Gifts of War War! Even the word sounds terrifying. Thousands and millions of mendied during battles and many women were forced to live in hell-like conditions. Kids, poor little kids, what did they have to do with all this grown up nonsense. This essay’s form is to point out the good sides and the bad sides of a subject or an event. I chose WAR! Could there be any good side of war? Well I have never thought that there would be, but there are some gifts that war gave to the world. Let us start with the bad side. I don’t know where to start. War is a very good way to kill, to destroy, to harm, to upset, and to injure.It’s all bad,it’s all horrible. War is a period of time when people are motivated to kill. Some soldiers kill enemies, some of them kill the innocent, some do it by mistake, some do it by purpose. Some countries use nuclear weapons, some use chemical, and some of them use biological ones.A nuclear weapon has the power to kill millions of people in a blink of an eye. It is so powerful that it does not leave a single thing behind, everything in its range melts and disappears, even many years after the use, its effects can be seen. It causes genetic disorders in human beings and animals. Even plants can not grow at that area. Chemical weapons are extremely toxic. They cause very unusual harm, there is no treatment for most of the chemical weapons. And they won’t let you die quickly like nuclear weapons either.It’s a one way ticket to a slow and painful death. Biological weapons; they use diseases to kill. Viruses and bacteria sicken thousands and millions of people. Civilians suffer from outbreaks. Moreover, war badly affects economy, shortages show up, it causes bitter ends and people starve to death because of it. We almost forgot about guns. They have killed astronomical numbers of people and they still do. Even owning one puts you in a different class. That authority you hold in your hands makes you feel powerful. To make the decision of sparing a life or not...If something goes wrong you basically aim and pull the trigger and no one will blame you for that because you’re in war. And the rest of the world; they just watch, that is all they do. I think this is the worst of all. These days people die for something called “oil”, which makes governments go mad. And we all live in a world where people are more upset when the football team they support loses while innocent diejust because their governments want to provide cheaper fuel for the cars they drive. And I want you to know how sorry I feel about the shortness of this paragraph. After all those terrible things we have talked about, you might hesitate. Could therepossibly be any good side of war? But terror is not the only thing war gave us. War broughtmany problems with it,forcing humankind to solve them. And yes!They did find some solutions. Plastic surgery for instance...After all those wars, thousands of people were left with scars on their faces and other parts of their bodies. That is when plastic surgery developed. Rockets, they were built for long-range bombing; today they are used in planes to fill the evacuation slide quickly. Once its purpose was to kill, now it saves lives. And Nuclear energy; it was used for mass destruction. Now we use it to produce electricity without burning coal which causes global warming and climate change. War also gave us the opportunity to discover our universe. Soviet Union and United States were in a race to conquer the space. Space shuttles, satellites, telescopes and more were built, but the war did not last forever. Now we use them for different purposes. We use space shuttles to discover other planets and we have space stations to study the effects of space environment on human body. We can find our way easily thanks to the GPS system which satellites provides us with. We save a lot of time and fuel when we use it in our cars. Saving fuel also means cleaner air.It is nearly impossible to get lost with this gadget, even if you get lost,it helps others to find you. Many lives were savedusing this device. And telescopes; they are great toys and more importantly, they showed us how tiny we are in the universe. We search for new planets which we can live on if something happens to our one. We scan the universe to see if there are any meteorites coming toward us so we can pray before we die.Many new materials were found during war time such as titanium, kevlar, carbon fiber etc. These are very strong and useful materials. Carbon fiber is four times lighter and two times stronger than steel. It is used in cars, planes and ships. Today we use kevlar at emergencies, stopping planes in short distances when needed. And it can even stop a bullet. These are not the only things war left us.During a war an army needs loads of weapons, vehicles, food supplies, medical care and they need it fast. This forced us to mass production and war is the reason why mass production is so developed today. The atmosphere of the war drove thousands of soldiers and civilians insane. This was the time when psychological therapies developed. And the song “all you need is love” written by John Lennon(Beatles) would