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PleasePlease proofread my report

Anonymous — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 03:49:29 GMT

Hey, sorry to repost, but the other came out really difficult to read so i have delete tables etc. Could someone please proof-read my work. I am dyslexia and find proof-checking my work near impossible. It is long but will probably only be stupid mistakes.

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Introduction

Due to social and media pressures the ideal body shape is becoming thinner and this contributes to eating disorders in both males and females Harrison & Cantor (1997).

Anorexia nervosa is defined by the DSM-IV (American Psychiatric Association, 1994) as being 15% under recommended weight for height, age and gender. The patient also has to have a distorted body view and a drive to become thin.

Gordon, (2000) states the ratio of females suffering from an eating disorder compared to males at 9-1. He recognises a gender difference in eating disorders but urges people to acknowledge the existence of the male sufferers. He describes a male patient had visiting a doctor, who had replied to the patients anorexia as âa problem that only happens to girlsâ. He claims that being labelled as suffering with a âfemaleâ disorder can lead to the male feeling ashamed and emasculated and therefore more hesitant to get help, and for this reason some believe that male anorexia is largely unreported. Gordon claims this feeling of shame is enhanced when even female anorexics are judgemental at group therapy.

This negative attitude towards male anorexia causes health risks. It may result in professionals and the males themselves not recognising their early symptoms and therefore may develop chronic anorexia nervosa before they are diagnosed. (Margo, 1987, cited in BMA publication 2000)

Whitney et al (2005) studies individual experiences of people who carers of anorexic people. The femalesâ reports were more emotional than the males who appeared to be less attached with a less sympathetic viewpoint, suggesting males have a more negative attitude towards anorexia nervosa than females do.

Support that males have unhealthy eating patterns in addition to females comes from Forman-Hoffman (2004) who conducted a study involving 9,118 adolescents, 7.3% of females and 3.1% of males reported unhealthy eating patterns over the previous week.

However, theory correlates with the attitudes as many eating disorder theories are specific to women. For example some psychoanalysists argue that anorexia nervosa is developed during whilst females experience separation anxiety from their mothers. (Darvell, BMA, 2000)

Literature on male anorexia nervosa is limited and there does not appear to be any prior research into the difference between attitudes towards male anorexia nervosa and gender. Furthermore, there appears to be a fair amount of ignorance when it comes to male anorexia nervosa, present in medical professionals as well as psychological theories not even accepting its existence might be suggesting that additional education about male anorexia needs to be put into place.

To clarify an attitude is a negative, positive or neural feeling towards an âattitude objectâ, which does not have to be a physical object; it could be an event for example. Attitudes are formed by affective and cognitive responses and behavioural intentions. The following study only examines explicit attitudes, which are attitudes which are self-reported, which can be easily measured on a likert scale.

The aim of this study is to investigate the different attitudes towards male anorexia nervosa between males and females by use of a questionnaire will remain reliable over time.

The hypothesis for this study is gender will affect attitudes towards males suffering from anorexia nervosa.

Method

50 male and 50 female students were selected by opportunity sampling to be participants for the study. Each participant was asked to fill out two questionnaires a week apart. The males were either part of a university football club or an engineering society, while the females were psychology students.

A 5-point likert scale was used.. The questionnaire used 18 affective, 18 behavioural and 14 cognitive. 25 of the questions were testing for a negative attitude, and 25 for a positive attitude.

The first questionnaire conducted had 50 questions but after the analysis had been carried out questions were removed from the questionnaire. Below is a table showing the removed items and why they were removed.

The overall design was a survey. The independent variables (IVs) of this study were gender of the participant and which questionnaire was completed. Gender is a between subjects IV, which has two levels; male and female. Which questionnaire completed is within subject IV, as each participant completed both questionnaires. This IV has two levels, the first questionnaire and the second questionnaire. The dependent variable (DV) is the scores on the questionnaire. The predictor variable (PV) in this study was the scores of the first questionnaire, while the criterion variable (CV) in this study was the scores of the second questionnaire.

The participantsâ details were anonymous and were only identified by their mothersâ maiden name and consent was gained from all participants involved who were briefed beforehand and understood that they could withdraw at any time.

