71. worth TV. In my opinion television programs are of value to us.

Actually it all depends on what you see on television and who is seeing what. The first thing that comes to mind is that how does it affect children. When children see cartoons, most cartoons have a moral. A little older child when exposed to educational channels it does wonders to them. Anything that is heard or seen on TV registers in their minds very well.. Also television channels li e discovery channel shows a num!er of experiments with real apparatus or animals which ma es it an interesting viewing. Anything done with interest and passion will always !e remem!ered and not forgotten soon. "or adults who are in a !etter position to understand what is shown on television and can differentiate good from the !ad and what can !e done and what to !e done !y experts alone they could watch different inds of movies or programs on any topic. A lot of nowledge can !e gained from television in the areas of history, si7#.tv literature When the television was not so spread as it is today, and when computers and the Internet had not appeared in the lives of the teenagers, we used to spend much more time reading. $iterature and !oo s were our !est friends, and one of the most important ways on entertainment. %o!ody reads any more, or if they do it is on the internet and only a summary so as not to get tired too much. Television entertains you superficially as you don&t gain too much !y watching it. 'o as not to get fat while lying on the sofa and turning yourself in a (counch potato (, you could instead go to a li!rary, !orrow a !oo and go to a par and start reading. )ou&ll notice the difference. )ou&ll thin so well of you while doing more things at once* reading and en+oying yourself in the middle of nature. There are so many interesting things you can find out from !oo s, starting on how to !ehave and ending with the culture, tradition, and customs of other countries. ,oo s are the eyes that allow you to travel all over the world, to con-uest the territories of the un nown. To sum up the !est advice I could give to teenagers would !e to give up television and ta e up a new ho!!y, li e reading a !oo , which will never fail you and will always give you a helping hand when you need. .fi, natural ha!itat, current affairs, discoveries in the world and so much more. What !etter a medium other than the tv can one have, tv channels give us current political situation of every country !rought to your living room live/ Thus I strongly !elieve that TV programs are of value to us when seen in limitation and when the desired audience is seeing the program. 70.world of wor 1ducation is categori2ed as !eing formal, informal and non formal. It is a process of understanding the world, and of ac-uiring the confidence to explore its wor ings. %ot only is it a process which happens in schools and colleges, !ut it can happen anywhere. Today, there are many perceptions as to what exactly youth wor is. "ormed either !y individuals wor ing with young people, or !y individuals who are associated with services providing for the development of young people. As a youth wor er I would say in relation to education, that youth wor is education for life.As a youth wor er wor ing within a multi cultural society. I feel it is not only a responsi!ility to encourage personal development, !ut also help them adapt to living in a multi cultural society, respecting

others and other cultures. Also to introduce them to issues such as sex, drugs, sexuality, crime, then allowing them to reflect and -uestion them. 3owever serious issues are not always welcomed in youth clu!s, !ecause they are seen as a form of formal education. Therefore how it is delivered to the young person is extremely important. With the dawning of a new millennium and technology moving forward at the rate it is. I feel that as a youth wor er education is a two way process. 4ompared to education in youth wor today, the implication of education in the development of youth wor in the early days was similar !ut not -uite as complicated. 75.god give us relatives I cannot count the times people I hardly now have referred to me as a (friend,( or have written to me and signed their letters (your friend,( or done some such thing. I have come to !elieve that, second only to (love,( (friend( is the most misused word in the 1nglish language. Whenever I tell someone that I have only a handful of friends, they&re not entirely sure how to respond. The proper response would !e hearty congratulations, for I have ta en the advice of 6eorge Washington, who said, (,e courteous to all, !ut intimate with few, and let those few !e well tried !efore you give them your confidence.( The word (friend( is one that is slung around often in this world, !ut very few people seem to now what it actually means. ("riend( is not a word to play fast and loose with, nor is it a term to !e hastily applied to a person you happen to !e ac-uainted with. ("riend( is a word to !e used carefully, !ecause (friends( are to !e chosen very carefully. (What is a friend7( as Aristotle. 3e answers, (A single soul dwelling in two !odies.( 8eal friendship is lasting. I now people who have spo en of their (school friends( who they forgot a!out when they graduated and !egan college or a career. Walt Whitman spo e gospel truth when he said, (I no dou!t deserved my enemies, !ut I don&t !elieve I deserved my friends.( 79. punish parents I !elieve that parents should !e held accounta!le for their 4hilds actions. :nce the child reaches the age of 1;, well they are on their own and should !e tried for extreme crimes as an adult. These days parents want to !lame everything and everyone for the mista es and reasons their child commits a crime or does something stupid. I have heard parents !lame tv shows, music, teachers, doctors, government, schools, friends, relatives, everyone !ut themselves. <arents need to start !eing responsi!le for their children.. It is not a teachers fault !ecause a id is failing is school. =ost ids are very smart and their !rain is li e a sponge that soa s up everything. If a id is failing in school, chances are you can loo at there test score and homewor to get your answer. $ow test score, means the id is not studying. "ailure to turn in homewor means the id is la2y and doesn&t do it. ,ut parents will !lame the school system and the teachers. It is a parent>s responsi!ility to ma e sure that they sit with their child to do homewor and study for tests. <arents are responsi!le for the up!ringing of their children. There for the parent is responsi!le for teaching their child !etween right or wrong, illegal, legal, and so on.

