The Idea of Progress, Haïdée, TES2

The idea of progress

Hello, I'm going to talk about the idea of progress

First of all, I would like give a definition of progress: it's the forward movement/ advance/ development; it’s also the gradual betterment, especially the progressive development of humankind.

So, I have chosen 3 documents to illustrate the notion:

-          first is William's action in Malawi

-          second is the speech of  B.Obama : “Helping the dreamers”

-          and, the last it's two text of designer babies

This is a choice very various to present idea of progress,

I start with William's action the poor farmer in the country of Africa: Malawi.

In Malawi, there are big famine is in his country; where he live with his big family, it's a farmer and know misery. So, to fight is curse, he learned physics on his own and, after, he built windmill. Now, his family can have water and electricity, they can recharge their cellphone and help their neighbors,

In this document, progress is the windmills and its result.

To me, He is very brave and the windmills it's really a progress for his family. It's really an example for every young person in his situation or not...

 Second is the president's speech, It's Barack Obama who speak and he tell that, he want with his secretary Napolitano, “helping the dreamers”: the dreamers are young American undocumented. So, they can have their driver's license or a scholarship and it's so bad of them. Maybe they fell different so the president want find solution for this younger American.

In this document, the progress is social and political.

To my mind, the speech is so interesting and new. One president who wants helping young people it's new and, I suppose, very new and again infrequent.

The last document its articles of newspaper, speak about designer baby.

The first article it's negative and presents the defects of this progress. The text speaks about “The shop of baby” or the difference with the “natural baby” and the negative’s result.

The second present one advantage of this scientific progress. Molly is sick and for cure her daisies, their parents choose to make another child.

If, we use this progress to cure daisies or to help some mum to have children, I agree with this technology.

So their 3 documents are very different but, I think, the progress is not a bad thing if we reflect before at the different results… The world is progressing since every time so the progress in generally is very good but like everything with moderation…

Thank you for your attention

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