The Globe - November/December 2011

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THE GLOBENovember - December 2011

Student Writings from IEI

WRITING TWO

If I Am the Richest Person in the WorldBy Mio (Japan)

If I am the richest, I have decided the way to usemoney. I will use the money for all kinds of education,

just like Carnegie. I think to know is very important.If I know what I should do next, I might save my life. IfI give up knowing something, I might die. Im alwaysafraid of something or I cant decide anything.

If I Am the Richest Person in the WorldBy Ekab (Saudi Arabia)

I would give to the poor and buy a big building for theperson who doesnt have work and a home. Also, Iwould buy machines for nursing or hospitals. Also, Iwould help most people in another country. I wouldmake a big mosque here. After that, I would send theperson to study in a great university. I want any

person to be happy. It is beautiful to see a smile onanybody. This is my dream or this is my plan.

If I Am the Richest Person in the WorldBy Abdullah (Saudi Arabia)

I would begin to work in a business. I would open abig company. I would give some money to those who

need help. I would buy a big house and a new car. Iwould help my family and my cousins. I need to opena new hospital and school in my country. I wouldsave some money for the future.

Go to School or Study at Home?By Mohammed (Saudi Arabia)

It is better to go to school because you will learnbetter there than at home. You will take a test for yourstudies. You will get better and better. In school, youwill study harder. If you never understand anything,the teacher will tell you, and you will be smart. Youwill get a good grade for your work. I never agree

with how you study at home. How do you want to seeyour teacher? Not at home. This is in school. Schoolis open for studying in it, not at home. In school, youwill learn everything. What will you learn at home?How to cook? In the end, I will tell you to go to schoolif you want a good future.


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WRITING THREE

FutureBy Abdulelah (Saudi Arabia)

First, the people of the future neededucation. Second, the people of the future needmore hospitals. Each city should have hospitals,

ambulances, and air ambulance service systemseverywhere. Finally, the development of educationand hospitals serves to help the people of the future.

AmericaBy Abdullah Nasser (Saudi Arabia)

In America, there are opportunities that can makeanybody a better person. We can learn the Englishlanguage, and we can complete our education. First,I like to learn a new language. I am learning Englishnow, because it is very important for the world. It canchange your life and your mind. I think everybodyshould learn English. Next, everybody shouldcomplete his education. It is very significant for life,

because after you finish your education, then you canget a good job and earn more money. In short, weshould learn the English language and complete oureducation. It is very important to pursue oureducation and to develop our mind.

ThanksgivingBy Aziz (Saudi Arabia)

I was with my host family for Thanksgiving.We ate a lot of food. Also, I talked with the family.After that, I went shopping at the mall. After shopping,I went back to my home, and I rested at home for twohours. Then, I went to the movies with my brotherand my friends. I watched a movie. Finally, I went

back to my home, and I slept. I like Thanksgiving,and I think its a good day.A Better Place for the PeopleBy Hesham (Saudia Arabia)

We can make the world a better place forpeople in the future. First, we need to eliminateunemployment. If we can fix this problem, then wegive jobs to unemployed people and help them get abetter place in the future. Second, we need to helpthe poor. Today, a lot of people live in poverty. Weshould fix this. We need to make a better living placewith a suitable environment for poor people. We need

to find an answer to their money problems. We canact on this, and we can find work and give them moresalary. When we help the big crowd of poor people,then the problem of poverty will go away in the future.Third, a lot of people in the world do not haveeducation. We should teach them, so they will have abetter place in the future. Finally, we should have aplan for the people. I hope I dont see anyunemployment, poverty, or people with educationneeds in the future.

Living in Another CountryBy Mohammad (Saudi Arabia)

If you live in another country, then youchange and you become a better person. First, if Isee different cultures, then I can understand many

people. Second, I need to be open-minded, notclosed-minded. We live around people with differentreligions. I think other people deal with you the wayyou deal with them. So, treat other people the wayyou want them to treat you.

Interesting WeekendBy Rakan (Saudi Arabia)

Last weekend, I had two interestingexperiences. First, on Saturday I went to the gymwith my host family. I saw many people were happyin the gym. I saw some children playing football.Then, I saw a small child crying, because he lost hismother. We looked for his mom, and we found his

mother. Now, he is happy, because he sees hismother. Second, on Sunday I went to the movietheater. I saw a horror movie, and I was afraid,because in the movie, many people were killed anddied. I saw a lot of blood. When the movie ended, Ifelt better. However, I promised myself that I am notgoing to watch another horror movie! In conclusion, Ihad a good time and a bad time last weekend!

Good FriendBy Saleh (Saudi Arabia)

My good friend is Hussein, and he is 21years old. He studies in the university. We startedelementary school at the same time, and we studied

in school together for about 12 years. However, whenwe graduated from high school, I went to the north inmy country, and he stayed in my city. After that, Iwent to the USA, and I didnt see him again.However, I call him every week. We dont see eachother, but we are good friends. We like the samethings. For example, we like to play soccer. Also, welike to watch movies, and we like to watch soccer onTV. Finally, Hussein and I will be friends for a longtime in the future.

Lost WalletBy Stanya (Czech Republic)

I remember a time when I lost my wallet.When I was in New York two years ago, I took a cab.I sat down and held my purse. After that, I paid for theride and I put my wallet on the seat beside me. I wasabsent-minded, and I thought I put the wallet in mypurse. Then, I left the cab, and my wallet stayed onthe car seat! When I got out, I didnt have my wallet.So, my son called the cab company, but nobodyfound it. I was very sad, because the wallet was aspecial present from my husband.


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WRITING FOUR

HappinessBy Bandar (Saudi Arabia)

Many people reach for happiness, but a few people get it. Do you believe this information? All of us wantto be happy as long as possible but How? This is the question. In my opinion, the definition of happiness is thenice or interesting feeling of life. I think that happiness comes from the three relationships: the relationship withGod, the relationship with people, and the relationship with the self.

First, let us talk about the relationship with God because this is the most important point in happiness.Therefore, you must have a relationship with God because God is the only one who controls all of your life andGod helps you with the difficulties and the problems which we face in life anywhere and anytime.

Second, the relationship with people is very important because if you communicate with them correctly, youwill get a lot of friends and you will share with them interesting and nice times. In addition, the relationship makesyou live in peace with the external life.

Third, the relationship with the self. I mean yourself. You must be interested in this relationship to getcomplete control of your feelings and passions correctly, expecially love, hate, or anger.

In conclusion, happiness depends on the relationship with your God, your people, and yourslef to gethappiness in your life.

Taking Care

By Sultan (Saudi Arabia)Parents now are not taking care of their kids that much. Now, I think the biggest problem in the world is

people who have no famly. That is a big problem which is not acceptable. For example, a mother and father whodo bad things, so they can't take care of their kids. This topic branches to other ways. For example, taking care ofyour children, taking care of your parents, and taking care of your job.

Taking care of your children isn't easy. This is a big responsibility, so you must be a great dad. When youget children, you are supposed to follow some rules with them. For example, you are supposed to respect yourcharacter when they are in front of you. Don't make problems with your wife, and teach them how to have greatcharacter with people. If you teach this, everyone will know you are a perfect father because that behavior is ontheir parents. When you make anything, they always say give me some candy. If you don't give it to them, they willcry or make some noise. This means you have to be affectionate.

The second thing is to take care of your parents. If your parents didn't give birth to you, that means youwould not be here in the world. This is like a gift from God to you and grace. You should know how to take care ofyour parents. For example, do anything they want and help them because when you were a child, they sat besideyou when you were sick. Your father always is eager to make you happy. In any celebration, he always buys sometoys for you as a gift. He does that, and he doesn't care if he is poor or something like that. He just wants you tokeep smiling. When you did something bad he can't hit you becuase he loves you.

The third is how to take care of your job. This needs some rules which means you must be systematic. Ifyou really want to save your job, you have to make your watch make your alarm go off before your job begins byone hour. You can take a shower because that makes you feel fresh all day, so you can do well in your job. Youhave to keep working because if you lost it you can't have any more money.

