Monday, January 2, 2012

Some Papers

I would like to post here some of my favorite "make your own countries" from the "make your own country" assignment for my class.

There were five things I was looking for: Geography, History, War, Economy, and Politics. So they had to write an essay about those five things (I did not grade them for grammar or spelling).

Only one kid decided to copy me, so he failed. The rest did a very good job. I would like to post some excerpts here. You can see small ideas as to what Chinese life entails (milk powder), or just how some of the kids think.

And before we get started, I'd like to say that I'm not posting names or grades so you can't cyber-stalk my students. If any of my students see this and would like their posts removed, I will do so. Or if I decide to use this blog for money (spuer-highly unlikely), I will remove this entry- these were not created by me and I have no desire to claim them as my own. These excerpts are purely for entertainment purposes only.

All right then.

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"Paradise Last"

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Despite that, there are beautiful woods, green fields, and there are many rare animals .everybody wants to go there, so the tourism is developed, and is responsible for 90% of Sun’s GDP. Also the country exports milk powder, because the milk is authentic milk.

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(A quick word about milk powder- All milk comes in powder form. You will not find milk in the fridge).
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Miyane is a big country lies in the Western Europe, near to Scotland, and it looks just like a cat. In Miyane, it’s almost covered by plain, less mountain and valley. The longest and most important river is Minal, it almost runs though the whole country. Because of near to the North Sea, the weather in Miyane is mild and rains often.

There was only one war in Mayane’s history. It was civil war which happened in 1890,at that time, Miyane had two parties ,one is Desile Party, and the other is Manale Party. They fought against each other in order to charge the country. In that war, many people died and its economy was also weakened. In the end, the Desile party got the victory. And it took a long time for them to recover the country.

In Miyane, there is only one party now, that is the Desile party and the president is in charge. The president is elected by the party every five years. And the legislature and judges are all formed by the president. But there must be 1/3 peoples are citizens when forming them. These people are represent the whole people, they can take people’s benefits into account when making laws or taking some actions.

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Because of the advantageous geography conditions and the fruitfulness soil, most people of this country plant flowers like roses, lily, lilac that all kinds of flowers that you can imagine, so the flowers makes Juliet more romantic than the other country .therefore Juliet depends on to export the flowers as the main national income .of course there still some industries to produce perfume.

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(This was common- many countries exported trees, flowers, diamonds or other precious gems.)

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In Fly ,it has one party .It is The Communist Party ,it has a chair man .he should be a person of great ability and he charges the power ,and this country set the laws ,in this law every people are equal and every people need observe it ,this Party always put the people’s benefit in the first place ,so the people of this country all love it .

Fly had a war many years ago .it was invaded by British in World War, in this war they lost many people but the native people are very united they are very brave and they win at last.

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No one doesn’t want to possess this paradise. Seeing this land of happiness, Japan can’t seat steadily naturally. From time immemorial, Japan is a county which is fond of invading others. In 19**, Japan landed on Love secretly by submarine and gave a fire on Love. But they were in vain. Love is full of love, it is a big harmony family, all the people are very united, and anyone who wants to invade it is just in vain! At length, justice defeated evil, Love won!

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Unfortunately, LOVE was not the only country invaded by the Japanese, I found. Most students had one of three countries involved with invasion and war: Japan, Great Britain, and Germany (with Japan being the most popular enemy, while Great Britain was number two). In fact, I don't think any country was an aggressor in a war. They were all invaded and had to defend themselves.

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1000 years ago, a group of Indians heard that there was a lot wealth on an island in the Pacific Ocean, so they decided to explore the island. They set off from the east coast of India. Five days later, they found nothing and they suffered a heavy rainstorm the six day. They didn’t know where they have to go and they couldn’t control their boat. After the rainstorm, they found they were carried to a triangle of a river and a big tree near the river. When they landed on the island, to their disappointment, there was nothing except some plaints. When they were sailing along the river for few miles, they found a lot of birds ,monkeys and other small animals, they also found a lot fruits on the island, the scenery was very beautiful and they could have free on the island, so they decided to stay on the island.

They named the island the Great Tree Island, and named their country The Great Tree Empire. In the country, everyone was equal, they began to plant crops and trained animals for themselves, and they were very satisfied with the autarkic life.

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Flower is a name of the country. It has a hundred million people in Europe. It is temperate marine climate in Europe. It looks like a high shoe,the land is rich and smooth.The main rivers ,Sun and Moon,through east and west of this country.The two famous plains are Kaifeng and Zhengzhou. [These are cities near where we live.]

