The Globe

March - April 2017

Student Writings from IEI

Writing One

My City
By Ibrahim
(Saudi Arabia)

My home city is
Medina, Saudi Arabia. It is
medium-sized. It is in the
West, north of Jeddah. There
are tall mountains nearby.
My city has seven
mosques, for example, Mosque Quba, Mosque of the
Two Tribes, and Mosque of the Prophet.
In Medina, it is 2:00 p.m. My family is at home.
My father, my mother, and my sister are sleeping; my
brother is playing soccer. In Medina, people are playing
soccer, eating, meeting each other, sleeping, talking and
playing Play Station. I do not prefer my home city to
other cities.
My City
By Wafa (Saudi Arabia)
My city is located in the West of Saudi Arabia. The
city of Ummlaj is referred to as the Voice of the Wave.
My city is small and beautiful. There are boats at a dock.
My city is very hot in June, July, and August. In my city,
people are fishing, visiting, and meeting their families. I
like Ummlaj because of the sea. When I go to the sea, I
sit and talk with my friends.

This Term at I.E.I.

My City
By Yazeed (Saudi Arabia)
My home city is Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. It is in West
Saudi Arabia. Riyadh is bigger than Jeddah. Jeddah is
on the beach.
In Jeddah, there is the Prince Abdulaziz Bin Fhad
Building. There are horses in stables and there are many
palm trees. In my city right now, it is 11:00 p.m. on
Thursday. My mother is watching TV, and my siblings
are playing Play Station and on their iPads. In Jeddah,
some people are on spring break. I like my city because
it is my home.
By Khalid
(Saudi Arabia)
This term at I.E.I. is
from March 17 to April
27. I study Writing,
Reading, Listening,
Conversation, and
Grammar. I.E.I. stands
for the International English Institute. The International
English Institute is in Nashville, Tennessee. The address
is 640 Spence Lane. There are around 65 students I.E.I.
and 6 teachers. The students are from Saudi Arabia,
China, Spain, Colombia, Turkey, and many other
countries. At I.E.I., there are 9 classrooms, 2 lounges,
and 1 kitchen upstairs. My break times are from 12 p.m.
to 1 p.m., and 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. In the break time,
students often talk, do homework, laugh together, eat,
and call their families on Skype.
 Writing Two & Three

Going Fishing
Sulma (El Salvador)

When going to go fishing, you need a

Who Makes fishing pole, hooks, and bait. You need a container
My Day for fish, too. You need a fishing license, which is at
Dalal Aseeri Wal-Mart. Buy the bait at a gas station or at Wal-
(Saudi Arabia) Mart, and go to the lake or river.
Put the bait on the hook and throw it into
Two years ago, I wanted to get a gym the water. Wait for the fish to catch the bait and
membership. It was my first time to be a member of a check the hook. When you catch the fish, put it in the
gym. My goal was to get fit, but I didnt know the gym container with water.
could change my life and that it would be important If you do not
for me. I met many people, and we became friends have a pole, you can use
and sisters. I met the best coach. She is the best in a tree branch. If you do
the world for me! My best coach taught me how I not have bait, you can
could keep going, and she made me love a sport. Im use cookies or food. You
proud of her and glad to meet many good friends. can use a boat for
When I went back to my home, I felt positive and catching big fish and
happy so I didnt want to miss my favorite class and swimming. Release the
be absent from the gym. small fish because if you
keep them, there will be
no big fish.

My Favorite Food
Piyawan (Thailand)

My favorite food is papaya salad with rice

and drumstick. I like that very much. When I stayed in
my country, I ate papaya salad with rice and
drumstick four or five times a week. When
I make papaya salad, I use green papaya,
garlic, chili peppers, tomatoes, limes, and
sometimes I use crab and shrimp.
Sometimes I like to eat papaya salad with
sticky rice. I like this food very much.
 Writing Four
Looking Older
By Anwar (Saudi Arabia)

There are three causes of why people look older than they are. For instance, smoking, food, and family
heredity.
Smoking is one of the reasons because when you smoke, it will affect your health and you will be like
an old person. For example, one of my friends who smokes, she looks like 21 or more because she smokes
and it affects her health and she always feels tired like an old woman.
Another example is food. When you eat healthy food, you will keep yourself good and you will have
energy, but if you just eat unhealthy food, you will always feel sick like older person. For example, one of my
brothers is teh youngest one, and for that reason he is coddled, so he always ate fast food and he doesnt
like healthy food like homemade. So he became fat and he looks older than his age.
Besides smoking and food, family heredity is another reason. Sometimes people ate healthy and
dont smoke, but they look older. Its just heredity. For example, one of my friends, her name is Jasmen, is
the same age as us, but she looks older and she is very tall. She is just 18. One day, she went to her
brothers wedding and one woman thought that my friend was 22 or older. Then,
she told her mother that she wanted my friend to be married to her son, but when
her mother said that she is young and she is just 18, the woman didnt believe her
and was surprised.
So there are three reasons that make people look older, like smoking, food
and health, and family heredity and genes. So, everyone should be careful for his
health and eat healthy food to look like his real age and not be sick.

