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January - February 2011

Student Writings f r om IEI

WRITING ONE
My Weekend son – my cousin.
By Yazeed (Saudi Arabia)

Last weekend I had a good time. On Friday I

went downtown, then I went to Kentucky with my
friend. I slept in Kentucky. I got up at 12:00 p.m. Then
I went to eat Mexican food. The food was very good.
Then I went back to Nashville. Then I sat in the coffee
shop and went home at 2:00 a.m. In the morning on
Sunday I got up at 11:00 a.m. Then I cooked a hot
dog. After that I worked on the computer. Then I went
to sleep at 11:00 p.m.
My Plans for Next Week
By Hesham (Saudi Arabia)
I have plans for next week. I am going to go
shopping with my friends. Then I am going to go
downtown. After that I am going to go back home. On
Friday after my exams I am going to go to Seattle. My
uncle was born there. I am going to visit my uncle’s
About Me
By Faisal (Saudi Arabia)
I’m Faisal Al Jubairi. I am 18 years old. I am
studying at the International English Institute. On the
weekend I am going to go downtown and to the mall.
I am happy because I’m studying in IEI now. I need to
study English. I am from the Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia. I studied in IEI for two months. I go to the gym
every day. In my country I go to play soccer with my
friend. I like swimming and table tennis. I went to
Egypt. I don’t like smoking.

WRITING TWO
My Happiest Day
By Abdullah (Saudi Arabia)

My happiest day was in Indonesia. We went My Brother

to Bunshak in the Green Mountains. These
mountains are very nice for a family. I went to Taman
Safari with my family. This is the biggest zoo in
Indonesia. You drive your car inside the zoo. This zoo
is like a real jungle. The zebras, llamas, deer, and
other animals walk to you to eat something like a
carrot. Behind a big, iron door, there are animals that
eat meat. There are lions, tigers, leopards, cheetahs,
and bears. The police say not to open the window,
because these animals will eat you. After that, you
leave your car in the parking lot. You go shopping or
eat something or go to the baby zoo. The baby zoo
has small animals like very small tigers and monkeys.
You can take a picture with a small animal. This day
was very fun for me.
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By Ahmed (Saudi Arabia)
My brother’s name is Salman. He is 15 years
old. He likes to play football and video games. I am
similar to my brother, because I like to play football
and video games. He studies in Saudi Arabia. He
wants to study English in the summer with me in
America. He is happy all the time. He wants an
airport job after he finishes English. He talks with me
on Skype every weekend.
My Childhood Memory
By Angel (Venezuela)

