1. Co-curricular activities are a waste of time. Do
Do
you agree?
Co-curricular activities are non-academic
activities and conducted outside the classroom. Co-
curricular activities cover a wide range of activities
from sports or athletics to uniformed societies.
Some people feel taking part in co-curricular
activities is a waste of time, but I think there are
many advantages in participating in these activities.
Firstly, uniformed units such as Girl Guides,
Boy Scouts and the Red Crescent Society teach
their members basic survival skills. This enables
their members to be prepared for any tough
situation later. These uniformed organizations also
contribute a lot to the society each year through
donations and social work. Those active in such
units learn to be caring and helpful towards others.
Furthermore, societies such as the Red Crescent
Society teach their members first aid which will
become handy when someone is injured or requires
immediate medical attention.
Through group activities, members learn to
respect and co-operate with one another. Many
members are also given a chance to head an
activity or a group project. In this way their
leadership skills are honed. These leadership skills
are important after they leave school and starts
working because they have to deal with different
types of people.
Besides the uniformed units, students can
choose whatever club or society they are interested
in. Clubs such as the Drama Club or Maths Club
enhance their members' ability in those particular
fields. Doing well in co-curricular activities is
important because many employers do not only look
at academic qualifications alone. Students active in
co-curricular activities show their potential
employers that they have extra abilities acquired
outside the classroom.
Sport is also a part of co-curricular activities
and can improve or maintain one's health or well-
being. People who participate in sports are more
active. Therefore, participating in sports also
ensures better thinking skills and alertness in the
classroom. Sports such as swimming and athletics
build stamina and keep the body fit, so that the
person will not fall sick so easily.
Sports also instil discipline in students.
Those who take part in sports have to stick to a daily
timetable and watch what they eat. They are
required to listen to their coaches attentively.
In fact, sports and other co-curricular
activities help to develop strong character, promote
basic moral values, instil discipline and
independence and respect for peers and elders
which cannot be found in any textbook. Because of
the factors given above, I strongly disagree that
taking part in extra-curricular activities is a waste of
time.
2. Friendship is more important than money.
you agree?
It is difficult to decide which one is more
important - friendship or money. This is because
both are equally important. However, I think that we
can live without money but not without friends. What
is the point to have a lot of money but without
friends?
Good friends are hard to find. They are with
us all the time to support, love and care for us.
Friends are also good listeners. They lend us their
ear and shoulder to cry on when we are down. It is
important for everyone to have friends because
when we are feeling sad, we can always share our
problems with them. They will always be there to
console us and try to help us to solve our problems.
Although money can make life comfortable,
it is only a means to material things. We may still be
unhappy even though we have everything that we
want. We can have big houses, luxury cars,
priceless jewellery and overseas vacations all year
round but we will still be unhappy if we do not have
friends. It will not be fun to enjoy our wealth alone.
We need friends to share our happiness and
life experiences with us. We will not be alone or lost
if we have friends. We can do many things with
them, especially if we share the same interests and
hobbies. We can also share our experiences with
our friends, even if it is an embarrassing experience
because true friends are always loyal to us and they
do not judge us. True friends are good companions
and accept us for who we are.
True friends also remain our friends no
matter how poor we are. However we must be
careful because money sometimes attracts the
wrong company. Some people may want to be our
friend if we have material wealth. Their friendship is
not genuine. If we are no longer wealthy, these
friends may go away. They will not be there during
our bad times but true friends will be there with us
regardless of our financial status. True friends will
help and provide us with moral support to help us
during bad times.
Therefore, there is no doubt that friendship
is more important than money. Friends can give us
support, love and care, whereas money can only
provide us with temporary happiness through
material things. Furthermore, we can live without
having a lot of money but we certainly cannot live
without friends.
3. Keeping pets is good. Do you agree?
Pets are animals which we rear, love and
nurture. Whether it is a dog, a cat or a bird, pets
make our life interesting. They can become our
companions when we are lonely.
Pets are useful. Dogs can guard our homes.
They can see and smell any strangers who may be
lurking nearby. It makes us feel safer in our homes.
Cats are also useful because they can help us keep
our homes free from rats and mice. Furthermore,
cats are also very cuddly and playful. Rearing fish is
also beneficial. It can provide us with an inexpensive
way to relax. Fishes are decorative, and it is very
calming to watch the colourful fishes swimming in
the aquarium.
Keeping pets is also beneficial for children.
