Online Activity #5: Explaining Logic Fully

[Andrew Burton]

*** Your Writing ***

Answer one of the questions below; assume your reader comes from
another planet and knows very little about Earth and humanity. With
that reader in mind, explain every step in your logic, anticipating
and answering questions your naïve reader would likely ask. Avoid
vague language, unstated assumptions and logical errors. Please be
respectful of your classmates – do not post anything that is offensive
or insensitive.

William: why don’t CEGEP teachers enter class by moonwalking?
Samir: why does throwing a party result in people talking to each
other?
Sasha: why would a student who buys an Xbox tend to study less
thereafter?
Stéphanie: why would parents be unhappy if their son/daughter told
them that he/she plans to drop out of CEGEP to become a sidewalk chalk
artist?
Jackson: why would a student wearing a red clown nose to school be
considered odd?
Calvin: why don’t cafeterias sell raw steak for lunch?
Shi Yan: why don’t all students travel down school hallways on
skateboards?
Karina: why don’t libraries play techno music loudly?
Louis: why don’t Marianopolis teachers lecture in Latin?
John: why doesn’t Marianopolis grow corn instead of grass on the
campus fields?
Vincent: why don’t Marianopolis students and teachers offer each other
a military salute when meeting in the halls?
Laurent: why are walls and ceilings at Marianopolis generally painted
white instead of dark purple and fluorescent pink?
Karinne: why is punching random strangers considered socially
unacceptable?
Yuan Kun: why don’t people leave their garbage on the floor/ground?
Hai Qi: why don’t five year olds attend CEGEP?
Sheng: why don’t Marianopolis teachers play card games with students
in the cafeteria?
Lian: why don’t people grow poison ivy in their gardens?
Olivier: why don’t all CEGEP students have to learn to pilot a plane
in order to graduate?
Salmon: why do no national anthems feature a punk rock style?
Julia: why would putting sand in a gas tank be a bad idea?
Vladimir: why would parents likely get upset if their 14 year old
wanted to get married?
Melody: why don’t Montrealers only eat poutine or smoked meat
sandwiches?
Jing Lun: why don’t bicycles have engines?
Xu: why do so few people have scorpions as pets?
Jia: why can’t you buy a tank at a car dealership?
Xin Tong: why don’t people throw dirty dishes away instead of washing
them?
Zeshi: why don’t drivers just ignore traffic lights?

Your answer must be posted by midnight Saturday October 8th.

*** Your Feedback ***

Each student must offer critical feedback to at least two other
students regarding their answer. Identify at least two unstated
assumptions, missing logical steps, missing points of information or
logical errors that might confuse or frustrate a reader who knows very
little about Earth and humanity. In your feedback, please make
specific reference to a student’s writing to illustrate your points
instead of just offering vague general comments. Make sure every
student has received feedback from at least two students before
offering any student a third round of feedback. Be courteous and keep
your comments focused on students’ writing.

All comments regarding other students' answers must be posted by
midnight Tuesday October 11th.

[William Shakespeare]

Question: why don’t CEGEP teachers enter class by moonwalking?

The reason why CEGEP teachers don’t moonwalk into class is that
moonwalking is a form of movement in a dance style known as
breakdancing. While the performance of dance is always reserved for
specific social contexts, this is especially true of breakdancing: the
dancers are generally young, highly athletic and have chosen to
develop their skill in this dance form whereas teachers are generally
adults with more or less sedentary lifestyles and no special interest
in breakdancing. Moreover, breakdancing is normally accompanied by
specific pieces of music, which are rarely playing in a classroom. A
final reason why teachers don’t moonwalk into class is that
moonwalking involves moving backwards. As a classroom is full of desks
and students, entering backwards with the face directed away from the
direction of movement would risk causing a collision as human vision
is restricted to a field extending forwards from the face due to the
placement of the eyes.

[Andrew Burton]

Hey Willie,

Very through – you’re a real Renaissance man. ;-) Seriously, your
alien will understand your answer pretty well. However, he/she/it may
wonder why teachers have no special interest in breakdancing – can you
explain? Can you be more specific about the music that usually
accompanies breakdancing (e.g. Michael Jackson)? A final point -- why
would a collision between a teacher and a student/desk be a problem?
You might point out the risk of physical injury.

Well done,

Mr. Burton

On Oct 5, 1:50 pm, William Shakespeare <andrewelbur...@hotmail.com>
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[Vladimir Turturica]

Why would parents likely get upset if their 14 year old
wanted to get married?

Parents in our society have the responsibility to take proper care of
their teenager. A child is commonly born from the union of two
humans: a man and a woman. In this case, the parents, the creator of
the newborn, have to accept the union of their 14 years old kid to
someone else. Hence, the child wants to live like his dad with the
girl of his choice, of his dream. In contrast, at 14 years old it is
less acceptable to form an official couple because our society is
based on some strict laws and ethics. Marriage is frequently the first
step to reporduction and in general, we want to reproduce and live
togheter at a more advanced age. Additionally, teenagers have to go to
school and learn so they just can't take care of their children or
bride at the same time. Those two reasons could sorrow their parents
who only want the best of their child, thus, they will be upset by
this. Finally, money could enter in the equation: a marriage is very
expensive, worth a lot of money, and maybe the parents just can't
afford it!

On Oct 5, 1:49 pm, Andrew Burton <a.bur...@marianopolis.edu> wrote:

[Jing-Lun Xu]

Why don't bicycles have engines?

The reason why bicycles don't have engines is because biking is a type
of physical exercise which requires an individual to provide the
necessary kinetic force to move the bike and himself. The physical
exercise is intended to train the physical body of the biker. The
latter has to generate energy by himself to accomplish the work. The
more the biker forces, the more he trains his physical body, the more
he improves his health. The use of an engine is to reduce the energy
required to accomplish a work. While consuming fuel, an engine
provides kinetic forces to aid the cyclist to move. Since the engine
does part of the work, the biker needs to provide much less energy.
This situation is contrary to the objectives of biking. If the cyclist
reduces his training, his health will deteriorate. In human society,
health is considered as one of the most important elements. Therefore,
most people always try to achieve a healthy state of being by doing
exercises such as biking. This is why bicycles don't have engines.

On Oct 5, 1:49 pm, Andrew Burton <a.bur...@marianopolis.edu> wrote:

[Jing-Lun Xu]

Hi Vladimir

Your explanation is very well done. You have presented several reasons
why parents would get upset if their 14 years old wants to get
married. I see that you have followed the idea of maturity at a young
age and the responsibility of a parent.
However, if I were an alien, I would wonder why the creators of the
newborn has to accept the union of their 14 years old to someone else,
and what are these "strict laws and ethics" that you mentioned. In
addition, since reproduction is the first step of marriage, why don't
humans marry earlier in order to reproduce more offspring?

Great job!

[Karina Hirian]

Question: Why don’t libraries play techno music loudly?

