Research about accommodation for foreign students
Background:
London is a very big city, all the foreign students who want to study there, have to face on a big problem; accommodation.
You can choose between a big range of kind of accommodation. So, before to make any research, you have to think about what is better for you, what you want exactly; live in an English family to integrate to real English life and traditions, live alone in the city or in the campus to take your independence or live in a shared flat with other people to make friends easiely and practice english.
But as everyone know, accommodation is very expensive, sometimes students spend a very high rent to live in a small, dirty and not safe place, very far of the university
It is quit difficult to find information about different areas of London, moreover you can not see your flat or your room before to go on the country. You can not evaluate the time to go to university, what kind of transportation is better to use.
Aims:
That is why the purpose of our report is to find out what kind of accommodation students prefer live in and how they find their accommodation, where they live and how much it costs, and if they are satisfied with it.
Method:
The research was carried out by means of a questionnaire of 10 keys questions. The sample size was 20. These respondents were of different ages and genders and from different countries. they are all pre-sessional students of London Metropolitan University.
Friday, 31 October 2008
Wednesday, 8 October 2008
Legends of Cambridge
As everyone knows, Cambridge is a town famous for its majestic architecture of buildings and universities. But stronger that the beauty emanated from this town, it is architecture imposes a particular atmosphere. The sky is dark, the weather is wet and the gothic and medieval style procure a sudden feeling of coldness, making us realised the heavyweight of its history.
Let me now talk about the legends of Cambridge.
The fist one I want to relate is about the ghost of Peterhouse.
Perterhouse, a small college in Cambridge, a night, in 1998, a member of the kitchen staff was puting away his stuff to going back home when he heard a noise in the combination room. He went there to see what was happening and suddently, he saw the ghost of a ex-treasurer of the college, Dawe, who had hanged himself exactly in this room. His body was buried at the north of the college but his soul will always stayed in this walls.
This story was a bit scary don’t you think? If you believe in paranormal facts, I advise you to not cross Arbury Road, especially in this season. A local tale says that a damned shuck is in this street and bring ill luck to all person which see it.
But do not think that every legends of Cambridge are so dark, some of them could be nice to imagine as the one of the lions, guardians of the Fitzwilliam Museum.
The local belief says that at midnight, while everyone is sleeping, the two lion’s statues are awake and leave their post to drink in the gutter and then, come back to their plinch until the next midnight.
In each old town, we can hear some legends as this ones, but in Cambridge, you can feel it, it is in the air.
Let me now talk about the legends of Cambridge.
The fist one I want to relate is about the ghost of Peterhouse.
Perterhouse, a small college in Cambridge, a night, in 1998, a member of the kitchen staff was puting away his stuff to going back home when he heard a noise in the combination room. He went there to see what was happening and suddently, he saw the ghost of a ex-treasurer of the college, Dawe, who had hanged himself exactly in this room. His body was buried at the north of the college but his soul will always stayed in this walls.
This story was a bit scary don’t you think? If you believe in paranormal facts, I advise you to not cross Arbury Road, especially in this season. A local tale says that a damned shuck is in this street and bring ill luck to all person which see it.
But do not think that every legends of Cambridge are so dark, some of them could be nice to imagine as the one of the lions, guardians of the Fitzwilliam Museum.
The local belief says that at midnight, while everyone is sleeping, the two lion’s statues are awake and leave their post to drink in the gutter and then, come back to their plinch until the next midnight.
In each old town, we can hear some legends as this ones, but in Cambridge, you can feel it, it is in the air.
Friday, 3 October 2008
Differences in family and family ties between French tribe and the Adi people
In the video, I think they said nothing special about family and family fies so I try to interpretate what I saw and what I think I understood in the video (because I am not sure).
The word "family" can have two senses. The first meaning, and the most important, is a group of people in which you share the same blood. but generally, this word implicate too a feeling of faith and particular relation between each member of a family in comparaison of the rest of your society.
In the Adi tribe there is not a real notion of family, maybe they make a special distinction between their parents and other people but I think they considerate every person of the tribe as someone of their family. Its probably due to the size of their tribe and the place where they live together. Their tribe constituate their own society, if a few person always live together with the same few person, share the same way of life (and in this case it is a very special way of life)it is not difficult to considerate all the person of your society as a person of your family.
Naturally its very different in the "french tribe" because the teritory is bigger so you can't have the same kind of relation between people of your family, and the rest of the society.
The word "family" can have two senses. The first meaning, and the most important, is a group of people in which you share the same blood. but generally, this word implicate too a feeling of faith and particular relation between each member of a family in comparaison of the rest of your society.