Children can be given the responsibility of feeding
and keeping the pets clean. This trains them to be
responsible caregivers. They learn to be
independent and less self-centred by caring for the
pets. They will learn how to love and be kind to
animals. This will teach them to be generous, kind
and caring people when they grow up.
It is highly recommended for childless
couples to keep pets. Pets can bring them closer by
sharing the responsibility of taking care of the pets.
Pets also provide companionship when either one of
the couple is not around. Pets can also enrich the
couple's life by providing them a special kind of
relationship as well as a hobby. Couples who have
dogs can take their dogs out for walks together or
play fetch in the park.
Dog can help some people with disabilities
with their daily tasks. Those who are visually
impaired keep guide dogs to help them get around.
These guide dogs will go everywhere with their
owners to guide and protect them. Others who are
paralyzed train their dogs to help them around the
house like to fetch the newspapers or mails.
We must have some responsibilities when
keeping pets. Pets must be adequately fed. This is
not a difficult task because pet food is quite cheap
and it is easy to prepare. Dogs and cats can be fed
with biscuits which come in packs and are ready-to-
eat. Fish foods also come in the form of flakes or
biscuits which require no preparation. We must also
provide a comfortable place for them to stay.
Keeping pets brings us a lot of joy and
benefits. We get to share our lives with our pets and
enjoy their company. Pets also add a new
dimension to our lives. These are the reasons why I
think keeping pets is good.
4. Nuclear Energy Good or Bad?
Although coal power is the main provider of
electricity, many parts of the world rely on nuclear
energy to supply electricity. Nuclear energy has
different benefits that make it a better alternative
than coal power, but this source of power has its
The process of producing nuclear energy
requires atoms to be split to produce heat. The heat
is used to turn water into steam. The steam will then
spins a turbine of a generator that creates electricity.
This process is what makes the uranium radioactive
which is harmful to all living things. When a nuclear
plant explodes or burns down, the harmful radiation
is exposed into the air and can harm living things as
well as contaminate water.
Countries like Germany and France are rich
in uranium and they can remain self-sufficient with
their power supply and keep costs down by not
having to import elements from other countries.
Another major benefit of using nuclear energy is
pollution free. Nuclear power plants emit no carbon
dioxide or other pollutants into the air. It never
contributes to global warming as well.
However, producing nuclear energy seems
to have more disadvantages than advantages. One
of them is radiation poisoning which affects the
body. Its initial symptoms include nausea, diarrhoea,
vomiting, fatigue and anorexia. Most fatalities
caused by radiation exposure are due to extremely
large radiation exposure. The Japan is a good
example.
Also, one of the largest economic
drawbacks to nuclear energy is its steep price.
Nuclear reactors are multibillion-dollar capital
project, with new ones expected to cost in excess of
billions of ringgit to construct. This is due primarily to
the greatly increased cost of labour and materials.
The storage and management of nuclear
waste has also been a problem plaguing the nuclear
industry. The waste products of nuclear fission have
a half-life measured from decades to centuries
making their management very much a long-term
prospect. The storage and handling of nuclear
waste has not been without incident. Containment
failure led to increased incidents of leukaemia and
other symptoms of chronic radiations poisoning.
Therefore, it is very clear that nuclear
energy poses more problems than benefits. Those
countries that already use this form of energy must
step up efforts to ensure that all possible
precautions have been taken to prevent a nuclear
accident such as Russian Chernobyl incident from
occurring.
5. Does Academic excellence guarantees
success? Discuss.
Does academic excellence ensure a
successful life? To answer this question properly,
we must know how a successful life is viewed.
To materialistic people, a successful life is
the accumulation of great wealth and a lot of
property. They say that the more money and
property a person has, the more successful he is.
However, people with a spiritual turn of mind
think that a successful life is living happily,
harmoniously or contentedly with other people.
Many university graduates fail to fulfil the conditions
of either these two definitions of a successful life.
Firstly, a person who has graduated from a
university does not necessarily have a higher
income than a person who has not stepped inside
one. The average salary of a university graduate is
around RM2,000 a month. This is a minuscule
amount compared to what hawkers earn. Many
hawkers or roadside-stall operators who may have
dropped out even from primary school would
consider it a failure if they earn less than RM3000 a
month. If we measure success by the size of one's
income, then the hawkers and vendors are clearly
more successful than the graduates.