First a questionnaire was constructed by brainstorming statements indicated positive and negative attitudes towards male anorexia nervosa and a mixture of affective, behavioural and cognitive, (18,18,14 respectively) with 25 negative attitude questions and 25 positive attitude was deliberately used. Then the questionnaire was typed up with a 5-point likert scale, with the options of â1. Strongly Disagreeâ, â2. Disagreeâ, â3. Neither Agree Nor Disagreeâ â4. Agreeâ â5. Strongly Agreeâ beneath each question. A brief and a form of keeping the participants details anonymous by using their motherâs maiden name, was also constructed and then potential participants were approached and asked to partake in the study. Once 50 male students and 50 female students had completed the questionnaire the results were coded into numbers as shown above. Then the negative attitude questions were recoded so that 5=1, 4=2, 3=3, 2=4 and 1=5, and then the questionnaires were both qualitatively and quantitatively analysed.

Qualitative analysis was done by looking at the questionnairesâ results and seeing if there was any reason why any particular question shouldnât be there. For example, if most people selected âneither agree nor disagreeâ then the question clearly did not serve its purpose. Quantitative analysis involved looking at the mean, and deleting any items which lay considerably outside 2.5-3.5 margins. Any items with a significantly larger standard deviation or lower correlation figures were also deleted. Then with the questions deleted new quantitative analysis was conducted to check that the results were significant. Then the questionnaire was handed out to the same participants to complete. The second set of data was then reanalysed and a t-test was carried out to compare the totals of each participant for either questionnaire to check the questionnaire was reliable over time, and Leveneâs test was perform to check for a homogeneity of variance. None of the participants where told we were comparing male and female attitudes until after the questionnaires were completed at which point they could disagree for their data to be used.

Results

The item means statistics are as would be expected when testing two opposing attitudes on a 5-point likert scale. From table 2 it is clear that all the means and standard deviations are similar. With the standard deviation being around 1. The item means are as they should be, with the mean around 3, (M = 3.137) with a few deviations, (Range = 1.290, Variance = 0.124,) no items having a mean of much less than 2.5, (Min = 2.470), or much higher than three point five, (Max = 3.760). The item variance is fairly low (M=1.011) and deviates little (Range = 0.634, Variance = 0.33)

These show similar results to those found in the 1^st questionnaire. Standard deviation are around 1. Means are around 3, (M = 3.128) with a few deviations, (Range = 1.320, Variance = 0.136,) These very similar results would suggest that the questionnaire had consistency over time; however this is tested for and discussed further later.

Reliability analysis of 1^st and 2^nd questionnaires

A reliability analysis of the items of the first questionnaire was performed to explore to what extent the scale was internally consistent. The results showed strong internal consistency in both questionnaires (Cronbach's Alpha = 0.891). The result suggest that the scale is not unidimensional (Inter-Item Correlation = 0.289) Similar findings were found with the reliability analysis of the second questionnaire, there was a similar strong internal consistency (Cronbrachâs Alpha = 0.882) and the scale still appeared to be multidimensional (Inter-Item Correlation = 0.270)

Test-Retest Reliability

The results above show that both tests are internally consistent but to discover if the test was consistent over time a test-retest correlational analysis was conducted, scores from the same individuals, on the same items on both questionnaires should be similar to indicate reliability over time. Each participantsâ total score was calculated for questionnaire one and questionnaire two and then the relationship between the two variables was examined. A significant strong correlation between scores on the two questionnaires was found (R = 0.949, p = 0.001). These results indicate that the test was reliable over time. The strong correlation between the two tests is illustrated below in a scatter-graph.

The hypothesis for this study was 1-tailed. The females scored a mean of 70.04 while males scored a mean of 55.06. An independent t-test was conducted to explore the influence gender had on attitudes towards male anorexia. A Leveneâs test of homogeneity of variance was carried out and found to be non-significant (p = 0.183) and therefore it can be assumed that there are no significant differences between variances. Gender was shown to have a significant effect on attitudes towards male anorexia, (df = 98, t = 8.045, p = 0.001).

