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THE GLOBE March - April 2013 Student Writings from IEI

WRITING ONE My Weekend at Chattanooga Nouf (Saudi Arabia)

I am going to go to Chattanooga with my family. I am going to eat dinner. I am going to go to the aquarium It is a beautiful building. There are many fish with different shapes and colors I want to go to Ruby Falls. I am going to see the waterfalls with my children and husband. This is a fun place. Finally, I hope this trip is going to be pleasant and comfortable. My Best Friend Salman (Saudi Arabia)

My Best Friend’s name is Isadel. He is from Saudi Arabia. He lives in my neighborhood. He is my friend for almost 17 years. He was with me in grade school and high school. He is so funny and always makes jokes. We are together all the time. We watch out for each other. He is 25 years old. Now he is a policeman. He is married and he has one son and one girl. He named his son after me. Isadel is my best friend. I like him very much. I am ready to die for him. The US Space Rocket Center Rawan (Saudi Arabia)

I want on a trip with IEI. I went at 6:30 AM. I went with my friends, Adia and Rachael. I was very happy to go. I looked at a lot of people. There were

many places to see. We went to the Space Shot Simulator, the G-Force Simulator and the gift shop. I liked to shop very much. I bought a gift for my children and husband. I am very happy we went to the cinema, but my friends went to sleep. They did not look at the movie. I want to send a thank you to IEI for the trip to Huntsville. My Best Friends Faisal (Saudi Arabia)

My friends are Turki, Brahim and Bassam. They are in Saudi Arabia. Turk lives across from my home. Brahim, he ilves in another city. Bassam also lives in another city. Turki is medium tall. Bassam is tall and thin. Brahim is a little fat. In my country we go to the beach. We walk in the park and we drive around in the car. My friends are going to be with me forever. Soccer! Wael (Saudi Arabia) Everyone in the world knows about soccer. And, many of the people in the world watch or play soccer. A famous player in my country is the first. His name is Yausr Al Qhtany. He is a good player on his team. The name of his team is A Hlalfc. Yausr Al Qhtany makes a lot of money in Saudi Arabia.Lionel Messi is the best player in the world. He makes the most money of any player in any country. In conclusion, soccer is a very popular in sports.

WRITING TWO My Future Goals Laura (Colombia)

I have many goals for the future. First I am going to learn English because it is very important for my studies and for me. After that I want to visit some cities here in the U.S. I also want to visit my mother in Argentina.

The year after that I am going to begin studying in university in Bogotá, Colombia. I will study there because I have many family members in Bogotá. I am going to study medicine like my sister. She is a doctor and I want to be just like her. I like the study of medicine. I want to help people; this is my most salient goal. I know I am going to be very happy!!

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My Favorite Color Khaled (Saudi Arabia)

My favorite color is black and dark blue. I love this color because there are luxury cars that color. This color in anything is great; it makes everything better. Black is a royal color. This is why black is my favorite color. My Future Goals Abdirizak (Somalia)

I have many plans for the future. After IEI I am going to study at ITT Technical Institute. ITT is a vocational college. It is like a university, but it is a two- year college. I will study computer systems and system security. I like this field of study very much. These are my future goals that I want to reach. I am going to continue to learn grammar very well before I go to ITT, Insha'a Allah, which means "God willing" in my language, Arabic. I know I will reach my goals, and I will always be thankful for IEI. I know I am going to be very happy! My Dream Job Zaid (Saudi Arabia)

My dream job is to be a doctor. I want to be an eye doctor. I will major in this when I go to university. If I don't realize this dream, I will major in aviation. My Favorite Color Bashaer (Saudi Arabia) I have a favorite color. It is yellow because it is the color of the sun. The sun sends light to the world. For example, the yellow sun sends light to the trees. I have many things that are yellow. For example I have clothes, shoes, and a scarf in yellow. I like yellow because it is the best color. This is why I like yellow. My Dream Job Majed Sunbol (Saudi Arabia)

My dream job is to work in the field of aviation. I worked at the airport in my home country. Everyday I saw new people everyday. I made many friendships with people from all over the world. I

didn't get bored with this job because I met so many people. Sometimes it is true that you feel pressure from work and you may get a headache, but when a customer comes to you and thanks you for helping them, you forget the pressure and the headache. I love this job and want to do it again when I finish studying here in the United States. I hope to go home and find a job in the airport. This is why this is my dream job. My Favorite Color Jin Joo (South Korea)

My favorite color is sky blue. I like this color because it is clear and cool. I look at the blue sky and I am at peace and go into deep thought. I have pleasant memories from my childhood when I think of blue. I like to look at the sky because it makes me feel good. This is why sky blue is my favorite color. My Favorite Season Saif (Saudi Arabia)

My favorite season is spring. During spring I usually visit with my friends and play soccer because the weather isn't cold or hot, it's just right. I don't like winter because it's too cold. I wish it were spring all year long. In my city there are four seasons. In the summer it is not hot, but normal. In spring it is not too hot or too cold. In winter it's amazing but very cold. There is rain in spring and winter. My Favorite Season Yazeed (Saudi Arabia)

My favorite season is spring. During spring I usually go with my friends and we walk in the park. I don't like summer because it's too hot. I wish it were spring all year long. In my city there are two seasons. In the summer Jeddah is very hot but spring it isn't too hot. My Daily Routine Ahmad (Uzbekistan) I usually wake up at 5:30 in the morning. I take a shower and then I get dressed about 6am. Then I eat breakfast. After that I take my children to school at 7:15. I go to work and leave work at 5:30pm. When I get home I go to the grocery store. I eat with my family about 7 pm. I go to bed at 10:30pm. This is my daily routine

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WRITING THREE

Maintaining Money Abdullah Alfadhil (Saudi Arabia) I want to talk about how to preserve money. The first road is investment. Invest money in projects according to how much money you own. Then, you can have income from this investment to live when you need to buy something in the future. The second way to use money is to save part of the money each month. You need savings, because there can be conditions that surprise you, so you need to dispose of the money in the future as you want. The third way to use money is to keep the money to buy real estate, such as agricultural or commercial land. These are the various ways, which I think are the most important ways to take care of money in your life and to benefit from it. Gratitude Abdullah Alnasib (Saudi Arabia) I want to say that God is always close to the people who believe in Him, no matter what the religion is. When I studied in university, I failed my classes. However, I didn’t give up, because I knew that God can help me when I need Him. I knew He just wanted to test my faith. Then, I prayed to God to help me, and I felt good. I got better in my studies. I felt like a new person. I graduated from university. Finally, in my opinion, God never lets us down, especially when we need Him. I am very thankful for everything He gives me. A Good Friend Aouda (Saudi Arabia) What are the characteristics of a good friend? My good friend’s name is Fahad. We’ve had a friendship for 20 years. When you meet him for the first time, you feel you knew him before, because he is a simple person. Also, he is kind and smart. For example, he likes to help poor people, and he understands what they need before they speak. In addition, he is brave and optimistic. For example, he likes to travel everywhere. He says all people in the world look for a smile, fun and peace. Also, he is a practical man. For example, in addition to his work as a teacher, he owns a pizza restaurant, which is opening new branches. In conclusion, I hope to keep our friendship, and I’ll learn from him, because he is a successful person. Computer Games Chang Min (South Korea) How do you feel about computer games? I like computer games very much, and people who are

my age like computer games, too. In fact, everybody loves computer games! I think computer games are great, but they can take over people’s lives. So, if you play computer games, then you must have the power of self-control. My Best Friend Hamad (Saudi Arabia) My best friend is Ali. He’s 29 years old. He’s taller than me, and he has an average body. He has black eyes and black hair. Ali is a smart person, and he has a Master’s Degree in Business. He surprises me, because every time I begin to say something, he always tells me what I am thinking! So, I can say that Ali reads my mind! He is creative, because he always learns to think about everything. He learns the information by reading. We want to know what is around us, and we know what we want. My friend Ali knows what he wants, but this is not enough. He has an open mind, and he’s ambitious and adventurous. He always searches for the best thing, and he always changes his job, because he wants to do the best one. He is dependable, because he has answers for each question. He isn’t lazy, and he usually is busy, but he finds time to meet with his friends and family. Ali is sympathetic with poor people. He gives donation from his salary to charity. Ali is friendly, always talks to people, and helps everyone who needs help. These are my reasons to choose my best friend. I hope to be the same as Ali. In conclusion, this is my opinion about my best friend. If anyone has a friend like Ali, then he should keep him forever! Good Health Hatem (Saudi Arabia) There are three ways to be healthy First, we should exercise. For example, we should run, swim and play soccer. Second, we should eat healthy food. For example, we should eat fruit, vegetables, and seafood. We should eat fruit because it has vitamins, like Vitamin C. We should eat vegetables, because they have minerals. We should eat seafood, because it doesn’t have fat, like beef. Third, we should breathe fresh air. For example, we should not smoke, because nicotine destroys the lungs. So, we should do these three things to get better health. Real Friend in Hard Times Majed (Saudi Arabia) One day, my son Waleed had a high fever. I took him to the Emergency Room at midnight. The sad thing is that I forgot my wallet. I couldn’t go back to my home and leave my son in the Emergency

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Room alone. On the other hand, I couldn’t call anyone at midnight. So, I sent a text message to my friend to ask him for help. He came to me immediately, and he paid the hospital. I thanked him a lot. Three months later, I received a call from him, and he asked me for help. His daughter had a car accident, but my friend couldn’t help his daughter, because he was out of town. So, I solved the issue, and I drove his daughter to her home. In this case, I felt good, because I think this situation is an example that illustrates the idea that we can “pay it forward!” The Grace of God Majedah (Saudi Arabia) God gives us many blessings, but some people suffer from disabilities. However, God gives them virtues that are lacking for some healthy people. For example, a man is blind but he has knowledge about science. In Saudi Arabia, there are some people who are blind, but they are also scholars, and they have supernatural intelligence. Many others have disabilities, but God gave them another skill that healthy people don’t have. God uses great wisdom when He “closes a door and then opens a window.” Teardrop Mountain Mohammed Aladani (Saudi Arabia) I’m looking at a picture from the Nevada desert, and I’ll describe it for you to imagine. These desert mountains have a lot of shapes. The special shape of one mountain is that it looks like a teardrop from a person who is crying. I imagine that the people there call this place Tear Rocks, because water shoots from the inside to the outside of this mountain. Maybe criminals from the past used to hide money, gold, and guns inside this mountain. This place is very dangerous, because poisoned water comes from inside the mountain, and if anyone drinks from

this, then he will die! In addition, people think that this mountain is haunted! However, scientists conducted tests and found that this mountain has special qualities. For example, the water coming from inside the mountain can change. At first, it was poisoned water. However, when a person’s wish came true, then pure water began to flow out of this mountain. Teardrop Mountain is a very special place in the desert of Nevada! What is A Good Friend? Saad (Saudi Arabia)

