Writing Feedback / GOOD NEIGHBOR (reliable, trustworthy, with a sense of humor) [3]

QUALITIES OF A GOOD NEIGHBOUR

Humans are the most socially active living creatures. It is very difficult for someone to live lonely by totally cutting himself from the society and therefore we are always surrounded by some neighbors. Some are vey positive while there are others who can really make your life miserable. I consider myself very lucky in this matter because our neighbors display the qualities that are close to ideal neighbors.

I live in a very populated region in the midst of city, in the contiguous apartments. The city is very fast-paced and my husband and I are both working from morning till late evenings. After a long hectic and exhausting working day when we come back we really expect to have a peaceful and relieving night at home. Our neighbors are very considerate. They never complicate the matter and are always ready to sit and calmly discuss the issues that are happening around in the society.

Good neighbors should be very reliable and trustworthy and that is the most admirable quality of our neighbors..Before leaving for work I always hand over the keys of my house to our neighbors so that when the helping lady comes, she can finish her job even in my absence. They are extremely good vigilant and always keep a watch when there is no one at home.

Good neighbors should be very helpful. In the times of need, they are sometimes the ones whom we can approach immediately. The friends and family may take time to reach when we are in need but neighbors are the first who can help us in case of any emergency.

Every individual has his own personal space. A good neighbor should understand that even overindulgence in the personal matters is not good. They should also not hamper others privacy every now and then and should understand that their activities are not disturbing people living next door.

In addition to this I feel that good neighbors should be very friendly, who can make you feel refreshed after a long hectic day and whenever you talk to them it soothens your mind. They should have a good sense of humor because people are these days so enervated and busy in their work that they rarely get time to do some recreational activity and if your neighbors help in off loading your burden by some means or the other, then I feel that nothing is better than that.

Writing Feedback / A university education should be provided free of charge to all the interested [3]

Education is a channel to understand the real world better and whether this education should be provided to the students by the universities should be free or not, is one of the most debated topics over last many decades. In the today's fast growing civilization this education has become everyone's necessity to survive. Everyone understands the value of education in their lives; hence they compete hard to get the best of the education. So to give this education free to some students would be an injustice on the part of the others. Therefore, from my perspective education should not be given by the universities free of cost.

In my opinion, if the students will not pay for their education then who would pay for that, is a big question that requires an immediate solution. Thus it can create further confusions in the society. For example, if the government would pay for students' education then they will extract the money from public only by increasing the taxes and this can further complicate the situation.

Another reason is that to get education from good universities students usually take some kinds of loans, which I feel, make them more serious towards their studies and responsible so that they can clear the debts in future. Therefore, education received by giving money stands more value to them as they have sacrificed something to get that education.

The third reason is that the money universities take from the students is used by the universities for the upliftment of the university's standard only. The university utilize this money to pay the teachers, to introduce most recent advances in all the aspects of education like getting new equipments in laboratories, building new classes with more advanced technologies, new books for the libraries, new hostels etc.

Therefore , in my opinion universities should not provide education for free because the amount they get from the students is used for the welfare of the students only because it has been seen before also that universities that provide education for free are lower in standards compared to universities taking an appropriate amount of money from the students. I believe, that there is no good thing that we can get for free in the world.

Writing Feedback / "What is Success": LUCK OR HARD WORK? [6]

The basic question that comes into our consideration here is "what is success". Is becoming reputed and dignified in the society you live in ,is success? For me neither success nor failure is constant, to become successful is to accomplish your dreams and to achieve your goals. Even a common man living with his small but very happy family, in my belief is successful, compared to a bureaucrat who has not yet accomplished his goals.Everyone has different ambitions in his life,ranging from becoming distinguished in the society to be pecunious.

I feel the better word for "luck" is "opportunity". In my opinion, success comes to those who work hard and well utilize the opportunity bestowed upon them. As it has been said about luck "The lady luck is very greedy" it comes only to those who really work hard to achieve something great in life and who believe in the realization of their dreams. These people are bound to become successful but on the other hand, the people who are indolent and wait for the luck to fall upon them are destined to lose at the end.