Discussion

To summarize the results, internal consistency and consistency over time were present in the questionnaires; homogeneity of variance was assumed an independent t-test yielded significant results indicating that there is a difference between male and female attitudes towards male anorexia with males holding the negative viewpoint, while the average female has a more positive attitude towards male anorexics. This is supports the hypothesis that gender affects attitudes towards male anorexic.

Although these findings are highly significant it would be beneficial to conduct research where the scale was unidimensional as opposed to multidimensional.

These results support that Gordonâs viewpoint (2000) was correct that males suffering with anorexia nervosa are stigmatised, however Gordon also expected females to have negative attitudes towards anorexic males which this study does not find supportive evidence for. To ensure that it is not just female anorexics that stigmatise male anorexics a study could be conducted to investigate the difference between female who are suffering with anorexia nervosa and females who are not.

Negative attitudes towards male anorexia may be due to males being undereducated about anorexia as the condition is mainly associated with females. These results could be the consequence of a lack of media coverage. Female bias in academic publications about male anorexia may also contribute (Darvell, 2000). According to Margo, (1987) this will indirectly cause anorexic males health to become worse.

All the participants where students, with no mature students included, which served as a control, however further research to see if the results can be generalised would be worthwhile.

All the participants completed the questionnaires in similar conditions and the use of a questionnaire meant all the questions were standardised. Opportunity sampling was a suitable method for this study due to limitations on time, and the results were highly significant, but if a random sampling method was used for similar research in the future it would reduce possible criticisms. Because none of the participants where told we were comparing male and female attitudes until after the questionnaires were completed, the likelihood of demand characteristics was minimised.

To conclude, the results show a significant difference between male and female attitudes towards anorexia. Males showed a more negative attitude. The questionnaires internal consistency and reliability over time, along with homogeneity of variance of the results can all be assumed. The negative attitudes theorists suggest could be affecting the sufferersâ physical and mental health (Margo, 1980; Gordon, 2000) so it is a vitally important area of study to as evidence will in itself raise awareness and encourage other means of doing so

Please proof read my report

Anonymous — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 03:40:06 GMT

I am dyslexic and find proof-reading really hard. Please proof-read my work. I know that its kind of long, but its all in 3rd person and under the right headings etc. its only the prose and silly spelling mistakes I am conserned with which would be obvious to others. Thankyou so much. Obviously the stats arent relevent at all but thought that it might be really annoying reading something so out of context.

Introduction

Due to social and media pressures the ideal body shape is becoming thinner and this contributes to eating disorders in both males and females Harrison & Cantor (1997).

The aim of this study is to investigate the different attitudes towards male anorexia nervosa between males and females by use of a questionnaire will remain reliable over time.

The hypothesis for this study is gender will affect attitudes towards males suffering from anorexia nervosa.

Method

A 5-point likert scale was used.. The questionnaire used 18 affective, 18 behavioural and 14 cognitive. 25 of the questions were testing for a negative attitude, and 25 for a positive attitude.

Item Number deleted

Item Question

Exclusion Method

I would not find it odd if a straight male told me he longed to have the body shape of another male.

I believe any man with an eating disorder is not a âreal manâ.

3,4

It would not affect me if I heard a close male friend had dealt with anorexia alone

If a male told me he desired to be a underweight body size it would be fine with me.

1,3

I would be more worried about a female who was not eating than I would a male.

1,3

I would feel more uncomfortable discussing a maleâs body shape with himself than I would a femaleâs body shape with herself.

I would be equally worried about a male who wasnât eating just as much as I would a female.

1,3

I would feel unsympathetic to a male with anorexia.

1,3

The gender of a person would not affect how much I would intervene if they were suffering with anorexia.

I believe males who suffer from anorexia are effeminate.

I believe all males with anorexia are attention seeking.

I would actively try to discourage a male friend that I was worried was anorexic.

I would be equally likely to assume a male had an eating disorder than a female.

1,3

I would be just as likely call a female friend âfatâ as I would a male friend.

1,3

I would try to be supportive to any friend or family member with anorexia.

I would reassure a female friend that she is not overweight just as much as I would a male.

I would feel ill at ease if a male told me he desired to be a worryingly underweight weight.

1,3

I believe only homosexual males suffer from anorexia.

I would not be supportive to any friend or family member with anorexia.