If we consider the spiritual version of a
successful life, many university graduates are also
failures. Their lives are filled with disharmony and
discontent. They live in constant conflict with their
fellow-men and they are highly discontented with
their lot in life. So, these people fail to fulfil even the
spiritual conditions of a perfect life. Many lowly-
educated people are the opposite of the graduates.
They live in happily, harmony and contentment with
their fellow-men and their environment. This goes to
show that having academic excellence does not
necessarily bring happiness or success.
Academically, there is no denying that a
person who has passed out of university is more
successful than one who has not. However, we all
know that is not what we mean by a successful life.
We view success in life in a different way.
Therefore, in order to be able to answer the
question whether academic excellence guarantees
successful, we have to know what people mean by
success. Is it material success, is it spiritual success
or is it academic success? If we view success as a
material or spiritual achievement, academic
excellence does not give the slightest advantage to
anyone. Only in academic success is a person with
a degree superior to one who does not have one.
6. Should school students be given a mobile
phone? Discuss.
Mobile phone has become a fashionable
trend especially among the younger generation.
Nowadays, the function of a mobile telephone is no
longer limited to just a communication tool but more.
We get to use it to send text messages, play games,
take photographs, play music, record sound and
videos and so on. The list goes on and on with the
help of software and technology. In fact, it is
believed that mobile phones will continue to evolve
and become an inseparable part of our life in the
near future.
The use of mobile phones among students,
however, has raised a lot of questions and debate
among society. Many believe that students should
not be using mobile phones because it causes
distraction and students will lose track of their
responsibilities. Students who frequently use mobile
phone will not be focusing in their study thus their
grades will slip tremendously. Although such belief
has yet to be proven statistically, life of a student
who has plenty of tasks to juggle with already,
should not be further complicated anymore with the
use of a mobile phone.
Students who often use mobile telephone
with its many features tend to misuse the gadget if
they are not properly guided. They may send or
forward useless messages when they are bored,
take pointless photographs for fun, play
meaningless games on the phone just to kill time
and basically defeat the whole purpose of owning a
phone in the first place. Parents usually are willing
to purchase a mobile phone for their school-going
children just to keep in contact but if they realize that
the phone is going to be misused in such a manner,
perhaps parents would think twice before doing so.
Besides that, there are also concerns over
health hazards caused by the use of mobile phones.
Possible outcomes believed to be connected to the
use of mobile phone include cancer, brain tumour,
migraine, lowering of immunity level and so on.
Scientific studies have been conducted numerous
times to prove the statement but so far the result
has been inconclusive. Nevertheless, we should all
be careful with the excessive use of mobile phone
because we can never be too careful when it comes
to our health and safety.
All in all, technology like mobile phone
should not be treated as a threat but a convenience.
However such convenience must never be misused
or it could bring upon negative consequences.
Students, especially, ought to practice moderation
and self-discipline when it comes to the use of
mobile phone because they should be aware that
their responsibility should never be taken over by
any form of over indulgence.
Argumentative Essays:
1. Single Session School - Advantages and
Disadvantages
The single session school programme began as the
ideal dream for the Ministry of Education. Under this
programme, school hours will be extended by 110
minutes from the present 340 minutes to 450
minutes, that is from 8.00 am until 3.30pm. So,
single session schools here are referred as classes
being held in a school from 8.00 am until 3.30 pm
For one thing, a loud YES for the one session
schools will definitely come from most working
parents who feel that their children will be safe and
sound under the eagle-eyed teachers in their own
schools. They need not worry about their sons and
daughters loitering in shopping complexes or being
involved in social ills.
Also, as extracurricular activities can be carried out
in the afternoons on weekdays, parents can take a
break during weekends. They need not shepherd
their children to schools but instead spend some
quality time during weekends with their children at
home.
Moreover, extra classes can be carried out by
schoolteachers after school in the afternoons.
Weaker students will be taken care of in the schools
by their teachers through extra coaching. There will
also be more time for formal lessons in schools and
core subjects like Mathematics and Science can be
given extra time. In the meantime, extracurricular
activities can be carried out effectively on weekdays
and attendance will be better. Students can take
part in a variety of activities as weekends are not
conducive for most students.
However, I personally feel that the disadvantages of
the single sessionschools far exceeds its
advantages. The government's commitment to
provide allchildren at least nine years of schooling
has changed the landscape in which
schoolsoperate. The number of pupils in primary
and secondary schools, especially in urbanareas,
has increased tremendously. Nowadays, it is quite
common for schools tohave more than 1,500
students. Indeed, some schools have to cater to a
studentpopulation of more than 2,000.
