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There's only one rule for improving any skill: practice. It's true for writing too.
You can write in Wikipedia, as Dan Smith suggested. I think it's a great idea. Because, whatever you write in Wikipedia, that write-up, if not removed, becomes a source of knowledge for others. By doing so, you are contributing to humankind, if you see it from a philosophical point of view.
But if you are not comfortable with that idea of writing in a public domain, you can write for yourself too. Some people consider keeping a journal as a cliche idea. But I think, it really helps building your confidence in writing. If you write a page everyday, it aggregates into a three hundred-odd page write-up within a year. You will notice the positive change in your writing style when you will compare your recent articles with the earlier ones.
And most importantly, to fortify your writing skills, reading is a must. You need to read a lot.0 votedOctober 26, 20160I'm waiting for my best friend.
My friend is attending the game closing ceremony. He has been their there for three hours. I texted him, and he said I'm he was on the way and was going back to home. We usually talk in night, so I'm waiting for him.
I pray to God daily for a job. How lovely it would be when he will want for me, when I will be busy in job. He will wait for me in the same way as I'm waiting for him.0 votedOctober 23, 20160- A Great Joke about the Use of Punctuation
I found this joke on a humorous book on the use of punctuation. The book's name is, Eats, Shoots and Leaves. This is a great book on the proper use of different punctuation, peppered with some witty and funny stories. Anyway, the joke reads like this,
A panda walks into a café. He orders a sandwich, eats it, then draws a gun and fires two shots in the air.
"Why?" asks the confused waiter, as the panda makes towards the exit. The panda produces a badly punctuated wildlife manual and tosses it over his shoulder.
"I'm a panda," he says at the door. "Look it up."
The waiter turns to the relevant entry and, sure enough, finds an explanation.
"Panda. Large black-and-white bear-like mammal, native to China. Eats, shoots and leaves."
So, punctuation really does matter, even if it is only occasionally a matter of life and death.Do you know any other joke to share about the use of punctuation?
October 21, 2016114 When you know that you are being watched, you will naturally become more docile person. Like, in Sweden, (or Switzerland, I don't remember) at football stadiums, when security cameras were put in, violence decreased by almost 65 percent.
But should it make us feel good about surveillance? The answer, to me, is a big NO.
Any authority seeking control, would love surveillance. It helps them to minimize dissent, because, when people are in under surveillance, they seem to be more complacent. That is why we have been seeing surveillance systems being developed in most of the countries.I have become interested in this topic from last year, after I watched citizenfour, a famous documentary on Edward Snowden, the famous whistle blower. He disclosed top secret documents about NSA's illegal surveillance system which keeps eye on virtually every american and millions of people around the world.
Another thing I would like to add that tech giants, like google or facebook use metadata (what we search, where we check in, which celebrities we follow) to help the surveillance systems.
If you are interested about NSA's surveillance system, you can watch citizenfour. Another documentary you might enjoy is Terms and Conditions May Apply. This one deals with the shadowy role google and facebook are playing.
And please let us know about the program which stirred you about the surveillance systems.0 votedOctober 21, 20160- If you enjoy reading Sci-fi novels, you should obviously try some of the works of Jules Vernes. He wrote science fictions in the nineteenth century! Those are much different science fictions than that we read nowadays.
I read Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea and Mysterious Islands when I was in high school. I found those two books much entertaining. You can also try Around The World in Eighty Days.
I can't really recommend any other teen book in french; but if you want to read some must read classics, you probably would like to read Les Miserables by Victor Hugo or The stranger by Albert Camus.0 votedOctober 18, 20160 - British democracy, unlike that of the United States, is a parliamentary one. Executive power is vested upon the prime minister (if I am not wrong). In US democracy, there is a system for check and balance between the power of congress and that of the president. To issue a law, both the congress and the president have to concur. So, neither the president nor the congress can become autocratic while proposing a law.
I am not sure about how the British system checks the executive powers of the prime minister (or the parliament).
My country, Bangladesh, which has long been a colony of the British empire, follows the British parliamentary system, which, to me, seems problematic. Prime minister has the absolute power, which is not good for democracy.0 votedOctober 17, 20160