7?. internet addiction Why is the Internet so addicting7 Two reasons* information and freedom. <eople go online to get information @music, news, stoc prices, etcA. $ogging onto the Internet is li e a id going to a toy storeB there is so much to do and explore that once you get in, you never want to leave. <eople also go online !ecause the Internet offers freedom to do whatever they want, to say whatever they want and to !e whoever they want. Internet addiction results in personal, family, academic, financial and occupational pro!lems that are characteristic of other addictions. Impairment of real life relationships are disrupted as a result of excessive use of the internet. Internet addicts spend more time in solitary seclusion and spend less time with real people in their lives. Arguments may result due to the volume of time spent on.line. Internet addicts may attempt to conceal the amount of time spent on.line, which results in distrust and the distur!ance of -uality in once sta!le relationships. "inancial pro!lems may occur due to the significant amount of time spent on.line and the service provider charges. 4ommon financial issues are large !ills for use of some services, the telephone connection charges and telephone !ills for calls made to friends in chat rooms. :ther financial charges may include a connection with compulsive spendingCshopping. Internet addicts may choose to shop on.line and credit card charges for purchases may !ecome high. Also, a connection with gam!ling exists with the availa!ility of on.line casinos. 7;. Dear Eimmy, I>m writing you to tell you a!out the most recent 8omanian film that was awarded in an international contest. The film is called F9 months, 5 wee s and 0 daysG. 9 months, 5 wee s and 0 days !elongs to a larger pro+ect called* Tales from the 6olden Age . a su!+ective history of communism in 8omania told through its ur!an legends. The pro+ect&s aim is to tal a!out that period with no direct reference to communism !ut only through different stories focused on personal options in a time of misfortunes that people had to live li e normal times. 9 months, 5 wee s and 0 days is the first film of the series.And here is the story * :tilia and 6H!iIH share the same room in a student dormitory. They are colleagues at the Jniversity in this small town in 8omania, during the last years of communism. :tilia rents a room in a cheap hotel. In the afternoon, they are going to meet a certain =r. ,e!e. 6H!iIH is pregnant, a!ortion is illegal and neither of them have passed through something li e this !efore. The film is very realistic and shows the rough and gritty situation in which the girls, particularly :tilia, must ma e decisions and deal with their conse-uences. %ot for the faint of heart. The movie is nominated for 6olden glo!e and has another 17 wins and 10 nominations. IBm sending you with the letter and a dvd with the movie. I hope that you will en+oy it. $oo inf forward to your reply. $ove, David. 77.ro!ots The history of using ro!ots goes !ac -uite far. "or instance, they have !een used for cleaning large petrochemical and other storage tan s that must !e periodically cleaned and inspected for corrosion. With ro!ots, the +o! can !e done -uic ly, thoroughly, with less danger to humans, and without having to drain the tan completely. Today, we use ro!ots for surgeryB dispensing medicationB locating deadly explosives on !attlefields and arming soldiers with the !est intelligence and com!at optionsB wor ing in

nuclear power plantsB and faster, more efficient wor in warehouses. Automa ers, of course, have relied on ro!ots for spot welding and painting. %ow researchers have started using ro!ot.li e chairs to position autowor ers in vehicle interiors. The !enefits include less stress for human muscles and !ones as well as greater productivity.=any people worry that after ro!ots ta e over all the +o!s then humans will have nothing to do. There is really no reason to worry for a few reasons. "irst, if the ro!ots are so smart that they ta e all the +o!s then they should !e smart enough to figure out how to ma e more +o!s for humans. 'econdly, ro!ots will never really ta e over all the +o!s. There are some tas s that ro!ots +ust will never !e a!le to do. 3umans can do things and thin things that they could never explain or sometimes not even recogni2e that they are doing. 