The Advantages of Traveling Robert Louis Stevenson’s observation that books though good enough in their own way are a “mighty bloodless substitute for life”, has always appeared to me as correct and rich with meaning. Those who live in a narrow. confined society finds it...
Artificial Damming of Rivers The damming of rivers to form reservoirs was common practice in Roman times, and probably much earlier. Over the intervening centuries, the practice has evolved for three main purposes; human consumption, irrigation, and industrial use. Since rainfall is never sufficiently uniform...
The Benefits of Exercise As students, most of us lead sedentary lifestyles. We spend most of our time in claustrophobic classrooms and homes. With loads of homework, assignments, and exams, exercise seems to be a monotonous chore. The increasing demands made upon us by our...
A Rainy Day I woke up at the usual time for school that Tuesday morning. When I looked out the window, the day looked cheerful and the sky was bright and sunny. I grabbed my towel and headed for the bathroom. When I emerged from...
The Benefits versus The Dangers Of Television Any man-made invention is always accompanied by good and bad points. The most popular mode of convenience is the motor car but today the motor car is a great contributor to atmospheric pollution. Even antibiotics which were hailed...
The Problem of Deforestation. Thousands and thousands of acres of lush rain forests are cleared each year to make way for development. The once beautiful and spectacular forests are reduced to barren landscapes. This is for the sake of development, for the advancement of man....
A famous escape in history or fiction One remembers Charles Dicken’s “A Tale of Two Cities” for various reasons – for the characters, for the description of the French Revolution but above these for the escape of Evremonde. Charles Evremonde, the son of an aristocrat...
The Problem of Over Population The world today faces many problems despite the fact that it has taken long strides in science, technology, and knowledge. One such problem is overpopulation, especially in developing countries. The population is growing so fast, that it grows in geometric...
The Purposes of Punishment There is a tendency in man to deviate from the right path and act in such a way that the interest of another is injured. Society binds its members to a certain line of conduct so as to ensure security for...
A Brave Deed Ah, Lan was only fourteen and she was small for her age. Sometimes, her friends used to mock her and say, “you’re going to be a dwarf when you grow up. You’re like a shrimp”. All this used to hurt her, especially...