Looking Older than You Are

By Abu (Ethiopia)

There are some causes and effects of looking older than you are. It is
usually because of sickness, not taking care of yourself, and eating unhealthy food.
Food that makes you fat doesnt let you look like the age you are.
First is sickness. When people get sick, they dont look like what age they
are because the diseases make them different. For example, a 27 year old person
has diseases, and that changes him to look 58 years old.
Second is not taking care of self. Because so many people dont take care of themselves, maybe
they get in a fight with their family and they get out of the family house. Maybe they only sleep on the street
because thats the only chance, so that way they look different than they are.
Unhealthy food also makes you older than your age because when you eat junk food that makes you
fat. But not all people and also not all food. Some people eat junk and are easily fat. On the other hand,
some people never get fat when they eat junk food. But it makes you always look older.
Those are the causes of making you older, like if you do not take care of yourself, if you are sick and
if you eat unhealthy food. That makes you older than you are.
 Motivation
By Ahmed (Saudi Arabia)

What does motivation mean? There are three things that

motivation means.
Most people like to meet a person who always says you can
do it because everyone has a dream and they want to achieve their
dreams. Also, they need motivation because they face challenges,
but that doesnt mean no one can do what he or she likes because of
motivation.
In addition, motivation can be as positive friends because
they can tell you what you have to do to reach success. However,
they tell you about your mistakes and give you the best solution to fix
your problem.
Likewise, positive friends can give you a plan to do what you wanted to do for a long time. For
example, if you have a company and you lost everything in theis company, they can tell you never give
up. THis is just hte beginning.
In conclusion, there are multiple ways people can motivate you. They can make you feel better to
do what you think is difficult.

Argue with My Brother

By Jolismar (Venezuela)

My brother is 18 years old. He is younger than me. I always argue with him because he sees no
danger at all. My brother likes fast cars, go out at night, and more things that I dont like or i dont see as
sure for him. There are some causes for me arguing with him.
My brother always tells me Dont worry, Joli, dont worry. But he doesnt understand me. Jose
likes cars, and he works in a mechanical workshop. Then I always tell him, When you drive, you should
be careful because it doesnt matter if he knows a lot about that, he is a teen. After, I tell him it and we
discuss.
Another example is when I tell him Jose, dont be late at home.
Its dangerous for you and for us. He never understands it. Then we
discuss again.
Also we are gue when he has an excess volume on the radio
because we live in an apartment and its noisy for me and my mom. My
mom and I suffer headache.
There are a lot of causes for us to argue, but the most are
because he worries me when hes on the street because Venezuela is
very dangerous at night. I can say that my brother is very stubborn, and
he doesnt understand I just want to take care of him. These are just
some causes for us to discuss one time and another time.
 Two Important People
By Dinorah (Mexico)

The importance of the persons in my life have varied and

changed proportionally with the style of coexistence, and moments
shared with them.
When I was a child, the most important people in my life were
my parents. They taught the basic things in my life, gave me structure
and support, for example moral values, habits, customs, love,
discipline, and more. All these things helped me grow up and continue.
However, the time follows, and the important persons in my life
changed. Im not a girl anymore, and I made my own life. Now, my
husband is my partner. With him, I learned how to resolve problems
and make important decisions for us and for our sons. He and I are in
the same level compared to my parents. My husband teaches me the real sense of sharing, for example
time, money, space, dreams and responsibilities. My parents were and always will be an authority in my
life.
I recognize them as important person in my life and the both are very important and different and
special relationships. Im very lucky for them in my life.

Real Age
By Nahal (Iran)

There are many reasons that can make you older than your real age. These reasons sometimes
make us happy. For example, some of us when we are young and we want to show that we are not child,
we are grown enough to make decisions for ourselves. So, we wear womens clothes instead of teens
and makeup can make us older than we are. Our behavior changes others minds to guess our age. Also,
thinking about political news and social problems when we are thirteen years old
makes others think we are 25 or more!
Sometimes we want to look younger than our real age. Because of this, we
dont wear boring clothes, we choose clothes with sharp colors and use jewelry and
make our face like young people. Using happy color like pink in our face makes us
reduce our age til 19 years old!
At sixty years old, by changing ones hair color into dark, we can seem much
younger than we are. By keeping our body fit an exercising, we can reduce the
process of growing old and we can have succulent face to show us much younger
than people think!
But we should try to keep young power by being happy all the time and there
are many things that can make us happy like communicating with joyful people, and
joining happy events. Also, helping poor people and everything that makes us
wholesome!
In my opinion, we should be satisfied about our age. In every age of life, we
should do our best and not permit ourselves to regret staying with us and always
loving ourselves with our whole situation!
 Writing Five

Lack of Interest of Parents in Their Children

By Fatimah (Saudi Arabia)

Children who receive a great attention from their parents feel comfortable in their lives. Their
parents interest in them is reflected on them. They become interested in their behaviors and their
morals with the others. So you should give your children the greatest amount of attention there are
some parents do not giving enough attention to their children. They may be out of their volition like
postpartum depression which affects the woman after the birth of her child ,or they may just have a
lack of interest. Results on that are devotion of children, and that affects their studies.

The first cause is, some parents interest in their children weaken because they get something out
of their volition specifically mothers they may be affected by postpartum depression after childbirth.
They become not able to give attention their child. Additionally they always feel angry, and they cannot
care about their baby during this period. They cannot feeding their children and cannot dealing with
them. But this period is temporary. The woman can be treated from it by some antidepressants which
are safe when used with breastfeeding, or by using herbal supplements, or by psychotherapy.
(Hendrick). The result of the mother's lack of attention to her child at this time is not very dangerous.
 The second cause is they may just have a lack of interest. It is happening by some parents make
friends and spend most of the time with them and he/she does not know what are they doing what
they eat, or if they are doing well on their studies or not .For example, one mother always leaving
her children alone for a long time at home. They need to eat and help on their homework. Their
psychological was affected because. They felt no one cared about them and they were not able to
take responsibility for themselves.

The results of lack of interest parents in their children are many. The results are always negative.
However, the result of the mothers postpartum depression is not as dangerous as when the parents
dont care in their children. Some of the results are devotion of children and affect their studies.

