Should children be raised to co-operate or to compete?

Should children be raised to compete or to co-operate?

There are two ways the parents can raise their own children to make them successful in their future life and set their own place in the society. The two ways are competition and co-operation. In my opinion, raising the children in a co-operative way is better, but competition is also needed.

First of all, I will talk about co-operation. People need to co-operate with each other so no one can live alone. Teamwork is very important for the children that they can benefit from each other. In addition, they will improve their skills in communication. Furthermore, children will gain confidence and will be useful for the society in the future. Working in group will help children to strength friends’ relationships between themselves. Last but not least, they can co-operate in solving homework and studying for exams.

On the other hand, competition also is important thing that can add some fun for the class. It will encourage children to compete each other that they want to get high grades so they will get good jobs in the future. If someone is competitive, he will become creative and good leader for a team because competitive person does not accept loss. For example, competition in sports like playing football is vey fantastic that make players like the game.

In conclusion, although I prefer the children to be raised in a co-operative way I would add that competition is needed also. This is because when people can be competitive and co-operative at the same time they will have a very successful life.

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Economic growth vs environmental protection

Should our first priority be worldwide economic growth or reducing the rate of global warming?

World widely economical growth has a huge contact to our environment, in unkindness the economic is increasing. In this essay I will talk about wither we should the main concern be worldwide money-making growing or declining the rate of global warming.

The economic are increasing for many reasons. First reason is that the money so that people get a chance to survive, another terms the employment opportunities besides providing better life for our children. Second reason is that to improve the living standard level. Not only that, also the growth on development on the education and technology standard. On the other hand these growing have a huge force to our environment. First of all, the CO2 which is mainly results of the developed as well as transportation. In addition it cause rising on the temperature. after that, in fact the increasing on the sea level which is due to melting the ice because of increasing on the temperature as I have mention on result of CO2. Moreover, the rise on sea level will cause flood. At the end, due to rising in temperature has led to drought for example which is happening in Somalia.

Finally, I would say that the both have important points. But in my opinion I am agree on growth of the economic. Because highly recommended for each family to rise there living standard. That to include better education and medical, but the globalization should do the best to trim down these impacts to our environment to have a great future economy with safe live.

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Population growth 1750 to 2150

World population growth

The line chart shows us the world population growth in richer and poorer countries based on the United Nations. World population prospects, the 1998 Revision and estimates by the population Reference Bureau between 1750 and 2150.

In 1750 the total world population was less than 1 billion but the population of more developed countries was only about 25% of the whole population while the population of less developed countries was about 75% of the total. The total population rose to 6.1 billion but the population of more developed countries was only about a quarter of the total by 2000. The estimation is that by 2150 the total population will increase to 10 billion and the less developed countries will be 10 times more than more developed countries.

Finally, the graph shows that the total population has increased and will continue to increase and the increase has been and will be more in the less developed countries.

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Mobile phones & driving

Should using mobile phones while driving be banned?

There have been many studies done to show that people who use mobile phones while driving are four times more likely to have accidents. Let us be serious, it is impossible to look at the road and read messages at the same time. Nobody can concentrate on two things at the same time. In this situation, when the driver receives or sends a message, he cannot concentrate on the road. As a result of this, you may cross a red traffic light which can cause a very dangerous accident.

The mobile phone distracts drivers in two ways; it causes physical distraction and cognitive distraction. Physical distraction occurs when drivers have to at the same time operate their mobile phone (reach, dial, hold) and operate their vehicle. Cognitive distraction occurs when a driver has to divert part of his/her attention from driving to the telephone conversation. However, the ability to divide one’s attention between two simultaneous tasks is limited. Mobile phone use while driving could therefore negatively affect driving performance. The results of using a mobile phone while driving can increase the risk of being involved in a road crash up to four times.

In conclusion, I think that the mobile phone is important in our life but a lot of studies show that using a mobile phone while driving is a main reason of accidents. We should put a strict law for using mobile phones while driving especially when people don’t care. However, I think the roads would be safer if mobile phones were banned.

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Traffic congestion and parking problems in Abu Dhabi

Problem & solution essay.

Nowadays Abu Dhabi suffers from traffic congestion and parking problems which is a serious problem in Abu Dhabi. In this essay I am going to give some of the causes and solutions of traffic congestion and parking problems.

There are many causes of traffic congestion and parking problems. The first cause is the increasing number of population in the last 10 years because Abu Dhabi has a lot of careers and high salaries. A second cause is that the summer climate in the UAE so that people cannot walk to move from one place to another place. The temperature sometimes reaches 45⁰C to 50⁰C which makes drivers more stressed and nervous. A third cause is tourism which leads to more taxis and buses. The last cause is more female drivers and younger drivers who do not have enough experience of driving.

There are causes of traffic congestion and parking problems and also there are many solutions to traffic congestion and parking problems. One of these solutions is a metro. The metro will decrease the number of cars and the number of accidents. Another solution is making overpasses and underpasses instead of light signals and roundabouts. The last solution is making underground parking or having several floors for parking.

Finally the metro is a good solution but it is expensive. In my opinion I think overpasses and underpasses will be a good solution and will decrease the traffic congestion and parking problems in Abu Dhabi.

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Seasons/Weather

Winter is the coldest season; In England the winter months are December, January and February.

The summer months in England are June, July and August; these months in the UAE are extremely hot and humid.

Jobs

An architect designs buildings.

A civil servant is a government employee.