The people who became famous just because of sheer luck are rare and they can not be our role models. The exceptions are not the rules. We are never advised to follow these rare or exceptional people in the world. For example , the people who became rich just by winning the lotteries are very few and we should not follow these people because it may happen that we risk all of our life's savings in buying lottery tickets and end up in nothing.

Hence we have to continue working hard and one day when the opportunity will come we can surely achieve our goals. But the person who is just sitting and waiting for the right time to come will not be able to do anything when this opportunity will be there because he is lacking in the basic skills and knowledge as he has never worked hard. And even if he gets this opportunity somehow ,he is more likely to fail because of his inability to put efforts continuously , in that field.

Therefore I very firmly believe that hard work is the most essential and basic key to success and the success is very different from becoming famous. Success is , in my opinion, the accomplishment of your dreams and goals, and that can be achieved only by hard work accompanied by patience to never give up till you achieve your goal.

Writing Feedback / modern technology; everyone follows the culture of his own [7]

Modern technologies have gained too much advancement through the past few decades. Researches and developments in the diversified fields are changing the life style of the people in the entire world. But whether these advancements and changes in the life styles are changing the cultures of the countries is one of the most debated topics these days. In my opinion, it is impossible to make the single world culture by the unification of different cultures. The technologies are growing, developing and advancing since the humans have inhabited the land, but did the culture changed and turned into a single culture , in my opinion the answer is "no".

I fully agree that the discovery of computers and internet has come like a boon to mankind. Through this the worldwide communication has increased. People are gaining knowledge about other cultures, but this does not mean that they are fully adopting the other culture and this is because some are interested in Indian culture, while others are interested in Chinese culture or the American or European culture etc. Therefore, different people have different choices and all follow the culture of their choice.

In my opinion, once we grow up, it becomes difficult for us to adapt to the changes going on around the world. Generally human body tries to follow the same pattern that it is following since birth. Therefore, though people learn about other cultures its really very difficult for them to follow it or adapt to these cultures, considering the others in their surroundings are not following that culture. People generally prefer to follow the long lived culture of their own country even when they are away from that place. For example, my husband and I live in a foreign country but we still follow our Indian culture because it is really difficult to adapt to a new culture.

Another reason is that, culture is primarily based on the religions and traditions that a country follows and resorting to modern technology does not mean that people will change their believes and religions .

Therefore, from my perspective, it is difficult for all to follow one particular world culture because everyone follows the culture of his own interest and also we are adapted to since our birth to one culture, which is really difficult to abandon. The culture is inherited to us and using advanced technologies does not mean that we are changing our culture.

Writing Feedback / The invention of microwave has brought dramatic changes in the cooking process [2]

During the past many years there are variety of advancements made which have tremendously changed our living standard. These advancements have brought revolutionary changes in the food industry too. Change is the most constant happening around us in the real world. And it is also a known fact that every change has its pros and cons. In my opinion, it is totally a subjective matter how you take this change as. Since I belong to the working class of the society and I feel that the recent advancements in the food technology have come up with enormous amount of benefit to the mankind.

The invention of microwave has brought dramatic changes in the cooking process. You just have to press a button, wait for a few seconds and food will be ready. In addition to this, the food prepared by this method is also very low in calories, thus minimizing the risk for many health related issues.

The life has become so convenient because of the widespread use of all these kitchen gadgets. The easy availability of precooked, canned and frozen food have made life so comfortable. Today people do not have much time to cook because of their pursuit to gain more in less time, so that they can cope up with this competitive world. All these frozen food items are highly liked by the ones who are settled in the foreign countries but can easily get canned items from their own countries. These food items also give us variety. Earlier it was very difficult to cook food according to everyone's choice , especially during the early hours of the day but now it has become a piece of cake, courtesy growth of food technologies

In the present era, people have become more health conscious. Considering this fact many food companies are coming up with the products specific to the group of people who are suffering from some or the other health problems. Like sugar substitutes for diabetics and obese, salt substitutes for hypertensives , low fat milk products for heart patients, even chocolates and ice- creams are available which are extremely low in calories.

Because all these known facts , I personally feel that the development made in the field of food technology is highly remarkable and should be acclaimed all over the world. Although there are a few disadvantages also of using all these modern technologies, but are comparatively negligible and can be resolved also sooner or later by the researchers.

