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For the last 50 years language has been treated as a very sensitive issue in our country. During the Pakistani period the Pakistani regime wanted to suppress the rights of Bengali people. Their main attention was focused on Bangla. After the independence this problem no longer existed. However, in the last few years we find that English is becoming the most dominating language in the realm of higher education. There are now more than 16 private universities in the country. In all of them, the medium of instruction is English. Even in the public universities a shift towards English has been taking place for sometime. For example those students who study BBA or Computer Science in different colleges and Institutes under National University have to study in English.

In the SSC and HSC level adequate importance is not given to English in the curriculum. As a result most of the students remain weak in this language. They find (more…)

The Olympics have been a highly regarded pastime for many thousands of people. What many people do not know about though, is what goes on behind the scenes at an Olympic game. I will talk about the history, present, and future of the governing body of the Olympics, the International Olympic Committee, the IOC.

To understand how the IOC works, we must first take a look back at what started it all, the history of the ancient Olympics. The first Ancient Olympics originated in Athens, Greece . Back then, the idea of the Olympics was for Rome to confirm itself as the greatest nation . Over the years, as rulers and nations changed, the idea of the Olympics held with them .

As the nations changed, so did the events, and the events run today are quite different that what was run in the Ancient Olympics . Today in our modern Olympics, you see a vast array of events, with many of them being team oriented . Running Relays, Basketball team, and boating teams are just some of the examples . But in the ancient Olympics, no team events were found, all events were focused on the individual . Some of the event in the ancient Olympics included chariot races, long distance running, and contests of strength . The contests of strength included stone throw, similar to our shot-put throws, gladiator and similar one-on-one battles .

For such brutal events, one would expect grand prizes, but it was not so. Prizes back then included olive wreaths and their name written on a stone . They did not believe in elaborate gifts for the winners, as they were there to honor there country . When you received your name in stone, that was a big accomplishment, for they were now immortalized in stone .

Compared to the history of the ancient Olympics, the modern Olympics is shorter, but just as interesting, this is also where the IOC came into play. In 1870, a man named Baron Pierre de Coubertine thought of rebirthing the Olympics, as he had read of them in scholars books . He was a scholarly man, and liked (more…)

Siddhartha Gautama was a son of an elected king of the Shakya tribe by its five hundred families south of the Himalaya Mountains in the realm of influence of the powerful Kosala monarchy. Siddhartha means “he who accomplished his aim”. The meaning of Siddhartha’s name resembles the philosophy and teachings later in his life.

Siddhartha being the son of a king was spoiled. Suddhodana protect his son Siddhartha from the outside world from all forms of danger, sickness, and life. Siddhartha had all the luxuries, with three palaces, finest clothes made from silk, and a servant holding a white umbrella over is head. Siddhartha had everything a prince would want, but he was dissatisfied.

Siddhartha was walking outside the palace grounds and was disgusted the decrepitude and wrinkles of the people. Then for the first time he observed the sick and spent time learning about the nature of the disease. On a (more…)

With the importance of education being emphasized in our technologically advancing society, the next president of the United States faces an education system in need of drastic reform to continue to compete in the world market. Education standards between wealthy and poor areas of the country continue to remain drastically unequal in their scope, and it is vividly apparent that education standards must be reformed to ensure all students are offered the same opportunities for academic and economic success. The major question is, which of the two candidates, Al Gore or George W. Bush, has the correct game plan and ideology, to ensure future success for America’s children.

In comparing Al Gore and George W. Bush on education reform, the two men differ substantially on how education should be overseen in general. Al Gore favors national government supervision of education and its funding, curriculum, and accountability, while George W. Bush is pushing for a laissez faire or “hands off” federal government that would keep control of education in the hands of local government, where it has traditionally been.

While the federal government provides substantial funds to states for education, Bush believes that its role in education should be limited strictly to funding and accountability. While encouraging the distribution of federal funds for education, Bush is adamant that schools, especially those showing academic failure, need to display a notable degree of improvement to qualify for grants from the federal government. Bush believes schools that do not show considerable academic progress should have their funds revoked in the future and must demonstrate substantial progress to have the money reinstated . If revoked, these funds would then be awarded, in the form of a voucher, to the parents of the children enrolled in these failing schools so that they could have the option of transferring their children to either a charter, private, or other public school that would best benefit the child . This type of redistribution would allow parents to tailor their child’s education to best fit any learning difficulties or special talents they wish to highlight and would keep control of education in the hands of the local sector. George W. Bush believes additional national influence over education would only serve to undermine the local efforts to change their school system and that local control allows educators to focus on the particular problems of their individual districts. This ideology has been the traditional path for education to follow and has served as the backbone to which the education system was built upon.

Al Gore, (more…)

A good mystery story is written to tease the readers, never letting them know what will happen next. The readers are constantly misled to make them get more involved in the story. A mystery story should be comforting sending a message that life’s mysteries can be solved and always have an explanation at the end. They can also carry hidden meanings and messages. For example all of life’s mysteries and problems have a solution.

My study is of two mystery stories ‘A Vendetta’ and ‘The Three Strangers’. I will be looking at the way mystery is built and sustained and the purposes of the two writers. The main aim of a writer is to entertain their readers; in order to do this they must use clues, red herrings and twists to prevent their readers from predicting the ending.

I believe that Thomas Hardy is writing a story about the issues that can surround a small and close community. For example the characters willingness to let in complete strangers, possibly suggesting that rural close community’s are naive. While I think that Maupassant is writing about the issue that surround revenge. For instance the widow believes that what she is doing is right. She believes killing Nicolas for murdering her son is justice; she even believes that God would condone it.

In Thomas Hardy’s ‘The Three Strangers’ he used a deserted setting for his story, this creates mystery because the characters are alone and anything can happen, as there is no one to stop it. The weather in the story is ghastly. It gives a perfect example of chiaroscuro. The dark, stormy night compared to the joyous, welcoming and bright cottage. Hardy uses language to show how isolated the characters are, for example “lonely cottage”, “detached”, “undefended” and “exposed” so the readers appreciate how essential this is to the story.

The way Hardy sets the scene is realistic; it is set out how the reader’s would imagine a country cottage to be, rural and bucolic. This is important to a reader because they must be able visualise the scene and to identify with it, in order for them to be able to relate to the story. The readers do relate to the story because it is most likely set in rural England, possibly in an area like Wessex. This (more…)