What are the characteristics that you use to select a friend? Some people choose a friend by skin color, weight, height, eye color, or culture. However, this is not important for a good friend. Is a friend funny or sad a lot of the time? If your friend is funny and happy, that is a good idea for a friend, but that is not enough. I have a good friend because my friend helps me anytime. I like a kind of person who helps many people and gives me advice. These are the characteristics of a good friend. Don’t Worry About Anything Talal Alanazi (Saudi Arabia) There is a saying, “When God closes a door, He opens a window.” People don’t know what is best for them. Only God knows. Sometimes, God takes something from you, and then you think this is not good for you. However, after a long time, you will know that this was good for you. For example, two years ago, my father said, “Don’t drive your car for three weeks.” At that time, I felt terrible. Then, one week later, my car burned! I thought, “If I don’t listen to my father, then maybe I die inside my car!” God sometimes takes something from you, and then He gives you another thing. Finally, don’t worry about anything, because God always is with you!

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WRITING FOUR

Auto Accidents Fahad AlSafar (Saudi Arabia)

Have you had an accident in your life? In this world, there are a lot of accidents, and accidents are deadly. People may not know that some things are easy to do, but they are dangerous. Drinking alcohol, using cell phone, and eating or drinking when you drive can all cause serious accidents.

First of all, drinking alcohol when you drive is very dangerous. When you drive and you have a high proportion of alcohol in your blood, you might not focus in front of you. Moreover, when you drive, your spend decreases. You think that you are driving very fast, but in fact, you are driving very slowly.

In addition, the cell phone is important, but so dangerous while driving. Some people don’t care, and they answer when the phone rings. When you are talking, you can’t focus on the road. If you don’t focus, your life and people’s life may be in danger. If you have an emergency, call, you should wait and go out of the road, and then stop. Now, you can answer the call.

Last of all, eating while driving is so dangerous. When you get fast food and are eating while you drive, your mind is with the food and not with the road and with the cars, which are behind you. If you feel hungry, you can stop in any rest area and eat anything. After that, you can go back on the high way.

In conclusion, my opinion is you should drive safely, slowly, without alcohol, and without cell phones. Furthermore, focus on the road. Finally, don’t forget about the seat belt.

Learning Language in USA / KSA Majed (Saudi Arabia)

Do you think learning English is better in the USA or KSA? As you know, the English language is an international language. Some people study English to get into a university in the USA, and some people learn English for other reasons like business. I'm going to make a contrast between learning English in the USA And KSA . I will talk about three important factors when you are learning English, which include the learning environment, practice, and classmates.

Learning English in the USA is much better. In the US, all things around you are in English. An English environment will help you to learn more like the signs in the street and the radio in English. In addition, learning English in the USA is better because you can practice. In the USA, you can use your English anywhere. For example, when you need something from the pharmacy, you have to speak English to get that. Furthermore, another reason is

your classmates. There are many international students, so you will make friendships with them and you will communicate with them in English. For example, I have a friend from Brazil. When I want to talk with him, I have to speak English.

However, in my country, Saudi Arabia, learning English is much different. In my home country, you will see English in the institute only. You won't see any English words outside the school. For example, all the road signs are in Arabic. Another thing is practice. In my country we can't practice English because all the people speak Arabic. The last thing is the classmates. In my country, all the students are Saudi guys, so you will communicate with them in Arabic.

In conclusion, I talked about learning English in the USA and in KSA. I took three important points to make my contrast, the environment, practice, and classmates. In my opinion, if you stay or live in a native environment, the language acquisition will be easier. Traveling is Useful Fahad Alassaf Saudi Arabia Do you think traveling is useful? There are a lot of people in the world who like traveling. When you travel to another counter, you will get a new experience about another country. There are many positive effects of traveling like knowledge, learning a new culture, and making new friends. First, when traveling to another country, you will learn new knowledge like about people, food, geography, weather, and transportation. For example, when I came to Nashville, I thought it was very cold and I should bring winter clothing. Secondly, when traveling or visiting to another country, you will learn and see new cultures like holidays, customs, or habits. For example, when I traveled to the UK, I saw many customs like if two people, one man and one woman, are near to door the man prefers to open the door and wait for the woman to walk first. Finally, the best thing when traveling to another country is making a new friend. So this means you will meet with a new friend or new people. For example, when I traveled to the eastern area in KSA, maybe two years ago when I got my training, I met with a work team and made a friend to hang out together. In the end, travel has a lot of positive things. When someone thinks about travel as useful and helpful, they can get a new option or experience about anything in this country.

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Success Emad (Saudi Arabia) How can we be successful? Success means something that has the result or effect that you intended. In this essay I will discuss three types of success, which include success in my job, life, and education. First, if you would like to be successful in your job, you should be more serious. Any employee looking to succeed in their work has to be clear in his approach and have behavior to earn the trust of them. For example, you should identify your colleagues and try to understand the social circumstances for them like what are the phrases that comforts them. This will make them receptive to what you want to talk to them about. Furthermore, success in your life depends on how you are, where you live, and what your career goals are. Everybody's ultimate goal in life is to be happy and successful. You should make a list of your objectives. Also, what you must get rid of in your weaknesses. Everyone has flaws, which limit the success.

Finally, if you would like to be successful in your education, you have to consider which subjects you enjoyed studying in school, and find some reason for that. This can help you have an idea of what you may be best at or more interested in. Therefore, you should look at people who are better than you in the study and aspire to be better than them. Moreover, do not look at those who are less than you and compare yourself with them. For example, write shortcomings on paper, such as rush, don't be shy, and do not lose your time. Then start treating yourself. In conclusion, if you would like to be successful in your job, you should be serious with yourself. Also, success in your life depends on how you are. Everyone has their ultimate goal in his or her life. Then, if you would like to be successful in your education, you have to figure out which subjects you like and enjoy. In my opinion, the definition for success is different from one person to another. Success is to achieve your dreams and learn from the past and take advantage of it.

Love Lojein (Saudi Arabia)

What does love mean? It means a feeling of warm personal attachment or deep affection. It is the most important feeling for human beings. Without it, there is no meaning for people's life. Thus, love provides beautiful sensations among the people, and it has to be mutual as well. In this essay, I would like to describe three types of love, which are the bond between a mother and her children, platonic love, and patriotism.

First, the bond between a mother and her children is one type of love. It is the strongest love. A mother always protects and gives everything to her children in the name of love. Also, maybe she will work at a job she hates to make sure they have everything they need. Moreover, platonic love or pure love is another important kind of love. This is a kind of relationship you share with siblings and close childhood friends. Do you remember the first time you missed a friend? That probably was your first platonic love moment. When I was a child, I had a neighbor friend. She was always with me. We played and did everything together. I really loved her. Furthermore, a third type is the love for your country or patriotism. This is love for the place where you live or the place that you were born. It is a type of special feeling of belonging that you attribute to that specific geographic location. In conclusion, there are many different types of love like how the parents love their children, love between the childhood friends, and love for the place where you live. Truly, love belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. Travel and Knowledge Are Together Fabricio (Brazil) Why do people travel? When you travel, you can learn many things. For example, new places, new people, and new situations in your life. I believe that there are many positive effects of travel, but three important issues are learning another culture, creating a new situation for your life, and learning the history of a country. First, you’ll learn another culture when you look around you because there are different places, people, foods, religions, and language. It is better to know before the first contact some things that are good or not to speak about and how to behave. So there are some situations that are polite in your country but rude in another. For example, it is polite in Brazil for the people to greet each another with a hug and kiss between man end women, while in Asian countries the touch between different sexes isn’t so good. Second, living or traveling to another country provides some different relationships or ways to your health, alimentation, and your life. When you need medical help or information, you need to ask everybody to solve this situation. If you are sick, you need to know what medicine, drug, or situations are better to repair this foul that you are living. Third, the history and rules of a country is important for people that intend to live there some years or build a family. In this case, you need to know how the country is organized; the politics, education, basic life, and health. Something for the future because not only a past but also a significant period of life. The main are education and of your family.

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When you or your wife/husband work out side of the home, your children need help during the day so you have a person or family to help to pay a nanny or put them in internal school and this country looks at the future for your children. The three issues shown before put us in the new reality that each day passes very fast. Therefore, we always have to look around the world. In a short time, the knowledge of the world isn’t only in a book. Car Accidents Abdullah (Saudi Arabia)

Have you ever had a car accident before? Everyday, there are many car accidents around the world. There are many causes of car accidents which include using a phone while driving, driving faster than the speed limit, and the drunk people.

All of us know that there is no one who can live with out his phone because it’s something important in our life, and we use it everyday. However, did you ever think about how many accidents happen every day by using your phone when you are driving? Many of the accidents happen by using a phone when you drive. The National Safety Council Estimates that at least 1.6 million crashes each year involve drivers using cell phones and texting. That is really not a good thing because all of those accidents happen because there are some people who are using their phones without paying attention to the street, and that is some of the reasons of car accidents.

Secondly, the most popular reason for accidents in my country is the speed limit because all the teenagers in my country like to drive very fast without thinking about what will happen. In the end, they lost their car or their life. Some people know how to control the car when they drive fast, and some of them don’t. Therefore, the speed limit is something important to watch when you are driving. If you know someone who likes to drive fast, just try to tell them to calm down because nothing is more important than his life.

