Monday, 6 September 2021
Sunday, 25 July 2021
Do this before learning English
Sunday, 18 July 2021
Top 5 Parental Control Android Apps
There are multiple ways to spread your status or posts across social sites but what about keeping privacy in? Protect yourself and your family before its too late. Online world can take away privacy if not properly monitered especially when it comes to children.
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Sunday, 28 March 2021
Turn Failure into Success - Reading Comprehension - IELTS/NTS/CAT/SAT/GRE/GMAT Test Preparation Series
Turn Success into Failure Imagine success as a tenth ladder. The nine of the rungs are going to be failures and only the tenth one will lead you to eventual success. But does that mean, the first nine are a waste of time? Success is composed of nine parts failure and one part success. It's like the tip of the Iceberg that everyone can see while the actual mass of the Iceberg stays submerged, is the base of the Iceberg called success which is actually the long-term effort that went into achieving it. You are accumulated along the way, and persistence should happen when things go sideways on the path to your goal. One of the best ways to change your attitude towards failure is to get to know about people who have gone through it. Some of my favourite examples include:
J.K. Rowling, in her Harvard commencement address, Rawling talks about the fringe benefits of failure. Among them, she mentions her feeling as left her feet to pursue what she really wanted. However, she gave herself permission to focus all her energies on her passion for finishing the book that would become Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. If she has succeeded at a so-called normal life, Harry Potter would not exist today. Rawlings speech is easily available online in one of the most inspiring reflections on the topic of persistence and failure.
Jack Ma is one of China's wealthiest people. He is also a philanthropist, and the founder of the Alibaba group one of the world's biggest E-Commerce companies. But when he was first trying to build his career he failed his entrance exam twice. He was later rejected from at least 30 jobs applied for. Not only that, his application to Harvard was rejected 10 times. With his mission mark attitude, he became the epitome of success achieved through massive failures. According to Ma, in the world if you don't give up, you still have a chance. Giving up is the greatest failure.
Courtesy: DAWN Young World
Q1: Select the most appropriate synonym for the word, ‘rung’.
level
bar
crosspiece
rod
Q2: Which of the following statements is false.
Jack Ma is one of China's wealthiest people.
Rawling talks about the fringe benefits of failure.
Jack Ma is the founder of Alibaba group.
Rawling’s application to Harverd was rejected 30 times.
Q3: Select the most appropriate antonym for the word ‘pursue’.
Persist
Ride
Shadow
Trace
Q4: Jack Ma belongs to ….
Pakistan
Iran
China
Afghanistan
Q5: Which attitude leads to the greatest failure?
Persistence
Giving up
Focus
Hard Work
Q6: Who is the author of Harry Potter and The Philospher’s Stone.
Jack Ma
J.K. Rowling
Mark Twain
Charles Dickens
Q7: Which of the following statements is true.
If she has succeeded at a so-called normal life, Harry Potter would exist today.
Jack Ma is one of Afghanistan's wealthiest people.
Giving up is not the greatest failure.
He became the epitome of success achieved through massive failures
Q8: From where you can easily access the J.K. Rowling speech?
Online
Library
Book
Passage
Q9: How many times did Jack Ma’s application to Harvard get rejected?
10
20
30
40
Q10: According to the passage, which of the following examples is quoted for the better understanding of the long-term effort?
Iceberg
Ocean
Sea
Cage
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Monday, 1 March 2021
Adopt a Child Through the Mail
‘While I don't want to turn this book into an advertisement for service agencies, I do have to say that my experience of adopting children through the mail has been extremely positive. No, you don’t actually adopt a child, but you do get to help out while, at the same time, getting to know them. The experience has brought tremendous joy and satisfaction to my entire family. My six year old daughter has an adoptee, and has enjoyed and learned from the experience a great deal. My daughter and her pal regularly write to each other, and draw pictures that we hang up. They enjoy hearing about each other’s lives.
Each month you contribute a very small amount of money to the agency in charge of helping the children. The money is used to help the children and their parents with the necessities of life, which makes sending the children to school and caring for their needs a little easier.