8o!ots will always need the humans to perform the tas s that do not re-uire &intelligence&. $i e voting for their favorite American Idol 7K.study or wor a!road In my opinion, people involved in collegiate programs have two main purposes* to gain the experiences and certificates that prepare them for future careers and to increase their nowledge a!out different aspects of life. =any people desire sta!le careers that deeply affect their lives. Therefore, good preparation for a future career is a necessity. To maintain and promote your position at a company, especially in certain inds of +o!s, you must have the nowledge and experiences that come from attending a college or university. The s ills, spirit, and confidence you gain from studying help e-uip you for your wor . =oreover, it is easier to find a good +o! when you have -ualified certificates. =any well.educated people can carry out their tas s smoothly and methodically with more economi2ation of time and strength than people who manage their wor !y learning from their failures. Another advantage of attending a college or university is the relationships you !uild with other people. These relationships help you improve yourself. In a collegiate environment, you learn how to wor in groups and how to cooperate with your partners. )ou also learn to achieve mutual understanding, an essential and useful s ill in your future wor . The second reason for attending a college or university, increasing nowledge a!out many aspects of life, might seem a little impractical, !ut it is, in fact, very practical. 'ome people have the misconception that studying in college provides them only with nowledge relating directly to their ma+or and that getting certificates is the most important purpose of attending college 7L Dear Eessica, I>m writing you to tell you a!out the possi!le strong development of the tourism as a uni-ue chance for 8omania. Tourism focuses on the country&s natural landscapes and its rich history and is a significant contri!utor to the 8omania&s economy. In 0##;, the domestic and international tourism generated a!out 9.KM of gross domestic product and ?.KM of the total +o!s @a!out half a million +o!sA. N19?O "ollowing commerce, tourism is the second largest component of the services sector. Tourism is one of the most dynamic and fastest developing sectors of the economy of 8omania and characteri2ed !y a huge potential for development. The choice of activities and places to visit is extensive. )ou can s i in traditional or purpose.!uilt mountain resorts or la2e in the hot sun on the !eaches at the ,lac 'ea. )ou can hi e through unspoilt landscapes, where rivers run

clear, or go !oating in the ?,;9# s- m water wilderness of the Danu!e Delta. :ut of this total surface 9,59# s- m are to !e found in 8omania. There one can see pelicans and other endangered !irds among floating iles overgrown with reeds. :ne can also en+oy the architecture, museums and galleries of the cities. )ou can see fol festivals in Transylvania that are genuine expressions of local culture, not merely staged for visitors. When you !uy local woodcarvings or pottery you !uy things made to give pleasure while in use, not +ust valueless souvenirs. 'o, what do you thin a!out this7 Do you agree with me7 $oo ing forward to your reply, $eslie. K# Dear 'andra, I>m writing you to tell you a!out a thin that upset me very much and this is the pollution of ,lac 'ea. The uni-ue ecosystem of the %orth.Western 'helf of the ,lac 'ea is !urdened !y excessive loads of nutrients and ha2ardous su!stances from the coastal countries and the rivers that enter it P the most important of which is the Danu!e, followed !y the Dan est and the Dnepr. <ollution inputs and other factors have radically changed ,lac 'ea ecosystems !eginning around 1L;#, and seriously threatening !iodiversity and our use of the sea for fishing and recreation. In addition to nutrient pollution, other pressures on the ,lac 'ea ecosystems include organic pesticides, heavy metals, incidental and operational spills from oil vessels and ports, over.fishing and invasions of exotic species. The ,lac 'ea is the world largest water !ody containing hydrogen sulfide.. <revention is particularly important, partly !ecause it is much cheaper to stop pollution from happening than to try to clean up the mess later. Another tool, termed the polluter pays principleB it says that whoever is responsi!le for pollution should pay the costs of cleaning it up or preventing it. This hasn>t happened in the past and still isn>t !eing applied very well today. )ou will see later however, that in many cases the polluters aren>t company directors wearing !lac suitsB in fact all of us are Fthe pollutersG and we have to share our part of the tas of preventing pollution. $oo ing forward to your reply, $ove, =uriel Wild. K1.advertising It is impossi!le to imagine our television, newspapers, radio, Internet and even streets without advertisements. %owadays advertising plays an important role in modern life and in the life of every person. We can>t imagine our life without advertising !ecause every day we hear or see advertising, we try to find information we need in hundreds of advertisements. 1ven when we go for a wal or +ust shopping we see a lot of different advertisements in the streets. :ne of the first nown methods of advertising was outdoor display, usually an eye.catching sign painted on the wall of a !uilding. "rom this unsophisticated !eginnings in ancient times advertising has turned into a worldwide industry.When you watch a TV programme or a movie, you expect to see advertisements in the commercial !rea s, !ut you are also pro!a!ly receiving a large num!er of commercial messages during the film or programme as well, than s to a mar eting techni-ue called Fproduct placementG. "or example, why do the Fmen in !lac G wear 8ay.,an sunglasses7 The answer is that 8ay.,an did a deal with the film>s producers and followed it with a Q 1# million advertising campaign.Also many advertisers as famous, glamorous or successful people to give their approval to a particular !rands or products P

