FORBIDDEN SITES

The internet has entered exactly our lifes and has become one of our indispansables. In the world almost everybody uses the internet for good or bad aims. In other words, the internet is used for not only good aims but also bad aims.And the authority has to prohibit some sites to prevent these bad aims. Although these restrictions can not prevent exactly access to these sites, the authority try to ban such as harmful sites for humanity's benefit as it can do. As there are ban breakers in every area, there are those who break the internet ban too. But this doesn't mean not to prohibit these harmful sites. Well what are these forbidden sites? They are sites in which videos are shared comfortably like Youtube, the things which can be government secret can revealed .Even some sites have somethings against social norms and these affects negatively society's morality especially the child and the young. Because the child who surf on the internet to prepare an assignment come across foolish, irrelative sites to the subject and they enter that site willingly or unwillingly.And these irrelative sites result in waste of time for the child and affect their psychology negatively. Moreover some people might commit a crime such as gamble on the internet . And as everybody thinks, restriction to these sites is normal and necessary for society's morality and survival.

DOWNLOADING SOMETHING FROM THE INTERNET

Downloading MP3s, films and different software programs from the internet without paying any money has spread so widely that almost everybody thinks downloading is normal and claims that it must be legal. but I think downloading somethings from the internet must be illegal because it is money and effort theft. There is no difference between stealing money from somewhere or somebody and downloading something. Musics, films or different software programs are formed to earn money by art earth. But if we download music,film...etc without paying any money, the owners of these works can not earn enogh money to get by. Consequently they can not get by well. In addition to this, artworkers spend a lot of effort and money on these works and they are dedicated to these works themselves and their lifes. Because of our being selfish, when we ignore their effort, they can not get enough response to their effort. Thirdly, If downloading somethings is legal, it means every person starts downloading them and the singers , film makers...etc are not important for us. Some people think downloading somethings from the Internet must be legal because they are too expensive to buy for them. But to bring out these works takes much money for makers .As a result we mustn't steal their money and effort.Reputation of opponents argument: Downloading music,film or different works is against copyright and is to prevent the owners of them from earn money and hence is unrespect for their livelihood right.

EATING AT HOME OR OUT

Recently in Turkey fast-food consumption has risen so rapidly that almost nobody prefers eating at home. And this trend damages not only people’s healthy but also Turkish culture. I think that those who prefer consuming fast-food and eating out to eating at home don’t know that compared with eating out, how many superior affairs eating at home has. If they knew it, they wouldn’t prefer eating out. Eating at home has so many advantages that I can’t explain all of them now. So I will mention a few of them. Firstly eating at home is more economical than eating out although there are people who are against this idea. We can cook more meal with less material. For example whereas we can eat only potatoes roasting with 1-2 Turkish liras, we can buy 1-2 kilos potatoes with that money and cook a few kind of meals with those potatoes . Secondly it is more healthy and reliable because we, ourselves, cook meal. Because we know what the meal includes but we don’t know what food out include and hence we can’t rely on them. They might be unhealthy and it is usually so. Thirdly while we are eating our meal at home, there is a family ambiance which is comfortable and sincere. I don’t know the other cultures but we, Turkish families, come together at meal, discuss family problems and solve the problem or share good news with family members at meal. Otherwise in this world in which ladies and gentlemen, almost everybody is busy with their business, we can never see each other except for meals. If we don’t practice these meeting as well, we will save neither term of family nor Turkish culture. We must eat at home so that we wouldn’t lose our healthy, money, culture and especially family. Some people may defense eating out and they may say that eating out is faster compared with cooking at home and cooking at home is wasteful. I accept they are a bit right but eating at home is healthy and nothing is as important as healthy. Fast-foods have no sustenance as doctors always say. In addition, we don’t know how the food out is cooked and what it is cooked with. We shall attach importance our healthy and we shall not rely on the food out instead of eating at home.

ENGLISH AS EDUCATION LANGUAGE

In our country, some universities like METU use English as education language. This education way has a lot of disadvantages in addition to advantages. But I think the disadvantages are more than the advantages. This opinion changes according to person studying lesson in English. In other words, those at other department support that education language is native tongue whereas the students studying at a department related to English usually think that receiving education in English is so normal.As everybody knows, receiving education in English has much importance in the way of improving. That provides with capability of thinking in English and ability of speaking English fluently but it is not always true. Furthermore thinking in English prevent from thinking in Turkish. Not thinking in Turkish means not being able to speak Turkish. Because the reason of not being able to speak English fluently is not being thinking in English.And this is in the same way for Turkish as well. As a student receiving education at Turkish university and a Turkish citizen we must save our language. But because of education in English, we can not protect Turkish. And this is one of the most important disadvantages in our language which education in English results in . The students graduated from universities whose education language is English such as METU, Boğaziçi have more chance to have a job anywhere compared with the others.But giving a job these people we mustn't ignore their communication in Turkish. Because some people can damage their Turkish on behalf of improving English. Secondly, receiving education in English is so normal and necessary for the students studying at Foreign Language Department like us but for the others it is abnormal and difficult. For example due to the fact that education language is English , usually all students except for those at Foreign Language Department have to study Proficiency for one or two year. Moreover the number of those sent out another university because of the fact that they have failed is not enough to disregard. Likewise they have to study difficult lessons such as mathematics, physics...etc in English even if they pass Proficiency.That's why they can not understand subject thoroughly.As a result of this they are unsuccessful or rather they seem unsuccessful. For if the subjects are learnt in Turkish, they can understand, they have such a capacity but they don't understand in English. As if it is not enough to time lost at Proficiency, they might lose a few years at department as well. Consequently education in English has disadvantages in a lot of points of view and education language mustn't be English.