Compare yourself now with the one 5 years ago.

Yesterday, I met an old friend who studied with me five years ago she told me:” You are more different than five years ago, I was surprised about your appearance and character but some things didn’t lose”. It made me remember about myself five years ago. I seem like different before, but I have some things which in common through my friend commented and I think it is truth.

The first thing she noticed is my appearance. Five years ago, I was short but now I am taller than her. Before I had long, black hair when everyone looked at me , they was always paying attention to my hair not my face because my hair was more beautiful than my face. Now, I have short, black hair so she was very shocked about that. I am not as fat as I used to because I must study hard at the university and I lost my weight. I am different before with short, black hair and thin. I don’t know, the more she looked at me, the more she could see my appearance but something I have never changed in the past and now I have wore simply with a T-shirt and a pair of black trousers. I have never worn short clothes when I go out. I have a white, natural skin. It is never been painful by the sunshine.

The second thing she noticed is my character. Before, I was a taciturn because I had grown rusty from disuse and I didn’t have a lot of friends to understand and talk to me, just a little person in my class. I was also not self-confident when I told everything to my classmate. During 5 years, I have had a lot of changes in my character in my life. It made me change a lot. Now, I am self-confident when I talk with my friends or another people about everything around me. On the other hand, I no longer shy when I talk to them together. In addition, I have a lot friends in my class at the university when I get into trouble, they are willing share them with me. Then I fell better, everyone who makes me change a lot and my heart and think was widened not to be closed as before. I talk a lot, smile a lot and know to take care of people round me. I don’t know, the more she looked at me, the more she could see my character but one character which is not changed is patient. When difficulty comes to me, I am patient in order to find a good way to solve problems because I was born in a not good condition. It is a character which is necessary for me. Therefore, it is not lost in my character.

In short, five years ago and now I have changed a lot about my appearance and my character but I haven’t completely changed. All that changes, it proves that I am adult I can take care of myself, have a lot friends, care everyone about me. That is a good change.

Should parents smack their children?

Parents have a lot of ways to educate their children when they are stubborn did not listen or being made some mistakes. It is said that “Should parents smack their children to educate better”. There are many different ideas about that statement some persons agree another do not agree. For me, I strongly disagree; it depends on situations, ages and awareness of each child. Most of parents nowadays, they usually advise their children instead of smacking. Because smacking is not effective, sometime it makes their children become a violent child or a weak physical body, mental retardation.

Firstly, in the past parents could use that way to teach their children when they had mistakes, however; society in these days parents who just use our words to express their attitude or love to their children explain and approve mistakes of their children. They always hope their children to improve mistake and do not make mistakes again. For example, a child lost a golden ring or fail in the examination, his parents must be calm down and try to advise him. He will obey and do better. It is helpful and effective. The child feel comfortable than being smacked.

Secondly, many parents do not fully realize that the methods of parental care have a profound effect on the future of their children later. Children do is very delicate when their parents do something good or bad. They are in the habit of aping the grown- up especially they always imitate bad good quickly. Therefore, smacking to children not to be best way to teach them, they will become a violent or bad attitude to everyone around. Sometime parents smack their children, it makes them not obey and try to be hostile to the way; especially children are growing up from 6 to 17. Their mentality doesn’t accomplish. If children have knowledge and understanding, parents don’t need use smack just words to them. They can analyze and understand what mistakes they made and what should they do.

Someone says that some children are obstinate they may use smack to deter better than using words. Maybe it is effective, I agree but just a little. I also disagree smacking the children. It is harmful to the children, parents can make their children broke bones, or hurt and painful so much. It is unacceptable.

Finally, if parents are always smacking their children, it will become a bad habit. For example, sometime parents are angry something and they blame their children when they just make a little mistake, children will be smacked by their parents. If the situation is too long, it makes the children fell disappointed their families which don’t base inspirit to go on living. In addition, children want to find to live faraway the family in order to rescue themselves to avoid be smacked. Some children couldn’t stand smacking, they find to death.

All that reason why I don’t agree, we shouldn’t smack our children because they need to educate on a good environment no violent. It makes a good way to teach their children better and understand them so much.

Should students wear uniform or freelive at the university?

There are different ideas from students at the university. Some students assume: “Students should not wear uniform at the university, because they feel uncomfortable and seem to be become as a student at high school”. Some another students like uniform and feel confident when they wear it. In my opinion; I strongly agree students wear uniform when they go to the university. It is convenient and comfortable.

There are three reasons that making you like wearing uniform at the university. The first reason, saving a lot of money and time. For examples, you buy two clothes to wear for 3 years; you are always wearing it when you go to school. When many people are looking at you with wearing uniform, they can guess the university where you are learning. Some students think, it is expensive and old quickly. You must think that uniform is cheaper than another clothes at the shop or market. Going shopping and selecting new clothes which are difficult to you. Sometimes you must bargain or buy some expensive clothes that you feel bad. If you wear freelive, you must select what clothes to wear. It makes you lose much time and money. Wearing clothes you don’t need to think clothes which you will wear next day and buy new clothes to support to go to the school.