First of all, the absence of parents near their children causes a deviation of children. When
children dont get the enough attention from their parents, they might have bad behaviors with others
like, lack of respect for others, and fighting with people or with their friend in the school. They are
always emptying what is inside them through bad behaviors.

The second result is affecting their studies. Agrees that Parents with an ineffective parenting
style might also show a lack of interest in advocating for their childs education( Mokeyane) . The child
always needs follow up in the studies by review lessons and doing homework, and he always needs
help to do that. If the parents dont care about them, they will get bad grades on their tests.
Furthermore, if the child does not obtain the attention from his parents, this affects his academic level.
He becomes not like studying because he may be psychologically affected by his lack of interest.

In brief, there are many reasons for the neglect of some children by their parents. It may be
sometimes out of their control like healthy conditions. some of the reasons are created by people
such as spending most of the time outside the home. Some of the effects of that have a significant
impact on the study of children. Also. There are some parents careless know the reasons and the
negative results. Regrettably, they dont care because they are selfish. They just want to live their lives
without caring about anything, even their children.

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 Online Education is Just As Good As Traditional
By Vinh Phuc (Vietnam)

Today, with technology, we are going to blur the barrier

of access to knowledge gradually. Enrollment in online education
continues to increase popular in colleges and universities. But
how do these online programs compare to traditional education?

One of the biggest problems people are concern about is

if the quality of online education is lower than traditional. Online
courses are challenging and keep on the same academic
standards as traditional courses. You may even find that online courses are more challenging because
you must be more independent to stay motivated, committed and active in the course. As more
students take online classes, the demand for improved quality has increased. 77% of educators
believe that online college is just as good as traditional college, if not better. Nearly 70% of all students
claim online instruction to be as good as or better than in a traditional classroom setting. 26% of online
students claim to learn better online than in a classroom.

The second issue is cheating is more common in online courses. People might think that
ethics take a backseat in an online classroom. But statistics show that cheating is no more prevalent in
an online learning environment than in an on-campus environment. In addition to plagiarism detection
software, some online programs require students to take a test at a physical location or to use a
webcam while completing an exam. In both cases, students need to show proof of identification.

Finally, everybody needs to find a job after they finished their diploma, and they worry about
employers dont like online degrees. Online programs should meet the same accreditation standards
as the traditional programs on-campus counterpart. Companies know this and don't discriminate
standards based on delivery mode. Furthermore, the ability to work in online teams is becoming a
required production skill, and students with this experience may have an advantage. Some companies
even sponsor online students. For example, last year, Starbucks announced that they would pay
partial tuition expenses for employees enrolled in Arizona State Universitys online undergraduate
program.

In conclusion, the model of education hasn't changed over hundred years, and now with
technology, we have the chance to reach to a better solution for education. People around the world
could have the same quality of knowledge at the same time. Online education is the future of humans,
and that could bring the humanity to the next level of knowledge faster than tradition education.

Citation:

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education/articles/2015/03/09/7-myths-about-online-education. March 9, 2015
 Obesity
By Negar

These days obesity is one of the most common issues around the world. Many people suffer from this
problem, and most of them do not know how to solve it. According to recent research, rates of obesity
increased; in adults 28% and in children 47% (Dunham). There are many reasons and consequences about
this fact.

One of the biggest reasons is genetic. Many people are over-weight since they were born and they
can't lose weight correctly because of their genetics. According to records, genetics involvement in the
obesity is 40%-70% (Mitrakou). These people after many struggles to decrease weight, finally give up and
do not care anymore. For example, my 15-years-old cousin, has been obese and because he could never
decrease weight, this problem is not imortant for him anymore.

A second reason is depression. Many people have problems in their life, and these problems cause
many kinds of mental illnesses. For instance, parent divorce is one of the biggest one. Children in this
situation are more likely to be over-weight than other children (Martin). Death of family and friends, having
no friend in school, and many other problems make them upset and eating is easiest way to feel better.

Third, a variety of types of diseases cause people to be over-weight, too. People who use kinds of
pills during a day, in one hand, make them fat and in the other hand, cause insomnia. People who are
awake, more likely to eat than those who are sleep. For example, someone wake up at midnight, think that if
he eats something, he can sleep better. In this case,
over- weight increase.

As stated in all these reasons to obesity, we have to be careful about our Spirit. Most of the time when
we are depress or upset about something, we do not pay attention what we are eating. We have to be more
careful about our health and our children too. Their spirit is so sensitive especially under 20.

After all, we all know obesity has obvious consequences. First, over-weight cause diseases such as
diabetes type 2, health problem, various type of cancer and sometimes breath- problems too. Second result
is death. Huge amounts of fat around the heart is so dangerous. It cause high blood pressure and possibly
heart attack.

In conclusion, some people are born with obesity and some of

them are over-weight because of their problems in life. It appears that
some people have experienced over-weight but with paying attention to
their health and life, they could control their weight.

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 The Choice Between Life and Death
Euthanasia
By Karenn (Guatemala)

A society that believes in nothing can offer no argument even against death. A culture that
has lost its faith in life cannot comprehend why it should be endured.(Andrew Coyne). Around the
word many people have taken the lives of others. Euthanasia has been a way to let a sick person die
to stop pain. It could be voluntary, when the person accepted it; non-voluntary, when a person is not
conscientious about it; or involuntary, when is against the decision of the patient. Euthanasia has been
a controversial topic because many are agree with the process; however euthanasia should not be the
first option.

