Final Project

Yue Wang
Eng191
Final project
                                                   Childhood obesity

 “Hi kid, how come you are so fat?” to some people this sounds like a funny question, but maybe the girl or boy has come running home in tears after hearing that kinds of questions. How do you feel about this?  Recent data indicates that there has been a significant increase in overweight in children (4~12 years of age) during 1986~2008(Raymond 213). It highlights the facts that not only are children in the age groups getting fatter; they are getting fatter faster than ever before. So it is easy for people to associate with childhood obesity.

  Childhood obesity means “excessive body fat” (Rowland 130). It also means the fat-storing ability is hardly appropriate for children, and it causes fat deposition (Rowland 131). And most overweight children may become overweight adults; they are more in danger to a variety of diseases and further social discrimination. That tells us to recognize how important it is to keep children’s weight at the right level (Clinton 18).

Today, America’s childhood obesity situation is in crisis. 11% percent of children in the United States are “overweight” or “obese” (Hayman 215). From 2000 to 2008, there was more than 4 percent increase of youth in the heaviest range (Dalton 20). Specifically, data from the most recent national health and nutrition examination survey (NHANES 3) shows that the number of overweight children in the U.S. has increased among all age, race and sex groups since the NHANES 2 (Hayman 214). For the growing number of overweight children, the chance of becoming obese is greater than ever before. Above all, prevalence and trend data show that the urgent need for public and government is to prevent the continuing epidemic of overweight children and youth in the U.S (Dalton 20).

  If people want to help children to solve the obesity problem, first they should know why he or she is overweight. There are some common reasons for this. The first reason is parents. As we know, overweight runs in family, it must a hereditary problem. 75% percent of the instances in which parents are overweight, the children are overweight (Wolff 16). Only 9% of the cases in which neither of the parents are overweight, are the kids overweight (Dalton 60). The second reason is misinformation about food. Of all the media, TV has the strongest effect on children’s behavior. Sometimes, children choose the food which is promoted by TV because it is fun, it is sweet or it is the way to get a prize rather than because it is necessary for good health (Wolff 20). The third reason is family behavior. Family behaviors undoubtedly contribute to childhood obesity, because parents always pass on their beliefs and habits to their children. For example, parents prefer to eat meat rather than vegetables. It could be easily for children to become overweight. In short those are three major reasons why the children become overweight (Dalton 94).  

How to prevent our children from being overweight is also an important matter. There are three methods for children to prevent obesity. The first method is forming a good eating behavior. Obesity is attributed to both sharing genes and eating behaviors. If children form a good eating behavior, like eating more vegetables than fast-food, it will strongly decrease the risk of childhood obesity (Hayman 221). The second method is doing some physical activities. Extensive experience has demonstrated that physical activities can be effective in reducing the fat load, increasing cardiovascular efficiency, allowing more economical locomotion or decreasing the oxygen cost of ventilation (Hayman 224). Third method is making children get enough sleep. Children from seven to eighteen need at least nine hours of sleep at night. Younger children need more. If the children get enough sleep, they will have enough energy to do some physical activities and keep healthy. And a recent study indicates that “less sleep, more body fat” (Dalton 131). So knowing those skills will help both children and their parents.

There are three important prevention periods: fetal period, infancy period and childhood period. For people to know this three kinds of periods will give children a lot of help. In the fetal period, the first important thing is prevent the fetus being overweight. If a pregnant woman’s weight increases too fast, it will cause the baby to be overweight. So it will increase the chance of obesity for this baby in the future. Therefore, a pregnant woman should do some appropriate activities and have regular physical examination (Smith 125). In the infancy period, experts encourage breast feeding. Research indicates that the probability of the obesity occurred in the children who were breastfed much less than the children who were artificial. The reason may be that the breast children can be better controlled in the intake of meals and the intervals, which avoid the excessive intake of calorie (Dele 56). In the childhood period, parents should develop their children’s good eating habits and exercise habits. In addition, parents should help the children to measure their weight regularly and adjust it when there is an indication that the children’s weight is rising too fast (Dele 58).

