2013-01-05
It has been believed that people who read for pleasure have developed
better imagination and good language skills than people who prefer to watch TV. To
what extent do you agree or disagree?
There exists such a controversy -which is better to enhance imagination and language skills between reading and watching TV, most people asrt reading literatures ems
to be a universal method to promote one's imagination creativity and language c ompetence. In the meantime, others insist that watching TV programs is
a more effective way. Personally speaking, I am in favour of the former viewpoint. Reading has been acknowledged for long as a unique solution with regard to enhancing one's imagination capability and language skills. First
and foremost, individuals could imagine much further beyond words on a book.
Fairy tales, for instance, can provide such an environment for creative thinking and
help people, especially the youngsters, to build up the characters in stories merely by their imagination. This situation, on the contrary, can barely be achieved by watching video images. Most of the predigested programs aba us as passive audiences ending up receiving information from the editors? im agination. Moreover, massive reading enables ones to immer themlves into the ocean of glourious inspiration and expression of the authors. The lected words, logical coherence and structures are the best materials for tho who are lack of writing skills. On the other hand, informal language is ubiquitously utilized in TV programs where coar and disordered contents a re normally included. In spite of this, TV broadcasting is still crucial to advance one's language ability. By watching videos and listening to the audio, people are more likely to have a better understanding of the concepts they are unfamiliar with. It can never be neglected that numerous learners consider TV programs as a more comfortable and uful way to boost their interest
in language learning. Turning to the stimulation of creative imagination
and expression practice, however, TV shows is still of less significance than its paper-bad counterpart.
All things considered, not only does reading play a dominant role in developing one's imaginative ability, it also brings about the opportunity for the readers to embrace advanced literature proficiency in ways that one cannot acquire from watching TV. Hence, reading should be encouraged rather than the latter.
2013-01-19
Childcare is an important task for nations. It is suggested that all mothers and
fathers should be required to take the childcare training cours. To what extent
do you agree or disagree with the statement?
Childcare skills, which ud to pass from generation to generation, nowadays have been developed into some formal cours in many countries and young parents are encouraged to register in the programs. I personally support such action.
The development in one?s early stage of life is so vital that free access to professional childcare programs, which are not only about nutrition, for all parents should be available. The rationale behind my suggestion i ncludes that young parents
equipped with sufficient childcare knowledge about childcare can better protect their infants or toddlers from various risks, detect possible warning signs of development delay, better understand a child?s emotional needs and help establish healthy eating habits. Overall, the parents tend to help children grow to their fullest potential physically, emotionally and intellectually and the advantages would affect the future
life of their children for long term.
It is certainly true that our grandparents never attended any parenting class and they raid our parents with no major regret. It ems that we could keep this tradition, learning from our parents. However, this is impractical in modern society. The decreasing birth rate and smaller scale of families means that the young generation have no chance to help mum take care of their little siblings or witness the process and learn some from their mum. And they are largely no longer living under the same roof with
their parents when they grow up and hence have little chance to learn from their parents how to rai a baby properly.
It is also understandable that working parents are sometimes not in a position to
get involved in formal parenting cours, especially fathers who usually are the bread earners and dedicate most of their time to their work and leave little time to their families. Nevertheless, such obstacles can be removed by flexible ways of delivering childcare cours, such as the Internet, TV or radio. Or the cours can last for a few years since young couples consider starting a family. In addition, rearch findings suggest that the increasing involvement of fathers in interactive activities
with children helps with healthy development of a baby. Of cour, since childcare training is related to the overall citizen quality of a nation, the government should cover
all the cost and the parents do not have to worry about the fees.
My personal point of view is that childcare training cours should be compulsory. They promote healthy development of a person in early stage of life, and this makes eligible parents, a happy family and a strong nation.
2013-01-12
In some countries, children are expected to study long hours both in and after
school and have little free time. Does it have positive or negative effects on children
and the society they lived in?