Owing to the large numbers of people,planting is advanced and responsible for 80% of the country's GDP.Flower has many different kinds of flowers,like rose,peony,chrysanthemum,tulip,lotus and so on.It exports flower,flower tea,perfume or other flower products to all over the world.

But in 1950s, Grass invaded it and burned large regions of plants.One-third of people died,Grass captured the west of the country.The king owns powerful rights,he didn't fight with Grass,others cabinet minister wanted to try,but they had no true power.

In order to change this situation to restrict the power of the king. A woman who named [Student's name] led whole workers to take part in strike in the building of the king,but they lost. At last,they had to flight with king,they won a victory. [Student's name] was voted by the people to become the chairman of Flower.The party is Communist Party of Flower led multi-party cooperation and political consultation system in 1960.

As the time past,Flower becomes stronger than before in economy , politics and army.If you have free time,you can go traveling to Flower.

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During the world war ,Toulous was not a lucky one,too.It was invaded by the American,and many people suffer from the sorrow during that time.This invading last one year,then the united states helped Toulouse fight the American.At last,,Toulous won the liberty.

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I have no idea, guys, unless by "American" they mean anyone from North or South America, which is unusual in China. Luckily, this did not affect their grade as I was not grading them on logic.

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“dang~~dang~~”, the first bell ring of the country echoes in the early morning. Life rhythm here become lucid and lively: bread-earners go to work, children get up for school, birds sing on the trees, shops open their doors…. “Taxi!” a man wearing a dignity suit, maybe later for his working, calls a taxi in a hurry. Big screens on the street are showing various kinds of advertisements like beautiful clothes model or delicious breakfast or once in a while some brief speech for electing from the two political parties in this country. What is worthy to say is that one of the party promise peoples they will not only promote economic growth but also consummate welfare system and education system, which leads more support from peoples.

At the east harbor, ships are loaded alongshore while workers are busing to carry cases with full of seafood and put them on the trucks. After loading, the truck drivers transport these cases to factories for canning. Export of seafood canning to countries all around the world is one of the most important economic development policies, which always provide lost of employment at different links and make people’s life better, so the government thinks highly of the development this industry including its production safe, convenient transport, as well as the trade abroad.

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Paradise is a small country which lies in the south of the Asia. People live in a peaceful and self-supporting way. There is a grassland which called free. As its name, there are hundreds and thousands sheep, horses and cows galloping freely on it. The rear livestock is flourishing. There are rich in rivulets which are used for irrigation. The soil is suitable for crops' growing, so the agriculture blossoms vigorously. In addition, there is a waterfall calling True Love. When a coupe is touring here, they would like to kiss each other by the side of it, in order to let it witness their true love and get sheltering from the LOVE.

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This is a new country born in the western . It is a big country and there are lots of trees and flowers , the air is fresh and the water is clear , when you come here , you will can't help to breathing the fresh air , perhaps you have never felt it before . Do you want to know what the country it is .let me tell you ,it is Ameffica,which is a new world ,everything new to us . It is next to Mississipi river , north to America , south to Africa The weather is warm all the year round , and the people is kind very much . When you enter the land , they will fist give you a hug to welcome you ,then take you home and offer you a rich dinner .

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Ameffica was a little interesting. I wish I lived to the South of Africa next to the Mississipi river, where people kidnapped me and offered me dinners of rich food. Do they have professional huggers to welcome all who step on the land? Or is that just airport security?

No, but seriously, here is probably my favorite country, only for the last line.

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Qiland

There exists a developing country Qiland in Africa, which is covered with endless desert. Through the center of it are a group of volcanoes. As a result, disasters sometimes attack this country.

The people here make a living mainly out of agriculture and mining. Large quantities of mines attract many other countries’ attention at the same time, which also bring some wars. Such as Mine Fighting in1979, about one out of five of the population lost their lives during the fierce war.

Because of the shortage of advanced technology and well-developed transportation, the life here is still in poor conditions. The people here are not rich. However, happiness doesn’t depend on how rich one is. They live a happy life, enjoying the charming natural scenery in four seasons on their motherland.

Nowadays, there are three main parties in the government. One is represented for the famers, the second is for the working-class, and the third is for the bourgeois. They control and cooperate with each other. All the members are from the people. Each of the three has a minister. Who has the most power depends on the common citizens. The election takes place every four years.

The people here are really friendly and kind. If you have a chance to go there, take it! I’m sure you will experience the most exciting trip that you have ever had.



The King of Cat say,the more points, the better.”

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