In a similar manner, one of the biggest reasons for the car accidents is the drunken people because every weekend everybody likes to hang out, and most of them like to drink alcohol. As a result, they will be drunk, and some of them want to drive.

All of us know there is a really hard punishment for the people who are driving when they are drunk, but we also have some people who like to drive when they are drunk. So if you are one of the people who like to drink it’s ok, but don't hurt yourself by driving when you are drunk, and just try to be in safe for you and your friends.

In conclusion, there are many reasons for car accidents, but we have to drive carefully and pay attention when we are driving. My advice is just drive safely without using your phone when you are driving. Drive the safe speed limit, and don't drive when you are drunk. Car Accidents Marwan (Saudi Arabia)

Why do people have many car accidents? Accidents are very common in big cities as there are many modes of transportation and the roads are narrow are over crowded. We hear of them and read about them in newspapers almost daily. Such accidents often result in loss of life and material. These accidents are caused by the carelessness of the drivers and their ignorance and negligence of traffic rules.

First, drinking alcohol and driving causes many accidents. The drivers cannot focus on the road. Alcohol makes them brave, and they will drive crazy. The percentage of alcohol is 0.8. If you have been drinking, you shouldn’t drive.

Second, driving while using a phone also causes accidents because you can’t focus on the road. You may hit another car while you are calling or texting. It is very dangerous. Third, teenage drivers cause accidents. They don’t know all the rules. They like to break the rules and drive very crazy. I’m a teenager, but I follow the rules. If I don’t follow the rules, it’s going to be dangerous for me.

In conclusion, many people don’t realize that being intoxicated while driving, using a cell phone, and teenage drivers may bring serious injuries to everybody. Some people may enjoy drinking without care until they get into a car accident. If you are a teenager, you have to be careful on the road, and you have to follow the rules.

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Auto Insurance Amjad (Saudi Arabia)

Why is it necessary to have insurance for your vehicle? It is a law in most countries to have auto insurance when you drive your car as much as the driver’s license. This started a long time ago and there are a lot of auto insurance companies all over the world. These companies gave us easy options and simple ways to get this kind of insurance. For instance, they made two kinds of auto insurance. The first kind is liability insurance, and the second one is full coverage insurance. However, there are different features between those kinds of car insurance such as cost, benefits, and what type of car you have. Let us see what the difference is, and which one is better for our cars. The cost of the insurance is an important factor when choosing your insurance, and people usually look to save their money. Auto insurance can cost us a little money if we chose the liability insurance. This kind of auto insurance in most companies ranges from $35 to $70 monthly. Liability insurance is a good solution for a person who has a low income. In contrast, the other kind of auto insurance is the full coverage insurance. It costs us much more than the liability insurance. It ranges from $150 to $230 per month. This will be good for a person who has a high income. Although full coverage insurance costs us a lot of money, it has many more qualities and benefits than liability insurance. Moreover, the two types of insurance differ in the benefits they offer. Liability insurance costs us less money because it has less benefits. For example, if you have an accident with your car, the company will fix the other people’s car and cover the hospital fee with a limited price. Even though you pay monthly for that, they are not going to fix your car or give you anything. On the other hand, the full coverage insurance costs us more than the liability insurance, but it has many benefits that the company is going to do for you including fixing your car and the others car when you have accident. In addition, if your car burned, hail damage, hospital fees, or if someone steals it. They will cover every bad thing that could happen to your car and others’ cars. Therefore, the full coverage insurance is better than the liability insurance. Furthermore, there are some regulations to have the cheapest kind of auto insurance, and it depends on what type of car you have. A person who has their own car can go with the liability insurance. However, if that car is rented or an installment car, they can’t have liability and they must go with full coverage insurance. Moreover, if you have an old car with high mileage, it is better for you to have the liability option. In contrast, if you have a new and expensive car, it is best for you to have full coverage insurance because it will cost you a lot of money if you have an accident or any other issues. Last of all, it is your choice. Finally, auto insurance is important and each driver must have it. Which kind of insurance if the car is yours is not a requirement. You can go with the cheapest one that has fewer benefits, or you can have the expensive insurance with a lot of benefits. I suggest that full coverage insurance is better for you if you have a good income. That will make you feel comfortable among the other cars and the weather conditions. You don’t have to worry about the hail, tornadoes, volcanoes, and earthquakes. Every thing will happen to your car, and the company is responsible and they will fix your car.

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WRITING FIVE The Consequences of Eating an Unbalanced Diet Su Jung (South Korea) Nowadays, people pay attention to their health and they try to exercise regularly. Do you know, what is more important than doing exercise? That is eating a balanced diet. But many people don’t recognize this fact. Humans require three major dietary macronutrients to supply energy to their bodies: proteins, carbohydrates and fats. If you work or exercise very hard, but you don’t eat a variety nutritious food, you will have health problems because your body does not get enough nutrients. Recently, the increase of people eating an unbalanced diet is owing to many sugar substitutions, junk food and so on. People love those kinds of foods and they do not stop snacking. People who are parents should control their children’s intake. So, children can eat a balanced diet. But in practice, why don’t the adults care about themselves? If they usually eat an unbalanced diet that leads to negative effects not only to themselves but also their children. They lose their health and their children’s memory of them could be diminished. These parents’ actions and thoughts are not able to gain respect from their children. Moreover, there are other consequences of eating an unbalanced diet: nutrient deficiencies, obesity, diabetes, lack of energy, poor appearance, and heart disease.

First, an unbalanced diet can lead to nutrient deficiencies. It does not mean lack of calories. Although if you have high calories, it does not support enough nutrients. Our body needs many kind of nutrients such as protein, carbohydrates, fats, mineral, and vitamins. If our body feels a lack of them, our body reveals negative effects. According to the New York Times Health Guide, malnutrition from an unbalanced diet can lead to an impaired brain and nervous system function, failure to adequately maintain body tissue and the failure of growth and development. (New York Times). Furthermore, lack of sufficient vitamins and minerals can lead to a variety of diseases ranging from scurvy and diabetes to anemia and hypoglycemia. According to WomensHealth.gov, anemia results from eating too little iron that is available in meat, eggs, milk, poultry, fish, and fortified cereal. A diet low in iron can lead to colon cancer, fibroids and infections. Low levels of nutrients such as vitamin B12 can lead to nerve disorders. Blood diseases also are side effects of an unbalanced diet. Also, unhealthy diets that contain large amounts of sugar, salt, refined flours, processed foods and high-fat proteins often tend to have high levels of sodium, cholesterol, saturated fat and trans fat. These lead to addiction then they can cause weight gain and obesity. And it is not just an effect it is also a cause. Obesity can cause a rise in cholesterol and blood pressure increasing the likelihood of heart disease. A poor diet can negatively affect our energy: mental and physical health. While eating a healthy, varied diet has the power to boost daily energy levels and maintain them from meal to meal; eating an unbalanced diet can have the opposite effect. People who do not get sufficient supplies of vitamins, minerals and nutrients or eat a diet rich in high-fat and high-sugar foods may experience lethargy, fatigue, restlessness or sleeplessness. For example, in my case, I was addicted to snacking for a while. But I worried about gaining weight and I did not eat healthy foods. As a result, I felt uneasy and I was depressed. I had a rash on my face. Also, I had a problem with digestion. Needless to say meatatarians, and even people who are vegans have a hard time maintaining their health by only eating vegetables. That brings out problems with health. You might think that vegetables are good for health. But, according to the Honolulu Heart Program, it demonstrates that having continuously, extremely low levels of cholesterol may lead to an early death. And Zinc is found in high protein foods like meats and dark meat poultry, so vegans and many vegetarians can develop a zinc deficiency. That could result in poor appetite, frequent infections, hair loss and a host of other symptoms. To sum up, all effects of eating an unbalanced diet are linked. They are able to be an effect that also could be a cause. To maintain a healthy life, we should follow the nutritional guidelines of a balanced diet. Technology in our life Shaher (Saudi Arabia) Technology did not exist a long time ago. But in this day Technology has been being developed day by day. The Technology which is in our life is very useful and easy to use. All the companies, schools and hospital are using the latest Technology. Even the children or anybody can use it. So that means the Technology makes our life easier and our social life is enhanced by connecting with others. In addition doing exercises at home. So the argument is do we allow technology to affect our lives in a positive or negative way?

Some people say. I like to do everything by myself. For example they don’t like to use the Internet to pay the bills online or fill out applications. They think doing it without the use of technology is going to be easier, but in fact they are wrong because if you pay a bill by Internet it is going to be easier and more guaranteed because you will receive a receipt. I can even buy furniture online for example. Ebay or Amazon. Ebay and Amazon, which