I remember when I was five years old I went
with my father and mother to the beach for the first
time. This moment was wonderful, because I saw an
ocean for the first time. I also remember that my
father, my mother, and I made a castle with an arena.
That day we also ran together along the whole beach.
This day was a good day for me.
Weekend
By Nasser (Saudi Arabia)
I will tell you about my weekend. I am going
to go with my friend on the weekend. I am going to go
to a movie with my friend. When we finish, we are
going to eat Arabic food. I am going to go downtown.
WRITING THREE
A Dreamy Dream
By Heidimarie (Germany)
One cool Saturday evening, I was dead tired,
so I went to bed early. Not long after, I fell into a
deep sleep. I lay on a big lawn. It was full of red and
yellow flowers, stretched against the sun. I lay in the
middle of the lawn and breathed a long deep breath.
I felt like I was on a white cloud. A flower petal fell
down and tingled my nose, and I took another deep
breath. I breathed out, and the flower petal danced in
the air. I breathed in, and she touched my nose.
This went on for a long time until the flower petal flew
in my mouth. Suddenly, I woke up, and I coughed
and coughed, and then I felt a little feather in my
hand. My dream ended quickly, and I was sad, but I
hoped I could fall fast asleep again.
My Life on the Island
By Hashem (Saudi Arabia)
My life is a small island near the sea. It is
green because of big waters. My home has two
floors. Many people live on the island. On the left
side of the island, there is a big school and next to
the school, there is a small university. On the right
side, there are stores, and all the people shop in
them. On the north end of the island, it is very nice.
It is a place to swim and sit and drink coffee. All the
people like that. The people are happy living on the
island because everyone is friendly, and it isn’t
expensive. All the teachers are smart. The food is
healthy. It is nice, not dirty. I am happy there.
My Mustang
By Abdulrahman (Saudi Arabia)
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I am going to talk to my friend. I am going to finish my
homework. I am going to watch T.V. and play
Playstation. I am going to go to sleep in my home. I’m
going to wake up. I am going to call my friend and go
to the shopping mall. I am going to go to the café.
My Favorite Places
By Sultan (Saudi Arabia)
My favorite places are South Africa and
Barcelona. I like these places. I want to go to these
places. In Africa, there are animals. In Barcelona,
there is a team. I want to go to Club F.C.B.
One night, when I was sleeping, I dreamed
about my favorite car, the Mustang GT. Actually, I
always talked with my father about it, so I guess
that’s why I dreamed about it. While I was sleeping, I
dreamed I had one. I was driving it and racing, and
them my father woke me up. After that, I was angry.
I didn’t want to wake up because it was an amazing
dream. I told my father about my dream, and he said
“I can’t buy this car for you. It’s very fast, and it only
has one door”. In fact, he meant by only one door, I
can’t take my family with me anywhere. However,
one day I will buy it when I get a job. I hope my
dream comes true.
A Nice Dream
By Ahmad (Saudi Arabia)
Last night, I dreamed a pretty dream that
drove me to be happy in it. First, I saw the big door
with shiny jewelry pounded in it. When I opened the
door, I stopped for a while, and breathed the fresh
breeze. Then I walked around until I arrived at a long
lake. It had water of silver. I took some of it in my
hand and tried to drink it. Mmm… delicious water. I
had never drunk anything like it. I continued to walk
until I arrived at a group of trees. I stopped to browse
at the nice birds. They were shining like stars in the
sky. Finally, I saw a group of lions. The King Simba,
who was the head, came to me and invited me to
celebrate with them. We were enjoying our time
together, but there was one problem. During the
celebration, one of them ate me. You know, I
discovered that if you want to dream a funny dream,
you watch a cartoon movie.
My Best Dream
By Ahmed (Saudi Arabia)
One night, I went to sleep and began the best dream
I ever had. When I went to bed, I was thinking about
what I was going to do the next day. I finally relaxed
and fell asleep. Then I started to dream I was a
businessman. I had a very big company, and I
traveled every day. I also had a beautiful wife, two
nice boys, and four cute daughters. One day, I
planned to go to the moon in my rocket. I went to the
station, got in my rocket, and the time counted down.
Suddenly, there was a very loud sound. What is this?
It was my alarm. I finally woke up. At that time, I
really wished I had never turned on the alarm. It was
the best dream I had ever had.
My Favorite Dream
By Abdullah (Saudi Arabia)
One night, after dinner, I went to my room. I was
busy thinking about a lot of things, like my language,
my family, my country, and my friends. When I got in
bed, I was very tired because of all the thinking.
When I finally went to sleep, I had the best dream of
my life. To tell the truth my problem is money. I
know it doesn’t matter, but I don’t want my father to
have to pay for me. I dreamed the Mission called me,
and they said, “Mr. Alghamdi, we are the Mission of
Saudi Arabia. You have a scholarship now, can you
send your number?” That was the best dream, and
now, I pray to God every day because I want my
dream to be true. I have heard that if you think about
something before you go to sleep, sometimes you will
dream about it, and sometimes it will come true.
My Dream
By Muhammed (Saudi Arabia)
A lot of people dream, but I have a different
and exciting dream. Three weeks ago, I dreamed I
was going to buy a new car in my country with my
WRITING FOUR
Education
By Adnan (Saudi Arabia)
The meaning of education is an activity of
learning in school, college, etc… There is a question
people always wonder about: “What does education
mean?” For me, education is one of three: future,
knowledge, and sometimes life.
For some education means a future. Most of
the time it’s the government. The education
“philosophy” is when you educate kids from a young
age; you can have a new country. So, let’s think
about it. If you have two kids, and you send one of
them to school and let the other one do whatever he
wants. What do you think will happen? As everyone
knows, the educated kid will grow up and maybe be a
doctor, or scientist, police officer, etc. The other one,
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father and brother. When my brother drove to the car
dealer, my father said I shouldn’t be nervous about
driving the new car. When I was driving the new car,
I was happy and lively, but I was worried because I
was afraid to do something wrong. Then I woke up
everyone in my family to show them the new car, but
when the dream was over, I was pessimistic because
it wasn’t real. I feel when I get that car in the future, I
will be optimistic with my life and my family. I think
when someone wants something, he has to be
painstaking with his life, and he may achieve his
dream.
My Bad Dream
By Ahmed (Saudi Arabia)
When I was ten years old, I dreamed I went
with my friends to Egypt. We saw a lot of horses and
camels when we arrived. Then I said to my friends,
“let’s ride the horses or the camels,” and they said,
“That’s a good idea,” so we decided to ride the
horses. When we were riding the horses, they
started running very fast, and one of my friends fell
down off the horse. Then we took him to the hospital,
but we couldn’t find a doctor. When we left, I saw
one old woman in the street, and she asked us what
happened to our friend, so we told her the story.
After that, she told us to bring him to her home. Then
she made some juice for him, and he told us he was
fine now. Next, he said, “I’m going to give a gift to the
woman.” He bought her a ring. After that, we went to
Al-gahra city, and we took a tour with a person from
Egypt by bus. When he was driving the bus, he was
sleepy. We were all asleep, and then we woke up in
the hospital. When we asked the doctor what
happened to us, he said we turned over in the road.
After that, I woke up, and I was happy it wasn’t true.
what do you think he will be? I think we all know what
he is going to be: nothing. So, you had better send all
of your kids to school!
There is an old Arabic saying: “everything
you read its food for your thought”. Most people who
finished their study or some who are old, education
means knowledge. What is knowledge? We can say
knowledge is everything, or information that we get
by reading, watching, or by feeling. So, do you think
there is any limitation for education? A lot of studies
show that to educate children is easier than to
educate an adult. The reason is because there is
something called “Critical Period” (the period of time).
This is the time that we have to teach children what
they need to learn because after this time, their mind
starts to be more complicated. Does that mean adults
can’t learn something? No, that’s not true, because
there are a lot of adults, and sometimes seniors learn
different kinds of things, including a new language.
That means, if you want to learn something, go
ahead, nothing will be in your way.
In the other hand, can education consider a
start for a new lifestyle? For sure, I think we all agree
that it is true. Here is an example, if you are the
owner of a company, and two people come to you
asking for a job. The first one has high school degree;
the other one has a bachelor degree. Who will you
hire? Of course if were like any company owner, you
will hire the one who has the highest degree; the
bachelor degree. There is another face for this fact
which is education is important in your life, I mean
daily life. Imagine, if you need to do a very important
thing by the Internet, but you don’t know how to use a
computer; or you have signs of a heart attack, but
you are not educated to tell what is happening to you.
There are a lot of things that if you learn even just a
little information about it, you will have an easier life,
or it maybe will save your life.
So, the point is that education is very
important to you, your kids, your country, or
sometimes it’s important for all kinds of humans. So
please, educate your kids so they will have a good
life, now and in the future.
Amir Temur
By Akbar (Uzbekistan)
I am going to illustrate Uzbek legend who
