There was a silly boy from the ‘Land of Wonder’, His name was Patch ‘The Blunder’. All the while he wanted to hit a six, However, the match was always a fix. One day he was playing a match, A player dropped his catch. “My first six,” he shouted, “But the ball was slow,” everyone…
Air Pollution
Air pollution is one of the world’s biggest environmental problems. It causes about 5.5 million deaths per year, and as a result of air pollution, many cities have so much smog that it is nearly impossible to see. In places like Southeast Asia, air pollution has become a big issue. Coal emissions may triple in…
Notable People: Nellie Bly
Did you know that Nellie Bly travelled 24,899 miles on a journey around the world in just 72 days? She didn’t let anything stop her, and overcame any obstacles that stood in her way. Nellie Bly is notable for inspiring women, showing people that anything is possible if you just try, and for standing up…
Plastic In Our Oceans
Plastic is an integral part of the world. There is plastic everywhere. Plastic cups, plastic bags, plastic bottles, plastic containers, etc. Everybody uses plastic, but nobody thinks twice about what happens after plastic is disposed. Even though plastic can be very useful, it’s not that useful when it’s dumped in the oceans. About 8 million…
Dakota Access Pipeline
On November 20th, about 400 people were rioting against the Dakota Access Pipeline. They set fires, and were trying to cross Backwater Bridge and enter a highway near Cannon Ball, North Dakota. Police soon arrived, and used tear gas and rubber bullets to control the crowds. This was just one of the many protests that…
Melting Glaciers
Glaciers are very important for the Earth. They play a vital role in maintaining the environmental balance. They are a major source of freshwater, and some major rivers come from glaciers. However, glaciers are under a serious threat of going extinct if nothing is done to save them. Without the glaciers, the future of the…
Shake Away the Shudders
Once you are done with your classes and exams are just a week away, make sure that you are well rested and confident. Studying again and again while panicking is as effective as studying once with a calm mind. While reviewing the previous semester’s notes, if you are racking your brain but still can’t find…
Time
When I watch TV or play, It slips away like sand, True, how time and tide, Neither stop nor wait for a man. Crazy as it sounds, This all just might be, How waiting for the school bell, Seems like eternity. It passes fast or slow, It moves in all our lives, It travels the…
Making a Step by Step Plan
So it has just now dawned on you that you have about 50 assignments to do for your first semester. How are you going to do it all? After the obvious pouting and complaining you’ll realize that no amount of protesting is going to help. You need to take the first step: make a plan…
Pay Attention in Lectures
There is a reason why certain things happen the way they do. A lot of meticulous planning goes behind designing the whole education system. As human beings, we are bounded by relations and are interdependent on each other. We cannot be self sufficient in any case , thus knowledge and learning also is interdependent. Many…