a techni-ue nown as endorsement.After the end of her marriage to the JR>s Du e of )or , 'arah F"ergieG "erguson was as ed !y the American company WeightWatchers to appear in an advertising campaign for their range of slimming methods and products. K0. =odern communication There are various ways through which we communicate with each other. These may !e called as the means of communication. In face.to.face contact we use different parts of our !ody or we directly tal to others while communicating our message. Where face.to. face communication is not possi!le, we ta e the help of some other means through which we usually convey our messages. "or example, we may use letters to convey written messagesB tal to others over telephonesB send telegrams and use various other modern machines li e computers, fax machine, etc. to communicate our messages. The means to !e used in our communication process depend upon the purpose of communication. "or example, to send any urgent message we generally use telephone. %ow.a.days modern technology has given us a wide option to choose the means according to our re-uirement and li ing. <hones today, are a far cry from their origin of +ourney. ,oth from a technological and the aesthetic perspective, they have changed !eyond recognition* !ecoming glamour items in the process. Today, not only are they configured to wor most relia!ly, !ut to also to loo a world apart from each other. Teenagers imagine their cell phones to !e one among their fashion statements. Apart from the loo s, they fulfill various tas s at the same time. "rom Eava games to receiving and sending emails, to camera and video camera, to a music system they are also availa!le with internet and with modern technology such as ,luetooth, Wife and 6<8', phones these days are full. fledged multi.tas ing gadgets. K5.why use net The We! is li e a huge encyclopedia of information . in some ways it&s even !etter. The volume of information you&ll find on the We! is ama2ing. "or every topic that you&ve ever wondered a!out, there&s !ound to !e someone who&s written a We! page a!out it. The We! offers many different perspectives on a single topic. In fact you can even find online encyclopedias. There are also many free ecyclopedias that may give you a cut. down version of what you would find in a complete encyclopedia.:ne of the great things a!out the We! is that it puts information into your hands that you might otherwise have to pay for or find out !y less convenient means.1mail offers a cheap and easy alternative to traditional methods of correspondence. It&s faster and easier than writing snail mail and cheaper than using the telephone. :f course, there are disadvantages too. It&s not as personal as a handwritten letter . and not as relia!le either. If you spell the name of the street wrong in a conventional address, it&s not too difficult for the post office to wor out what you mean. 3owever if you spell anything wrong in an email address, your mail won&t !e delivered There&s no dou!t that the Internet is a fun place to !e. There&s plenty to eep you occupied on a rainy day. The security of on.line shopping is still -uestiona!le, !ut as long as you are dealing with a reputa!le company or We! 'ite the ris s are minimal. K9. ca K0

K?.food ha!its As teens !ecome more independent in their food choices, they tend to ma e the wrong choices . even teens who were !rought up eating healthy. ' ipping !rea fast is the leading !ad food ha!it for teenagers.,rea fast is the most important meal of the day. 1ating !rea fast can upstart your teen>s meta!olism, which helps with weight control, mood and school performance. 6ood nutrition and a !alanced diet help ids grow up healthy. Whether you have a toddler or a teen, here are five of the !est strategies to improve nutrition and encourage smart eating ha!its* have regular family meals,serve a variety of healthy foods and snac s,!e a role model !y eating healthy yourself,avoid !attles over food,involve ids in the process.,ut it&s not easy to ta e these steps when everyone is +uggling !usy schedules and convenience food, such as fast food, is so readily availa!le.Improving a person>s eating ha!its and ensuring that they drin ade-uate fluids can mar edly increase energy levels and overall well.!eing. :ften young people complain of !eing tired and run down, which they may attri!ute to lac of sleep or other lifestyle ha!its. 1ating well is often overloo ed, and young people will often turn to caffeine and a -uic sugar fix to get them through the day, instead of eating well. 6ood eating does not necessarily