A Frightful Experience Once I had to walk through an area filled with undergrowth to get to the shop. It was not too unpleasant except that I had to keep to the narrow footpath and not blunder into the bushes. Buying some flour from the shop seemed harmless enough. The shop was the nearest one and my mother reckoned, I was old enough to run a simple errand for her. Suddenly,...

A Painful Lesson Our bodies are made of flesh and bones. Any time any part is injured and we feel pain. So we must try to avoid injury as much as we can. Usually it takes a painful lesson to teach us to avoid injury. The following was a particularly painful one. I, like any young child, love to run around as quickly as I can. It is fun. However, there...

Ways of Improving My English Today, English is used widely. It has become the most popular language of communication between countries and in many fields of human endeavour. So it is important that we must learn to use English, otherwise, we will be at a disadvantage. The only effective way of improving my English is to use it as often as possible. In school we communicate in English during our English...

Teachers, Good and Bad Having been in school for a number of years now, I have come across many types of teachers. Some are good while some are bad. The good ones are those who put effort into their work to make the students knowledgeable and thus care for the welfare of their students. They genuinely want to teach us what they know. So despite their weaknesses we love and respect...

My Class Monitor My name is Neha. I study in 3rd standard. There are forty students in our class. Among all Sheena is the most intelligent girl and is the monitor of our class. She is eight years old. She is a well behaved girl among all and so controls the class very well. Our teacher says she is a very responsible girl and always does her work well. Sheena is...

My Feelings on Getting Low Marks  An examination is at best a gamble but after taking an examination, we know a little what we can expect. There was a sneaking hope in my mind that I might get a merit position. On the day the results were to come, I reached’-school before time. As soon as the results were put on the board, I hunted for my roll number. I had...

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...