not even exist if there were no war. So, yes! There are some good things war has left us. I never thought it this way but most of the inventions we use today were invented in war time. It is a fact whichI cannot ignore;we only do our best work when we are trying to kill each other. Yes! We did benefit from war. This doesnot mean that I support war. I think peace makes world a lovely place to live. It has the power of changing the world to Shangri-La. Yes, war may have led us to some inventions that made our lives better to live, but I would not even think of choosing a better life to millions of lives. I wish there were no war at the first place. Then we wouldnot have problems to solve. Before I made some research, I thought that there were no good sides of war, but I was wrong.We all know war is a bad thing.Nobody would want to take part in it.We all know war is never fair and that the innocent die in wars, but the benefits we made out of it cannot be ignored. I know this is hard to accept but war does have a good side. YUSUF ŞAHİNGÖZ 291415
December 28th
TRUST IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER
Gone are the days when an employee could trust his employer and an employer could trust his employee. Where are they now? All gone with the wind of technology and with the hurricane of the self-interest. Here we are in the years which we cannot spend a single minute away under the watchful eye of others. Maybe we cannot find a way to turn the confidence back, but we can take a close look at its both advantages and disadvantages and then we will be able to decide whether we are in sympathy with it or out of sympathy with it. Through the eyes of employers, what are the advantages of employee monitoring and through the eyes of employees, what are the disadvantages of monitoring in the workplace?
There is a race against the clock in the business. Employers have some expectations from their employers: to work hard: to uphold company reputation; to maintain high level of attendance; to work extra hours; develop new skills and update old ones; be honest. In order to preserve their company’s profits and location in the market, employers need to take some measurements. By doing this, they aim to reduce their costs and provide sufficient work. In the past, there was not any opportunity to control their employees unless they had half an eye on them. They, however, are able to solve their problems at a stroke in the wake of the technology. Within the help of technological devices, employers get the opportunity of controlling their business. Employee monitoring can help employers ensure that their employees are behaving appropriately when they were asked to represent the company and it can also help prevent employee theft. Besides, employers can be sure of their employees do not involve something illegal against their company.
The battles lines are drawn in the fight of the monitoring. Reactions of the employees are getting widespread. They think that their privacy is violated. Breaking down employee- employer relation, monitoring at work place hits the lines and the columnist, websites editors and analysis try to inform employees about their rights. In the website of Work Smart, there are a lot of questions raised by workers:Can my employer place covert cameras or microphones in private areas? , Is my employer allowed to monitor my vehicle?, Do I have a right to know what information my employer has collected through monitoring me at work? ,I'm concerned about email and Web usage monitoring at my workplace. What should I do? Some of them fears, some of them hesitates, some of them tries to find a camera every nook and cranny and some even hesitates to cough and sneeze. Nearly 88% of the workers in a survey conducted by Forbes reported that they could not concentrate on their tasks and approximately 70% said that monitoring decreased their job satisfaction From the point of some employees and some authorities , monitoring at work place is something leading workers sentimental confusions.
I am not an employee nor am I employer, but; as a candidate of an employee, I think that to earn money is less important than to lose someone else’s trust because you can earn money if you know the tricks of trade but there is no recipe for earning trust and no tricks of it .In fact, if the truth be told, disadvantages of monitoring employee sweep its advantages away. Never the twain shall meet!
Let’s give technology a ripple of applause for its contributions to business life. Technology has made it easier. It has turned both workers and bosses suspicious. Monitoring employee are marketed the monitoring which has a lot of advantages on the behalf of the employers, such as reducing their costs, providing sufficient work and protecting against illegal activities. Buy one and get one free. It presented a gift which has a lot disadvantages on the behalf of employees, such as dissatisfaction of their job, mental confusions, feelings of social isolation and decrease in performance. No matter who you are, a boss or a worker, no matter by whom you are watched. Do bear in mind that Allah watches over you!
