ART

what is art? it is painting for some,music for some people,it is to write for some.on the other hand for some people art is limited in some fields.According to s them ,for example,photografing isn't art,singing isnt art .I disagree with these people.Because if there is a comment, there is also art ,I think.A photographer makes his own comment by catching a scene.A singer has his own way of singing. And each of us has some sense of art.Therefore, we make clear it in some ways.some of us draws pictures ,some of us write poems.And some of us can be professinal in some subjects,they are called artist by society...

Discussion Question 4 (October 27-November 03, 2008)

Discussion Question 4 (October 27-November 03,2008)

Recently a serious economic crisis has broken out, causing all the stock exchange markets all over the world to collapse. The crisis has had a domino effect and started to show its negative impact on the business sector all the more strikingly. What are the main causes of this crisis? What do you think will be the short-term and long-term effects of this crisis on Turkish economy and the business sector, the way Turkish citizens live in society in general and the way you live in particular? What do you think the government authorities / Turkish citizens / you can do to lessen the negative impacts of the economic crisis? What type (s) of people do you think will be affected most and least negatively by this crisis?

Techno...

Technology is a huge concept that make our life easier. To say the
truth we are dependent to it. No one can imagine a world without
electricity,for instance..Thanks to technology the World is like a
small town now. We can easily get informed about a new thing or a new
action which takes place at any part of World. We can easily travel
around the World...There are a lot of advantages of technology that I
can't say even I can't imagine..But there are some obstacle to use
technology...For example:money..The more technology improves the more
it gets expensive...So while some use technology in their life, the
others can't use even can't heard about it...By this point I
mentioned about the advantages of technology.But of course there are
some drawbacks too..Firstly it lessens the social relation between
us. People are getting more and more distant from each others getting
more and more anti-social..Secondly it's an incredible power to
govern technology. That's to be able to use it easily, and when this
power get belonged to the bad-intended ones we can say a big danger
is close to the World..The best and the most obvious examples of this
are wars..Remember the atomic-bomb that was released in Japan during
the II. World War..Even today its effects can be seen..To make an
end; Technology is one of the best things that human being have, but
as all other things it can turn in to a horror...

Ahmet

Ahmet

P.S:Sorry for the empty blog below..i accidently clicked on enter button so i will write my opinion of 'technology in our lifes' in this blog.
None of us can deny the truth that we live in a world of technology .because techonoly is everywhere.

First of all,i will talk about internet .when i was a student of high school,i used internet only to enjoy my time,maybe once in a month i used internet for true education.but now as a student of Metu ,we have lessons in which we actively use internet.we write blogs on internet,we do homeworks on internet..this goes on..at the beginning,this situation was something very confusing and irritating.because it was a big change in my education and daily life.but i am getting used to it.it actually makes things easier for students and teachers.beside this,thanks to internet, we have a good communication chain for our announcements about lessons and other kinds of events.we have a chance to meet our classmates on internet,talk to each other..Consequently,internet is a thing that technology has brought to my life .

Secondly,mobile phone is another thing that technology added to my life.almost everyone i know has a mobile phone.and it's a necessity to have a phone,not a luxury..i can't even imagine how life was when there were no mobile phones..
To be honest there are also disadvantages of technology.technology has taken some values away from our society,for example frienship and neighborliness.i mean people are becoming withdrawn,asocial.they are having more pleasure from Msn chattings than the pleasure they have from daily face-to-face conversations .i think it is a big distortion in the society.
In conclusion,technology has a huge influence on our lifes both positively and negatively but we can control it somehow.we all should decide whether we want to take advantages of technolgy or just become a cynical part of it..

technology in our lifes