How To Stop Bullies At Schools?

It is an ugly, cruel and unnecessary part of school life and is a source of misery for millions of children. More than 2 million youngsters in the UK are bullied at some point in their school years. Of these, 40 percent suffer bullying twice a week or more. One in 12 youngsters are bullied so badly it affects their education, relationships and even their job prospects in later life. And 10 in 15 cases every year the bullying reaches such a dreadful level that it drives the young victims to suicide.

Ace Your Exams

Part-1

Most of the students believe that if they prepare for exams very seriously spending a lot of candle-lit late nights studying all the way, they will surely pass their exams. Alas, they forget some of the most important factors that seem to be so small but usually can make a big difference. Tips that I am going to share with you now are those that I learnt from my own

Ace Your Exams

Part-2

PREPARE YOUR TOOLS: Many of us tend to neglect some of the very basic tools when going into an exam room. Things we forget are pencils, eraser, pencil sharpener, watch and a bottle of pure mineral water. You may be thinking why the h…l I am mentioning these basic things. Let me explain you why. Pencils: they are better than pens

Ask Westminster International University in Tashkent

If you remember Westminster International University in Tashkent organized an Open Day Event in its campus on 19 May 2010. Keeping the fact in mind that not everyone could attend the event physically, I took this event on our blog. People were able to ask their questions virtually just sitting in their offices or homes. It worked perfectly well last week.

Is Revenge Useful And Sweet?

VENGEANCE-IS-MINE.COM
Has someone treated you badly? Do you need to get your own back? At vengeance-is-mine.com we are all too aware that some people are greatly in need of humiliation - the pompous, the contemptuous, the violent, the thoughtless. They will all benefit from a little anonymous payback. We do not encourage anything illegal, violent, or in any way damaging. We do not take any responsibility for the actions of people who visit this site.

Should Children Be Smacked?

Mary Marsh of NSPCC (Britain' main children's charity) says: "It should be as wrong to hit a child as an adult". However, in a recent survey in th UK, 83 % of parents said that children needed to be smacked sometimes and that smacking was good for a child.

FACT FILES
Smacking is banned in many countries.
In England and Wales, you can legally give your child 'a light smack', but you can be jailed if you leave a bruise, a scratch or cut on child's skin.

Greatest Action Movie Star Ever

Bruce Lee (1940-1973), the greatest action movie star of all time, should receive a lifetime achievement award for his work in films. Bruce died tragically in 1973, so he would not be able to receive the award himself, but his fans would love to see him honored. Why was Bruce Lee so great? The fight scenes in his films were amazing because he was always in top physical condition. He was also a great actor. Since he started acting when he was just 6 years old, he was very comfortable and natural in front of the camera.

Children Are Innocent

Chapter 3
Another boy with another story

"Heyyy, anybody at hommmme?"
"Shh children are sleeping. Where have you been so long?"
"Wwhat? Shut up you!"
He hit his wife and his wife nearly fell. He was drunk and come back late in midnight.
"You can't ask me where I have been, I.. I'll do anything I want, understood!!!"

Five Useful Tips Before Your Exams

Like any other student I also used to hate exams when I was a school boy. Besides, exams those times used to be organized in an old fashioned way that it was really unfair and discouraging. As a student I was supposed to prepare for about thirty different questions and only one of them would be an exam question to judge my knowledge. Other twenty nine questions would be thrown out automatically into air.

The Secret of Successful Language Learning

We asked two experienced teachers of English for their opinion. Alastair Banton is a teacher at a private language school in the UK. He has also taught English in Japan. I think the most important thing is that you really have to want to learn the language - without that, you won't get very far. You also have to believe that you will do it ... imagine yourself using the language confidently, and think, 'Yes, I can do that1.

Has Human Harmed The Earth Or Made It a Better Place?

Some people believe that the Earth is being harmed by human activity. Others feel that human activity makes the Earth a better place to live. Is human activity is damaging the Earth?

Is Communication Easier In Today's World?

Technology is making communication easier in today's world, but at the expense of personal contact as many people choose to work at home in front of a computer screen. What dangers are there for a society which depends on computer screens rather than face-to-face contact for its main means of communication?

Big Town vs. Small Town

Living in a town(big or small)is preferable because life in a town means a lot of benefits. When it comes to choosing between a big or a small town, I would definitely choose to live in a big one. Why? The next three arguments will explain my choice.

First of all, it is education wise. Many of us want to have a decent life and igh quality of education. In a big town you have more opportunities: good high schools, colleges and universities.