Obesity is an important problem in both and medicine and public health. If people don’t take care and treat the overweight children in time, it means these children will have a high risk of some diseases when they become adults. There are 3 common ways to treat these overweight children. The first way is exercise therapy; being active will not only make children lose weight but also make them stronger. And exercise therapy and diet therapy need to match each other. Only if combined with them, the exercise therapy will have a significant result (Berg 74). The second way is psychotherapy. This kind of therapy needs parents’ help. Parents should tell children the correct eating behavior, encourage them to take part in sports and most importantly, encourage children to overcome inferiority complex. Sometimes, the psychotherapy is more efficient than diet therapy and drug therapy (Berg 76). The third way is drug therapy. If exercise therapy and psychotherapy both fail, parents should think about drug therapy. This kind of treatment should be evaluated by the physician. The children follow the physician’s request and take medicines. But some experts do not recommend this method (Jana 150). They prefer the first two than the last. So take good care of your children and treat them in time.

      

  Good behavior is related to weight control. And the following behaviors hold the key to losing weight and developing an adequate, sensible diet. The first important behavior is eating a good breakfast (Wolff 87). In many ways, breakfast is the most important meal of the whole day. It provides your body with fuel when a child most likely to need it. The second behavior is controlling snacks, controlling of snacks is essential for children. Not only do they contain loads of empty calories, but also blunt your child’s appetite, so that children are less willing to eat nutritious food which you serve at the meal-times (Wolff 58). The third behavior is eating slowly. Eating slowly, being aware of the food, savoring its taste, texture, and aroma are critically important in restoring the act of eating to a manageable physical function (Wolff 87). The fourth behavior is getting enough exercise. It has some benefits: it helps muscle tone, it impose general health, and it helps the self-image of the child who’s gotten used to seeing himself or herself as a sluggish, lump of flesh (Wolff 58).

       Every movement, every activity burns up calories. The more vigorous the activity, the more calories consumed. Calorie reduction is the only practical and effective means of losing weight. There are a few of most effective and least burdensome exercises. The first is running; running offers several advantages as a way for those of all ages to enjoy regular exercise and improve physical fitness. Therefore, running is particularly valuable for its preventive health effects of controlling weight and maintaining cardiovascular fitness (Rowland 279). The second is walking. This is one of the best all-around; no stress exercises because it helps the heart, lungs and legs to gain strength. So, let it become a habit (Wolff 49). The third is bicycling, like walking, it is a balanced exercise. Bicycling is also a good family activity. It does not cost much to outfit Mom and Dad with a couple of second hand bikes, setting the stage for nightly cycle tours or weekend bike trips (Wolff 50). The fourth is sports. Children should develop an interest in non team sports. These sports allow your child to play with others at his or her own level of ability and they are easier to carry on into adulthood. They include tennis, badminton, water-skiing and snow-skiing (Wolff 52). Above all, a good exercise program will help the slimming process and have health payoffs.

       With the knowledge about why children are overweight, the importance of good nutrition and exercise, and the most important behaviors related to eating and weight, people can design a program to fit a child. The first step is record your children’s weight. Write down your child’s weight on the first day. Each following day put a dot on the position matching the day of the week and the amount of weight your child has gained or lost (Wolff 124). The second step is to decide on a weight goal for your child. Do not try to transform a very fat child into a very thin one-settle for an average weight (Wolff 125). The third step is choosing the first behavior to change. There are many reasons for children overweight, and your child doesn’t need correct his or her bad behaviors all at once. So, parents should choose one behavior to change. Concentrating on that one for two weeks and then add a second (Wolff 131). The last step is continuing all the steps until all the behaviors are changed. Continue on the schedule, do not try to speed it up, be sure to keep on weighing your child and writing it in the calendar forms (Wolff 140). In short, if you follow through with your program, you can be sure that “happy day” will arrive.

       Improving childhood health is still far from the top of the long wish list of schools. If schools want to become part of the solution and make obesity prevention a high priority, they should take several actions. The first action is ceasing junk food on campus and offering healthier alternatives. Now, many schools have banned junk food, nourishing snacks should be available at reasonable providing. And this action has won lots of parents’ praise has been effective (Dalton 202). The second action is overhauling the school lunch problem to making it more appetizing, nutritional, and popular. Schools provide food which are nutritious and popular with students, such as, vegetable wraps, tasty grilled chicken, soy burgers, salads and fruit juice (Dalton 204). The third action is reinstating daily recess and physical education, and promoting physical activity throughout the day. A variety of activities at school could be providing for all children. This may help them from falling asleep in the classroom or quell the urge to reach for a caffeinated soft drink (Dalton 206).