Education, especially children's, is undoubtedly of the utmost importance to a nation's sustained economic development. In some countries, currently, a broad swath of students spend a huge amount of time working hard at school as well as after school, leading to the fact that they enjoy less leisure time.
On the one hand, through continuous study children can have a thorough grasp of an
in-depth knowledge which will be an ast for a lifetime. The education they receive,
not only in school but at home, is not just a key to open the doors of various professions, but a social resource, enabling them to mix with many people in the
future. In a time when it is so easy to learn whatever one would like to, the long time children spend will finally justify itlf. On the other, the detrimental effects of
working long hours on healthy growth, however, are apparent to be en. The lasting dentary lifestyle providing them with scarce opportunities to do physical exercis
put their health at risk. Meanwhile, long time immersion in the academic cours
deprives of their extra-curricular activities, which would possibly fail to enable the
kids to achieve physical and mental fitness. The activities pave the
way for teenag ers? long-term ability to socialize and build long-lasting friendship with others, and some are even likely to contribute to discipline learning. For the society, long studying time has successfully creates an atmosphere for
learning, which in turn has far-reaching conquences for policy makers who decide what the government's education policies will be. Simultaneously, the phenomenon conquently caus increasingly fierce academic competition among peers; hence, it
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will generate various working opportunities, say, tutors or teachers of training class, society, which will slightly relea the employment burden. Students who are engaged in long-hour study, nevertheless, are likely to lo interest, leading to the fact that children's learning is inhibited. Therefore, the education system will be affected, to some extent.
In conclusion, there are both upsides and downsides in terms of the issue that a considerable amou
nt of time is spent by students on study. Only when children are encouraged to participate actively in more extra-curricular activities can they enjoy
the benefits of working for a long time.
2013-02-02
Some people think it's all bad for children to watch TV, others believe watching
TV can bring positive effects on children when they grow up, discuss both and give
your own opinion. Watching TV has always been an important part of after school life for children, and some of them even become TV addicts. Therefore some people advocate ,no TV for children?.
Of cour this is understandable. Firstly, children sitting too much time in front of a screen tend to have poor eyesight and weak body due to lack of physical exerci. They can also be lost in the virtual world and be innsitive to people around them, including
their parents, and this is detrimental to their family relationship and their emotional development. Another concern is about their mental development which needs various types of interactive activitie
s, but obviously excessive TV viewing cannot meet such requirement. The worst part can be some programs which are not proper for children
to watch. Too many advertiments and news focusing on emergency and disasters on the screen are also a disadvantageous point for immature people who are prone to be influenced negatively.
However watching TV in moderation with proper parental supervision can be
good for children. There are plenty of educational programs which can expand
not children?s knowledge and spark their interest in exploring the world where they may
have the opportunity to visit in real life, such as the nature and wild life. TV is not only an educational source, but is also a recreational activity. It can help enrich their after class activities. For example, children are always excited to watch cartoons and they would experience the adventure together with the characters in the show. The
positive effects would be enlarged if children are able to share their TV time with
their parents or peers, becau they would have topics in common
and more communication can be followed.
In general, I?d like to conclude that whether TV is good or bad is determined by how
parents manage it. If parents limit TV hours and designate some educational and interesting programs and they keep their children accompanied, healthy viewing habit would be established and positive effects would be maximized. Otherwi, watching TV can be a worrying situation.
2013-02-16
Some p eople think all lawbreakers should be taken in to prison, others believe that
there are better alternatives, (for example, being work to do which is beneficial
for local community). Discuss both views and give your own opinion.
How to handle criminals is a problem that all countries and societies face. Traditionally, the approach has been to punish them by placing them in prisons to pay for what they have done. Some, however, advocate for trying to make them better with training and education and it ems they may have a good point.
First and foremost, consider all the money that we have to spend to lock people up in jail. It doesn't em like a good u of public money if the people don't actually get any better. Becau most criminals eventually are let out of prison, our focus s hould be on making them better citizens.