Finally, I wish everybody would keep saving and taking care of your parents. Please be patient with thembecause they are not living for you. Also, keep loving your children. They are flowers of the world, and they makeexcitment in the home. Lastly, try to keep working well in your job because you have some dreams you want toachieve with your money.

My life in Ten Years Ago

By Ali (Saudi Arabia)I was born in 1989, in small city called Najran in south of Saudi Arabia. My life was very simple because of

my economic statue. I was living with my big family that has brothers and sisters. So, today my life has changed inmore than one way. In this essay, I'm going to compare myself between now and ten years ago. In these ten years,I have changed the place that I live in, my education, and my physique. So, in this paper I'm going to comparebetween these three things.

First, I have changed the place that lived in. Ten years ago, I was living in Najran, the city that I was born in.My family lived in a small house with my brothers and sisters. The house only had two bedrooms and onebathroom. In that time, I was in the 6th grade in the elementary school. The school was very small which was an oldbuilding that had a few teachers and students. My education was little. By the way, I hated something called mathand history because of the teachers who taught me during that time. In addition, ten years ago, I was very fat boy


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and bigger than all the people who were my age. In that time, I could not play sports with my friends because of myweight.

Now, I'm 22 years old and my life has completely changed. The place that we lived in became bigger thanbefore. However, now, I live in the United States alone. Which is completely different than I was before. Also, myeducation has developed. I graduated from the high school and I studied in a technology college for three years.Now, I'm in the U.S to complete my education. Furthermore, as you see, my body has changed a lot. Now, mybody is skinny, and I can play whatever of sport I want especially soccer.

As you see, I have changed in different ways in my life over the last ten years. Place, education, andphysique were the most common ways that developed in my life. So, that is all I want to compare between my last

ten years and now. Finally, I hope that I will develop even more in the next ten years.

SatisfactionBy Juntae (South Korea)

What is satifcation? According to the dictionary, satisfaction means "the pleasure that you feel when youdo something or get something that you wanted or needed to do or get." Maybe you have satisfactinon when youget praised for the first time or when you graduate from school. When did you feel satisfaction? Where doessatisfaction come from?

First, satisfaction comes from getting something that you want. For example, a nice car, beautiful house,good shoes, etc. It's a pleasure when you have that kind of something. This satisfaction is near material success.Like this, children are waiting for Santa Claus on Christmas Eve. On Christmas, they are happy with a gift. Thatcomes naturally when you get somehting.

Second, when you finish something that you want to do, you get satisfaction. This thing is coming when I

think of something, take action, and get some results. Someone who wants to have a good bodyline can doecercise for a long time and get a good body. Or if someone passes the test for university (or job) afer hard study.That's an example of satisfaction from finishing something.

Finally, performing a real service for the public. This satisfaction is in a large sense. You will feel happy foryourself, but you will think about other people's happiness and get happiness. You give money for the people whoare in a difficult situation or go to the nursing home and serve old people during the weekend. That should youmake you feel better. That isn't a physical form of comfort, this satisfaction comes from being mentally comfortable.

I tried to talk to you about three cases of satisfaction. Do you agree with that? I think someone whodoesn't feel satisfaction has a big problem. They don't stop for their happiness. On the other hand, a person whofeels satisfaction in everything has no goal or expansion. "Compromise" is very difficult, but I believe if you findthat, you will have success.

JusticeBy Jagaa (Mongolia)

Is justice only a concept in law and court? Do you agree with me if I'll say it has a more broad sense.Justice is fair behavior or treatment according to the dictionary. Let's all try to explain about justice.

First of all, children have a strong sense of justice. They always say concrete truths about what they see.For instance, you probably know the fable about the naked king. In the fable, anyone from the people surronded bythe king couldn't tell him he is naked. Instead, they told him his cloth is gorgeous. Only the little child shouted,"Look, the king is naked!"

Second, justice for adults is the employer's assessment of the employees. If the boss uses fairassessment about the employees restults at work, then the employee's approaches to work will be fair. Forexample, on New Year's eve a boss had to select one of the employees for a wonderful prize-holiday in Paris.Imagine, he didn't select the person who had the best results of work, just his friend whose result was average.Then the employees won't try to work hard. On the contrary, they will try to flatter their boss.

Furthermore, justice is a legal process of judging and punishing people. When people can't find justice,they come to the court. Everyone is equal in front of the judge, and the judge seeks justice for everyone. The

judge makes the vital decision for people because the judgment depends on someone's destiny. Therefore,proficient and fair behavior are the most important requirements for the judges.

Finally, we all know that justice is a fair behavior. Unfortunately, sometimes people as an adult can't be arole model of justice for their children. Also, people's unfair decisions or actions can cause a harm, then weconsider the judgement as justice. In other words, court is a final destination of justice.


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EducationBy Majed (Saudi Arabia)

Education means the process of learning in a school or another program of study. Education is important todevelop our communities. There are a lot of things in our education, but I want to write about the most importantaspects, such as place, people, and practice.

First, if we need great education, we have to make special places to learn. For example schools,universities, and colleges. Building these places is important because they are serious places to learn. We canlearn in different places. For example, we can study by ourselves, but we aren't going to learn the same as

learning in the special place for learning because in the special place we are going to have better attention thanlearning by ourselves.The second crucial component of education is people. There are two kinds of people in the education:

teachers and students. The teacher is the person who gives someone lessons in the school or any anotherprogram to learn. The teachers are essential people, because they develop communities by their job. So we shouldgive them a lot of our respect. On the another hand, we have students. The student is the person who comes tolearn in school or another program. These students are going to influence the future generations. So we need togive them encouragement to continue what they start. Thus, both of them are important to develop education.

The last crucial component of education is practice. The practice is anything which can help us to learn.Books are a good example for practice. Books are important to learn with because it is the best way to get newinformation.

Finally, if we need to develop our communities we should develop our education. Place, people, andpractice are of most importance to develop education. We need more attention to be a great community.

Be PositiveBy Selin (Turkey)

Do you want to succeed? Do you think this sentence is right? Can you do this by being positive? We willfind the answer to these questions now. First, let us learn the definition. To be positive is to look at life hopeful andrealistic, not focusing on the past, but focusing on the future. Positive thinking is very important for success, health,and happiness. Let's look together how we can achieve this.

First, why is positive thinking important for success? The answer is because it provides the motivation. Apositive person can believe that. They have energy. However, there is a very important question. Is it enough towant success? Not enough. For example, let's say that people could not sing a song, but they want to be a singer.Being positive is not enough. They must be skilled. Of course, if they can sing, being positive will help a lot. Beliefof success is very important. People can't give up.

Second, you need to learn how to have a connection between health and positive thinking. Scientists saythat there is a connection. The other name is "placebo effect". So, a belief that is healing. A lot of research said"positive people improve faster than people who aren't." For example, some people have a headache. Sometimes

these people use vitamins, but the person said, "This is aspirin." They believed it and the headache ended. Howeffective is this? No one knows exactly.

Next, everyone says, "I'm happy." Is anyone who says it positive? Everyone knows the story of the glass.The story is about "What do you see?" It is very important to see all of the glass. Some people say it is "half-filled".A lot of people who agree with that are positive. Whereas this name is "blind positive". This is not good beausethis is self-deception. Some people say "half-empty". This is not good because this is pessimism. Realistic andpositive thinking is very good for a happy life. These people would be good to believe. They are not unhappy andthey don't lose their hopes. Their life is easier.

Finally, what did you say on your birthday? What is written on your birthday card? Have you ever noticed?Everyone said, "I hope you are successful, healthy, and happy." If you can think positive, you can have all of them.I have a great sentence: "If you put your energy somewhere, it will develop in life."

PlanBy Ibrahim (Saudi Arabia)

Do you have a plan? We hear "plan" always in our lives. Also, we have a plan often when we want to dosomething. For example, if you have many things to do at the same time, you'll have a small plan, like when youwant go to shopping, clean your house, and do your homework. You should have a plan because if you dont havea plan, you may spend too much time to complete your work and you cannot do all your tasks. A plan is "Somethingyou have decided to do" (Longman Dictionary)." You should have a plan if you will travel for holiday, in your job, orfor your future.

