My study plan in Czech Technical University

Because I am accepeted to study in Czech Republic in the next semester. I spent plenty of time writing my suty plan. So I would life to share this with you.
Study Plan

If I have the honor to be admitted to the Czech Technical University in Prague, I will devote myself to polishing my communication skills in other fields and to absorb knowledge on different areas. My study plan is as follows.

At The Current Stage
If I have the honor to be admitted to the Czech Technical University, I will make the maximum use of my time. During the academic term, I will take good care of my university courses. Besides, I’ll focus on training my listening and speaking ability by watching movies and English TV news, listening to ICRT and English songs, and reading English newspapers in order to communicate in foreign countries. Finally, I will give more attention to international news and seek access to useful knowledge in order to prepare myself for the advanced study in CTU.

Knowledge Is Power
I will apply for the Faculty of civil Engineering in the Czech Technical University for one semester. Browsing the courses which are available to the exchange students, I would like to choose some useful courses and those which are relevant to my interests.
Since I am interested in learning languages, I will definitely choose the course to learn Czech. As the proverb says, “While in Rome, do as the Romans do!” In other words, it is important for us to get used to the environment where we live. Therefore, the first step for me is to learn the residents’ spoken language as soon as possible. I understand that if I hope to have a better connection with the local students, it is necessary to familiarize myself with the language of Czech. In addition, Czech is one of the languages which I am fascinated with. If I am able to communicate in Czech, my life would be certainly full of joy.
Second, I will choose the “Communication Skills” course. It will offer me various lectures on English oral presentation, English composition, and non-verbal communication. Furthermore, it is important to learn the communication skills. How to exchange and express our ideas in a proper, effective way is a significant ability to me.
Third, since my father is a business man, I have been gradually influenced by his profession. So I would like to choose Business Economics which I am also interested in. This course is about some basic knowledge of economic, such as the legal forms of businesses, fundamentals of the management, basic accounting principles, accounting statements and their structure, etc. I am sure that it is useful for me to understand some current issues about business.
Fourth, I would love to know about the culture in Czech, so I will choose the course named Czech culture. This course has greatly seized my attention because of its introduction to Czech customs, history, movies, and classical literacy. Besides academic learning, I take the understanding of Czech social conventions as one of the important things.
In addition to my studies, I will also attend some extracurricular activities. There are a number of occasions where the international students can meet and share their own culture. In this way, I would love to behave myself as a representative of Taiwan and would be proud of introducing my country to foreign students.
Perspective for the Future
After completing the courses in Czech and returning to my own university, I will continue my study in English. With one half of a year’s training in Czech, I believe that I will be more determined in pursuing what I really want. With one half of a year’s training in Czech, I believe that I will be more determined in pursuing what I really want.

I sincerely hope that I can be admitted to study in the Czech Technical University in Prague so that I can have the chance to realize this study plan.

Religions in Taiwan

Nowadays, the R.O.C government recognizes 26 religions in the country. According to the statistics provided by Ministry of the Interior in 2005, the top 5 religions in Taiwan are Buddhism, Taoism, Yi Guan Dao, Protestantism, and Catholicism. Nevertheless, as the East Asian religious traditions in general, identification with these faiths does not necessarily mean actual affiliation as it does in many other parts of globe. It is also common for people to practice a blend of the three religions. Some people only practice Buddhism, but most of them blend Taoist with elements from Buddhism and folk traditions. It is common for people to find a Buddhist temple adjacent to a Taoist temple, or even under the same roof.
With the innovations of technology, there are more and more people believe in what they see. And these supernatural believes are considered as a kind of fantastic talk. In addition, new generations practice religions because of influences of their parents.
In Taiwan the Constitution provides for freedom of religion, and the authorities generally respect the rights. There was no change in the status of respect for religious freedom by the authorities. And there were not any societal abuses or discrimination based on religious belief or practice.

Children are influenced by their peers or by their parents.?

I agree with that most of the children are influenced to a much greater extent by their peers than by their parents. The children in one class have the same age in Taiwan. Thus, when chatting with each other, they can find out their similar interests. For example, children may be addicted to online games, soap operas, cartoons, while adults do not know any of it. That will contribute to a child choose to chat with his/her classmates rather than his/her parents. Another example is that while some topics are hard to express to their parents such as their love affair problem. They will choose the one who can understand their circumstances to talk with. These examples result in lacking of communication between parents and their children. Lacking of communication then becomes a wide gap. Teens may start to think their peers are more reliable. Therefore, children may influence each other’s thoughts, behavior, and attitude in an unconscious way. Second, a youth has limited to absorb some information while staying at home. During school time, they can exchange some attractive ideas which may cause some youths to imitate. Because they think it is funnier and fascinating. Since parents are much more solemn to talk with, teens enjoy getting along with their peers. Third, teens spend much more time getting along with their classmates than their parents. Because of some parents’ job, they do not have enough time to spend with their children. When the class dismissed, children are sent to after-school class directly. A family has no time to be with each other. So one of the reasons why children are influenced by their peers is because of they have got no time to get along with their parents.
In my opinion, a child’s success in school and in life can be both influenced by peers and by parents. While a child can imitate actions, they can learn something useful from their classmates. For example, by a constructive competition, pupils can find out their drawbacks in learning. If two pupils are at the same level, they can do more efforts against each other. That will lead to a win-win situation. Besides, when a child faces some obstacles which cannot be solved by their peers easily, they will ask their parents for help. For instance, a youth wants to learn something but he/she has a financial problem. The one he/she will look for help is their parents. Or if they were frustrated when learning a new thing, parents can give some advices instead of mocking. Consequently, I think both peers and parents influence children directly.

The influences of television and movies

In my opinion, I regard television and movies influence people, society and culture in a negative way. Moreover, they influence both children and adults in the same way.
We can not deny the mass media have sprung in nowadays society. We get the information and knowledge from them in the easiest way. Most people got television in their home and watching movies is a popular way for entertainments.
Turning on the TV, we can apparently discover that there are variety kinds of TV programs. First of all, we watch news everyday. However, we see many negative issues happen in every news program such as violent issues, political conflicts, and scandals all over the country. On the other hand, we scarcely watch them broadcasting the things which have positive meaning. No matter children and adults, after watching them, most people will consider bad thing as normal things which may cause their aberrant behavior. Such as the artist who took drug, was sent into prison then released soon. He apologized and then took the drug again. People will consider taking drugs is not a big deal. The only punishment is to be imprisoned. Then children and adults imitate.
A renowned Japanese detective cartoon Conan has spread through out all over the world. These series of movies have many spectacular plots. What if people imitate it, what kinds of consequences would be? The news once disseminated that people kidnapped by using the same way as the plot in Conan. They committed crime unwittingly. People cannot make any excuses for their behavior which is right or wrong. Things happen like this will be the worst influences by the movies.
Thanks for some TV programs and movies; we can have different kinds of entertainments. While they are full of fun, we can not ignore their disadvantages which have a bad impact on our society. Some announcements need to be declared and people should be well-educated. Many things influence us in an unconscious way that we must pay attention to it and also watch our behavior at all the times.