Libraries are buildings where books and various information are held
safely and are available usually for the public use. This is an area
where many people come to study or read books and this requires
silence. It is proven that the brain cannot function properly and
focus on what it has to do if there is too much noise around. It
distracts it from concentrating on important things that require much
brain capacity. And so Techno music is a type of sound that is usually
used to play in clubs. This type of music is loud, repetitive and will
definitely disturb the human brain while it is trying to focus on
serious things lke reading and studying. Usually, when people attend
librairies, it is because they want to get work well done. So that is
exaclty why we do not play techno music loudly in librairies.

On Oct 5, 1:49 pm, Andrew Burton <a.bur...@marianopolis.edu> wrote:

[Olivier Mariani]

Why don’t all CEGEP students have to learn to pilot a plane
in order to graduate?

CEGEP is a french word that means College d'enseignement genreral et
professionnel. This means that students go to different CEGEP to learn
more about different subjects such as Art, Business, Health Science,
Pure and applied science, Phsychology, etc. As I said previsously
there are different subjects but each student must takes only one. A
student might takes Commerce if he is interested by finance or banking
so he won't study art at the same time. If someone wants to be a
doctor, he will takes the Health Science program. Nobody needs to
learn to pilot a plane in order to graduate if it is not part of your
program because each program is specific. This is why all CEGEP
students don't have to learn to pilot a plane in order to graduate.

[Olivier Mariani]

Hey,

Your text is great, you have a nice logic but if I was an alien I
wouldn't understand two points of your text. The first one is why the
parents have to accept the union of their kid to someones else? The
other point is what are these strict laws and ethics? Maybe in the
universe it is a free for all society so an alien might not know what
laws and ethics mean.

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[Olivier Mariani]

Hey,


I like your text, it is full of logic but if I was an alien I would
have two questions for you. The first one is: why do you want to work
so hard?You can improve your health by eating vegetables, no? The
second interrogation is you said people try to improve their health
but how do they know that they improve it?

[Jing-Lun Xu]

Hi Karina,
Great logic! Well done! You have well presented how techno music
shouldn't be played loudly in libraries.
However, if I were the alien, I would ask you to specify how it is
proven that loud noises make concentration impossible for human
beings.

Good job!

[Melody Jia Yue Wang]

why don’t Montrealers only eat poutine or smoked meat
sandwiches?

Montrealers do not only eat poutine or smoked meat sandwiches because
they are
not healthy food. Indeed, the human body needs to stay healthy (not
sick, to be able to function) all kinds of nutriments (component taken
by the body in order to work) taken from different food: fruits,
meat, cereals and dairy products. On the other hand, some components
of food can be considered bad for human body like trans fat,
cholesterol, sodium chloride (salt). Their consummation should be
limited. Indeed, poutine and smoked meat sandwiches can't give all the
nutriments that a human needs because its only have cereal and meat
nutriments. Also, its have a lot of trans fat and cholesterol which
aren't good for health. Therefore, it's inappropriate to eat poutine
or smoked meat everyday.

On Oct 5, 1:49 pm, Andrew Burton <a.bur...@marianopolis.edu> wrote:

[Melody Jia Yue Wang]

Hi karine,
I like your logic that techno music can distract people from
studying.
I just found if I was an alien, I won't fully understand what a
library is, but
still, your explanation is clear and you give example of the use of
the library which is really good.

Good job and keep going.

On Oct 6, 12:12 pm, Karina Hirian <karr...@msn.com> wrote:

[Melody Jia Yue Wang]

Hi Olivier,
It's is a good explanation; you are using really clear words. I also
like the fact that you put an example to support your explanation.
Just a little suggestion, when you said program, I think is maybe
better to explain a little bit what you mean by program. Also, the
fact that one is in commerce doesn't contradict with his will to study
in the time in art, it's the use of double DEC :)

Good job and keep going.

[Shiyan Du]

Question: why don’t all students travel down school hallways on
skateboards?

Because the establishment of school are based on educational purpose.
This signifies that order is required in the school if we want
students to learn in an efficient way. Then, skateboard is considered
more as an entertainment, even a extreme sport in certain case, which
doesn't fit the atmosphere of an educational institution. Other
students will be disturbed by the circulating skateboards.In addition,
skateboard needs enough space to move safely. The school hallways
represent a large circulation of students and the use of skateboard is
dangerous. Passengers should take care of their speed and orientation
at every moment to avoid accident. Safety of students is one of the
most important things to assure. Furthermore, carrying a skateboard
into school has a negative effect on study. It is not easily portable.
So, skateboard is not appropriate to any movement in school hallways.

On Oct 5, 1:49 pm, Andrew Burton <a.bur...@marianopolis.edu> wrote:

[Xin Tong Zhao]

Why don’t people throw dirty dishes away instead of washing them?

Dishes are containers for holding food. Humans need to eat food
every day in order to get energy and maintain their life. It is in our
culture that we have to eat with dishes because otherwise our hands
will get dirty. People wash dirty dishes instead of throwing them
away, because dishes are reusable if we clean them with water and
soap. By the way, dishes cost money, and we exchange things by using
money. So, if people always throw away used dishes, they will have to
save up money for purchasing lots of dishes which will lead to a
decrease in their quality of life. Besides, the resources on Earth are
limited and manufacture of dishes can harm the environment of our
planet, so we try to reuse things like dishes as much as we can.

On Oct 5, 1:49 pm, Andrew Burton <a.bur...@marianopolis.edu> wrote:

[Jackson Chan]

Why would a student wearing a red clown nose to school be considered
odd?

There is one reason why a student with a red clown nose in school is
odd. Only clown will wear a big red nose while juggling with balls to
please people. Therefore, a red clown nose represents fun and
ridiculousness today. However, school is a serious learning place for
students and one has to focus on what teacher talks about. Being
serious is the positive attitude for learning things. Wearing a red
clown nose in school exhibits a negative learning attitude and it does
not march the atmosphere of school. As a result, if a student wears a
red clown nose, he will be considering odd.

On Oct 5, 1:49 pm, Andrew Burton <a.bur...@marianopolis.edu> wrote:

[Lian Ma]

why don’t people grow poison ivy in their gardens?