I think that the reason we enjoy this type of giving so much is that it’s interactive. So often, when you give to a charity, you have no way of knowing who you are helping. In this instance, you not only get to know who, but you have the privilege of getting to know them as well. Also, the regularity of the ongoing relationship reminds you how fortunate you are to be in a position to help. For me and for many people that I know, this type of giving brings forth feelings of gratitude. There are many fine agencies to choose from, but my personal favourite is CHildren Inc., out of Richmond, Virginia, (800) 538-5381.’
Book: Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff
Author: Richard Carlson
Friday, 8 January 2021
Winners and losers
The writer approached the title from the general point of view that the terms 'winners and losers' do not deserve the importance given to them by the world. He goes on to argue that it is not important to win or to lose. Also, he relates that the terms are not always correctly used. Winners may be losers while losers may actually be winners. This is an unusual way to look at the terms. We may not agree with the views, but must admit that the points are well argued.
A casual look at the world reveals that there is competition everywhere. This is evident in every area of life – ranging from games to work. There seems to be one mad rush everywhere where we try to work. Often, it does not matter who perishes why we succeed or lose. It does not matter who loses as long as it is not we who lose. This mad rush in every area of life divides the world into winners and losers. almost everyone is categorised as one or the other; to be admired for despising; to be befriended or to be ostracised; and to be emulated or avoided. One is prompted to ask: Is winning and losing really important? Is being a winner or a loser all there is to life?
History lesson two stories by so-called successful people, we see that not all of them considered themselves winners. frequently there have been cases where people who have been labelled successful Businessmen have lost their families through divorce; all have lost their health through overworking together the wealth. Can we call such people winners? the people probably do not think so. one such person is Elvis Presley. in the world of pop music he was the king a definite winner; but Alice, his personal life was far from successful. he lost his family and his health and died miserably from drug overdose for stop his end was beautiful yet he had was twelfth at his disposal for stop one is sure that the king would have gladly traded all his wealth for a loving family life.
Of course this is not to say that it is good or even acceptable to be a loser. no man should be poor or a failure life. it is of no credit to anyone if he were to hand to mouth, or be homeless or basic or unsuccessful in family life. In fact, with all the joy and happiness that we see in the world around us, it is an insult to humanity that there should be people who are poor all users in life. however the fact remains that not many people who consider themselves loses actually are. Many people who call themselves lose aathvan what they set out to our winners dash if only it takes honest looks and their situations. For example people who come in second place in Olympic events burst into tears – who could come in second place in Olympic events burst into tears – apparently because they did not become number one. Can they be considered loses? surely it is a sign of success that they are in second place dash in comparison to many others. they simply should congratulate the person in first place and still consider themselves as many hours to some degree. recently there was an amusing advertisement for stop a lady observed that there are only 12 supermodels in the world and 2 billion women who are not. Surely, they are not all losers; but then again they are not without beautiful stop none of us have to be winners and losers. we should be happy enough to be ordinary humans in this beautiful world and find happiness in small things, like the smile of a child or the fragrance of a flower or the smoothness of a stone on a beach for stop life is certainly not about only for those considered winners by popular standards; 9 is life to be excluded for so called losers. Life is for all of us. we do not have to follow the popular tendency to label people as winners and losers.
Total words: 593 words
Monday, 4 January 2021
A visit to an Amusement Park
This is a very simple story about how the protagonist took his old active nephew to an amusement park. The opposing force is Gary and the problem for the hero is how he was going to keep Gary amused so as not to be blackmailed by him. We see the hero suffering at every stage but he survives a sudden change in his opinion about the Little Tyrant that took place at the end of the story. In fact, it ends with some tenderness first of the gentle humor as a Spice to the story.