It is important to have a plan when you travel. Everyone who has a job or goes to school every day shouldtake a few days holiday. For example, if you are going to travel to a new city for you, you should take enough timeto decide where you will go every day and where you should visit in first day and second day until the end of theholiday. Also, what places you should not go to because some cities have places that are not safe and some are


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too expensive. So, if you don't have a good plan, you'll find yourself not knowing where to go, which makes yourholiday boring.

The job which is going according to a plan will be easy and will be completed in a timely manner. When Igot my first job, my boss told me you must send a weekly plan for the coming week before the end of this week, themonthly plan for the next month before the end of this month, as well as the annual plan before the end of this year.I thought, at the time, that it is difficult and that it takes extra effort, but when I started to use the plan, it was veryuseful for me in my job. Also, it can end all the functions required in a timely manner.

In addition, everybody has goals which he/she wants to achieve in the future. And the best method toachieve them is to make a clear plan and a long term goal. Let us assume that someone wants to become a dentist

in the future. He/she must graduate from high school, get a high score to help him/her to enter the College ofMedicine, and also he/she should study after graduation from the University of Dentistry in order to achieve his/hergoal to be a dentist.

Finally, the plan is an important factor to accomplish all that we want to do. If you put a clear plan to travelon vacation, you will enjoy your holiday. You won't experience difficulties, but you will find a lot of fun. Also, if theemployee develops a plan for all his work, he/she will find extra time that he/she can benefit from anything else,and develop from the work. Each person must identify their goals to be able to have the easiest and fastest ways toachieve them.

Getting Enough SleepBy Yu Jin (South Korea)

How many hours do you sleep a night? How many hours would you like to sleep a night? Most peopleneed eight hours of sleep but dont get enough. Sleep deprivation is a serious problem because when people

arent rested enough, there are bad results.If you have sleep deprivation, you will have a problem with your work. When you dont get enough sleep,you will not think of creative ideas because your brain isnt working to complete the concentration. So your workaccomplishment is less. Also, you will have conflict with your boss.

Secondly, you will have a problem at your school. For example, when you have a test, most people get ascarcity of sleep. However, when you get sufficient sleep, this is one way to get the best grade. If you get moresleep, you will not exercise your skills.

Finally, you will have problems when you are driving. Its a very serious matter, and we are realizeing thisfact. According to the National Transportation Administration, sleepy drivers cause 100,000 accidents each year.There are many work-related accidents too. But thats not all.

In conclusion, sleep is very important for us. In the long term, if you dont get enough sleep, you will haveless resistance to infection and disease. Sleep is a necessary position of life. If you want a healthy life, you shouldget enough sleep.

The Compass of the Politico Social Animal: Values and CohabitationBy Amaia (Spain)

Thinking about our way of life, about our personal behavior, about how we relate with others is important. Ifwe reflect on how we now live in a society, and if we analyze what is the toehold of our ways of behavior in acommunity, inevitably the importance of values will come to light. The essay that you have in your hands tries toillustrate in a simple and affordable manner, the transcendence of the values in the survival of human begins.

The structure of this paper is built on four main pillars. In the first place, well explain the values from theethical approach. To do this, considering the human as "social animal (Politikon Zoon1)", well talk about the need ofhumans to be developed in society, their frames of conduct and the role of values in that scenario. However, all thiswould be incomplete without the explanation of the origin of values. That's why we'll travel to Greece to enjoy theinfluence of the Sophists in this field. The second point is about power and values. In particular, when power uses

the values as a method to regulate or control society. After that, we'll approach the education as a tool for reachingharmony between values. Finally, we'll end the essay with the conclusions of all that we've analyzed.

At first sight, the values from the point of view of ethics are the standard or guidance to organize thesocietal relations. They are the basis for living in a community and relating to others. Also, they regulate ourbehavior to the collective welfare and harmonious coexistence. In fact, if we accept the premise that a human beingis a social and political animal, what we said before is absolutely essential. In other words, considering that thehuman needs to live in society/in a community to survive, the relationships with others will be necessary. So, thevalues are a tool to regulate those relations within a society, and we can identify them as behavioral framework.

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All of this had the origin at the time of the Sophists, in Athens. Once the revolution ended and establishedDemocracy, a crisis of values fell in the streets of Athens. The society was divided by the logic of the systems ofvalues and the systems of classes. To solve the problem, the sophists were clear: the most important thing is notwho has better values, it is who has the best speech. If we translate this in today's words, the premise would be"the most important, is not who has better values. The most important, is who has the best mass media". We couldsay that we are at the first sign of manipulation of values.

If we enter into the specter of manipulation of values, which we show the second pillar of the essay, we canfind the intention of the State, of the religious Institutions, and Political Parties, etc. eager to control the behavioral

patterns of society. Thats why we can say that the power tries using the values that impose norms in society.Therefore, the values, rather than being the rules that guide people to function in society, pass to being moralobligations imposed vertically. If we reflect on that, we can see the step from a rule of behavior to the moralimposition. The contradiction is clear.

Furthermore, at this scenario where most of the time the manipulation is implicit in which the cohabitation ofdifferent cultures in the same society is a frequent occurrence and where the generation gap2 is becoming morepronounced, education plays a fundamental role. The education should be the means to achieve harmony betweenthe values of a society. That is, beyond teaching values, the education should explain the values of community andtry to reach an agreement among them.

In conclusion, the values are very important in our lives. For this, it is indispensable that the societies havea harmonious system of values. Weve seen that the values are the key of cohabitation; they are the compass ofour ways to function in the community and interact with others. All of them practice essential to our maturation and

personal fulfillment. Besides, if the values are part of human nature, the education is more than to work onproclaiming "good values", it should work to show the values latent within a society and to reach the balancebetween all of them. In other words, the education should make possible the understanding of all the values of thesociety. Actually, the value is something that humans learn based on their own needs.

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ARISTTELES (1999): La Poltica, Libro I. Madrid: Alba

AZURMENDI, J. Balioak gaur egun in Hik Hasi(1998), 24, 15-18.

JIMNEZ, J. C. (2008): El valor de los valores en las organizaciones.http://www.elvalordelosvalores.com/definicion/index.html [2011-11-27]

M. MEAD (1980). Cultura y Compromiso. Barcelona: Medisa

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Success in BusinessBy Muhammed (Saudi Arabia)

Who doesn't want to be successful in his job. I think everyone wants this. Also, everyone wants to changehis life to be better. This change needs to be planned or needs to progress step by step. We can't change our lifewith one big step. There are steps or advice to be successful in your job.

First, learn to like your work and be superior in your work. Anyone who wants to be superior in his or herjob must try to be distinct and impressive in their job.

Next, decide accurately what you want to do in your life and set your goals in this life. Then, set what the

cost that you must pay for your goal will be because nothing of value will come without sacrifice. Then struggle andfight in order to achieve your goal. Everyone knows anything without a plan equals "nothing". You must set yourplan to be strong and stable.

Then, invest your time wisely and smart. Make sure you don't lose minutes from your life and put in thingsthat are useful and fruitful. Also, live for something and be prepared to pay the cost because the life without thething you do is "nothing" and try to be better "only".

Finally, everyone needs to succeed but no one will succeed easily because the success needs motivation,desire, and trust to continue because there are many problems that will face you and you must fix them. Make asacrifice to get it and be honest with yourself and success will be for you.

WRITING FIVE

Why students should study abroadBy Abdirizak (Somalia)

I support that students should live abroad at some point in their life. As we know some of us who studyabroad come with their ability to, so we should encourage our students to study abroad because, it will benefit theirown country and they will have more benefits than in their own country.

First, students want to increase or build their education which is really important. Because, education is alight which everybody needs to see something and to know what you are missing. So, students need to gain moreeducation. But some people think students will lose their values, culture and attitudes while living abroad. Otherpeople might be afraid that students won't come back if they study abroad, and that they may change their attitude,the way they speak and that their people don't like it. I think that is not true because students who go abroad betterunderstand their own culture and biases. For instance, when they see other cultures, they will understand that theirculture is very important too and that it is just different.

