Blog 9
Blog 9 - Current Events (week of Nov. 9-17) Directions: ½ French, ½ English; 1 comment per topic (50 words each)
How well do students keep up to date with news and politics in your opinion? How do you stay informed? How important it is to you to be up to date? Which current event interests you most? Pick one and discuss it.
How well do students keep up to date with news and politics in your opinion? How do you stay informed? How important it is to you to be up to date? Which current event interests you most? Pick one and discuss it.
posted by Raison d'Etre @ 5:45 PM
12 Comments:
At 6:52 AM,
Anonymous said…
Moi, je ne suis pas très informé des nouvelles. Temps en temps, je lis des journaux. J'aime le "Wall Street Journal" la mieux. Je regarde la tele un peu aussi. Pour apprendre des nouvelles de la tele, je prefere le "Fox News". Mais, je crois que tous les nouvelles de la tele sont partiales. Aussi, je cherche des nouvelle sur l'internet de temps en temps. Mais, on ne peut pas etre sur que les choses sur l'internet sont vrai.
The type of current events that interest me most are those related to business and sports. I always read the NFL portion of the sports page in the newspaper. I also receive information about business from a reputable internet information site. Mostly, I pay attention to business news between China and the US. For example, recently Wal-mart (obviously an Americain company) bought out the largest supermarket chain in China. I am interested in seeing what this does to the grocery industry in China and how China's government will react to such a capitalist company holding such sway over Chinese citizens' purchasing decisions.
At 2:28 AM,
Anonymous said…
I don't watch the TV everyday so I'm not aware of everything. Of course I know the main events cause usually everybody is talking about them. When I watch the TV, it's usually to relax. So not a lot of news channel. I think most of the students don't watch the news but I know some of them who do, so as Jason told, it really depends.
Quand je regarde les informations, je choisis souvent des journaux télévisés courts qui résument bien la situation. J'aime bien regarder les résultats sportifs. En revanche j'en ai par dessus la tête d'entendre le nombre de morts qu'il y a eu dans la journée!
At 12:09 PM,
Anonymous said…
En général, les étudiants ne comprendent pas les affaires du monde. Quelquefois, les étudiants lisent le journal de l’université, The Gamecock, mais je ne vois pas les étudiantes lisent autres journels que écrivent informations de la pays. C’est dommage. Il est nécessaire comprendre les politiques si on veut voter et participer dans décisions nationales. Because students don’t understand politics, they begin to think that their concerns are the only important things. Suddenly, university students forget that there is life outside of college and that other people have problems! This philosophy is dangerous, of course, because it encourages students to be self-centered. I can’t think of a good way to fix the problem; national newspapers are available, and there are many extracurricular activities that would cause students to think outside of the university community. I guess students just need to take advantage of these opportunities.
At 2:44 PM,
Anonymous said…
Je ne crois pas que les etudiants suivre les politiques ou les nouvelles assez bien. Je m'informe avec les bulletins d'information sur la tele, les journaux, et l'internet. I can't go for more than a few hours without access to some kind of news source...I HAVE to have the latest headlines. Lately, i've been interested mostly in politics and election issues, and now i'm keeping tabs on what the Democrats are going to do now that they've gained control of congress -- especially their list of six points they plan to address at the beginning of next year, including a raise on the minimum wage and a better deal for students on college loans.
At 5:38 PM,
Anonymous said…
A mon avis, les étudiants peuvent faire plus avec l'éducation. A université ils font mieux que d'autre personnes. Je pense que les étudiants veulent savoir concernant les politiques et l'économie. Je lis des journaux comme The State. Je n'ai pas le temps regarder la télé. With school, I have less time to keep up with current events, so I rely on word of mouth unless something is very important. For the elections I had to do my own reading. The democrats taking Congress has been my latest concern because it means a lot of differences fairly quickly.
At 8:31 PM,
Anonymous said…
Avec les élections, plus us plus étudiants font l’attention aux informations et les politiques. Il y a un variété d’intêret. Quelque personnes ne connaissent rien, mais autres comme Annie, participent aux politiques et les organisations pour les jeunes démocrates. Pour moi, j’essaie faire l’attention, mais ce n’est pas la cas tous les jours.