  Today, childhood obesity has become one of the most serious problems in the world. Parents, schools, community and society all should try their best to care about the overweight children from all aspects. With theirs help I believe these children will be moving closer to the day when they no longer have to endure the painful question, “ hi kid, how come you are so fat?”

Works cited

1 Berg, Francie M. Underage & overweight: America's childhood obesity crisis-- what every family needs to know. New York : Hatherleigh Press, 2004

2 Clinton, Smith J. Understanding childhood obesity. Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 1999

3 Dalton, Sharron. Our overweight children. Berkeley: University of California press, 2004

4 Dele Davies H. Obesity in childhood and adolescence. Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2008

5 Hayman, Laura L. Heath and Behavior in Childhood and Adolescence. New York: Springer Publishing Company, 2002

6 Institute of Medicine (U.S.), Preventing childhood obesity health in the balance. Washington, D.C.: National Academies Press, 2005

7 Jana Pařízková. Childhood obesity: prevention and treatment.  Boca Raton, Fla.: CRC Press, 2005

8 Rowland,Thomas W. Exercise and Children’s Health. Illinois: Human Kinetics Books, 1990

9 Wolff, Jurgen M., Dewey Lipe. Help for the overweight child. New York: Stein    and Day, 1978

The evidence

20.

Nichol s
10.
Mengyao ding
4.
Abdullah A

Outline of Final Project

Yue Wang

ENG191

Final Project of Outline

I.                  Introduction

   Childhood obesity has become a big problem in society. Today American obesity’s situation meet crisis. I oppose children obesity because of following reasons: hereditary from parents, misinformation about food and family behavior. In our daily life there are several ways what can prevent childhood obesity: good eating behavior, some physical activities and get enough sleep. Designing a good plane for children to prevent obesity is very important.

II.              Body

A.    American trend about childhood obesity

B.     Reasons of childhood obesity

a.       parents

 a）hereditary

b.      misinformation about food

c.       family behavior

C.     How to prevent childhood obesity

* Treat and design a good plane for the over weight children

a.       good eating behavior

a)      eating good breakfast

b)      controlling snacks

c)      eating slowly

b.      some physical activities

a)      do some exercise and sports

c.       get enough sleep

d.      design a good plane

a)      record your child’s weight

b)      decide on a weight goal for your child

c)      choose the first behavior to change

e.       school action

a.       offers healthier alternatives

b.      make much program more appetizing

c.       Promote physical activities.

III.          conclusion

     Today, childhood obesity has become one of the most serious problems in the world. Parents, schools, community and society all should try their best to care about the overweight children from all aspects. With theirs help I believe these children will be moving closer to the day when they no longer have to endure the painful question, “ hi kid, how come you are so fat?”

Reference

1 Berg, Francie M. Underage & overweight: America's childhood obesity crisis-- what every family needs to know. New York : Hatherleigh Press, 2004

2 Clinton, Smith J. Understanding childhood obesity. Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 1999

3 Dalton, Sharron. Our overweight children. Berkeley: University of California press, 2004

4 Dele Davies H. Obesity in childhood and adolescence. Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2008

5 Hayman, Laura L. Heath and Behavior in Childhood and Adolescence. New York: Springer Publishing Company, 2002

6 Institute of Medicine (U.S.), Preventing childhood obesity health in the balance. Washington, D.C.: National Academies Press, 2005

7 Jana Pařízková. Childhood obesity: prevention and treatment.  Boca Raton, Fla.: CRC Press, 2005

8 Rowland,Thomas W. Exercise and Children’s Health. Illinois: Human Kinetics Books, 1990

9 Wolff, Jurgen M., Dewey Lipe. Help for the overweight child. New York: Stein    and Day, 1978

comparing interview three to two and one

              

          

         The time is fast, I have already finished three interviews. The second interview is better than the first interview, and the third is better than the second interview, so the third interview is the best interview on this semester. I had interviewed three different country cultures. The first interview country person is Korea, the second one is Saudi Arabia and the third one is American. I changed different cultures between those three interviews. I chose three different ways to ask them questions because they are different country people. I started to review each question, and consider which two questions can be connected naturally because I want to seriate all questions that make interviewee feel comfortable to be asked. In addition, I estimate the time that to be used in interview. I thought the time of interview can’t be very short, so I need to prepare counter plan. Their cultures are new for me to record. And also, I have finished preparing the entire fourteen questions in class. Before the interview, I have printed two pages of questions. One is for me, the other one is for interviewee. On my opinion, I record notes what my successful thing is. I also used my cell phone to record the entire interview. I didn’t spend much time on transcribe notes because I don’t want the interviewee to wait for me. I just write down some key words, so I just spent one and half hours to transcribe the recorded audio portion. I think that steps are the best ways to interview. Those three interviews what I use the same ways to do, and Three interviews just have different information. I am satisfied my interview very much. Maybe I will improve better on my next interview.

the third interview winner

1.