Wandering Mind

This article tries to help us understand what we lose when we are not concentrating on whatever we are doing. Many students have spent years allowing their minds to wander because they have never applied principles of discipline to their thought life.
Quite often people who cannot seem to concentrate, think they are mentally deficient. However, an inability to concentrate can be the result of years letting the mind to do whatever it wants to do, whenever it wants to do it. A lack of concentration can also be a symptom of vitamin deficiency.

30-Day Life

I`ve written this after reading Madina`s story. Her story really encouraged me.
March`s morning. I woke up and slowly got up. I looked at calendar, it was 17th March. “I have to go” - I thought. I went out and walked along the street. I was going to hospital to take my analysis results. The street was wet as it had been raining. I walked slowly, I wasn`t in a hurry. When I was crossing the park I saw a flock of birds, which were singing .

Are First Impressions Always Right?

Every personal or business relationship starts with a first impression. Psychologists say that when you meet someone for the first time, they make an impression on you less than thirty seconds.

We evaluate another person using three Vs: visual (how you look, your clothes), vocal (your voice) and verbal (what you say). When you meet someone for the first time, your body language and your clothes make 93 % of the first impression. Only 7 % are the words you say.

What Is Happiness?

A recent survey in ........ showed that 25 % of the population saw no hope for the future and one in ten felt that life was not worth living. Many teenagers were excessively worroed about their weight and general appearance. Apporoximately 25 % claimed they suffer from anxiety over their studies.

Are you surprised by these statistics? Are you basically happy with your life? When is the happiest you have ever been? What is happiness for you?

Things You Must Know About Working Abroad

Let me tell you what happened to me about 3 years ago. I was young and quite very naive at that time. Like any other person who lives in former Soviet Union I used to think that people abroad, especially in places like USA, Canada, Europe or let alone Japan and Australia, work very little hours and get thousands of dollars for the work they do. At that time I used to feel so discouraged and less motivated that I did not want to work and live in Tashkent.

Children Are Innocent

Chapter 2
My friend, my brother

He was going to sleep, he was feeling better after talk with that boy who told him that this was only life. He was thinking what will happen next day? He didn't know, maybe his mother would come back and take him. Maybe this was only dream. He didn't know...

After all these questions he slept, while his new friend was in the kitchen.
"Ma you know I met with new boy who had come in the morning. His name is Anvar. He is very little and innocent kid. I'm wondering how his mother dared to leave him in orphanage.

Nonentity

It is very long night for me! I have been sitting and waiting for my mom for 240minutes and hours, who should come at 6 o'clock in the morning! Although time was only 1 a.m I couldn't sleep, however I turned lights off. It is very dark in the room as dark as my life memories. I'm thinking about my terrible, dull and grievous life!

Relations of Young People These Days!

Guest post by Nodira

We see relations of young people in the street, at the lyceum, in the shops etc and we know about the behavior of youth nowadays. Let me express my opinion as regards to this situation. I think these days young people are not serious. I mean girls and boys pretend to be in love with each other BUT IN REALITY IT IS NOT TRUE. Young people do not love each other. They only want to spend some time together. This is my personal opinion and certainly I can argue that they do not love each other.

So why do I think so? For instance, in the street you see every day several young couples kissing and
hugging each other. Do you know if a boy loves any girl

Immoral Earning?

What in the world is happening to professional sport? When I was a kid, it cost 5 $ to get a decent seat at the stadium, and my dad would buy me a hot dog and himself a beer which would cost bring the total cost of about 10 $.

Last Saturday I took my little boy to see the Giants play. After the parking, tickets, refreshments and souvenirs, I walked out of there with 75 $ less in my pocket. Just ask me how soon I will be going back!

Life Is Short

People are born and they die after living some time. Person can live many years and leave bad memories behind or live a few years and leave good memories. As my father says – “You must be as that man who people will know during your life and will remember you even after your death”.

Time can’t wait! Therefore, we should understand what we are doing and learn from our mistakes. For a reason people say that this world is like a boomerang.

Alassio - Beautiful Holiday-Resort In Italy

Alassio is a small city in Italy. It is on seaboard of the Mediterranean. Very rich people live in this city. It is a fantastic city with palms, flowers and other trees. The buildings are very nice. The streets are very narrow and made from stone. It is sunny town for relaxation. The best time to visit is summer.

My Favorite City

I was in Bremen last summer. I had a competition in Woopertal. My grandparents have friends in Bremen. And after competition they took us to their house in Bremen. We didn't walk so much in Woopertal but in Bremen we walked all the time.

It is very nice city; all roads were clean and nobody threw rubbish on the streets. There were many big markets and entertainment centers in this city. The biggest market is called "Water Park". If you want to have shopping, you can walk there for one week.