People do not grow poison ivy in their gardens for a great many
reasons. First of all, this particular plant is know to cause major
rashes at the slightest contact with our skin. This reaction is caused
by the urishiol oil that this plant secretes as its natural defence
mechanism. On its own this oil is harmless, and it is not actually a
poison but as it comes into contact with our skin, our own immune
system recongnizes it as an allergen and reacts by flaring up and by
producing a liquid know as lymph to try and wash the oil off. That
being said, it would be highly unpractical to grow poison ivy in your
garden because it would simply cause you a great deal of discomfort to
walk in your garden. Secondly, poison ivy is considered to be an
unwanted weed by our society. Mainly because of its awful side effects
and because of its appearance. In the wild, it is usually found in a
small bush, and has no flowers. Therefore, since the plant is not
aesthetically appealing, theres is no reason to plant any poison ivy.
Furthermore, people would not be able to actually enjoy gardening
without fear of coming into contact with the plant, which is hard to
do when you are surrounded by it. Of course, one could wear protective
clothing, but the oil would still cling to the fabric and everything
would have to be washed, without touching the oil, which is extremely
difficult and almost impossible considering that it is odourless and
colourless.Thirdly, gardens serve the purpose of adding value to a
property. If it were to have any poison ivy in it most people would
not want to live in it. In fact since it has weed like properties, if
it is found in an area it is likely to grow back even if you try to
remove it. To add to that thought, people with children would stay far
away from the houses with poison ivy in fear that their kids will
accidentally go play around in the bushes, so no real social event can
take place in that garden, which is not to great for meeting new
people or making friends.

On Oct 5, 1:49 pm, Andrew Burton <a.bur...@marianopolis.edu> wrote:

[Salmon Nessa]

why do no national anthems feature a punk rock style?

Because, a national anthem is a music that evokes the history , all
that has happened with the people of a specific country. Everything
they went through, good or bad. A national anthem praises tradition, a
way of living common to all citizens of the same country, old and
young humans. And a national anthem reminds the people old and young
humans, of their struggles suffered from centuries so that their
country won't be lost in the hands of other countries. And also to
ensure the survival of the country so that the futur generations will
have a land they can call to be theirs given by their ancestors. It
promotes unity.
In short it gratifies the country, makes it look worth fighting for ,
gives a positive image of the country and its establishment.
Whereas a punk rock style is more a song that promotes anti-
establishment, it is a rebellion against the culture and traditon. It
rebels against the mainstream so it goes against unity. Also it is
more of a song for the young because it is their rebellion against a
society developped by their ancestors and ruled by the adults and
politicians.
In short, it points out everthing bad about the country, gives a
negative image of the country and its estabblishment which is why
there is no punk rock style in the national anthems because it will
contradict the purpose of the national anthem.

On Oct 5, 1:49 pm, Andrew Burton <a.bur...@marianopolis.edu> wrote:

[John Khoury]

why doesn’t Marianopolis grow corn instead of grass on the
campus fields?

Corn is typically grown on farms, a farm is an area of land devoted to
growing food and various things. Marianopolis is school where students
go to learn and develop there skills in various fields for the future.
There is no point in growing corn at Marianopolis because it is a
school, it does not need to provide corn to the market.It is needed to
develop high school students to either University or the work force.
If there is any corn its to be bought and served in the cafeteria.

On Oct 5, 1:49 pm, Andrew Burton <a.bur...@marianopolis.edu> wrote:

[Julia Ros-Larocque]

Question: why would putting sand in a gas tank be a bad idea?

The four wheeled vehicule that we call car function with gas that is
burned in the motor to tranfer the power of combustion to the wheels
and that what's make a car moves forward or backward. While various
types of fuel exists, they all are mainly based on petroleum that is
found underneat the layers of earth. Therefore using sand in a gas
tank would be a bad idea because a gas tank has a small entry point so
it would be really hard to clean it also because sand doesn't have the
same components of petroleum the car wouldn't be able to process it in
the same way it can modify gas into power to move the car. Even if
there is sand that exist with petroleum, it has to be processed before
in can be used for gas or other petroleum based product.

On 5 oct, 13:49, Andrew Burton <a.bur...@marianopolis.edu> wrote:

[samir ajam]

Why does throwing a party result in people talking to each
other?

In our world people are social beings. A party is defined as being a
social gathering of people, where people talk to each other and
discuss various things. It is a social norm to talk to other people at
a party. A norm is defined as something that is usual, typical, and/or
standard. So it is a norm to be social with people at a party.

On Oct 5, 1:49 pm, Andrew Burton <a.bur...@marianopolis.edu> wrote:

[yuan kun li]

Question :why don’t people leave their garbage on the floor/ground?
As human beings have intelligence and are well organised, they
have tendance to think before action. People don't leave their garbage
on the floor because the cons are over the pours. First of all, as
garbages smell bad and are source of several illnesses, leaving them
on the floor is not a good choice. The bad smelling can influence on
people's concentration and it's nocive for people's health. Then, as
people produce a big amount of garbage every day, if they're not
cleaned quickly, they will block the way. Finally, if people just
leave their garbage on floor, it's very difficult to collect them,
it's a lot of work to clean up the place. A well organised garbage
recycle system can reduce the investment to provide a neat place. In
addition ,there is no benefit if people do so. That's why nobody leave
their garbage on floor.

[Xu Yan]

why do so few people have scorpions as pets?

The reason why so few people have scorpion as pet is that there is not
much place that sell scorpion, in contrast, there is a lot of store
that sells dogs and cats. So, it may be difficult to buy a scorpion.
Also, people do not know how to feed scorpion and food for scorpion
should be hard to find because no one have scorpion as pets ,so there
is no place that sell scorpion’s food. Pet’s owner does not want to
spend hours to find pet’s food. In addition, people consider
scorpion as a dangerous animal because each scorpion has venomous
stinger and it’s true that most of species of scorpion are very
dangerous to human. It’s very painful to be attacked by scorpion.
Therefore, normal people who want to survive do not want a scorpion to
kill them. So, scorpions are not welcome in human’s house.

On Oct 5, 1:49 pm, Andrew Burton <a.bur...@marianopolis.edu> wrote:

[Sheng Hao Liu]

Q:Why don't Marianopolis teachers play card games with students in the
cafeteria?

The main problem why teachers don't play card games with students is
time. That problem is cyclic mostly because of exams. When teachers
have time, the students do not and when students have time, the
teacher don't. When teachers have free time, the students cannot
because they have to study for an upcoming exam. When the exam is over
and students have time to play again, teachers have to correct the
exams right away because students nag them to do it faster. So
teachers don't have time when students do. Teachers also have to deal
with their office hours. While some students may want to play, others
will want to ask things that they do not understand. That means
teachers cannot always go out of their office and play. The card game
played might also not be appropriate in a school. There are harmless
games, but there's also gambling card games that puts money into play.
So teachers should not play those to keep a respectable and model
attitude. Also keep in mind that the place where they play those card
games is in the cafeteria, a place where people eat. Food and other
things may get onto the cards and make them dirty, so it is not
advised to play cards in the cafeteria.

[Hai Qi Liang]

Why don’t five year olds attend CEGEP?The reason why five years old
don’t attend CEPEG is that there is something called the education
system on the earth. Indeed, every person on this planet has to learn
knowledge through something called school.  As we grow up, we go to
different establishment to discover the world; in Canada, first, we go
to kindergarten or preschool, then primary school for 6 years,
followed by high school for 5 years, later college or CEGEP for
another 2 years and finally there is university. As we progress in our
academy journey, we learn more. Five year olds are supposed to go to
kindergarten, they are just starting to learn basic knowledge, but in
CEGEP, there is a lot more sophisticated and complicated knowledge
that is taught there. A five year old, doesn’t have the capacity to
‘absorb’, to learn all the information that the teacher is teaching,
since he doesn’t have the knowledge from primary and high school. That
is why five year olds don’t attend CEGEP.