Schleif, Nicholas E

2.
Guyi
3.
wenting cai
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0An6xqkP_s_aDdGIzR2Jxb21nMnNjaDV3TnJtU0I0V0E#gid=0

China

Report of China

              

                   The People’s Republic of China is second-largest country by land area in the world, and it is the most populous country. Beijing is the capital of China. "The People's Republic of China is a single-party state governed by the Communist Party of China." There have over 22provinces, five autonomous regions, four directly controlled municipalities and two mostly self-governing special administrative regions in China. China's landscape is vast and diverse, with forest steppes  and the Gobi and Taklamakan deserts occupying the arid north and northwest near Mongolia and Central Asia, and subtropical forests being prevalent in the wetter south near Southeast Asia". Yellow River is the most famous in China because yellow river is Chinese Mother River and it gives Chinese people life. “China's political system was based on hereditary monarchies, known as dynasties, beginning with the semi-mythological Xia of the Yellow River basin (approx. 2000 BC) and ending with the fall of the Qing Dynasty in 1912”. China is the wonderful and grateful country in the world, and China will develop better and better in the world.

                   

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Rivers and Lakes". China.org.cn. http://www.china.org.cn/english/features/China2004/106396.htm. Retrieved 15 June 2009.

^ Walton, Greg; International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development (2001). "Executive Summary". China's golden shield: Corporations and the development of surveillance technology in the People's Republic of China. Rights & Democracy. p. 5. ISBN 978-2-922084-42-9. http://books.google.com/?id=S9rP0A2q14UC&lpg=PA4&dq=single-party%20%22people's%20republic%20of%20china%22&pg=PA5#v=onepage&q=%22single-party%20state%22. Retrieved 29 August 2009.

My Third Interview

My Third Interview

Interviewer: Yue Wang

Interviewee: John

Preparation of interview

             My preparation for the third interview looks similar because I have finished preparing the entire fourteen questions in class. Before the interview, I have printed two pages of questions. One is for me, the other one is for interviewee. Although the handouts have been used for last interviewee, I didn’t write down anything on handouts and it still looks new. I started to review each question, and consider which two questions can be connected naturally because I want to seriate all questions that make interviewee feel comfortable to be asked. In addition, I estimate the time that to be used in interview. I thought the time of interview can’t be very short, so I need to prepare counter plan. I also prepared some another questions about personal life. Actually, my questions for the interview are full enough, and the time for the interview is to be calculated accurately. John is American who was found from SCSU. He is a  nice person who help me to finish my interview.


Interview report
My third interviewee is John who comes from America. He is a student in SCSU. We met each other in library’s café shop on 2pm 1st April. Before I went there on time, I bought some his favorite Ice cream from DQ. It should make interviewee feel relax like staying home. Then we found a good place without noisy to take interview. Firstly, I gave him a list of questions for preview. In my opinion, preview for the question is really possible because it makes interviewee feel concrete and exercisable for the following interview. I also asked him “Are there some questions that can’t be asked in this list of questions”? He told me he felt enjoyed and relaxed about the interview. Secondly, I started from some simple and random questions. I thought this should make interviewee feel comfortable. Thirdly, I also used my cell phone to record the entire interview. I didn’t spend much time on transcribe notes because I don’t want the interviewee to wait for me. I just write down some key words.

Country report
                                                             
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               "The United States of America (also called the United States, the U.S., the USA, America, and the States) is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its forty-eight contiguous states and Washington, D.C., the capital district, lie between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, bordered by Canada to the north and Mexico to the south. The state of Alaska is in the northwest of the continent, with Canada to the east and Russia to the west, across the Bering Strait. The state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific. The country also possesses several territories in the Pacific and Caribbean".

