The sight f school children weighed down with heavy satchels should rouse the pity of anyone. The children might tire easily and even dislike the idea of going to school. Parents should be worried that the heavy satchels might strain their child’s back and even injure their spine.The worry is justifiable. Heavy backpacks do pose […]
Habits die hard. This is especially true of smoking. Smoking in one habit that is easy to acquire but difficult to give up. Many teenagers smoke only because they believe smoking makes them look cool and adult and thus, give them a kind of social status. Smoking is inhaling tobacco from a pipe, cigarette or
Racial harmony cannot be taken for granted. We need to make a conscious effort to maintain peace. This is very important as people of different races live side by side in housing estates and come into contact in daily life.The starting point in racial harmony is tolerance. We must recognize that different racial groups have
Reading is an important activity in any society. It can be both a source of joy and a means of increasing knowledge. Reading also helps us pass time.There are many who know how to read but do not read enough. They have little interest in reading and do not see much value in it. There
Hand phones are an important means of communication. We see them being used in the bus, train, shopping centre, restaurant and every other place there are people. Now, hand phones have entered even the classroom. There may be checks on students using hand phones in schools, especially in the classroom, but how effective are these
Children often complain about the control that their parents have over them. They feel constrained, irritated and resentful. Do the children have a case? Is the control exercised by parents justifiable?Many parents set up rules for their children to follow. Children are told how many hours they can spend in front of the television, what
We see them at the senior citizens’ corner or in a bus or train desperately in need of a seat. The senior citizens, as the elderly are called, need all the consideration we can give. But do they get it?There are many youths among us who do not show proper care and concern for the
When I grow up I would like to be a surgeon. Surgeons do a wonderful job by operating on people and, perhaps, saving their lives.I have always wanted to study medicine when I leave school. My father is a GP and I am sometimes allowed to go on his house calls with him. Seems how
I had a really bad nightmare last night. My mother says that I woke up screaming. I was trembling with fear.In my dream I was strolling along a road near my home when a car stopped beside me. The driver asked me how to get to the hospital. While I was giving him directions to
My name is Tommy and I am two years old. My owner is a little boy called Haria. I always wake early in the morning. I get out of my basket and run upstairs to find Haria. I nudge his bedroom door open with my nose.I then leap on to his bed and lick his
Last week a group from my class visited an old people’s home. We were hoping to get some help with a school project on the history of our town. It celebrates its centenary this year.There is a lot of written information in the library and in the offices of the local newspaper. However, Mrs. Rashmi,
The person I admire most is Nelson Mandela. He is one of the world’s most successful freedom fighters. He succeeded in doing away with the policy of apartheid, which greatly discriminated against black people in South Africa.He joined the African National Congress (ANC) in 1943 and from then conducted an anti—apartheid campaign against the government.
We have a new principal called Mrs. Lee. She is very interested in the environment and she says that we should try to conserve it for the future generations. She has suggested various things that we could do in the school to help.We now have some recycling bins. One of these is for paper. All
I saw a really terrifying accident last Sunday. I cannot get it out of my mind. Every time I close my eyes I seem to see a return of it.My father is a real aero plane buff. He is particularly fascinated by old aircraft and last Sunday he asked us all to go to an
What a day I had yesterday! Everything that could go wrong went wrong.The day started very badly. I find it difficult to drag myself out of bed on winter mornings and I was late getting up. I had to queue for the bathroom while my elder sister spent ages putting on her makeup. That made