In the Adi tribe there is not a real notion of family, maybe they make a special distinction between their parents and other people but I think they considerate every person of the tribe as someone of their family. Its probably due to the size of their tribe and the place where they live together. Their tribe constituate their own society, if a few person always live together with the same few person, share the same way of life (and in this case it is a very special way of life)it is not difficult to considerate all the person of your society as a person of your family.
Naturally its very different in the "french tribe" because the teritory is bigger so you can't have the same kind of relation between people of your family, and the rest of the society.
Thursday, 2 October 2008
Police question three men in murder people
This article talking about a murder that happend the last week end in Peterborough (an area in Cambridge where are a lot of social accomodations). A twenty-five years old men from poland was beatten and kicked until the death.
Policemen arrested three young people the last monday, they are all between eighteen and ninteen years old.
the Polish was coming back home to a barbecue with his family chen he was attacked by the murderer. We don't really know why, is a racial question or only young people who needed violence? At the end of the article, his family call for witnesses.
The article doesn't talk about the local resident but we can supose that they don't feel safe in their neibourghood. I think this kind of situations are very striking, and infortunatly, happens very often. It happen the most part of time in underprivileged area. I think it is a big problem of society and that is why this subject could interest everyone and not juste local people. Is it a problem due to the government, how and what the government can do to reduce this kind of incident, or is it just a pproblem of education?
I think that this violence show us a deep problem in actual societies.
Policemen arrested three young people the last monday, they are all between eighteen and ninteen years old.
the Polish was coming back home to a barbecue with his family chen he was attacked by the murderer. We don't really know why, is a racial question or only young people who needed violence? At the end of the article, his family call for witnesses.
The article doesn't talk about the local resident but we can supose that they don't feel safe in their neibourghood. I think this kind of situations are very striking, and infortunatly, happens very often. It happen the most part of time in underprivileged area. I think it is a big problem of society and that is why this subject could interest everyone and not juste local people. Is it a problem due to the government, how and what the government can do to reduce this kind of incident, or is it just a pproblem of education?
I think that this violence show us a deep problem in actual societies.
describing a famous college or landmark in this place
The City of Cambridge has ever been known for its student life, Colleges and Universities.
Indeed, Cambridge list no less than thirty-one colleges including three colleges whose admit only women.
But now, lets talk about the most famous Cambridge College: Trinity
Trinity College was built by henri VIII in 1546, its old architecture remind the medieval times and contain a lot of historical monuments, one of thoses is the statue of Henry VIII just in front of the college.
To penetrate into walls of this famous University, you have to walk under one of the two main entrances : the Great Gate and the Nevile's Gate (Thomas Nevile was the Master of Trinity in 1593)and then, you are in the Great Court. In the middle, you can see a fountain surrounded by grass and clean paths. This court is composed by a big chapel, the Tower Clock and king's Hall. Walk along a side of the Great Court, cross the hall and enter in one of the two other court. You can choose between the Nevile's Court on your right hand or the New Court on your left hand. Don't be surprised by the architectural differences of the New Court. This one was build in 1823, around two centuries later than the other part, in a Neo-Gothic style.
On the Nevile's Court you can visit a librairy drawn by an English designer, astronome and geometer of the seventeenth century ; Sir Christopher Wren.
This College is one of the fisrt site visited in cambridge because of its impressive architecture and its reputation.
Indeed, Cambridge list no less than thirty-one colleges including three colleges whose admit only women.
But now, lets talk about the most famous Cambridge College: Trinity
Trinity College was built by henri VIII in 1546, its old architecture remind the medieval times and contain a lot of historical monuments, one of thoses is the statue of Henry VIII just in front of the college.
To penetrate into walls of this famous University, you have to walk under one of the two main entrances : the Great Gate and the Nevile's Gate (Thomas Nevile was the Master of Trinity in 1593)and then, you are in the Great Court. In the middle, you can see a fountain surrounded by grass and clean paths. This court is composed by a big chapel, the Tower Clock and king's Hall. Walk along a side of the Great Court, cross the hall and enter in one of the two other court. You can choose between the Nevile's Court on your right hand or the New Court on your left hand. Don't be surprised by the architectural differences of the New Court. This one was build in 1823, around two centuries later than the other part, in a Neo-Gothic style.
On the Nevile's Court you can visit a librairy drawn by an English designer, astronome and geometer of the seventeenth century ; Sir Christopher Wren.
This College is one of the fisrt site visited in cambridge because of its impressive architecture and its reputation.
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