2/28/2009

Social Practice in Education

It is a common weak point among today's college students that the majority of them have little knowledge of social reality. Social practice is a bridge between their theory and reality. Timely participation in social practice will benefit them all through their life.

Social practice must become an organic component of the nation's higher education. If so, students are sure to learn more than their textbooks. Their participation in social practice and knowledge of society they learn and national conditions might strengthen their sense of social responsibility; their close contact with the working people might help them to apply their knowledge to the solution to the practical problem.

In recent years. many college students have been sent to the basic level to keep in contact with workers and farmers. The process has proved effective in enriching their knowledge of reality.

My Idea of Family Planning

Overpopulation is a serious problem in many less developed countries for it brings about unemployment food shortage and retarded economic growth. Taiwan is one of the most densely populated areas in the world

Although its teeming population didn't hamper the economic development in the past three decades it led to cramped living space congested traffic and cutthroat competition in college entrance exams besides our labor-intensive products are losing ground in international competition 。So family planning seems all the more important to us in Taiwan As we know the goal of the family planning introduced by our government is two children or less for each married couple. My idea of attaining this goal is to impose a heavy tax on families which have more than two children from a prescribed date onwards.

On competition and cooperation

When it comes to competition and cooperation, some people always emphasize competition but neglect cooperation. Their reasons run as following: to begin with, they believe only competition can help them defeat their counterparts; in addition, they think competition is the only way to lead to success.

But some others hold different opinion. They think cooperation is as important as competition.

They base their opinion on the following reasons: on one hand, cooperation can build trust between each other and help to bring long-term relationship; on another hand, cooperation can turn a small and weak business into a big and strong one.

From what has been discussed above, we may safely draw a conclusion that both competition and cooperation are essential to success and thus should be emphasized at the same time.

The Benefit of Reading Books

Smoe people say that money is the best thing in the world. But I consider reading books as the best and the most precious thing one can ever have.

Reading books is very important. First of all, it is knowledge that makes society develop and by reading books you can get all kinds of knowledge. Furthemore, reading books makes you a qualified person and makes your life enjoyable.

One is never too old to learn. No matter what time you rcalize the importance of reading books, you can enjoy it during the rest of your life time. Love books, for they are your best friends.

What Can Money Bring Us

Today more and more people wish to get more money. They think money is everything. They say, "Money makes the mare go." If they have a lot of money,their dreams will become true, living a happy life, having a good house to live in, owing a famous car to drive and so on. In a word, they can do everything they like with, money. They can get whatever they want.

In a way, of course, money is really very important to us' all. Without money,we can do nothing and can't live on. But we must know that money can't bring us everything. With money, we can buy many things indeed, but we can't buy knowledge, precious time, true love and so on. These are the most precious things in the world. If a person has none of them, though he has a great deal of money, he is still poor. Not all people can become rich. In order to get more money, some people even break the law, stealing, robbing, cheating or doing something wrong. At last they get punished and even sent to prison.

However, money can bring us not only happiness but also misery. If money doesn't bring people real happiness, it has no value itself. We must know clearly that money doesn't mean everything.

2/27/2009

If I were a Boy Again

If I were a boy again, I would practice perseverance more often, and never give up a thing because it was or inconvenient. If we want light, we must conquer darkness. Perseverance can sometimes equal genius in its results. “There are only two creatures,” says a proverb, “Who can surmount the pyramids — the eagle and the snail.”

If I were a boy again, I would school myself into a habit of attention; I would let nothing come between me and the subject in hand. I would remember that a good skater never tries to skate in two directions at once.

The habit of attention becomes part of our life, if we begin early enough. I often hear grown up people say, “I could not fix my attention on the sermon or book, although I wished to do so”, and the reason is, the habit was not formed in youth.

If I were to live my life over again, I would pay more attention to the cultivation of the memory. I would strengthen that faculty by every possible means, and on every possible occasion. It takes a little hard work at first to remember things accurately; but memory soon helps itself, and gives very little trouble. It only needs early cultivation to become a power.

If I were a boy again, I would cultivate courage. “Nothing is so mild and gentle as courage, nothing so cruel and pitiless as cowardice,” says a wise author.

We too often borrow trouble, and anticipate that may never appear.” The fear of ill exceeds the ill we fear.” Dangers will arise in any career, but presence of mind will often conquer the worst of them. Be prepared for any fate, and there is no harm to be feared.

If I were a boy again, I would look on the cheerful side. Life is very much like a mirror: if you smile upon it, I smiles back upon you; but if you frown and look doubtful on it, you will get a similar look in return.

Inner sunshine warms not only the heart of the owner, but of all that come in contact with it. “Who shuts love out, in turn shall be shut out from love.”

Importance of learning very early in life to gain that point where a young boy can stand erect, and decline.

If I were a boy again, I would school myself to say no more often. I might write pages on the doing an unworthy act because it is unworthy.

If I were a boy again, I would demand of myself more courtesy towards my companions and friends, and indeed towards strangers as well. The smallest courtesies along the rough roads of life are like the little birds that sing to us all winter long, and make that season of ice and snow more endurable.

Finally, instead of trying hard to be happy, as if that were the sole purpose of life, I would, if I were a boy again, I would still try harder to make others happy.

Quarters harmony

When students move into the accommodations offered by college, they are taught to live in harmony. Harmony in their rooms is crucial to their lives in college days. It can further affect their emotions and even studies.

Despite that, many acts conducted by students reflect the disharmony in university residences. For example, most of the boys’ rooms are in a mess. The importance of good cleaning habits should be stressed. And sour relations between students living together fundamentally endanger the harmony in college dormitories. Some trivial matters can trigger conflicts. We should view everyone as our friend and respect each other.

From my perspective, we should drive our efforts to boost the harmony in college residences. This goal is far-reaching. Boarders should take a package of measures to fulfill it. A harmonious dormitory environment can play a positive role in college students’ studies and lives.

Courtesy of university students

Across the Chinese landscape, politeness is a desirable quality we have upheld for thousands of years. To some extent, good manners far outweigh other moral qualities. For any college student, who has an access to higher education, showing regard for others in manners, speech, behavior is so important that others can judge his/her moral character by it.

College students are supposed to express respect in words, by manner, by act. However, some of them fail to achieve it, which is a growing problem in this ancient land. Some students are to blame for their impolite and rude attitude toward others. Many children have the misfortune to be born in a disadvantageous atmosphere of developing polite habits. They should feel the pressing need to remedy these defects and learn to practice the courteous habits.

In my eyes, it is a great mistake to think of courtesy as a kind of veneer or ornament rather than as a serious and practical thing. So we must act and speak politely.