Why adults are better learners than kids (So NO‚ you’re not too old) Kids are great! I was an ESL (English as a Second Language) teacher for several years in several countries‚ teaching mostly children‚ and I could see how quick they were at learning a second language. Of course‚ who of us doesn’t want to go back to our childhood‚ when things were simpler and the world was full of endless possibilities (which too many people claim it somehow isn’t any more…)? Along these lines‚ one of my favourite
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The Day In the Life of an INDIAN - TODAY Today‚ was just another day That went by uneventfully‚ unsung and unnamed. Nothing Happened beyond the same stories narrated in the Parliament‚ Or beyond the same old Matured Kids of the Opposition & Ruling political Parties giving debates around. Except that the moon appeared again after an indifferent fortnight And the crescent shone in double confusion through the under-corrected eyeglass lens It was the same patient wait in a million faces
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Friends - one word with a very beautiful meaning behind it. To most of us‚ friends are known as our pals‚ buddies or acquaintances. The more the merrier they always say. The more friends you have‚ the wider you horizon. With the ample presence of social networking sites these days such as Facebook and Twitter‚ it is much easier to be connected to people from the other end of the world than it used to be. With just a few clicks of the mouse‚ you will become friends or be connected virtually to other
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proved by revelations‚ both special and general. However‚ there is also a problem of which type of revelation is better than the other. I believe that special revelation is better than general revelation. Firstly‚ special revelation is direct intervention of God that really makes an impact. A general revelation which is supported and believed by lots of people is indirect and a person’s life often changes severely because of a special revelation. For example‚ take Allah’s revelations to the Prophet
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Does technology make our lives better? Agree Disagree Makes things easier Lazy/obesity Easier to find information False information Medical treatment/save lives Not 100% successful/causes illness/addiction Detects natural disasters False
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Women Make Better Politician Than Men There has been a lot of buzz in mainstream media highlighting powerful women on the rise. There is Sheryl Sandberg‚ Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Facebook and author of Lean In: Women‚ Work and the Will to Lead; Marissa Mayer‚ newly appointed CEO of Yahoo!; Sonia Sotomayor‚ Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court‚ and other very obvious selections. As a result‚ this long overdue attention on powerful women has led some people to ask the question: “Do
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The desire to be happy is such a core part of our psychology‚ it drives us to do the most extraordinary things. We ditch marriages‚ because we think we may be better off with a new spouse. We may spend millions on a bigger‚ more prestigious home that we hope will deliver us a better life‚ or strive to achieve at work because we believe success will make us happy. But in doing all this‚ we usually neglect one of the things that is most likely to make us smiley people – we stop making friends.
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the previous generation used to be‚ Fishman’s evidences are more up-to-date. According to a recent Sun editorial‚ “activism has transformed from sensationalized 1960s tear-gas rallies to online petitions and Internet discussion boards” (Fishman 73). Not only Fishman‚ but also the reality tells that the time has changed. News can be spread worldwide in seconds through the Internet‚ and it can easily gather “Generation Q”‚ written by Thomas L. Friedman‚ and “The Generation of Generation Q”‚ written
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The Life of a Teenager: Then and Now When my parents were my age they had high expectations for this generation. They didn’t expect us to have smart phones‚ or the internet. They expected stuff like flying cars‚ or teleportation. But to be fair‚ every generation has high expectations for the next generation; sometimes they get fulfilled‚ sometimes they don’t. The things that are important to a teenager’s life in my generation are 3 things: your social life‚ athletics‚ and your technology. When
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Love Marriage is Better Than Arrange Marriage. Just as we all know‚ life is not a bed of roses. Things do not work as smoothly as we expect them to. Sometime‚ we often change ways‚ make compromises‚ stand stubbornly and let things fall apart. Marriage is the most beautiful relationship that happens to everyone at some point of time. Life is the way we make it to be. Peoples get married because they love each other. They want each of them close for the rest of their life. Due to this statement
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