The issue that deeply bothers me is that whether we, the Homo sapiens, are aware of the impending catastrophe if nothing is done quickly. At such, I am keen to do a research project to determine what the students of NUS are doing to conserve energy. As there is no grant for this research, it will have to be done on a smaller scale. Hence, I will only be focusing on the students from the Faculty of Science (FOS), which is where I am from conveniently. Through this research, I hope that more students will be aware of the current situations and more actions could be done to help Earth's dire condition.
As the main aim is to determine what the Science students are doing or have done in energy conservation, attitudinal survey will be vital to the successfulness of this project. I will be focusing on certain specific issues (e.g adjusting the temperature of the air-conditioner to be 25 degree celsius etc.) in the survey. Although the sample size might not be large enough to represent the whole population of the FOS in NUS, I believe the results collected could be conclusive if a variety of the students are targeted. It would also help if the survey is well-prepared with proper ordering and phrasing of the questions.
In summary
Research Question - Whether students from the FOS of NUS are doing or have done their part in energy conservation.
Purpose Statement - The main objective of this research is to to increase the number of students that will play a part in conserving Earth so that more actions could be done to help Earth's dire condition. In addition, I hope that students will be updated on the latest information of Earth's deteriorating conditions.
P.s.: This post was edited on Sunday, 11.50pm. Thank you Zhiyi, Brad and Desmond for your suggestions.
Food for thought.
Scientists are researching intensively for alternatives to the natural resources, but even with these alternatives, there will be disruption to Earth in one way or another. One example would be the biofuel. Although it is a much cleaner alternative as compared to fossil fuel, it also has its disadvantages such as needing to clear up hectares of forest for the plantation of palm oil trees (this is also true for wind energy). Having said that, do you think that urban development is necessary? Are we supposed to live the lives of our first ancestors to be able to sustain the life of Gaia?
In this situation, there are definitely several things that could have been done by Tarzan to avoid the conflict. Firstly, I can safely say that the main problem lies in their differences in view of the problem. Jane felt obliged to do something more for Eunice apart from comforting her while Tarzan felt that leaving Eunice alone is the best solution. Perhaps this had come about due to gender differences. Females tend to be, correct me if I am wrong, more emotionally-linked to their friends than males.
Another cause might be Tarzan’s continual reading of the newspapers article, which is a non-verbal cue that he is not interested in the topic. This might have caused Jane to feel agitated and hence, she got angry more easily.
Furthermore, Tarzan should have been more careful with his words. Instead of saying‘just leave her alone for awhile', he could have said‘perhaps she needs some time alone to think about it' which is much less assertive.
Regarding the comments, I totally agree with Benjamin and Desmond. It is the diversities in views between the different genders that makes life so full of unexpectations and of course, makes life much more interesting. In addition, Desmond made a strong point about desensitization i.e. taking someone for granted as time goes by.
As Liang Fu has said it, Tarzan should have been more attentive when someone is talking to him, rather than just trying to brush the person off so that he can get on with his reading. It all boils down to having a good EQ.
P.s.: Thank you guys for the comments. It is much appreciated. Cheers!