Consequently, such a state of affairs takes its toll on
students, teachers aswell as parents. It also requires
teachers to be present in schools almost the
entireday, leaving them tired and exhausted to make
preparations for the next day'steaching.
Besides, funds have been allocated by the
government to build new schoolsand buildings in the
Year 2015 Budget. It is an expensive project on the
part of thegovernment as more schools will mean
more teachers will be needed to cater to thespillover
of pupils. There could be possible shortage of
teachers in core subjects,such as in languages,
Science and Mathematics.
Moreover, longer hours in schools will tire the
students. Also, as mostschool canteens do not
provide quality food, the students will be gorging
themselveswith junk food which is malnutritions for
growing children. Also, extended hours arenot
conducive for studies as tired students and teachers
struggle in the swelteringheat. This is so because
schools do not have proper facilities like toilets,
bathroomswith showers and rest rooms for students
to wash-up or rest.
In conclusion, I believe that single session schools
are more of a bane thana boon. Its disadvantages
far outweigh its advantages.
2. Small families are happier families. Do you
agree?
Small families may have only two or three children.
They enjoy a lot offacilities and attention from their
parents. But are small families really happier thanbig
families? I do not think so.
In a small family, the children may enjoy greater
attention from their parentscompared to those from
a big family. However, a person who comes from a
smallfamily may become overly-dependent on his
parents. He will feel helpless andmiserable once his
parents are not around. On the other hand, a person
who comesfrom a big family receives lesser
attention from parents as there are too manychildren
in the family for the parents to focus on.
Consequently, those who comefrom a big family will
learn to do things for themselves and become self
reliant.Through this process, he gains extra skills,
and his character is moulded.
I do not agree that small families are happier
families. If one comes from asmall family, one does
not have much company and can feel lonely at
times. Thisproblem is further aggravated when both
parents are working. Conversely, in a bigfamily,
there is much laughter and exchange of news
especially during festiveoccasions.
It is a fact that expenses are lesser in a small family.
Thus, there is usuallymuch leftover in food. There is
no need to rush for the bathroom in the morning
too.Those from small families have greater
opportunities for overseas study. However, inlarge
families, perhaps only the eldest child or one child
alone has that chance. Whatabout the others? Well,
it is common for the working brother or sister to help
pay forthe younger siblings' education. This
promotes cooperation and brotherly or sisterlylove.
Some people say that quarrels occur more often in a
big family because themembers of a large family
have to share rooms, beds and even tables. Siblings
mayargue with one another over space but quarrels
among brothers and sisters are verycommon. As
long as they make up with each other eventually,
such quarrels arenever serious. In fact, those who
never share their things may grow up to be
selfishand unsociable.
In times of emergency, those who come from big
families possess a biggroup of friends to rely on. If
one member has a problem, the others can sit down
todiscuss a solution. However, in a small family, only
a few people are involved insolving the problem and
so there is a lack of ideas and manpower. Even
when thereare no problems, the more people the
better as in the saying, More hands make lightwork.
In conclusion, small families are not necessarily
happier families. It alldepends on the concern and
cooperation amongst the members of the family.
Goodand understanding parents normally create
happier families. However, in general, Ibelieve that
big families have many reasons to be happy.
Therefore, I do notagree that small families are
happier families.
3. Do you think homework should be abolished?
I personally believe that homework should not be
abolished. Homeworkis a necessary part of school
education. Work allocated by schoolteachers
forstudents to be done at home is homework. It is
meant to help students revise whatthey have
studied in school. As time allotted for each subject in
school is limited,teachers have to give homework to
students to cover the prescribed syllabus.
Therefore, when a student does homework at home,
he or she worksindependently. The student thinks
for himself or herself and makes
decisionsindependently. At school, he or she can
always approach his or her teacher if heor she has
doubts. Therefore, homework induces self-study in
students. In theprocess, students learn to do
research. Since research requires a lot of
reference,it cultivates the reading habit among
students.
Furthermore, through homework, a student
cultivates an interest in acertain subject and can
concentrate on it for as long as he or she wants, and
he orshe need not stop when the bell rings, as in
school. The student can also do moreexercises
based on the lesson after completing the work
assigned for that day.
