Mengyao+H.

Phase I: Who Am I? What's My Place?


 * What __really__ makes up your identity?


 * My identity is shaped by my parents from the time I was born, then by parents, friends, acquaintances, and teachers, at the age of 3 when I went to kindergarten, till now, I'm 16, a sophomore at BRS, also, by what I've gone through in life. You might think I'm hard to understand and hard to get to know really well, but on the inside, I'm actually a sentimental person. My hobbies are sing, listening to music, and drawing, one of my favorite character is Rilakkuma, a relaxing bear, who has a friend called yellow chicken. **


 * What __really__ makes up your sense of place?


 * I would like to be at a beautiful place, but no place is better then to be in the heart of the person I love. **


 * What roles do your identity and sense of place play when you work with others in a group project?


 * I have great leadership skills, but I still tend to be a collaborator, that way, I can learn more on how to be a better leader, I like to improve on every thing to get to the top. **


 * What are the qualities that you bring to the GLIP conversation that will help you make a contribution to your global group?

**I'm cheerful, humorous and smart, I can make cheer people up when they are in a bad mood, I can make people laugh, and I can give ideas to the conversations, depend on the subject, also, I'm a fast learner.**


 * What is one local problem (where you live) that you believe needs to be addressed? Suggest some steps could you take to try to solve it?

**Pollution has become one of the greatest problems besides global warming and traffic jams, just one single person won't be much help, but just think if the whole world could help, by through the garbage away in the trash can instead of random streets, turn the water off when its not being used, walk or bike for short distance besides driving a car, things like this is what I can do to help, what else can a 16 year old kid do? I think we should start with the small things in life, the bigger problems should let the government take care of.**


 * Finally, some problems have been around for a long time. What qualities do you think a person must have to step up and try to solve them?

**Determination: Determination is a giant factor to what I believe is an important quality a person must have to solve any problem. They must care and have a sense of duty to their job.**

**Ambition: In my opinion, if you don't go after what you want, you'll never have it. if you don't ask, the answer is always no. If you don't step forward, your always in the same place.**

**Patients: This is kind of like determination, if you are patient, then you won't give up on things no matter how hard they are.**

**Attitude: If A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z equals to 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26, Then:** **Hard work, H+A+R+D+W+O+R+K=8+1+18+4+23+15+18+11=89%** **Knowledge, K+N+O+W+L+E+D+G+E=11+14+15+23+12+5+4+7+5=96%** **Love, L+O+V+E=12+15+22+5=54%** **Luck, L+U+C+K=12+21+3+11=47%** **This proves what we usually think is important turns out not to be that important in the end, then, what makes life complete?** **Money? No, M+O+N+E+Y=13+15+12+5+25=72%** **Leadership? No, L+E+A+D+E+R+S+H+I+P=12+5+1+4+5+18+19+9+16=89%** **Both money and leadership doesn't complete it, then what does?** **Actually, every question has an answer, all we need to do look a bit further.** **In fact, the only thing that can truly make our life successful is our selves!** **Attitude, A+T+T+I+T+U+D+E=1+20+20+9+20+21+4+5=100%** **The attitude that we use to face our study or work is what controls the percentage of our life.** **The kind of world you get is from the attitude you see the world.**

Phase II: Sense of Place

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Use these questions to help you determine which picture shows someone else why your “place” is so special to you.
 * Does a scenic picture represent the beauty you believe that your town has?

**The actually city looks much prettier then this picture, in the city, there is a mountain called Song Shan, which contains a temple called Shao Lin in it, it's where Kong Fu began, its one of the most famous place visited by foreigners, its very beautiful.**


 * Does a picture of a group of people represent and show a warmth and friendliness that your town has?

**Its one of the most friendly group of people in the world, in Shao Lin temple, it's a place where Monks gather together, they leave there family to come here, and stay here for a long time, so practically, all of them are as close as brothers, so they are really warm-hearted and friendly, I'm don't know any monk there, so I don't know what they do every day, but what ever it is, I'm sure they enjoys it.**


 * Does a statue or building convey the feeling of history that makes your place important and unique?

**The temple have been built a long time ago, from generations to generations, in every generations, there is always some one who want's to be a monk, to experience brotherly love from other people who are there.**


 * Is there a cultural event that represents the values of your home location?

**Every city has a cultural event, some not that popular, some world wide, but to me, the value of my home location doesn't need to be represented in order to be valuable, its the place where I grown up from, no matter how it is, it will always be precious in my heart.**

What are your initial thoughts about how your image addresses the questions above? Later, you will be working with the members of your group to create a travel package that includes visits to each group member's home location (see Phase II)

Phase III: Identify Local Issue:

What is your local issue?

One of the major problem china and also other countries have is the Pollution Crisis, it has adversely affected millions of people's lives, and has caused many deaths and health disorders. Pollution is contaminated by many sorts of chemicals and other agent that renders part of the enviornment unfit for intended or desired use. The environment includes some natural processes that released toxic chemicals. Human activities can cause a serious problem to the enviornment. There are 3 types of pollution, air pollution, water pollution, and land pollution. These problems are caused by deforestation, polluted rivers, sound pollution, and air pollution.

What can you do to be address the issue?

What is the global impact of your local issue?

Add these thoughts to your Group's Discussion Forum on Local Issues