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are websites on the Internet, are where you can purchase anything, So we understand that Technology makes everything easier. You can do whatever you want at home. Opponents to technology think. That Technology like video games and Browsing the Internet makes people lazy. However, there are some games in Xbox and PlayStation that teach us How to do exercise. For example, the Xbox has a nice camera that you can play buy the camera. So some games are made for doing exercise. Even the Internet has many websites that teach exercise. So it doesn’t have make people lazy. The last thing. People say is Technology is going to make people antisocial because they will be busy all the time and spend all the time using Technology. Well my opinion is I don’t agree with because Technology has a lot of things which make contacting others so easy. Skype, Facebook , Twitter are examples of popular communication tools. All of these lead people to come into contact with each other. But this depends on the person. He / She must arrange his/her time. The bottom line is Technology makes everything easier. You can do everything where ever you are and make a lot of friends or International friends. So Technology has become widely popular because it is really useful to our lives today. Extend Use of the Internet or Not? Naif (Saudi Arabia) Until which limit does the internet affect our lives? We can define the internet or the net as a worldwide system of computer networks which anyone around the world can use. In the last approximately 20 years, the internet was changing many people’s lives every day, for example in their jobs, studies, communication and leisure activities. However, these changes do not affect people in the same degree. That is dependent on some variables such as; age, gender, level of studies, social class and income. As we know, most things in our life have two influenced sides which are positive and negative. The internet is one of these things and has clearly affected our time, education, social relationships and communication. First, one of the important positive influences of the internet is saving time and convenience. The internet gives you the ability to do anything around the world just by pressing on the computer buttons even if you are at home or outdoor. For example, by the internet, you can shop from anywhere around the world when you are at home, such as from the supermarket and restaurant, and you may not leave your home for a long time. In addition, many companies make their meetings and deals around the world just during a few hours when they use the net, and it gives them fiscal benefits because they will save a lot of time.This is the real meaning of high service. The second positive effect is in education. The net is very helpful in the education field. By the net, the students, or anyone who works in education, has more opportunities to learn more and collect the information. By the net, we created a new style of education which is studying online. You can enter the university, study, and graduate while you do not have to visit the university campus. Moreover, you can take many training courses online. So, what is your first choice when your teacher asks you to research: the internet or the library? The net gives us high education with low effort. Furthermore, the internet impacts social and communication methods. The net gives the people many chances to make new relationships and strengthen those relationships by continually connecting. As can be easily found the websites to do that relationships like Facebook and chatting websites. In addition, the net gives the family members different ways to communicate . They can be connected by voice or video. Also it is very helpful for exile people. The net is the faster and easier way to find friends. However, almost everybody who owns a computer has freedom to use the net. But if we use the net without controlling ourselves, may get the negative effects of the net. The first negative impact of the internet is wasting time. While we are using the internet, we will find many interesting things, and that makes us curious to see more, for example, playing games for many hours or any entertaining programs, chatting, watching movies online and YouTube website. That affects are appearance clearly in young people, most of whom are students. So, as a result, that will affect their study an indirect way. The time is very expensive; thus, we should spend it on important things. The second negative effect of the net is in the education field. Many people use the net like a source for data, but it is hard to find the information just in one website. You might need to visit many websites to collect the data. Thus, you will spend a lot of time because is difficult to trust any statistic or data on the net except some websites. In addition, that will diminish and reduce the student’s ability to study because they do not have to work hard to infer the answer. They just get others’ work. The last negative effective of the net is in social communication because the net makes the gap between people who are living in the same place. For example, many families they are not meeting together during the day even if they are at home all the time because everyone is busy by the net and has his friends online or plays games. In addition, the net is not just for righteous people, but many people use the net as a trap for the other to rob or to sell drugs. It is a complicated issue because, on the net, is hard for the government to follow guilty

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persons. In brief, time, social communication and education are the important circumstances in , life and your success and failure depend on these things. So, when we know the ability of the internet to affect these by two faces positive and negative, do you think we can control ourselves when we use it all the time? How much do you depend on the internet in your life? Eventually, we can classify the internet as an advantage or issue we are supposed to worry about. Technology Mohammed Alghamdi (Saudi Arabia) Is technology going to change our lives, or are we going to change technology to suit our lives? Have you ever thought about this question? Nowadays the vast repertoire of technology takes up a large space in our lives. So, it has become indispensable in our houses, cars, jobs and in our pockets. In addition, the main causes for and the effects of inventing technology in my opinion are a desire for an easy life, a desire to improve our nation, and communication. Technology could detract us from the present to the future. So can technology be only a positive support in our life? First of all, who imagined that some day we will sit in a seat and fly to the sky waiting to arrive at a destination which is located thousands of miles away from our homes? Airplanes are the revolution of the technology. Furthermore, the GPS, is a small screen in the car to tell you how you can depart from a particular place by sending signals to space which is out of our vision, and then reflect by way of satellite back to earth just to tell you if the next road is crowded. If you asked yourself why these inventions have come to be, the answer would be the desire for an easy life. But, we won't feel the adventure of life. So we should temper our uses of technology. As a model, we should waive some things like the GPS which is menial to use. I bet there is none of our new generation who knows how to travel using a MAP or deviating the stars. We are losing our skills as humans. In addition, technology not only makes our life easier but also desires to improve our nation, when all the nations are trying to be the best. The competition pushed us to what we are today: starting from the motherboard to accessing the surface of the moon. Furthermore, recently countries have started to notice how research is important by giving it a high amount of the budget. But look at us now, we use technology flippantly. For example, many parents found that the children are being addicted to technology; and not getting a lot of benefits by using it. So, we should ban the things that destroy our knowledge. In the meantime, communication happens with everyone everywhere even when you stay in your room. Mobile phones and computers make the world a small village, and nowadays the richest companies are exporting these devices as a result communication has started to become an integral part of our lives. Subsequently, technology makes our lives easier more quickly. I hope the world focuses on those things, not on the other things that are used to destroy nations, such as the atomic bomb. Let's compete to dispatch the world, not to degenerate it. Have you ever thought if we depend completely all our life on using technology what will we be? Or What if our children get out by control of using technology? I know that technology is a "grace", but we should lessen our uses from technology and rehabilitate ourselves as human beings not controlled by technology. War is Always Wrong Ali (Kurdistan) War is a process that people use to kill each other and control some area. Also war is used to steal some especial things in this area. War happens by using weapons. This is important because with weapons you can kill people and control the field of war. War is fighting between two different countries or between people in the same country. Personally war is always wrong for everybody in the world because a lot of things are destroyed in any war such as the deaths of many people, buildings are destroyed, and people have an uncertain feeling during the war and after. Wars are always about using weapons. Also weapons are the first things used during war to kill people and to protect an area. For example, in Nazi Germany they were used to kill people and tried to make all of world a big Germany. When war starts in any place some people said war will just kill men, but war doesn’t know who is a man, woman, child, baby or old person. Fighting doesn’t separate individuals. However, wars destroy everything like buildings, farms, factories, schools, and houses. When destroyed all of these things are a key reason why the economy decreases. At that time people won’t have work and they live in poor situations. Also during war, governments will spend all of their money and people at war to buy weapons and food for army. After that conflict the country will be destroyed when war comes to an end. They have to build their country again as well as look for jobs for folks, along with giving money to the citizens, subsequently country will have struggle economically in the future.

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Furthermore, war has negatively affected the feelings of persons, because during war some things happen that you had never see before like the death of individuals, big fires, and noise of weapons. When wars arrive inside cities, also women and children will be affected more than men because they have more emotions. However, after war we see a lot of soldiers who have psychological problems, as a result of what they saw: people dying, maybe his friend or brother. In conclusion, personally I have never seen or heard good things about war. If you read history of all wars or fighting in the world, war is always wrong because everybody likes his family, job, and should live without killing each other. Additionally a community likes to develop their country by constructing buildings, open especial factories and have a great education system, however, war breaks down all of the things above. In the middle of war people have a poor life because war tears down anything on the earth. My dream is that people will live in the world without war and have peace. Why Vaccines? Haitham (Saudi Arabia) Before vaccines existed, there were hundreds of infectious diseases occurring. Children were dying all over the world because of small living pathogens you can not see with the naked eye such as, bacteria and viruses. Some of pathogens are able to be transmitted from one person to another via direct or indirect contact, which makes a disease spread rapidly and dangerously. Therefore, scientists have discovered a way to deter infections and the spread of diseases. Now, since the vaccines, which are killed or modified genes of specific pathogens, are available, it saves lives and prevents diseases. It is very helpful to build an immune system. So inserting the vaccine into the body, will stimulate the immune system to react against this foreign body to produce specific antibodies and to eliminate it. Since the body already created an antibody because of the vaccine, it will be protected from attacks in the future. Furthermore, everyone knows the influenza virus. Almost everyone gets infected with it one time every year. Because the influenza virus comes with different genes each year, we get infected with it or we take the vaccine every year. Therefore, it is a seasonal vaccine. Most of viruses and bacteria such as Chicken pox, Diphtheria and Hepatitis B are one time infected. That is why when you take vaccines you would not be infected, you will be protected, and it will be saved in your immunity memory. In addition, since Measles vaccine was licensed in 1962 in the United States, the number of cases started to decline (Vaccines.gov). In conclusion, vaccines prevent diseases and infections from occurring. In other words, if you had vaccines you would have an army that will fight against foreign bodies. You could be protected against a certain pathogen before you are exposed to it. “Vaccines work really well. No medicine is perfect, of course, but most childhood vaccines produce immunity about 90 - 100% of the time” (Vaccines.gov). Work Cited: http://www.vaccines.gov/basics/effectiveness/index.html Effects of Cocaine In Life Ahmad (Saudi Arabia) Drugs! What are the effects of Cocaine? Cocaine is easy to get on the streets. Some people who are using illegal drugs say that it makes them feel happy. We all know that is not true because drugs like Cocaine have psychological effects like hallucinations and nervousness. Taking Cocaine also has social effects like hitting kids and threating your wife or parents. Moreover physical effects like headaches and AIDS are common. First of all, Cocaine has bad psychological effects. The person who is using drugs has a feeling of hallucination all the time, therefore he sees things that are not realistic. The person will feel nervous all the time, so the person thinks he needs drugs to make himself feel better. In addition, drug abuse has negative social effects. The person will be aggressive and the person will use violence with his kids or with his wife, or even with his parents. Or maybe the person will threaten the parents for money to buy Cocaine that the person needs when he runs out of money. Finally, Cocaine has serious physical effects. The person won't get enough sleep or get more sleep than 8 hours, or the person may develop the AIDS which might cause death in the future if the person didn't recover from cocaine use. He will surely suffer from the abuse. In conclusion, we need to stay away from drugs, and convince ourselves and the people who have drug abuse that we don't need drugs because Cocaine has negative effects on the person. It will destroy the person's life. And it causes dangerous diseases like AIDS. And ask yourself is Cocaine worth it to lose my family, my friends, and my future?

