Thursday 31 January 2013

HOW TO SUCCEED IN LIFE? (essay)

How can a person succeed in the world of today? Should we chase our dreams or just ignore them and focus on living the way our parents live? Can we even do something without knowing the right person who can help us?

To start with, I think that everyone, who really concentrates on doing their best at things they love, sooner or later will achieve something. But it cannot be the way that is so often shown by kids, who want to be sportsmen, singers, firefighters, etc. and then they spend their time in front of TV or computer. You need to use all your time for practising and grasp every single possibility,  this is the only way to not let your chances sneak by and succeed.

On a second thought noone can guarantee you that you will earn big money from your dream job, but I think that being poor and happy is better then being rich but sad. Of course everyone has their own thoughts on money so I will not generalise.  Another problem is that are borders which you might be not able to cross, no matter how hard you try. I doubt that any of us will became someone like El Greco but there is always a possibility and it would be such a shame to let it go; to waste it without even trying.

To sum up I will say that the only way to be successful in life is to be happy. Not rich, not famous, just happy. And to be happy, you need to do the things you like, not the ones someone will make you do.
So do not abandon your dreams, go chase them and be happy!

CAPITAL PUNISHMENT - FOR AND AGAINST (essay)

A.B.

Some people say that capital punishment should be introduced to Polish law. But is it harmonious with our morality? I try to answer this question by presenting both advantages and disadvantages .

Firstly, capital punishment is a good solution for our safety. We should not be afraid that some day the most dangerous criminal will be free. For example we do not have to live with the fear that men who killed our family some day will be back for us. Secondly, the oldest law in human history  says  "eye for an eye tooth for a tooth" so people who killed somone should be punished in the same way and this is fair. This argument says that the capital punishment is not a bad idea.

However this is a very controversial theme. First of all and the most important thing is that Poland is a Christian country and our religion is complete opposite to the capital punishment . The fifth commandment says " Thou shall not kill". God gave us life and only He can take it away. The last problem is a fact that somebody must kill this criminal so this human is a killer too.

In conclusion there are more disadvantages than advantages so in my opinion the capital punishment should never be introduced to our law. People should not have power to decide about life of somone else. It does not matter what kind of human we are, we have to follow the way of love and forgiveness.

Saturday 5 January 2013

MAGAZINES PUBLISHED ONLINE OR PRINTED NEWSPAPERS? (pros and cons essay)

S.P.

It is commonly known that more and more people recently prefer
reading articles in magazines published online instead of printed newspapers,
which are available to buy in small newsagents' or local shops.
There are many advantages of that modern way of getting information
but we also have few negative sides of such a phenomenon.

First of all, reading articles online usually does not demand any payment.
If we have acces to the Internet, we could find large amount of information
about what happened in the past, a week ago, yesterday or just last hour.
Moreover, we can read few different magazines on the web one after the other
without going out and looking for a needed one in the shop.
Consequently, we also save our time and money.

On the other hand, nowadays we spent a lot of time in front of the computer
screen without any break or move. What is more, we close ourselves at our homes,
far from the society, nature and real life. Buying magazines in newsagents'
requires going outside the building and let us meet people, talk with them,
share our point of view or just express thoughts.
Furthermore, we can never be sure if the specific magazine we would like to
read is available on the website.

Taking everything into consideration, there are many facilities
connected with reading articles online, which make our life easier
and let us get information without leaving home.
However, we could also find few important disadvantages
of such way of reading magazines.