mean sitting down at a ta!le three times a day to a formal meal, which is often incompati!le with young people>s lifestyles. K; Dear Daniel, I>ve heard a!out your travel in 8omania. I>m very glad that you will visit us, !ut now I>m writing you to give some travel tips and advice. <lan to get to the airport at least an hour earlyB this will pay off with a ma+or reduction of stress. If all goes well, you will have time to relax, shop for last.minute items, or have a leisurely meal !efore the flight. If all doesn&t go well, you will have a !uffer against unexpected delays due to traffic, long lines, or last.minute emergencies, and you&ll still !e a!le to catch your flight in plenty of time. 4arry essentials, including an ample supply of any medications you use, in your hand luggage. )ou never now when your luggage will !e delayed or otherwise separated from youB it may ta e several days !efore you are reunited with your !elongings. Avoid wearing synthetic fi!ers that do not allow your s in to !reathe. Wear natural fa!rics li e cotton or linen that are a!sor!ent and allow air through. 8ayon, while it tends to !e lightweight and cottony in appearance, tends to trap heat next to your s in. 4arry only as much money as you need for the day. $eave the rest in a secure place. If you need to carry large amounts of money, as your partner or a friend to carry some of it for you. The li elihood that misfortunes will stri e !oth of you is far less. I hope that this will help you a little !it. 4an>t wait to see you. $ove, Thomas. K7. parentsCchildren 4hanges in the formation and the design of &hori2ontal& relationships !etween partners are mirrored in similar changes in the &vertical& relationships !etween parents and children. In the %etherlands today, children are more involved in ma ing decisions which will affect themB parents ma e more allowances for their children&s psychological and emotional needs, and deal with children and treat them in a more intimate manner. In various ways, the design of the &hori2ontal& relationships !etween partners is closely related to the &vertical& relationships !etween parents and children. The children&s up!ringing is

influenced !y the way tas s are divided !etween the parents. Divorce has resounding repercussions for children. $egal and financial arrangements !etween the partners, a!out such matters as the apportionment of property and wills, also determine the relationship !etween parents and their children. =oreover, it can !e assumed that models of vertical parent.child relationships, particularly in individuali2ed families, could !e generali2ed towards the hori2ontal friendship.!ased relationships !etween children. "inally, the new developments in medical technology, especially in the domain of reproduction, give rise to ethical and gender issues which relate to !oth the &hori2ontal& and the &vertical& relationships. The family has !ecome less dominant as the &standard& lifestyle, !ut it remains the idealB relationships !etween partners, and !etween parents and children have changed and the diversity in the formation and design of relationships !etween partners, and !etween parents and children, has increased. =oreover, the li!erali2ation of family relationships, as outlined a!ove, has !een accompanied !y increasingly li!eral attitudes to the family and other coha!itating lifestyles. KK. %eigh!ors This is true for the prover! (6ood fences ma e good neigh!ors( in literary wor s, legal !riefs, mass media, advertisements, and oral communication on a personal or socio. political level. The inherent am!iguity of the prover! is that its metaphor contains !oth the phenomenon of fencing someone or something in while at the same time fencing that person or thing out. 'o it is natural to as * when and why do good fences ma e good neigh!ors7 When and why should we !uild a fence or wall in the first place7 When and why should we tear such a structure down7 The prover! contains, to -uote 4aroline Westerhoff, the (irresolva!le tension !etween !oundary and hospitality,( !etween demarcation and common space, !etween individuality and collectivity, and !etween other conflicting attitudes that separate people from each other, !e it as neigh!ors in a village or as nations @Westerhoff 1LLL, 1?7A. =uch is at sta e when erecting a fence or a wall, no matter whether the structure is meant for protection or separation, to wit the 6reat Wall of 4hina, the ,erlin Wall, the walls that separate Americans from =exicans or Israelis from <alestinians, and one individual neigh!or from another. What, for heaven&s sa e, is the fol wisdom of the prover! (6ood fences ma e good neigh!ors(7 After all, should it not !e the goal of human ind to tear down fences and walls everywhere7 3ow can any!ody +ustify the erection or maintenance of !arriers !etween people and neigh!ors7 KL. TV destroyer %owadays, many people spend a lot of time watching TV. Indisputa!ly, the television is an easy way for one person to communicate with other people. ,ut the television has many negative effects on human>s mind. :ne of the most important effects is that the television confuses the relationships !etween people in the real life. The television provides attractive programs and films which ta e over the mind of the viewers. 4onse-uently, the people forget their mundane duties and the viewers start to thin a!out pro!lems of television actors. I thin that the television o!sesses human mind. It>s very dangerous for relationships in the family and out of it. "or example the parents must re-uire information a!out their children, a!out the grades in the school and a!out health condition of the children and etc. If the parents spend their time watching TV they will