A visit to an amusement park. Gary was Evil personified. I had realized that long ago, even then, I had not realized the extent to which you would go. At five years old he was the youngest blackmailer I had ever known. He pointed to something through the window first of a proposed cautious to see what he was pointing at. In the distance for the Ferris Wheel. I had no intention of going to the Hog and amusement park that afternoon and said so. Then he sprang his surprise: " If you don't take me, I will tell grandma about your talking to aunty Agnes." I felt cold. Agnes was the daughter of the chicken rice seller downstairs and schoolmate. I was very interested in her. In fact, I was crazy about her -especially two deep dimples. I had spent half an hour talking to her and had made a mistake of telling Gary not to tell Grandma. This was because I had violated family rule number 1: No girlfriends until after A level. Caught between the devil and the deep blue sea I caused the devil. I took the little devil by the hand and went out reluctantly.
The amusement park he wanted to go on every ride. I am sure I would be using up my entire month allowance. Naturally he wanted to go on the Ferris Wheel first. Everything went well until we reached the top first and he wanted to stop and started screaming. I tried to explain that we could not; then he tried to climb over. The operators screamed. When we finally got off, I was given a talking to. Then it was the midget cars. He insisted on driving alone. I could only watch helplessly as he rammed his car into every other car on the platform. He set a few heads spinning and a few people shaking their fists angrily at him. I got him out of there as soon as his car stopped. Slipped into the crowd. In an attempt to get a, I bought tickets for the ghost train and slipped into it quickly. I was pleased with myself: who is going to get the square of his life." that will teach him to blackmail his dear, sweet uncle," I thought. I will see really disappointed: none of the scary items in the Ghost Train could scare the young fire-eater. In fact he was amused and laughed out loud at every one of them.
That whole afternoon he was tireless. In fact I was running out of energy as I tried to keep up with him and I was one of the fittest in my school. I think we must have gone through every ride at the muse mint Park that a. I did not have enough money to pay for rides for myself: all I had was enough for Gary. I spent every dollar I had for stop finally he was exhausted at about 5 p.m.. it was time to go back home for dinner; I was relieved. He was too tired to walk so I lifted him up and walked home at a steady pace.
I thought struck me: this was what my parents must have gone through when I was 5 years old; perhaps even worse. I placed my hand on Gary's back. with the sudden movement he kissed my cheek first off I felt warm and love. Suddenly I realized that he was not a devil at all. He was just an overactive 5 year old; just like I would have been when I was his age.
580 words Read to learn more..... An Unsuccessful Shopping Trip
Impact of Senior Citizen On Society
An Unsuccessful Shopping Trip
An Unsuccessful Shopping Trip
As usual in my family, our grandmother assumed the role of leader when it came to Deepavali shopping. The reason was very simple: she had the first strings-literally. We sat around and rolled out a two page shopping list. Grandmother and youth sitting there concentrating intensely with her glasses balanced on the tip of her nose. She wrote slowly and that gave us a lot of time to think carefully.
“Sunday,” announced the Grand Old Lady. When we finished and looked at my sister, the designated driver for all expeditions. My sister nodded and beamed her usual ear-to-ear grin.
Finally, we arrived and we were excited at least 4:00 p.m. approached and were dressed and ready to out before. As they would be in the wake, my grandmother decided not to take our parents along. " they are too old-fashioned," declared Grandma. We agreed. Shopping with Grandma would be more fun and we look forward to it. Our parents were likely to look for the ‘cheapest and the best items’. Grandma looked at Graham and determined as she emerged from her room dressed in a pair of jeans and a T-shirt. The slide result did not dampen our spirits as we set off. I wondered why our parents had such broad grains on their faces as we waved goodbye.
It was a bad decision: we only realized that when our car left the CTE and turned into Bukit Timah Road: Sunday was Foreign worker's day! As usual, they were there in their thousands. The field every sidewalk and spill into the main road. Anjali had to drive very carefully to avoid men who walked on the road as if they were walking in their living rooms. Honking was not a factor as apparently all of them were deaf. Some looked curiously and turned their heads away, but did not move inch to give a way. With a great deal of patience and ardent prayer, Anjali managed to drive us to the car park behind the temple. What a hope! There were at least 10,000 of them together there, and they were actually sitting in the car park. Finally she gave up honking at them and turned into Race Course Road. After some clever maneuvers and near murders, we managed to arrive at that Legendary Street. I am still wondering how Anjali did it. We were ready to give up, but the determined looked on grandma's face encouraged us. Suddenly, the reason for our parents' broad cranes dawned on me.