lived in the IV century. He tried to build a big empire.
The territory that he owned was (1/3) nearly sixty
percent of Asia. He is also popular in Europe. Since,
he protected Europe from the Turkish army, when
they attempted to destroy them. There is a monument
of Amir Temur in France. After he died his
government was damaged.
Technical English Learning
By Ali (Saudi Arabia)
When you travel anywhere in the world, one
powerful language might help you. English is the
most common language in the world. Do you really
want to learn English? You need a natural technique
to learn. It’s the Human language Learning
Technique. As an abbreviation for the steps you can
say LTRW. It stands for Listen, Talk, Read and Write,
and we will go through it step by step.
LTRW, the human child usually stars learning
by listening to the voices around. He tries to organize
words, letters and other sounds. As an English
learner, you should focus on worlds, letters,
pronunciation and grammar that English speakers
might use. Make sure to have a native speaker to
practice with. After you organize some, you are ready
to go to the second step of our LTRW steps.
Our second LTRW steps are to talk. After you
listen carefully to the native speaker, you’re ready to
try talking. Have you ever seen a human child trying
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to talk after he listens to his parents? He makes some
noise and strange voices. In fact he is trying to talk.
And so you are…try it…don’t be shy. Some people
might laugh and some may not. But keep trying and
be sure that you are learning. If you make some
differences with your pronunciation and have the
ability of making a few sentences, you are ready to
go to the next step.
Step three from our LTRW steps is to read. In
this step you need some interesting books. But when
you choose the books, be sure that you choose a
different level of books. Arrange them easiest to
hardest. Then start with the easy one. Here you are
learning how to read and improving your reading at
the same time.
Welcome to the last step from our LTRW
steps. Here you need a notebook and a pen. Then
you are ready to fly in the pages, drowning and
expressing about your sense in English. But be
careful, you might have a spelling mistake. When you
find your spelling mistakes and correct them, you are
doing well. Try to use a dictionary to help you find
your mistakes.
Congratulations, Mr. Dictionary, now you
know what LTRW can do; it can change your world.
Listening, Talking, Reading and Writing are your
heroes. If you want to be a native speaker and
improve yourself more and more you can join IEI.
And don’t forget to practice; this is the thing that will
save your English.
Marriage in the US and SA
By Abdullah (Saudi Arabia)
Marriage is a beautiful thing for me. It is the
highest relationship between the man and the
woman. The wedding is the best celebration for me; it
is better than the birthday. I am going to write about
the differences between weddings in Saudi Arabia
and the United States of America.
The location of the wedding in KSA depends
on the zone. If it is in the center of the kingdom, like
Riyadh, the people there do weddings in wedding
halls. Some of them they do it in privacy in their
homes. We call it marriage family. In the south of the
kingdom, the people do the wedding in a big tent. It is
a very big tent. The tent area is like 200 meters.
Some of them, they do wedding in the high
mountains in the cities like Abha or Najran. I really
enjoy it when I go to this wedding because I am from
Najran. In the USA, the people they do the wedding
in the church or in the bride house.
The wedding guests in KSA in all regions of
the kingdom. The guests they wear a “thop” it is
traditional clothing. It is a white dress. They also wear
“besht”; it is a black clothing; we wear it on the “thop”.
We wear “shimag”; they wear it on their head. In the
USA the bride wears a white dress or a cream dress
and she wears a veil. She also holds a bouquet in her
hand. The groom, he wears a black suit or tuxedo.
And the guest. The men, they wear a black suit, and
the women, they wear a beautiful dress.
The culture wedding in KSA. In the wedding
the Imam, he is responsible for the wedding. The
dance is part of the Saudi Arabian culture, it depends
on the zone. I like the center of the kingdom; they
dance with the sword, for example. They stand for
one long line, they holding there left hands and with
their right hand they bring the sword to the top and
they bring it down. We call it “Alarthah Alnajdiah”. On
the south of the kingdom they dance with daggers, for
example. In Najran, the guests in the wedding, they
make a big circle and there is two men dance with the
dagger. One of our culture in Najran, the groom, he
should be the last one to leave the wedding. One of
our greatest cultures is that I like it so much that you
give the groom money, sheep or a camel. The men
and women are separate; the men, they have their
own determination and the women have their own
determination. I remember when I was a kid I can go
to the women’s place, they have their own DJ and
they have the best food. In the USA, the priest, he is
responsible for the wedding. The guests, they dance
tango, or salsa. The bride and the groom, they put a
list of what they want and the guests can choose
what they can bring for them. In the USA, the men
are with the women.
The wedding food in KSA, it depends on the
zone; in the center, they serve Middle Eastern buffet,
and we have the best food in the Middle East,
“Mofatah”. “Mofatah” is a whole big lamb, sheep or
camel, and we put it in a large dish with delicious rice
with fried onions, and with raisins on top. It is the
same in the south, but no buffet. The dessert we
serve “basbousa”, “Aom Ali”, and “Konafa” and the
Arabic coffee and dates. In the USA, some of them,
don’t serve food in the wedding; it is expensive for
them, and some of them, they bring snacks like
biscuits with cheese or ranch, and some of them,
they serve buffet and they make toast with wine or
champagne.
I wrote four differences between the wedding
in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United States
of America. Wherever is the differences, it is beautiful
for me.
Being a Driver
By Cigdem (Turkey)
The car is freedom in all countries, but all
countries don’t have the same situation. For example,
the driver’s seat is on the left in a lot of countries, but
in a few it’s on the right. This essay will tell about the
driving similarities and differences in Turkey and the
U.S.
We have a long driver’s license process in
my country, Turkey. We should pass a few exams.
Firstly, we take a driving course and then we take
paper test and finally, we take driving test. After that
we can use a car. Driving courses, paper test and
driving test are very complex, but in the U.S. there
are just two exams for driver’s license. First test is a
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paper test. They test your traffic knowledge. Second
test is a driving test. This test is for your driving
ability. So, if you fail the exam you can take a new
test one week later. In my opinion, America is better
than Turkey, because processes are very easy and
short.
Secondly, I will tell differences and
similarities about getting a car in Turkey and the U.S.
A car is costly in Turkey. If we have a car, we should
pay taxes, so cars are too expensive in Turkey.
That’s why everybody doesn’t have a car in my
country, but everybody has a car in the U.S., because
cars are cheaper and it’s necessary for the American
people. A residential is so far from other residential. If
cars are cheaper, everybody has a car. That’s why if
something is cheap, we can take it.
The roads are a very important subject for
driving. I will tell about the road’s differences and
similarities in Turkey and the U.S. Turkey is an old
country. Turkish drivers are impatient. Because, it
has narrow and old ways. The people don’t like to
drive. However, the U.S. is a newer country than
Turkey. It has new and big roads. That’s why drivers
can be patient on the road.
Both countries have solid traffic rules. A lot of
traffic signs mean the same in both countries. For
example, we use the same stop sign in Turkey.
Traffic lights have the same meaning: red lights mean
stop, green lights mean pass and yellow lights are
wait.
Every country has a different situation. Some
countries have conscious drivers, some countries
have murder drivers. If we can be responsible to our
family, we will not be murder drivers. All the time we
should improve ourselves.
Culture
By Diane (Brazil)
Each culture has its own customs. The word
“culture” is better defined based on some examples.
Let’s talk about the culture between Brazil and the
U.S. The fact that different groups speak different
languages, play different sports and celebrate
different holidays is evidence that those cultures are
different.
The Portuguese and the English have an
important connection with Brazilian and American
culture. The Brazilian culture is formed by Portuguese
version of the traditional Western European
civilization. The American culture is formed by an
English version, so English is the dominate language
of that country.
Playing soccer and football is like a rule for
Brazil and the U.S. Soccer is the most popular sport
in Brazil, and football is the most popular sport in the
U.S. In both of those countries they have the custom
to teach sports to the students from the school.
The holidays have different celebrations in
the Brazilian culture and the U.S. culture. For
example, in Brazil the carnival is the festive season,
usually in February. It is a public celebration or
parade in the street. In U.S., Thanksgiving, is a
historical holiday and people stay with the family.
The culture comes from history and
influences people’s lives, generation by generation.
The language, the sports and the holidays are part of
their daily lives. In each country we find a different
culture with different customs, characteristics and a
new way to learn.
Men vs. Women
By Fadiah (Saudi Arabia)
Men usually say, “Women can’t be
understood,” and women say “Men can’t understand
us”. Men always think that they are the greatest
human and women can’t do anything by themselves.
When women and men can’t understand each other,
they start to complain that women are from Venus
and men are from mars, so to avoid
misunderstanding men and women should learn
about each other, what are the similarities and
