Midaber 10 - Distance Learning: Good or Bad?

 In most schools pupils study for the Bagrut exams in class. However few years ago the Ministry of Education allowed some of the pupils to study for the Bible exam online. In this program the students are taught by a teacher through the internet, online. I wouldn't like to join this program and  to study online.




First of all, studying online alone doesn't develop your social skills. Studying alone, in-front of a computer, without any company, doesn't acquire you communication skills. You don't make any friends, you have no company. In distance learning you don't meet your teacher face to face - every thing is done through the computer what make the explanations about the studying, harder to understand.

In addition, studying online isn't suitable for everybody. If you want to learn online you need to have self-discipline and responsibility. Because when you learn alone, you don't do your homework, you get lazy. The reason for that, there is no one who pushes and force you to do it. Therefore this program is suitable for some students and the others need someome, such as teacher, who will push them.

In conclusion in my opinion, the new program which turns the class to an "online class", is bad. Because studying through a computer is harder than regular studying. In addition you need to have self-discipline and responsibility, moreover you don't make friends. Therefore this program is a bad idea.

Midaber 9 - Volunteering: Good or Bad

Pupils have a lot of things to do in the afternoon. Some join a volunteering program and some prefer to hang out with their friends, stay home,  play computer-games or watch TV. There are a lot of places you can volunteer in, such as the Civil Guard, MDA, helping children with their homework. In my opinion, volunteering is important. I prefer volunteering to staying home or hanging out with friends. I volunteer once a week in the Civil Guard.

When I volunteer I help people. For example, when I volunteered in (the) Civil Guard, we found a suspicious object which looked like a bomb was hidden in it. Later on, we called the police and we discovered that a bomb was actually in the bag. Therefore, when we called the police and reported a suspicious object we, in fact, saved lives. Another example for helping people when volunteering, when you volunteer to help an elderly person - you make him happy.

In addition, volunteering doesn't make only the person who is helped happy but makes you, too, happy and proud. Because the feeling of helping someone is wonderful, it makes you feel like you (are) really do(ing) something important instead of sitting in front the computer.

In conclusion, joining a volunteering program is recommended because you help someone, and by the way it makes you feel better. Instead of watching TV or hanging out with friend, you can help people, save lives or make other people's lives better. Therefore, in my opinion, volunteering is important. I volunteer 3 hours once a week.

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