In fact, the reason why many people end up in jail in the first place is becau they didn't have a good education or happy family. So if they can learn job skills they perhaps can find work and feel they can contribute in a positive way. If they do this, they won't need crime. Surly everyone derves a cond chance.
Of cour this does not mean that we should be too lenient on criminals. Tho who commit crime should still be punished, but during their punishment they should also be treated. If we make an investment in them and show compassion, most will be able to make a new start.
To summarize, we must make more of an effort to go to the root of the problem. We need to treat criminals as patients and give them the medicine they need: education and training. By giving people the skills for a cond chance we can make our society safer and healthier.
2012-02-23
Not enough students choo science subjects in university in many countries.
What're the reasons for this problem? What're the effects on the society?
In some developing countries, increasing number of university students major in business, accounting, communication or computer programing rather than science. I personally believe that this is an inevitable transition in the epoch of information and globalization when capital flows worldwide and communication technology play a role
in almost every field. The changes in technology and social evolvement are being reflected in the university subject preference.
First and foremost, this phenomenon is largely related to employment rate and
starting salaries upon graduation. Science undergraduates risk higher unemployment and earn less than computer programmers or businessmen and the gap may be wider
in Master degree. During the economic recession, some students with interest in science may give in to the pressure in reality. Another contributor is the difficulty of science subjects that prevent many potential students from enrolling in this faculty. Picturing onelf as a scientist is not easy for a high school leaver. On top of the
difficulty of this discipline itlf, the application in practice and transforming into
profit is harder.
However, science is so crucial to our human society that no country can afford the conquences of ignoring it. Science is the basis of many practical disciplines such as environment science, medical science, space science, engineering, genetic science and so forth. Without the support of general science, many other fields would find it very challenging to get further developed. What’s wor, science is directly related to our material life. We live on scientific rearch findings and products, ranging from
energy supply, aircraft to numerous consumer goods. It is hard to imagine living a life without the scientific advancements.
To sum up, science is less popular than before becau t he society requires more professionals in other fields such as business and communication. However I?m convinced that the potential implications are negative to the health of society, hence demanding relevant solutions to rever the trend.
2013-03-02
Universities and colleges are now offering qualifications through distance learning
from the Internet rather than teachers in the classroom.
Do you think the advantages of this development overweight the disadavantages?
Information technology is playing an increasingly important role in our life, especially in education. Although many people are able to acquire a higher academic qualification by attending a virtual college on the Internet, some people still doubt the effectiveness of online learning and prefer the traditional way of education.
Compared to distance learning, physically attending a school has some intrinsic advantages for the students? o verall development. Also, teachers can adjust their teaching styles and their instructions to best suit the characteristics of their students. In addition to academic pursuits, students? e motional and social development can be significantly improved in school due to students? p articipat ion in extra-curricular activities and events. The emotional connection that often helps to generate inspiration, creativity and emotional wellbeing is vital for young students. In esnce t he experience in the non-virtual world cannot be substituted by simply receiving lectures electronically and submitting essays. Admittedly distance learning programs offer a valuable option for people with spe
cial needs, such as the disabled, full time workers or tho who have families to take care of and are not able to attend class at regular hours. Another advantage is the relatively less expensive tuition fees
of distance programs due to the exclusion of financial cost of campus facilities.
But this way of education is restricted to knowledge delivery and requires sufficient lf-discipline and time-managing abilities; therefore it is not suitable for young students except as a complimentary source, as it can act as a virtual tutor or a tool for review or reinforcement of what is learned in regular schools.
Overall, I would like to conclude that remote learning programs are making a contribution to wider education receivers by supplying more chances for
the acquisition of knowledge. But they cannot be expected to surpass the overall quality of education available at a college which provides both knowledge and an environment for students? overall development. This is the key factor in