The second reason, when you wear uniform it is a way to express polite to everyone around you. Because uniform are always simple and easy to look. For example, when you wear uniform, it makes you feel confident by elegance and suitable for a lot of students with different kinds of size. You can more time to pay attention to study than seeing your clothes, because people around as the same clothes.

The finally reason, it is undistinguished. There are a lot of different kinds of students who are poor or rich come from others provides at the university. Many students who wear uniform are no distance between them and can play and study easily.

All that my ideas, wearing uniform at the university is necessary and this is a way to saves a lot of time and money for students. But someone said that” student at the university more active and adult than student at high school, so they don’t need to do what they dislike such as wearing uniform”. I hope you to agree with me to wear uniform at the university. Uniform which makes us more beauty and active is comfortable and confident then freelive.

A memory

Every time it rains. It makes me remember a memory between me and my friend. The first time we have met and up to now we were close_ friend. When I was in grade 10, on that day ,it was heavy rain with thunder peal and black cloud. I was standing eaves of the class to wait my father pick up me. It was more and more heavily rained until it was nearly dark. I was really scared if my father forgot to pick up me.

Suddenly, I saw a strange hand with an umbrella on top my head then I was hurry to the back. I was really surprised that was a new student in my school. I asked him “Who are you? I have never seen you before in this school?”. He replied me” May I take you on going your home”. I refused him immediately and said” Thanks, but my father comes to pick up me early”. He said” Don’t worry , I’m a new neighbor, I moved to live near to my house about 2 weeks so you don’t know me but I know you”. I stared looking at his face and said “Really “He said “Of course, I’m Ngoc and I am learning at 10A, you can check”. I stared believing him and realized that his face is pretty and intelligent. He has a straight and high nose as an actor, and black hair bobbed in the wind and high forehead. Especially, his eyes are very black and big with thick and black lashes, faraway look in his eyes. He was really handsome I have never seen before. I talked with him about everything in my family, my studying and him too until it stopped rain and my father picked me up . I had said goodbye him before I came to my home with my father. After talking with him, I fell happy and excited. He was so cute and kind.

I never forget to meet him in the first time, since he became a good friend and a good neighbor. When I got in trouble I often shared them with him. He was willing to listen carefully everything I told. He gave me some great advice to sole my problem. After he had graduated in high school, his family moved to Australia Now, he lives far away me, but he keep in touch with me, forever we will become good friends.

A value lesson

There are a lot of fears in life, you never overcome. There are a lot of things; you think it is difficult to overcome because it can be outside your ability. You should try to do something in order to overcome fears or difficulties in your life .I have been scared of blood when I was a child, every time I saw blood I would faint. When I was in grade 10, one day, I saw an injured woman, lying in the street with a lot of blood in her body. I had an unforgettable experience that has occupied my mind up to now.

It was a night day. The sun was shining and the wind was blowing. I enjoyed fresh air and felt comfortable but the road leads to my house .The street was quieter than normal days. When riding on the road to get home, I saw a terrible scene. A woman with a broken leg was lying in the street with a lot of blood on her body. I didn’t think what to do because I was scared of blood. I was really embarrassed, every time when I saw blood I faint but this time I only stood and looked at the woman. Luckily, a boy who was as the same my ages appeared and helped the woman. First, he called an ambulance and a police. After that, he tried to contact her family based on her papers. Finally, he tried to stop bleeding on her leg. Five minutes later, the police and ambulance came. I really admired that boy and felt ashamed of myself. A lot of questions appeared in my mind” why did the boy have enough brave to help that woman? Why did I just stand and do nothing for that woman?”. That evening the image of the injured woman occupied my mind and my dream. The next morning, I told my mother about the incident and then he said “Oh dear! I pity to hear about that I know that you are scared of blood. But at that time, if the boy wasn’t there, what would happen to that woman? So next time, do your best to help other people. Don’t allow your scare to rule you”. And from then on, I have tried a lot to overcome my scare and always help people who are in need.

This is a lesson to me to overcome fears. Now, I no longer scare of blood and I can do everything if it has blood. I don’t worry about them. I’m really happy when I can overcome my own fear.

Self-confident

Have you ever lost your self-confident when you have to do difficult something? Sometime you think, your ability is limit. May be, you are scared then you are not brave enough to pass period of difficult time. It means, you do are not self confident. Me too, when I was a grade 12, although I was a good student, I didn’t have enough self confident to enter any university. My parents always decide everything for me, I just listen and do. My studying was arranged by my parents so entering to take two exams in the university I didn’t have idea. Although it was too difficult to me, I didn’t have self- confident to pass challenge.

