Duties of an Ideal Student Many people regard bookish knowledge to be the be-all and end-all of education. This is not correct. Real education means overall development of the personality of the student. Therefore, an ideal student is the persons who takes interest in all the activities of his educational institution. He is good, not only at studies, but also at games and other activities outside the classroom. He does nothing...

Necessity is the Mother of Invention There is ample truth in this saying. It was the necessity of procuring food for his belly by kill up wild animals at a distance that forced the primitive man invent weapons like the spear, the boomerang and the blow and the arrows. Once again, it must have been the necessity protecting his naked body from the scorching heat and terrible cold and other in...

Five Virtues I Admire Most The modern man is so materialistic that he is unable to appreciate the shelving virtual of life. The five virtues which I admire most are truth, honesty, straight forwardness, bravery and patriotism. Now I’ll explain the reason for admiring there virtues. First of all lest take the truth. The truth is a virtue which nobody can challenge. A man of truth is a man of power....

No Pains, No Gains This saying signifies that nothing great and noble can be achieved without a good deal of effort, struggle and sacrifice. As William Penn puts it, “no pain, no palm, no throne; no fall, no glory, no cross, no crown”. There are not short-cuts to success or golden rules to grow rich or to acquire scholarship in a few hours. In the witty words of G.B. Shaw, the...

Knowledge is Power There is a difference between ‘strength’ and ‘power’ we say ‘the power of the press’ and not ‘the strength of the press’. A tiger has strength and this is only physical. Contrarily, a man with ideas or knowledge has power which for superior to and dominates mere physical force. It is rightly said ‘a pen is mightier than a sword.’ Today man with has gradually mounting knowledge and...