Essay on Travelling as a means of Education

3511 "Travel makes a man perfect" "Travel in the younger sort, is a part of education in the eider, a pan: of experience. ''----Bacon, Traveling has become an inseparable part of modern living. We travel for business, for sight-seeing and for necessity. We go to Darjeeling to see a relative or to look at the mighty Himalayas; We go to Puri to enjoy a sea-bath, to see the sun sinking in and emerging out of the sea. We go to Kashmir to enjoy the lovely sight of the valley of gods and to have a glimpse of the beautiful flower-girls. We go to "Haridwar to have a dip in the holy Ganges. We go to Agra in a friend's marriage and do not forget to make a trip to the Taj, that poem in the marble But who travels to learn? Or we visit Vivckanand Srnarak at Kanya Kumari. In Ancient India, people did not like travelling for many reasons. Means of communication were unsafe and slow. The orthodox opinion was against foreign travel. People intending to cross the high seas were threatened with social boycott. With the passage of time, that orthodox opinion has now changed. Indians, in general, have begun to realize the numberless advantages of travelling. If nations know one-another more intimately, most of the present misunderstandings and disagreements are likely to minimize. The gulf between the different cultures will be abridged and a kind of international culture may crop up. Thus travelling is a great source of creating international harmony. In the modern times, there are greater opportunities for traveling than in the past. Owing to speedier means for travel by land, sea or air, we can go around the world in a few weeks. Journey by airplanes has become a possibility even for an ordinary person. Although for noble aim of acquiring knowledge may be totally missing in our programmes of travel, it-is certain that our experience of travel will benefit us in various ways. Bacon says that "Traveling in the younger sort is a part of education. In the eider, a part of experience. Traveling teaches and teaches better than the books. No sense-organ is more potent a factor in teaching than the eye. We hear and yet doubt. We read, and yet question and challenge. We rub our eyes and shrug our shoulders. But if we go to the sport direct, all doubts are set at rest. Our doubts are dispelled. Out book-knowledge is confirmed. Life is real, life is practical, but much of what a man learns from books is theoretical Book knowledge unless modified in the light of practical experience is not a help but is often a hindrance. Travelling furnishes an occasion for that, and helps to equip man with proper arms to fight the battle of life. Pope, the poet, sang that 'the proper study of mankind is man', and the traveler comes into contact with various kinds of men, and thus acquires better knowledge of man and his mind. Though it may be unessential to the imagination, travel is necessary to an understanding of men. There is mirth and laughter, ecstasy and tragedy, fellow-feeling, hate and repulsionall to be learnt from the life in the raw that only travel can bring to us. Only with long experience and the opening of

his ware on many a beach where his language is not spoken, will the merchant come to know the worth of what he carries, and what is parochial and what is universal in his choice. Some delicate goods as justice, level and honor, courtesy, and indeed all the things we care for, are valid everywhere, but they are variously molded and often differently handled, and sometimes nearly unrecognizable if you meet them in a foreign land; and the art of learning fundamental common values is perhaps the greatest gain of travel to those who wish to live at ease among their follows. Travelling refines our knowledge gained from books. Ideas strike root in the heart. The mental horizon is broadened. It makes us liberal in thought. It expands our outlook. We cease to measure things in terms of our environment. We can take a broad view of things, independent of the place where we are. Narrowness of the proverbial frog in the pond vanishes into the air. Our vision is enlarged and we find new frontiers of knowledge greeting us. The more we are away from our home, the larger our heart becomes, and the more generous we turn. History, Geography, Economics and Sociology can be much better understood by means of travelling than through a classroom lecture. Traveling supplements our book knowledge. The places like Kurukshetra, Marathon, Waterloo, Plassey, Fatepur-Sikri and Delhi call back to our mind glorious facts of history. A visit to the historical places is interesting, instructive and edifying. It illumines many a dark chapter of history. The book of geography only tells us about the climate, habits, and dress of the people of a country. A visit to that country will provide us the first-hand knowledge of all these things. Many writers have written books on Travel Goldsmith's 'The Traveller, Swift's 'Gulliver's Travels', Stevenson's 'Travels with a Donkey'. Travelling takes us in contact of Nature and the grandeur and varied beauty of Nature leave on us an ennobling effect. When a man is at the top of a mountain, he realizes the littleness of his own self and he feels the pettiness of human quarrels and conflicts, and a sense sublime raises him to a higher plane. Beyond this and above all is enjoyment with no utilitarian objective, which is the main business of both travel and education to increase as they can. Good days are to be gathered like sunshine in grapes, to be trodden and bottled into wine and kept for age to sip at ease beside his fire. There is no substitute for travel. Curiously enough, our own life is a journey, out of one room into another and on beyond the room of death into bright new world. If nothing else, we may lean) to understand better the meaning of travel from an understanding of our own position in the cosmic pattern.