First, some say that helping a patient to be alive affects the economy of a hospital or
medical insurance, and the machines that are used to maintain a life are expensive and the
treatments of patients as well. However, if humans have the possibility to help someone to live, why
allow someone else to decide for the life of a sick person? Furthermore, maintaining a human life
doesnt affect the economy of any hospital institution or any medical insurance; it affects the economy
of the patients family. For example, once a woman lost her two children in a fire accident, and her
husband survived. His situation was critical. The employees of the hospital connected him to many
machines. However a few days later, employees of the hospital told the woman that they had to wait
for about two days, and if the patient didnt respond, they had to disconnect him. It was surprising
because the hospital had the opportunity to save a life, and they didnt wait a long time. The womans
family had to pay for the funeral preparation of the two children, and they had to pay for a person to
die as well, even when he had the opportunity to live. It's not about economics. It's the will to help. This
is why euthanasia should not be allowed.
 Second, many people believe that all humans have the right to have a worthy death, and
practicing euthanasia has been include in this thought. However, disconnecting a person from life has
been a polemic in religion because practicing euthanasia is one of the worst options that a person can
do. Disconnecting a person from life is commits suicide. For example, the Bible says, You shall not
murder. (Exodus 20:13). For Christianity, this one of the ten amendments that God gave to obey.
Another passage says, ...You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God
with your bodies. (1 Corinthians 6:19-20). Also, the Islamic religion does not agree with the practice
of euthanasia, ... Whosoever kills an innocent human being, it shall be as if he has killed all mankind,
and whosoever saves the life of one, it shall be as if he had saved the life of all mankind (Quran
5:32). The main point of these examples is that nobody has the right to decide let someone to live or
die.

Third, euthanasia has been legalized in many countries, like Holland, for example, since 2001,
as a progressive social reform. Nevertheless, its an ethical debate because societies have struggled
for life as an essential requirement, and practicing euthanasia is against ethic. For example, the
doctors ethic is to fight for life since it was declared a physician oath that mainly talks about a
compromise to save lives. One of the most famous oaths is the oath written by Hippocrates. However,
the oath is broken when the doctor performs euthanasia because is against of professionalism.

In sum, legalizing euthanasia is not the best way to avoid economic problems or to have a
worthy death. In this century people should think more about how to save lives instead of taking one.
Its true that the population has increased, but while its increasing, many new options should be
founded to continue struggling for life. Also, the medical ethic is lost when physicians apply the
euthanasia process to their work. The humans life cannot be valued with money. Every person has a
purpose to live, and even when the person is suffering, it is not the duty of a human being to take the
life of another human. The obligation of human beings, especially doctors, is to do everything possible
to save the life of others.

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 Why People Should Live in Their Own House Instead of a Rent House
By Reina (Colombia)
There is an important stage in an adults life that brings different challenges and
responsibilities related to have a place to live, establishing a family, or getting job. When people have
to make their own decisions to choose a place to live, many prefer to rent a house instead of buying
one because they think it is difficult to buy a house. However, people should buy a house for several
reasons.

Some people say that buying a home is impossible because they do not have the money to
pay the mortgage. While that may be true, there are many paths to buying a house that are
achievable. One way is to build ones credit. There are two main ways to get a good credit score, such
as get a credit card and the pay taxes. The advice is just to have an only credit card to buy things that
people need. In this way, it is possible that a person will pay monthly fees. When people are
responsible and pay their financial obligation on time, they can get a good credit rating to apply for a
mortgage loan. In fact, the number of mortgages written post 2009 now account for nearly 62% of all
active loans (Mayer, Chris. Pence, Karen and Sherlund Shane M). This shows that it is possible to get
a mortgage loan to buy a house.

Second is focusing on the long-term investment. People who pay a lease somehow are
wasting their money. Even though it is true they are paying for a place where to live, they do not have
their own place. For this reason, they can pay the monthly fee of a mortgage loan with the same
amount of money that they pay a rent. The big difference is they could pay for their own house and in
a medium or long term, they would have their best investment of their lives. One thing that people
should know is the price of their house increases over time. This means equity because their long-
term investment has returns. Equity is the difference between how much the home is worth and how
much you owe on the mortgage (Bankrate.com).
 Others argue when people rent an apartment or home, they can move more easily than if they
live in their own house. However, even someone who is living in a house for a short period of time can
still make a return on their investment in a home. People who rent a house must to sign a lease for
specific period of time. If somebody needs to move because he was promoted to another work in
different city because he gets a job very far away from his house, he cannot move when he wants.
This is an agreement and nobody would like to be identified for breach of contract. In the worst case,
he must to pay a penalty if he has to move faster, and get a recommendation in next opportunities. On
the other hand, it is easier to move if you are the owner because it is simplest to make a decision
when necessary. You can manage your time, you do not lose time arguing with landlords and lawyers,
and you do not have to pay penalties. Instead of caring about how cancel lease agreements, you can
find many real estate agencies who could manage your house and the lease process of leasing it. In
this way, you can move quietly because a company is taking care of your house, and you can earn
money for the rent of your house. So, this is one more benefit that people get when they choose to
buy a house.

Finally, many believe that when people rent, they do not have the responsibility of repairing
the property. Although that is true, the money given to repair is a return on your investment in the long-
run. Additionally, these people have to pay a security deposit for their apartment, which goes toward
repairs if the apartment is not in good condition. Although you may not have the responsibility to repair
damages or take care of normal building maintenance where you have rented an apartment with
manage monthly fee you are paying for the building maintenance. For example, a tenant does not
have the responsibility to mow the lawn. This means less responsibility in comparison with the house
owner because he has the responsibility to take care his property. If he does not mow the lawn, he
can pay someone else to do it. In this case, the tenant can say that the owner spends additional
money than he, but the reality is they both pay for this job. However, only the owner is aware of his
responsibility because it is his house.

