incorporates truths and personal experience. Doing volunteer work make(makes) students learn from their actions and the experience can be part of the unforgettable memory in their life(lives).

According to what I mentioned above, I strongly believed that schools should（should可以替换成are supposed to） offer volunteering as after-school activity.