TOPIC 3:
"If money were the only criterion by which a child's welfare can be gauged, then a baby bought for as much as RM40, 000 on the black market would seem set for life. For money-rich but child-poor couples, it is a small price to pay to introduce a small life into their home. the cot is gilded, the blanket monogrammed, the college fund filled the brim. All that's wanting is a bun in the oven. And where there is a baby-for-sale racket, money can indeed by happiness. And after all, why not?" (NST, March 3, 2013)
How do you view above statement?

Based on the statement above, i think we should not support baby for sale. There are many people out there who ever had bought the baby especially rich people. The married couples who are not given child in their marriage, they tend to buy baby from a syndicate or whoever who sell the baby. I think it is true that they are rich and afford to buy the baby but for me, not everything they can have by using their wealth and money. I dont agree that money can buy our happiness.

Besides, for me, i think that we should not do the baby-for-sale as the baby is not a 'thing'. The baby is human living. They are not the 'thing' that should be in the activity of selling and buying. At first, the married couple who buy the baby will love the baby but what if when the baby grow up and the love from the parents will start to fade? It will give a bad effect to the future of the baby themselves as they are not their biological children for their parents. In addition, when the baby grows up, they will know their true identity which they are not the real children for their parents so they will be very affected by it.

TOPIC 4: Proposition: Hollywood produce great movies, but they don't always tell the truth even it is based on 'True Stories'. Provide at least two (2) premises or counter arguments for the proposition. Write in paragraph (s). 

Hollywood does produces great movies, but they don't always tell the truth even it is based on 'True Stories'. I do agree that they do not really tell the truth in their movies even though they told people it was based on the true stories.

Firstly, they don't always tell the truth on the movies even though it based the true story is because the popcorn munchers want it be like that. Howell (2014) has stated in The Star that "Based on a true story movies like Perfect Sisters, a weirdly sympathetic account of Mississauga's Bathtub Girls matricide case, inevitably choose to bend the truth rather that fully reveal it, because that's what popcorn munchers want".

Secondly, Sargent (2014) has claimed that "Based on a true story is generally a pretty dubious claim for a movie to make. Hollywood is notorious for taking things that actually happened and throwing in enough flashy stupidity to keep the lowest common denominator distracted from how overpriced movie tickets are".

REFERENCES:

Howell, P. (2014). When “based on a true story” doesn’t tell the whole story | Toronto Star. thestar.com. Retrieved 10 April 2014, from      http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/movies/2014/04/10/when_based_on_a_true_story_doesnt_tell_the_whole_story.html

Sargent, J. (2014). Top 10 Movies You Won’t Believe Are Based On True Stories. Toptenz. Retrieved 18 November 2014, from
 http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-movies-you-wont-believe-are-based-on-true-stories.php

TOPIC 5: You have almost completed this semester, how do you view Critical Literacy now? If you have any comments and suggestions, please do so as it helps for the betterment of the course as a whole. 

After almost finished this semester, i think subject Critical Literacy is hard as we have to see everything critically and thoroughly. And i dont think that i really understand this subject fully even though i found this subject is quite interesting. 

For me, i do think that this subject need to be improved more for the betterment as a whole. Maybe, the lecturers can use more interesting ways to teach the students this subjects and for students themselves, they should have do something to improve in this subject. I think that students should consider alternatives as we can use a variety of techniques to generate even more ideas. Next, I strongly believe that we as students really need to read a lot. Reading is a great way to gather the information about the topic. In such cases it can be helpful to read about totally unrelated subjects that are interest to us to stimulate our thinking. Furthermore, we should also learn from all experiences, both negatives and positives. 

TOPIC 2: Stereotyping is exaggerated generalizations associated with a categorizing system, they go beyond the facts at hand and make claims that usually have no valid basis. It is also something that most people find difficult to avoid from doing. What do you think?

Stereotypes are generalizations about a group of people whereby we attribute a defined set of characteristics to this group. These classifications can be positive or negative, such as when various nationalities are stereotyped as friendly or unfriendly. The purpose of stereotypes is to help us know how to interact with others. Each classification has associations, scripts and so on that we use to interpret what they are saying, decide if they are good or bad, and choose how to respond to them or not.  From my point of view, we all are stereotype person, and we all have biased perceptions. We even apply stereotypes to ourselves, and then modify our own behavior based on those stereotypes. Stereotypes need to avoid as it can give negative and positive impact on individuals. There are a few ways to avoid stereotypes. Firstly, we need to check our sources, research our information and then size up the person that made the stereotypical statement. We need to ensure that we are able to avoid the stereotypes given to us by someone else's biased opinion. We should accept it as fact only those things that we can prove. Secondly, we should understand that people is different. We should look at ourselves and how we are seen by other people. We have to treat the others as we would have them treat us by waiting to from opinions until we know a particular person. Next, we need to be friend with everyone. We should listen and talk to people of all different types and not only form opinions about who they are and not about some group or ethnicity they may be part of.  And lastly, people should be critical of themselves. We cant take for granted any opinion that pops into our head. Sometimes, we need to step outside of the situation and look at the big picture that need us to look at all sides of the biases involved, so we will be able to come to our own opinion without blindly following one side or another. Being able to avoid stereotypes is more rewarding even though it is easy to jump to conclusions about people.

TOPIC 1: You heard comments and maybe grievances from your seniors about Critical Literacy, but what is/are your expectation (s) or hope for this subject are you are just started.

From what i heard from seniors about this subject, Critical Literacy, they said this subject is really hard and we need to think very critically. However, some of them said it just quite hard and such an interesting subject. Based on what I've heard from my seniors, i expect Critical Literacy is really hard and i would have a hard time learn this subject for my whole semester.

After i have learnt this subject, Critical Literacy, I identify it is really hard because we have to think very critically and thoroughly for every single things. This subject is just not as a simple as the previous subjects that i have learnt. In this subject, we need to read, analyze, critique, and question the messages inherently present within any from of text. Critical Literacy encourages students to understand and question the attitudes, values, and beliefs of written texts, visual applications, and spoken words. As for me, this subject is hard but somehow it is an interesting and i enjoy learning this subject.