Thursday, April 26, 2012

About Erie Canal


Do barges still carry stuffs?

No, they don’t carry stuffs any more. Since the 1990s, the canal system has been used primarily by recreational traffic, although a small but growing amount of cargo traffic still uses it.

If you want to get more information, you can visit the site: http://www.eriecanal.org/tour.html  

Erie Canal's Barge

Sunday, April 1, 2012

For the happiness


For the happiness

Myunghee


Even if the life makes you sick, do not cry or feel down.
 
When your heart feels down,
Just sit anywhere without doing anything.
One day, the happiest day will hug you.

There is no question that the sickness has the end.
All of things will be gone in one moment.

By tomorrow, the happiness will back.

Friday, March 23, 2012

I am falling in spring


  I am falling in spring

                                                            Myunghee Lee

I took a walk on a cool spring day.

Many flowers bring spring to me
Forsythia, Cherry bloom, Magnolia and unknown flowers
It smells colorful color of spring
These flowers are fallen in spring to me

A sprout bring spring to me
Various trees are coming into leaf
It sees green of spring
These trees are fallen in spring to me

Birds bring spring to me
The birds are singing a song to cerebrate spring
It sounds a song of spring
These birds are fallen in spring to me

Spring fever bring spring to me
The spring has me take nap on moss
It touches a sweet of spring
This fever is fallen in spring to me





Monday, March 19, 2012

How to apply to ALI

1. Go to NAZ Web (http://www.naz.edu/ )
NAZ web site


2. Click “Academics”


3. Click “ International Education” 

4. Go to “American Language Institute”


















5. Click to Download the Application Form!














6. Complete application


















7. Send completed application

  • Send completed application and an official bank statement to:

American Language Institute

Nazareth College of Rochester

4245 East Avenue
Rochester, NY 14618

Saturday, February 18, 2012

Susan B. Anthony House: "Why can't women vote? The law should be changed."


My first visiting to Susan B. Anthony was in 2009 with my friend. Before visiting there, I didn’t know about her and the fact that woman didn’t have a right to vote.  After visiting there, I have thanked to her efforts, that is, women in all of America and most other countries can vote.           

Susan B. Anthony
Susan B. Anthony fought for women's rights. More than any other person she was responsible for women winning the right to vote in America. She was born in Adams, Massachusetts in 1820 and died in Rochester, New York in 1906. At her time, only men could vote. She thought, "Why can't women vote? The law should be changed." She talked about this to people all around the country. In 1872, she voted, but her vote wasn’t counted and she was sent to jail because she broke the election law. When she died in 1906, women were allowed to vote in only four states. However, in 1920, 14 years after her death, women in the United States finally won the right to vote. In Rochester, we have a house that was the home of Susan B. Anthony. She had lived the house while she was a national figure in the women’s rights movement. Her house is located at 17 Madison Street in Rochester with the Susan B. Anthony Museum. Recently, in order to keep Susan B. Anthony's vision alive and relevant, the Susan B. Anthony House is a learning center and museum open to the public for tours and some programs. To get more information, you can visit this Web site: http://susanbanthonyhouse.org/index.php

Thursday, February 9, 2012

Food Information



  Where does your food information come from? Give an example. How does this information affect what you eat?

  In my country, South Korea, a place-of-origin indication system was implemented on the agricultural products and meat kinds even those are included in any other products.  In addition, they have to sign the producer’s name either. The government made such a rule and it is very strict, so if someone violates the rule they could get a big fine. Therefore, I can trust their report on the products and I buy the products with seeing their label. It was very helpful for me to buy foods.

My favorite buying foods from Wegmans
  However, I struggled to buy foods and its products in the U.S at first because I don’t have any information about them. Only I could rely on my friends’ comments and advices. With their recommendation, I tried to eat at first, and then, if I was satisfied with some of them, I kept in mind some the loyalty for such food. For example, I am used to go to Wegmans to buy organic dairy products (milk, yogurt, and chesses), organic vegetable and fruit, and sometimes-organic meat even though their price is high. I have still bought same blend products  because I have not gotten any new information about food and my expenditure is limited on food.



Friday, February 3, 2012

Polish Heroes: Those Who Rescued Jews



Polish Heroes: Those Who Rescued Jews

Role: Reporter

Audience: College student

Format: News report
Human Rights During Wartime


The title of the exhibit
Polish Heritage Society of Rochester, and the Jewish Federation of Rochester bring us the exhibit; Polish Heroes: Those who Rescued Jews. The exhibit is going to display at the Shults Center Forum at Nazareth College until February 19, 2012.  The exhibit is a unique photographic exhibition created as a tribute to the more than 6,000 individuals in Poland who have been recognized for sheltering Jewish people during WWII. Their stories, written in English and in Polish accompany their photographic portraits. We can see the pictures and individual stories of 21 such recipients who all live in the Krakow region of Poland today.

Honarata Mucah
According to their story, their human rights did not exist during the wartime even their own country. They had to take shelter and they didn’t have enough food to live only they could move to find food at night 18 months until the end of war (Honarata Mucah’s saying). In hence, they used to see their family and friends’ death. There are not even basic human rights. We could imagine how they were scared and anxious at that time without any safety.

The view of Shults Center

Photo of Polish Hero by Chris Schwarz
The human dignity of all individuals must be respected at all times even during wartime. We could realize how inhumane the war was to people though this exhibition. In these days, we have a lot of conventions among nations to preserve human rights during the war such as giving medical services, foods, and civilian’s safety at least. Any country must abide by these promises and keep in mind. In addition we have to remember their faces and stories in one exhibition to respect human rights.