1,3

I believe it is unlikely that a male that suffers with anorexia would be good at football.

1,3

I would spend as much time with a clinically underweight male as I would with a male of normal weight.

I would feel upset if I felt a close male friend or family member had suffered from anorexia alone.

I believe anorexic males should be treated differently than anorexic females.

I would reassure an insecure average/ underweight male that he is not overweight as much as I would a female.

2,3

I do not believe male anorexic is related to testosterone levels.

I would be more likely to call a male friend âfatâ in a jokey manner.

I would be faster to assume an underweight female has an eating disorder than I would a male.

1,2,3

I believe anorexic males should be treated the same as anorexic females.

It is just as normal for a male to suffer with anorexia as it is a female.

I believe it is weirder for a male to suffer from anorexia than it is for a female.

1, 3

Table 1 â A table showing the deleted items and reason for exclusion, 1 = Excluded due to mean, 2=Excluded due to standard deviation 3=Excluded due to item total correlation, 4= Other reasons, mainly qualitative (ie: Participants commented question was unclear or did not appear attitudes towards anorexia well)

Results

Descriptive Statistics from 1^st Questionnaire after items removed

Item

Mean

Std. Deviation

item4

3.57

1.07

item6

3.76

1.00

item8

3.35

0.98

item14

3.41

1.03

item21

3.33

1.00

item22

3.25

0.86

item27

3.15

1.09

item28

3.45

1.13

item30

2.95

1.11

item31

2.92

0.99

item32

3.03

1.13

item33

3.43

1.07

item36

2.96

1.03

item41

2.47

0.94

item42

3.38

0.81

item43

2.65

0.99

item44

3.39

1.03

item46

2.73

0.96

item47

2.97

1.01

item48

2.59

0.81

Table 2 â A table showing the descriptive statistics for each item of the first questionnaires after items removed (to 2dp.)

Mean

Minimum

Maximum

Range

Maximum / Minimum

Variance

N of Items

Item Means

3.137

2.470

3.760

1.290

1.522

.124

Item Variances

1.011

.648

1.282

.634

1.977

.033

Table 3 â A table summarising the descriptive statistics for 1^st questionnaire.

Descriptive Statistics from the 2^nd Questionnaire

Item

Mean

Std. Deviation

t2item4

3.60

1.082

t2item6

3.75

1.029

t2item8

3.36

1.020

t2item14

3.40

1.110

t2item21

3.33

1.045

t2item22

3.22

0.894

t2item27

3.20

1.110

t2item28

3.46

1.141

t2item30

2.96

1.127

t2item31

2.91

1.036

t2item32

3.00

1.181

t2item33

3.43

1.057

t2item36

2.94

1.127

t2item41

2.43

0.987

t2item42

3.38

0.862

t2item43

2.61

1.043

t2item44

3.38

1.033

t2item46

2.68

1.062

t2item47

2.97

1.029

t2item48

2.54

0.904

Table 4 â A table showing the descriptive statistics obtained by the 2^nd questionnaire (to 2dp.)

Summary Item Statistics

Mean

Minimum

Maximum

Range

Maximum / Minimum

Variance

N of Items

Item Means

3.128

2.430

3.750

1.320

1.543

.136

Item Variances

1.096

.743

1.394

.651

1.876

.029

Inter-Item Correlations

.270

-.164

.750

.914

-4.576

.028

Table 5 â A table summarising the descriptive statistics for 2^nd questionnaire

Reliability analysis of 1^st and 2^nd questionnaires

Test-Retest Reliability

Criterion Statistics

Gender

Mean

Std. Deviation

Std. Error Mean

TOTAL2

55.06

10.25

1.45

70.04

7.34

1.04

Discussion

Although these findings are highly significant it would be beneficial to conduct research where the scale was unidimensional as opposed to multidimensional.

All the participants where students, with no mature students included, which served as a control, however further research to see if the results can be generalised would be worthwhile.

Re: Complexity of grammar

Cool Breeze — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 09:35:32 GMT

Orpheus wrote:
Do you think that the complexity of grammar of a language reflects the elaborate thinking of its speakers?

