“Go On Vacation or Buy Car”

A friend of yours has received some money and plans to use all of it either to go on vacation or to buy a car. Your friend has asked you for advice. Compare your friend’s two choices and explain which one you think your friend should choose. Use specific reasons and details to support your choice.
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My friend is a Software professional and works for long hours everyday. I would advise him to avail a vacation that has many benefits. Vacations benefit your health and mind. While relaxation and exposure to culture are obvious benefits, there’s a wealth of other rewards too:

Firstly people who take vacations reduce on their risk of illness. Men who do not take any vacations have the greater risk of heart disease. Furthermore taking vacations improve the mental health. Women who take frequent vacations don’t become depressed, tense, or tired. Conversely women who rarely take vacations are likelier to have stress and sleeplessness.

Secondly a vacation reconnects and revitalizes relationships that have taken a toll from an on-call, always-on, and work-obsessed culture. Very long hours of duties cause family and social relationships to suffer. Moreover vacations let you feel immense freedom. You can wake up when you want, sleep when you want, and eat what you want and have fun without worrying about the work.

By taking vacation one Gains self confidence. When you skip vacations, you put yourself on sale. By availing a vacation, you declare to yourself and to others that you are important and deserve dedicated time for yourself. Over and above one finds creative inspiration. Throughout the year we follow a strict schedule. We eat at the same restaurants, see the same people, and experience the same environment. This monotony reduces the opportunities for inspiration and for new ways of thinking. By traveling to a new environment, we put ourselves in a situation that allows our brains to think differently.

Summarizing, one becomes more productive by scheduling a vacation. One becomes more efficient. Hence I would advise my friend to avail a nice vacation instead of buying a car.

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“Gift of Money with School”

Your school has received a gift of money. What do you think is the best way for your school to spend this money? Use specific reasons and details to support your choice.
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In general, majority schools are quite well off. They have enough infrastructure facilities and funds for the educational purposes. As such I feel the best way to spend the said gift money shall be by taking the students to a nice picnic spot of an educational value for a tour. In this essay I shall elaborate benefits of such tours.

When a student visits new places, he or she learns about the new places, people and cultures that is also a vital part of education. By knowing more one acquires a bulk of information and broadens his or her outlook. Not out of place to mention here that “Information is Power”. Extensive exposure of a person to various new places makes that person a dynamic personality.

Confinement to one place makes the life of an individual very monotonous and boring. One can’t learn any thing more than what one knows. The knowledge remains limited and so is experience too. He or she has a very limited or no exposure to the outer world. Also one can not learn or acquire multifarious knowledge and experience.

In nut shell I feel it is a better idea for the school to utilize the said gift money towards an excursion trip. Taking students to newer places not only for entertain or amusement but also in order to increase their exposure and improve their outlook and personality in totality is a great idea. It is always good for students to sometimes visit new places instead of confining to one place. By this they acquire a lot of information and knowledge and experience that is very precious and important for an individual’s education and overall development.

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“Generation Difference”

Every generation of people is different in important ways. How is your generation different from your parents’ generation? Use specific reasons and examples to explain your answer.
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Generation gap is a term used to describe differences in cultural norms between members of a younger generation and their older. This is when older and younger people do not understand each other because of their different experiences, opinions, habits and behavior. None is exception to this phenomenon. In this essay I will elaborate on generation difference.

The prompt response in decision-making is a characteristic of today’s young people. They have learnt to act fast. The video games young people have grown up with have played a vital role. They have played with simulations since their childhood and have learned to act fast, observe what happens, and adapt. I don’t remember to have imagined of a video game in my childhood. The games I knew about were Kabbadi; Musical Chair; Foot Ball & Volley Ball etc.

The concept of career has changed. Young people talk more about jobs and skills than they do about career paths. They don’t see any benefit in picking a single career. Rather young people hunt for more than one career parallel. Life in the new millennium is all about speed. In a climate of rapid change the younger knows to act fast and win or stay in the game. Those who proceed slowly and cautiously lose. The Information era has taught never to wait for anything. Computer simulations help formulate ideas, test them, retest, refine and move forward. Younger believes in just doing it at the speed of thought.

In conclusion; loyalty has new meaning among younger generation that sees parents little downsized and reengineered. They know the days of corporate loyalty are long gone. Young people now look after themselves first and they reciprocate loyalty to the cause or organization wherever they feel respected and valued.

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“Games Equally Important For Children and Adults”

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Games are as important for adults as they are for children. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.
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I fully agree that games are equally important for adults as they are for children.

Games are means of entertainment and physical exercise for children and adults. Games create; sportsman spirit, sprit of friendship and good bond with fellow players. Playing games improves physical and mental health. Furthermore playing games has very good effect on the mental as well as physical health of the individual regardless of age.

