November – 2020

ILOHL Blog 2: Misunderstanding

November 23, 2020February 13, 2021Alicia Widjaja1 Comment

People often misunderstand an idea that an individual might want to convey, it is common and would lead to people getting the wrong idea of an information. There were often times when I misunderstood something; for example, not listening to instructions properly and doing the opposite of what I am supposed to be doing, or even mistaking someone as someone else. In the book, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, written by Rebecca Skloot, Skloot mentioned that there were articles being published about Henrietta Lacks and her cells that has helped lead to new discoveries and helped the lives of many patients. However, each of the articles had used different names such as Helen Lane or Helen Larson, instead of her real name, Henrietta Lacks. This led to some misunderstanding about where the HeLa cells had come from, and it was also difficult for journalists, scientists, and doctors to be able to track Henrietta’s family to interview them.

Misunderstandings often lead to making the situation more difficult than it should have originally been. It makes people more confused as to what they are supposed to know and do, and I can sometimes relate to this as well.

Believing certain people do not know what is best for themselves

November 13, 2020Alicia Widjaja2 Comments

I believe that there are some people who do not know what is the best for themselves. They would often ask people to make their own decisions so that they would know what to do. In The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, written by Rebecca Skloot, Henrietta would often prioritize spending time with her family instead of taking full care of her health. Only when she was really sick, was when she decided that she should visit the hospital to get herself checked up. I have several personal experiences that I have encountered that really shows how certain people are pretty clueless about what they think is the best for them. There was a time when my friend did not know whether to have a day where she can just relax, or if she should complete her late assignments that day. To me, I know that I would prefer to complete my late assignments, but to her, she did not know which was better for herself.

Sometimes similar situations would also happen to myself as I am also quite indecisive, sometimes I would need my parent’s guidance for me to know what is best for me; however, my parent’s guidance might not always be right for me. Thinking about which classes I should take next year, what I should study in university, are all examples of not knowing what is the best for me. Sometimes I would also ask my parents and all they would say is “up to you” or “ask your friends”, I feel like this just makes it harder for me to pick what the best for me is. I would often do research on what would benefit my future and see if I would be happy with the outcome, which sometimes might help, but sometimes different websites provide different information; therefore, I feel like it would be better to talk to someone who has experienced what I am interested in. I need to eventually learn to make my own choices and know what is the best for me, in order to gain new knowledge and opportunities.

It is typical to know and not know whether or not something is best for you. It depends on what the outcome would be for the choices you picked, some may be more difficult to choose than the other. Guidance from mutuals or acquaintances might help, as some may have more experience and would know what they are talking about; even so, sometimes it would also be ideal to just decide on your own to see what is the best for you by thinking of advantages and disadvantages. Every choice made would affect your future; thus, it is understandable to not know what is best for yourself.

Indecisiveness Can Cost You Your Business l Talk Business With Howard

“Indecisiveness Can Cost You Your Business L Talk Business With Howard”. Talk Business With Howard, 2017, https://www.talkbusinesswithhoward.com/indecisiveness-can-cost-you-your-business/.

Economics

November 13, 2020Alicia WidjajaLeave a comment

SOI: Understand that businesses operate within a system whose structure is influenced by (causality) external factors.

The supply and demand in a market is influenced by the amount of product is produced and if the customers are willing to buy it or not. These factors would cause either the supply curve to shift or the demand curve to shift. Usually when a curve shifts to the right, it means that it increased, but when it shifts to the left, it decreases. When the quantity demanded and quantity supplied is equal to the price, the equilibrium is reached in the market. The price usually depends on either of the curve shift, which would eventually cause a surplus or a shortage. If a surplus occurs, the price of the product would decrease to get more customers to buying the product, and if there is a shortage, the price of the product would increase.

Economic sectors can relate to each other by creating a chain of production. The chain of production is the process of a product, from raw materials to the final product. In the beginning, there is a primary sector, which is to collect and assemble all the raw materials needed for the product. The second part is the secondary sector, when the raw materials are put into use, to start creating the product. Finally, the tertiary sector is when the final product is already created and is being sent out to stores.

There are many companies that indirectly compete with another company. Indirect competition is when different companies, that does not sell the same products or goods, can satisfy the same customer’s needs or wants. An example is when a store sells burgers, and another store sells sandwiches. They are both different, but it can still satisfy the customer’s needs or wants since they are also similar, both contains bread and consists of some meat, or vegetable.

UNIT 2: THIS I BELIEVE

November 6, 2020November 13, 2020Alicia WidjajaLeave a comment

In this unit, we started off with taking a personality test and analyzing it. We then moved on to identify different ‘This I Believe’ essays, and it was interesting to see how many different beliefs each writers had. This then led to the writing of our own This I Believe essay and video.

This unit had taught me more about how to write an essay better to catch the reader’s attention, and how to use figurative languages and good transitional phrases in essays.