Friday 30 March 2012

London Riot

In August last year, there was a riot that took place in London. And this riot is as result of police man shot a young guy call Mark Duggan. After couple of days of the burial ceremony his relatives and some of his friends went to the nearest police station to know what he has done for him to be shot. But there is no concrete reason for that. So they start to protest in peaceful way, after that the neighbouring street start to join the crew, and suddenly the protest became a riot. It is believed that they use some of social networks to organised the riot in such a way the police can not stop them or atack them. As result of that the riot start to spread to neighbouring cities such as birmingham, liverpool, and manchester. some of them start to looting and destroying shops.

BBC news (2012), london riot. Available at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14442203 news (2
(Accessed: 08/03 2012).


Independent (2012), london riot. Available at:http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/08/09/london-riots-looking-beyond-the-looting/(Accessed:08/03/2012)

MEDIA



Online News
Broadsheet (The Guardian)
Tabloid  (The Sun)
Language
Kony 2012: what’s the real story
Monster is on the retweet
Quotes used
There are many Quotes in the news
There is no a single Quote in the news
Style of writing
The style of writing is formal
The style of writing is informal
Type of pictures
There is less pictures and the picture only the educational part of the story
The news is full of pictures,
Areas that the news covers
It gives the information of the story, from where it starts up to date
It gives little information, and shows those who supported the news by showing their pictures.
Organisation of the story
The story is well structured and organised, although story has started since 1987 both the way the story is been  organised it gives you full detail about what had happened in the previous years.
The way its organised gives you little about the story, and does not gives you the information you want see. And it draws your attention in one direction




References:
Curtis, P. & McCarthy, T. (2012) 'Kony 2012: what's the real story?' The Guardian Available athttp://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/reality-check-with-polly-curtis/2012/mar/08/kony-2012-what-s-the-story (Accessed:09/03/2012).

Ross, E. (2012) 'Celebs back campaign to catch evil warlord Kony' The Sun Available athttp://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4180498/Celebs-back-campaign-to-catch-evil-warlord-Kony.html (Accessed:09/03/2012).

Quality of life

There are several reasons that will/ are affecting my quality of life at university of Glam. I personaly have reasons that affect me positively and negatively.

     First of all, people say environment affect people . This sentence comprises much information, it means where you live, what you do, what you eat, and the people around you. The Welsh Government in generall is a place that always welcoming international students, that was one of the reasons that i choose, and decided to study in the university of Glamorgan among thousand of universities in the world. I found that Glamorgan university is one of the best places to study, due to the fact that the university is located in a small valley where there are less distractions and social life.Furthermore,  Glam teachers are friendly and always give their possible efforts to the students  doing the right things. Globally e-learning has become one of the fastest and easiest ways of learning and today Glamorgan is having well equipped facilities for learning and always looking forward making new techniques for there student to learn easily.

      Secondly, one thing that i found it difficult for me to cope with, is the school time table. Because it tooks me couple of weeks  for me to cope with the university schedule. However with  the introduction of  Academic study in the UK context on the topic "Time Management", the assignment gives me am additional knowledge and skills on how to use my time effectively and how to do the right it at the write time. Unlike in high school the teachers are the ones having responsibilities to coordinate you, while here your the one responsible for your self because your future is in your hands.

Thirdly, in terms of health and security services, UK is rated at the top; Here, the country is having specialised & qualified doctors, and well equipped hospital facilities with modern technological machines  to take  good care of their patients. whereas in security services CCTV canera is all over the country which makes less crime rates and confortable for international students.

Finally transportation is one of the major problem in Britain which disturbs the citizens and bordering international students as well.

Social Class

In Nigeria, we have three categories of classes; which comprises the upper class, middle class, and lower class which is also known as (working class). The upper class are mainly those that are in higher position, and this people are the politicians, President, Vice President, Ex presidents, Ministers, Ambassadors and Governors. While Managers, Directors, Bankers, Lawyers, Doctors, Contractors and Royal families are in the middle class. Although, the royal families are also part of the Government and they are paid as well to play there royal activities, and they also be classified in the upper class.

In addition to that the official retirement age in my country for both the men and women is 65years so at that age you are retired, and the Government will start paying you pension with housing, sickness, maternity and death grants benefits.

Furthermore, in health care services,  Nigeria is trying all there effort for the up bringing of children who are homeless. While doing so, there are several organisations that are gathering money for charity and some of them are; Kanu Heart Foundation (K.H.F), Red cross, Salvaha etc. Back home there are many advice Bureau that helps you and advices you when you have strong sickness or infections, and they try as much as possible to take care of you when are not be able to afford money to buy drugs for the diseases.

Lastly, in Nigeria, we do have professional Doctors and they are well paid while many families chosen to have family doctors. Some of the common uniforms that the Doctors wear is basically white plane dress or gown. And in case of emergency their is one particular number that all most all Nigerian citizen have off head in case of in cases.


Due to the fact that UK is still running system, but is not as strict as it was before in the early years. The class structure in the UK is divided into three parts. which are upper, middle and working class. The upper class is made up of the rich people, and those people are the senior politicians, Nobel men, Bishops, entrepreneur, and lastly the royal family. while the middle class are the Doctors, lawyers, and teachers etc. While the working class are mainly the low income earners, and those people include store keepers, cleaners, gardeners etc.