una!le to prevent some social deviations li e smo ing, drug using, drin ing and all forms of aggression. At the contrast, the television has many positive effects. It>s providing a lot of information at low price and at the other hand its easy way to learn many languages. I thin that in small amount the TV may !e useful. In this case there are no dangerous effectsB conversely, the television will improve relationship !etween friends and parents !ecause they will have more common su!+ects for discussion. In conclusion, I thin that whether the television destroys relationships or not, depend on the amount of time which is spending in watching television L#. luc C success I fully agree with the claim that there is no correlation !etween success and luc . =oreover, I understand success to refer to one>s a!ility to achieve the predominant part of his goals in his lifetime, which in turn leads to a correlation !etween success and income since the accomplishment of such a natural goal as to provide a good future for your loved ones demands the means. What is the simplest and most lawful way to earn enough to consider you a successful person7 To receive a good education and to find a good +o!. ,oth receiving an education and ma ing a career presuppose one>s readiness to wor hard, and success without hard wor is simply not possi!le for the vast ma+ority of the world&s population. 'uccess can not !e achieved without hard wor . ,ut in my opinion, the com!ination of hard wor and luc is the way to success. 'ome events happen !y chance and that can turn upside down one>s life and help his succeed. Ironically, the !est foot!all players are found !y their coaches !y chances. "or example, Diego =aradona played foot!all in his neigh!orhood when a foot!all coach notices him and too him to training. There is no such thing as luc . Instead, there is something more powerful, more prevalent, and more universal that can !ring good things into the lives of not +ust a Fluc yG few !ut everyone* :pportunity. The 'cience of :pportunity gives you a simple !lueprint for attracting, identifying, and acting on opportunities of all inds in your life L1.learning !oo s There are generally two types of nowledge . theoretical and practical. Theoretical nowledge is the one gained from !oo s, whereas practical nowledge is get !y experience. I do !elieve that hose two are co.existent, !ut I would rather say that practical nowledge is a !it more important. "irstly, nowledge from !oo s gives you useful theories that can give you general ideas and help you understand the real phenomenon !etter. This ind of nowledge is written down, you can read it. "or instance, you can learn who 4elts were only !y reading !oo s a!out them. :n the other hand, there is nowledge which can only !y ac-uire practically . !y trying and doing things. In your daily life there are many things that you learn this way. An example of this is a set of !asic s ills, such as spea ing, wal ing, running, eating. Another example of this would even date !ac to the prehistoric times, when primitive people learned how to use and even ma e different tools. In addition, this ind of information was not written somewhere down, as there were no !oo s at that time, and the primitive people could not read. Ta ing into account the information a!out these two types of nowledge, it can !e inferred that they !oth are important. )et, you have to eep in mind that it is !etter to try to learn things practically as long as it is possi!le, as !oos @even they would !e written !y

specialists and expertsA would pro!a!ly contain some mista es. L0. langaugeCwars The same language here refers to the same understanding of a particular su!+ect. If the people from all around the glo!e can agree to one and only decision, then the world would certainly !e a !etter place for all of us to live. Ta e war for an example, if all the people in the magnificent world agree that it will only invite more damages rather than good, than war would certainly !e no more in the world. ,ut in the other hand conflicts arise out of greed, power, hatred, desire to exploit etc. I have never heard of a nation going to war !ecause I count my money in dollars and someone else counts theirs in rupees. The conflict arises when I don&t give him enough dollars for his rupees. ,ut have you noticed that most of the people that are involved in wars all manage to spea one common language for the sa e of the media . 