Also, homework teaches good discipline. A student
learns to workwithin a given time limit. Whether the
student likes it or not, he or she has tocomplete that
piece of work. Hence, the student learns to work
within a stipulatedtime frame.
Moreover, homework provides an opportunity for
students to acquiremore knowledge. For example,
the History syllabus is so wide that not
everythingcan be grasped by students during the
period of time allocated in school. Studentshave to
take some initiative to read on their own. This is one
of the objectives ofhomework.
However, several considerations need to be heeded
so that theeffectiveness of homework need never be
doubted. Homework should be evenlydistributed so
that students will not be overburdened on one day
and left free onother days. Homework should never
stand in the way of relaxation. Mental relief isvital for
students. Students should not be bogged down with
homework that theyhave little time for physical
exercise.4
Taking into consideration the numerous benefits
homework has to offer, itis imperative that it should
not be abolished.
4. Tourism is good for our country. What do you
think?
Tourism consists of activities of people visiting a
place on holiday andproviding the services to these
people. All countries of the world from the
developedto the under-developed, from the first
world to the third world have jumped on
thebandwagon to earn as many tourist dollars as
possible. Tourism is a big moneyspinner, from the
safari parks in Africa to the ancient historical sites in
China.
However, to some people, tourism is not at all what
it looks like. If we delvedeeper, we may be able to
understand why they say we do not need to depend
onthe tourist dollars. Some people say that we can
do without the Western tourists andtheir so-called
decadent culture characterised by the sprouting up
of pubs, loungesand other centres of entertainment
to cater to their taste. They also claim that
localconsumers and local people lose out in the long
run because the presence of foreigntourists and
their money have resulted in rising prices of food
and services offered bylocal vendors. Accusation of
preferential treatment meted out to big-spending
touristsare rife but also justified.
However, if we look at the flip side, tourism is a
much needed tonic for theeconomy of any country
for several reasons. Firstly, we cannot look at the
picture ofa few bikini-clad western tourists soaking in
the sun on our beaches or a few drinkersdoing
happy hours at a hotel bar and get paranoid. Even
without the physicalpresence of these tourists and
their lifestyle, we cannot isolate ourselves and
liveunder the proverbial coconut shell and banish
those scenes from our thoughts andlife. Given this
age of satellite television, we have to live and cope
with the presenceof this brand or any other brand of
foreign culture, the money tourism brings in ismuch
needed. Besides, recent developments have shown
that we are alsowelcoming tourists from other parts
of the world including Arabians, Japanese
andChinese. Hence, we need to look at the bigger
picture; there are other people fromother parts of the
world to woo to our shores.
Secondly, there are limitless prospects for tourism
given the natural assetsthat we have as well as the
rich cultural heritage of our country. Natural
attractionssuch as beaches, sand, exotic islands
and wondrous underwater sites and a warmtropical
climate are nature-endowed and lasting if we take
well-concerted plan todevelop and display but
preserve. Our natural rainforests, our forest
reserves,Taman Negara and the forests of Borneo
and our stupendous caves such as theMulu and our
Mount Kinabalu are Nature's gifts which we should
use with tenderloving care. Compared to other
sectors such as agriculture and
industrialisationwhich are capital intensive, tourism
is viable and attractive. We have so much interms of
cultural and historical legacy to offer to the tourists
after more than 500years of immersion in one
cultural wave after another from the Portuguese to
theBritish.
We also have a rich historical legacy in what was
formerly the British StraitsSettlement, Malacca and
Penang. This is attracting tourists' interest and it
comes ata small cost-maintenance and
preservation. The multi-ethnicity of Malaysia, with
itscultural and culinary diversity is a tourist attraction
that comes by default. Hence,given all the potential,
we should focus on tourism.
Tourism is also seen as ideal because tourism gives
employment to peopleand has spawned a host of
related activities from the hawker selling 'roti canai'
to theticketing clerk to the hotel bell boy. For the
majority who may not be brilliant in theacademic
sense but who have plenty of people skills and the
aptitude and interest towork with people and make
people happy, tourism means jobs. Tourism is also
alifeline for the small business and traders selling
trinkets, bric-a-brac and souvenirs,not to mention
the host of cottage-based and handicraft industries
such as silverware,batik, songket and pottery.
Therefore, the advantages far outweigh the
disadvantages and seen from thisperspective,
tourism is here to remain for the simple reason that
the groundwork isthere. We have what it needs for
any type of tourism, be it ecotourism or
adventuretourism.