A doctor/nurse treats patients in a hospital or clinic.

The students in CJC are all chemical engineers. In Doha, Hedley used to teach chemical, electrical, mechanical and process engineers.

A farmer grows crops and raises animals.

A journalist writes articles for a newspaper.

Lawyers prosecute and defend people on trial in court.

A mechanic repairs vehicles in a garage.

A shop assistant gives you help and advice in a store.

Age of Marriage

The bar chart shows the women aged 15 to 19 in Arab countries who are married in percentages, while the table shows the age of first marriage of men and women in 14 countries.

The most spectacular feature of the bar chart is the fall in the UAE. The falls in Kuwait, Libya and Tunisia are also spectacular.

The table shows that the highest age of first marriage of men is in Kuwait 29.6 while the highest age of first marriage of women is in Bahrain 25.6. On the other hand the lowest age of first marriage of men is in Iran 24.4 while the lowest age of first marriage of women is in Oman 20.7. The ages of first marriage of men and women in Turkey, Iraq, Palestinian, Syria and Saudi Arabia are almost the same.

Finally, it is important that in all 6 countries the percentage of 15-19 years old brides has fallen over the past 3-4 decades. And compared with ages, the women get married younger than men.

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Hurricanes Vs Tornadoes

The table shows the features between hurricanes and tornadoes.

Firstly, hurricanes have 74 mph minimum wind speed and 155-200 mph maximum wind speed of most severe storms, while tornadoes have 40 mph minimum wind speed and the maximum wind speed of most severe storms 250-300 mph. The classification scale of hurricanes is the Saffir-Simpson C1-C5. In contrast to tornadoes which are measured on the Fujita F0-F5. The time period of a hurricane is one week average while the time period of tornadoes only lasts a few minutes, some up to a few hours. The average width of tornadoes is 100-600 meters – some up to 1.5 km wide. One the other hand the average width of hurricanes is 300 miles. Tornadoes usually start over land while hurricanes start over warm oceans. Hurricanes can be predicted 2-3 days in advance and sometimes 6-10 hours. In contrast tornadoes can be predicted only 20 minutes or less in advance.

Finally, tornadoes and hurricanes are both awesome forms of wind power that represent nature at her most dangerous.

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Colours

The red traffic light means stop.

All the local men wear white dishdashas.

Sheikh Zayed wanted to change the UAE from a desert to a green paradise.

In the fall/autumn all the leaves are brown.

He gave her a black look.

There were grey clouds in the sky and it looked like it was going to rain.

Roses are red, violets are blue, sugar is sweet and so are you.

Orange juice is full of vitamin C.

Egg yolks and lemons are yellow.

Blue for a boy, pink for a girl.

She chose beige coloured furniture.

She was wearing a purple dress.

Around the college

We are all students at Abu Dhabi Men's College.

We have to be in the classroom on time.

Physics and chemistry lessons take place in a laboratory.

There are no healthy food outlets in our canteen/cafeteria.

I read books and magazines and also do IELTS practice in our college library, which is large and well-stocked.

Student services organise activities for us.

The academic office performs many administrative tasks, such as issuing ID cards and arranging exam schedules.

There is a special learning centre in our library, called the Active Learning Zone, to provide students with extra help with their English.

Conferences and large meetings are often held in the college auditorium, which is also where we do our progress tests.

Leading car models

The table shows us the specification of four different types of leading car models. In this essay I’m going to describe the details of the four cars.

The Corolla and the Micra cost almost the same price, $15,500 and they are the cheapest. In contrast to the Golf is the most expensive. It costs $18,250. The cost of the Focus is $15,800. The Golf is made in Germany while the Focus is made in the USA. The Corolla and the Micra are made in Japan. The Focus and the Corolla have the same engine size 1400cc. The Golf has the biggest engine size while the Micra has the smallest engine size. The most economical car is the Micra which does 52 miles per gallon. The highest consumption in the Golf, 40 m.p.g.

The table shows that the Golf has the highest consumption and the Micra have the lowest consumption.

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Top ten date producing countries in 2001

The bar chart shows the top ten countries producing dates and their annual production in tonnes, 2001.

Egypt produced the most dates with over a million tonnes. In contrast to Libya which had the least production with below a 0.2 million tonnes. The second country of date production was Iran with more than 0.8 million tonnes. The UAE was a little bit more than Saudi Arabia and produced 0.78 million tonnes while Saudi Arabia produced 0.76 million tonnes approximately. 0.65 Million tonnes were produced by Iraq. Pakistan supplied the world with approximately 0.63 million tonnes. Algeria’s production was more than twice that of Sudan’s date production. Finally Oman produced more than 0.2 million tonnes.

In conclusion the top two countries producing dates were Egypt and Iran. On the other hand the smallest two producers were Libya and Sudan.

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UK Budget in 1996

The pie chart shows how much money the UK government spent on ten categories in 1996.

The UK government spent £100 billion on social security which is the highest amount and almost twice the amount for health and personal social services, £53 billion. Also they spent £17 billion for law & order and they spent almost half of that amount £9 billion for transport which is the lowest amount. The UK government spent £38 billion for education and £25 billion for debt interest. £45 billion was the total amount which was on two categories which were other expenditure and defence. Another two things that they spent on are housing heritage & environment, £15 billion, and industry, agriculture & employment, £13 billion.

Finally, the UK government spent £315 billion in total in 1996. Nowadays the UK government spends more than twice this amount.

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