[Calvin Chin]

Why don’t cafeterias sell raw steak for lunch?

Eating raw steak is bad for students because the meat is raw. When you
eat raw meat it can make your stomach very upset, therefore you make
throw up or be sick. If cafeterias sell raw steak their customers make
end up dying or worse suing the cafeteria for selling raw, in-
digestable food.

[Calvin Chin]

Hi Shiyan!

You could have explained what a skateboard is because an alien from
another planet won't know what it is. The alien might think a
skateboard is something that has skates/ice skates on a board.

I don't think carrying a skateboard into school has a negative effect
on study at all because the skateboard is typically used as a form of
transportation. Students use it to come to school so they can learn.

Other than that, you gave a great description/reason as to why all
students don't travel down school hallways on skateboards.

Good job

[Calvin Chin]

Hi Jackson!

"Wearing a red clown nose in school exhibits a negative learning

attitude." It is so true the wearer will distract the whole class
including the teacher, the teacher won't be able to teach and the
students will be laughing at the person with the red clown nose.

"it does not march the atmosphere of school" you made a typo mistake

Great explanation to an alien, You were very detailed and you gave
logical thoughts. It was very clear and easy to understand.

Good job

[Sasha Bordonaro]

Sasha: why would a student who buys an Xbox tend to study less
thereafter?

the reason why students who's buy an xbox tend to study less then
after is because xbox is a game console that is shaped like a square,
that any human,which is a type of mammal, is able to put in a
technology disk that has a game on it. so when the disk turns the game
plays,humans are able to play it for hours. these games are mainly
for every human but mostly the ones between 10-19 years old. these
games can be very addicting meaning that the makers of the game make
it very hard to win certain games so humans want to play them longer
till they win. so by always playing these games you are less
interested in studying.

[Jia Yue You]

Question: why can’t you buy a tank at a car dealership?

A car is a wheel vehicle used for transportation purpose and Car
dealership is a place where cars are being sold to the general
population for everyday use. In our planet, the normal population need
a vehicle for their possession's (such as food, furniture, books,etc.)
or their owns' transportation. Also, in general they do not kill
people and their life isn't threaten (they do not need to defend their
life). Therefore, a car is prefect for this case and can satisfy the
needs of the population. However, a tank is a armored fighting vehicle
designed for combat and possesses offensive and defensive capabilities
like machine guns (kill people) or steel hard cover (protect people
against certain life threatening danger); it is not for everyday use.
Since the population in general have no need of the qualities of the
tank, they do not buy tanks. Subsequently, the Car dealership that
supply cars of the population's need will not sell tanks because no
one will buy them. Therefore, you can't buy a tank at a car
dealership.

[Vincent Ko]

Question:why don’t Marianopolis students and teachers offer each

other
a military salute when meeting in the halls?

The reason why Marianopolis students and teachers don't offer each
other a military salute when meeting in the halls is because the
military salute is one type of salute that we find only in military
services. Students and teachers are not part of military service. They
are civilians. Soldiers do the salute to show their respects to each
other by lifting their right hand (usually their 'weapon hand') to
demonstrate the absence of offensiveness. In 17th century, men raising
their hats as a gesture of respect was a military salute and every men
did this because at that time, every men were army soldiers. From
1960s, the way how they salute changed since most of army hats got
heavier. Going to the army has become less 'mandatory'. Thus
practically, only the soldiers offer a military salute.

[Karinne Legare]

Hey olivier!

I really liked your response to the question!
The way you started off, defining the actual meaning of
the word was straight to the point and simple!
Great job camarade;)

On Oct 6, 3:16 pm, Olivier Mariani <oliviermari...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Why don’t all CEGEP students have to learn to pilot a plane
> in order to graduate?
>

> CEGEP is a french word that means College d'enseignement genreral et
> professionnel. This means that students go to different CEGEP to learn
> more about different subjects such as Art, Business, Health Science,
> Pure and applied science, Phsychology, etc. As I said previsously
> there are different subjects but each student must takes only one. A
> student might takes Commerce if he is interested by finance or banking
> so he won't study art at the same time. If someone wants to be a
> doctor, he will takes the Health Science program. Nobody needs to
> learn to pilot a plane in order to graduate if it is not part of your
> program because each program is specific. This is why all CEGEP

> students don't have to learn to pilot a plane in order to graduate.

[Karinne Legare]

Hey Jackson,

Great point. You give a logical explanation of why a student would not
wear
a big red nose to school. It simply is out of the ordinary and you
compare the difference
between fun and school (a learning place). Vey well thought out,
good job keep it up!

[Karinne Legare]

Why is punching random strangers considered socially
unacceptable?

To start off with, punching random strangers is illegal because it is
an assault
that you can be legally charged for. Therefore, it is considered
socially unacceptable. Usually when this occurs it is due to anger/
jealousy
or(...) between two individuals or more. But hurting someone
physically especially a
random person you are not familiar with is tremendously outrageous
and inhumane!

[Laurent Lao]

Hey,

I find that your idea is explained full well even thought I do not
really agree with it. I don't think bikes have a primary purpose of
training the biker. However, your logic is explained fully and to an
alien which would not know a thing about biking, it would be totally
acceptable.

You may want to mention that bikes with engines actually have a name!

Cheers,

Laurent

On Oct 6, 11:01 am, Jing-Lun Xu <x.j.l....@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Why don't bicycles have engines?
>
> The reason why bicycles don't have engines is because biking is a type
> of physical exercise which requires an individual to provide the
> necessary kinetic force to move the bike and himself. The physical
> exercise is intended to train the physical body of the biker. The
> latter has to generate energy by himself to accomplish the work. The
> more the biker forces, the more he trains his physical body, the more
> he improves his health. The use of an engine is to reduce the energy
> required to accomplish a work. While consuming fuel, an engine
> provides kinetic forces to aid the cyclist to move. Since the engine
> does part of the work, the biker needs to provide much less energy.
> This situation is contrary to the objectives of biking. If the cyclist
> reduces his training, his health will deteriorate. In human society,
> health is considered as one of the most important elements. Therefore,
> most people always try to achieve a healthy state of being by doing
> exercises such as biking. This is why bicycles don't have engines.

[Laurent Lao]

Hey Melody,

I understand your logic and also what you are trying to convey, but I
think you go in too great lengths to do so. I do not mean that your
logic is flawed, far from that, it is just that you do not seem to
take into account that your reader is an alien. To make things easier,
try to picture the alien as a small little child. You would not tell a
small child about sodium chloride, would you?