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               "The land area of the contiguous United States is approximately 1,900 million acres (7,700,000 km²). Alaska, separated from the contiguous United States by Canada, is the largest state at 365 million acres (1,480,000 km²). Hawaii, occupying an archipelago in the central Pacific, southwest of North America, has just over 4 million acres (16,000 km²). The United States is the world's third or fourth largest nation by total area (land and water), ranking behind Russia and Canada and just above or below China. The ranking varies depending on how two territories disputed by China and India are counted and how the total size of the United States is measured: calculations range from 3,676,486 square miles (9,522,055 km² ) to 3,717,813 square miles (9,629,091 km²) to 3,794,101 square miles (9,826,676 km²). Including only land area, the United States is third in size behind Russia and China, just ahead of Canada. "

             " American public education is operated by state and local governments, regulated by the United States Department of Education through restrictions on federal grants. Children are required in most states to attend school from the age of six or seven until they turn eighteen; some states allow students to leave school at sixteen or seventeen. About 12% of children are enrolled in parochial or nonsectarian private schools. Just over 2% of children are homeschooled.

The United States has many competitive private and public institution of higher education. According to prominent international rankings, 13 or 15 American colleges and universities are ranked among the top 20 in the world. There are also local community colleges with generally more open admission policies, shorter academic programs, and lower tuition. Of Americans twenty-five and older, 84.6% graduated from high school, 52.6% attended some college, 27.2% earned a bachelor's degree, and 9.6% earned graduate degrees. The basic literacy rate is approximately 99%. The United Nations assigns the United States an Education Index of 0.97, tying it for 12th in the world."

Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States

Transcript:

Me: Hi, Tom, How’s going？

John: good, Carla, how was your puppy?

Me: She’s good and happy everyday. But sometimes she is crazy to jump and run. I am not sure she is a girl.

John: haha, the little puppy always likes that. En~ maybe she grows up little, she will become quiet.

Me: ok, where were you born?

John: saint Cloud

Me: what do you think of St Cloud?

John: It is quiet and peace city, and it is good for retired people to live.

Me: haha, that’s right. Let me ask you the first question, what could SCSU do to make you stay on campus better?

John: umm, I think they cloud have more online classes and more parking places.

Me: My second interviewee has the same opinion with you. The parking places. I agree with you because now I have a car and I should find parking place , I always late to go to class.

John: right.

Me: Do you always eat gravy?

John: no

Me: why don’t you always eat gravy?
John: I didn’t like that food. And I also need to work other place so I don’t have time to eat.

Me: what kind of food do you like?

John: anyway. I’m not care.

Me: I always eat in Gravy. Could you introduce some good American food for me?

John: of course. Taxes house is steak house, it is very nice. You can eat American steaks.

Me: oh~ haha. I really like eating steaks. American steaks are different from Chinese steaks. Because Chinese steaks are sweet and meat is not good.

John: really?

Me: yep. What kinds of sports do you like?

John: football. It is famous in American.

Me: do you always watch games with your friends?

John: yes, my friends like watching games with me. we also enjoy it.

Me: what is your favorite football team?

John: Dallas Cowboys

Me: oh, good!

Me: Do you have any daily rituals in regards to your religious beliefs?

John: No, I don’t have…..

Me: are you religious?

John: I am not at all.

Me: what religious holidays or other culture events do you or other celebrate?

John: Christmas. We celebrate Christmas. And I think Easter is pretty big holiday if you are religious. We also celebrate with our family. The family also is big number.

Me: what do you do in your daily life?

John: I finish the class and I need to work. Or on Friday night, I also have party with my friends.

Me: wow, that’s really interesting. If you have party, please invent me!

John: ok, I need to work, so …..

Me: ok, thank you so much my friend!

John: you are very welcome!

Comparing my first and second interview

I think my second interview is better than first interview because I feel more confident and relaxed. I changed meeting place and different country to interview on second interview. I met with my interviewee in campus apartment 411 on first interview that environment made me not to focus on interview. So I change the place to interview my second interviewee. I consider which questions can be connected naturally because I want to seriate all questions that make interviewee feel comfortable to be asked before my interview, I didn’t want the same problems to happen on my second interview, so I need to prepare counter plan. I also prepared some another questions about personal life. Those are sensitive questions. They all have different country and culture. I get communicative flow from first interview because I write down notes on my notebook, and it is very slowly, so I waste lots of time. On the first interview, I use my phone to record notes. On that time, I think technology is very grateful. If don’t have technology on the world, the world will become trouble. Then I went to take notes. Maybe I spent 2 hours transcribing notes on my apartment. 2hours is not too long, cell phone saved my time. All of things for me are new because it is my first interview. Before interview I never know what steps for me to interview. There are lots of important thing we should pay attention. I feel so good about my second interview because I try my best to do it. Those two interviews let me learn more knowledge.