1nglish . !ut it doesn&t seem to ma e any difference does it7 There&s still more people than ever !eing !lown up and lives ripped away from them for no good reason. Do you thin there would pro!a!ly !e world peace forever if every single person in the world was the exact same race and religion and had the same cultural !ac grounds, morals and ethics, political !eliefs and philosophies, and spo e the same language7 L5. loveChappiness Is human life +ust a dream, from which we never really awa e, as some great thin ers claim7 Are we su!merged !y our feelings, !y our loves and hates, !y our ideas of good, !ad, !eautiful, and awful7 Are we incapa!le of nowing !eyond those ideas and feelings7 What is the purpose of life7 I !elieve that the purpose of life is to !e happy. "rom the moment of !irth, every human !eing wants happiness and does not want to suffer. All people want to love and to !e loved, which they thin will lead to happy ending. In reality it is +ust the oppositeB where there is love, there is suffering. In a lifetime, there are so many things that remain un nown and need to !e learned. The person you love and see as perfect today may not !e the same tomorrow. $ife is not a single roll of feature film that comes to a conclusion easily in the end nor is it water in a glass that is transparent to the !ottom. Interesting paragraph that I read from a !oo .G The female spouse said that prior to their marriage, when they dined out togetherB she hardly needed her own hands with her. ,ut after getting married and having the first child, she never seemed to have enough hands to deal with the trou!le her hus!and put her through.G A loved one had turned into a trou!le.ma er in !arely one year. L9 P ca L; L?. fashion "ashion can !e descri!ed in many different ways. "ashion is very opinionated, inconsistent, relative, sporadic, and time related. "ashion is the production and mar eting of new styles of clothing, a popular trend, or a manner of doing something. "ashion and culture are completely intermingled with each other. "ashion sets the standards in society. "ashion plays such a large role in our culture !ecause it is the !asis, or foundation in all that we do. All of civili2ation tries to match their clothing, mannerisms, pets, even the food they eat to what is nown at that time to !e (fashiona!le.G "ashion is very important

in our everyday lives. In the modern day we would li e to thin we can tell a lot a!out a person !y the way that they are dressed. ,ut sometimes this is not always the case. A person can !e completely different on the inside to what they loo li e on the outside. )ou might not notice it !ut people wal ing down the street loo at you and +udge you straight away. I thin that this is not right and very unfair on certain people. "ashion is all a!out image and what we loo li e when we are in pu!lic. The clothes that we choose restrict us from going into certain shops that sell cheap clothes which our friends would not wear. We tend to thin +ust !ecause the piece of clothing is cheaper and it is not as good of -uality. And this is often wrong. L;. homeCheart 3ome is where you feel most comforta!le, !eing at home with family sharing stories and iced tea/ 'itting !y the fireplace reading to your children/ 3ome is where the heart is, the soul&s !right guiding star. 3ome is where real love is, where our own dear ones are. 3ome means someone waiting to give a welcome smile. 3ome means peace and +oy and rest and everything worthwhile. ..Author Jn nown In life we all struggle and search for happiness and love. We are in a constant pursuit to find and hold onto the things that we hold dear to ourselves. This is much li e the !oo The :dyssey. :dysseus was on a search to find his way !ac to the things that !rought him peace and happiness. The !oo was very much li e our own lives and though this supposedly happened hundreds of years ago, this is the same +ourney we live through. "rom the !eginning of the story it seems as though :dysseus has reached a high in his life. 3is son was !orn and his wife was healthy. ,ut, he was called away to !attle. This was the ultimate hurt for him. 3e did not now what would happen to him or if he would even live. 3e still goes !ecause he is an honora!le man and fights the !attle. When the !attle is over they are to return home and try to do so. They are !eaten and worn from !attle, !ut the eep going. In the end, he dies. L7. 3istory The only thing we learn from history is that Darwin&s theory of evolution is correct . only the fittest survive and the ones that do, write our history. These are the survivors, the con-uerors and the victors of war. 1ver heard of a dead person writing history7 Eesus 4hrist did not write a!out himself, neither did ,uddha or =ohammed or A!raham $incoln, 3itler, =artin $uther Ring, 'addam 3ussein, =arie 4urie, 6andhi and many other figures of history. <eople do learn from history, it&s +ust that some choose to ma e the same mista es over and over. 