Food for Thought

Learning Foreign Languages: A Vast Door to be Opened Outline:       I.             Learning foreign languages has its importance in social interaction, academic and workplace achievements, and in the cultural understanding.    II.             A.   To begin with, learning foreign languages has many benefits that fall in the social domain. 1)    being able to understand what’s happening around us 2)    widening the friendship network          B. Moreover, learning foreign languages also have its benefits in academic and workplace achievements. 1)      having higher scores in the MAT test 2)    according to American statistics, different language speakers rate increasing by 32%           C. ...

  Mother Nature in Danger Sooner or later, we will have to recognize that the earth has rights to live without pollution. What mankind must know is that human beings cannot live without Mother Earth but the planet can live without humans because humans are just polluting the earth while the earth is providing them with necessities to live (trees-air_...) Land pollution is when humans introduce harmful objects, chemicals or substances, directly or indirectly into the soil in a way that it causes and affects other living things or destroys soil or water ecosystems. There are myriad of  human-made causes for land pollution that lead to lethal health and environmental effects, so because of that serious measures must be taken to overcome it. To begin with there are many causes of land pollution such as having overcrowded landfills . when the household produces tons of garbage yearly like aluminum plastic, paper, cloth, wood which are collected and sent to the local rec...

Title: Water Pollution: An Indispensable Environmental Issue I.                  There are myriad reasons behind water pollution that lead to hazardous effects, so serious measures should be taken to overcome this serious issue. II.              A) Dumping wastes in the sea leads to risky diseases in marine and human lives. 1-   deposing about 3.5 million metric tons of plastic due to mismanaged waste in China 2-   introducing toxic substances that turn to be a major cause for hazardous diseases in organisms B) Oil spills result in eutrophication which causes water pollution. 1- splitting 5.65 million tons of oil in marine water from 1970 to    2009 2-affecting organisms by the poisonous chemical constituents that cause their death III. To sum it up with, dumping industrial and toxic wastes and splitting spilled...

                                                Living Our Past Outline:      I.             Maintaining handicrafts have salient and indispensable importance in our life since it helps in overcoming unemployment, reinforcing the economy, and enhancing tourism in one’s country.   II.             A) Maintaining handicrafts dwindles the rate of unemployment. 1-   generating employment for 24% of Italian citizens 2-   providing the chance for undergraduates to fabricate handicrafts by Steve Heron B) Sustaining handicrafts reinforce the economy 1- depending on crafts as 95% of the total products in Japan 2-helping Indian woman rise a family’s income in their         ...

Water Pollution: Grievous Drawbacks - Fatima Hourani "9C" OUTLINE: Title: Water Pollution: Grievous Drawbacks        I.              The decline in the natural resources of fish can result in various negative impacts on health, trade, and people’s living, so serious measures must be taken in order to curb this issue.    II.                 A. To start with, the decline in natural resources of fish can affect one’s health negatively. 1.      highlighting the effect of microfibers found in contaminated fish 2.      shedding light on skin diseases conveyed by water pollution              B.  Moreover, the decline in natural resources of fish can result negatively on trade.  ...

A Miracle in Disguise      Jalal Al-Zein “Technology is nothing. What's important is that you have a faith in people, that they're basically good and smart, and if you give them tools, they'll do wonderful things with them”. The previous quote by Steve Jobs proclaims that technology is innocent in the matter of human conflict and nature’s pollution and so on. But is technology really that innocent… or is it? most people portray technology as the wolf in a sheep’s clothing. But what if it was the other way around? What if our side of the sword isn’t as sharp? Technology has a multifold of disadvantages and advantages educationally, socially and economically. As a start, the silver lining on the cloud of technology is manifested in the fact that it distracts students from their studies, violates one’s privacy, and it facilitates piracy. Technology is most notable when it distracts people from what they should be doing         -...

                     Shopping with Your PJ’s on       Aya Jaafar "9C" “One thing every girl needs to hear: let’s go shopping” This quote asserts and alludes how endless is love among girls and mostly in shopping. Boys like football, and it is their favorite sport and girls feel the same toward a new T-shirt or new high heels. However shopping has changed, and instead of going to the mall, searching for a parking spot, wasting time, girls order things online. Online shopping isn’t only beneficial for girls, but also fathers, teachers, kids…everyone! I believe that Online shopping has many advantages be it environmental, economic or social. To begin with, shopping online has many advantages on the environment since it decreases air pollution exerted by cars to go to the malls or stores. Online shops give one the opportunity to shop 24/7, and also reward us wit...