Do not get me wrong, I understand full well why you went with a more
complicated vocabulary. It would not be easy to explain the bad things
poutine or smoked meat are doing to your body without using more
complicated words, of course, but it's still a fun challenge! Always
keep in mind to keep it simple!

Cheers,

Laurent


On Oct 6, 8:43 pm, Melody Jia Yue Wang <melodyjiayuew...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> why don’t Montrealers only eat poutine or smoked meat
> sandwiches?
>

> Montrealers do not only eat poutine or smoked meat sandwiches because
> they are
> not healthy food. Indeed, the human body needs to stay healthy (not
> sick, to be able to function) all kinds of nutriments (component taken
> by the body in order to work)  taken from different food: fruits,
> meat, cereals and dairy products. On the other hand, some components
> of food can be considered bad for human body like trans fat,
> cholesterol, sodium chloride (salt). Their consummation should be
> limited. Indeed, poutine and smoked meat sandwiches can't give all the
> nutriments that a human needs because its only have cereal and meat
> nutriments. Also, its have a lot of trans fat and cholesterol which
> aren't good for health. Therefore, it's inappropriate to eat poutine
> or smoked meat everyday.

[Louis-Martin Jussaume]

Marianopolis teachers don't lecture in latin because business world
doesn't use latin as language but English. Marianopolis, a CEGEP, is
teaching the student for their adult life in the business world, and,
therefore, the language use in Marianopolis is English. The simplicity
and efficiency of English is the cause of his intensive use in
business. The reason of this is that humans are lazy and hate to do
more effort than necessary.

[Jackson Chan]

Hi Samir,
I like your explanation and I believe an alien will understand your
answer. But there are two things I would like to point out. Firstly,
why are we social beings? There are some people who may hate
socializing. Can you explain that point? Secondly, why it exists a
norm that people use to socialize with others? Can you provide more
details for it?

[Jackson Chan]

Hi Karinne,
Your explanation is really well written and it answers the question.
However, why an assault can be considered socially unacceptable? Can
you develop this point a bit more? Moreover, why it is illegal to
punch a stranger? So the UFC is illegal too since players have to
fight with some random people? Can you provide more details for these
questions?

[Jia Yue You]

Hey Hai Qi,

Well done, you gave a very complete explanation to why five year olds
don't attend CEGEP. It's even hard for me to find any missing point. I
think you could have precised a little more about why "five years old
are supposed to go to kintergarten" to learn the basic. (Maybe because
their brain isn't developped enough?) Also, I thought that you could
elaborate on subjects like: five year olds don't want to attend CEGEP
or parents don't allow their five years old to attend CEGEP instead of
why five year olds can't attend CEGEP.

Good job.

Jia :D

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[Jia Yue You]

Hey Vincent,

I really like how you explained why Marianopolis students and teachers
don't salute militarily when meeting each other. However, if I was an
alien, I'd have a hard time understand what is the major difference
between soldiers and civilians that makes them salut differently.
(Soldiers have a ''Weapon hand" because they fight, kill and are
somewhat dangerous?) Also, I was feeling a little lost during the
second part of your explanation which concern the history of the
military salute. I personnaly believe that it would be a little better
if you could shorten your explanation to not touch other subjects like

"Going to the army has become less 'mandatory'".

Very nice explanation,

Jia

[Salmon Nessa]

Hi John,

nice explanation, it really explains why there is no corn growing on
the campus, but I still wonder as an alien why don't we still grow
corn on campus I mean isn't it far more better than just plain old
grass. And also why provide the corn to the market, why can't the
school grow its corn on campus and serve it in the cafeteria, it would
save money to the school? And also since school is a place where
students develop their skills in various fields for the future as you
have stated why not in a corn field?
I think your question is hard so I think you wrote a very good text.

[Salmon Nessa]

Hey Calvin,

You wrote a nice text, you explain how raw meat can affect us but as
alien I wonder why raw food affects human, why does human have
problems when they eat raw steak? Also as an alien I wonder why
doesn't the human cook the raw steak after buying it from the
cafeteria if they don't like it raw? But overall you wrote a good
text, simple and not too much complicated words which makes it
understandable.

[Lian Ma]

Hi Salmon,

i think that your answer is really complete. You really gave very
logic arguments that follow a structure. You mentioned the purpose of
the national anthem so that we could understand what you were talking
about, and then you compared it to the punk rock style of music and
what that was used for. Very good job!

On Oct 8, 4:32 am, Salmon Nessa <salmon_1...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> why do no national anthems feature a punk rock style?
>

> Because, a national anthem is a music that evokes the history , all
> that has happened with the people of a specific country. Everything
> they went through, good or bad. A national anthem praises tradition, a
> way of living common to all citizens of the same country, old and
> young humans. And a national anthem reminds the people old and young
> humans, of their struggles suffered from centuries so that their
> country won't be lost in the hands of other countries. And also to
> ensure the survival of the country so that the futur generations will
> have a land they can call to be theirs given by their ancestors. It
> promotes unity.
> In short it gratifies the country, makes it look worth fighting for ,
> gives a positive image of the country and its establishment.
> Whereas a punk rock style is more a song that promotes anti-
> establishment, it is a rebellion against the culture and traditon. It
> rebels against the mainstream so it goes against unity. Also it is
> more of a song for the young because it is their rebellion against a
> society developped by their ancestors and ruled by the adults and
> politicians.
> In short, it points out everthing bad about the country, gives a
> negative image of the country and its estabblishment which is why
> there is no punk rock style in the national anthems because it will
> contradict the purpose of the national anthem.

[Lian Ma]

Hi Jia,

i like your answer. However i would have also mentioned the cost
difference and the size difference. If a tank were the same size as a
car it would not cause much of a problem if you had the money to buy
one. Besides that point, i think that your answer is great. i liked
that you defined your subject for the aliens to understand :P . Theres
is a good logic in your answer, good job.

On Oct 9, 4:30 pm, Jia Yue You <greenpearlmermaid_l...@hotmail.com>
wrote:

[Xu Yan]

hi xingtong

I can follow your logic. When you write “ in our culture” in your
text, I think that it’s too vague and it’s too general and there is so
many culture in the world so the readers do not know what culture you
are talking about and each culture is different. In addition, at en
end of your text, you may add some explanation to make the link with
how manufacture of dishes can harm the environment of our planet.

On Oct 7, 9:55 pm, Xin Tong Zhao <zx...@msn.com> wrote:
> Why don’t people throw dirty dishes away instead of washing them?
>
>      Dishes are containers for holding food. Humans need to eat food
> every day in order to get energy and maintain their life. It is in our
> culture that we have to eat with dishes because otherwise our hands
> will get dirty. People wash dirty dishes instead of throwing them
> away, because dishes are reusable if we clean them with water and
> soap. By the way, dishes cost money, and we exchange things by using
> money. So, if people always throw away used dishes, they will have to
> save up money for purchasing lots of dishes which will lead to a
> decrease in their quality of life. Besides, the resources on Earth are
> limited and manufacture of dishes can harm the environment of our
> planet, so we try to reuse things like dishes as much as we can.