the influences of film essay

I strongly believe that movies and television have a great influence in people's behaviour. It is an undeniable fact that most people in the world have access to either a televison or a cinema theatre and do make use of them at a regular basis.Some of the ways in which such media can affect people are stated below. Firstly, The main group of people who are attracted to the television and movies are the the teenagers.This is the group that is most susceptible to change.They often try to emulate what they see on screen and in order to be a hero themselves.It is not uncommon to see young people try to mimic the stunts and heroic deeds performed by their idols or rolemodels on screens.Sometimes, this will have a deleterious effect as young people try to display some violent and aggressive behaviour that they visualize in the screen. Secondly, Each country or region has its own culture and it is necessary to preserve them in order to exhibit cultural diversity to the future generations.There are a lot of programs and scenes that are being broadcasted in televisions and movies that might not confirm to the mindset of the local society.But sometimes young people get influenced by these scenes.They get a false impression that they too should live their life the way people live in foreign movies.They tend to change themseves according to what they see.This might destroy the native practces and customs which is highly undesired. Lastly, Some of the programs that appear in movies and televisions contain a lot of adult content which is inappropriate for young children.Some of these programs are broadcasted without appropriate warnings.This might pose a threat to the children.They might get attracted to such inappropriate material thereby indulge themselves in wrong practices. These are some of the ways in which people's behaviour can be afftected by mass media such as television and movies.So there is a need to look into this matter and to obtain a suitable solutions to such problems.

nfluence Of Mobile Phone On Today's Generation

Influence of Mobile Phone on today's generation The latest mobile phones have become the fashion as well as entertainment device. These devices offer various highend features such as camera, GPS, music player and lots more. In the high-tech world, the mobile phones have become an indispensable and inseparable object from our day to day life. The handset are gaining its importance in the today's world because of their communication features, which

attribute as a way of life statement. Therefore, it can be said that mobile phones have turned out to be one of the most popular additions to style statements. These devices can be seen out among people of all ages, all over the world. Many people consider that without mobile phone, they cannot imagine their life; both in terms of necessity and in terms of a fashion statement. Apart from being a fashion accessory and communication widget, these phones add to the prestige value. The mobile phones have many other benefits to offer totheir users such as camera, music player, games, GPS, Mobile office and lots more. With the high-end connectivity features, the users can stay connected with the world and near and dear ones, whenever and wherever possible. As a matter of fact, initially the mobile phones were launched in the market to provide the normal telephonic communication with the help of the wireless technology and the short message service or SMS. The phones also offered the facilities such as phone book storage, organising of dates and time. The phones also acted as calculators also. These mobiles served as a suitable way of managing and detecting appointments. But, with the advancement in the digital technology these basic facilities have become more advanced with lots of new added features. The text message is further extended to pictures messages (MMS), massive phonebook entries along with the option of allocating separate tunes for each entry and lots more. The users can utilise mobile phones for...

Essay on Discipline in Student Life

Discipline is an important virtue. Life without discipline is just like a ship without a rudder. It is necessary for expressing other virtues. It is absolutely essential for success in life. Discipline refers to orderliness in life which results from our adherence to certain code of conduct prepared by the learned people. It also implies our respect to physical and moral laws in our society. Without discipline, it is very difficult to lead a happy life in society. There will be indiscipline and chaos if we try to live in our own way. Both, individual and society will be in jeopardy. We observe discipline in nature. The earth and the moon revolve around the sun in a disciplined way. As a result, night and day recur after twelve hours. We experience the cycle of seasons on the earth. Our physical existence is possible only due to a great discipline in the external nature. We grow when all the limbs and the respective capacity of different organs of our body grow in a disciplined way. Discipline can be applied in all walks of life. It is essential for us at home, for students in school and college, for players in play ground, for soldiers in battlefield. A factory with a team of disciplined workers and engineers will run smoothly and yield profit.

Discipline plays an important role in building a nation. It has good impact on the child's mind too. He passes through discipline since his childhood, becomes a civilized citizen in future. He leads a decent life. A team of experienced players often lose the match because of indiscipline in the team. A horrible battle can be won by a disciplined army. Discipline is very important in a student's life. He must obey his teachers. He must abide by the rules in school. If he violates them, he suffers a great deal in his future. A disciplined student can achieve success. Similarly, a teacher without discipline in his life cannot be an ideal teacher. Self-discipline is very important. Spiritual persons practice it to attain the liberty of soul. Selfdiscipline lies in restraining our unruly desires and ugly impulses. Thus, discipline is essential everywhere for all.