No, not in the least. If that were true, present-day Anglo-Saxons' thinking would be greatly inferior to that of their forebears 1200 years ago. While Old English wasn't grammatically complex compared with the language I know best, Finnish, it was a lot more complicated than modern English. In many respects Old English grammar resembled modern German grammar: three genders for nouns, strong masculines, verbs inflected more than today, many plural endings etc.

In my opinion English-speaking people can be just as complex and articulate as speakers of other languages and they can have just as lucid thoughts as other people. The English language just isn't the best tool possible to convey these thoughts because the language is sometimes ambiguous and inexact even though the speakers aren't. There is more often room for misunderstanding when people speak English than there is when a more exact language is employed.

The absolute superlative is a good example. Many educated linguists say there is no absolute superlative in English! Yet they use the absolute superlative in their speech. Who's to know what they really mean when they utter their sentences? For a speaker of a language where there is always a difference between the relative and the absolute superlative it may occasionally be too demanding a task to figure out what exactly is meant.

Cheers
CB

(Pls help)Compare and Contract Essay.(pls help)

Ming664413 — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 08:18:56 GMT

Gender Differences and Similarities in Childhood

âBig boys do not cryâ (Kommer D., 2006, p.249), so what is expected of big boys? Since genders are divided males and females, discriminations have been existing. Even though many employers or parents think that there are no different unbalance treatment to men and females, men, in fact, are treated unfairly not only in jobs but also at home. Fortunately, male are female children are treated equally at schools.

It looks fair between men and women, but men and women are treated not equally in some certain job positions. For example, in many restaurants, employers purely hire hostess, females, because employers want to use females to attract many men to come to the restaurant in order to earn more money. In contract, men hostess are viewed by the employers that men will probably scare customers because of their aggressive facial expression. Many parents, furthermore, merely trust females to look after their babies because women are viewed tenderer than men. Women are commonly viewed very patient to treat moody babies and not easily become angry at babies. Men are commonly viewed intolerant with babies, in contract. While babies are crying, men are viewed do not care and let the babies cry until the babies lose voice. Indeed, males have less jobs opportunities than women.

Another difference between boys and girls are punishments from their parents during childhood. Many adults have traditional perception of boys being physically and mentally stronger than girls. As a result, boys suffer worse penalties from their parents for refusing to conform to their given roles. If boys break free from their given roles, they will be punished, such as locked in their rooms and not given supper. Contradictory, girls are viewed as weak; thus, they cannot tolerate painful punishments. In general, girls are pictured to be more obedient, so if a girl does something wrong, she is expected to be treated with a kinder attitude from their parents. For instance, if a girl breaks her motherâs mirror, her mother may think it is merely an accident and forgive her daughter. On the other hand, if the son breaks the mirror, he might get punished for his disobedience even though it is merely an accident. In short, genders have already been judged differently in a kind of punishment.

Even though self-perspective and chastisement are different between boys and girls, the way to study for boys and girls is similar at school. Both gifted male and female children are enthusiastic to answer questions when teachers ask. Also, they are active to ask questions when they face with a problem from assignments. For instance, when students of chemistry class have some problems on why hydrogen and oxygen can be combined together, the students will ask their chemistry teacher to explain it in depth until the students understand. Although the teacher may need to take a long time to explain it, and some students may feel disturbed by the students who ask questions during class time, the enthusiastic students will still continue to ask for clear explanations because it is very important for them to recognize every detail. In other words, boys are as well active as girls in class to pursue answers when they have trouble in their majors. All in all, both boys and girls are able to handle difficult problems if they are willing to seek clarification.

In brief, even though males are having difficulties finding some jobs and extra chastisement from parents, there are still many admirable teachers pay high effort to teach both male and female students.

Essay-2: Correction

Summer3 — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 10:42:55 GMT

Hi, I am posting another essay. Again, it is for my personal improvement for my future IELTS exam. My exam is scheduled on March 31, 2007. So I am describing some tables, graphs etc. Hope you will understand my request and check my essay for any grammatical mistakes. If you were an examiner, what score would you give?

This table is given on page no. 125 of IELTS preparation book by Wendy Sahanaya and two more writers. I am describing it below.
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The table shows the average incomes of male and female scientists who work for the National Institute of Health. Scientists working for the institute are divided in to two broad categories â MDs and PhDs. Table also shows the salary difference between male scientists and female scientists.