[Shiyan Du]

The logic is fully explained. Consequences of throwing dirty dishes
away instead of washing them are clearly revealed. Context and
necessary elements are all presented so somebody who has none
knowledge on Earth can understand the logic easily. You gave a
detailed description and explanation on the subject.

[Xu Yan]

hi vincent

You have very well written your logic and well explain why don’t

Marianopolis students and teachers offer each other a military salute

when meeting in the halls? When you write that military salute is for
the respect but there is respect between students and teachers too.
So, you may add some more specific explanation there. In addition, you
may write less for the history of military salute. You can explain the
difference between how soldiers salute and how civilians salute.

On Oct 10, 11:57 am, Vincent Ko <ksh4...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Shiyan Du]

Well, the lack of store and knowledge does not constitute a sufficient
reason for not having a scorpion as pet. The offer will not be in
shortage if there are enough demand. Also, an alien won't understand
the reason why there are not much place that sell scorpion. Then, more
explanation about the scorpion's food is necessary since an alien have
no idea about the difference between the food for scorpion and the
food for other pets. The reason that scorpions are dangerous works
well, even most of species of scorpion have not a venom which is
strong enough to menace a human being. But right, it is painful.

On Oct 8, 8:34 pm, Xu Yan <yanx...@gmail.com> wrote:
> why do so few people have scorpions as pets?
>

> The reason why so few people have scorpion as pet is that there is not
> much place that sell scorpion, in contrast, there is a lot of store
> that sells dogs and cats. So, it may be difficult to buy a scorpion.
> Also, people do not know how to feed scorpion and food for scorpion
> should be hard to find because no one have scorpion as pets ,so there
> is no place that sell scorpion’s food. Pet’s owner does not want to
> spend hours to find pet’s food.   In addition, people consider
> scorpion as a dangerous animal because each scorpion has venomous
> stinger and it’s true that most of species of scorpion are very
> dangerous to human. It’s very painful to be attacked by scorpion.
> Therefore, normal people who want to survive do not want a scorpion to
> kill them. So, scorpions are not welcome in human’s house.

[Xin Tong Zhao]

Hi Sasha,

I found your paragraph very logic, you explained with a lot of
details.You explained very well about what is an Xbox and why people
are addicted to the games. But you didn't say much about why playing
games will make people less interested in study. It is something
obvious to us, but not for an alien. Also, maybe you could explain
what is studying and why people have to study.

[Xin Tong Zhao]

Hi Xu,

Your paragraph is well written. I like your idea, but in your first
point, you said few people have scorpions as pets because it is
difficult to buy scorpion's food which is because few people have
scorpions as pets. You returned to your start point and it is not very
convincing. Also, maybe you could explain more about what is a
scorpion. However, I find your second argument very logical and
convincing. Good job!

On Oct 8, 8:34 pm, Xu Yan <yanx...@gmail.com> wrote:

> why do so few people have scorpions as pets?
>

> The reason why so few people have scorpion as pet is that there is not
> much place that sell scorpion, in contrast, there is a lot of store
> that sells dogs and cats. So, it may be difficult to buy a scorpion.
> Also, people do not know how to feed scorpion and food for scorpion
> should be hard to find because no one have scorpion as pets ,so there
> is no place that sell scorpion’s food. Pet’s owner does not want to
> spend hours to find pet’s food.   In addition, people consider
> scorpion as a dangerous animal because each scorpion has venomous
> stinger and it’s true that most of species of scorpion are very
> dangerous to human. It’s very painful to be attacked by scorpion.
> Therefore, normal people who want to survive do not want a scorpion to
> kill them. So, scorpions are not welcome in human’s house.
>

[Julia Ros-Larocque]

Well explained except maybe to define what usually is considered as
garbage, i.e: banana peel, empty water bottle etc. Because if you say
they may be the source of illness you may want to at least explain a
bit why.


On Oct 8, 8:07 pm, yuan kun li <liyuankun7357...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Question :why don’t people leave their garbage on the floor/ground?
>        As human beings have intelligence and are well organised,  they
> have tendance to think before action. People don't leave their garbage
> on the floor because the cons are over the pours.  First of all, as
> garbages smell bad and are source of several illnesses, leaving them
> on the floor is not a good choice. The bad smelling can influence on
> people's concentration and it's nocive for people's health. Then, as
> people produce a big amount of garbage every day, if they're not
> cleaned quickly, they will block the way. Finally, if people just
> leave their garbage on floor, it's very difficult to collect them,
> it's a lot of work to clean up the place. A well organised garbage
> recycle system can reduce the investment to provide a neat place. In
> addition ,there is no benefit if people do so. That's why nobody leave
> their garbage on floor.

[Julia Ros-Larocque]

Pretty good, but what about mandarin/cantonese becoming the new
bussiness language? Also why don't we use latin everyday? Maybe
because it's a dead language that would have been a good thing to had.
I like your ending.

On Oct 10, 10:25 pm, Louis-Martin Jussaume

[samir ajam]

Hi Olivier,
The explanation you’ve wrote is very well done. If I were an alien
from another planet I would completely understand your explanation,
the use of simple words makes your explanation easy to understand. I
really like how you listed possible programs, and the reason why you
don’t have to take a pilot course in order to graduate. Some
questions to think about would be: Why do students learn more about
different subject? What is a program? What is the pilot program?


On Oct 6, 6:16 pm, Olivier Mariani <oliviermari...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Why don’t all CEGEP students have to learn to pilot a plane
> in order to graduate?
>

> CEGEP is a french word that means College d'enseignement genreral et
> professionnel. This means that students go to different CEGEP to learn
> more about different subjects such as Art, Business, Health Science,
> Pure and applied science, Phsychology, etc. As I said previsously
> there are different subjects but each student must takes only one. A
> student might takes Commerce if he is interested by finance or banking
> so he won't study art at the same time. If someone wants to be a
> doctor, he will takes the Health Science program. Nobody needs to
> learn to pilot a plane in order to graduate if it is not part of your
> program because each program is specific. This is why all CEGEP
> students don't have to learn to pilot a plane in order to graduate.
>

[samir ajam]

Hi John,
Very good explanation, if I were an alien I would understand your
explanation. I really liked how you stated what a farm is, and what
farms are used for. But there would still be three questions I would
ask to myself, they would be: What is a school? Isn’t more
convenient and cheaper for a school to grow corn than buy it? Since a
school is for learning why can’t there be a course on farming?

On Oct 8, 11:16 am, John Khoury <italiene_...@hotmail.com> wrote:

> why doesn’t Marianopolis grow corn instead of grass on the
> campus fields?