Second, students increase their confidence when they are living abroad because they might live alone for awhile or live with people who don't care about what they are doing. For instance, when you are living with theirparents or relatives, they tell you what you need to do. But when you are living by yourself, you have to take care ofeverything yourself. So, most students who live abroad have more confidence than students staying in their owncountry. Some other people will disagree with what I think. They think students get homesick, their confidence andfeel uncomfortable. If they deal with people, who don't speak their native language or who have different traditions,such as food, they might not get the food which they are used to eating in their country. So, they meet a lot ofdifficult situations. But I think, that is not going to be happen because they can find a lot of international restaurantsin which they can get delicious food or they might cook their own at home. Also, students who go abroad areusually young people. They are influenced easily by languages and they understand the people that they aredealing with more easily. In addition, students who are living abroad have the ability do something by themselvesbecause, they believe in themselves. For example, they may create something by themselves with their own ideasand start business or build a factory.

Third, the students who go abroad learn how to respect other peoples' cultures because they learnsomething they had not known before. They may have heard about it before but they had not been evalauted. Butthey recover after going abroad. However, some other people say that they don't respect other peoples' culture as

long as they are growing with their own cultures in the beginning. For example, if they are staying their country,then they will know their culture and then they will respect other peoples' culture too. In addition, students who goabroad are usually young people, so they might not understand what culture means. On the other hand, they mightnot respect other peoples cultures because they don't even understand their own culture. For instance, when youwant to build a house, the house needs to start from foundation otherwise you can't build it. However, whenstudents are living in their country, they are ashamed to do things wrong because they are afraid their people mightsee them while they are doing something is not appropriate for their culture. People may tell their parents orrelatives. By time they went abroad they may not worry about anything anymore. So, they try whatever they want. Ithink, when students live abroad they enhance their skills. And they understand a lot of things which they had notunderstood before. In addition, they gain a lot of experiences which will help them deal with and respect peoplewho don't like each other.


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In conclusion, students who go to abroad gain a lot of benefits which will help their future society. So, Isupport that students should live abroad at some point in their life. I recommend you study abroad if you want tohave a chance to benefit from the things I mentioned above.

Why team sports are so importantBy Ahmed (Saudi Arabia)

Sport is the language of this age and it is a means of teaching children how to communicate with otherchildren, but it is not just that. Sport can help children develop and it can teach them how to act in many areas in

their live. There are a lot of benefits of sport such as social benefits, psychological benefits and physical benefits.What makes people confused in the field of the sport is that there are two kinds of sports, team sports andindividual sports. Which one is the best for our children? If I faced this question in a university exam, I woulddefinitely say team sports are the best and here are some points that may support this idea.

Frist of all, individual sports, such as tennis, have an impact on the childs personality. They help the childdevelop the spirit of competition between the children, which is more than perfect. But what if we want a betterresult? In my opinion, we wont find a better choice than team sports. I told you about the impact of a single sportand how it could build your childs abilities. What if we had more than two children, three or four and so on just likewhat do we have in soccer, what would the result will be? The chance of the impact would be much higher becausehe/she will have a lot of friends to spend time with and that what we really want.

Second, individual sports and team sports are mainly taking the children in the same direction, butsometimes they dont. From my perspective, individual sports are teaching children to be egocentric, timid andmake them put the wind up (fear) of take to other people and in the worse cases, they cause them to be lonely.Team sports are preventing all the previous psychological problems by teaching them other good things such as

cooperation, participation, improvisation in front of people and many more. After all, I still think that individual sportsare good and it is not controversy to suffer from the previous psychological issues, but the risk is higher and bydoing team sports children are more likely to avoid them.

Third, the main point of playing in a team is to make people get together, have the chance to build theirfriendship and make them stronger which is after all affect all of them. What makes the parents choose a teamsport is often the fact that children between the age of 1-7 years are completely succumbed to their parents, and inthe amount of 8- and higher, friends will have the highest impact on the children, which make people circulate asayings which is say You Might Know Persons Personality By Knowing His/her Friends. This fact is supporting theidea of playing in a team sport and that the child could have all what he/she needs to build himself/herself betterwith the other children who are ready to share their experiences with him/her.

Meanwhile, team sports do not only include activities with friends. They include families as well. When thewhole family spend part of their time to play together, it really helps the child and develop his/her personality and noone will know how important this activity is other than the child himself which make him/her to try to do the samewith their friends and here is the point.

In conclusion, every parent wants the best for their children, and I think the best way lies in team sports fora few reasons. Team sports are superior to individual sports because of the number of people who participate in theactivities. That means the more impact, the more benefits. Also, team sports make you prevent some psychologicalproblems. By playing a team sport, you can spend a good time with your family, your friends, classmates and yourcoworkers, so it helps you to have fun and build your personality. What are you waiting for? Lets play soccer!

Why I should not be eaten for ThanksgivingBy Abdulrahman (Saudi Arabia)

If you were a turkey and the owner of the farm you lived on had to pick one turkey for the Thanksgiving feast, howwould you convince him that you are not the right turkey to choose?

If I was a turkey, I would have the best idea ever not to let anyone pick me. Ali is the biggest turkey on thefarm, so Ill be forever his best friend. You know why? When the farmer comes to pick one of us, I will hide behind

Ali, so the farmer cant see me. Actually, I am also going to work out, so I will be the skinniest turkey among myturkey friends and the farmer wont even think about me.


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Why holidays are so important to usBy Ali (Saudi Arabia)

Everyone likes holidays. Some people like them for the fun that they might have others like them for therelaxation. Yet, why are holidays so important to us? Should we preserve the holidays? What makes all thesegovernments, schools, and companies interested enough in holidays to give their employees a vacation and disruptall the work they have to do? Holidays are important to us in several ways, personal, cultural, and economical.

Holidays are so important for the people who live in a modern society. People today are busy enough toforget that they even have a family, relatives, or even parents. Holidays usually remind us not to forget about thesepeople. However, who doesnt like to have break from work or school and have some time to relax? Im quite surethat everyone does. A day or few days off are enough to refresh our energy, which helps us to do much better work.Doing better work makes us more confident, and makes our employer more satisfied with our work.

If we zoomed out from the person to the culture, we would find out that holidays are the veins of thecultures which are supported by our values. Each holiday has an event or at least an idea and it functions as a linkbetween valuable things that happened in the past and our culture. Practicing holidays guarantees that thesevalues will never be forgotten, and that we will keep inheriting them through the generations forever. Having somevalues inherited in the culture gives a basic ethics for everyone in it. That gives the culture a special personality thatmakes each culture different from the others.

In addition, a day or a few days off work are not just good for us, they are also very beneficial for ouremployer too. When we (the employees) come back from a holiday vacation or even break our routine by a holidaywithout having a day off, we refresh our energies and give more quality to our work. On the other hand, people like

to spend money during holidays on decoration, clothing, traveling, and so on. That is creating seasonal marketsthat could improve the national economy. Furthermore, seasonal markets always create opportunities for bothconsumers and investors as well.

If we zoomed more out, we would find our beautiful Earth being colored by many different holidays.Politicians and economists are preparing for the next holiday, cultures are learning from the holidays, and a personlying on the beach is enjoying the holiday.

The BeachBy Gee (Thailand)

And the next thing I remember, I wake up at the beach with a fork in my hand. What had happened?

I try to remember what had happened to me and the first thing that appears in my head is the picture ofhow I was standing at a Christmas event in front of big Christmas trees and surrounded by many people. After that I

stared at one strange girl who was carrying a little turtle in her arms. Immediately, there were two big guys callingmy name and trying to capture me. I was scared and I started running. Then, these two guys pointed their revolversat me, but there were too many people. They started chasing me. Unfortunately, the girl was in their way. The twoguys pushed her and the little turtle out of the way. I ran and ran, heading south until I found someones yacht. Inthis dangerous situation, I decided to jump into the yacht and tried to find the key. Then I found it. I started theengine and eventually left the harbor with the panic and fear that the guys could be coming closer. I escaped fromthem, but my fear was still in my heart because I saw one of them calling someone. I tried to erase that moment.After a while, I heard someones footsteps coming closer and closer to me. When I turned around, there was oneman who wore gloves, carried a suitcase in his left hand and aimed a gun at me with his right hand. *PANG*DANG*I was shot. I felt a pain in my chest. Then, I opened my eyes. I realized that it had been just a dream. I lookedaround and remembered that I was sitting on the beach in front of the hotel. I had been eating cake and must havefallen asleep because of the breeze and because I felt satisfied and full.