There are total 483 male MDs in comparison to 71 female MDs. The average salary of male MDs is slightly higher than the average salary of female MDs. The number of male PhD scientists is 473, whereas the number of female PhD scientists is 118. The average salary difference between male and female PhD scientists is about 2.5 times greater than the average salary difference between male and female MD scientists.

The number of male lab chief MD scientists is 20 times greater than the number of female lab chief MD scientists. But female lab chief MD scientistsâ average salary is higher than the male lab chief MD scientistsâ average salary. Female scientists of only this category have higher salaries than their male counterparts. The average salary of male and female lab chief PhD scientists is almost similar.

The number of male section chief MD and PhD scientists is several times greater than the number of female section chief MD and PhD scientists. The average salary difference between male and female scientists in these categories is almost same as the average salary difference between male and female MD scientists. The staff fellow PhD scientists, both males and females have the lowest salaries of all.

From this table, we can conclude that females working at same positions are getting lower salaries than their male counterparts. Furthermore, the number of male scientists having MD and PhD is much more than females. It is a surprising fact that there is still gender discrimination even in highly educated positions and departments.

Time â 24 mins, length = 300 words

Re: is there any difference between the pronunciations of fiance and fiancee

Marvin A. — Sun, 04 Feb 2007 19:14:45 GMT

They are both French loanwords. The "e" has an acute accent on it in both. In French, adding an "e" changes the gender of the word, but in this case does not affect the pronunciation.

Thus, both are pronounced: [ fiAnseI ]

issues on/of?

New2grammar — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 15:48:44 GMT

Could someone please clarify the difference between on and of especially when they are used with the word issues?

1) Women Workers and Gender Issues on Occupational Safety and Health.
2) Current Issues of Immigration, 2006
3) A monthly publication for academic staff on issues of teaching and learning.
4) Everyone interested in ethical issues of animal research is invited to
5) Counsel was relieved and new counsel appointed to address issues on remand to the trial court
6) General issues on investment and investment policy

Thanks!

please help me to check my essay! grammar,organization,fluency

Jeremychen — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 14:25:20 GMT

Social Study Essay

What is the feeling to dodge aircrafts? Can you imagine it? This is how our grandparents suffered. Taiwan was once conquered by Japan but it is not the end of Taiwan. Taiwan finally fought back at 1895 and the war ends and Taiwan gained independence at 1950. Taiwan people forced the Japanese government to sign a contract. They have similar laws and institution in comparison to modern day Taiwan (Government), Taiwan has houses shared with their own shop (Food, Clothing, and Shelter), and I will also talk about Taiwanâs family life and Arts and Recreation.

The Governmental and political regime were really strict and during that time, Taiwan was recently conquered by the Japanese. My grandmother told me a story when she was little like the same age as me, my grandmother had friends that are Japanese, when my grandmother had an argue over something with her friends, they always blame its my grandmother but actually itâs her friends that did the mistakes, but her friends wonât admit are their mistakes, because the of the government the Japanese people got power over Taiwan, but my grandmother is a type of person that wonât give up in some situation, She wonât sit there and act like its my fault, she just fought with the her friends. Some people are rich but it doesnât mean they can buy more item then others, because the World War II just ended so there were not a lot of things to buy, every one is just the same, buying the basic human needs.

After my parents have born, Taiwan has their own government. The first president in Taiwan is Chiang Kai-shek, Taiwan have an autocratic government. The difference between my parents and my grandparents is just that they have a self governed institution at my motherâs period. At my grandparentâs period Taiwanâs government was lead by Japan. Their similarities were they both have a government to lead the people.

In nowadays, Taiwan is political unstable because of our controversial president. Recent scandals and poor financing left Taiwan in a mad shape. Chen-Shui-Bian he was the first president that got elected democratically. Chen-Shui-Bianâs department has gradually losing its legitimacy due to these causes. Now Taiwan people are yelling him to exit from the stage, and never come back to the politics field. Todayâs political organization is really similar to the ones in my parentâs and grandparents time period in many ways, they both have a leader to control the government, and also there are political parties or groups to support the government.

