Saturday, March 14, 2009

“Children & Household Tasks”

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Children should be required to help with household tasks as soon as they are able to do so. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.
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I agree that children should help with household tasks as soon as they become able to do so. In every house the domestic chores are performed by the housewife. In most families husband goes out for the business or the office as the case may be, and children go to school. It is only the homemaker that takes care of all the household jobs in addition to the domestic chores. Quite obvious, in the process she gets totally worked up. In this situation not helping the homemaker sounds quite inhuman.

Secondly with the time, the homemaker advances in her age and may develop some old age health problems like fatigue, muscular cramps and pain, high or low blood pressure, breathing problems like bronchitis, asthma and many more alike. The most painful and commonly widespread in majority of women is arthritis. This is extremely painful and becomes a constraint for a lady. Under the circumstances if the grownup sons and daughter help mother in her household chores shall be a great relief for the aged mother.

Furthermore the daughters and sons can learn cooking that is a great help to them when they move to a new place for further studies or the job. They don’t have to depend on random the food of any taste and quality. They can make the nice food and eat. They don’t have to compromise on quality and taste. This is in the interest of their good health upkeep.

Last but not least every daughter gets married and then has to perform as a homemaker. In the joint family culture, the homemaker who is thorough at household jobs and cookery is most loved by all.

In conclusion children must contribute in household jobs how best they can. ----(292 Words)

Thursday, March 12, 2009

“Childhood Years Most Important”

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? A person’s childhood years (the time from birth to twelve years of age) are the most important years of a person’s life. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.
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I agree that age of a child up to 12 years is an important period. My elaboration will be in three stages i.e. ages 4 – 8 – 12 years.

Four years children are outrageous, tell lies and are stubborn. They think them to be big shots and mix reality and fantasy. They argue, feel bossy and defiant. They avoid getting in bed easily. At night, they are likely to have bad dreams. They run ahead of adults and refuse to hold hands. Fours play with other children and need honest information about bodies and babies. Parents should not question a four years child if one did something, because the child will learn to lie. Teach the child the consequences for misbehavior; then when the child misbehaves, apply the consequences. Give the child lots of hugs and kisses even if you have to catch the child to do it.

Eight years old demands attention from parents and wants parents to think the way child does. One is overly sensitive. One has trouble playing with peers. Boys want to play with boys and girls want to play with girls. The child needs recognition and encouragement. Parents must pay attention for good behavior.

Twelve years children, want guidance but not lectures. Body changes cause embarrassment and self-consciousness. Their behavior becomes erratic due to hormonal influences. They want to make their own decisions, choose their own friends. Parents must listen and give examples but not lectures. Build strong relationship based on mutual respect and caring. Spend time together. Give them responsibility for some part of family life. Plainly brief them about sexuality, drugs, the consequences and future. Ask the questions; don't wait for them to ask you.

In conclusion the age up to 12 years is a vitally important period.

--(295 Words)--

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Harmonica Family of Vadodara

HARMONICA FAMILY OF VADODARA (Erstwhile Baroda)
“The Palace” D-17 Shantinagar, Subhanpura
VADODARA 390023
Gujarat – India

Thursday, March 12, 2009

Harmonica Family of Vadodara was formed on March 6 2009 by the following member players.

Mr. T D Joshi
Mr. Arvindkumar
Mr. Dash
Mr. Babubhai

The team members on the same day had given a wonderful program at Baa-Bapu Garden, Samta, Vadodara for the entertainment of Senior Citizens. Our team was very warmly welcomed by the managing committee of this garden. The arrangements were excellent.

The program started with the Harmonica Anthem “Hai Apna Dil To Awara” as a group song and there after each individual gave two to three recitals. The audience members were highly delighted. Every player was highly satisfied having given a nice performance and crossed the first milestone.

Harmonica Family of Vadodara is highly thankful to Mr. Chandrakant Joshi who took the initiative and a very active role in arranging and organizing this event.

The objectives of Harmonica Family of Vadodara are: -

(1) The players want to keep their art alive so that, because of the fast life and busy schedules the art must not die-down. This is the main objective.

(2) In process of keeping the art alive and practicing, players sincerely wish to volunteer and share the happiness among the community by staging programs for Senior citizens, Old Asylums, Orphanages, Mental Health Centers, and Rehabilitation Centers etc. This would give a great satisfaction not only to ourselves but the community by large.


T D Joshi
Mouth-Organist
For Harmonica Family of Vadodara

Monday, March 9, 2009

“Child Growth; Countryside Versus Cities”

It is better for children to grow up in the countryside than in a big city. Do you agree or disagree? Use specific reasons and examples to develop your essay.
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I would agree that it is better for children to grow up in countryside than in a big city. In this essay we shall discuss advantages of growing up of children in a small town.

Big cities are thickly populated and over crowded. Because of this there is a large number of buildings, automobiles, air conditioners and various other infrastructure facilities. This turns a big city into a concrete jungle with enormous pollution and heat generation thereby creating and increasing global warming.