Why fewer people are buying newspapers

By Mohammed Fallata (Saudi Arabia)

On September 25, 1690 the first newspaper was issued and it only had three sheets. Over time, thenewspapers became more popular all over the world. Reading newspapers was the most common way to followevents and news. After hundreds of years, the number of readers of the newspapers has started to decrease todaybecause of some other methods people use to follow the events and news. There is more than one reason for thedecrease in the numbers of people buying newspapers, like access to other media, the chance to save money, theavailability of the information, and the limitation of the newspaper. These are some of the causes why fewer peoplebuy newspapers today. That also affects people who work in newspaper companies. So therefore, in this paperI'm going to write about the causes and effects of this issue.

As we know the media today have been developed to get information faster. They are one cause thatpeople are keeping away from buying newspapers. These media, like the Internet and TV channels, have been


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developed to make it easier to find out about news and events that happen daily. This way, it is faster than readingthe newspapers every morning. You just have to turn on your computer or the TV and you can follow to the latestnews. That makes fewer people buy the newspapers these days. Now, newspapers are mostly read by old peoplewho are used to reading newspapers every morning or people who don't have money to use the new media. Inaddition, now, it is too easy to get TV or Internet which makes the newspapers more neglected and not as useful atthis time. Also, the Internet which is part of the media, offers online newspapers and it is being used all over theworld. Recently, smartphones are being used everywhere which could be part of the reasons that people arekeeping away of reading fewer newspapers. That means media have developed very fast and are replacing the oldmedia such as newspapers.

However, some other people have stopped reading newspapers because of their lack of currency. As weknow newspapers are printed in the early morning every day and people get it before they go to work. That meansit is not covering the events that happen after the newspapers are printed, which means if something happens atsix o'clock in the morning, the newspapers will not cover it because they have already been printed. In addition,there are a lot of channels on TV or the radio that cover news all day long. Also, the Internet is available 24 hours.That means you can follow the events time by time. For example; if there is a big events happening, you are able tofind out about it in the Internet, a TV stations or radio after one hour or less than that. So, that is one reason thatcause that issue.

Another reason why fewer people buy newspapers is that there are some people who like to save money.So, they try to find other ways that are cheaper than buying newspapers, even though they are not that expensive.A lot of these people follow the events on TV or the Internet which is available for free in a lot of places. And theresome people who cannot pay for the newspapers that are come to their house every day. That is one cause thatnumber of newspapers buyers has decreased.

Moreover, the last reason that many people have stopped buying papers is the limitation of the newspaper.

By that I mean that sometimes really big events happen in a country that the newspaper does not mention or doesnot pay that much attention to. For example, in the U.S people who like sports usually do not find the news thatthey are looking for because the newspapers does not mention every team. Another example is not being able toget news on politics in another country. So, these are only some examples of the limitations of the newspapers.

On the other hand, the decline of newspapers affects the people who work for these companies. EricaSmith, who has a job as a graphic designer in a newspaper company, tallied that 15.554 newspaper job have beencut in the U.S since 2008. Less than 36% of these people found job in less than three months and 10% found a jobin the U.S more than a year. Just 6% found job in other newspaper companies. That means newspaper buyersaffect a lot of people who work there.

As you see, ten years ago the newspaper was popular all over the world. Now, fewer people buy thembecause of other media, costs, availability, and the limitation of the newspapers that have increased. This issueaffects thousands of people who work there.

Higher taxes is not the correct way to encourage healthy eating

By Lei (China)

More than two-thirds of Americans are overweight or obese (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention).To encourage healthy eating, some people think that higher taxes should be imposed on soft drinks and junk food.However, I dont think that this is the correct way to keep people eating healthy. Higher taxes are not useful toencourage healthy eating.

First of all, as the soft drinks and junk food appeared in the world and are now popular all around the world,no one can say there is no reason why most people of the world like soft drinks and junk food. One reason forpeople liking soft drinks and junk food is because they are cheap. A lot of poor people need to buy them to live.Although some people point out that cheap means they are unhealthy, in my mind, I think no food is unhealthy, too.Being hungry is much worse than unhealthy eating and without a doubt soft drinks and junk food are much cheaperthan the other food which maybe is healthier. Having a dinner with soft drinks and junk food for example just costsmore or less 6 dollars per person, but if you want to eat healthy, you need to pay more money for it because meat,vegetables, and fruit are much more expensive than just buying a hot dog with all the toppings on it. Also, you need

to pay more for the cost of water, gas, electricity and everything you will waste when you make a healthy dinner. Ifyou choose to have a healthy dinner in a restaurant, even if you dont pay the tip to the waiter, that will still cost youmore than if you make it by yourself at home. So, higher taxes are not the correct way to encourage healthy eating.If the taxes still get higher and higher, maybe it will trouble some peoples lives.

Furthermore, why do people always think that soft drinks or junk food are the only reasons for obesity andthe only way of unhealthy eating? Maybe some people think that soft drinks and junk food are the most commoncause of people being overweight and obese and a lot of people complain that soft drinks and junk food make themoverweight. However, everyone knows that the cause of overweight are too many calories, but the amount ofcalories of a soft drink and junk food is as much as the other food which seems more healthy. For example, a bagelmight seem healthier than a doughnut, but dense bagels have the calorie content of six slices of bread. Peoplecomplain about soft drinks and junk food, but they never tell you how long time they havent had any sports. Peoplebecome overweight or obese not only because of the food that they eat. The truth is that they often dont have


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enough sports to burn the calorie which from the food. After dinner, they just sit on the sofa and watch TV withoutmoving at all. So the calories will stay in their body, no matter what they eat, healthy food or junk food.

Finally, forcing people to do something is not encouraging. Higher taxes on soft drinks and junk food arenot the correct way to help people eating healthier. The only result of higher taxes is that the government will earn alot of money. Some people point out that the cause of higher taxes is helping to keep people far away from softdrinks and junk food. But, what is the help that the people really need? Do you know what I want in this moment?You are not me, you wont be and you cant read my mind. As I said, poor people need soft drinks and junk foodbecause this kind of food is cheap. Meanwhile, other people choose soft drinks and junk food because it is fast andeasy. Today, the world is faster than before and many people need more time to work, to earn money to pay for

their car, their house, their everything. They dont want to waste so much time on choosing food. So, soft drinks andjunk food might be their best options, just because they are fast enough for these kinds of people. As I said, forcingpeople is not encouraging. In my opinion, encouraging people does not mean imposing higher taxes on soft drinksand junk food. If you really want to keep people far away from them, why dont you close the soft drink factories and

junk food restaurants? That result might be the one you want. Would you say that is forcing? If this is, higher taxesmust be the same, too. They are both to make trouble and force people to accept, but they are both wrong.Although the government wants to choose the win-win way to settle something, the result is actually just good forthe government. If the government really cared about the two-thirds of Americans, the best way would be to closethe soft drink factories and junk food restaurants. But if in this way, the government will lose so many taxes from thecatering industry. So the government will never choose this way. They will only increase the taxes and let people topay the difference. That is not encouragement. The only result of higher taxes on soft drink and junk food is stealingmoney from peoples wallet and putting it into the governments wallet.

If the government wants to encourage healthy eating, higher taxes on soft drinks and junk food are not acorrect way. Lower prices for healthy food, more free sports centers and plan project start from peoples interest are

much better than higher taxes. As I said, forcing is not encouragement.

The benefits of group sportsBy Mandana (Iran)

Sport is one of the important activities in the world and it makes us happy, active, fresh, in shape andyoung. And if it is done in a group or as a team sport, like a school team or sport club, it would be even moreeffective.