In conclusion, nowadays many people may think that it is more convenient to rent a house
because the process is easier and faster, and they do not have to worry about getting large sums of
money to buy a house. Despite this, many believe that buying a home is one of the greatest
achievements on a personal and financial level. It is one of the goals most desired and contribute to a
better quality of life for you and your family. Knowing that you have a roof and a place that belongs to
you will always give you a sense of security and quietness.

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and Economics Discussion Series Divisions of Research & Statistics and Monetary Aairs Federal
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 Environmental Pollution
By Kha (Vietnam)
Environment is very important to human beings. But nowadays, the
environment is more and more polluted, and pollution became a serious problem in
the modern life. We hear pollution every single day at school, college, online or
read about it in the newspapers. Pollution occurs when pollutants contaminate the
natural surroundings which brings about changes that affect our normal lifestyles
adversely. Its caused by many factors and also leads to many serious effects.

People need to assume that we are making our earth an old and exhausted
planet. Air pollution is the most prominent and dangerous form of pollution. In the
19th century and for a significant part of the 20th century, people have produced too many new products,
more and more factories have been built throughout the World. There are so many products that people cant
consume all of them, so there has been a lot of garbage thrown away. People also waste more garbage
consisting unclear ones. All of this garbage make the Earth dirty. In fact, the United States generated about
250 million tons of trash in 2010. Around 85 million tons of trash was recycled.

Smoke from chimneys, factories, vehicles or burning of wood also make the air polluted. In addition,
the transportation of this energy can be harmful to the environment. Using fuel and oil as materials and the
worldwide usage of those vehicles, such as cars, trucks or airplanes and so on make the air more and more
polluted. Its levels are continuously increasing. As the traffic increases every day, pollution follows that
evolution. The Earth becomes more crowded. There are almost no places for people to live. It also makes
the ecosystem become unbalanced and leads to pollution.

B. F. Skinner said, The environment will continue to deteriorate until pollution practices are
abandoned. The pollution results from selfish actions of human being, and of course it has many serious
effects on people. The effects of air pollution is alarming. Air pollution can cause long-term and short-term
health effects. It has found that the elderly and young children are more affected by air pollution. The first
people get those effects are workers and residents who livings in or near factories. Short-term health effects
include eye, nose, and throat irritation, headaches, allergic reactions, and upper respiratory infections. Some
long-term health effects are lung cancer, brain damage, liver damage, kidney damage, heart disease, and
respiratory disease. Additionally, air pollution affects the environment by causing acid rain, reducing visibility,
damaging plants and animals, and contributing to climate change. People get sick easily, however now fresh
air in the world is decreasing more and more. Finally, its easy to realize that human beings have to spend a
lot of money to solve these problem the cooperation of every person and every country in the world is
demanded.

Pollution is a serious problem in the modern world. It has many effects on many aspects of human life.
It is crucial to control pollution as nature, wildlife, and human life are precious gifts to mankind. If everybody
does small things to reduce air pollution, the environment would benefit collectively, so we have better place
to live. Be a part of the solution not part of the pollution.(The fresh quote).

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 Chakra
By Kawthar (Saudi Arabia)

Alter and heal your body by egalitarian the spirit power. The chakra is
the energy system inside our body. It relates to specific organs inside our
body. It has elements and specific color. Each chakra has a different
function than the other and different exercises to balance it. By using chakra
people can heal themselves and each other. All of us have many chakras in
the body. However, there are seven certain chakras in the body. The
chakras are which manufacture our action and character. When it is blocked
or not balance. That can cause many diseases and problem in the body.

The first chakra is Base or Root Chakra Muladhara. The color is red. It connects to staying life
and safety. The nature element is earth. To keep it working well exercises like dancing, jogging
or jumping are good. It means "I exist ". The second chakra is Solar Plexus Chakra Manipura.
It relates to sensuality, sexuality, and desire exhilaration. The color is orange. The nature
element is water. Bellydancing, loving partnerships, and yoga keep it healthy. It means "I
desire". The third chakra is Sacral Chakra Svadhistana. It relates to the personal power. The
color is yellow. The nature element is fire. It relates to all chakras. It leads all other chakras and
the destiny and reaching the dream. It means "I control". The fourth chakra is Heart Chakra
Anahata. It connects to love and compassion. The color is green. The nature element is air. It
means "I love ". The fifth chakra is Throat Chakra Vishuddha. The color is blue. It is the
communication center and speak truth. Balance it by Singing, chanting and breathing exercises.
It means "I express". The sixth chakra is Third Eye Chakra Ajna. The color is indigo. It relates
to Insight, intuition, awareness and guidance. Balance it by Meditation and visualization
exercises. It means "I am the witness". The seventh chakra is Crown Chakra Sahasrara. The
color is violet or violet-white light. It relates to the space and represents spiritual. It means" I am
that I am". The chakra relate to each other if one of them has retreat that will affect other
chakras.(IARP)

There are many reasons a person should balance chakras. They are: using all power in the body, forgetting
painful memories and feeling, healing body. The effect from making this balance will be dealing with life in
easy way, changing the character, and releasing all things annoying people.

First reason is use the whole strength in the body by balancing the chakra. The chakra is the energy
system in the body. Therefore, balance it means having the ability to use the whole power in the body.
Chakras requiring develop all abilities in highest level to balance it. The more perfection people are in their
chakras the more power will be.

