Tuesday, October 14, 2008

About New York City from Wikipedia

The City of New York, most often called New York City, is the most populous city in the United States, in a metropolitan area that ranks among the world's most-populous urban areas. It is a leading global city, exerting a powerful influence over worldwide commerce, finance, culture, and entertainment. The city is also an important center for international affairs, hosting the United Nations headquarters.

Located on the Atlantic coast of the Northeastern United States, the city consists of five distinct boroughs: The Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island. It is the most densely populated major city in the United States, with an estimated 8,274,527 people occupying just under 305 square miles (790 km2). The New York metropolitan area's population is also the nation's highest, estimated at 19,750,000 people over 6,720 square miles (17,400 km2) in three states.

New York is largely unique among American cities for its high use of mass transit, and the overall density and diversity of its population. In 2005, nearly 170 languages were spoken in the city and 36% of its population was born outside the United States. The city is sometimes referred to as "The City That Never Sleeps" due to its extensive 24-hour subway system and constant bustling of traffic and people, while other nicknames include Gotham and the Big Apple.

Founded as a commercial trading post by the Dutch in 1624, it served as the capital of the United States from 1785 until 1790, and has been the nation's largest city since 1790. The Statue of Liberty greeted millions of immigrants as they came to America in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Wall Street, in Lower Manhattan, has been a dominant global financial center since World War II and is home to the New York Stock Exchange. Today, the city has many renowned landmarks and neighborhoods that are world famous. The city has been home to several of the tallest buildings in the world, including the Empire State Building and the twin towers of the former World Trade Center.

New York is the birthplace of many cultural movements, including the Harlem Renaissance in literature and visual art, abstract expressionism (also known as the New York School) in painting, and hip hop, punk, salsa, disco and Tin Pan Alley in music. It is also the home of Broadway theater.

Monday, October 13, 2008

The train was too ditry and noisy, and Many black people were singing in the train. I've never seen that kinds of performance. Oh....shit I Got the wrong train.

lOl~~


When I was wandering the broaday I was able to see this... unexpectly.

We don't need to study English anymore..

It's time to enjoy^^

Cash For the Grade

The short article was treating the matter which was related with money can spur the students who are studying in New York.
And This is my notion about this matter

Should students get paid just to do the right thing??

When the human was originated, What was needed to form their society and culture? Were their cluture developed only by the war and expansion of territory? Nowadays, speech and knowledge are more powerful than gun and knife and it's true that country which has well developed culture is admired by many countries. So... what is needed to develop their characteristic culture? You can find the answer at the school which you are attending or already graduated. In the past, education was recognized just as the play to the rich. At that time, people in the low couldn't dream which is related with study and when they was born as a low class then they should live. And that was the custom of the period. But how about now? Look back upon my school days, almost my friends got nice education and that was thought as natural. So maybe we are neglecting education's importance. And this matter is not limited to just my experience. Maybe it is happening in educational institution all over the world. Some decades ago, there was a few educational institution so student was satisfied with just attendance. But the present students has changed. All of everything is quite natural to them. So according to this article, New York city is planning to give an impulse to students and adults by giving money. Anyway I agree with this matter. At my high school days, one of my best friends, not very smart, studied pretty much. His aim was just only one...it was a scholarship. And the reason was so simple. Unexpected poverty.... Poverty provide my friend with his moral obligations and he just pursued it desperately. And like that, he could graduate the high school peacefully with scholarship for 3 years. Even I'v studied a lot because of the scholarship. Anyway, from this example, we can guess how this plan which is prompted by New York City will have influence on the low-income brackets's student. Naturally, this is just my opinion, no one have tried this plan in New York City before. If we run into a blind alley then we can return . There is no one who will get loss. somehow student will receive the money. In any case, I think Students who are studying very hard will study hard continuously without any thought about the money.So if we focus our attention on the students who want to get benefit, then maybe we will get positive outcome.

Sunday, October 12, 2008

67th floor...


Finally I got to the 67th floor.


Wow...


I didn't know what to do at that time.


Just what I had to do was to see the beautiful scenery.