> Corn is typically grown on farms, a farm is an area of land devoted to
> growing food and various things. Marianopolis is school where students
> go to learn and develop there skills in various fields for the future.
> There is no point in growing corn at Marianopolis because it is a
> school, it does not need to provide corn to the market.It is needed to
> develop high school students to either University or the work force.
> If there is any corn its to be bought and served in the cafeteria.

[Karina Hirian]

Hey Julia,

You have a very nice flow in your ideas. We understand perfectly well
why sand cannot be
processed by a motor. I think you should've added the fact that it can
and probably will destroy the motor
because it is not made to have solid objects pass through its filters.
Solid objects will definitely break the whole system.
You should,ve explained what sand is as well so aliens would be able
to fully understand.
A part from that your text was great!
Karina

On Oct 8, 11:29 am, Julia Ros-Larocque <juliaroslaroc...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Question: why would putting sand in a gas tank be a bad idea?
>
> The four wheeled vehicule that we call car function with gas that is
> burned in the motor to tranfer the power of combustion to the wheels
> and that what's make a car moves forward or backward. While various
> types of fuel exists, they all are mainly based on petroleum that is
> found underneat the layers of earth. Therefore using sand in a gas
> tank would be a bad idea because a gas tank has a small entry point so
> it would be really hard to clean it also because sand doesn't have the
> same components of petroleum the car wouldn't be able to process it in
> the same way it can modify gas into power to move the car. Even if
> there is sand that exist with petroleum, it has to be processed before
> in can be used  for gas or other petroleum based product.

[Karina Hirian]

Hey Sasha,
Your text is very logic, because you started by stating what exactly
an Xbox was: "xbox is a game console that is shaped like a square".
You later on explained what games are as well, but you didn't really
explain why this would cause a teenager to study less. On the other
hand you did say what is addicting, but you should've continued your
logic by stating the correlation between the addiction and the
studying.
Very good job!

Karina

On Oct 9, 12:29 pm, Sasha Bordonaro <sashabordon...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Sasha: why would a student who buys an Xbox tend to study less
> thereafter?
>

> the reason why students who's buy an xbox tend to study less then
> after is because xbox is a game console that is shaped like a square,
> that any human,which is a type of mammal,  is able to put in a
> technology disk that has a game on it. so when the disk turns the game
> plays,humans are able to  play it for hours. these games are mainly
> for every human but mostly the ones between 10-19 years old. these
> games can be very addicting meaning that the makers of the game make
> it very hard to win certain games so humans want to play them longer
> till they win. so by always playing these games you are less
> interested in studying.
>

[Vincent Ko]

Hi Sheng,

You did a great job explaining why Marianopolis teachers don't play
card games with students in the cafeteria. I really like your
explanation. However, aliens might ask them selves why exams even
exist to interrupt teachers and students to play card games together.
Also, they would want to know why teachers should keep respectable
attitude.

On Oct 8, 10:23 pm, Sheng Hao Liu <shenghaoliu....@gmail.com> wrote:
> Q:Why don't Marianopolis teachers play card games with students in the
> cafeteria?
>
> The main problem why teachers don't play card games with students is
> time. That problem is cyclic mostly because of exams. When teachers
> have time, the students do not and when students have time, the
> teacher don't. When teachers have free time, the students cannot
> because they have to study for an upcoming exam. When the exam is over
> and students have time to play again, teachers have to correct the
> exams right away because students nag them to do it faster. So
> teachers don't have time when students do. Teachers also have to deal
> with their office hours. While some students may want to play, others
> will want to ask things that they do not understand. That means
> teachers cannot always go out of their office and play. The card game
> played might also not be appropriate in a school. There are harmless
> games, but there's also gambling card games that puts money into play.
> So teachers should not play those to keep a respectable and model
> attitude. Also keep in mind that the place where they play those card
> games is in the cafeteria, a place where people eat. Food and other
> things may get onto the cards and make them dirty, so it is not
> advised to play cards in the cafeteria.

[Vincent Ko]

Hi Melody,

I like your explanation. It is clearly written. However, aliens might
want to know why then poutines and smoked meat sandwiches exist if
these are bad for human body and afford less nutriments than other
food.

On Oct 6, 8:43 pm, Melody Jia Yue Wang <melodyjiayuew...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> why don’t Montrealers only eat poutine or smoked meat
> sandwiches?
>

> Montrealers do not only eat poutine or smoked meat sandwiches because
> they are
> not healthy food. Indeed, the human body needs to stay healthy (not
> sick, to be able to function) all kinds of nutriments (component taken
> by the body in order to work)  taken from different food: fruits,
> meat, cereals and dairy products. On the other hand, some components
> of food can be considered bad for human body like trans fat,
> cholesterol, sodium chloride (salt). Their consummation should be
> limited. Indeed, poutine and smoked meat sandwiches can't give all the
> nutriments that a human needs because its only have cereal and meat
> nutriments. Also, its have a lot of trans fat and cholesterol which

> aren't good for health. Therefore, it's inappropriate to eat poutine
> or smoked meat everyday.

[Hai Qi Liang]

Hey Louis-Martin,
Good explanation, however you could maybe said that latin is a dead
language, we do not speak in latin anymore, that is why Marianopolis
teacher don't lecture in latin but rather in English, also not a lot
of people know latin anyway. Moreover, isn't is easier to say that
English is the most used language,the 'international' language that
everyone knows at least a little bit instead of explaining it by
'business world doesn't use latin as language but English'?

On Oct 10, 10:25 pm, Louis-Martin Jussaume
<louismartin.jussa...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Hai Qi Liang]

Hey Calvin,
Nice explanation and I like your ending! However, I think that you
should explain what is exactly raw food, in this case steak.Also, why
we would throw up and be sick (because our stomach is not used to
digest raw steak but cooked steak). Moreover, the alien probably
doesn't know what is a cafeteria, by explaining that he would probably
understand why there are so many sues.

[Sheng Hao Liu]

Hi Shiyan,

I think you could have mentioned what a skateboard is exactly and
giving off a physical explanation instead of just saying general
things like its a method of transportation. That way, an alien could
have a good idea of what it looks like and not just what it does.

You could also precise what sort of dangers/accidents a skateboard can
create. You can say that skateboards can injure people by crashing
into each other. Or you could also say that its those dangers that
pose a negative effect on study, not just bringing them to school.

Other than that, excellent.

On Oct 7, 9:25 pm, Shiyan Du <sya...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Question: why don’t all students travel down school hallways on
> skateboards?
>
> Because the establishment of school are based on educational purpose.
> This signifies that order is required in the school if we want
> students to learn in an efficient way. Then, skateboard is considered
> more as an entertainment, even a extreme sport in certain case, which
> doesn't fit the atmosphere of an educational institution. Other
> students will be disturbed by the circulating skateboards.In addition,
> skateboard needs enough space to move safely. The school hallways
> represent a large circulation of students and the use of skateboard is
> dangerous. Passengers should take care of their speed and orientation
> at every moment to avoid accident. Safety of students is one of the
> most important things to assure. Furthermore, carrying a skateboard
> into school has a negative effect on study. It is not easily portable.
> So, skateboard is not appropriate to any movement in school hallways.

