Manners in modern life In any community, whether ancient or modern, good manners differentiate the civilized person from the barbarian. The outward forms of good manners are known as “convention” and these vary according to the traditions of different countries. Basically, “good manners” may be...
Marriage When we think a little about it we notice that of all the creatures in the world, only a few of them mate for life. One such creature is the man. Even in the case of humans, we see that this idea of marrying...
The Media Media refers to mass media such as broadcast media, print media, and web media. Television and radio are considered broadcast media while newspapers, magazines, and journals are known as print media and internet news, the web media. The media is an important source...
Mind your own business Have you ever heard of somebody called Nosey Parker? Or one Mrs. Grundy? If you have not I am sure one day you will. One thing most of us cannot successfully do is mind our own business. If you ask me...
The Modern means of transport Recent developments in transport by land, sea, and air, have been made necessary by the modern, ‘high-pressure’ age in which we live, and made possible by scientific and technological development. Since the war, most modern countries have electrified their railway...
The Modern Methods of teaching The old-fashioned idea of teaching was that the children should play a passive part. They were completely in the hands of their teachers, to be molded into a certain pattern set by formal education, and to emerge as school leavers...
The Modern Ways of Transportation In some respects the topic statement is true. Modern transport, especially by air, allows people to circle the globe in a few days, or hours if an aircraft such as Concorde is used. Thus we have learned to look upon...
Modern youth Modern youth, indeed all youth in whatever country, have something in common with the crab. The crab, if you look at him carefully as he sidewalks the golden sandy shores of Malaysia, has a very hard outside shell under which is a very...
Mother’s day Just like every year, the education week was celebrated in our school with great joy. As part of the week, mother’s day was celebrated. The theme is to highlight the role of mothers in the proper upbringing of children. It is the mother...
The Motorways ‘Motorway’ is the name now given to the very wide roads built all over Europe which connect the major cities, but which also bypass all of them. The idea for the construction of these vast “roads” came originally from the German “autobahns,” designed...