On that year, I took part in the examination to enter the HCMC- University of Pedagogy and University Medical Center HCMC following my parent’s expectation .Because they thought, I could study well that the university to be suitable for me. After graduating in the university, I could earn job easily in order to support my life.I tried to study hard and do the test carefully but I fail all that the examination. My parents put all their faith in me very much because they have just only me. They hoped me to do pass examination but I made them disappointed. I was lost hope myself.

I didn’t want to do anything during period of that time. I gave up my studying and just stayed at home; I was scared to be looked by the eyes of everyone. I didn’t want to meet anyone. I was bored and discouraged lost self- confident. The blue sky still collapsed in front of my eyes. I felt a black cloud to approach me and I was powerless before everything was happening. I annoyed and blamed for my parents because they made me fail the examination. I talk with them just a little.

One day, I saw a newspaper about a lot of students the same as my situations. But they who passed difficulty were not pessimistic as me. Then I thought, I could lose almost anything expect my confidence. My parents advised me to continue to study again. They said” My daughter! You should do anything you like, we don’t intervene your studying. When you feel upset or uncomfortable, you should take a rest and share them with us. Don’t keep them in your mind or your heart”. Then, I burst out crying, I said in my tears” I so sorry to do something to my parents, I promise to try to study hard to enter the university. Please, to forgive my mistakes in period of this time”. After a few days my mood was better. I gradually became self-confident; I went on studying so that I could enter at the university not colleges.

After studying hard, I entered The University of Technical Education HCM City. Now when I get into trouble or face to difficult something, I always to find the good way to solve problem and do something in order to make me self- confident. Self- confident helps me to overcome difficulty in life.

The telephone

Modern life, people always want to live more and more comfortable and have a lot of time to enjoy the life. Before, technology is not developed as these day, human used to use available things to do something and it might waste a lot of time. For example, when they want to announce important something to someone, they must write a letter to send other persons. It lost much time, so in the 1870 the telephone was invented by Alexander Graham Belt .It is useful and convenient and It save a lot of time. Therefore in my opinion, the telephone is the most important invention to communication in the modern life.

What would happen if we didn’t have telephone to contact with other person when you got in to trouble or do some important things? For example, a businessman in one country can talk to another country in order to do some important business. It helps in business to reduce time and travel. They can change information together. In the past, this was not possible.

In the past men didn’t have means of communication to be in direct contact. They used to send letter by messenger-pigeon so that they could exchange information to other persons, who live far away. That way doesn’t have effect and lose time. Telephone, which was invented, is the most important invention and significant up to now. People all over the word, they can contact with together on the telephone in order to talk and exchange something.

Telephone makes us comfortable and relaxes. For example, when we stay at home and lay in the sofa, we will use the telephone to communicate with our friends our family who live far away from our home in order to express emotions or do some important things. After our feelings are better and happier and we sole anything. Telephone makes us close-relationship and cemented distant places. Thanks to the telephone, we will have a modern life to increase our comforts and convenience.

Almost all media of communication such as sending letter, chat via the internet, making a phone call and so on. But making a phone call is effective quickly and it saves time. We can contact easily with other people all over the world. One of the most important methods of communication these days is telephone.

My house

I have visited a lot of the places in Viet Nam such as Hue,Ha Noi, Ha Long Bay and another places to travel. The places make me excited a, but I like my house best. Because my house makes me comfortable ,warm and safe.

I used to live with my family in a small house in the countryside. This is a place; I can enjoy the sweet emotions from my family and I feel safe without any traps or risks to me. Whenever I go to school or anywhere, I miss and want to come back my house early.

My house is now about 26 years old, but it looks newer. The house was made of cement with a lot of red bricks and red tiles, was built by good labor’s hand. The walls and windows were painted with blue the same as clouds in the blue sky. It seems to be a blue house in the fairy tale .My house was decorated a lot of vivid pictures about animals, nature. The floor was lied patterned tiles .It makes my house brilliant and clean. When I step by step in my house, my foot seem to walk on the ice and feel cold under sole of my foot. All that feeling as I am living in the heaven.

Near to my living room has a fish tank with many lovely fish swimming and you can listen to the sound of water running from oxygen machine. It is more interesting and exciting when I do put fresh water in the fish tank. It is a way to reduce stress when I get into trouble or annoyed to someone. When I look at the fish swimming I seem to be hypnotized by a lot of different colors of them .It makes me better. This is one of my hobbies. The kitchen in my house is not big but it is convenient with a washing machine, a fridge-freezer.

Surrounding my house has a lot of trees such as beautiful flowers, fruit-trees. Every morning when I open the door, I can enjoy breeze, smell flange of flowers and see some butterflies are parking in the flowers. I can play under branches with a lot of my friends not worry about sunshine. It is a terrific house!.

My house is the best place for me to live so I wouldn’t want to live in any other place. It is a heaven for me. In there, I can live with my close-family and enjoy fresh atmosphere in the countryside.