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How I Spend My Pocket Money English Essay on "How I Spend My Pocket Money" There are very a few parents who really understand the value of pocket money to their children. Some parents think that the pocket money is necessary so that a child may not go hungry at the time of the day other thinks' that it keeps children from stealing. But the real purpose of pocket money is to train the young people in the very important art of saving and spending. Some children get a little pocket money daily their parents do not trust them with a large sum, fearing that they may lose or miss-spend it. But my parents do not treat me so shabbily they know very well that I can take care of my money as well as anybody else. I get Rs. 10.00 a month for my pocket money. On the first day of every month, as soon as I receive9 my pocket money, I rush to the post office with my savings account book. I deposit Rs. 2.00 into my account. To date, Rs. 120,000 stands of my credit. Formerly, I put into ...

How I Pass My Sunday Holiday English Essay on "How I Pass My Sunday Holiday" On Sunday, I get up early in the morning and go out for a walk in the country. On returning from the walk, I have my breakfast, take my books and shut myself up in a remote corner of the house. I revised my lessons very Sunday. My brothers and sisters do not appreciate my habit of poring over books on Sunday, and often make it a point to disturb my studies. My mother, also, is of their opinion and often advises me to go out and play for a time and let examination take care of them. My younger brothers and sisters, particularly, enjoy my self-imposed imprisonment. They keep on annoying me by peeping through the window panes, or through the keyholes in the doors of my study. My father is the only person in the family, who understands my point of view, but he is not often at home. Sometimes, a few visitors come to visit us. Most of them are office workers like my elder brother and sisters. To them Sun...

School Uniforms - Should They Be Abolished English Essay on "School Uniforms - Should They Be Abolished" One often hears some boys and girls clamouring for the abolition of school uniforms. They argue that they have to spend much more than is absolutely necessary, on buying different kinds of clothes for home and school. They say that uniforms cost more than ordinary clothes of similar materials. Another objection is that uniforms look embarrassing. A uniform, its very name signifies, helps create uniformity in school and in classrooms. All pupils, regardless of the financial positions of their parents, are dressed alike. Consequently, the disparity of wealth and social status among their families is hardly apparent at school. For this reason, it is important too, that no pupils are allowed to wear ornaments or expensive watches to school. Just as the flag represents a unit of the armed forces, the uniform represents a school. While wearing the uniform, we are constantly re...

Things I Dislike Doing English Essay on "Things I Dislike Doing" What I hate most is having to get up early in the morning, it is a thing which I cannot help doing during the school terms. Being a late sleeper by nature and practice I find it very difficult to get up early, but as my school is far from where I live. I have to be up before the clock strikes six. Without a warning by the alarm clock, I should never be able to reach school in time. When it begins to ring, I presented to ignore it, until my mother joins it and I have to pay heed to their combined appeals and warnings. I do not like having to do anything with those who cannot keep their promises. In dealing with such people I have always had to decide, Once is enough. Once a friend of mine invited me to go to the pictures with him, but when I reported at his place, he very politely suggested, why not make it tomorrow Though there was no apparent reason for postponing the visit. I was disappointed, because I had s...

Advantages And Disadvantages of Staying School Hostels English Essay on "Advantages And Disadvantages of Staying School Hostels" Normally only those pupils stay in a school hostel whose home towns are very far from their schools. Those living near their schools seldom appreciate the need to stay in the hostels. Let us consider whether it is correct to regard staying in school hostels as a necessary evil as many do. In a boarding house, a pupil does not live and work under the protective care of his parents. This affords him a very fine opportunity to manage his own affairs. He has to draw up his budget, do his shopping and make all his decisions by himself. He also learns to be socially useful the boarders are encouraged to take active interest in the running of the boarding house. A boarder can learn better than a pupil staying at home can. He usually has fixed hours of study, when nobody around him is allowed to sleep or make a noise to disturb his companions. The superin...

Children of Today are Better Off Than Those of The Past English Essay on "Children of Today are Better Off Than Those of The Past" Some people have the habit of praising everything belonging to the past and condemning whatever the present has to give, It is not seldom that we meet some old people full of praise for the times when they were young. They are full of pity for the fate of the children to today. Let us consider if facts justify their views. Records will bear me out that even less than a hundred years ago, in many countries including our own, many mothers died in childbirth, leaving their children at the' mercy of stepmothers, or with no women at all to lock after them, A very small percentage of children born alive reached adulthood. Many were deformed by smallpox, measles and other diseases which wrought havoc among children in particular, Modern medicine and ante-natal and post-natal care have vastly reduced the risk of death and ill-health. In the past, on...

Cinema - Good Or Bad English Essay on "Cinema - Good Or Bad" The cinema is the most popular means of entertainment nowadays. There are cinema-halls not only in cities and large town, but, also are some villages. Places without any cinema-halls are, from time to time visited by one travelling cinema or another. After a day's hard work, we can find a lot of recreation in the cinema halls. We forget our worries and fatigue for at least a couple of hours. Besides providing us with amusement, the cinema can teach us many things of value. From films with moral themes, we learn that' we must be good and noble this reforms our habits and customs. Pictures portraying historical events give us a glimpse of the past. From them we can get an idea of how kings and queens of ancient times lived and ruled, and of how the common people earned their livelihood. The modern world is so different from the world of ancient times, thanks to the great progress that man has made in social ...

Examination-Should They Be Abolished English Essay on "Examination-Should They Be Abolished" Examinations are held to find out what amount of knowledge of one or more subjects a certain candidate possesses. Some examinations are given to determine the ability of pupils to pursue certain courses of study in future. Efficiency is certain subjects determine the fitness of candidates for some special professions. Another use of examination is that they, in a way, compel students to work hard and prevent teachers from getting lazy. Advancement of education among children depends largely on such matters a spirit of competition, love of reward, and fear of punishment and blame. Examinations provide all these in abundance. Success is the reward while failure brings shame and, sometimes even punishment. Examinations help the teachers to determine the usefulness and correctness of his method of teaching and ability of his pupils to profit by it. He can also find out, by means of exa...

Co-Education-Good Or Bad English Essay on "Co-Education-Good Or Bad" It is generally assumed that co-education was originally introduced for reasons of economy. In small town it was not possible to provide separate schools, for the boys and girls. Sufficiently large numbers of children of one particular gender could not be found to fill up schools. So instead of putting up two separate schools and having to pay teachers for teaching classes with very few pupils, co-education schools were started. As a result of this, on the whole, the management had to pay less and the teachers could be paid more. But with the rapid growth of population in recent years, the system of coeducation cannot be defended purely on grounds of economy. Many other reasons are now given in favour of it, while the objection raised against it are equally numerous. Let us examine some of them. Experience shows that girls work harder at coeducational institutions than they commonly do at school organized o...

Which Is Better-To Be Tall Or Short English Essay on "Which Is Better To Be Tall or Short" We all grow naturally. If we are tall, we cannot shorten ourselves. Nor can a short person find any means to increase his height. Advertisements of medicines and courses to help people grow taller carry no conviction. Yet it is an interesting question whether it is good to be tall or short. Generally speaking, it is agreed that it is better to be tall than to be short. A tall person, even if the has ordinary features, has an impressive personality. Wherever he goes, he attracts attention. Even strangers respect him. A short person may be extremely able, yet only those who are quite familiar with him will respect him. A short officer is recognized as such only by his subordinates, but a tall person is respected by all including his superiors. In sports and games, a tall person always does better than the one who is short. A tall runner can run faster, and a tall jumper can jump both hi...