differences between them.
Women physically aren’t very different from
men. In general women’s organs are the same as
men’s. But when we look for specific details, such as
the skin, we can find the difference between them.
Men’s skin is thicker than women’s skin. Also, when I
said the organs of men are the same as women, I
mean it is how they look. But when we look at how
each organ works, we can find a lot of differences; for
example women’s immune system is active and
works fast to fight against viruses, bacteria and fungi,
more than men’s.
Men’s and women’s personalities are the
most important things that they should be learned in
order to know how to deal with each other. I think
personalities of women and men are affected by their
physical makeup. As women’s hearts beat faster than
men’s heart. Maybe for that reason, women are
usually more emotional than men, and women make
decisions by her heart not by using logical thought
like men do. Women usually take care of her skin
contrary to men. Women want to look good for their
husbands, so women take care of her makeup and
her perfume. Personal care is very important to
women. Otherwise men are messy and don’t care
which kind of soap and shampoo that he uses like
women do.
Men’s and women’s activities should be
known by each other. In fact this point depends on
both physical and personalities which give reasons
for their activities. Men and women have abilities to
have a relationship in their life, but the differences
between them in the way of how to deal with and act
and keep this relationship. Women love details and
get deeper into the thing, but men do not; such as
when women hear a story from their friends, women
want to receive more details about it. Men like to
receive the summary of the story. Because women
love details, they have the ability to talk more than
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men. Men and women have abilities to give in love
relationship, but women give without asking. Women
give unconditionally and love to help other people. On
the other hand, men give only when they are asked to
give. Men love to do things which are appreciated
and hate to do things which make him feel more like
a slave.
When I compare and contrast men and
women, I didn’t mean that men are better than
women or women are best. Both of them are equal,
but they are different, which gives us a challenge to
learn how to deal with each other in life, and live in
peace.
Causes of Insomnia
By Hussain (Saudi Arabia)
There are more than one causes of insomnia.
One of them is having a negative feeling about the
future, for example, you think that you won’t succeed
at working in any company or some project. Another
reason for insomnia is not having a good relationship
with people, for example, you have a bad attitude or
have bad self-esteem, so you feel like nobody is
active with you or close to you. The other one for
insomnia is that you’re not satisfied with your life, so
most of the time you think about changing some
things so you can sleep. There are three main causes
that lead to insomnia.
Having a negative feeling about the future is
one of the biggest problems in this case.
Having a bad relationship with people will
cost you more than you think, for example, if you go
to some places and you are stuck there because your
car broke down and then you can’t find a person who
you know that can give you a hand.
People who are not satisfied in their life, are
uncomfortable, so they can’t sleep well.
Sports and Education
By Ibrahim (Saudi Arabia)
The important two things in our life are sports
and education, because the athlete means the
healthiness and education means the future. What
I’m going to talk about are sports and education, and
compare them between Saudi Arabia and the United
States.
Saudi Arabia has two popular kinds of sports.
They are soccer and volleyball. Most of the people
watch socar, so it is more popular than volleyball.
Both of them are important. In Saudi Arabia, you will
see the people play soccer and volleyball in public
places and parks for fun. The United States have
many different kinds of sports. The popular two sports
I’ve heard about are football and golf. Usually, the old
people play golf more than others, because they have
more free time. You will see the guys and kids
playing football everywhere. Generally, all kinds of
sports are really important and healthy.
In Saudi Arabia, the education from
elementary school until high school is really hard,
because the teachers expect more. Also, you can get
into university easily and most of the universities
belong to the government, so you don’t have pay to
go there. The government pays for your books, too.
In the United States, education from elementary
school until high school is really easy. I think because
most of their teachers are girls, and girls are always
lovely. The university is hard to get into for them. You
must pay a lot of money, and sometimes you will
have to take tests to enter these universities. The
education in our present time is the future.
The sports and education are the important
things in our life, but they are different in some
countries. Some people didn’t use these things and
they still have a great life. It means if you don’t have
sports or education, you shouldn’t be pessimistic.
Always be optimistic, and you will still have a pretty
life.
The Difference between Renting an Apartment in
S.A and U.S.
By Khalaf (Saudi Arabia)
One time, I rented an apartment. When I
wanted to leave the apartment office told me you
have to clean you apartment if you want to get your
deposit.
There are many differences between S.A and
U.S. in renting an apartment.
The rules are different between S.A. and the
U.S. They don’t have a deposit in S.A. When you
want to rent apartment, in the U.S. you must pay
deposit. In S. A. you don’t have to clean apartment
before you leave, but in the U.S. you have to. If you
don’t clean it the landlord will charge you and then
take your deposit. In S.A., you don’t have to tell the
landlord when you are going to leave. If you pay
every month, the landlord will keep you, but if you
don’t he will ask you to leave. In U.S., you have to tell
the landlord when you are going to leave.
The cost is different between S.A. and the
U.S. In S.A., the cost will be around $250-$300, but in
U.S. it will be $650-$700 for one month. So in S.A.,
the cost is cheaper than U.S. Also the furniture in
S.A. is cheaper than U.S. Als water, electricity, and
the internet. In S.A. are cheaper than U.S.
The address is going to be hard in S.A. to
fine someone; it is opposite U.S. In S.A., it is hard to
find an address by GPS and the other thing that
makes it difficult, is that addresses are complicated.
They don’t have zip code or house number, but in the
U.S., they have it, so it’s going to be easier to fine
any address that you want by his zip code or house
number.
There are couple things for S.A. and the U.S.
The first one in S.A. you don’t have to pay deposit,
but in U.S. you have to. The second one, in S.A., the
cost of apartment is better than U.S., but the last one
U.S. have zip code and house number, so all of them
have a couple of perfect and wrong things.
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Saudi Arabia and America
By Abdullah (Saudi Arabia)
When I came to America, it was the first time
for me, so I didn’t know about their traditions, and
how they lived. I met someone from America on the
street and I said “hi” to him, but he didn’t say anything
to me. When I told my host family about what
happened, they said it is because this is their
tradition, just say “hi” and keep walking or driving.
There are many differences in tradition between
Saudi Arabia and America. For instance greeting and
guest.
In Saudi Arabia, when you meet someone on
the street and say “hi” to him, or he says “hi” to you,
you must stop and shake his hand and reply “hi” to
him, then, you can leave. Also, Saudi Arabia has
another tradition, but it’s for visitors. It’s entertainment
of visitors. When you have a guest in your house, you
should tell him to stay 3 days, if he is from another
city. In contrast, in America, you don’t have to stop to
say “hi” to people who you meet in the road, just say
“hi” and continue on your way. You have to know the
time of sleep for your friend, who you want to visit
him, because they should sleep early and don’t stay
up at night, because they do not accept visitor late at
night.
Also, we have many things to compare and
contrast for the way of life in Saudi Arabia and
America. First, in Saudi Arabia, most people who do
not have a job or something to do, most of them
between 19-23 years old do not sleep early. I mean,
they stay awake all night, and then they will sleep
during the day. The other thing, in Saudi Arabia, if
you go, you will buy good food for your health and
cheap. For example, you can get the best lunch for
around three dollars. On the other hand, in America,
most people between 19-23 years old are different
then guys in Saudi Arabia, because American guys
arrange their schedule of life to do each thing on
time. For example, when someone has a lot of things
in his day, he has to arrange his schedule on what is
important and priority to do first. American people
also have a big problem with their food in two ways.
First way, it’s more expensive than Saudi Arabia.
Second way, that food is not health for body because
most of their food is fast food like McDonald’s or
Burger King. They like fast food because they have a
lot of important things or jobs to do. So, fast food
takes a short time to give you the food to eat.
Third thing we will talk about is the weather in
these countries, and how can they live in their
weather and what’s the effect on them. In Saudi
Arabia, it’s always hot, sunny, and humid. According
to these factors, Saudi people don’t like to live in cold
area because the cold will make them lazy and
hungry most of the time. In contrast, in America, they
have all four seasons, that is better because
American people can live in four situations in life and
if they go to any different country they can adapt to
other seasons. for people who read them. To have a background
As you see, we compared and contrasted about these countries and know what to do when you
between three big things, its customs, guests, and visit Saudi Arabia and the United States of America.
traditions of each country. It’s interesting and useful