We got out of the car and began the one kilometer walk to the shopping area. We were particularly interested in the clothes shops'. After more clever maneuvering, this time on foot, we managed to arrive. Grandma smiled triumphantly. However, his Triumph was short-lived: most of the shops were closed! Apparently the shop owners had less patience than we did. We looked at our great leader for a sign. He gave a big sigh; the biggest we had ever heard. "Let us get the hell out of here," she said in despair, letting out a swear word. we were glad to agree.
Pic to cause half an hour to get back to the car stop it was nice to set an air-conditioned comfort. Anjali- the most careful driver I have ever known- drove so fast on the way home that I was worried. Suddenly grandma said, " next Sunday," we looked at her Incredulously. " Saturday," she corrected herself. Enlightened from GCE O'Level Examination Past Paper Book
Impact of Senior Citizen On Society
Impact of Senior Citizen On society
When a new committee is elected for an organization, a wise organization assures that the chairperson of the secretary belongs to the retiring committee set.The reason for this is obvious: there needs to be continuity. When the new committee runs against a snag the members from the old committee will usually be happy to share their experience. The case is similar with grandparents. They ensure that there is continuity in the family. They are the links to the past. They remember when life is simpler and can belt out advice based on experience rather than from theory. Whereas, knowledge and all sorts of technology is available from books and consultants, such simple things like taking a woman to a hospital for delivery is known only through experience then when inserted adept at this type of knowledge.
Grandparents are the Guardians of wisdom. What they are able to share with the younger generation such as their grandchildren is the wisdom of having been there and having done that and gained from it. In my own experience, it was my grandfather who taught me that there was more to life than watching TV. I learn that reading is a fascinating pastime from my grandfather. My father hardly read at all. Also from my grandfather I learnt to enjoy the class 6. I also learnt to love nature because the old man had the time and the patience to take me on long hikes and show me that trees were not just trees. If not for anything else in Singapore, at least grandparents often act as parents replacements. Most of our parents are usually too busy earning a living to do anything else for us; lucky indeed are individuals who grow up with at least one set of grandparents.
I have often seen my parents treating their parents as if they were children to be taken care of. I have often seen my parents especially in moments of stress depending on them, I remember when my sister gave birth. The first of spring comes to mind. My sister was in pain. My mother panicked and called my grandmother, not the doctor. My father just clasped his hands and trade when my grandparents arrived within minutes. I could see the relief on my parents faces. Immediately, the old timers took over. My grandfather reassured my father that all would be well and my grandmother put her arms around my mother to assure that she was there. Then she went to my sister and took her by the hand straight away. My sister seems to sense that all would be well. My grandmother began to time the abdominal convulsions. “The baby will be born by morning,” she announced.We were all there, it was on my friend parents that everyone depended somehow we all felt that since they were there all would be well. As predicted, my niece was born at 3:00 a.m. My grandmother's smile smugly and hugged everyone.
In any organised society, it is the older people who are in charge, younger are more energetic ones. May be the ones who get things done by the Rains of power are held by the elders. This is true in so-called primitive societies as well as in powerful countries with organised governments. Many world leaders are grandparents or at least people who are older, this is an indication that wisdom not knowledge alone is required for effective leadership.
Enlightened masterpiece from GCE O’Level Examination Past Papers
598 words.