Team sport means getting together, learning social skills and successful participation. Children will learnhow they can respect and work as a team. However, some people might say that children dont need to work andplay as a group because personal and individual goals are more important. However, they also have to learn how todeal with each other. Life is full of relationships and connections. They have to learn how to prepare themselves forthe real life, working and dealing with colleagues, the relationship with their husband or wife and how they can

accept responsibilities.Another important benefit of team sports is that children learn to follow directions and rules. Being on time

is an important thing which is taught to the children by a coach. However, some parents might say that it is notnecessary the rules of a coach or somebody else, we have to let them do what they want to do and create theirown opinions and rules. However, I think that children need guidance by somebody else who is an expert andprofessional. For everything we need a guide, a map and resources.

A third reason why group sports are important is that we see parents who spend their time on the bench asaudience and encourage the children. This time and support means We love you! We are a family. Furthermore,other parents, team members and the other people in the stadium are important and effective too. However, somepeople believe that children who are playing by themselves are strong enough. They have to focus on their job.They dont need the support of a team. Nevertheless, I think we should go there and support them. Sometimes theyfeel upset, disappointed and they need our cheers, other parents and their teammates.

Most significantly, there are also other psychological and physical benefits, which can be helpful now and inthe future. Group sports help them develop patience and persistence. Another advantage are the physical benefits

like a healthy body. Children who participate in group sports have a reduced risk of getting many adult diseasesincluding heart disease, diabetes and obesity. For sure, some of these benefits are also true for individual sportstoo, but group sports mean more. Children have more support and they can push each other. If one member of thegroup has a problem, they have a chance to talk together, use their ideas or spend some time together.

Living is a game. In the real world as an individual or as a family, we need support. We have to push eachother and learn from each other. Nobody can live alone without love, support and cooperation. In real life we learnfrom each other and learn how to win.


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Why Fewer and Fewer People are Buying NewspapersBy Zuzana (Slovakia)

It is a beautiful Sunday morning. A woman is sitting in the kitchen, drinking fresh coffee, and reading TheSunday Times. She is enjoying this moment because she likes the aroma of coffee and the smell of freshly printednewspapers. She found an article which brings good news. The new country of Czechoslovakia will soon beestablished. Establishing of this common country means that World War I will be over soon. The woman likes theSunday Times because it brings actual news. However, some news is more than three days old. How could thisbe? It could be because the above story is a flashback from the beginning of 20th century.

One hundred years ago, buying newspapers was very popular. People did not have many possibilities toobtain information. They were informed just from newspapers. It shows us the fact that the influence of the printmedia was enormous. One hundred years ago, the Internet did not exist and people did not have faster informationchannels. However, technologies have improved and the power of providing information has assumed radiobroadcasting in 1920. People were thrilled by this great invention and they were excited by how quickly they couldbe informed. Except other advantages of radio broadcasting, this fascinating invention influenced the masses. Thatwas one of main reasons why scientists were motivated to invent television broadcasting. The influence of thissource of information was getting stronger. It gave rise to the creation of to create the consumer society. In this way,a paradise of variability of advertising was created. Advertising has become one of the most powerful sources ofproviding information. In 1976, Queen Elisabeth II sent her first e-mail. The word the Internet was used for the firsttime eight years later. This invention has become a phenomenon. Today, we have many sources which providerelevant information. As an effect, we do not need to buy newspapers anymore. We can find everything very quicklyand easy on the Internet. Almost all information is very cheap or free. When we can read everything at home, we donot need to spend money anymore on buying a newspaper.

The Internet has become the main cause of decreasing sales of newspapers. This invention has changedthe world. We are spending a lot of time using the Internet because searching information has become veryconvenient. Thanks to the Internet, we are constantly in connection with our family, our friends or other people.Especially young people love to use the Internet. They look for information; share personal information on socialnetworks, or download songs and movies. These activities are very popular because they are seemingly replacingreality and face to face contact. From every visited webpage, we are getting information knowingly orsubconsciously. The Internet provides unlimited space for sharing information. We can find everything we need andmore. At present time we can stay connected everywhere by using mobile phones, notebooks, and other technicalgadgets. On the contrary, a newspaper has a limited number of pages, which means a limited amount ofinformation. Therefore, we do not need to buy a newspaper when we use the Internet. Publishers of newspapershave adapted to this situation. They know that the Internet and newspapers are not comparable. As an effect,editors are creating webpages for publishing important information. When the revenue from newspaper sales isdecreasing, they sell space on the webpage to advertisers. If more information is placed on the webpage than inthe newspaper, their webpage will be visited more often.

Finally, another cause of the dwindling sales of newspapers is that their production and distribution is moreexpensive at present. The final price of producing newspapers is influenced by many factors, for example the priceof fuel, expenses of points of sale, manpower, the price of electricity, and so on. These factors influence the unitprize of newspapers. It is no wonder that publishers are looking for some ways of curbing expenses of publishingnewspapers. They are enacting restrictions which employees must pay. They are reducing salaries and benefits.That often causes frustration of staff. The journalists are not motivated to do their job the best way anymore. As aneffect, journalists do not spend enough time reviewing information and their articles become untrustworthy. Being a

journalist in a newspaper is not very attractive job today as before. This position requires the high work commitmentwhich is not rewarded enough. The deterioration of being journalist is a consequence of the lack of finance infinancial resources.

In conclusion, according to Danielle Gream, online sources are more popular than press. Results of asurvey done by the Pew Research Center show that 34 % of respondents read daily news on-line, while 31% ofrespondents prefer buying newspapers. Although, this difference is not so striking, it supports the opinion that fewerpeople are reading newspapers every year. We do not want be skeptics. However, the demand is decreasing

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If you could give three presents to three people, what would you give them and why?By Jawad (Saudi Arabia)

Each period of the year, such as Thanksgiving, Christmas and many other great moments, has somethingspecial about it. Actually, it also depends on the persons religion. Gifts are important to keep the love between eachother. They are not the main way to show love, but it makes it possible to consider it something like that.

In my life, I owe many people a lot of things. For example, my father did everything, regardless if possibleor not, but he did it to make me happy in my life and feel like other children at that time. So, I have to return some ofthat because I cant and will not be able to do everything he did. His effort is so big because in the past, the issues

that happened are not the same as now and the possibilities are different too. For example, I wanted some thingsthat I saw with my friend in school and I asked my father to buy that for me, but the things were not available inSaudi Arabia. So he had to travel and got it for me. In my opinion, that is possible because life changed and thatswhy my father deserves a gift.

Also, I would like to the second gift to the person who was sick because of me and stayed awake the wholenight for me. I think you already know who I am talking about. Its the mother who gave birth to me, was often tiredbecause of me and never liked to present me to other people in the same clothes as them. She is always trying todo something different to be great. I think she deserves more than one gift and no one could do what she did, so Iwould like to give her the second gift.

The third gift is special for me, so I have tried to choose the right person to avoid peoples complaints. If Icould give a lot of gifts, I would like to give the third gift to my grandfather. He did a lot of things for me, maybe morethan my father, but it would not fit on this paper to talk about him. In fact, before he died, he told me If you ever geta sister in the future, please take care of her like I took care of you. Because I didnt have a sister until threemonths before I came to the United States, I would like to give the present to my little sister to make her happy and

keep my promise to my grandfather.In conclusion, we have a lot of people who we like, but we should always make our mother, father, siblingsand family priority. We should show people our love and prove to them in any way that we want to make themhappy.

Why people worldwide migrate from the countryside to the cityBy Mohammed Almutairi (Saudi Arabia)

More than half of all people now live in urban areas, a number which has increased up to 80 percent inabout 40 years, as reported by the United Nations. Most people move for many reasons and the majority of themwhen they move they have a shock once they get the real view of the city, when they realize that they moved into acity and that its not the same as they expected. The major causes that make people move to the cities are betterservices and job opportunities and there are also effects of leaving the countryside and moving to the city.

One of the most common factors that lets people move from the countryside to the city are the better

services and the lifestyle of the city. Water, food, electricity, the Internet and more and more of the importantstandards of living are usually better in the city. According to an article published by the BBC, young people inSouth Africa move to the cities because of the lack of amenities, poor water supply, sanitation and electricitycontribute to a harsh life in the villages. They also complain about the difficulties of transportation. That is in SouthAfrica, but when we talk about the European countries or the United States, when young people move from thesmall towns to the cities, they usually move because of the modern lifestyle. For example when a 23-year guy or agirl moves from a small town to the city he/she will have much more fun with the citys lifestyle, such as malls andmovie theaters.