WRITING FIVE
Three Aspects of Music
By Jaekab (South Korea)

What do you listen to when you listen to music? Many people may not care about it, the might say, “I’ve
never thought about it.” Or “Who cares?, I’m just listening to music.” That might be people’s common perspective
on music. But there are several aspects that many people ignore whenever they are listening. If you recognize
certain points, listening to music will be more joyful. I will explain three points: Groove, Song Form, and Harmony.
Also, these are common points to more deeply understand all styles of music.
First of all I want to introduce you to Groove. In other words, a rhythmic movement that makes you want to
dance. Groove is the strong effect of the feeling of the music. It is a crucial point that helps people define the music
genre depending on the different groove styles. Furthermore, the groove can strongly affect the same music. For
example, there are two songs: Ben E. King’s “Stand By Me” and John Lennon’s “Stand By Me”. Even though, both
are the same song we can recognize different musical feelings because of the different rhythmic feelings. The
Groove is the most important aspect in terms of composing and arranging music.
Second is the Song Form. Like the structure of a building there are several sections in music. Usually, it
consists of verse, pre-chorus, chorus, and bridge. When music flows from the start to the end spontaneously, the
musical atmosphere is changing. Such as in the song “Hey Jude” it starts with only vocal and piano. And when it
goes to the next section, guitar, bass, and tambourine instruments are played to increase the sound. After going to
the climax section that sings “Na, Na, Na, Nananana, Na”, every instrument is played powerfully then the chorus
vocals fade out to the ending. Through the structure of one song we can easily understand a composer’s intention
to change the dynamics.
Lastly, I want to mention the Harmony of instruments. Its effect is a beautiful sound. The sound that is
combined with various instruments greatly affects our emotions. Each instrument can create a different musical
feeling. For instance, there are two different versions of “Little Wing”. One is Jimi Hendrix’s and the other version is
The Corrs. We can feel that both have a totally different sound that comes from different instruments. The
atmosphere of Jimi’s feeling is close to the Rock and Blues feel which is played by the drum and bass guitar. On
the other hand, The Corr’s “Little Wing” feels more Irish. It is played using a tiny whistle and violin that produces a
more flowing feel. Each instrument produces its own unique feeling. The combined sounds of different instruments
give us comfort and pleasure.
To sum up, these three points: Groove, Form, and Harmony are important points to be aware of whenever
listening to music as well as when composing or arranging music. I recommend trying to focus on these three
points so that you will be given a more joyful heart from the music.

