“Parents Are the Best Teachers”

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Parents are the best teachers. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.
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I agree that parents are the best teachers. In this essay we will see how parents are the best teachers.

It is the environment that gives shape to any personality. Hence every newly born baby sees the surrounding where one opens the eyes. Child listens to what is spoken in the house and child imitates all what he or she perceives from the environment. Quite obvious the builders of any such environment are the parents. If parents in a house are very loving, caring, soft spoken, non smokers, and teetotaler and disciplined, child learns to imitate and reproduce good things. Conversely if parents are smokers, drinkers, quarrelsome, using offensive language and undisciplined, child would learn bad things like smoking, drinking, quarreling, abusing etc. and shall imitate and reproduce those behaviors. Parents are the one with whom children spend majority of time and hence parents are the real character builders of their children.

As per theory of Human Psychology, whatever a child sees, experiences, hears, and speaks and feels up to the age of five that has everlasting and life long impression in the mind of a child. If all those impressions are healthy and good child turns out to be a good personality or else the other way.

In a nutshell, after the preliminary fundamentally sound education in home when the child goes to school one performs well and progresses consistently. In the later years of a child’s education, parents must devote some time for their children to educate them. This shall have a very positive impact on the tender minds of the children and they will perform well. Needless to say “Parents Are the Best Teachers”.

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“Own a Business or Do a Job”

Some people prefer to work for themselves or own a business. Others prefer to work for an employer. Would you rather be self-employed, work for someone else, or own a business? Use specific reasons to explain your choice.
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I am a retired Manager from a government organization. I feel persons need change with the time. Whether to opt for a job, or be self employed or start own business shall depend on various factors as elaborated below.

Establishing own business calls for two main resources like Capital and experience. Further more education is a paramount importance for success. If one has studied well the, demand and supply factor, competition, safety factor, and he or she has an aptitude for business with enough capital resource one can start and establish own business. To start with a business afresh one must know his or her risk appetite too and then only decide. The best thing in business that I like the most is that one is master of his or her own.

Coming to fixed hour job, one need not bother about the capital availability and risk. According to ones qualification and experience employer may or may not appoint one.
Job is usually fixed hour job and any extra hours worked are paid as overtime wage and conversely in case of absenteeism wages are deducted which sounds quite fair. Jobs are ideal for acquiring work experience that becomes a most valuable asset for an individual.

Furthermore for those who retire from jobs, I feel most ideal is to be self employed. I know many pensioners who run their coaching classes in various subjects; secondly they operate as freelancers agents with many insurance companies and finance brokers; stock brokers or the mutual fund brokers. Those freelancers get in proportion to what they give and are masters of their own. They enjoy a feel of freedom and self actualization.

In nutshell one may chose the right alternative depending upon ones need and resources.

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“Our Custom Other Countries Should Adopt”

Describe a custom from your country that you would like people from other countries to adopt. Explain your choice, using specific reasons and examples.
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Conflicts in our life are inevitable. Though undesirable, they form a part of our life. We inadvertently sometime hurt some one in family; at business or in society; this gives rise to conflicts. These days no one finds any time to resolve conflicts though it must be done. In this essay I will describe an Indian customary festival meant specifically for conflict resolution.

This Indian custom and festival is unique. This festival is not meant for any worldly pleasures, prosperity or enjoyment. The purpose of this festival is related to some blessed deeds. This festival is known as “Paryushana”. It is observed for eight days. During this people worry little about their profession or business rather they engage themselves more into religious activities and spiritual advancement. The whole community is engrossed in various religious activities. Indians voluntarily control over their food habits and other worldly enjoyment, and regularly attend the religious discourses and listen to scriptures, so that they can have interface with words of the God. They forget enmities and cultivate a genuine spirit of friendship and forgiveness.

During this festival, there is an environment of worship, devotion, penance. People visit temples and worship The God. People listen to the religious discourse. They also listen to the life-stories of The God. Indians especially celebrate a day on which Lord’s birth is narrated. The last day of this festival is colloquially known as “Michhami Dukkadam” that means “Forgiveness Day”. On this day people apologize and request each other to be pardoned for any thing that might have hurt him or her in past.

In Conclusion, I feel this custom of “Forgiveness Day” must be observed world over. This shall reduce tension and resolve conflicts this makes life full of peace and harmony.

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“Opinions of Famous People and Celebrities”

When famous people such as actors, athletes and rock stars give their opinions, many people listen. Do you think we should pay attention to these opinions? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.
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I agree people listen to the opinions given celebrities such as actors, athletes, and rock stars. Whether to pay attention to those opinions is a million dollar question. Not all opinions are right nor all are wrong. It is a mixture of right and wrong. We may surely pay attention but whether to act according to their advice or not must be decided by us after giving a careful thought.

Numerous companies through celebrities and media try to canvass the population to buy their products and or services by way of very attractive advertisements. Actors, Rock-stars, Cricketers etc who appear in these advertisements are paid millions of dollars for each advertisement. Similarly many times actors and film stars are used by politicians for their election campaigns and canvassing. Not all stated by those celebrities is right. People must think before buying a product or service whether they need it at all, its affordability, usefulness and quality. Likewise before voting for a particular party or the person its past performance, the achievements and whether the party or person deserves to be elected.

Many advertisements show film stars smoking particular brand of cigarettes or consuming a particular brand of hard liquor. Such messages quite mislead the population thereby dragging younger generation into get into those evils of alcoholism, smoking and drug addiction that is absolutely undesirable.

In nutshell, not all opinions given by celebrities are right nor are all wrong. It is a mixture of right and wrong. We can surely pay attention but to accept it or not depends upon us. We may decide whether to act according to their advice or not after carefully thinking on the pros and cons.

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