What makes a good neighbour? We can choose our friends, but usually we cannot choose our neighbours. However, in the interest of a happy home life, we have to get along with them as well as possible. How easy this is depending on the attitude...
What makes people friends? Most of us have several good friends and many of us have one or two special friends to whom we are particularly close. Often, we remain friends with them for a very long time. It is not unknown for very elderly...
The importance of discipline in a child’s life Many people tend to think of discipline only in terms of punishment and certainly punishment is frequently involved as a part of discipline. However, discipline can often refer simply to a way of training someone so that...
How success, hard work and luck are related If success were always the result of great effort, that would seem to be ethically satisfying. Sadly, this is not the case. Most of us know people who work extremely hard without achieving success and sometimes even...
Qualities of a good boss To a very great extent, a company or organization is just as good as the person who is in charge of it. A company that is failing often has a weak person at the top, while a strong, successful company...
What makes a good co-worker? In our job, many of us have to work quite closely with other people. Unless you hold quite a senior position in a company and have your own office, you most likely have to share a large open-plan office with...
What are the factors that influence a career choice? There comes a point in everyone’s life when they have to decide what to do in order to make a living. What are the factors that influence our career selection? As you would expect, this varies...
How do you see yourself in ten years’ time? Ten years from now I would like to be a qualified nurse. I have another four years of study at secondary school and then I would like to take an honours degree in nursing at university....
Has there been an increase in natural disasters, and if so, why? It seems to many people that the number of major natural disasters must be on the increase. Certainly, we seem to have been made aware of a great number in recent years. Most...
Should recycling be made compulsory for all households? There is no doubt that we must all recycle as much as possible. Otherwise, more and more things will end up in landfill sites. We cannot go on creating new landfill sites either, not least because we...