Meral Birinci 265573
Gifts of War
War! Even the word sounds terrifying. Thousands and millions of mendied during battles and many women were forced to live in hell-like conditions. Kids, poor little kids, what did they have to do with all this grown up nonsense. This essay’s form is to point out the good sides and the bad sides of a subject or an event. I chose WAR! Could there be any good side of war? Well I have never thought that there would be, but there are some gifts that war gave to the world.
Let us start with the bad side. I don’t know where to start. War is a very good way to kill, to destroy, to harm, to upset, and to injure.It’s all bad,it’s all horrible. War is a period of time when people are motivated to kill. Some soldiers kill enemies, some of them kill the innocent, some do it by mistake, some do it by purpose. Some countries use nuclear weapons, some use chemical, and some of them use biological ones.A nuclear weapon has the power to kill millions of people in a blink of an eye. It is so powerful that it does not leave a single thing behind, everything in its range melts and disappears, even many years after the use, its effects can be seen. It causes genetic disorders in human beings and animals. Even plants can not grow at that area. Chemical weapons are extremely toxic. They cause very unusual harm, there is no treatment for most of the chemical weapons. And they won’t let you die quickly like nuclear weapons either.It’s a one way ticket to a slow and painful death. Biological weapons; they use diseases to kill. Viruses and bacteria sicken thousands and millions of people. Civilians suffer from outbreaks. Moreover, war badly affects economy, shortages show up, it causes bitter ends and people starve to death because of it. We almost forgot about guns. They have killed astronomical numbers of people and they still do. Even owning one puts you in a different class. That authority you hold in your hands makes you feel powerful. To make the decision of sparing a life or not...If something goes wrong you basically aim and pull the trigger and no one will blame you for that because you’re in war. And the rest of the world; they just watch, that is all they do. I think this is the worst of all. These days people die for something called “oil”, which makes governments go mad. And we all live in a world where people are more upset when the football team they support loses while innocent diejust because their governments want to provide cheaper fuel for the cars they drive. And I want you to know how sorry I feel about the shortness of this paragraph.
After all those terrible things we have talked about, you might hesitate. Could therepossibly be any good side of war? But terror is not the only thing war gave us. War broughtmany problems with it,forcing humankind to solve them. And yes!They did find some solutions. Plastic surgery for instance...After all those wars, thousands of people were left with scars on their faces and other parts of their bodies. That is when plastic surgery developed. Rockets, they were built for long-range bombing; today they are used in planes to fill the evacuation slide quickly. Once its purpose was to kill, now it saves lives. And Nuclear energy; it was used for mass destruction. Now we use it to produce electricity without burning coal which causes global warming and climate change. War also gave us the opportunity to discover our universe. Soviet Union and United States were in a race to conquer the space. Space shuttles, satellites, telescopes and more were built, but the war did not last forever. Now we use them for different purposes. We use space shuttles to discover other planets and we have space stations to study the effects of space environment on human body. We can find our way easily thanks to the GPS system which satellites provides us with. We save a lot of time and fuel when we use it in our cars. Saving fuel also means cleaner air.It is nearly impossible to get lost with this gadget, even if you get lost,it helps others to find you. Many lives were savedusing this device. And telescopes; they are great toys and more importantly, they showed us how tiny we are in the universe. We search for new planets which we can live on if something happens to our one. We scan the universe to see if there are any meteorites coming toward us so we can pray before we die.Many new materials were found during war time such as titanium, kevlar, carbon fiber etc. These are very strong and useful materials. Carbon fiber is four times lighter and two times stronger than steel. It is used in cars, planes and ships. Today we use kevlar at emergencies, stopping planes in short distances when needed. And it can even stop a bullet. These are not the only things war left us.During a war an army needs loads of weapons, vehicles, food supplies, medical care and they need it fast. This forced us to mass production and war is the reason why mass production is so developed today. The atmosphere of the war drove thousands of soldiers and civilians insane. This was the time when psychological therapies developed. And the song “all you need is love” written by John Lennon(Beatles) would not even exist if there were no war. So, yes! There are some good things war has left us. I never thought it this way but most of the inventions we use today were invented in war time.