The second reason is chakra live you omit all hurt thoughts, memories and emotions. The chakras
relate to emotions and thoughts. It requires to control the emotion and thought to balance it, since the
equalize done, negative emotion and thought and memories will gone. For example, the heart chakra is
balanced by love. Nevertheless, it is blocked by grief. Hence, the equilibrium needs to have love.
Furthermore, forgetting painful memories is necessary to balance it

Balance chakras mean releasing all feeling, memories and thought from past experience which
are painful to remember. Replacing and altering these emotions, memories and thought is the
main purpose of chakra healing. They will replace by new memories. When the chakras
balance. (Isaacson)

The third reason is balance the chakra can treat the body. Each chakra relates to a specific side of the
body so if anything happen to that chakra, it will affect that side. Chakras are feelings and thoughts. Most the
problem come from the spiritual not physical body. If the body has symptoms of the disease, that means the
chakras are not balanced. So equalize it means treat the body.

The chakras have causes that make people balance it. To be good at all things that any one wants to
do. There are also effects to balance chakra in body. The effect is enough to change all things in the spirits
and physical body.

First effect of balanced chakras is harmony with life in simple way. Equalize the chakras means we
trust our abilities to do anything. It develops all abilities that people possess to deal with life in an easy way.
They will make us understand anything we face and find solutions for them. Chakras relate to natural powers
which can create real effects around us. Also chakras have different functions from one to another. For
example, the fifth chakra (throat) it is the communication center and speaking truth. Chakra has equilibrium
in it, which means that the ability to communicate and speak truth is excellent. As a result, dealing with life on
the communication side will be softer.

The second effect is chakra balance changes the personality. Having equal in chakras means all
thoughts and emotions are transcended our selves. Chakras guide to transcend level in everything like
emotion and thought which will change people to be almost perfect in everything.

The Last effect of balancing chakra is liberation from all things disturbing people. The chakras release
all negative energy such as emotions, thoughts and memories. It changes all things that keep people living in
peace and relaxing in their lives because their abilities are completely excellent in all life sides. The bad
things go so people can live without anything bothering them. It is like being professional in everything.

In conclusion, the causes of balancing chakras are: using all power, forgetting hard memories and
emotions and treating body. The effects are dealing with life in easy way, altering the personality, and
disturbing all things that are bothering people. My advice is try to control and balance the chakra. Everyone
will see huge disturbing result and how good it is to have balance to live in peace and in simple ways. That is
the real happiness.

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Iarp staff.Basic Chakras.https://iarp.org/chakra-basics. Accessed 29 May 2017.

Isaacson, David. Signs and Symptoms Experiencing the Healing Energies.

http://www.spiritportal.org/signs.html. Accessed 29 May 2017.
 Muslin Ban Is Right Or Wrong
By Wenxuan (China)

Muslim ban has become a hot topic among people, especially people of Muslin and American,
and heated debates are right on their way. Although, anyone religion have some irrational religious
people but most people are safe and free because we like our own world not want to damage. At the
this time, democracy is well know in the USA so some talent of people may dislike Muslim ban to
result they want to leave.

First of all, the news can told us Muslim ban might avoid some dangers with USA. To prevent
some irrational religious people can come here. Nevertheless, most people are longing for peace
because we can find this word that roughly means peace can really cultivate virtue, promote the
development of friendship. This is Herbert Spencer said, he is a British philosopher so we can believe
him because of his honor. Also we can find other scientists said many words about peace. Hence, Its
the experience of our forefathers so reasonable people should protect a peaceful life now.

Actually, American democracy is well know in the world. Even though, this Muslim ban was
announced by president. Its not conform to American democracy. The president shouldnt
discriminate against anyone. For example, Martin Luther King is the famous of US. He is Americans
proud because he have given equal each others. And I think Donald Trump is for the development of
the country. He has good heart but not good idea.

Meanwhile, I think this law may have a completely different effect on talented person. Some
scientists like safe may more and more like USA because Muslim ban really avoid some dangers, for
example that can avoid some irrational people. Another prefer free and peaceful scientists might feel
uncomfortable because that law is compulsive. As a result, some scientists leave. We cant deny that
any country have talent, for example, the famous scientist Albert Einstein born Switzerland but he is
famous scientist.

We have reason to believe that Muslim ban isn't right.

Everyone likes peace because of natural human. We need
freedom, democracy, and peace. So now the developed
countries, especially the United States should have right choice.
Muslim ban is wrong. The United States should respect each
other.
 Poverty is Related with More Crimes?
By Christian Olmedilla (Venezuela)

It may be true that poverty is not connected with crimes; however, a lot of research
shows that cities or countries with poverty have more crimes than countries or cities with a
good economy. Why does this happen? There are many reasons. However, the most
common are poor education and needs such as food and health.

Some people think that even if you have poverty in your country or city, people are
still able to assist a good education. However, even though this could be true, research
shows that poverty increases the amount of poor education because people don't have
enough income, and sometimes they cant study. As a result, children and teenagers spend
more time in the streets than learning.

Another reason to connect poverty with crimes is the need to have food and health. With poverty, many
people cant support their houses with enough food and being to rob people because of the money.

For these reasons, poverty has a huge influence on crimes increasing.

Drinking Water
By Hesah (Saudi Arabia)

Everyone knows how much water is important to us. Water is what we have to drink most. Water helps us
do a lot in our life.

First, we cannot live without water; if there is no water, there is no food because without water, we cannot
plant food. Water gives us energy when we are tired after exercises. We take energy from the water. That is why
you see people in the gym drink it a lot; if they did not drink water, they feel blas and tired because they lose a lot
of energy. If we do not drink water, it may cause us diseases such as: Dehydrated , kidney and liver problems.

Every one knows why we should drink water. However, most of them do not know what the benefits of
water are.

