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lely   [11 Сен 2003 00:47]
Studying – long-term process.

There are a lot of people who believe that knowledge is the most valuable thing in life. If there is something that you can share with others without fear of loosing it is knowledge. Moreover; there is an opinion that when we share our knowledge or talent we obtain something in return .
There is another point that some people prefer to learn by themselves. For example, all they want after graduating from secondary (or even primary) school is just to earn some money as they want to have some home and don’t want to be hungry. Most of them are not lazy as you might think (but some of them are, of course). They just don't want to learn what society and local education system make them learn. That kind of people get knowledge just another way. They learn from their parents, neighbors and friends . They learn from nature. Very often these people gain outstanding skills which some Ph.D. can not acquire during his whole life, and that is not because he doesn't have facilities, but because he doesn't have abilities. For example, these people can fish or hunt or cook as nobody else can, or they can breed rabbits.
Undoubtedly, people who want to learn more at universities and institutes should have such an opportunity in any age, and in this case it should not be considered as something unusual.
Evidently you should like what you want to learn otherwise the result won't be successful.
Thus personally I think that education is a long-term process anyway. It just depends on the person himself what way of learning he will choose.

(нужно учесть што education – это образование – тоесть формальное получение знаний, а learn – это любое получение знаний)- Маша
Ну вот пыжилась я, а оказалось зря, эссе вообще не в тему.


Painting and statues.
The purpose of this essay is to clear up my attitude to situations when local authorities spend a great deal of money for painting buildings and building statues. Especially in situations when there are a lot of objects in the city which demand special attention such as transportation, communication or health care services.
Obviously a city or even a little town looks much more attractive for citizens or guests when it is clean and well-kept. Local government is responsible for maintaining order in the city so that decent citizens could see what their money is used for. There is little doubt that it is up to city professionals to decide what should be done right now and what can be postponed.
There was a certain period in the history of my country when they were really painting grass before the arrival of important guests from the government. Maybe it is an exaggeration and it seems fanny but I remember that they were building high fences around half-ruined buildings where people lived without any hope to improve their living conditions. It was done for the purpose of demonstrating that everything was OK, but in real life it was not.
Thus personally I think that pure water, electricity in our houses, or smooth roads should stay before "painted grass" or statues.
I know the perfect Russian saying :"The house isn't nice by corners, but scones".
Therefore I don't see any harm in painting whatever and building monuments . But I think that it is much more important to take care about living conditions of citizens; and that is a real problem in Russia nowadays.

Conscripts (the fresh ONE!).

Many people believe that army should be professional. Others are confident that army moulds the character and helps to survive in hard real life situations. In addition there is another group of people who think that if young people don't serve in army on any reason they should have the alternative to do something for their country in other way.
In my opinion the army must be professional, because only well-prepared people can deal with modern weapon and act successfully in conditions of modern war-actions. There are a lot of young people who are ready to be a soldiers, some of them are in-born soldiers, others want to serve for good money and benefits. There will never be shortage of that kind of people in any country.
But it should be taken into account that some countries, like mine or Israel, for example, have call-up army. It seems that in my country government can not offer worthwhile payment to contractors and is forced to call-up the young man in age after 18 to serve in the army due to the fact that somebody must defend our country's frontiers and keep order in conflict zones.
As for me I wouldn't want my son to serve in the army at least in its present state. Therefore, if there is a law that oblige young people to serve in the army, I think it would be reasonable to provide an alternative way of military service.
One of the solutions is to introduce special taxes which can be paid by those who don't want to serve in the army. This money can be used for modernization of military forces.

Ну вот, теперь у них пристойный вид, спасибо преогромное Маше.
Оценивать смысла нет. Просто может кому-то полезно будет
Спасибо, что прочли. (if you did so wink2(1).gif )


masha   [11 Сен 2003 04:22]
lely писал(а):
Studying – long-term process.

пипл, гляньте! - там ошибки есть

вот например за которую мне риально стыдно icon_redface.gif
loosing=losing (правда то вина ворда и моя невнимательность)
neighbor=neighbour - английский сдаем - не американский

просто интересно ваше мнение послушать - c'mon! smile.gif


Katya   [11 Сен 2003 07:29]
[quote="lely"]Studying – long-term process.

There are a lot of people who believe that knowledge is the most valuable thing in life. If there is something that you can share with others without fear of losing, it is knowledge. Moreover, there is an opinion that when we share our knowledge or talent we obtain something in return.
On the other hand, another point is rising here. It concerns the situation when some people prefer to learn by themselves. For example, all of them (or just they) want after graduating from secondary (or even primary) school is just to earn money, as they want to have home and do not (не помню точно, но кажется лучше обойтись без contractions) want to be hungry. The fact is that most of them are not lazy, (???) as you might think, (???) but, of course, there are some exceptions. They just don't want to learn what society and local education system make them learn. (can't catch the idea) That kind of people get knowledge another way. They receive particular information only from their parents, neighbours and friends or, so to speak, they learn from nature. Very often these people gain specific skills which, sometimes, even professors and highly educated people can not acquire during the whole life. All this happens not because well-educated people do not have facilities, but because they do not have abilities. A good example of this is as follows: these people can fish, or hunt, or cook, or even breed rabbits in such a way that nobody else can. Undoubtedly, people who want to study at universities and institutes should have this opportunity in any age, and it should not be considered as something unusual.
Evidently, you should know what you want to learn precisely; otherwise, the result won't be successful.
Thus to my way of thinking, education is a long-term process anyway (not clear). [b]All in all, the way of learning depends on the person and his favour in the question of choice.[quote]
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