It is a fact whichI cannot ignore;we only do our best work when we are trying to kill each other. Yes! We did benefit from war. This doesnot mean that I support war. I think peace makes world a lovely place to live. It has the power of changing the world to Shangri-La. Yes, war may have led us to some inventions that made our lives better to live, but I would not even think of choosing a better life to millions of lives. I wish there were no war at the first place. Then we wouldnot have problems to solve.
Before I made some research, I thought that there were no good sides of war, but I was wrong.We all know war is a bad thing.Nobody would want to take part in it.We all know war is never fair and that the innocent die in wars, but the benefits we made out of it cannot be ignored. I know this is hard to accept but war does have a good side.
YUSUF ŞAHİNGÖZ 291415
December 28th
TRUST IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER
Gone are the days when an employee could trust his employer and an employer could trust his employee. Where are they now? All gone with the wind of technology and with the hurricane of the self-interest. Here we are in the years which we cannot spend a single minute away under the watchful eye of others. Maybe we cannot find a way to turn the confidence back, but we can take a close look at its both advantages and disadvantages and then we will be able to decide whether we are in sympathy with it or out of sympathy with it. Through the eyes of employers, what are the advantages of employee monitoring and through the eyes of employees, what are the disadvantages of monitoring in the workplace?
There is a race against the clock in the business. Employers have some expectations from their employers: to work hard: to uphold company reputation; to maintain high level of attendance; to work extra hours; develop new skills and update old ones; be honest. In order to preserve their company’s profits and location in the market, employers need to take some measurements. By doing this, they aim to reduce their costs and provide sufficient work. In the past, there was not any opportunity to control their employees unless they had half an eye on them. They, however, are able to solve their problems at a stroke in the wake of the technology. Within the help of technological devices, employers get the opportunity of controlling their business. Employee monitoring can help employers ensure that their employees are behaving appropriately when they were asked to represent the company and it can also help prevent employee theft. Besides, employers can be sure of their employees do not involve something illegal against their company.
The battles lines are drawn in the fight of the monitoring. Reactions of the employees are getting widespread. They think that their privacy is violated. Breaking down employee- employer relation, monitoring at work place hits the lines and the columnist, websites editors and analysis try to inform employees about their rights. In the website of Work Smart, there are a lot of questions raised by workers:Can my employer place covert cameras or microphones in private areas? , Is my employer allowed to monitor my vehicle?, Do I have a right to know what information my employer has collected through monitoring me at work? ,I'm concerned about email and Web usage monitoring at my workplace. What should I do? Some of them fears, some of them hesitates, some of them tries to find a camera every nook and cranny and some even hesitates to cough and sneeze. Nearly 88% of the workers in a survey conducted by Forbes reported that they could not concentrate on their tasks and approximately 70% said that monitoring decreased their job satisfaction From the point of some employees and some authorities , monitoring at work place is something leading workers sentimental confusions.
I am not an employee nor am I employer, but; as a candidate of an employee, I think that to earn money is less important than to lose someone else’s trust because you can earn money if you know the tricks of trade but there is no recipe for earning trust and no tricks of it .In fact, if the truth be told, disadvantages of monitoring employee sweep its advantages away. Never the twain shall meet!
Let’s give technology a ripple of applause for its contributions to business life. Technology has made it easier. It has turned both workers and bosses suspicious. Monitoring employee are marketed the monitoring which has a lot of advantages on the behalf of the employers, such as reducing their costs, providing sufficient work and protecting against illegal activities. Buy one and get one free. It presented a gift which has a lot disadvantages on the behalf of employees, such as dissatisfaction of their job, mental confusions, feelings of social isolation and decrease in performance. No matter who you are, a boss or a worker, no matter by whom you are watched. Do bear in mind that Allah watches over you!
Meral Birinci 265573