'urely an essay titled ($earning from history( should !egin with a nod to the famous aphorism of 3arvard philosopher 6eorge 'antayana, (Those who cannot remem!er the past are condemned to repeat it.( I have heard these words often, from politicians, +ournalists, ministers, and students .This !rings us to the third -uestion, why things are the way they are. 3uman history stops short, here. E. 6resham =achen, author of the 4hristianity and $i!eralism, wrote that (the centre and core of the entire ,i!le is history.( If 4hristianity is made independent of history, =achen warns, then (there is no such thing as a gospel.( The gospel is not a universal, timeless philosophical truth or ethical ideal, !ut (an account of something new,( a radical, supernatural change in the course of history. What else can history teach us7 :nly the vanity of !elieving we can impose our theories on history. Any philosophy which asserts

that human experience repeats itself is ineffectual. Eac-ues 1llul LK. "ear the man Why do people have fear anyway7 Although it is human nature to fear something, we further increase the fear !y ta ing power. <ower is corrupt, and corruption causes fear. Another reason for this fear !eing caused !y man is the fear of the un nown. 8eligion is a result of this fear, and a way of handling it. ,ut of course the only logical reason for fear on 1arth is !ecause man causes it. In other words, one of the reasons I freely espouse a !elieve in 4hrist as my personal $:8D and 'AVI:8 is !ecause it fulfills my need. This, of course, was 'igmund "reud&s opinion a!out !elieve in 6od. 3owever, it must !e noted that if this is true, then all !elieves, even !elieves founded in materialism alone, exist to satisfy the same need. 'o while needing to understand may !e the mother of faith, it is, in fact, a mother universal to every philosophical construct. There is no !elieving system or world view that does not li ewise succum! to the power of need. The reason !eing is simple. Eust as fear cuts we off from hearing others, fear can li ewise cut us off from spea ing openly. %ot only do we need to a!sor! information fearlessly, we need to express ourselves fearlessly. The man who limits information in !ased on fear will also !e a failure at communicating his own !elieves effectively. And what&s essential is the free flow of information. Worldviews have their own merits !ased on their inherent coherence. LL. livingClife "rom the !eginning of time man has !een trying to ma e sense of himself and his world. ,ut as time marches on, man isn&t getting the understanding he see s, he isn&t happier, and he hasn&t !een a!le to con-uer his own nature. ,ecause our life is more focused on the material things, we !elieve that money can !ring happiness, !ut it doesn&t/ The happiness that we might experience is +ust temporary. $earn to en+oy ma ing a living if you can, and then you won&t have to wait till you get off of wor to en+oy life. Another ey is to choose a career well, wisely. ,ut the reality, the sad truth is that many people hate their careersC+o!s. I guess that&s why it is called wor . ,ut to !e preoccupied with money and getting more money can easily get in the way of living life fully. =oney alone never ma es you happy. 4ourse, some have added* (I&d rather have money and then see if I can !e happy, than not have it and for sure not !e happy. (Deep down, no one really !elieves they have a right to live. ,ut this death sentence generally stays tuc ed away, hidden !eneath the difficulty of living. If that difficulty is removed from time to time, death is suddenly there, unintelligi!ly. 1##. life It refers to people who are so !usy !uilding a future, ma ing things different from what they are that they forget to en+oy and honor the present. When the future comes, it&s the present, and we&re too !usy planning for the future and ma ing things different to en+oy, and so the cycle continues of life passing us !y while we&re !usy ma ing other plans. I thin this is more a!out people who have unrealistic plans, or perhaps spend too much of

the time dreaming. To me, this -uotation applies to someone who wor s day in, day out at a really !oring +o!, yet spends all their time dreaming a!out !eing famous .. !ut then does nothing a!out it. <eople should !e inspired !y this -uotation to learn to live in the present and put daydreaming asideB or !e more rational a!out their goals, plan them properly and ta e decisive action a!out getting thereB or . prefera!ly . !oth/ These are lyrics from Eohn $ennon&s (,eautiful ,oy( which is a!out his relationship with his young son. That particular part, (!efore you cross the street, ta e my handB life is what happens to you while you&re !usy ma ing other plans,( to me is advising him a!out the unexpected. %o matter what you plan, life is going to throw you a curve. We can&t see the !ig picture, so we worry and o!sess over things we have no control over in the first place.