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Studying Abroad Bandar (Saudi Arabia) There are many students who study outside their country. They left their country to continue their education or to study another language. However, some parents in Saudi Arabia disagree with allowing their children to study abroad. This is not their only disagreement. Parents in Saudi Arabia say that the cost of studies is very expensive and it is hard to live in a different culture that the students have not been taught about before. In my opinion studying abroad has a lot of advantages which outweigh these reasons. Parents should encourage their children to continue their education in any country that has a good educational system. First of all, some parents in Saudi Arabia say that studying abroad is costly and some parents cannot provide good enough money for their children to study abroad. However, there are a lot of countries that have scholarship programs to support the students who study outside the country. For instance, the government of Saudi Arabia offers more than 30,ooo scholarships each year for the students who have graduated from high school. Furthermore, they give a good salary to their students to live a comfortable life in the country where those students study. Moreover, the government of Saudi Arabia provides the students with wonderful insurance that cover, 100 percent of their health. So, there are not financial difficulties while the government is supporting the students and it is absurd for parents to say that they cannot provide enough money to their children, because their scholarship covers their expenses. Second, some parents believe that living in another culture is hard and their children might not adapt to a new culture and feel lonely. However, living in another country is not too hard and many students have done it before. When the student lives in another culture she or he is going to improve her or his social skills and know how other people live. For instance, the Saudis people who study in The United State of America. Learn how introduce themselves to other people. In addition, now they know how to treat American people by the American culture and show them the Saudi culture. This has a lot of benefits which increases the world's knowledge about Saudi people. Moreover, when students study in another culture they will be forced to speak the same language that the citizens speak. And by the time the students will speak two languages that gives them the opportunity to have a great job in the future. In conclusion, parents in Saudi Arabia say that studying abroad is costly and difficult. Nevertheless, many countries are enhanced by the students who study in a country that is scientifically sophisticated and covers all of the money required. Also, it is not hard for students to live in another culture because they will be taught about that culture and take advantage of it. Industrial Pollution Habeeb (Saudi Arabia) In our daily life . we see and hear about the factories which are making a lot of things such as cement , plastics, and Iron . As we know factories are helpful for communities that use chemical to build houses or make cars ,but their disadvantages are more than their advantages . Some of you may ask. Why? And say without factories how can people get chemicals ? However, you don't know what is happening around you from much of the air pollution. there is much pollution in the air such as viruses and bacteria. All of them come from chemicals which are made in factories . In like manner that pollution affects people's health without them knowing because they breathe the air which contains the factories dirt it . Smoke from factories impacts trees .So, as a result emission from factories affects people's health and the environment. First of all , emission from factories has an effect on people's health . Some of factories are located too close to the city that people live in. Those factories cause much of dirt smoke and bacteria in the air .therefore, it is going to have an effect on the people who are living in the city close to the factories . For example in my city ( ALahsa ) there is a district called Alauon. That district is located close to a cement factory . The chemicals which are used in the factory pollute the air with viruses and bacteria. That affects the people who are living in the city close to the factory. Most of them are wearing glasses because the chemical smoke has an effect on their eyes . Likewise , it affects their lungs because the air is not clear. Second of all , factory smoke affects the environment . As we said before industrial pollution affects people's health and in like manner it affects nature such as trees , seas. and rivers. For instance two weeks ago my teacher told me about what she saw of factory pollution in her hometown in Ohio . She said there was a General Motor’s plant that was throwing chemical remnants into the nearby river without people knowing which people lived close to the river. After many days they saw that the river had became different color due to the chemical remnants in the river. For sure the chemical remnants whish were thrown into the river had an effect on the fish. Therefore, our nature is sometime at risk from the factories. In short ,we must believe and understand the most valuable thing in the world is the health of people and nature . Factories and chemicals sometime hurt the environment ; therefore, in my opinion every factory must to be located far enough from any city ….. who is responsible to deter industrial pollution from happening…..????

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Mobile Phone Kholoud (Saudi Arabia) A very large number of people nowadays own a mobile phone. But I am not convinced, that everyone of them knows about the risks of these mobile phones and how expensive, especially if children or teenagers own them, they could become. Children and teenagers with mobile phones: a necessity or an addiction only for fun. There is no doubt of the benefits of mobile phones. The benefits have been sold to us worldwide by that industry which makes an easy way to communicate with different types of people all over the world. Many parents have made a ruling about their children and how they use mobile phones. However, mobile phones can be bad for young children. According to a survey by the National Children's Home charity and Tesco Mobile, "Many schools have begun to restrict cell phone use in schools because they can be a disruption to students. They can also be used for cheating, as in one case at a California high school where a student was caught taking pictures of a test with his cell phone camera. While some schools require that cell phones be turned off during class periods, other schools ban cell phones completely. Find out what the rules are regarding cell phones at your child's school and make sure your child obeys these rules". One of the most important issues in the world is that it increases the rate of accidents or causes problems at school and home. First, the mobile phones could cause a very big problem, especially if children or teenagers own one. Our parents said "they can handle teens having a mobile phone" because they benefit them in being a social person. In spite of the benefits, mobile phone can often bring a waste of money. Young people still have to learn how to deal with money; as a consequence, they call all their friends and many other people without thinking of the cost. Next, other parents " think they have a good way of controlling what their children are doing on mobile phones". They use it as a computer device where they can chat, send text messages, take pictures and put them on web pages like Facebook or listen to music while they are in school. In addition, the mobile phones are always being promoted. They are always on TV and the children and teenagers watch them and download very expensive things like sounds and games. Even if they know that they would not need all of these things, they want them because they want to be cool. Finally, some parents from all over the world say "mobile phones are good" because they allow them to be in contact with their children in case of an emergency or the children can talk the parents when they get home. While I think mobile phones are useful but not for young children, they still do not have the mind to figure out what affect it has in their life. It may be true that the children should not have mobile phones because it does not allow them to learn how it affects their health and safety an example. I believe that they are very dangerous to their health in the brain because they can start diseases like Cancer and Alzheimer's according to "In 2002, Hardell et al published a study titled ‘Cellular and cordless telephones and the risk for brain tumours’ in the European Journal of Cancer Prevention. As stated on Dr Mercola’s website: [Hardell et al] found that people who used cell phones were two and a half times more likely to have a temporal brain tumor on the side of the head where they held their phone. In the case of tumors of the auditory nerve, which connects the ear to the brain, the risk increased to more than three times for cell phone users". In fact, some parents do not think what can happen to young children while they are in school or walking home. Perhaps child maybe killed because someone shot them and stole their mobile phones or smart phone. In summary, mobile phones are more or less benefits can bring with. Also, it is not useful for teens and children because the mobile phone is not an essential item for communication but instead something that takes control of a child's life. Parents have the right to be worried. Firstly, parents do not have any sense of the consequences mobile phones bring. After that, the children will no longer communicate with their family. Instead they will have their phone beside them all day just talking, text messaging, playing games or listening to music. Finally, we have parents that think mobile phones are a good device to help them and they only take away the responsibility from being parents. However, today mobile phone and other types of modern technology including the Computer, Play Station and Ipad are very necessary tools and have many benefits such as teaching and learning responsibility and new knowledge for their future life. In my opinion, it is better for parents to have control and censorship of their children's behavior and use of technology for all the length of childhood. Study Same Specialization after Undergraduate Fayez (Saudi Arabia) There are two ways for the learners who have been finished from undergraduate want to continue studying at the graduate level. First, studying same specialization which the learners have studied at undergraduate. For example, if the learners studied education specialization at undergraduate, they will study the same specialization which is education specialization at graduate. The second way is studying a different specialization. For example, the learners have studied computer specialization at undergraduate, but they will study a specialization different from computer specialization at graduate. In my opinion, studying the same specialization is better than studying a different specialization because of difficulty level familiarity with specialization its, and diversity of information, and

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vision of the future in looking for jobs. First of all, studying the same specialization is easier than studying a different specialization because the learners have already had some information, skill, and experience about their specialization. For example, it is easy for the learners who have bachelor degrees in computer science to continue a master degree in computer science. However, the learners who want to continue a different specialization will have difficulty because they will study about a new specialization of which they don't have any knowledge. For example, the learners who have bachelor degree in computer science have difficulty to continue a master degree in education. Moreover, studying the same specialization is deeper in terms of familiarity with the knowledge than studying a different specialization because the learners will study the same specialization. Then, they will get a lot of information, with deepening their study and support because they studied that before. However, if the learners study a different specialization, they will get new information which isn't better than the learners who studied the same specialization. For example, if I'm studying computer science which is the same specialization, it will get me better experience than the learners who study this as a new specialization. Finally, vision of the future, studying same specialization gives a greater opportunity to get the best job because employers need the learners who have a lot of skills and experience. That cannot be present except for the learners who studied the same specialization. For example, if the learners who have finished their study which is the same specialization at graduate and undergraduate levels, they will have the biggest opportunity for getting a job because the employers need the learners who have a lot of information, some good experience, and skill. They can innovate in their field more than the learners who have different specializations. In conclusion, studying the same specialization will make a person's degrees higher than that of others. For example, when I want to arrive to PHD, I should study master degree as the same specialization as bachelor degree even I can study PHD as the same specialization as master's degree. I was discussing it with my Prof When I decided to complete my education, and I suggest the same to others. Separated Schools Saud (Saudi Arabia)

Schools in different countries have been ruled in several viewpoints and haven't changed. Mixed genders in the same schools impact on students' academics and make the mission of schools inconsistent, special in teenage years. First, most people agree that humans have an instinct that males and females like each other, but do you think schools are the best place to mix genders in teenage years? Some people think that coed schools might cause and reach the development and improvement by sharing students' ideas, but rule makers should focus on students ages and know how they act in that age. Many studies have shown that schools should not be mixed to avoid negative learning results. According to ABC news, '"supporters of single-sex schools argue that boys' and girls' brains are wired differently, and therefore require different teaching styles to maximize education"(Conley). In other words, men and women are not completely equals. In fact, in elementary, middle, and high schools, students just study basic subjects if we compare them with university subjects. Furthermore, all inventions and development come from students who study in a university, not in elementary, middle, and high school. Second, schools' missions are building students’ knowledge and teaching ethics to have an educated and respectful society. However, having different sexes in the same class in teenage years might cause sexual assault which is prohibited in all religions and some traditions, so what is the goal to have mixed schools in that period of age? Indeed," a survey of high school students found that one in five had experienced forced sex (rape). Half of these girls told no one about the incident"(Davis). Moreover, the mission of schools will be changed to sabotage the ethics of teenagers who have a limited thinking. In instance, getting raped in that age distracts students from focusing and attending and might cause a phobia from being in a school. In conclusion, segregated schools are much better to participate and contribute to reach the development. Otherwise, the mission of schools will have obstacles Works Cited Conley, Mikeala. Sep 22 2011 < http://abcnews.go.com/Health/single-sex-schools-negative-kids-study/story?id=14581023#.UVvifZNQaSo> Davis, T. C, G. Q. Peck, and J. M. Storment. "Acquantaince Rape and the High School Student." Journal of Adolescent Health.

