Hannah Montana First it was Barbie and now it is Hannah Montana. Hannah Montana is the latest sensation and it’s amazing how Barbie has been displaced by six-yr-olds in favor of Hannah. Hannah Montana is a Disney Show. When Disney promotes something it always ends up big. Hannah, the star of the show, is Miley Cyrus, daughter of country star Billy Ray Cyrus, is the star of the show. In the...

What Makes You Special? I grew up loved and cherished as I was the youngest of my siblings. I always felt special. In the eighth grade there was a girl called Sanju in my class. She was the duffer of the class while I was the comedian of the class. Everybody avoided Sanju but I always needed somebody to laugh at my jokes and even Sanju would do. One day, the...

The Benefits of Team Sports to Children While physical activity of any kind is good for children, team sports address much more than just exercise. They go much beyond the obvious goal scoring, centuries, home runs and winning. They benefit children on different levels viz. psychological, sociological and physical. Children are by nature very ‘me’ eccentric. Team sports do not foster this attitude; as theme’ is always part of a greater...

Cursive Writing Cursive writing with its smooth flowing curves and its fancy loops is fast disappearing and in years to come, it will be a relic. Those in favor of Cursive writing believe it’s a basic skill and like all basic skills must be learned and mastered. Those in favor of letting go of cursive argue that this is the age of the computers and we must move with the times....

I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings Maya Angelou’s autobiography ‘I know why the caged bird sings’, won her a lot of acclaim. Angelou was hailed as a new kind of memoirist as she was the first African American woman who was able to publicly discuss her personal life. Angelou’s autobiography set a precedent for the genre of autobiographies as a whole. Before “I know why the caged bird sings” black...

Should Religion Be Taught in School? Religion is an important part of our culture and also forms the fabric of our existence, hence, it should be an important part of our education as well. It is impossible to separate our personality and our spirituality. Our spirituality is what makes us who we are and governs our choices as well. Our faith as a nation shapes our laws and is the seed...

My Mother My earliest memory of my mother is when my brother died. She was heartbroken. I overheard people say that she would succumb to her grief. However, she had us, me and my sister, and she had to move on. Despite the lump in her throat and the stone on her chest she went on cooking, cleaning and working. It took her a really long time to get her smile...

Walt Disney “Walt Disney,” the name that is synonymous with animation pioneered the art of creating animated film cartoons and revolutionized it. He was a man with great vision and an innovative genius. Walt Disney was born on 5′ December, 1901 and he had 5 older siblings. When he was four, his family moved from Illinois to Marceline. He lived with his family on a farm and it is here that...