Since I'm not from South Carolina, I don't care as much about the politics here and I rarely watch the local news. One of my professors gives our class "The State" newspaper each class so I skim that usually and I read the university newspaper "The Gamecock." If I have the time I watch CNN or oher national newwss. I am probably most interested in the elections because I would really like a democrat to win for president!
:o)
At 8:43 PM,
Anonymous said…
C'est tres important pour les etudiants sont informes dans les sujets nouveaux. Moi, je lis les articles, et je regarde la tele les programmes. Je pense que les etudiants aujourd'hui, en generale, ne sont pas informes---des gens ne veulent pas savoir les informations, mais je pense que tout le monde doivent!
I think it is important that everyone, even students, be informed about current issues and popular news. Uniformed people do not always make the best choices if they don't know what is going on in the world around them.
Now, I am very interested in the subject of global warming and stem cell research, both of which are popular topics of debate.
At 3:54 AM,
Anonymous said…
First of all, I think today, students are don't look for information enough : of course, concerning the sciences (for example in my university ), they are interested but about the international news, they read or hear less. In my opinion, stay informed is very important : it's our world!
Les moyens les plus utilisés sont la télévision qui est en effet un très bon moyen de s'informer si on regarde les bonnes chaînes. Pour moi, savoir ce qui se passe à props de la guerre en orient, des problèmes politiques rencontrés en france et dans les autres pays est très important.
Enfin je pense que la radio est un des moyens les plus sûrs de s'informer tant les images nous détournent de la réelle information.
At 4:43 AM,
Anonymous said…
I am not really up to date but i try to. I think some persons know news but it depends on their interests. I read many magazines but it's for daily life like food and health. I saw and listen news more when i must be up to date, for example, in politics because of my obligates like vote. Etant donné mon manque de compréhension dans les infos en politique, je n'hésite pas à demander des explications aux autres afin de mieux cerner les choses. Par contre, je regarde souvent les informations régionales afin de savoir ce qui se passe autour de moi.
At 12:18 PM,
Anonymous said…
I think that very few students watch or read news above all politics news ! They prefer the sport news at a pinch…About me, I like to be well informed especially in politics. That’s why I buy sometimes newspapers like « Le Monde » or « Libération ». I watch TV news every day too. I take lots of time in order to read news on Internet because it’s free and we can have lots of information.
Contrairement à Vincent, je m’intéresse beaucoup à la géopolitique, en particulier au conflit israélo-palestinien. Une autre de mes principales préoccupations est le développement durable et comment réduire le taux de CO2 dans l’air. J’ai vraiment hâte de voir ce que va donner la campagne électorale pour les présidentielles de 2007 en espérant beaucoup de changements dans le futur quinquennat !
At 5:11 AM,
Anonymous said…
I think that they are deifferents means for students to keep up to date with news. But one per cent of students pursue the news. It's because their think that it is boring and don't concerned us. But it is false young people have to keep in date with news especially when it is politics news. For example if will make a big difference for us if Nicolas Sarkozy or Segolene Royal became president. I think that we have to change our mind if we want to keep the reindeers of our future. I keep in date with news and politics with internet only. I think that with internet we can find all the pointed informations you want. You just have to select what information you want.
Je penses qu'il est tres important pour tous citoyens du monde d'etre à la page de toutes les informations. Pour ma part je prefere etre sur-informe que sous-informe car le danger serait bien d'etre dans un monde ou on ne sais pas ce qui s'y passe. Que ce soit des infos qui concernent les nouvelles technologies, les drames, ou encore tous simplement la politique et la gestion interieur du pays; je crois qu'elles ont toutes leur place. L'evenement qui m'interesse le plus en ce moment est la presidentiellement 2007 en France, je suis passionne de savoir tous les rebondissments qui vont se mettre en branle à partir de cet evenement.
At 1:09 AM,
Anonymous said…
La vie politique est très importante pour les eleves. Ils veulent être au courant de l’actualité dans leurs pays mais aussi dans le reste du monde.
Moi, je m’informe par les medias c’est a dire la télévision, la radio, les journaux, et aussi par internet.
For me it's very important to know what's going around the world and in my country.I am far away from home so the best way for me to get inform is by the Internet.I talk too often to my parents and friends on the phone and they be telling me what's been going on.
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