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Critical Reflection: The next stage for my learning

13 weeks is not very short, but time flies very fast. Being in ES1102 with Brad for almost 13 weeks in the classroom and that period of time was really enjoyable. However, all good thing come to an end, and the only thing we can do is that we are able to apply what we have learnt into our future works. During this period of time, I have a better idea of how to write a proper academic writing, for example, making a good thesis statement, bringing the points to the reality and using APA style to verify our stand in the essay. Thought this module is coming to the end, that does not mean that the learning of English is also coming to the end. Throughout this course, my grammar, sentence structure paraphrasing skill improved tremendously, but I will not stop the journey of learning English just because I know I am still not good enough. As a computer engineering student, the next two and half year I will be busy with coding and electrical circuits, but I plan to find some time ...

Essay (Final draft)

Reducing E-waste: Suggestions for Guiyu, China The population size of China was 1.344 billion in 2012; 1.155 billion mobile-phones were sold in China in that year (“Global mobile statistics 2013”). A simple calculation shows that 85.9% of the entire population own the mobile-phones. This number convincingly illustrates that the proliferation of the technology is unprecedented in today’s world. It is also undeniable that such technology has provided great convenience to the people. Meanwhile, millions of tons of electronic wastes are generated. People nowadays change their mobile-phone more frequently as they possess more purchasing power compares to the past. This further deteriorate the environmental pollution and human health issues. Therefore, the Chinese government needs to take some actions to ameliorate such conditions. Wastson (2013), stated that according to United Nations’ data, about 70% of electronic wastes globally generated ended up in China. He explained that G...