My Favorite Restaurant

My favorite restaurant is Dimir. It’s the most popular restaurant in Tashkent. It’s a Turkish and Uzbek restaurant. Uzbekistan and Turkey concluded contract with each other. Dimir is situated in the centre of the city and it’s near the oldest hotel ‘’Zarafshan’’.

Interior is beautiful and European. And Dimir originated from Turkey. It’s romantic and family atmosphere inside of restaurant. On the first floor it’s romantic atmosphere because there are many couples and on the second floor there are parents and their kids.

Keep Fit and Lead A Healthy Life

Sport and healthy food are good things for keeping fit and leading healthy life. We have to do some sport in our life for example, tennis, basketball, volleyball, swimming and other. We should work hard. It means we must do that thing which our coach says to do. We have to train our body. First we should train our head. How can we train our head? We have only one way to train it and it’s turning. We turn our head to each side. Second, we should train our trunk. Third, we should train our feet. After that, we can run, jump and play sport. Running, jumping and other physical activities will keep us fit, but we also have to eat right food. It means we shouldn’t eat oily food and too much bread.

Story From My Life

I want to tell you a real story from my life. Let me tell you when and how I started to study English.

I started studying English when I was the first student at lyceum. Before entering the lyceum I didn`t know English well. I only knew some English words and at lyceum examination I did English test by guess-work. Fortunately, I passed the exam.

Orphanage

"Mum don't leave me here please, I don't want to stay here. Mummy, please take me back home". He was crying and screaming. He was only 5 years old and wanted to go with his mother. He wanted to feel relieved, but he could not. A big plump woman held him very tightly. He was doing his best just to escape from her hands and catch up his Mum.

However, heartless mother left his son and even did not look back to see him for last time. She got in car and said to driver "Go!". When she reached her home, a man was waiting for her.
"Have you done it?"
"Yes"
"Good, now we can live together and no more children, no more problems. We can go
everywhere we wish. I love you sweetie"
"Me too darling"

Write & Publish Online

Are you good at writing? Or are you bad at it? No matter what it is, e-mail me your story or article and I will post it on our blog. You make grammar mistakes? No worries!!!! I will check your piece of work before posting it on the blog. So here how you can get yourself started: 1) Take one sheet of paper and a pencil, go into your room and close the door tightly and hang "I am extremely busy" note, 2) Hold the pencil and begin writing about an event that changed your life or opened your eyes. Or make up your own story.

Good Music

Why do people consider "rap" as music? There is nothing musical about hearing someone spout curse words to a beat. Do you agree? Why? How and to what extend can music influence on you?

Family or Career?

There is no more free education, no more free medical care and no more free housing in the capitalstic world we are living in nowadays. To make things even worse it is getting very difficult to find a decent job and provide your family with a quality life you want. Once you found a job and want to get promoted you should devote more of your time for professional and career-oriented life. This situation is pushing both men and women to work equally hard to survive, maintain and build their own world.

Who Are Better At Parenting? Men or Women?

Many people believe that women are better parents than men and this is why they have the greater role in raising children in most societies. Others claim that man are just as good as women at parenting. So who is a better at raising and bringing up children anyway? :--))))

Who Killed The King of Pop?

As for me he was the most original, unique and number-1 pop singer in the whole world. There was nobody like him and there will be no one like him anymore. Jackson was Jackson. King of Pop!!! His stage-dressing, hairstyle, dance style is something he created himself. No one can dance like him and be like him. Few of us can ever understand the way he lived his short and stormy life that shook the world as a whole. He was the perfectionist.

Are You Ready To Study Abroad?

The idea of going overseas for university study is an exciting prospect for many people. But while it may offer some advantages, it is probably better to stay home because of the difficulties a student inevitably encounters living and studying in a different culture. To what extent do you agree or disagree this statement? Give reasons for your answer.

Don't Panic! You'll Get What You Want From IELTS.

I would like to introduce you Sarvar who was one of my students at Preparation courses, WIUT. When I taught him English about 2 years ago, he was in Pre-Intermediate group. Recently he has taken an IELTS exam at British Council in Tashkent and got IELTS score he wanted and worked hard for. When he sent me sms to share his joy and happiness I quickly contacted him and asked whether he could be available on our blog to share with us how he prepared for such a good success and introduce us to his study habits, strategies and etc.

Should We Say NO To Hollywood Movies?

I personally believe that there are a lot of fantastic quality Hollywood movies which convey very good message to the whole world. However, movies like Fast and Furious are really making young people furious and rebellious too. Movies like that are also changing the way they view life in a negative way.

