Computers Today  Computers are referred to in the press, on the radio and television. They appear in films and books and now have invaded all walks of life. A computer was created for computing fast – a purely mathematical function. Today they are used to forecast the weather, to operate machines, to cut steel to different sizes and even to guide a spacecraft to the moon. Computers help to trace criminals...

The Day I Won A Prize  I was never a great athlete but once I managed to win a prize. It happened on a School Sports Day when I was asked to represent my class in the Long Jump. My class-master reckoned that I might have a chance to win and he was right. I did win, but not the first prize. I only managed the second place. We were each...

Preparing For An Examination The Final Examination is just a couple of months away. It is important that I do well. So I shall have to prepare for it. First of all, I have to prepare a time-table of study so that I can divide my time properly to the various subjects. I shall have to devote more time to the subjects I am not so good at. I shall have...

Punished in School One day I was highly shocked when the teacher threw my exercise book at my face. She stood there glowering at me with her huge eyes. One by one the teacher repeated her nasty actions on a total of five boys. The whole class was dumbfounded by her sudden outburst of anger. We were merely kids and were terrified of her. Then we were sent to the headmaster’s...

My Classmates In our class Mayank is the noisiest- of all boys. His voice is like that of a bull frog, but the volume is louder. In this noisy bunch is a girl who hardly ever opens her mouth and her name is Padma. The boy who sits next to me is such a gentle and soft creature. Then there is Disha, our class monitor. She sits right in front of...

My School Essay No. 01 I study at Cambridge School which is one of the best schools in Delhi. It has a stone building. It has all the facilities a good school should have – well-furnished classrooms, laboratories, library, and playground. As we enter the school, there is a playground to our left and a small garden to our right. When we enter the building, the Principal’s room and office room...

The Thoughts of Youth are Long, Long Thoughts This line is part of the refrain of Longfellow’s poem, “My Lost Youth”, in which he looks back with fond memories to the seaport of Portland, in Maine, where he was born. The poem begins thus :- “Often I think of the beautiful town That is seated by the sea; Often in thought go up and down The pleasant streets of the dear...

How do we to Continue your Education When we Leave College ? A father once proudly said to me, “My son has finished his education”. He did not mean to be funny ; but he was. Of course he meant that his son has taken his degree and left college ; as though it is only in schools and colleges that education is to be had. “Finished his education !” Why,...