Friday, 1 January 2021
Top 4 Working Habits of Successful People
Charles Evans Hughes, former Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, said: "Men do not die from overwork. They die from dissipation and worry." Good Working Habit #01: Clear Your DeskRoland L. Williams, President of Chicago and North-western Railway, says, "A person with his desk piled high with papers on various matters will find his work much easier and more accurate if he clears that desk of all but the immediate problem on hand. I call this good house-keeping, and it is the number-one step toward efficiency." If you visit the Library of Congress Washington, D. C., you will find five words painted on the ceiling—five words written by the poet Pope: "Order is Heaven's first law." Good Working Habit#02: Follow the sequence
Charles Luckman, the lad who started from the scratch and climbed in twelve years to president of the Pepsodent Company, got a salary of a hundred dollars a year, and made a million dollars besides - that lad declares that he owes much of his success to developing the two abilities that Henry L. Doherty said he found almost impossible to find. Charles Luckman said, “As far back as I remember, I have gotten up at 5 O’clock in the morning because I can think better then than any other time - I can think better then and plan my day, plan to do things in the order of their importance.”Frank Bettger, one of the America;s most successful insurance salesmen, doesn’t wait until five O’clock in the morning to plan his day. He plans it the night before - sets a goal for himself - a goal to sell a certain amount of insurance that day. If he fails, that amount is added to the next day - and so on.Good Working Habit No.3: Be a powerful decision-maker When you face a problem, solve it then and there if you have the facts necessary to make a decision. Don't keep putting off decision.One of my former students, the late H.P. Howell, told me that when he was a member of the board of directors of US Steel, the meetings of the board were often long-drawn-out affairs - many problems were discussed, few decisions were made. The result : each member of the board had to carry home bundles of report to study. Finally, Mr. Howell persuaded the board of directors to take up one problem at a time and come to a decision. No procrastination - no putting off. The decision might be to ask for additional facts; it might be to do something or do nothing. But a decision was reached on each problem before passing on to the next. Mr. Howell told me that the results were striking and salutary: the docket was cleared. The calendar was clean. No longer it was necessary for each member to carry home a bundle of reports. No longer was there a worried sense of unresolved problems. The calendar was clean. No longer was it necessary for each member to carry home a bundle of reports. No longer was there a worried sense of unresolved problems. A good rule, not only for the board of directors of U. S. Steel, but for you and me.A good rule not only for the board of directors of U.S> Steel, but for you and me. Good Working Habit #04: Learn to Organize, Deputize, and SuperviseMany a businessman is driving himself to a premature grave because he has never learned to delegate responsibility to others, insists on doing everything himself. Result: details and confusion overwhelm him. He is driven by a sense of hurry, worry, anxiety, and tension. It is hard to learn to delegate responsibilities. I know. It was hard for me, awfully hard. I also know from experience the disasters that can be caused by delegating authority to the wrong people. But difficult as it is to delegate authority, the executive most do it if he is to avoid worry, tension, and fatigue. The man who builds up a big business, and doesn't learn to organize, deputize, and supervise, usually pops off with heart trouble in his fifties or early sixties—heart trouble caused by tension and worries. Want a specific instance? Look at the death notices in your local paper.
Top 4 working habits of successful people
Top 4 working habits of successful people
Charles Evans Hughes, former Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, said: "Men do not die from overwork. They die from dissipation and worry." Good Working Habit #01: Clear Your Desk- Except Those Relating to the Immediate Problem at Hand. Roland L. Williams, President of Chicago and North-western Railway, says, "A person with his desk piled high with papers on various matters will find his work much easier and more accurate if he clears that desk of all but the immediate problem on hand. I call this good house-keeping, and it is the number-one step toward efficiency." If you visit the Library of Congress washington, D. C., you will find five words painted on the ceiling—five words written by the poet Pope: "Order is Heaven's first law." Good Working Habit#02: Follow the sequenceCharles Luckman, the lad who started from the scratch and climbed in twelve years to president of the Pepsodent Company, got a salary of a hundred dollars a year, and made a million dollars besides - that lad declares that he owes much of his success to developing the two abilities that Henry L. Doherty said he found almost impossible to find. Charles Luckman said, “As far back as I remember, I have gotten up at 5 O’clock in the morning because I can think better then than any other time - I can think better then and plan my day, plan to do things in the order of their importance.”Frank Bettger, one of the America;s most successful insurance salesmen, doesn’t wait