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Study of University inside Your Country Or Outside Talal (Saudi Arabia) If someone is done with high school and he wants to continue his education to get a Bachelor degree, then he needs to spend more time to find the best university because this is his future, so he has to choose the best university, and then he will get the best education. Usually, the best universities which are in developed countries, have a lot of information about different sciences and have a big background about teaching methods. So, international universities give bigger benefits than local universities which give limited information, and then the student will explore some new ideas, get a lot of information about different cultures, people minds. Also, an international university certificate is preferred over a local university certificate at present time. Some people believe they will explore new ideas through study. They mean with time and a lot of research, they will get and explore new ideas. For example, during their study in local university, they already read many books and learn new information every day. So, with time they will get benefits and will explore new ideas. Even though this is correct, when they study university outside their country, then they will find a lot of new ideas from the first day of study. Why? Because they have different minds, different cultures, mix people and different ways of thinking. So, every day they will get new benefits and then will make groups of ideas in their minds. Later, maybe these ideas will be used in their research or through their study. So, that means there is the possibility of using new ideas in supporting of their studies because of the different place. For example, someone who is from China wants to complete his education in the USA. He already has information about his country, but when he came to the US, he learned new ideas. So, maybe he will use it in private business or to make a big deal. Furthermore, someone thinks outside of studies aren't different in university inside his country studies. He believes when he made some research in a local university, he will find all of solutions and results. For example, if a person makes research about British culture, he could get a lot of information with pictures through an internet. However, a local study is not the same as an outside study. An outside study helps people even with their private life, not only university studies, it will give a big background, and then a possibility is using it more than one place and time. Special research and studies such as examples and details will be strong support for research. So, an outside study has wonderful benefits. If the student has homework to compare his culture and a country that he studies in, then he will write a good topic about two cultures difference and advantage and disadvantage. For example, when a student who is from Saudi Arabia who studies marketing in an United States of America, and the university requested him to make an extensive study between Islamic loans with no benefits that are working in the KSA and interest loans in the USA, then he could make that study with proof, because he already had background about how to deal with Islamic loans and interest loans. So, that information is considered support for his study.

Moreover, many think that it doesn't matter if a certificate is local or international, because they ultimately believe you will use it to find a job. So, it is not different. For example, if somebody finished university and got a certificate, then he will use it to search for a good job with an appropriate salary. However, any international certificate is proof that a person tried and spent his time and his effort to get that certificate. Also, if the country is considered advanced like USA, Canada or Britain, that surely will give a strong certificate. For example, anyone who is from Egypt who wants to study electrical engineering in Canada will get a certificate stronger than local certificate from Egypt. So, this is one of the most important reasons to transfer for study outside his country. Finally, if someone has a chance to get an international certificate, an advice is: don't lose it. Big companies want students who study outside their country because they already have different ideas and opinions. Therefore, maybe the company creates a big deal with their ideas, and most of the students who have graduated from international university, if they work in any company, and then they will make a successful meeting because they already have background about products and a famous company. On the other hand, maybe they already have relationships with banks or companies which gave them some services or work. In conclusion, remember always an international certificate is better than a local certificate, even in the long run. Online Learning Meshael (Saudi Arabia) People have seen many changes in their world so far, about learning and teaching. Everything becomes different in each period of time. Most life aspects were difficult before technology is used, but now many computer techniques are established to help them, especially in a learning field. According for that, experts developed the online learning system instead of or beside the class learning system to resolve problems such as the classes learning system takes the most of students’ time, numbers of students increase, and the distance between universities and hometowns of students. I think those reasons are true, even they may prevent people from completing their degrees. So, the online learning system is more useful than a class learning system. First of all, organizing the time can be the best solution for the people who have responsibilities such as family, children, and work. Most of the students who study in universities has other responsibilities besides the

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many classes which they have to come on time every day; therefore, they make a special schedule to get enough time for each of them. Even though, spending a lot of time in classes every day besides taking care of family, children and a great job is impossible and may inhibit the people from completing their degrees. Because they will have problems to find enough time for each of their responsibilities, also the majority of women prefer to stay at home to take care of their children, on the other hand men like to earn money from working more than completing their education, and so, the best solution is to teach them by an online learning system. For instance, my mother couldn’t complete her degree because in that time she had me and my brother, so she couldn’t go to her classes every day. Then she lost her chair in the college. Furthermore, the numbers of students will increase in future days. People around the country want to get a chair in some universities, but they might not get it. The cause is the number of students or other issues about the space of universities, it won’t cover all students. For example, my university had an ability to accept 500 students in biology in 2008, but it couldn’t accept more than that number in 2009. Then many people lost their wishes to complete their education. In that case, the government should depend on an online learning system to cover all numbers. Moreover, one of learning factor is the distance between universities and hometowns of students. In fact, not all the countries have strong education systems; therefore, many people are forced to move to other countries which have stronger education and more choices than their countries. Also, they will learn new languages, cultures, and different experiences. For instance, many Saudi people come to an US which is far away from their country to complete their education in specific majors. Whereas many think that, we are now working for this world to be a small village. Not everyone has the ability to move to another country for studying especially people who have a big family and many responsibilities in their countries. Online learning will help them stay in their homes and continue their education with the university they want. Finally, online learning will resolve diversity of cases that can prevent the people from completing their degrees like the distance, numbers of students, and lost time. All the governments should think about an online learning system as a solution of many hard cases of students. Causes of Car Accidents Oudah (Saudi Arabia)

Have you ever been in a car accident? Car accidents happen everywhere because with everything good and useful like cars, it must have a bad side. Cars are useful because it help in transportation. According to the statistics from Riyadh City Traffic website the car accidents in Saudi Arabia increased from 19,960 accidents in 1989 comparing to 78,303 in 1998. Causes of car accidents can be divided into two kinds: human errors and external situations Human error accidents mean that the driver causes this accident. The first kind is drinking and driving. This cause of accidents is very dangerous because the driver is not conscious about what he is doing. So, all countries put the toughest rules for drunk drivers. For instance, in Australia, the penalty is immediate loss of license for a minimum of six months if it is your first offense. Also, in France, your car will be confiscated; you will have a three year loss of license, with a possibility of one year in jail, and a $1,000 fine (drink-drive-lose). Second, driving crazy mean that the driver does not care about anything. In Saudi Arabia there is a big problem against drifting because a lot of people lost their life, the people who drift steal cars to drift, and if they made an accident, they will dump the car. I lost a far side cousin in a drifting accident. The third cause is feeling sleepy, which mean lacking alertness, energy, or sleeping. That happened in highways because the driver is driving for a long time (like 6 or 8 hours) so he may fall asleep while driving, so the driver should rent a hotel room when he feel sleepy. That was some of the causes of human errors. Now after we finished talking about human errors, we will talk about external situations. Which means anything can cause an accident that the driver has nothing to do with. The first cause is nature; there are animals and weather causes. Animals can cause big problems. In Saudi Arabia, camels cause accidents when they cruise the highway so all highways in Saudi Arabia are surrounded with fences so camels don't cross the highway. Weather can cause accidents when there is fog or rain because it prevents the driver from seeing what's in front of the driver. The Second cause is other drivers who drive badly and crazy, like speeding or drifting. The third kind is road problems. Like potholes that cause damage to car tires. Also, construction can be a road problem because it makes the road tighter. In the end, we talked about causes of car accidents and there are two kinds of accidents human errors and external situations. The car, which is a very important transport, has a good side and a bad side. Be careful when you drive and don't cause any accidents. And drive safe.

Works Cited: Riyadh City Traffic, http://www.rt.gov.sa/statistics.php?year=1(Arabic) http://www.drink-drive-lose.com/Article.aspx?a=87

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The Reasons for the Death of Forests Zaina (Saudi Arabia) Forests are very important to the environment because they use carbon dioxide (CO2) and produce oxygen (O2). The forest is considered main source to supply the earth by enough oxygen and the forest is an important food source to a lot of creatures. Many of them depend on plants on their food. But today, we hear of "Forest destruction;" what is that mean? Some people wonder about it. It describes any activity that hurts or harms the forest such as logging, "cutting down trees ", which is for many reasons: to build new houses, to clear land to grow grass for cows and sheep to eat, and to make paper or furniture. Also, the forest is hurt by polluted air such as acid rain or by factory garbage. The forest destruction has many negative effects on the environment; seventy percent of Earth's land animals and plants live in the forest, and many cannot survive because the forest destruction destroys their homes. Also, the forest destruction the trees impact on the weather that leads to more extreme temperature swings that can be harmful to plants, animals, and humans. In fact, the forests are so important to our day to day, but the forest destruction effects on this role. The forest is a main factory to produce the oxygen and its main source for the food. On the other hand, without the trees on the earth, it is impossible to continue on the planet. Also, there are many causes that lead to the forest destruction such as factory garbage, polluted air and logging. The first cause of forest destruction is logging. That means "trees are cut down" because people need wood to produce the various materials such as papers, furniture, and buildings. Also, some of the people destroy the forest because they need the land for a certain purpose, for example, to build a new house or factory or to use the land for Farming. This cause has an awful impact on the forest and environmental system and humans who destroy environment around them. The second cause of forest destruction is polluted air such as acid rain. Acid rain is precipitation containing harmful amounts of nitric and sulfuric acid. The acid rain hurts the trees and their leaves. It makes the trees and their leaves weak. Also, the trees may get diseases. The acid rain is produced from the humans who pollute the environment by using the chemicals a lot today. The third cause is factory garbage. Many of the factories produce a lot of toxic gases. The factory throws own garbage such as chemicals, plastics and bottles into the rivers or lake that impact and pollute the water. Then the forests will be harmed by this garbage. When trees get water from rivers or lakes, the water is too polluted to do photosynthesis. The garbage moves from water to tree parts such as, leaves start to drop down, change leaves' color and trees start to die gradually. Finally, the forests have a real role in people life, but the people harm or hurt the environment around them. In fact, we should educate the people about an importance of the forest and find solutions for the forest destruction. In conclusion, today the forest has been suffering from the pollution and start to destroy it. There are many causes effect on forests' life such as logging, polluted air and factory garbage. Also, we shouldn't forget humans have a critical role in pollution. The Harmful Effects of T.V. on Children Abdullah (Saudi Arabia) Does T.V. cause harmful effects on children or have advantages more than disadvantages? T.V. has entered into every house. Also children spend most their time watching television. According to a survey, in just five years, T.V. use has increased from 6 ½ to nearly 7 ½ hours a day in children between the ages of 8 and 18. It means they spent most their time without moving or activities. Moreover, T.V. shows have a lot of violent scenes. Also, spending a long time in front of T.V. can decrease creativity in kids. In addition, because the impact of T.V. has a long term effect, many people do not realize that T.V. could have a negative influence. Thus, T.V. has a negative impact on children’s way of thinking and way of acting aggressively. First of all, the things that kills the creativity and imagination in children the most are T.V. shows such as cartoon movies. For instance, in the past, when parents wanted to tell a story to their children, they narrated it and their kids imagined that story, but nowadays, programs are presented visually, aurally, and psychologically too, so that prevents kids from imagination; it also does not make them depend on their thinking. For example, in childhood, when I heard a name of a person or animal, immediately I made a picture of a character, which is a personality in a movie that they have seen, who related with that person. I did not use my imagination or my creativity to draw that picture in my mind. Furthermore, T.V. programs have changed the ideas in kids in an indirect way. For instance, many movies conceive heroes as people who break the rules or arrogant people. So, that makes confusion in children’s minds and it will affect them continuously. Thus, T.V. prohibits kids from showing us their creativity and makes them not depend on their ability of imagination.