Second Interview of winners

1. 20 Schleif, Nicholas E
2.Smith, Tiffany M
3. Yi Gu   Mengyao Ding
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0An6xqkP_s_aDdHhwM1FuejhrNlJSbk5VTnVaUktpa3c#gid=0

My second interview

My Second interview

interviewer: Yue Wang

inreviewee: Atteih

Preparation of interview

        My preparation for the second interview looks similar because I have finished preparing the entire fourteen questions in class. Before the interview, I have printed two pages of questions. One is for me, the other one is for interviewee. I started to review each question, and consider which two questions can be connected naturally because I want to seriate all questions that make interviewee feel comfortable to be asked. In addition, I estimate the time that to be used in interview. I thought the time of interview can’t be very short, so I need to prepare counter plan. I also prepared some another questions about personal life. My interviewee was from Saudi Arabia as well, and his name is Atteih. He is a good boy because he always help me when I have a problem in daily life.  I like his style of his daily life. because he always can do his favorite things, and he never care other's mind.He really enjoyed doing some sports. He told me he played football in his own country. Football is a really famous and popular sport in his country.

Interview  Report
      The second interview is better than first interview because I didn't feel nervous. Atteih is my best international friend who is my IEC classmate in the USA. Later I asked him to introduce a Saudi Arabia  for me to carry out the second Interview.Actually, Atteith who is the boy in my second interview, and we already know each other because we had party or class during summertime. I contacted him on face book, and leave a message to his about interview. Later, he really interested about this interview and replied to help me finish my work. We decided to meet in school library at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday. Before the interview, I stayed in my home to review all the questions that I need to ask. Then I went there on time, and meet him for interview. Then I gave him the list of questions that I have prepared. I hope he was able to have a preview about the questions. He was really happy when he saw some questions. He told me there are some questions that really interesting. after that I told him that I would record the whole interview by my cell phone and make sure about his agreement. I started the interview from simple questions. I thought this may be make him feel in relax and informal condition.


Country Report
         

Saudi Arabia is the largest state in Western Asian by land area, constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, And the second-largest in the Arab world after Algeria It is bordered by Jordan and Iraq on the north and northeast, Kuwait Qatar and the United Arab Emirates on the east, Oman on the southeast, and Yemen on the south. The Red Sea lies to its west, and the Persian Gulf lies to the northeast. Saudi Arabia has an area of approximately 2,149,690 km² (830,000 sq mi), and it has an estimated population of 27 million, of which 8.8 million are registered foreign expatriates and an estimated 1.5 million are illegal immigrants. Saudi nationals comprise an estimated 16 million people.

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Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg

Geography:
Saudi Arabia occupies about 80 percent of the Arabian Peninsula lying between latitudes 16°and 33° N, and longitudes 34°and 56° E. Because the country's southern borders with the United Arab Emirates and Oman are not precisely defined or marked, the exact size of the country remains unknown The CIA World estimate is 2,149,690 km² (830,000 sq mi) and lists Saudi Arabia as the world's 13th largest state.
Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_Arabia#Geography

Religon:

There are about 25 million people who are Muslim, or 97% of the total population Data for Saudi Arabia comes primarily from general population surveys, which are less reliable than censuses or large-scale demographic and health surveys for estimating minority-majority ratios. About 85–90% of Saudis are Sunni, while Shias represent around 10–15% of the Muslim population. The official and dominant form of Sunni Islam in Saudi Arabia is commonly known as Wahhabism unded in the Arabian peninsular by Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhabin the eighteenth century, is often described as 'puritanical', 'intolerant' or 'ultra-conservative'. However, proponents consider that its teachings seek to purify the practise of Islam of any innovations or practices that deviate from the seventh-century teachings of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad and his companions.

Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_Arabia#Religion

Transcript:

Me: Hi, Atteih. Long time no see. How do you feel today?

Atteih: Hi Yue. I am good and interested to join your interview.

Me: Thanks a lot, can you introduce yourself please?

Atteih: haha, I don’t want coz you already know me friend.

Me: Atteih, you are so fun. Ok, first question is why did you decide to come to SCSU instead of studying or working in your own country?