Do you think we should say NO to Hollywood movies and discourage ourselves and our younger sisters, brothers to watch movies less and less? In your opinion what factors make the movie good? Which movies would NOT you recommend to watch and which ones you would recommend? Why?

10 Quick Tips for Concise & Compelling Writing

A Guest Post by Tom Walker

Writing about anything you are interested in or passionate about can be tricky. It’s hard, once you have filled your head with research to write a concise, engaging piece without being bogged down by details. Readers, however, will most likely only read the first few sentences and start skimming if your copy doesn’t grab them right away. Massive chunks of text are likely to be ignored by most readers altogether.

Beggars - To Give Or Not To Give?

I often hear people arguing over this topic. Some say that we should give small cash so that they can survive for one day and others argue that they are actually very rich or lazy that they don't deserve any financial help? What do YOU think? Do you give them a small cash? If you do, do you give to any beggar on the street or you select? If you don't give, then why you don't do that? How do you feel about the whole situation? Please share with us your thoughts and opinions.

Tashkent - Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

How do you remember Tashkent in old days? How this, one of largest and greenest cities in former Soviet Union, changed today? And how will you expect to see Tashkent after a few or many years? Some people dislike it and while others fell in love with this Central Asia's amazing city. How do you personally feel about this part of the world?

Freedom — At What Cost?

Written by: SALEH AL-SHAIBANY

Let me tell you a story. The owner of two small birds left the door of the cage open after feeding them. One of them flew out like a bullet to seek freedom. The bird hit the opposite wall and died instantly. The bird that stayed behind had another partner to share its captivity for the rest of its life.

Sometimes, freedom is not a good proposition. It comes at a very high price. It spells the same thing, whether it is animals or humans.

What Is The Best Age To Get Married?

Some people say that it is good to get married at early age when you are young and full of energy while others argue that it is better to get married a bit later when you have a foundation for a happy family.

What is your own opinion? What is the best way to follow? Please share with us with what view you hold/prefer/like and support your opinion with your personal stories, details, facts and explanation.

Time Is Never An Enemy!

You go back home after a hard day at work to be with your family. But your time and priority are reserved for the sofa. Time is always racmg against your real priorities.

I was listening to my five-year-old daughter talking to another five-year-old. They were both not aware of me standing close by. My daughter was brag¬ging, and it was about me. She was telling her friend that her father was the nicest dad in the world. I read her bed¬time stories, played with her and bought her the nicest toys.
The problem was, as I lis¬tened to her, I could not remember when was the last time I had bought her a toy or read her a bedtime story. I might have done it months ago, and the frequencies between each action were far apart. But I was her father, and whether 1 was perform¬ing my role well or not, I was worth the brag.

When my daughter paused for a breather, she turned and saw me. She squealed and ran to me. She gave me a hug and I turned a shade of red with guilt.

MONEY - How Important Is It For You?

For money you can have everything it is said. No, that is not true. You can buy food, but not appetite; medicine, but not health; soft beds, but not sleep; knowledge but not intelligence; glitter, but not comfort; fun, but not pleasure; acquaintances, but not friendship; servants, but not faithfulness; grey hair, but not honor; quiet days, but not peace. The shell of all things you can get for money. But not the kernel. That cannot be had for money. -Arne Garborg, writer (1851-1924)

In 21st century everything seems to be connected with money. They say that money moves the world.

Some years ago I traveled abroad hoping that I will make more money that way and experience happiness. But then I realized that I was so emotionally connected to my family; to my Tashkent with its endless bumpy roads and so on.

I realized that there are a lot of other more precious things in life ( I will tell you more about them in my comments). So to what extend is money important to you these days?

Turning A Blind Eye To Poverty

Much of the publicity on poverty is focused on far away Africa, but nobody takes the time to take a closer look a few yards away from their own doorstep.

INSTEAD of walking to my office as usual, I thought I would walk a few paces down the road to help me unwind. Cars were swishing past me, some at a breakneck speed. I walked past a posh villa, past a glimmering Mercedes and past an old rubbish bin — all just less than 200 meters apart.

Do Our Dreams Mean Anything?

A year ago I saw a dream in which I was swimming in the wide, blue and warm ocean. He, he, he!!!! When I woke up in the morning, I told my Mom about my dream and she said that my year would be easy and that I would not have a lot of problems and obstacles ahead. Well to be honest, life has never been easy for me since I was a child. However, I am achieving my goals and realizing my dreams slowly but surely. But I still don't know whether we should believe in our night-time dreams or NOT. Do you believe that our dreams mean something? Please share with us your examples from you own life to make it more interesting and controversial!!!!!