My grandparents lived just when World War II have ended, the economy was disastrous; there were no skyscrapers, apartments only houses. Rich people lived in large Japanese style houses, but poor people lived in cramped streets shared with a small shop to run business. During that time there were no keys and they needed to use wood or metal to lock their doors. So their situation was no that good. My grandparents said âpure white noodles with an egg, and soy sauce as seasoningâ is considerably good for them, because World War II just ended and food was not their primary concern. The people usually wear stripe clothes, with long pants but these are for rich people, for poor they wear bags to cut flour but cut holes to let their hand and leg stretch out; the clothing for rich is now normal to us, but the flour bag is already now out of date.

In my mothers period houses were just like our present house, but the houses lack creativity and class. For example, they didnât have switches on the walls, and if you wanted to light a light bulb, thereâs a string beside it that you need to pull before it turns on. Most of the rich people lived on the mountains with their well designed mansions. Low-class citizen still lived in cramped houses with their private shops, but the people use these shops as their secondary business. The style of wearing was suit, or people wear normally. My motherâs favorite food is âChinese tea boiled egg.â She claims that this is the best gift to give out to. More people will try to eat foods from U.S, for example steaks. But most people still prefer to eat countries food.

My house is average, it is not very big but it is rather cozy. Nowadays some people do not use keys anymore as new technology has allowed finger prints, the pupil of the eye, or voice detection to be the key to unlock your door. Elevators are provided in apartments that is why stairs become obsolete. My grandfatherâs house is very different from the present one. Keys were really expensive and not every one could afford it. My parents lived in time where keys were cheap and most of the people use it. Now days most of the people could accept the foreign food, for example pasta, French toast, Japanese beef rice and more and more types of foods are coming in to China. As you can see in our school, most teenage wears baggy pants and big t-shirts that are over your elbow. This is really different from both of my parents and grandparents.

Their life was dreadful, they did not have a lot of things to do, and there were not a lot of toys to play during that time. All they needed to do was to dodge the aircrafts attacks. It is even really hard to get educated during that time of period, because even though some family have a lot of money but some schools were bombed so they need to change schools pretty often. My grandmother admires Don Quixote and Florence Nightingale because she likes her because their vitality.

Both different genders play different things. My mother usually plays dolls, marbles, and sometimes she even creates her own toy. My father likes to play at the outdoors For example, he likes to go swimming in rivers and climbing on trees, or play arcade (Pac-man) at one of the shops at the streets. There were already a big difference between my parents and my grandparents, in my grandmotherâs time they donât even have toys and itâs hard to get educated.

I spend my leisure time by playing video games, computer, watch T.V or play chess, and a lot more as generations passed the technology will be more and better. I admire Wang li-hom (Chinese singer) because of his skills to sing, play violin and piano. There a big difference between me and my grandmother, they need to dodge attack by the aircrafts, and they have no toys to play.

The most differences are technology for example, in my grandparentâs period they donât have televisions, washing machine, or refrigerators and the laws that has been changed, from a conquered country, to an autocratic then to a democratic government. From this project, I learned many things, I learned how was my grandparents time and my parents time different from me, also which person do they admire during their period. I believe there will be more changes from now to the other generation after.

Re: Teacher David????

nona the brit — Sat, 14 Oct 2006 08:32:30 GMT

I think there is a big difference between cultures on the issue of respect.

In some cultures you are automatically respected because of certain things about you; profession, age, gender, family, caste, whatever. I think this is more common in traditional societies.

In other cultures you are not automatically respected because of these things. You are looked at as an individual and people will either respect you or not depending on your achievements and personality. I think this is more common in 'meritocratic' (in theory!) societies.

Re: Gender and Englishforums.com

MrPedantic — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 01:08:00 GMT

Anonymous wrote:
Hello MrPedantic,

You wrote:

PS: I also prefer to think of it as sex, rather than gender. Gender is for the nouns...

I think there is a difference between sex and gender: sex refers to a person's bilogical sex while gender includes assumptions regarding behaviour. To me, 'sex' sounds much too 'biological' and I therefore prefer 'gender'. But that's just my personal preference, of course.

That's an interesting point, Anon.