In this fast era, adults are awfully busy in business activities and other family and social obligations. There is a considerable lack of physical exercise in our lives. Depending upon the nature of work one is prone to health problems. Sedentary job doers get problems of obesity; over weight; cervical spondylitis; troubles in spine; back ache and muscular pains due to sitting in front of computers for prolonged hours. Secondly those who work in hydro carbon processing industries and other chemical and fertilizer plants are subjected to breathing problems, hearing problems etc. This is due to their exposure to gaseous and noisy atmosphere. If those adults include games as a part of their daily schedule; perhaps those health problems can be minimized if not prevented.

As a natural phenomenon; with the age people depreciate in health. Furthermore, between the age range of 60 and 65 majority people retire from job. This phase proves to be a curse to many because they are unable to handle their retirement gracefully. On the contrary they get drowned into deep depression because of joblessness and emptiness. Those deteriorate physically and mentally. If retired adults involve themselves into playing games the depression would vanish; they would lead the life with healthy body and healthy mind.

In nutshell playing games and keeping fit always, is most important for adults as well as children.

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“Games & Life”

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Playing games teaches us about life. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.
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I agree that playing games can teach us about life. In this era of computerization now games are available in electronic form. In this essay I shall describe e-games and their influence on our lives.

Children play educational games to learn colors, numbers, and names. Virtually all children will have played video games by the time they graduate from high school. Game play is common in college, as well. Some people play games regularly whereas others play occasionally. However, games aren’t just for youth; anyone can play games regardless of age. Gaming has become part of our culture. Today’s games are coming to represent distributed authentic professionalism,” meaning that players are learning how to be a professional—a solider, an astronaut, an entrepreneur, and so on. Games also require the player to adopt a certain set of values and a particular world view. By the end of the game, the player has essentially experienced a profession. Various types of games are as follows.

· Adventure games, where the player moves through a virtual world.
· Puzzle games that enhance player’s general knowledge.
· Role-playing games, where the player assumes the role of a person.
· Strategy games, such as The Sims, where a player’s strategy drives the game.
· Jeopardy-style games, encourage quick mobilization of facts, labels, concrete concepts
· Arcade-style games, are good for improving speed of response, and visual processing
· Adventure games, are useful for promoting hypothesis testing and problem solving.

In nutshell, games teach us quite a lot about life like making decisions, goals setting etc and a social networking through networking and emailing.

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“Foreign Visitor for a Day”

A foreign visitor has only one day to spend in your country. Where should this visitor go on that day? Why? Use specific reasons and details to support your choice.
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I was on a south India tour to Tirupathi Balaji, Mysoor, Kunoor and Ooty. There I met many tourists from different countries. I had interactions with them and found that foreign nationals from developed nations like US and UK are more interested in small towns and country side villages than Indian metro cities. The visitors don’t find anything new in metros as they say. Hence I would like to take the foreigner to my country side village Chandod. I will elaborate why I want so.

Scenery of farms all over side is hilarious. When we reach the village, the villagers shall be overexcited to see a foreigner, this being a rare opportunity for them. Well, Indians are well-known for their politeness, and hospitality. The kind of hospitality the visitor shall get in this village would be second to none in the world and he or she would be delighted to receive such a warm welcome. Visitor may have a chance to have a bullock-cart ride for fun sake.

My village Chandod is on the bank of holy river Narmada. This is a very religious place and people from all over India including many NRI also come here and holy dip in Narmada river. The visitor shall have a privilege to visit the famous temple with ancient sculpture and have a holy dip in the river Narmada. Most foreigners love Indian culture very much that is evident from the live telecasts from Allahabad on Janmasthami (Lord Krishna’s birthday). Many foreign nationals dressed as Hindu Sadhus in saffron gowns sing and dance with the Indian men and women.

Also the visitor shall have an opportunity to taste Indian village food that has a unique taste that is absent in the food prepared in our big cities.

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“Does Foreign Aid Work”

Does foreign aid work? Or does it only help the rich country by keeping the poorer country dependent?
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Richer countries must help poorer countries. Following are the supporting grounds for my view point.

Today, the world is becoming more and more closely linked. However, billions of people still live in poverty, and in many places, the gap between rich and poor is widening. There are many reasons for helping poor countries. First of all, it is the humanitarian. Many industrialists donate in charity. Many feel it is religious, social, and moral duty to help the fellow countrymen who are the victims of famine, drought, war, or disease. The reason why many countries help poorer ones is for economic reasons. The donors may want to control the supply of commodities such as oil, water, or wheat. Alternatively, the richer country may want to ensure markets for their own products, whether these are planes, computers or shoes. However, aid is not necessarily the best way to help a country. It is a proven fact that billions of dollars of the aid invariably go into the valets of corrupt governments or administrative authorities. Poor and needy are never helped.

There are many other ways we can help poor countries. Opening up trade barriers, so that poor countries can sell their goods is one way. Another is to remove subsidies so that imported goods from poorer countries can compete fairly. A third method is to forgive debts. Many poor countries have huge interest repayments on old loans.

The needs of the poorer countries may seem obvious. However, though our humanity makes us want to help eliminate poverty and suffering, we must examine the real needs of poor countries and implement solutions that will benefit both them and us.

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