Homework Tuesday 11th January 2011

1) Life in Vietnam would be perfect if everyone were totally equal.  Do you agree or disagree?  Explain your answer in complete sentences.

 

 - I'm disagree with the idea that everyone is equal like in the story Harrison Bergeron because it means that no one is better than another. The country might not be able to run and developed like other countries. Example there is a person that is really smart and he/she can help the country to be better by their knowledge, but they are prohibited to be smarter and force to keep their knowledge average. And in the country, there will no longer "more beautiful, more function, more ugly..." If everything is equal then people don't a any choice when they want to choose the things that they like. It will probably make the citizen's life become worse.

 

You are designing a society in which everyone is equal. What are the laws?

• All people that their brain are way more than average is must wear a handicap to their ears.
• You can take those off when you are sleeping only. 
• No seperate gender, ages or nationality. Treat everyone equaly. 
• Anyone disober the rules can be put into jails for a specific amount of time. If the crime are too dangerous, they have to be eliminate.  

What would you do to help people who were less capable mentally, physically, or socially to “catch up”? 

 

I'm not agree with the idea people being all equal. So I'm say this in a democracy government

• Send teacher or home tutor to help them gain their knowledge become better. 
• For disable, send them a disable hospital or have someone take care of them. 
• Less capable, I understand it as orphans or homeless people. I will send children to the orphan and someone will adopted them as their children.  

 

What problems can you foresee that might come in a society with laws that force “equality for all”? How would you handle those problems?

 

Problems :

• Country will go down because the citizens are avarage, can't think on their own and some are very stupid.

• Some people will disobey the rule and take a step before the government can arrest them. Like Harrison. 

Solution:

• Not only the people that make te country better, the government is the head of a government, they will help the country to be better. 
• Increase the number of police and guard. Try to catch the traitor. 

Do you believe that total equality is possible, or would human nature make sure that some people would eventually dominate others?

 The believe that everything is equal is not possible. Base on the characteristic of human nature. Even if you use machine and force to keep their ability the same to other. Their inside will be feeling jealousy or pity and that will lead them to the point that they understand that equality is not possible in real life world. And eventually, some of them will go against the government at a time soon.

In what situations have you felt similarly to any of the characters? What persons, places, or ideas from your own experience came to mind while you were reading this story? Try to list as least two examples.

1. The first one is I felt sorry for George because he got disturb a lot when he's trying to think, example when he's about to think of an idea that there shouldn't be any Handicopper General, a sound buzzed him. Just like Mr. Blake suddenly shout and I lost what I was thinking. 
2. Long time ago, a friend tell me to just get a low grade for once and get to relax early at night. I said that it was not a good deal at all.