Second, its amazing to see the difference between cities and small towns in terms of job opportunities. Thecity has more opportunities than the countryside because of the big companies, factories and governmentheadquarters which are generally located in large cities and so people move to these cities to have better wagesinstead of working on a farm for long hours with hard work and small wages, or working in a small business thatcould fail. For example when we compare Knoxville and Nashville, Nashville is the capital of Tennessee, so bigcompanies and major businesses are located in the downtown of Nashville, but Knoxville is a small college town

good for studying but not really helpful and easy to start a business or to search for jobs like Nashville and anyother big city.

Finally, there are many different effects of leaving the countryside and it depends on what the person foundin the city, for example are the effects on kids when they move. They might face problems to adjust with the newlifestyle of the city when they move to different and modern schools. They may face a hard time to find things incommon between them and the citys kids and that could lead them to stay alone and dont have friends. Also, oneimportant effect of moving to the city is peoples personalities will change over time; they will start to forget aboutthe original culture. Furthermore, people have the chance to live an easier life with better jobs better services likehospitals schools and others of services which they couldnt have in their rural towns.

In conclusion, it is hard to determine if the city is better than the countryside and that depend on thepersons personality and interests. Some people prefer to live in a small peaceful town instead of living in the bigcrowded city and they love that simple life. But some are the opposite. However, if someone is interested in having


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access to great hospitals, good schools for his children and a good job with a great salary, he definitely will not findit outside the city. In my opinion Id die if I lived more than one week outside a major city and I wouldnt care if I hada good job in a small town.

Why online shopping is so popularBy Nadi (Jordan)

Nowadays online shopping is very popular and more and more people shop online. Many of them preferonline shopping more than going to the mall or regular stores. And the online shopping sector is growing because

of its advantages of flexible shopping times, convenient choices for the costumers, and saving money.First of all, when you want to go shopping in a store you have to get ready, ride in your car, get in traffic,and wait at the checkout lines to pay for your things. In this case it will take many hours away from your time, butonline shopping only takes a few minutes to get the same products. Imagine the difference between them. Forexample, if someone wants to buy a laptop in a physical store, he has to go from store to store to look for what heneeds. In the case of online shopping, he just has to sit in front of his computer and browse the Internet to get whathe wants.

Second, online shopping is helping us to keep ourselves more comfortable. That means by online shoppingyou can shop in every mall or ever store you like and it doesnt matter if it is in the same country or overseas. Forexample, you can buy a laptop or a camera from Japan. And at the same time you could buy stuff from the otherside of the world. Also, you dont have to wait in lines and you could shop at any time you like, 24/7, so you canchoose the best time for you. In addition, there are many products that you cant buy in regular stores; the only waythat you could get them is the online such as e-books

Third, online shopping is usually cheaper. Yes, through online shopping you will get a lot of products

cheaper than if you go to the store, because you may buy your products from the owner or from the warehousedirectly. So, in this case you wont give the middleman a chance to make profit from you that makes the price higheron you. In addition, you can get many deals online for example you can get free shipping deals that will reduce thecosts. Donna Montaldo reports that many sites wave sales tax charges or shipping costs in order to entice theconsumer to make an online purchase. But in case of regular store shopping it could be hard to get the same dealslike the online shopping because stores have more costs to pay, like rent, electricity bills, water bills, employeeetc. and that affects the prices.

Finally, our generation is more familiar with the technology revolution that is happening these days and theyare more familiar with the Internet and its applications. In my opinion it will help these kinds of businesswa becauseits more convenient for both, customer and the producer or the supplier.

In conclusion, online shopping helps us to save time, keep us comfortable, and save our money. And I thinkthat online shopping is the best way to be more comfortable.

To encourage healthy eating no higher taxes should be imposed on soft drinks and junk food

By Heidi (Germany)

My opinion is that no higher taxes on soft drinks and funk food should be introduced. Food should beaffordable for everybody. In our world there are many poor people who cannot afford healthy food and that must betaken into consideration. I have three arguments that speak against higher taxes.

First, everybody should be able to make a decision about what they want to eat. Nobody should tell anotherperson that they must eat healthy food now. Also, a government cannot say You must eat healthy food becauseafter a while you will be sick. If you dont, we will increase the taxes. Some people do not like vegetables and theywont eat what they dont like.

On the other hand, time plays a big role in our life. Everything must be fast. Many people have long workhours. In their free time, if they have children, they must take their kids to different free time activities becausechildren in America are very busy. There is no time to cook healthy food, and it is comfortable to buy junk food andsoft drinks. And you cannot say that the taste of these meals is bad. They actually taste very good. Enoughvegetables are offered and you can buy ready cooked meals that are very healthy. You only have to put them in the

microwave and heat them up. Vegetables and healthy products are very expensive in the production. The farmercannot produce healthy food cheaper, because their farm would be bankrupt. Thats why fast food should always beaffordable for people who would like to eat it because many dont have more time.

Furthermore, I think that healthy food and junk food should have the same price. The government showedthat through higher taxes on cigarettes and other tobacco products they could change how many people smokeand this system worked very well for the government. But you cannot make a comparison between smoking andeating. Smoking is an addiction and it is not necessary. But everybody must eat and it is very important for people.We should think about people who have no or less money. Thats why healthy food and junk food should have thesame price and be cheap.

If the government will not help the people to stay healthier, then they should support the farmers so thatthey can produce the vegetables cheaper and if the people are ready to eat healthy food, we dont need taxes on

junk food and soft drinks.


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HolidaysBy Abdullah (Saudi Arabia)

Holiday is one word that has big meaning for all humans on earth. People are born and die and theholidays are still somewhere on our calendars. Everyone is waiting for special days like Eid-alftr and Eid-aladha forMuslims, and Christians are waiting for days like Thanksgiving, Halloween, and the 4th of July. And people are veryexcited when these days are coming and they start to change their decoration and celebrate.

There are around seven billion humans on our planet, and there is more than one religion: I think every

religion has other holidays to celebrate. For examples, Muslims have two holidays, Ramadan and Zo-Alhjja are thespecial months. In Ramadan, which is the 9th month in our calendar, we fast daily from the sunrise until the sunset(eating at night and fasting during the day). After thirty days another month starts and on the first day of the 10thmonth we celebrate by holiday Eid alftr. Every family bring candy to their houses, and they visit each other, and givepoor people money. The older people give the younger some money and this is my favorite holiday. In the 12thmonth, the Muslims come from everywhere to Mecca to do Hajj. At this time, Mecca is the most crowded place onearth and on the 10th day of this month Eid-aladha comes. On this holiday the people who can buy goats oranimals from the same herds to slaughter them and give some meat to poor people, some to their relatives andkeep some for themselves. If we didn't give Zakat we wouldnt complete our religion. And these are the holidays forMuslims.

After high school I decided to study in the U.S but I didn't know anything about American culture except, notto ask women about their ages and I knew the names of some of the holidays. By now, I have celebrated a lot ofstrange holidays, the first one was Valentine. I have been in U.S long enough to know American culture and whatpeople here eat and drink. Actually I didn't l ike any of the holidays I celebrated, and there are two I haven't

celebrate: Christmas and a New Year and I won't celebrate them this time because I will be in my sweet home.For all holidays there are reasons to celebrate, first religious, second historic and third they just to bringpeople together. Religious holidays are things that have something to do with our prophets, they did by a messagefrom God or wrote in holy books. Like the two holidays for Muslims, and Christmas for Christians and other holidaysfor different religions.

Historic holidays are about people or things that happened in the past and changed something like MartinLuther Kings birthday and Thanksgiving.

There are also a few holidays that were created to bring people together, like Mothers Day, ValentinesDay, and Father s Day. Every holiday has its own activities. On Valentines Day, people wear red clothes andeveryone goes out with his loved ones. On Halloween, people wear strange clothes, on the 4th of July people havevery nice firework and on Thanksgiving people eat turkey. All these things I knew, I hope to learn more in my life.