5. Should students be allowed to work? Discuss.
Most parents are keen for their children to find
employment once they haveleft school and many
are willing for their children to do casual work while
they are stillat school. Some young people are in
full-time work before they are eighteen but it isnot
unusual for children of compulsory school age to be
involved in paid work atsome point. Children may
work to earn pocket money or because they are
interestedin a particular activity or career.
Sometimes they work because the family needs
helpwith the family business or because it will add to
the family's income. Sometimesparents think it will
help their children to be better prepared for work
when they areolder.
Children can be employed in a range of activities,
casual, part-time and frill-time work, including in
family business, fast food restaurants, supermarkets
andeven in apprenticeships. For most countries
generally, there is a minimum age to beallowed to
work but it goes without saying that the key point is
that children are notallowed to be employed outside
of school hours if the job they are doing
somehowinterferes with their schoolwork. For
example, if a child has to get up at 4 o'clock inthe
morning to help the tapping of rubber or has to work
till 10 o'clock at night servinga parent's restaurant,
he would probably be too tired at school. Most
importantly too,children should not be involved in
dangerous work or work that might be harmful
totheir health or their physical, mental, spiritual,
moral or social development.C
hildren mature at different rates and ages and have
different talents andlevels of enthusiasm. Parents or
guardians need to take these things into
accountwhen deciding whether to allow their
children to have an educational and
satisfyingexperience as well as providing them with
their own income. It can be the beginningof
important learning about the value of money, time
management, different rules,getting on with others
and the expectations of people outside of school
and family.
With an equal balance of work, play, exercise, rest
and study commitments, achild can learn a lot from
the experience. Work should not stop a child from
enjoyingbeing a child and developing normally.
Work should not become more important
thanschool. Watch to make sure your child is not too
tired to do homework.
However, it is also important to be both clear and in
agreement about whatwill happen with the money
received from working. For instance, can he do what
helikes with all the money or only partly? Does he
have to bank some? Does he haveto buy certain
things with it? Each family will have different ways of
dealing with this.It may be wise to agree with your
child that there should be a trial period so that
bothparents and child can measure the advantages
and disadvantages of working whilestudying.
6. Mobile phones are a nuisance. Do you agree?
Mobile phones have revolutionized the world. Mobile
phones makecommunication easy and efficient.
With the growing use of them, both in
businessesand in homes, this technology has
become necessary. Without doubt, mobile
phonesoffer many advantages such as added
convenience, greater personal security
andincreased communication. However, a mobile
phone does have its share ofdisadvantages.
Mobile phones are an excellent way to remain in
touch and summon help,especially in the event of
an emergency. In critical points in times, people with
mobilephones can reach help more easily and faster
than those without mobile phones. Forexamples,
victims of an earthquake can use their mobile
phones to call rescuers totell them their location.
Here, mobile phones can save life.
Another reason why it is good to have a mobile
phone is that it keeps childrenonly a phone call
away. Teenagers can check with their parents to let
them knowthat they are okay or that they need
assistance. In addition, mobile phones
provideconvenience. You can now search the web,
check email, watch television or takepictures with
mobile phones.
Although mobile phones offer many advantages,
there are somedisadvantages and risks when using
mobile phones. One of the more obvious risksis
talking and driving. Mobile phones usage can make
drivers less aware of theirsurroundings. As a result,
drivers are slower to react to potential dangers.
Accidentcan easily happen in seconds.
Another disadvantage of mobile phone usage is the
possibility of health risks.Many people still place
their mobile phone close to their head and this can
causedamage to their head and body. Mobile phone
usage has been associated with anumber of
illnesses. Signals from devices can actually disrupt
parts of the braininvolving memory and learning.
Other studies have shown that mobile phones
causea rise in blood pressure and brain cancer.
Some other disadvantages of mobile phones are
more of a nuisance. Peopleare heard speaking
loudly in restaurants, libraries and theatres. They do
not care ofother people who want peace, quiet and
are not interested in their privateconversation. There
are students who play games or send SMS with
their mobilephones. They do not pay attention to
what the teacher is teaching. Here, mobilephones
disrupt the attention of the students.

Mobile phones have bought new freedom, increase

security and peace ofmind. People feel safer having
a mobile phone. In addition, mobile phone
offerconvenience and ease communication.
However, with many safety risks and the riskof an
impolite world, many people are questioning the
value of mobile phones.