[John Khoury]

Hi,

I don't see how a skateboard has a negative effect on studying.
Cellphones have a bigger effect although there aloud. I think it has
to do more with rules than the fact that it affects your studies.

Also try to explain certain things like , what is a skateboard? or
what is a hallway. I know it sounds ridiculous but what if a person
has no idea what these things are.

Other than that i think you covered everything good job

[Sheng Hao Liu]

Hi Lian,

I think that you could have precised what poison ivy looks like
physically because there are many plants/weeds that looks like it.
That way, an alien could know exactly what it looks like and avoid
it.

You can also specify that poison ivy could be used in herbal medicine
and the people that actually grow them know what they are doing but
normal people shouldn't try it out themselves. The alien could then
have a full understanding that poison ivy is not just there to be a
pest, but could also be used in a good way.

Other than those small details, your explanation is very concrete and
clear. Good job.

On Oct 7, 11:20 pm, Lian Ma <lian_azn_natat...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> why don’t people grow poison ivy in their gardens?
>

> People do not grow poison ivy in their gardens for a great many
> reasons. First of all, this particular plant is know to cause major
> rashes at the slightest contact with our skin. This reaction is caused
> by the urishiol oil that this plant secretes as its natural defence
> mechanism. On its own this oil is harmless, and it is not actually a
> poison but as it comes into contact with our skin, our own immune
> system recongnizes it as an allergen and reacts by flaring up and by
> producing a liquid know as lymph to try and wash the oil off. That
> being said, it would be highly unpractical to grow poison ivy in your
> garden because it would simply cause you a great deal of discomfort to
> walk in your garden. Secondly, poison ivy is considered to be an
> unwanted weed by our society. Mainly because of its awful side effects
> and because of its appearance. In the wild, it is usually found in a
> small bush, and has no flowers. Therefore, since the plant is not
> aesthetically appealing, theres is no reason to plant any poison ivy.
> Furthermore, people would not be able to actually enjoy gardening
> without fear of coming into contact with the plant, which is hard to
> do when you are surrounded by it. Of course, one could wear protective
> clothing, but the oil would still cling to the fabric and everything
> would have to be washed, without touching the oil, which is extremely
> difficult and almost impossible considering that it is odourless and
> colourless.Thirdly, gardens serve the purpose of adding value to a
> property. If it were to have any poison ivy in it most people would
> not want to live in it. In fact since it has weed like properties, if
> it is found in an area it is likely to grow back even if you try to
> remove it. To add to that thought, people with children would stay far
> away from the houses with poison ivy in fear that their kids will
> accidentally go play around in the bushes, so no real social event can
> take place in that garden, which is not to great for meeting new
> people or making friends.

[John Khoury]

Hi, I think that your answer is well written. I think it describes
everything and covers every point. Although I would also mention the
size factor of between the tank and the car. A car is way smaller than
a tank making it easier to get around with. Besides that good job

On Oct 9, 4:30 pm, Jia Yue You <greenpearlmermaid_l...@hotmail.com>
wrote:
> Question: why can’t you buy a tank at a car dealership?
>
> A car is a wheel vehicle used for transportation purpose and Car
> dealership is a place where cars are being sold to the general
> population for everyday use. In our planet, the normal population need
> a vehicle for their possession's (such as food, furniture, books,etc.)
> or their owns' transportation. Also, in general they do not kill
> people and their life isn't threaten (they do not need to defend their
> life). Therefore, a car is prefect for this case and can satisfy the
> needs of the population. However, a tank is a armored fighting vehicle
> designed for combat and possesses offensive and defensive capabilities
> like machine guns (kill people) or steel hard cover (protect people
> against certain life threatening danger); it is not for everyday use.
> Since the population in general have no need of the qualities of the
> tank, they do not buy tanks. Subsequently, the Car dealership that
> supply cars of the population's need will not sell tanks because no

> one will buy them. Therefore, you can't buy a tank at a car
> dealership.

[John Khoury]

Hi Karinne,

I like your answer it well written. Although if i was an alien i
wouldn't know what an assault is. Also as mentioned in the comment
before you i don't understand how an assault is socially unacceptable?
I think its more that theres a consequence than socially unacceptable
because it happens.
GOOD JOB

On Oct 10, 8:14 pm, Karinne Legare <xo.kari...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Why is punching random strangers considered socially
> unacceptable?
>
> To start off with, punching random strangers is illegal because it is
> an assault
> that you can be legally charged for. Therefore, it is considered
> socially unacceptable. Usually when this occurs it is due to anger/
> jealousy
> or(...)  between two individuals or more. But hurting someone
> physically especially a
> random person you are not familiar with is tremendously outrageous
> and inhumane!

[Sasha Bordonaro]

hey Sheng hao Liu,
your text is very discriptive but i beileve it is very discriptive, it
is very complicated at the beging and you repeat your self a lot maybe
next time you can try to explain more like you say" teachers cant.
students cant" i belive that is a waste of space, so maybe next time
re reading and cutting out usless sentences. we tend to repeat our
selfs without realizing it.

On Oct 8, 10:23 pm, Sheng Hao Liu <shenghaoliu....@gmail.com> wrote:

> Q:Why don't Marianopolis teachers play card games with students in the
> cafeteria?
>

> The main problem why teachers don't play card games with students is
> time. That problem is cyclic mostly because of exams. When teachers
> have time, the students do not and when students have time, the
> teacher don't. When teachers have free time, the students cannot
> because they have to study for an upcoming exam. When the exam is over
> and students have time to play again, teachers have to correct the
> exams right away because students nag them to do it faster. So
> teachers don't have time when students do. Teachers also have to deal
> with their office hours. While some students may want to play, others
> will want to ask things that they do not understand. That means
> teachers cannot always go out of their office and play. The card game
> played might also not be appropriate in a school. There are harmless
> games, but there's also gambling card games that puts money into play.
> So teachers should not play those to keep a respectable and model
> attitude. Also keep in mind that the place where they play those card
> games is in the cafeteria, a place where people eat. Food and other
> things may get onto the cards and make them dirty, so it is not
> advised to play cards in the cafeteria.
>

[Sasha Bordonaro]

hey samir,
i like that your text is short and gets to the point but i believe
that you could have explained more in detail, and not made it sound so
much like a definition.to improve next time maybe explain all your
phrases more instead of explaining one word and its definition.

On Oct 8, 3:03 pm, samir ajam <ajamsa...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Why does throwing a party result in people talking to each
> other?
> In our world people are social beings. A party is defined as being a
> social gathering of people, where people talk to each other and
> discuss various things. It is a social norm to talk to other people at
> a party. A norm is defined as something that is usual, typical, and/or
> standard. So it is a norm to be social with people at a party.