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Second, in childhood, kids imitate anything they see no matter what it is because they do not know if it is a good thing or bad. Thus, movies which have violent scenes greatly affect children. It also makes them act aggressively and having rude behavior. In addition, movies indirectly support killing and crimes. For instance, the hero in movies is the person who kills all people to reach to his target. So, that lets children do anything to get something, even if that thing requires doing something illegal. Also, movies show crimes in another way such as glorifying the hero, even if he was a killer. Moreover, movies increase the fear in children and sometimes cause a phobia and psychological problems. For example, The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) study exposed direct facts that in kids of the age group of five and younger, especially small children, horror movies can create sensitive cases of nervousness. The symptoms of such anxieties comprise of sleeping disorders, aggressiveness and self-endangerment. In addition, losing confidence children is caused by violent movie. For example, when kids watch killing, shooting, and violence, it will create a negative outlook about their family and their society and they will suspect in everyone because they cannot decide between who is good and who is not, so they relate any person they saw to the movie that they watched. To review, T.V. affects children’s behavior and their view about their society. It also affects in kids confidence. In conclusion, the T.V. is considered the third parent because it grows the ideas in a viewer’s mind. In addition, there are some situations and scenes that affected on children, and sometimes that effect is prolonged in their whole life. Therefore, parents should monitor what their children watch and be careful about how much time their children stay in front of the T.V.

Work Cited . http://life.familyeducation.com/computers/television/65248.html http://horror.ezinemark.com/the-effects-of-horror-movies-on-children-7d334832348f.html Study Abroad Sultan (Saudi Arabia) Have you ever thought about the benefits of study abroad? Nowadays English has become required by recruitment companies, so it has become a main object that everyone should have. By learning outside your country you can get a better education, you will be provided by an integrated school environment, and you will have the opportunity to build your life experience. Comparing with the chances that you got from studying inside your country studying outside is definitely better and more effective. It might be difficult for the students to get the education in their country especially if they Are taking it in a different language sometimes its n hard on the teacher to deliver the Information clearly because it’s written in different language. Usually the teacher will explain in their main language but the book will be written in a second language such as English this is how things going in my country. However, if you got the opportunity to get an education in an educated nation such as (U.S, U.K) you will learn not only content perfectly but the language as well. In addition, students who study abroad think that it will impact their future lives. Also you will live with other students and teachers from different cultures and work with them. Feeling Comfortable is necessary for students, because if they don’t they won’t get good grades. No one denies that proximity from our families makes us feel cheerful but Students have to consider it as a reason to fortify themselves, by saying that we have to do it for our family. Also, the student faces some problems when he\she tries hard to keep focusing on the subjects, and to organize time between family, friends, events and study time. The environment is one of the most important materials that must be prepared for the students to get good grades. So, the peace of mind and the environment are two main affective factors for the success of the student. Speaking of my culture which is the western of Saudi Arabia, the student depends on their father for a long time of his age, and that affects their life when they are old. That makes them avoid a lot of experience that might benefit them in their life. Nevertheless, if they live far from their family, they won’t ask for help. They will build their own experience which can help them in different situations in the future life. “Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.” (Ralph Waldo Emersion)” We have to rely on ourselves if we want to get succeed in this life. In conclusion, all these factors may change the student’s behavior and make it better, besides giving him/her a better chance to get the job that he\she wants to get.

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The Effects of Computer Gaming On Children Amro (Saudi Arabia) Computer gaming is one form of entertains, and it’s getting better every day. There is much different kind of games: sport games, adventure games, horror games, puzzled games and aggressive games .computer gaming has several different effects on children. Depends on the genre of the game children play, computer gaming has some good effects and bad effects on children, such as behavior, study and social life.

Most important, kids obtain good and bad behavior from playing video games. Games can build children behavior and the way they act, but at the same time there are many games that can also destroy children good behavior and turned it to bad behavior. Children who play aggressive games are more likely to get in trouble. For example, there are a lot of children who started bulling other kids after playing the GTA game and they starts fighting other kids. In in some case children might think that what happened in the game can happen in real life, so they start doing whatever game they played in real life. Nevertheless, young people between the ages of 4-17 years old that plays: strategy, adventure or puzzled games their mind starts to work in more efficient way. They will learn new ways for solving problems and they act and behave normally. To conclude, computer game doesn't make children act in inappropriate way. It depends on the kind of game they play. Another effect, offspring who get addicted to video games, they will waste their time playing and forget about studying. That will affect their school their school grades and they might drop out of school because of the fact that, they spend a lot of time playing computer games. On the other hands, children can learn new things, how to respond faster and solve problems faster. That will turn them to thinker minds. In short, computer gaming doesn’t affect the study especially when parents get involved. For these reasons, computer gaming can effect children, study, behavior and social life in bad and at the same time good ways it just depend on the situation children are in.

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WRITING SIX Violence in the Media Ahmed (Saudi Arabia) Introduction What is violence in the media? Who is responsible for these children who are acting aggressively? Should the government censor the media? The media is a modern technology that helps people to share their opinion, and do something that they couldn't do in real life. It has a positive and negative effect. Some of the media teaches children and teenagers. The violence is a recent phenomenon that people don't know about. It has become more and more a part of human life. These days, it is also increasing in many different paths, such as, video games, music, and movies. However, recently, there are many parents who don't know or don't realize the real harmful effects of the media. They let their children play however they want. Nevertheless, that will effect their behavior and they might act aggressively because of the media that there are using all day. What is the violence in media?

Violence is one of the biggest issues that has faced our society. In addition, media violence was classified

as fictional violence cartoons and they make it real and then started to act violently in the real movies. According to Eugene, ”violence include such variables as poverty, family psychopathology, child abuse, exposure to domestic and community violence (1)” Moreover, media violence plays an important role that makes the child act violently. Some movies have parts that are about battles and that works if they watch it many times. Music videos have a lot of violence that get the child to act aggressively. Effects

These days children have a TV in their bedroom, and that will make them watch whatever they want without following their parents instruction. Also, there are many studies that state children spend 28 hours a week on the TV, more time than they spend in school. That means the children will watch 2000,000 parts of violence. and the children sill can't identify if it is real or created by people. Children may watch violence as a fact of life, after that, they won't be able to realize both the victim and the victimizer. For example, in 2003, a boy who was 19 years old bought a weapon that looked like the actor's weapon in the matrix film and shot his parents. Moreover, in 2003, a university of Michigan team found that “ research suggests that every violent TV show (a child sees) increases a likelihood of a child growing up to behave more aggressively in some situation”. In addition, children who play violent games all the time will become more likely to do the crime such as, murder or rape. Many studies have shown that people who played violent games will act harshly after playing those games. Other studies have found that the children are likely to copy the character if they are seeing him/her as a good person who helps to fix the problem, especially if they are not aware of what the consequences are for the violence. According to the Medical Journal of the American Academy are more likely to start a child act aggressively behavior in 6 months. Sometimes scary movies also affect the child's sleep, Garrison says, sleep problems like nightmares, children think that will happen in any moment. Children between 7-8 years old cant distinguish between the real or the creative. On the other, hand teenager will laugh at the people who get hurt. They are not mature enough to determine what the violence is. Playing video games even has more harmful effect than the T.V because of the physical activity. Advice

According to the Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), a conversation was held with parents to find a solution for

the children. They said that parents should let their children play or watch TV between 1 or 2 hours a day. Moreover, they should watch and play with their children to see if there is anything that will affect them. In addition, parents should know the dangerous effects of violence and teach their children how to realize what they see on TV, after a while the children may know what is suitable to see or not to see. According to Dr Anderson, “think about it from a socialization point of view: what kind of values, behavioral skills, and social scripts is the child learning?” The American Academy of the Child has supported the category of the violence in order to block some programs. Specialists should work hard to edifice the media to be more acute to the violence’s influentially on youth. Parents should speak to the networks and local stations to let them make their last determination carefully and think about what the audience will do. According to CCN, parents should check the content which gives them recommendation to see if their child is at the appropriate age to watch or not, use control which is a tool that parents can block some

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channels, and, DVR it, which parents can cancel the inappropriate shows while the children are watching. Furthermore, about the video games, CNN says, first, follow the rating to see if your son's age to know if he/she could play it or not, rent it before you buy to see what the game is about, and enforce and balance, which means give the children a limit time to play. Conclusion There are many consequences of the media in our life. Every single parent has the responsibility for what their children is doing, such as acting aggressively or acting rudely. These days all of us have noticed the negative impact on these violent media. In the same way, parents should be more careful when they choose movies and video games for their children. In addition, parents should realize the real dangers of these media. Work Cited Beresin, Eugene V. "The Impact of Media Violence on Children and Adolescents: Opportunities for Clinical Interventions." American Academy Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. N.p., n.d. Web. Carey, Benedict. "Shooting in the Dark." Shooting in the Dark [The New York times] 11 Feb. 2013: 1-4. Print. Emmons, Sasha. "Is Media Violence Damaging to Kiss?" Cnn Living 21 Feb. 2013: 1-13. Print. Grimes, Tom. "Define Violence in the Media: Column." N.p., 20 Jan. 2013. Web. Harris, Sally. "Some Violence Movies Can Increase Violent Responses to Provocation and Acceptance of Violence in Real Life." Ishta.vt.edu. N.p., n.d. Web. "Violence in the Media." Focus on the Family. N.p., n.d. Web.

