Reasons to do Something . . .

Reasons to do Something . . .

Read the following paragraph:

There are many reasons to use public transportation. One reason to use public transportation is to save money. Public transportation costs a lot less than buying a car and paying for parking, gas, and repairs. Another reason to use public transportation is to reduce pollution. Subways, trains and buses produce far less pollution per person than privately owned automobiles. A third reason to use public transportation is that it is safer. Subway accidents occur far less frequently than car accidents and bus drivers are much more experienced than regular people.

Underline the following patterns:

One reason to

Another reason to (do something) is to (do something).

A third reason to is that (sentence).

Write two short paragraphs explaining the reasons to do something:

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Practise writing paragraphs about the following topics: study another language, quit smoking, learn martial arts, live in the city, live in the country, travel to another country.

Prejudgement

Never judge a book from its title

Never judge a man from his look

In this humble work , I am attempting to talk about one of the problems that we constantly suffer from in our society. There is no doubt that every body has been a victim of prejudgment especially during adolescence.

Is anyone who looks darker likely to be involved in a crime? Is it true that we can guess people’s origins from their looks? Is it true that every one who puts on rimmed glasses reflects that he is smart?
We can simply answer all these and other prejudgments with "no". However, still most people think the opposite. The reason why is that they still judge people from their appearances though they neither know enough information about them nor have even seen them.
As I noticed in my immediate environment, adults tend to have a negative attitude towards teenagers. They think that the majority of them are bad-mannered and unorganized. They also believe that teenagers are characterized by a particular tendency to show off especially in front of girls . According to them, idiotic behavior is usually linked to adolescents. To react, I think there are teenagers who are more organized than adults and also much wiser. Having said that, we can conclude that every one has his own particular understanding of good behaviour. Therefore, we should not be hasty in making judgements about people.

As a result , prejudgment seems to be a dangerous problem because it can be very hurting as well as offending to people. It can also be very demotivating and would hold people back from realizing their dreams. (and makes them feel that some body puts irons in his life and moves ,) Besides, prejudgement leads to doubting oneself and thinking that one is not wanted in his or her community. It may even cause a sort of alienation for the individual and more lack of self-confidence.

This problem has to be solved as soon as possible . We have to find ways to change the wrong ideas and the distorted images we have about each others. We should be more open and tolerant towards evey one. I think, the media must sensitize people to the negative impact that prejudgement has on everyone of us.

By Lahcen Bouseksou

Bouseksou's story

Dear Sir,
I am writing to tell you how happy I feel, because at least there is somebody who cares about u. and gives us the opportunity of expressing ourselves. I am thanking you again Mr.
This morning as you told us to do, I have read this story in front of my classmates even if I was little bit shy , and you may have noticed that from my voice . Anyway, this is the story.

It was a foggy summer night and as I have read in many stories and watched in many movies, all the bad things happen in foggy nights. It all started with a phone call in which one of my relatives invited me to a trip. I could not refuse his invitation, because boredom was slowly invading my life. So I decided to go.
After an hour and a half, we met in the airport. Then, we got on to the plane. The latter was crowded by travellers from many nationalities and with various characters. But there was a man who particularly attracted all my attention. He was a tall man with a funny haircut. He was dressed in black, the colour of evil as most people think of it. He gave the impression of a criminal. Just from the way he was staring at everybody on the plane, one could tell his was a real one.
After one hour of flying through a cloudless sky, the man stood up and showed a heavy belt of explosives surrounding his waist. The passengers were terrified and some of them immediately fainted. My suspicions were right. The man threatened to burn the plane if somebody moved. The helpless passengers’ reaction was panic. Yet, a grey haired man and a sun-tanned young woman had still some courage left to beg the terrorist to have mercy on them. But, all their attempts were in vain. The anxiety quickly spread through the plane.
When I saw that my life and others lives were on a razor edge , I thought of putting an end to this awkward moment. The only thing I could notice was the sadness quite visible on the face of the terrorist. Then I could conclude that the man was suffering from something. Maybe he was in need of somebody who could listen to his problems.
Then I dared ask him about the reason which pushed him to do put his life and ours in danger. The man was somewhat startled by my question. Quite unexpectedly, he started to tell his story. He said that it was almost about six months that he lost his wife and his two young sons in a plane crash. After that fatal accident, he could not bear life without them. He spent all his waking hours mired in alcoholic grief and self-pity. And that abrupt change in his fortune made him feel guilty and put an early end to his life as he thought.
His story left a profound impact on everybody on the plane. We all felt tears in our eyes and some of us tried to hide that in their inside. It was a saddening story full of grief.
When he noticed that we gave him the opportunity of expressing his feelings , I took advantage on that to persuade him saying that it would be better to have confidence in the law before his own conscience would kill him.
Now, he is spending the rest of his life in jail. Indeed, it is among the greatest experiences I have ever spent in my nightmares.


By Bousekssou

Writing a Story

This blog aims at helping you improve your writing skill. I will be posting different topics to write about. Remember that making mistakes are part of the learning game. It is commonly known that through mistakes people learn.

As you know, classroom time is not enough to give comments and suggestions to all students about their writings. In this blog, I encourage you to post your writings and I will do my best to provide the necessary feedback to help you write better in English.

The topic of this week.

Imgine you were going somewhere when you had a problem. Write a short story.

These questions can help you.
When was it? Where were you?
Who were you with?
What were you doing?
What happened next? What did you do?
Then what happened?