1. (a) Why is cheerleading an expensive sport?
Some of these costs include: competition fees, busing, uniforms (the skirt, the top, the undershirt, the underwear [they go over your underpants], socks, sneakers, and hair scrunchies), gym time, and even clothes for practicing. cheerleading can also be very time consuming, some teams having it seven days a week, competitions and games.
(b) What makes cheerleading such a tough sport?
Cheerleading is a sport that bound to face many failures,Paitence and Perservance is a important factor in Cheerleading.The main source of injuries comes from cheerleading as a tough sport, also known as pyramids. These stunts are performed at games and pep rallies, as well as competitions. Sometimes competition routines are focused solely around the use of difficult and risky stunts. These stunts usually include a flyer (the girl on top), along with one or two bases (the girls or boys on the bottom) and, one or two spotters in the front and back on the bottom. The most common cheerleading related injuries are: sprained ankles, sprained wrists, back injuries, head injuries (sometimes concussions), broken arms, elbow injuries, knee injuries, and broken collarbones.The main stuff regarding cheerleading is determinded.
2)What is your opinion of cheerleaders? If given a chance, would you join cheerleading? Why/ why not?
Its a good sport. It includes dance, gymnastics and team spirit. While many other sports need to only focus on one thing such as a ball and having to get/take/guard it. Eh No, I would join the real sports time, like volleyball,basketball and softball! I always had the impression that cheerleading is mainly meant for females as they are more suitable and highly attracting of audience.
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
1)What are some of the problems involved in separating a conjoined twin?
Risks involved in separating twins,It can be a life and death decision, because it can involve sacrificing one twin’s life in hope to save the other. I believe survival depends on the type and extent of joining and on the presence or absence of associated anomalies.The greatest risks to conjoined twins during and after separation are anesthesia and surgical complications.Complications can include formation of blood clots in the newly constructed blood vessels, intracranial bleeding, heart complications and infections. Some parents don’t want to risk losing their children so they think it is not such a terrible option to leave their twins joined because they believe their children are more able-bodied together than they would be apart. Its believed that the risks that follow separating or not separating conjoined twins in a physical, psychological, and ethical aspect.
2)If you were a part of a conjoined twin,would you rather stay together with your twin for the rest of your life or would you risk both your lives to go for an operation?Why?
The decision of separation when dealing with conjoined twins is an extremely complicated one. It is a decision that i feel should be made solely by the parents. If i were to make this major decision myself, perhaps i would choose to be a part of a conjoined twin, i would rather stay together with my twin for the rest of my life, If only one twin survives, that twin is at risk for developing a guilt complex about being the one who lived.This ordeal is also psychologically taxing on those making the decisions. The family is very vulnerable for guilt complexes and depression.
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
1)What are big companies doing in order to be more socially responsible?
Big companies chose to make the risk to make a social impact without the need to spend large amounts of money. This perspective has not considered the social and ethical dimensions of organizational resources. The main objective of the article is to show that business can be profitable and socially responsible at the same time.
2)How important it is to be socially responsible? And do you think it is still possible to make a social impact during the recession?
Fund managers screen for incidences of environmental pollution, greenhouse gas emissions, deforestation and other corporate activities that can harm the ecosystem. It is extrememly important to be social responsiblity as it might affect the whole society that we all living on.From an ethical perspective, they want to support companies that care about the consumer and avoid those who think only about a profit.
1)What are some of the things that schools in Singapore are doing in order to take care of the environment?
We had recycling bins have been placed in the class for the inter-class recycling competition.Environmental Representatives are rostered to take down used paper, cans and bottles.
2)Do you think one person's effort in reducing, reusing and recycling wil make a diference in saving the environment ? What steps have you taken in the effort to save the earth?
Yes, Recycling is essential to cities around the world and to the people living in them.In school,we can reduce by pinning notices on notice boards instead of making copies to distribute,switch off light, fan and electronic appliances when not in use and use refillable soap and drinks dispensers instead of providing individual packets. Reuse by using both sides of paper for writing, calculations and problem solving etc,Reuse plastic and glass containers as pots for planting and lastly pass unwanted textbooks and assessment books to others.we can also recycle by setting up a recycling programme in school,participate in our school's recycling programme,purchase and use recycled products,make recycled paper at home and decorate it for use as a greeting card or wrapping paper and purchase greenlabelled products. Its believed that reducing, reusing and recyclying make a difference in saving the environment
