Lee,+Min+Jung

**1. Have you ever made an assumption about someone or something and later discovered you were wrong?**
When I first got my tablet, I was assuming that my tablet had a problem because it was neither turning on nor turning off. However, as time passed, I noticed that the tablet was slow and I accidentally just closed the tablet while it was shutting down. The on the tablet was flashing and when i turned it on, it didn't turn on, and when i turned it off, it didn't turn off. I was in a panic mode because a week didn't even pass. But, later some people told me to wait because the tablet works very slowly, it worked. Therefore, I discovered that I made the wrong assumption and got very worried. //It is true that many of us (myself included) make false assumptions about technology - both about what it can do for us and for the reasons it sometimes doesn't work. I, too, have had embarrassing moments after realizing that something I assumed was malfunctioning was perfectly fine.//

**2. What led you to make the incorrect assumption? **
I was more desperate because it was the first day I got the tablet and if I got the tablet broken, I felt that I would be in trouble. Because I was in a hurry to go home as well because it was the last period of the day and i was trying to shut down. I wanted to go home quickly so I just closed the lid when I realized that it didn't shut down yet. When I open the lid, I saw the flashing light and also the screen was black. This made me follow the wrong way to make a wrong assumption.

**3. What did you do when you discovered you were wrong?**
I felt relieved because if what I assumed was correct, I would have been in great trouble. But I also felt ashame because I didn't need to be in a hurry like that. I could have just stayed calm and waited for the tablet to turn off. I felt all these things that next time I will try and handle the tablet carefully and gently.

**4. Is it human to assume or should we be more careful?**
It is human to assume. I think it is that people try to guess what that is. It is like stereotyping. People have this thought of what it is when it could be something different. When people do not know what is going to happen, they just guess what might happen and they follow that idea until someone or something proves that it is right or wrong. Like my experience, I just assumed that it would be broken, but it was not. Being more careful would not really do anything because it is what humans do naturally. they can just guess what is happening from the outer looks of the person or thing.

//Like you suggest, assumptions are necessary for us to function in day to day life. We cannot possibly have all the information about everything all the time. We must rely on guesses as you say. But perhaps being aware of the flaws in our day-to-day decision making is a step in the right direction.

11/11/08// **Who's right? How can we decide whether or not it was ethical for Mr. Berling to fire Eva Smith because she went on strike for higher wage?** In my opinion, I think that it was right for Mr. Berling to fire Eva Smith. At times, people would have to save money for the future. However, Eva Smith did not plan for later. She used all her money up. If Mr. Berling agreed for the higher wage, then everyone in his company would have asked for more money, then the economy would go up more. mean that the other 4 leaders of the strikers suicided as well. If getting fired was the only reason for suiciding, Like what Mr. Berling said, it was just one person who This would cause every price to rise which would lead to even higher wage. In this case, Mr. Berling is right. He didn't fire everyone who was in the strike. He only fired the leaders of it, and it happend to be that Eva Berling was one of them. This does not suicided. He cannot take charge of everything that he had to do with. It would be very crazy and awkward.

Currently, our world is having a crisis on the economy. All prices has gone high. This might be because of people asking for more money. Mr. Berling says many things that are wrong, but it seems that what he is saying about Eva Smith is true. Firing leaders of the strike may not only have effected Eva Smith. However, the inspector Groole talks about and only about Eva Smith. This could have something to do with Mr. Berling, but there is not much chance. If it effected her, it should have effected all the rest of the female strikers.

In conclusion, I can say that I agree with Mr Berling and Gerald. They have the rights to say that Eva Smith was fired because of the strike. There are many jobs in the country as Mr Berling said. Because she is a hard working person, it will not be hard for her to get another job. Getting fired is not the reason to suicide either. We can decide that it was ethical for Mr. Berling to fire Eva Smith because if he raises her wage, everyone would strike for a higher wage, causing economy crisis, like now.

//You've raised an interesting economic issue - does raising wages lead to economic crisis? I'm not sure that everyone would agree, but it's definitely worth discussing. Are we sure that Eva Smith is poor because she was not frugal enough, or did she simply not have enough to begin with? How can we know the reasons behind someone's poverty; are they always the result of individual mistakes or do some people fall into poverty as a result of circumstances outside of their control? Does it make a difference? Do we have any obligation to help these people? Hmmmm.... you've raised some interesting questions MJ//