Atteih: Um.. I like the life America. It’s a freedom country before I came here when I knew it. I can wear special clothes that I dare to wear in my country. I can talk with others through different address. You know, in my country, I must use respective address for some people who are older than me. Although it is a traditional culture in my country, I really don’t want to do that. When I came to this school, I studied in Intensive English Center, I was able to made friends with people who were from different countries. That’s awesome!

Me: Yup, same as me. I appreciated god that I meet you here. Haha. Do you miss your home here?

Atteih: yeah! Really really… I missed my home.

Me: I don’t think so you miss your home, haha, just kidding.

Atteih: Yue are so bed, haha, the same you, just kidding.

Me: ok, Is there a policy about limitation of children about a family in your country?

Atteih: No, we never have, so I have some sisters and some brothers.

Me: wow, in China, we just have one child on our families.

Atteih: oh, really?

Me: yes, Atteih, What’s your opinion of the America diet?

Atteih: The climate in my country is not cold like Minnesota. Compare to here, it’s too cold to go outside in winter. I just wanna stay warm in my room in winter. However, we can a lot of thing for fun in winter; I still wanna go outside. For example, we can go ice-skating in winter. In summer, the weather is so good, but doesn’t have high temperature like here. and I am think about Minnesota almost have two seasons one year. Spring and Fall is too short, and winter is too long. Haha.

Me: ye, I agree with you. In the winter, we can not walk outside, it is really cold.

Atteih: ye.

Me: Do you know at what age do men and women spend private time and at what age do they consider marriage?

Atteih: In my country, we didn’t care marriage. I think for men, the age of getting married is around 30 year old; for women is at the age of 28.

Me: ok, what’s kind of spots are the most famous in your country?

Atteih: Football, no, that is called soccer! Soccer is the most famous in my country.

Me: do you always play it?

Atteih: of cause, I always play with my friend.

Me: you didn't bring me go there to watch game. I feel so sad.

Atteih: Yue maybe next time I will bring you go there.

Me: what could SCSU do to make you stay on campus better?

\Atteih：making school parking place better because I always drive my car to go to school. There are no parking places for students to park. So I always go to class late. That is not too good.

Me: ye, before I bought car, I didn't know this problem, but now I know it.

Atteih: so you agree with me?

Me: haha

Me: oh, time is finished so far, Attieh, thank you very much.

Atteih: you are very welcome.

Regional culture of Korea

Regional culture of Korea

Group numbers: Boshi Chen, Lianlin Liu and Yue Wang

Regional culture report

Reference:http:  http://image.baidu.com/i?ct=503316480&z=0&tn=baiduimagedetail&word=Korea%20flag&in=12209&cl=2&lm=-1&st=-1&pn=0&rn=1&di=100836991710&ln=1969&fr=&fm=index&fmq=1332920477015_R&ic=&s=0&se=&sme=0&tab=&width=&height=&face=&is=&istype=2#pn0&-1&di100836991710&objURLhttp%3A%2F%2Fi1.iofferphoto.com%2Fimg%2Fitem%2F146%2F748%2F569%2FHEYddJypPqAjrd0.jpg&fromURLhttp%3A%2F%2Fcn.ioffer.com%2Fsi%2Fkorea%2Bflag&W240&H240&T8701&S10&TPjpg

1>  Cuisine

2>  Wedding cultures

3>  Entertainment

Cuisine of Korea:

a.       kimichi

b.       BBQ

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c.       Street food

d.       Sushi

e.       Sashimi

Wedding cultures of Korea:

a.       at what age to get married

b.       wear traditional cloths when they get married

c.       what’s the specific steps of hold a wedding

Reference: http://image.baidu.com/i?ct=503316480&z=&tn=baiduimagedetail&word=korea%20wedding%20dress&in=14359&cl=2&lm=-1&st=-1&pn=0&rn=1&di=66094977840&ln=1979&fr=&fm=detail&fmq=1332921132937_R&ic=0&s=&se=1&sme=0&tab=&width=&height=&face=0&is=&istype=2#pn0&-1&di66094977840&objURLhttp%3A%2F%2Fimg161.ph.126.net%2FKFnu7h2xZ-J7fIPjurN_uw%3D%3D%2F1440307455829642403.jpg&fromURLhttp%3A%2F%2Fblog.163.com%2Fmxtony8511%2F&W750&H470&T9554&S152&TPjpg

Entertainment:

a.       E-sports: star craft

b.       Club: liking drinking

c.       Korea dramas, TV shows and some singers

d.       Soccer