Water helps your skin be shiny and healthy, not drinking water causes dryness in you skin and makes you
feel tired(Adai). A Canadian women tried to drink 3 liters of water a day for month. Her skin changed to better. It
became more shiny .

Water helps us bring work better when you have exams. Drinking water helps
you to study. Exercising makes you tired, but drinking water give you energy .

As you can see, drinking water is very important to us. You should know what the
better for your body.

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51+.
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 Writing Six
Differences Between Women and Men
By Ali Albrahim (Saudi Arabia)

Each living creature in this world is comprised of two sides, there is no

ox without cow. Each side contributes to completing the other one, the same as
negative and positive charges. By themselves, the positive or negative charge
has some characteristics that the other charge does not have. When one of
them works alone, it will make bodies unstable, yet when both charges
cooperate and work together, bodies will have an equal charge which makes
them stable and able to live a comfortable life. Thus it is with females and
males. Without both two sides, humanity is not going to be present. Throughout
civilizations, these sides have compensated the lack of each other which has made them able to continue life up to
now. Moreover, having the role of being critically important for each other has significantly contributed to making
people cognizant of the fact that males and females are equal; on the other hand, it has shown that they are
different because they work contradistinctively to complete each other. Males and females' differences are based
on numerous aspects. The way their brain works is consider the most prominent difference because of its influence
in all the other divergences such as psychological and work place differences.

Brain Differences
How do brains work? This is a sophisticated question. However, before searching for an answer for this
question, a distinction should be made between female male brain? The way males' brain works is extremely
different when compared with females'. Male's brains connect front to back, while female's does it left to right. In
general, their brains engage uniquely by using different tissues with different percentages (Lewis). That affects how
they think and react to environments because each area in their brain is responsible for a specific job.
Subsequently, by using one region more than the other one, the result will be different and people may be more
developed in certain skills. Because females and males use white matter and gray matter respectively, females are
multi-taskers (Gregory). They can do and control more than one assignment simultaneously with an adequate
position of focus for each one that helps them to complete what they want. On the other hand, males are task-
focuser. They tend to do a specific mission with a high level of concentration rather than separate their attention to
various assignments (Gregory). Thus, women tend to be more productive, whereas men are more effective in
specific tasks.

In addition, using different areas of brain disparately affects how intelligent people are. According to Tanya
Lewis, males use the left side of the brain, which is for logical thinking, more than the right side, which is for intuitive
thinking. Females do the opposite. As a result, females have higher intelligence levels in some skills such as
verbal, musical, and social cognition, whereas males have higher levels in logical and mathematical intelligence.
Over time and because of using specific regions more than the others, those areas that are responsible for
languages were found larger in womens brains than mens, whereas men have extremely larger parietals cortex
than women (Bralely).
 The difference between women's and men's brains also have impacts on the way they react to their
environment and circumstances that are around them. What affects a man might not affect a woman in the same
way. For example, men tend to pay more attention to information sources which are called "Informativity factors"
than entertainment sources which take women's attention. (Sun). An example that shows how men's brain is
affected by information sources is how their brain deals with certain situations such as parking a car. A man may
take seconds to park a car in a place that a woman might take minutes to deal with. Additionally, women have
deeper limbic system which makes them have the desire to give and help. Furthermore, they are more likely to get
depression because of being affected by entertainment factors (Bralely).

Behavior Differences
The two sides of humanity do not just have brain differences; they also behave contradistinctively. The
reason why they have different behavior may go back to the history where the roles of males and females were
separated ("Study reports gender"). Males tended to be strong and more serious than women because of their role
of protect, while females developed their system because of their role of taking care of the young, which requires
high levels of emotion ("Study reports gender").

This is demonstrated by how males and females behave differently from each other. A woman may talk
with a man about whatever she wants to say. She might talk about her family, job, children, or even that man
himself, yet he will not care about what she says. The only thing which that man may care about is that that woman
is talking with him. On the other hand, the most important thing a woman will care about when she is talked to by a
man is every word that is coming out of the man's mouth. She will not just stop at the meaning of what that man
says, but she may also express his words with new meaning from her head (Barreca).

Men and women are also different in the way they pay attention for the circumstances of their environment.
The attention of a man will be significantly clear when that man sees what a woman looks like. He might be
fastidious and will think about all the details; what she puts over her hair, the color of her hair, the length of it, and
how she arranges it. However, from a woman's perspective, she wants the man to be sophisticated and that is
adequate (Barreca).

Smiling is the way people use to show happiness. However, depending on genders, it will not always be
about showing happiness. Women smile even if they are unhappy. They smile and smile until they explode. Then, it
is tremendously difficult to make them smile again. Whereas mens smiles usually are not affected by
circumstances or their situation. Their smiles are genetically determined (Barreca). Also, men laugh when they find
something funny, whereas women laugh when they think it is appropriate to laugh. (Barreca).

Men tend to solve problems when they happen. Like cleaning a car after it becomes dirty. Women tend to
solve problems before they happen. "Why didn't you keep the car inside!" (Barreca).

Differences at Work
Men and women are also different at their work places. The structure they follow to fulfill their job and how
they become successful is contradistinctive. While males tend to follow a hierarchy system which is based on
specific orders and organizations in order to know what every step will be before they start their assignments,
women usually prefer to depend on working as a group so as to share the same goal and cooperation. They do not
pay much attention to how everything is going to be, but instead of how relationships will work in their job ("5 Major
Differences"). The concept of being a member is to share and cooperate with each other. Moreover, they always
have the eagerness to compensate the lack of others ("5 Major Differences").
 Moreover, men tend to prefer working alone than working as a team. That is because they like to work in a
competitive environment, and working independently will give them the opportunity to position themselves
(Camilla). In contrast, women naturality does not adopt easily with competitive environments. Hence, there is no
need to positive themselves against anyone; instead, they prefer to cooperate with others and work as a team
(Camilla).