until five O’clock in the morning to plan his day. He plans it the night before - sets a goal for himself - a goal to sell a certain amount of insurance that day. If he fails, that amount is added to the next day - and so on.Good Working Habit No.3: Be a powerful decision-maker When you face a problem, solve it then and there if you have the facts necessary to make a decision. Don't keep putting off decision.One of my former students, the late H.P. Howell, told me that when he was a member of the board of directors of US Steel, the meetings of the board were often long-drawn-out affairs - many problems were discussed, few decisions were made. The result : each member of the board had to carry home bundles of report to study. Finally, Mr. Howell persuaded the board of directors to take up one problem at a time and come to a decision. No procrastination - no putting off. The decision might be to ask for additional facts; it might be to do something or do nothing. But a decision was reached on each problem before passing on to the next. Mr. Howell told me that the results were striking and salutary: the docket was cleared. The calendar was clean. No longer it was necessary for each member to carry home a bundle of reports. No longer was there a worried sense of unresolved problems. The calendar was clean. No longer was it necessary for each member to carry home a bundle of reports. No longer was there a worried sense of unresolved prob-lems. A good rule, not only for the board of directors of U. S. Steel, but for you and me.A good rule not only for the board of directors of U.S> Steel, but for you and me. Good Working Habit #04: Learn to Organize, Deputize, and Supervise. Many a businessman is driving himself to a premature grave because he has never learned to delegate responsibility to others, insists on doing everything himself. Re-sult: details and confusion overwhelm him. He is driven by a sense of hurry, worry, anxiety, and tension. It is hard to learn to delegate responsibilities. I know. It was hard for me, awfully hard. I also know from experience the disasters that can be caused by delegating authority to the wrong people. But difficult as it is to delegate authority, the executive most do it if he is to avoid worry, tension, and fatigue. The man who builds up a big business, and doesn't learn to organize, deputize, and supervise, usually pops off with heart trouble in his fifties or early sixties—heart trouble caused by tension and worries. Want a specific instance? Look at the death notices in your local paper.
Thursday, 31 December 2020
How can I teach my child to channel anger properly?
The key to teaching is communication. You need to communicate clearly to your child and you need to encourage your child to explain and discuss his or her feelings when angry. There are many alternatives, here are just a few constructive possibilities:
1. Draw an angry picture, suggests that your child sit down with crayon and paper and draw picture of anger. Encourage her to be creative to show her anger in any form. If we need some guidance, suggest that she draw a picture of herself and the way she feels, or a picture of the source of our anger, over she feels like doing out of anger.
2. Roar like a lion. This may be startling to you if you are unaware that the child is angry about something, but it's better than destructive behavior.
3. Write a letter that is never sent. Encourage your child to sit down and write a letter to whom ever he is angry with. Let him write anything he wants. This approach has the added benefit of associating verbal expression with anger. Don't ask to see the child's letter; you may be the source of his anger. However, if the child volunteers his letter to you praise him for putting his anger into words.
If a child uses bad language when angered, argue the child to sit down with some paper and pencil anytime he is angry and write down all the bad words we might want to use. When he is finished suggest that he crumple up the paper and throw it away in the trash. Again, do not ask to see the list.
1. Pound on pillows. The child can went her anger my pounding on a pillow or other reason I learnt in animate object. Urge her to go at it really vigorously. This may shorten the life span of whatever you choose for. This exercise by the practice has therapeutic value for venting Angry feelings.
2. Run and play hard. It suggests that that your child release and by using physical exercise as an outlet almost anything that requires a great deal of effort will do the trick suggest running all out or throwing a ball against the wall as hard as possible and then chase it or you could argue the child to go outside and try to push the house over.
3. The point of all this is to attempt to find something that enables a child to dissipate his or her anger. If one choice doesn't seem to work, you can suggest another there are times when a child will say something hurtful to you while learning to handle anger constructively. Remember that children and adults all say things in anger that they really don't mean. Tell your child that you feel hurt the child will learn that just doesn't. Others words can affect him his words can affect another.
Later with everyone's nerves are less in flame and ask your child if his words were an accurate expression of his feelings. Discuss the situation openly and honestly that encourage him to vent his anger and other feelings positively in the future.
Master piece from the book : 'Teach your child that it's OK to be Angry.'
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