Thursday, February 26, 2009

It's all for education





Today, we can see kids going to elementary school and coming back without homework. So, I can't understand where the homework is. A lot of kids between the 1st and 6th grade complete the little amount of homework they have in class. So, ironically, the homework is done in school. Eventually, the real question here is whether the homework really helps?

The question has many answers as this is an opinion question. We can’t really check if the homework helps in studying, therefore, we can suppose that the education level in elementary schools is low. So, it doesn’t matter if there is homework or there isn’t homework. Moreover, in a democratic country, we can let the kids choose to prepare homework or not .An example for this statement is the 11 year old Ben Berrafato who wrote an incredible essay about homework. I am sure that the large amount of homework didn’t help him in doing the essay and still it was an amazing one.Eventually, it is not homework that helps kids to study and get high grades, that’s the talent and skill which isn’t acquired from homework.

As a high school student, who went to elementary school and graduated with excellence. I can say that homework was just a waste of time for me. I got all of the lessons the first time. My classmates were that kind too, they got the lessons really fast. However, high school is another “playground”.You have to perpare homework or else you will fail. Eventually homework is just a waste of time in elementary school. Researchers suggest that kids without home work and kids with homework get the same grades.Moreover, kids without homework are more popular and the society treats them better.

Everyone is different, so every one needs a different kind of education. Different schools and high schools are the answer to the difference problem. Special school for every kinds(מיותר) of students, but until it happens, we need to live with what we have. Everyone is different, It’s all for education.

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Daphna.

Thursday, February 12, 2009

High or Low?



Space exploration started many years ago. Yuri Gagarin was the first man in space in 1961.Due to the efforts of the space researchers we can now explore a whole new field of knowledge.During those years the conflict between the USA and USSR was in its crucial moment. They were fighting over the glory of reaching space, meaning who will be the first to reach space. (The)USSR won when they sent the first man into space. However, afterwards the USA was the first to send a man who landed on the moon.

There are many people thinking that space exploration is a great thing. They say that the potential benefit from it can benefit us in many ways, such as: more space to live on the moon, because the civilization is rising or even more working places places for unemployed people. Other people say that the good thing about space exploration is the knowledge. Now a days we meet a lot of people that want to know a lot about everything and the space exploration is another field to specialize in for them.

However, there are people that think the opposite . They think that space exploration has a negative effect on people. Space exploration causes a great danger to every one, even the citizens. As everyone remembers Ilan Ramon’s spaceship exploded when it entered the atmosphere. This tragedy could have ended even worse if the space ship collapsed on people’s homes. In addition, while the governments spended incredible amounts of money on space exploration, there are many homeless, poor and sick people that just want a warm dinner or a place to spend the night in. This money can be spent for better causes.

Space exploration is a colorful, promising field of knowledge. However, in my opinion, the poor people on the streets, that just want to have a warm dinner, are much more important than space exploration it self. So, everyone needs to make their own decision if it’s positive or negative.

I'm happy to say this is much better. 
Good work.
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Daphna.