Why Do People Immigrate to other Countries?

by Herminne Tonita - The desire for a better life is sometimes so big that it makes people leave their countries and their families and work in other countries. They know that they...

The Difference Between a Myth and a Legend

by Cristina Nuta - What is the difference between a myth and a legend? Myths are traditional stories occurring in a timeless past. They involve supernatural elements and are beyond...

Language Teaching : The Grammar Translation Method

by Monique Barb - Approaches and Methods in Language Teaching by Richards and Rogers (2002), classifies language teaching methods as the “dominant language of education, commerce...

Why is literature important in our lives?

by Cristina Nuta - Having a great collection of books at home doesn't really mean that you are a person who has a passion for literature and reading. It can be a family inheritance...

A Good Teacher is a Strict Teacher

by Diana Trusca - One of the most important parts in the healthy development of an infant is played by education. But the way in which education is perceived has changed radically...

The benefits and dangers of television

by Cristina Nuta - Television has changed our lives in many ways. Many people now spend more time watching TV than doing anything else. Researches in the USA have estimated that...

The McCarthy Witch Hunts

by Herminne Tonita - The late 1940s and the 1950s were anxious years for Americans. Despite their prosperity they were worried by fears of war. The nation they feared was the Soviet...

England History : Entertainment and Sport in Middle Ages

by Monique Barb - Although life was hard in the Middle Ages, there were opportunities for games, sports and entertainments. When the Thames froze over, Londoners skated on the ice...

There are both advantages and disadvantages for young people who live with their families

by Cristina Nuta - How many times haven't we heard teenagers complaining about the fact that they'd have liked to live alone. How come? Well, this is because they say that they want...

Media Has the Greatest Impact on the Young Generation

by Cristina Nuta - Media has the greatest impact on the young generation more that the family or the school has. The means of media which influence the young generation are television...

Mass Media Have Both Harmful and Beneficial Effects

by Herminne Tonita - The empire of mass media has conquered almost all territories: maybe there are a few countries left in Africa that don't know about TV or newspapers, but the...

What is Optimism? Optimism Is the Ability to See the Positive Side of Things Rather than the Negative

by Cristina Nuta - What is optimism? Optimism is the ability to see the positive side of things rather than the negative. Optimistic thinkers are usually positive people because...

What are the advantages and disadvantages of having children?

by Cristina Nuta - Children are supposed to make us happier and sometimes they help us forget about our daily problems. The moment when they are born we are glad to see them so tiny...

School Plays a More Important Role than Family in Shaping One's Personality

by Cristina Nuta - When it comes to refer to the shaping of one's personality we should firstly mention the fact that school plays an essential part, maybe more than the influence...

The Early Geographical Discoveries

Christopher Columbus was born in 1451 in Genoa, Italy and he was a navigator, colonizer, and explorer who was instrumental in Spanish colonization of the Americas. When he discovered...

About the Industrial Revolution

by Herminne Tonita - In the XVIIth and the XIXth centuries, especially between 1750 and 1850, trade, industry and towns, especially in the North of England and in the Midlands became...

Reading Is To the Mind What Exercise Is To the Body

by Monique Barb - We can get information by TV, by reading newspapers, magazines, books. We start reading since an early age. We first read stories for kids, fairy tales that...

Travel in the Middle Ages Britain

by Monique Barb - Travel in the Middle Ages was either on land or by water. Rich people sometimes travelled in covered wagons. They must have been very uncomfortable as they...

Symbols In Moby Dick written by Herman Melville

by Herminne Tonita - Herman Melville's masterpiece "Moby Dick" was published in 1851, drawing upon the author's experience at sea. The book is about a whaling voyage on the Pequod...

What makes a good language teacher?

by Cristina Nuta - Even if I have finished the Faculty of Letters, the English-Spanish section, I don't want to be a language teacher for the simple reason that I don't want to work...

School vs Family in Shaping One's Personality

by Diana-Mara Anghelina - From the first days of our lives, each and every one's family plays a very important role in defining the future grown-up's personality. It is the family...

Teaching English To Young Learners is Both a Difficult and Enjoyable Experience

by Monique Barb - Teaching English to young learners is both a difficult and enjoyable experience. It is difficult for you as a teacher, because you always have to find new and interesting...

Imagination is More Important Than Knowledge

by Cristina Nuta - This assertion belongs to Albert Einstein and I do believe that in life imagination is more important than knowledge. But in my opinion, another important thing...

The Symbolism Of Houses In The Great Gatsby

by Cristina Nuta - We can notice the wonderful, unobstrusive skill with which Fitzgerald uses realistic detail symbolically. Houses in The Great Gatsby are much richer in meaning...