Writing Feedback / Museums are the buildings that preserve objects of importance [7]

Museums are the buildings where the artifacts and other objects of scientific, artistic or historic importance are collected kept, preserved and exhibited for public viewing. Museums are the representatives of the nation's culture and heritage. They display the rare collections and mater pieces from the history for the benefit of the future generation. From my perspective it is really very important to visit the museum of that nation while visiting that country for the first time.

The first reason is that, just a visit to the famous museum of that place , would help you in understanding the history , culture , the basic art form and tradition of that place. The museums are always the major attraction for the tourists because people who want to explore the world want to gain knowledge about different people and different cultures. They want to know how different civilizations emerged and came into existence. And hence for these people the museums are the most important place to see .Museums alone can give them the overview of that society.

The second reason is people also like to visit museums because they not only feel that museums are source of entertainment but also are the great source of knowledge and information. The students who are doing researches and writing papers and thesis also prefer to visit museums and to get in depth knowledge of that subject. Many museums have preserved the very ancient literatures which can be of great help for the students.

The museums are mainly the collections of the rarest arts and sculptures. The architecture of the museum is in itself worth watching. The famous Louvre museum in Paris is the most famous and most visited museum in the world because it is the oldest museum and has some rarest collections like the world famous painting of Mona Lisa.

Then there are other types of museums like scientific museums which help us to know how earlier inventions and discoveries were made and were the methods that people were using before the discoveries were made. Therefore I believe that museums are the links between our history and our future and one must visit museums to learn from our past to improve our future knowledge and needs

Writing Feedback / large amount of money or earn comfortable living [3]

It has been said about money that " money is not everything , but it is something.", and I believe that too . In my opinion , though money is not the most important thing in our life but has some importance.It is a very subjective matter and has been debated from the time when the trade started and money came into existence. People come to this world, study hard to gain knowledge and then utilize this knowledge in the work sector to make money .But the question that arises here is whether to make money is the only objective of life, then I feel "no". Life is too small and too valuable to be wasted like this to earn more and more money.One should consider his family requirments and commitments before getting into such jobs that though pay you a large sum of money yet completely spoils your personal life.

There a few people who start their work early morning and go to office without knowing when are they going to come back, and in return of this the company pays him a huge sum of money. Here I would like to emphasize that these people dont even know where to spend this money , they do not have time to enjoy with this money earned.Inspite of having all the money required sometimes they are not able to be with there dear ones or family when their personal presence matters more than just their money. For example, in a few houses I have seen that the husband is working in a big multinational company and is having an pecunious life but his family is always waiting to meet him. He has no time to sit and play with his children. This person may feel that what he is doing is to give his family a comfortable life but I feel that our closed ones expect us to give a happy and enjoyable life rather than a life where parents do not have time for their own children.

I totally agree that money is essential for the survival but it should not become our obsession. A reasonable amount of money that can easily and comfortably suffice one's family needs is much better than a sum of money that puts at stake your personal life.Therefore , I think it is better to earn and get satisfied with money which is giving you a comfortable life rather than a large sum of money .

Writing Feedback / 'Important from medical point of view' - Pets should be treated like family members [3]

Humans are the soicial beings they love to interact and communicate and so are animals. They are similar to human beings in many ways. They have their own way to express their love and emotions, its just that they can not speak like we do. In my opinion pets should be treated like family members because its more of our desire to keep them with us then theirs to be with us. They are happy in their community and they also enjoy freedom . But its we humans who make this separation and susequent captivation for fulfilling our own desires. Therefore , its not our wish to whether treat them as our family member or not rather I feel its our moral duty to provide them with everything that we have taken from them. For example, we bring a small 2 days or week old puppy to make our children happy without even thinking about that the mother of that pup or how that pup must be feeling without the warmth of his mother. I feel its so inhuman if we do not provide him with the same love or care that its mother would have given to him.

Another fact is that pets are extremely helpul for us . They are great companions for those who are lonely and want someone to share their feelings , believe me , they have their own way of expressing their feelings that just cannot be explained in words. They give us a great lesson of forgiveness, Whenever we are agitated we scold them for our mistakes but they return to us the next moment , completely forgetting what we did to them. Forgiveness is a great virtue that we all should learn from them.