How to be Successful at IEI

By Latifah (Saudi Arabia)
IEI is a school for international students to learn English. It is one of the great English schools in Nashville.
If I were asked to help someone to be a successful student at IEI I would do my best to give him all the information
to help.
There are strategies to being a good, successful student. First of all you have to be a good person. Respect
everyone and respect yourself and reflect on your good personality by respecting your teachers and your friends in
school. For example, if a new student is rude and doesn’t respect anyone around him, try to avoid him and not give
him the help that he needs to improve himself. So, behavior is very important and it is like the gate to be a
successful student at IEI.
Second, you have to follow all of the school rules. There are very important rules to be followed by students
to make the school the best place and an organized place for all of the students. For example, one of the rules is to
come to the class on time. If you are always late to your class you are not following the school rule and you can’t be
successful at the end of the term because you always miss your class or are late and do not know what happened
inside the class to prepare yourself for studying at home. There are several sets of rules to help the students to be
successful and pass the classes and improve their language skills very quickly.

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 Third, to be a successful student you have to do all of your homework and assignments. In addition, you
have to be active in the class by talking to other students and share your ideas with them. This also helps you
communicate with others easily and supports your being an active student who has the ability to speak and show
your point of view. If you stay silent without talking with anyone during school hours, you cannot make any
improvements to help yourself become a successful student.
Finally, the students at IEI should do their best by studying hard day and night in order to be a successful
person in the U.S. not only as a student at IEI. Being a good person, showing good behavior to others, following all
of the school rules, doing all of the homework and assignments are the ‘success keys’ to becoming a successful
student at IEI.

Global Warming: Is It Man-Made? Or Is It Earth's Natural Activities

By Sattam (Saudi Arabia)

