MONEY AND HAPPINESSEverybody aims at having a lot of money in order to be able to make all his dreams come true. People say that, generally, money brings happiness, but is it an absolute happiness?We could say that money brings happiness but only to a certain extent: one can have almost everything he wants in matters of the latest fashion, a comfortable house, the best car and holidays in exotic places. It is very pleasant not to think that you won’t have enough money to pay your bills or to give your children for their ever day necessities. These...
Saturday, 9 May 2009
MOBILE PHONES
MOBILE PHONESSomeday soon, I may be the last man in America without a cell phone. To those who see cell phones as progress, I say : they aggravate noise pollution and threaten our solitude. The central idea of cell phones is that you are connected to almost everyone and everything at all times. The trouble is that cell phones assault your peace of mind no matter what you do. If you turn them off, why have one? You just irritate anyone who might call. If they are on and no one calls, you are irrelevant, unloved or both. If everyone calls , you are...
BRAIN DRAIN
BRAIN DRAINImmigration is frequently an uneven transaction. When a scientist from India or a professor from Guatemala or a physician from the Philippines moves to the U.S.A, America's gain is the native land's loss. Since few American professionals head out to settle elsewhere in the world, the redistribution of talents serves only towiden the gap between the land of plenty and the lands of poverty. Worse still, the cycle tends to perpetuate itself : as more people leave their native country for the U. S., more are likely to leave, to join relatives...
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