A Reflection Post For ALES204

    Today i have finished my last class of ALES204 for this term. How time flies and I feel I just walk into this classroom yesterday. In this course, Dr. Laccetti and TAs let me know more about the social media and give us great lectures about how to write a resume and CV, which is very important and useful when we want to apply for jobs. From this course, I get to know more social media like Twitter, Facebook, Wikipedia, LinledIn, and many others. By participating in these websites, I know more about the events happen in the other side of the world and I can communicate so conveniently with friends faraway from me. Social media makes the world smaller.

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    By using social media, many people get helped by other people. For instance, in China, last year in summer, due to the rainstorm lasting for many days, and the road were destroyed,  the farmers in Henan province could not sell their crops. Therefore, they use social media to ask for the public's help. Many people saw this piece of information, they came to the farmers by themselves to buy the crops. The social media pays a very important roll in this case and solve the farmers problems. Besides, a teacher from a school in the rural area asked for help through the social media. Because that place is very poor, students even cannot afford a new textbook, the teacher ask people for help to send some textbooks and other books for the students. Just after a few days, hundreds of books are sent to the school. These two true stories show the importance of  the social network.

    However, there are still many concerns about the social media. Nowadays, people rely more and more on social media, therefore, there might be less contact in the real life.   Is that possible if one day, we all stay at home and using social media, and no matter where we go, we use Twitter to contact with friends instead of talk to them face to face? That is the biggest problem associating with the increasing trend of social media. Here is an an article about the bad aspects of social media.

    The future of social media is very bright, it brings us a lot more fresh information, easier to publish personal ideas, and search for lates information. In general, the advantages that social media brings us weighs far more than the bad aspects. As long as we can handle it well and can differentiate it with the real life, social media can become a very useful tool in our lives.
 
Here is my five comments under my classmates' blogposts:
1. Science of Chinese Food (free blog post) by Lutong Huang
2. Free post -- The sciences in Titanic by Qiyun Liang 
3. Wikipedia Article: Give you warm in winter by Feiyan Zhou
4. Smoothie Craze by Pharyne Hrywkiw
5. Do We Have to Drink Milk by Yuhan Jiang