Global warming is the increase in the average temperature of Earth's near-surface air and oceans since the
mid-20th century and its projected continuation, result of the increase of CO2 in our air that caused by human
activities, and Which will emerge out of control at some point. That is the image that the media has pictured. There
are other theories that explain the reasons of the global warming. One of them is very interesting.
Who's behind this drama? By searching I found that there is organization called IBBC. It's an American
pop-up organization from the International Meteorological society. And there are individual efforts by Senator Al
Gore who received the Nobel Peace Prize. The atmosphere currently contains 385 ppm of carbon dioxide gas,
which is the primary cause of global warming compared to the 275 ppm that were present in the atmosphere before
the Industrial Revolution. Hence, we note that the amount of carbon dioxide concentration in the atmosphere
became higher by about 30% more than a little of what it was before the Industrial Revolution Tschimh. Rate of
absorption of infrared rays 55% (Wikipedia). There are a lot of expectations that will happen in the future. They
expect there will be an increase occurrence of droughts and desertification of large tracts of land, extinction of a lot
of creatures, and agricultural disasters. the main cause of this increase is the smoke that comes out from the
factories. So, the organization started to take money like a tax from companies to limits this problem.
On the other hand, there are people against this theory. There is an English science professor Philip
Stout from a university in London, who Said that IBBC is an organization with management, and finance, it serves
specific interests perhaps the interests of the globe and perhaps the interests of other things. And Nigel Calder from
the BBC and writer in New Scientist Magazine said they and the power of the media have made the global warming
theory a belief, in fact they made it a religion one must believe in, and whoever stands in its way is an infidel, and I
am one of those infidels.
The first point of this theory is that global warming is a natural process. There are scientists from
Switzerland who did some chemical analysis of samples which they took from the Antarctic which proves that the
earth went through many stages in the past, and that the average of CO2 was less and more than now. Now the
average of CO2 is 385 ppm, in 1859 the average of Co2 was 280 ppm, and before 1850 the average was 200 ppm.
So, we conclude that the carbon dioxide gas has increased by nearly 30%. But the important question is, who is
the responsible for the increase of the carbon dioxide gas before 1850 since we know the Industrial Revolution
started about 1850. The second point is in January 2009, the International Organization for Meteorological studied
that in 2005 the average temperature of the earth was 14.77 if known the normal average temperature of the earth
is 14,and in 1998 the average was 14.7. But in 2008 they found that the temperature was 14.3. That means the
heat has been reduced from 14.77 to 14.3.So, the change in the temperature is 0.5+ or 0.5-. I have written these
numbers according to NASA's global temperature record. Furthermore, the third point is a study in a university in
England. They have studied some samples that they took from the Antarctic, and the layers of the trunk of trees.
They noticed that the earth went through two periods of time from 800 to 2000. From 890 to 1170 the temperature
was in its maximum heat, the scientists called it the Hot Middle Age. And from 1350 to 1750 the weather was in its
maximum cold, and the scientists called it the Middle Ice Age. We can see that the two periods have the same
duration; the two of them lasted for 300 years. So, the earth is going to experience another of hot age. But we're not
talking about 10 or 15 years it will take hundreds or less to have a hot age or an ice age.
In conclusion, both theories are strong the first theory is caused by the human activities and the second
that it's caused by nature and it's a period of time and the climate will back to its normal weather. The opponents of
the global warming theory think that it's a waste of money and a way to keep the poor countries from developing.
And the people who support the theory of global warming say that supporting this idea is a way to get away from
carbon tax. In my opinion doing something is better than doing nothing. Because if the global warming is wrong it's
only a loss of money, but if the global warming is true it'll be a disaster. Therefore, a lot of changes will take
place on our planet. However there is an Egyptian saying, ''stay away from the evil, do something, and sing for it''.

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Death or Isolation from the Society Forever
By Taewoo (South Korea)

Since the 1950s, the death penalty has been one of the most controversial issues in almost every country.
However, nowadays, the death penalty has been magnified as an even bigger controversy because committing
murder has been happening a lot. This is also because people who agree with the death penalty and other people
who disagree have conflicted with each other very sharply. Both sides make a lot of claims with appropriate
evidence. Especially, people who agree with capital punishment argue that murderers don’t have rights to live.
However, I disagree with them because when I consider about crime deterrence of the death penalty, the death
penalty cannot decrease the murder rate. Also, because a human being’s life is much more invaluable than any
other thing, people cannot kill another person, even if it is based on the law. Furthermore, even if we abolish the
death penalty, we can still utilize a life sentence without parole, which means not to kill criminals without pain, but
to let them live in the jail forever under observation.
First of all, we need to define that the value of a human being’s life is more important than any other thing.
This is why almost all countries recognize the equal value of every human being’s life. However, the death penalty
does not match with this value. No matter how many times someone commits murder, that person is still a human
being and this means that the murderer should be treated as one of human beings. However, the death penalty
completely ignores the dignity of human beings. The death penalty defines that a person who commits murder or
something harmful to people should compensate them for their loss by giving up his or her own life. However, even
if murderers are killed by the law, people who were murdered by them never return to us. It is meaningless, and is
just revenge for killing other people based on the law. In other words, the idea of ‘eye for an eye’ is not justice.
Even if murderers are not executed, we can give them much more pain by forcing them to live in jail forever. Also,
if the death penalty intends to isolate criminals from the society by death, this can be substituted for a life sentence,
which means that a prisoner cannot be released on parole no matter how well the prisoner behaves. This
substitution might be more effective than the death penalty because murderers can have enough time to feel sorry
for the victims they killed, which is one reason for punishment.
When people agree with capital punishment, they usually say that if we abolish the death penalty, crimes
will happen much more than before because imprisonment can be understood as a weaker punishment for
criminals. However, there is no difference in the crime rate between a life sentence and the death penalty.
According to a new survey by “The New York Times”, it was found that states without the death penalty have lower
homicide rates than states with the death penalty. The Times reports that ten of the twelve states without the death
penalty have homicide rates below the national average, whereas half of the states with the death penalty have
homicide rates above. During the last 20 years, the homicide rate in states with the death penalty has been 48% to
101% higher than in states without the death penalty. In other words, a life sentence without parole has more
deterrence than the death penalty. Also, this information can demonstrate that a life sentence is never a weak
punishment. In addition, while the death penalty does not give them time to consider what they did wrong, a life
sentence can give them plenty of time to do that. Furthermore, even if they want to die due to the guilt about killing
people, they have to live in jail forever with this guilt. That is, staying in jail forever under observation and strict
rules is more painful than being executed. If people want to give a lot of pain to murderers, a life sentence is a
better idea than the death penalty.
To sum up, people who disagree with the death penalty stress that even if the death penalty is legal, it is
not justice because we cannot kill other people no matter how terrible their crime. In addition, the death penalty has
a serious problem, it might kill people who are not guilty. Furthermore, even if we abolish the death penalty, we can
use a life sentence as a substitution. Of course, people who agree with the death penalty claim that they do not
want their taxes to be used for criminals to live in jail forever. However, what we should know is that a human
being’s life is the most invaluable thing. Even if they are criminals, they are also human beings, and a human
being’s life cannot be compared with the amount of money used to make criminals live in jail.