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The Dark Knight Rises: Movie Review Khalid (Saudi Arabia)

I. The History of Batman

Batman first creator is Bob Kane, but his Batman was different than the one we know, his Batman was “wearing a bright red costume, stiff black bat wings attached to his arms and a black domino (Robin style) mask” but the creator of the Batman that we know is Bill Finger (Legions of Gotham).

Batman is a story about Bruce Wayne, a young kid whose parents died in a horrible crime and left him a fortune. Bruce became a millionaire orphan. Bruce Wayne obsession with bats start before his family died, he fell down in an old well and got attacked by a lot of bats. When he turned 18, he traveled to China to practice martial art. After a couple of years of practicing his master told him to find his worst fear and connect with it. After that, Wayne fund that his biggest fear was bats, so he connected with that to become Batman.

In 2005, a director called Christopher Nolan started a new Batman movie called Batman Begins, and in 2008 he release a sequel under the name of The Dark Knight. The final movie of the Batman trilogy from the director Christopher Nolan and the actor Christian Bale was The Dark Knight Rises, which was released in 2012.

The Dark Knight Rises was a huge worldwide box office hit. The total gross is $448,130,642. It is the 2nd best grossing movie of all time. II. The Characters The main character is Batman or Bruce Wayne and the role was played by Christian Bale. At the beginning of the movie, Bruce Wayne was afraid to be Batman again. He thought that Gotham city was in a peaceful time, until Gotham city got attacked by Bane. Cat woman, or Selina, was a thief and a criminal who wanted to delete her police record by an application called The White Page, and she will do everything to get it. Cat woman was played by Anne Hathaway. Bane is Batman nemesis who came from the dark for vengeance. III. The Curse of The Dark Knight The Batman trilogy had a lot of bad luck. It all started in January 2008 when the Australian actor Heath Ledger who played The Joker in The Dark Knight, died at the age of 28 “from an accidental overdose of prescription drugs” six months before the film's release. After Heath Ledger's death, two weeks later, another tragedy happened when the special effects technician the New Zealander Conway Wickliffe died while she was on a camera truck filming a stunt when it crashed into a tree. In August 2008, Morgan Freeman was seriously injured in a car accident in Mississippi. After days from the Mississippi accident, Morgan announced his divorcing from his wife after 24 years of marriage (Herald Sun). Christian Bale “failed to escape the trilogy's run of bad luck”. In November 2008, he got arrested for allegedly assaulting his mother and sister shortly before the London's premiere (Herald Sun). The Dark Knight Rises also got affected by the curse. First the stunt double for Anne Hathaway crashed into expensive camera equipment during filming in Pittsburgh. After all that, in the opening weekend of the Dark Knight Rises, a shooting took a place inside the cinema leaving 12 dead and 59 injured (Zara). IV. A Critique of the Film

In my opinion, the director started the movie with a succinct summary about the previous two Batman

movies (Batman Begins & The Dark Knight). The actors were magnificent. For example, the scene where Anne Hathaway (Cat women) was in the bar trying to sell Bruce Wayne’s fingerprints, was beyond amazing. I loved how the story was original, and had never been mentioned in any of the Batman comics. Furthermore, there were many scenes that were shocking. In another words, you never expected what happened. The sound tracks are a kind of music that remained in your mind for days after watching the movie. The last scene of the movie was a great end when the story showed that Batman was still alive. However, some parts in the movie I didn’t like. There was a scene in the movie were Robin found out about who the real Batman is, and it was a kind of mystery. The director didn’t show us how Robin knew or when he knew about it. In addition, there’s a scene where Batman was in the underground jail and a guy came in an illusion and the story didn’t explain exactly who the guy is and what he was doing there. At the end of the movie Batman, shows up in the morning to fight his nemesis Bane, and in the original Batman series, Batman never shows up in the morning.

Although, I’m not a big fan of superheroes movies, The Dark Knight Rises is one of my favorite movies. I liked this movie because of the excitement, graphics, customs, and the actors. I like how it surprised the audience in every scene. If you want my advice, go rent the movie now.

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Promoting Tourism in Morocco Amine (Morocco) Introduction In this research paper, I will be focusing and searching on ways that will enable the country of Morocco to promote tourism and thus succeeding in bringing more tourists the country by making a comparison between Morocco and Italia. Overview of the Issue

Morocco is an Arab country that relies mainly on agriculture and industry brought in by foreign investors as it doesn’t have oil and gas resources like the other wealthy Arab countries. Thus Morocco has turned to tourism in order to solve the economics and social problems as well as poverty and unemployment.

At the start of the last decade Morocco had set a target of bringing 10 million tourists in the country by the year 2010 and up to now this target has not been reached yet although it does look promising.

In 2010, a study was conducted and showed the different services that really discourage people from coming to different countries to discover our home country. This chart represents the level of different services that are essential to meet the challenge of attracting tourists in Morocco.

The infrastructure of the country (e. g. roads, railways, public buildings) is the most important structure that needs to be developed.

To investigate deeply why this target has not been met, it is crucial to look at the country’s infrastructure, Air-links, quality of service, and hotel’s capacity.

The entertainment area day and night life is also a negative factor which dissatisfies tourists. Foreign tourists coming to Morocco are mainly from Europe as Morocco is close to Europe, so it is very important to create the right atmosphere similar to that in the European countries like pubs and nightclubs with a free and democratic attitude in mind. The transportation industry is another weakness that needs to be improved. It is vital for tourists to travel at ease from one point to another without getting stressed. Comparison between Morocco and Italy:

Compared to Morocco, Italia already has a strong tourist industry making it the fifth largest in the world and this is due to so many factors that make Italia very attractive to visit. Italy has very good transportation and road industry that makes it easier for tourist to roam the streets of every destination. The history of Italia as a religious country, especially amongst the Christians, makes it a popular choice those visiting for purely to experience the religious history of the Romans that existed and was established many thousand years ago. Many Europeans feel the need to visit mainly for the nice historic cities that their ancestors once occupied and to relive that history especially in the Roman era.

There is also a common history that most Europeans share and cherish and so every generation has a place in their hearts to know this past history. There is also the freedom of movements between most European countries and Italy makes it easier to travel without the need to acquire a visa and thus saving time and money on that part. Italy is equipped with more hotels per ratio of tourists, driving the price cheaper to find a hotel room. In Italy there is a broad variety of hotels, starting from 1-5 stars. In 2005, there were 33,557 hotels with 1,020,000 rooms and 2,028,000 beds.18 the number of hotels, according to their rating, in 2005, went like this: 7-star hotels: 1 with 25 rooms (the town house galleria located in Milan). 5-star hotels: 232 with 20,686 rooms and 43,150 beds. 4-star hotels: nearly 3,700 with 247,000 rooms and 502,000 beds. 3-star hotels: 14,500 with 483,000 rooms and 940,000 beds. 2-star hotels: 5,000 with 116,000 beds. 1-star hotels: 2,000 with 157,000 beds. The historic cities, and the beautiful weather, and the good entertainment industry as well as the food make Italy more attractive, and free for the tourist. Policy Recommendations and Benefits: So to sum up the vital points that the North African country of Morocco needs in order to compete with the best, I conclude the followings recommendations:

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1. A lot of tourists come to see the architecture of Morocco’s past. It is important to keep those places and

monuments in great condition, so they can be enjoyed by tourists for a long time to come and thus making them wanting to come back again.

2. Keeping Morocco cheap is vital, especially as other European countries like Spain can be expensive to visit. Therefore, regulating and inspecting every industry relating directly to tourism will give Morocco a good name amongst the countries that tourists like to visit.

3. Encouraging more no frill airlines to fly to Morocco will up the number of tourists visiting Morocco. In doing so, the country has to build more airports as well as expand the existing ones.

4. Morocco has a beautiful coastline aided by nice weather so the beaches need to be used more efficiently. Therefore, constructing more hotels by the beach will encourage tourists to visit the country. Thus more affordable hotel rooms will make tourists choose Morocco.

5. Morocco has to make serious projects and make the industry more professional. 6. Some vendor behaviour toward tourists should be reviewed:

Avoid begging Be friendly Be open-minded Be helpful

Conclusion:

Tourism accounts for around 8% of GDP and is one of the largest foreign-exchange earners. Travel costs the country were significantly reduced in 1995, following cuts in prices by the national airline, Royal Air MAROC. The country is becoming an increasingly competitive destination for European travel, with the policing of brazen solicitors and salesmen hassling tourists stepped up in a bid to attract greater numbers of tourists. If we can succeed to promote tourism in Morocco, several sectors will be affected (economic, social and political).

By attracting a big number of tourists, a decrease in the unemployment rate will occur and more job opportunities will be created, and the tourists will be coming from all over the world, which will make more hard currencies. This is very helpful for the economic balance. Furthermore, that will increase the income of the country and the Gross Domestic Product (GDP).

The huge coming of foreign tourists will have a very big effect on young’s people behavior and mentality. The social life of the new generation and young people will be improved due to the influx of different nationalities thus making Morocco a more secular state than it is now. People will engage in knowing each other by learning and exchanging each other’s languages. Furthermore, they will share their traditions and cultures with each other.