Independent Writing Task: What to Do With Free Time

TPO 30 writing

In the passage, the author mainly talk about 3 points of Roman navy's attack to the Greek Syracuse, and show the impossiblity of the case that Greek use "Burning mirror" to attack Roman. The point of views are strongly argue by the professor in the lecture. First, the author states that Greeks' technology is not strong enough to develop a device like "Burning mirror" that need precise curvature, especially in the period that copper manufacture specification had not existed while the profossor argue that in that period, there are many cases show that the technology have strong enough that can even develop dozens of goods with more elegant shapes. Second, the author in the passage states that the time limitation is a big problem for the creation since a device concentrating 10 minutes to set the object on fire. But the professor in the passage states that the wooden is always on time. For example, water can quickly burn in secons even in moving. Third, the author in the passage states that burning mirror is not a nrcessory and effective weapons. Flaming arrows seem more preferable choices, but the the professor in the passage states that the burning mirror is more likely to be dramatic and shocking unlike the visible weapon of flaming arrows.

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Nowadays, people are losing their concepts of "free time". People stay up late, or go to another region for better job opportunity while thinking the family time will be longer and the material condition will be greater. Working three days a week for longer hours is clearly a choice that most modern people would choose. When I was a little girl, my father always came back late at midnight. He could not see the first walk of me or enjoy a father-daughter time at afternoon. He can never sent me to schools like other parents do. All things he do is result from the promise he made " I will have more free time with you, longer and stronger." But the truth is, he can never make it. He did, has a longer vacation than others have. But the time he has, only exist in time that I'm at schools or I have camps to join. The assumption he made earlier can not be practical. It's not the fault of my father, instead, the case can be apply to the scenarios happen in many family that we are looking forward to have a brighter future instead of enjoying the happiness of now and get the feeling of satisfication. We are good at planing but also good at changing. People are likely to plan the free time of their long vacation so the motivation for them to staying up late and do work they dislikes is the plans that hope to achieve in the near future. But when the day comes, people will find there are too many reasons to quit. "Not enough time" or "Just too tired" ," Boring"," No need for hurry, there are not time limitation." We are good at dreaming instead of achieving. Using the time of daily free time, we can constantly achieve many goals and have a part-time job that we always want to do like a successful "LOL player" or a singer, painter. We always dream about we are about to do something but never consider I need to do now. There are so many disapointment about staying with family even just for a lunch time. We always think that in the future we have the abilities to achieving but we failed. I always dream about the life that I can have if I work five days a week for shorter hours. I can pick up my dear children and play puzzles or spelling bees with them. I can check their homework and be their best buddy that hear about the troubles they face and intelligently make changes and build a future together with them. It is also the time that I fix up the relationship with my father. He always tell me how sad he is and going to be when he figure about he miss all the interesting things happen in my life just because of the " saving time for future" job. I will spend more time with him and family so we will never feel bad about the time we miss with families and friends. It is always good to kiss your baby then see him or her close his or her eyes.