Love×Ethic,Moral&Law=Interactive controlling reliability

By Taichi “Ace” (Japan)

Recently, the TV drama “大切なことはすべて君が教えてくれた(You Taught Me All the Precious Things)” is

causing great controversy in Japan, especially among adolescents and the people who are connected to education.
One of the most audacious aspects of this drama is its prologue: Natsumi is a high school English teacher who is
well-liked by her students. She plans to marry Shuji, her high school and college classmate, and who is now her
colleague. Shuji is a biology teacher who is popular not only among the students but also with their parents and
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with his co-workers. Natsumi and Shuji are the perfect couple who have everybody's blessing. But one day just
before the new school semester begins, Shuji spends the night with his student, Hikari. This incident changes the
couple's future completely. As you can see, this shocking story has caused a stir in Japanese society.
Romantic relationships between teachers and students have intermittently drawn public concern in Japan.
Indeed, several TV dramas and movies have been created which also discussed this issue. Yet, the majority of
people in Japan believe that romantic relationships between teachers and students are taboo. This opinion has
never been changed. Although many think that love between a teacher and a student is a forbidden relationship, in
my opinion, it should be accepted publicly and not considered taboo.
Opponents of Romantic relationships between teachers and students strongly claim that “Teachers should treat
their students equally.” It is true that teachers should not have any illegitimate favor for their students at school.
Most junior high schools and high schools have their original rules to ban the relationships. Actually, even the
language school where we are learning English has a same policy: Faculty and staff are expected to maintain
appropriate teacher/student relationships at all time. This includes not dating students or engaging in romantic or
sexual relationships with students. We recognize that since we are an adult school, there are opportunities to meet
wonderful people. If a desire to pursue such a relationship develops, the faculty/staff is expected to resign in order
to pursue the relationship. On the other hand, in spite of engaging in a teaching position, they are “Human” before
they are teachers, thus, of course they have basic civil liberties. In fact, the constitution of Japan states that all
citizens have fundamental human rights such as thought/conscience, religion, assembly/association, residence,
occupation, and academic freedom. Also, fundamental human rights ensure that all people shall have freedom to
marriage and love. This means that the person who is a teacher has a freedom to love whatever else it might be.
Hence, if a teacher and a student are in love, it should not be banned, restricted or decried by anybody and
everybody as long as it is true and pure love. Moreover, inequalities and illegitimate favors are caused by not only
the relationships between teachers and student, but there are some other factors; for instance, preferences, well-
connected background, bribe, extortion and so forth. For this, romantic relationship is not the only cause of the
degeneration of teachers.
Opponents also maintain that the ordinance for the protection and nurture young people prohibits romantic
relationships between teachers and students. In Japan, having sex with an under 13-year-old juvenile is forbidden
by penal code. In addition, the ordinance which is set by each local government bans having sex with adolescents
under 18-years-old. The principal reason for the ordinance is to protect young people from sexual crimes and
contribute to the sound growth of juveniles and adolescents. Specifically, the ordinance prohibits adults from
satisfying their own sexual gratification by engaging in “obscene acts” with children under 18 by cheating, trapping,
or intimidation. However, many layers and experts have pointed out the problems with this ordinance since it was
established. Actually, the ordinance has a possibility that it is unconstitutional because it ignores the fundamental
human rights which I mentioned before. Besides that, the definition of “obscene acts” is obscure and the criterion
for serious love is also unclear. In 1985, one adult man was sued because he was having a love relationship with a
16-year-old girl.
At the end of this case, he was pronounced guilty, meanwhile, three judges of Supreme Court argued that the
ordinance was against the constitution, so he is innocent. Furthermore, Japan established Child Pornography Law
and Child Welfare Act to protect juveniles and adolescents from sinister sex indecent acts, sexual exploitation and
whoredom/prostitution. Thus, the ordinance which can cause the possibility to block pure love relationships has
been criticized that as unnecessary.
The final argument oppose to opponents is that we should change in thinking of this matter. I think that I have
been feeling like that I’m becoming an expert of this issue because I read a lot of articles, discussions, and
precedents about it. Then, I have reached one resolution. The main reason that makes romantic relationships
between teachers and students more aversive is negative images and stereotypes of people about this issue. This
situation pushes teachers and students who are having the relationships to be outside of the society. As a result,
teachers are forced to resign their job, students start missing school, a teacher and a student try to elope
somewhere, and in the worst case, they commit suicide together. To stop this negative spiral, expert Taichi(Ace)
produces a completely opposite idea to an existing one and it’s a sort of a conceptual breakthrough. The idea is
accepting romantic relationships between teachers and students publicly/generally as one of ordinary thing, and
constructing a new structure “Interactive Controlling Reliability (ICR).” ICR is a kind of collaborative alliance
between teacher/student who are having the relationship and their family/friends. For example, if a student tends to
receive priority responses by his/her partner (teacher), another teacher or classmate reminds them to maintain
equality. Likewise, parents of a student who is having the relationship with his/her teacher supervise them to control
their relationship appropriately. Even though, changing deep-seated taboos and stereotypes is very difficult, if we
make such a positive structure, recent controversial situations will be calmed or it will be solved.
It should be evident that arguments against romantic relationships between teachers and students are not valid.
Generally, teachers should not be allowed to love with their students because teachers are supposed to take care
of their students fairly and impartially, however, teachers shall have freedom to love based on the fundamental
human rights of the constitution. Furthermore, the ordinance for protection and nurture young people is inconclusive
and nonsense. Actually, validity and presence of the ordinance has been discussed for a long time. Finally, I got a
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paradigm shift, precisely the opposite interpretation, accept and respect the relationships and also cooperate with
each other to keep the relationships appropriate. Construct “ICR” can improve the relationships between teachers
and students more positively. Therefore, in my opinion, Japanese society should allow teacher/student romantic
relationships.

Citations
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Prostitution in Asian Tourism. June 2009. 20 Feb.2011 < International Campaign, to End Child Prostitution in Asian
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