They final station is not what women are interested in. It is more exciting for them how processes will be,
who will work with them, and what their role is, whereas men are goal-focused. They are usually more motivated
when their goal and the way to obtain it is clear, irrespective of modalities ("5 Major Differences"). In other words,
women care about process of how they reach their goal, while men care just about the results (Camilla).

Prominence is extremely significant for men to have in their work field. They always want to be the one who
has the answers for everything even if it is not their responsibility. They want to be seen as a person who
understands his job and is able to control it without help. On the other hand, women do not care about being in
front. Consequently, they will not lose anything when someone else has the correct action in a certain situation. So,
they share their work with others without caring about their position in others' perspective ("5 Major Differences").
Not being interested in showing off makes women more productive. They are better listener than speaker in this
case which make them have the tendency to ask questions. That kind of communication increases the
effectiveness of team work (Camilla).

Conclusion
Humans are not the same, not just merely in appearance but more importantly internally. Those differences
make the two genders effective, but each side has its own way. Each side has some strong points that the other
one lacks. That is a positive element to making both complete and complement each other.

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 The Negative and Positive Effects Of Technology On Children
By Hala (Saudi Arabia)

Introduction
Do children use the new technologies and the internet devices a lot in their daily life or not? Is it good
for them or does it have positive and negative effects on children? The technologies and the internet take a
huge place in childrens life, and using it has benefits and harmful aspects. It is better to control their use, not
just let them use it as they want. There are positive effects relating to developmental, academic, and social
factors, as well as negative effects such as physical, social, and mental consequences.

Positive Effects
First of all, one of the positive effects of technology is development. Children are the future of the
world and they must to know how to use this technology and how to develop their knowledge. Depending on
their age they can get a huge amount of information about a lot of things that will equip them with skills in
their life, especially for their future. According to Meadows, Mikki, and Frances Murphy, the next generation
will be called upon to work together--to move beyond the injustice, intolerance, resentment, and anger that
has been such weighty baggage in United States." So children cannot achieve all of these without
technology, we have to help them and teach them how they can develop skills from the internet and see
what is around them.

According to Using technology in early childhood environments to strengthen cultural connections,

the following objectives are recognized to support developmentally suitable work with young children in the
area of multiculturalism and differences. First they begin to understand who they are and how they fit in to
the group. In addition, they are going to get their knowledge from their culture and practices which form
about the country which they come from. Furthermore, thy can build a feeling of identifying with how things
are similar and respect differences. Additionally, they have to be able to understand when the situation is
unfair and how can they participate in changing (Meadows, Mikki, and Frances Murphy).
 Furthermore, while there are a lot of commercial approaches, games, and activities that are
inappropriate when trying to support an environment for children that support the growth of cultural
competence, the good use of the technology in early childhood development is important to apply now for
academic achievement. In addition, it helps improve childrens skills and knowledge. So what parents should
be aware of is that they are the first school for children, and they have to know what is better for their
children and use it. Additionally, there is a study showing that using the internet increases childrens reading
ability, and helps them improve their scores on reading tests (Jackson), (Serim).

Second, there are many effects of technology in social life. In the past there were not technology
devices as in this generation, and they just had a certain limit of media and news. However, when they
compare the current life and the past life they are going to see that there is a huge difference between them,
and technology has created an important place in their daily and practical life, when they want to contact with
their family and friends, schools, university, hospitals, and companies. So now most families in each house
have at least three technological devises. However, there are some families whose income is not enough to
buy one of these devises. Some argue that the costs of the equipment will go down dramatically in the next
few years, making computer communications as affordable as televisions and VCRs (Montgomery). With
these developments, children normally will need to use it. Because of that parents have to balance it use,
and tell them about what they should use it for. As they grow, children will improve their knowledge and their
understanding about media.

Negatives Effects
First, there are negative sides of social media. Many online services are now available that seek to
challenge children by exposing them to places, people, and ideas far outside their everyday experiences
(Montgomery).

Additionally, some of the online sites target childrens minds to confuse it, or to write about
themselves in the media which is widespread and public around the world, and that will effect them. They do
not have mature thinking to know right and wrong. The quality of the new media culture for children also
raises concern, we had better to be aware of their use and monitor it.

The second negative effect on children is when they have free time they might spend it on sexual
websites, sexting, and making a wrong relationship (Bower).For example, in the school with their classmates,
they may listen, and share some videos and pictures. This will build their curiosity of what is this? And
because they are not aware about the dangerous of it, this will hurt their thinking and behavior, in school and
in relationship. Also this might cause a deviation in their thought, so if this happens to them, their future will
be severely damaged.

However, there are strategies to deal with this; an e-safety program can be created (Bower) and
installed in schools and on childrens electronic devises. Moreover, the government can apply software to
block these websites. If they do this in their country, it will help protect children in this age and young people
from pornographic websites.
 New technologies are here and it will continue to develop. Schools should teach children not just to
use the technology, but to learn also: how to use the technology to communicate safely (Bower), knowing the
unsuitable websites, contact and conduct (Bower). In addition, for that realize the limit of online as well as
offline; digital activity use the technology to support their development (Bower). Finally, ask for help when
things go wrong, and not just be silent about it (Bower).

In conclusion, these are the positives and negatives effects of technology on children. And we must
be aware of these devices and, how to control childrens use to not guard them from the danger of it. We can
try to make them benefit from it and in develop their skills.

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Have A Great
Break!!