Apart from this , they also important from medical point of view. Many researches have concluded that pets are greatly helpful in relieving stress and overcoming distress , the key factors responsible for many cardiovascular and psychological diseases like depression. Sometimes they can also help us in carrying out many household works , like a dog can look after for kid when you are busy in your kitchen or call look after your house when you are not at home.Therefore , I feel that the only way in which we can reciprocate this love, care and affection ,that they show us ,is by treating them as our own family member.

Writing Feedback / young people's decision have no influence on the future of the nation [3]

I gave toefl two days back. It did not go very well as I found the writing section and listening to be much difficult. This was the topic for the writing section.

Writing Feedback / to what extent should government be able to censor television or radio programs [3]

Censorship of the television or radio programs has always been a bone of contention.Some people believe that such shows should be carefully examined by the censor board members before airing them to the general public; while others are from totally different school of thought ;believing ,that to censor or ban programs from being aired is against the human rights to express. In my opinion , censorship is imperative not only for the felicity of the human beings in general but also for the amicability among various sectors of the society. I would like to elucidate this point further through various exemplifications.

First of all , in my opinion , if this topic is so controversial there is definitely something about it ,that is bothering many people ; it has something in itself that needs to be considered. The majority of public viewers are children and young adults.They are in the critical stages of mental development. If this age groups get subjected to the kind of television or radios shows that are scatological or are blasphemous then it will surely be detrimental for their mental health. For example there was a television program that was aired live on many channels known as super bowl by Justin Timberlake. That show had a few scenes of obscenity and was not censored. These kind of shows should definitely be censored. Though I also agree that it is the parent's duty to stop their children from watching such television shows but what if they go and watch it somewhere else. When it comes to children , they always try to emulate the acts they see on television done by their favorite super hero and this could be life threatening at some stages.

Also I would like to make my point more clear by giving the example of one more uncensored dutch tv show that broadcasted the program showing atrocious cannibalism stunts.There are many shows on televisions that are made specially for adults so I believe they should not be aired during the prime time when it is more likely that children can watch them .

There is one more example that I would like to present , there were a few songs by Marshall Mathers displaying misogyny that is not very healthy for the society. Other such programs , songs or speeches that could result in disharmony among the society should always be banned. Because the ultimate goal of everyone is to live happily and let others also live happily then I don't think such kind of entertainment mediums are of any help.Even if these are required for knowledge or entertainment then should be restricted only to adult public viewing, else could even result into something disastrous or may be civil war.

Writing Feedback / "The best way to give advice to other people .....attain it. [2]

""The best way to give advice to other people is to find out what they want and then advise them how to attain it."

As someone has very well said that " most of the people who ask for advice from others have already resolved to act as it pleases them " .I, therefore, firmly believe the notion that yes, we should give the advice to the others, in a way they want to have it. When people ask for someone's advice then that person is inundated with various options and his mind is not helping him out in making a choice, so it is beneficial for him to ask for someone else's advice, who from outside can judge his situation under the given circumstances and can help him in giving some valuable advice. I strongly feel that we should always try to put ourselves in other's shoes and then only should advise others.

I would like to elucidate my perspective by a few examples. For example, I will take a very basic example from our day-to-day life. These days there are many coaching centers or consultancies which provide information to the students regarding admissions in various universities and also help them in selecting the course, but they always do this only after asking students what their preference is and also other issues they are pondering over. In my opinion, the students cannot just take the advice of the consultation company which is according to the company's choice. There are many considerations that are in students's mind that should be asked by the respective companies if they want the students to accept their given advice, because it is ultimately the students who have to face the circumstances and not the companies.

This issue we often encounter in our daily lives , when someone asks us about whether he should buy certain mobile or gadget etc and in these cases our usual prompt question to them is " mate what are your needs?" So it directly boils down to the fact that advices are beneficial to someone only if they agree to the terms and conditions of the person who is asking for the advice.If we are giving advices according to our beliefs and ideologies and want them to follow the same approaches that we would have followed then it is quite unlikely that person will agree to those advices or approaches because of the simple logic that the person is seeking the advice that could be followed and implemented in the future run.