These days have very great effects on people and I'm going to write them down. Some people don't haveenough time to see their families and the big holidays are the only time in the year they can visit their families. Andholidays always keep people happy by doing special activities and fun.

Over time, holidays won't be disappear or change. They will keep people happy, old people and kids. And Ihope for you and I that we will be able to celebrate our holidays with our families.

Why I should not be eaten for ThanksgivingBy Abdullatif (Saudi Arabia)

If you were a turkey and the owner of the farm you lived on had to pick one turkey for the Thanksgiving feast, howwould you convince him that you are not the right turkey to choose?

Dear farmer,Please dont butcher me. Im old and I have a hen and two chicks. If you butcher me, no one can take care

of my family. Also, I am meager and you are not going to find a lot of meat. I think you should find another turkey,someone who is bigger. You would be happy if you ate one of the bigger turkeys. In addition, I have the ability to bethe leader of your farm. I will make your farm more beautiful. I promise if I dont make your farm pretty, you can

butcher me next Thanksgiving. And remember, if you butcher one of my relatives, you are going to cause arevolution on your farm. The hens will stop laying eggs and so you will lose your beautiful farm after a while.


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Study abroadBy Abdulrahman

Do you know how many students are studying outside of their countries? And do you know how manycountries in the world send their students to live abroad? China, India and Saudi Arabia have a lot of students whostudy outside of their countries. There are around 250,000 students who study outside of China, and India has200,000 students who study abroad. Saudi Arabia has 147,000 students who study in many countries like the U.S,the U.K, Australia, Japan, Germany and France. Especially when students choose to study in the U.S, studyingabroad has a lot of benefits that the other countries will receive later. Dr. Mahater Mohammed, who was third leader

of Malaysia, spent 75% of the budget on education and sent the Malaysian students abroad to gain a lot ofknowledge and experiences to develop their own country. The main reason for studying abroad is the countries thatsent their students don't have more knowledge to teach to their students.

First of all, education is very important thing that we get in our life because with education people are goingto be strong and develop their country. Canada and the United States of America are famous in the medical area,so everyone should try to study these sciences in those countries. Language is extremely important as educationbecause language and education are very important in those countries. For example, Im a speaker of Arabic, but Icant complete my studies in the U.S. without learning the English language. On the other hand, everything in theworld has advantages and disadvantages. If one guy was studying outside of his country for many years, he will beinfluenced by the country which he studied in. Lets say, he might move some tradition of different culture to hiscountry and maybe his country will not accept that.

Second is the culture. Every country in world has culture, some of them good and different. But when wewant to learn, we have to get the best things that the country characterizes. In America, a lot of things are verygood and a lot of things are very different than in our own culture. Here, we must learn some things that will help us

to serve our country. For example, how can I get a lot of knowledge and best experience to take with me to mycountry.Actually, studying abroad has a lot of benefits that will be helpful to the students and that will serve their

country. Studying outside ones country teaches us more and new knowledge that we may miss in our country. Wemust respect the country which we study in and follow their regulations and laws to protect ourselves and to give agood impression of ourselves and our country.

WRITING SIX

Nonverbal Communication in Our LifeBy Adnan (Saudi Arabia)

Introduction Actions are stronger than words We have heard this phrase many times, but what does it really mean? In

our life we use words, gestures, and facial expressions to communicate with each other. Moreover, science hasproven that there are two kinds of communication people use everyday- communication and nonverbalcommunication. The verbal communication is the one in which we use words to deliver information to others.However, the other is nonverbal communication, which is according to Joey Papa is communication without word,including apparent behaviors such as facial expression, eyes, touching, and tone of voice; as well as less obviousmessages such as dress, posture and spatial distance between two or more people. So, the phrase that Imentioned earlier means that body language is more understandable than words themselves. For example, a smilecan be more effective than thank you or even you are welcome. However, body language has been used sincehuman kind started, and it been used by everyone: women, men, and children also. There are many bodymovements that have different meanings depending on the situation that the person is in. For example, in one-to-one conversation, if one of the talkers feet are facing another way that means that he/she is looking to get out of theconversation as fast as possible (Croucher). Furthermore, nonverbal communication is being used everywhere:

work, home, school, etc. Also, body language is determined by the environment that it is being used in like acountry, or region. So, some body movements in a country have different meaning in another country. However, inthis paper we will see body language from different perspectives like nonverbal communication in business, bodylanguage across the cultures, nonverbal communication between male and female, and body language in children.In each aspect we will see nonverbal communication differently far from its general meaning and how it affectsexpression. Moreover, according to Hargrave, body language is a key to the inner psychological and emotionalstate of an individual. Not surprisingly, research indicates that the human body can produce more than 7 millionunique movements. That shows that we can communicate very well even without using words. However, noteveryone can read every body movement very well with full understanding. To be expert in nonverbalcommunication it takes a lot of time, observation, and understanding the emotional state of the other person.Reading other peoples body language and knowing what they are thinking about is not the ultimate goal to reach;knowing your own body language and how to manage it is more important. Therefore, awareness of your own body


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movements help you to look more comfortable, successful, and easy to talk with. Moreover, dont fake your bodylanguage to fool the people you are facing because your mind will act automatically and you wont be able showthem that youre comfortable, and you will make them more confused. Finally, body language is an interesting worldthat we live in everyday.

Nonverbal Communication in BusinessBody language is important in the business field, because it helps attract costumers or sell products. In

business, words arent enough to be successful; you must put some effort into it. And managing your own bodylanguage helps you to avoid mistakes that can be obstacles in your way on the success ladder. Moreover, many

books have been written about how nonverbal communication is useful in business, such as (The Everything BodyLanguage Book) by Shelly Hagan. In this part of the paper we will see some of the things that we should do, not do,and some information that we should know when we deal with other people. There are many things that arenecessary to know about, such as personal space, job interview, and office romance. These things are happeningeveryday, so that is why we should learn more about it.

At first, what is personal space? Its the space between you and the other person that he/she feelscomfortable with. So why is that important? Its important because if you interfere in their owns spaces, they will beuncomfortable and wont be interested in the conversation anymore. And if they were from the opposite sex youmay even be hold accountable to accusation of harassment. So how do I know that Im too close? According toCroucher, there are for types of distances:

1- Up to 18 inches is too close unless you know the person very well, like lovers or very close friends.2- Between 18 inches to 4 feet is normal distance for friendly chat or work colleagues.3- Between 4 to 8 feet is called social distance and its for people who just met.4- More than 8 feet, which is called public space and is usually for groups of people rather than

individuals.Sometimes when you are interested in someone you entered their own personal space, and also the other wayaround (Croucher). How do I know if someone is interested in me? There are some signs that you can deducefrom. For example, if they face their body toward you they may be interested in you. Also, you can know if theyprolonged eye contact, but not enough to make you uncomfortable (Croucher, 2). According to Croucher, they alsotouch you on the body such as your hand or shoulder several times, for a few seconds. In closing, personal spaceis important for each person so that he/she can feel comfortable when dealing with others.

Second, in job interviews, body language has the greatest impact on whether you get the job or not.Despite the fact you are a good worker or have a lot of experiences, to pass the interview successfully you shouldbe confident not only when you speak, but also with your body language. Furthermore, sitting up right shows theemployer that you are taller and the (Croucher, 2009) research proved that tall and handsome people have anadvantage in the workplaces (Croucher, 3). Another thing you should be aware of is your legs, they usually are fineby crossing them. But be sure not spread your legs like youre relaxed. Also, try to face the employer with yourhead up and looking straight at him. When you are in the middle of the conversation and the interviewer leans

toward you, try to do the same without being noticed. On the other hand, handshaking is a good start to open theconversation, but be sure not to be too strong or too sloppy. During the interview, try to act normal and put yourhand in your lap if you dont know what to do with it (Croucher, 3). As a result, after the interview is over, try toleave a nice last impression by smiling when youre walking through the door.

Finally, its normal that two people working in the same workplace have a relationship. Attractive people arenot the only people that get in a

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