Research Experience

On my research paper, I choose manufacturing of spring as a topic. This topic sounds interesting for me because when I took me bachelor degree, I had learned about the spring. Its types, the material that constructs spring but I only knew a little about the production or manufacturing, so I think now is the best time to learn about it. Beside I get more knowledge, I practice for the English of course.

What I have done in my research paper are search for the source. Miss Azimi ask us to have three sources: text book, web and journal. For the first one, I have found the book, Machine Design: Integrated Approach written by Robert L. Norton, from Pollak Library. Secondly I don’t have any difficulties for source from internet web because there are so many mechanical webs that explain and show the process of manufacturing spring. For last, honestly I still don’t have any idea about it, but I am searching for it.

About the librarians, I haven’t asked them for any help yet because the facility to search the book in Pollak Library is good enough. I can find a related book in my topic just for a minute but I think if I need some help from them, they will help me happily. For the last resource I plan to ask them.

Get rewarding in research? Yes, of course. I get a lot of knowledge especially in my field, Mechanical Engineering and I can continue my study about the spring. Another is improving my English skill in reading, writing and structure. I didn’t find any frustrating in researching; conversely I get a lot of fun in it.

There is no end for studying. Have a pleasure on studying and you will enjoy it ^^

This Union may Never be Perfectly but.. It can Always be Perfected

Barack Obama, whose father is from Kenya and mother is from the Unites States, is one candidate from democrat to become a president of the United States. He realize his background that have belongs to black skin community has some problems with white people. Black people are usually attached with crime in the urban and some white people have prejudiced about them. The racial problem in this country between black and white people from the past made the anger in black people. He understands that anger, but he can’t disown to be black person and what he wants to do is to stop the racialism.

I like his way to stop racialism that he over if he becomes the president. He has self esteem that is shown by his statement that say the problems will end in one election cycle. That way is start from our self. We can’t life with old wound, because we have no choice about it. In the past maybe racialism was so strong between black and white communities, but today it has become less than in the past. That is the fact that we must receive, so we can face this world positively.

He also said, “This union may never be perfectly but.. it can always be perfected.” I agree with him, maybe it is because his religion is Christian so he believes that nothing in the world is perfect. All things in the world have defects in many ways, but that’s not the problem. The real problem is how we can receive those defects. The United States is built from many cultures in it, so differences must be there to be accepted. I like the way Obama say that we have the same direction of this country. It’s not about black and white people, but all about our children and our grandchildren in this country. If we can receive the differences and understand the unperfected things, we can less the racialism. With this perspective, the world can be perfected and we can live together peacefully.

Here we are some statements from Obama speech, that I think so great:

1. Anger ”Keeps us From Facing Our Own Complicity in Our Condition”
2. Resentment “Builds over time between black, whites”
3. “To wish away the resentments” of white “widens the racial divide”
4. Not naïve enough to believe problems will end in one election cycle
5. “We can move beyond some of our old wounds.. we have no choice”
6. Wright’s mistakes was not in speaking about racism
7. Wright’s mistake was speaking as if U.S. “Irrevocably bound” to past
8. Problems facing blacks don’t “just exist in the minds of black people”
9. “Your dreams do not come at the expenses of my dreams”
10. “This union may never be perfectly but.. it can always be perfected”