Today teenagers do not read as many books as a teenager even 10 or 20 years back used to. Why is it so? Is it because other forms of communication, learning and entertainment have taken over the ever popular “book” or is there some other reason? What do you think?              Well, in my opinion, reading is very important to today’s teenagers as it not only provides them with entertainment, but also with knowledge. Nowadays, all teenagers ever do is hang out with their friends, laze around playing with their mobile phones or just glue themselves to a computer. They have no idea how reading can benefit us. To some teenagers, reading is probably a waste of time. So, for some books that have been made into movies, most teens would just wait for the benefits besides the obvious “increase our vocabulary” advantage. Did you know that reading also helps us relax and improve our concentration?   ...

TRUE BEAUTY What is the definition of “beauty?” What defines beauty? What is it to be beautiful?             Beauty is confidence. Many people in the celebrity world view beauty as one’s physical appearance. They are not wrong: there is physical beauty, but people fail to realize inner beauty. Confidence has been shown in many makeover shows such as   Ten Years Younger   or   Make Me a Supermodel   to make people’s physical and inner beauty increase dramatically. Confidence allows self-esteem to heighten, and grants the person more positive thinking in their view of life. Confidence in oneself is needed to reveal the true beauty in every person.              The perception of beauty is immensely broad, making it an exceptionally complex topic, as there are many ideas about beauty. An example of such, ...

Advantages and Benefits of Reading To help someone to start doing something, to show - what he needs in life. This article will help parents to show children - why would he need to learn to read? Reading opens a world of colors and fantasy, combat and adventure. It awakens the imagination; it is satisfying and makes the mind work. But many people say that you must have a phenomenal gift to help today's children to love reading. Just start talking to your son or daughter about the benefits of reading, and you will succeed. Benefits of reading are not only fun, it gives an understanding of vocabulary, increases culture, literacy, and shows an example of how language develops and uses. Reading promotes competence in speaking and writing, providing models and patterns of speech and writing, which can then be used by you. However, reading is not important only for children, and only on the above reasons. In this technique a modern computerized world, ruled by high-speed ...

  Advantage of Reading We always think only one question, what is the advantage of reading? There are many reasons people should read. People should read because it helps them to improve in English. It helps them to be a better reader and it helps people get better jobs. For these reasons people should read books. First of all, Reading helps people to learn English and improve in English. For example, there are many words we don’t know so when we read a book, we learn these words. If we don’t know the meaning of the word we are going to write it and then look it up in the dictionary, which helps us to learn new word and meaning of the word. In addition, Reading helps people to get a better reader. For instance, in school you have to read better otherwise you can’t pass ESL or regents. Also reading is one way that helps you to write a better essay. For example, when you read a book, it helps you to get new ideas and when you get new ideas you can use all these ideas and write ...

TIME MANAGEMENT I'm late, I'm late, for a very important date. No time to say "hello", "goodbye", I'm late, I'm late, I'm late! Have you ever felt like the White Rabbit in Alice in Wonderland? Rushing from one thing to the next with no time to rest or relax? If so, perhaps what you need is some time management. The problem is, you can't really manage "time". You can't take a few hours from the morning and put them in the evening, or take a few extra hours from the middle of the day and put them into the night. There are the same number of hours in the day for everyone, and the follow exactly the same pattern every day. Each day you have 24 hours to utilize. This breaks down into 1440 minutes or 86,400 seconds. Each person gets the same amount. You can't save them like vacation days. When they are over, the time is gone. Whether you spent your time wisely or foolishly, it doesn't matter, you can't get ...