Paola Hsieh Writing 3 ( introduction e body paragraph)

A pratical life without the Internet? Impossible. During the Cold War (1945-1991), the USA and the URSS were competing: economically, politically and technologically. The nation that had had the best techonologic could win this battle, so both countries supported the race that, afterall, would have some good consequences. One of this good consequeneces is the Internet. This new tool can make currently life pratical, and should be encouraged amog the people, due to its function to make life faster, to reduce the distance and to improve the knowledge.
The using of the Internet should be encouraged among the people, because is a tool that makes life faster. Nowadays, due to capitalism, which is based on the saying “time is money”, the speedness is important to almost everybody. In order to ease people’s life, the Internet is an instrument that enables doing some tasks in a fast way, such a payment or a buying. Some experts from UCI ( University of California: Irvine)believe that currently, the Internet is almost essential, provided that some duties would take to much time to do them. For instance, a person can buy the latest cellphone from the Nseries of Nokia, by the Internet, using the website e-bay, and that would take too little time. In 1970, when the Internet was beginning, a person could buy the new gadgets, but he/she would have to go to the store and that would take to much time. Therefore, the Internet provides the means to make people’s life faster.
The Internet is an important mecanism and it should be encourage among the people, because it reduces the distance. Currently, due to the airplanes, is possible to go from Brazil to China in two days and to keep in touch, people use the Internet. By this mecanism, a person can uses the Skype, the Orkut or even the e-mail to chat with someone all over the world. For instance, João dos Santos, husband of Maria dos Santos, went to Tokyo, Japan, in 2008, for a business trip, during two moths. In this period, he has comunicated with his wife, only by the Internet and since then, he is really thankfull to the benefits of the Internet. All in all, if there is network, the Internet enables a distance of zero km between the pepople all over the world.

Paola Hsieh Writing 2

It was Decemeber and the Christmas was getting nearer and nearer, so my parents had to decided what we were going to do this year for the holiday. Their decission was to make something different and special, and my mother suggested us to do some charity, to help people who, unffortunateky, could not afford the same privileges that we had.
The idea was to present poor children , from the small rural city where my father had a farm, on the Christmas Eve. My mohter had decided that we would buy small dolls and some teddy bears for the girls, and for the boys we would buy some child’s play car and playmobils. We also bought puzzles, books and unissex’s toys, so the children could decided which one he/she would choose.
Therefore, two weeks before December, 24 th, my mother and my sibling went to São Paulo’s downt town to decide and buy the presents we were going to give. One week before the big day, we took the presents and carried them to Sarapui, the city where we would give the them, and my mother talked with some employees, in order to they help us on the day.
On December 24 th, we went to the city’s gymnasium, where we would give the presents. By the time we got there, the line had already turn two blocks and it was only 7 a.m. . It was so many children, provided that the major helped us, by warning the parents about this event. When we started to give the presents to the kids, It was the first time that I have ever seen so many smiles and happyness.
However, my father told us that he would drive a little bit to some places farer, in case, some children could not go to the gymnasium. So he took the car’s keys and me and my siblings went to help him and my mother and the employees stayed in the gymnasium, to keep the donation. Therefore, we put a few presents in my father’s Range Rover, so we colud go to spots that to get there were not asphalts roads. We drove for 3 hours and we were able to give some presents for children that could not even afford to go to school or to buy new clothes. There was a remarkable spot, where five small children, with no more than 12 years old, apprently all siblings, were working, on Christmas Eve. They were wearing shred colthes and were sweping the floor. When they saw my fahter’s car approaching they got a little bit scary, but the oldest got near from us and we could give to them their presents, they started to play with the toys with a lot of pleasure.
Their situation was reaaly sad, and I shall never forget my father’s words: “If you have more than you need to survive and you may help the others, do that, because one day you may need a help, and then you shall find someone to help you.” I also learned that a small gesture, such as giving presnts, could put a smile in faces. And after that day, I understood that the world is not only black-and-white, however, small gestures can help people, or even just make them a little bit happier, evem that just for Chritsmas holiday.