Secondly excessive traffic may result into accidents thereby causing injuries to the children. Such injuries may result into partial disability, or permanent partial disability or total disablement of the child. Some times such accidents are fatal resulting into death that is most pathetic. However in small towns and country side villages’ possibilities of this kind of eventualities is totally ruled out.

In small towns or countryside villages, thick population, localization of industries and offices is absent thereby environment is pollution free and healthy that is a basic requirement and paramount importance for a child’s growth, development and healthy living. Secondly farming and agriculture is the major industry in villages hence there is enormous greenery and ample of trees are there which give pure Oxygen to breathe. In addition, Farming, Cattle and Poultry are a major industry in country side villages or towns. Hence the milk, eggs and meat etc are pure and fee from contamination that is a basic need for the child growth.

However should the need arise, upon completion of children’s school education they can be moved to city for their college and professional education.

In conclusion, it is always better to grow children in small country side town and not in a big city. -----(289 Words)------

“Building New University”

The government has announced that it plans to build a new university. Some people think that your community would be a good place to locate the university. Compare the advantages and disadvantages of establishing a new university in your community. Use specific details in your discussion.
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I very strongly feel “Life is a continuous learning process”. A University is an institution for the purpose of education and, development that would lead the community to progress and development thereby prosperity. Hence I strongly feel proposal of building a university in community is a noble job and I fully support the idea.

In this extensively fast era of computerization and advance technology; even a common man now talks about travel to outer space, moon and other planets. In such a scenario, more of higher education is the need of the hour. Simply literacy is not enough hence more infrastructures for education are desirable that shall prove to be a boon for the community and nation at macro level.

Construction of a university is a reasonably big project. This would call for huge amount of money, material and men for a good length of time. Such a big construction would give rise to many opportunities to the community of labor and community of other small, medium and big vendors who get opportunity and a venue for earning. This leads the community to financial self reliance and prosperity.

Furthermore good university becomes a mark of recognition for that particular place that is a matter of great pride for that particular place. For example Ahmedabad IIM; Indian Institute Of Management is recognized and known as one of the best management institute worldwide. This adds feather into the cap of Ahmedabad, Gujarat State and India as a whole.

In conclusion I strongly opine that proposal for building of university in community is highly beneficial to the people; secondly, it is a noble proposal and project; last but not least that adds to the recognition of the community Hence construction of university in community must be welcome. --------------------------------(294 Words)

Sunday, March 8, 2009

“Building A New Restaurant”

It has recently been announced that a new restaurant may be built in your neighborhood. Do you support or oppose this plan? Why? Use specific reasons and details to support your answer.
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I am against the idea of having a restaurant in the neighborhood. The reasons being, a restaurant would make food in bulk all the time. This process of cooking would cause enormous amount of smoke from the barbeque that can cause tremendous amount of inconvenience to the neighbors. Especially to people who are allergic to smoke and smells. Those who are asthmatic may get bouts of breathlessness. Smoke may induce permanent bronchitis and cough problems to the nearby residents. Especially older residents shall be highly inconvenienced.

Improper waste disposal may cause smelly and bad surrounding. This pollution shall be harmful to the neighboring residents. Loud music and noise made by crowds of customers may disturb the peace and give rise to a noisy environment thereby causing noise pollution too. This shall disturb in the studies of the school and college going boys and girls of the area.

Of late trend and the fashion are eating fast food and junk food. A restaurant shall promote these which are injurious to general health of the public. Especially youngsters shall be most tempted and go for that at the cost of their precious health, time and money and that is undesirable.
Restaurants must be built away from residential area to facilitate tourists and visitors and for a part population comprising of students and job doers coming from other countries or towns who have no other facility for food.

In conclusion building a restaurant in the neighborhood shall do enormous harm and no good hence must be disallowed.
(254 Words)

“Building A New Movie Theater”

It has recently been announced that a new movie theater may be built in your neighborhood. Do you support or oppose this plan? Why? Use specific reasons and details to support your answer.
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I oppose the plan of building a movie theater in the neighborhood.
A movie theater is a centre of attraction for masses. This may create a huge rush and over crowding in the area. This would increase traffic enormously thereby increasing possibilities of accidents. Increased vehicular traffic results into air pollution by way of Carbon Mono Oxide, Carbon Dioxide gases and heat generation and dissipation. Increase in vehicular traffic results into greater Global Warming too.

Over and above different kinds of people with different temperament and different kinds of attitudes would gather at one point. This may give rise to indifferent behaviors that leads to quarrels and may result into crimes that are undesirable. Besides presence of a movie theatre causes the area to become noisy thus peace of the area is lost. This disturbs the studies of the students and a good night sleep of the residents. Particularly older and sick people needing rest may find this to be a curse.

For an example, if a bar is easily available to an alcoholic he tends to drink more and more. Similarly when a movie theater is available in the neighborhoods, student community shall be more and more tempted to visit movies thereby wasting their precious time in watching movies than in studies. This in turn ruins the career of the young boys and girls who are the nation’s resource and assets. While entertainment in the form of television & video films is available within the house itself, it is pointless to have Movie Theater built in the neighborhood.
In conclusion construction of a Movie Theater in the neighborhood is not in the interest of the residents by large and must be strongly opposed and disapproved. -----------(286 Words)