The effects of being middle children in a family.

Middle born children may not have distinctive place in their family. Therefore, they may feel unspecialized while growing up. There are two main effects of being a middle child on one's personality, one is negative whereas the other is positive. The first effect is that middle-born children may seem to be overlooked. In other words, they may be forgotten in the middle of the crowd, with the older siblings taking greater responsibilities and attracting praise and appreciation, and the youngest ones drawing all the care and the attention that the parents have to give. The second effect is that they may typically place a great importance on their peer group, where they may find the interest they miss at home. They are well known for going outside the home to make friends faster than anybody else in the family. Because they may feel like fifth wheel at home, many of them may tend to be the social lines of the family. Having a strong sense of leadership and becoming very good organizers within their peer groups, coming up with great ideas, middle children often have many friends and find happiness outside the house. To sum up, all these are not to say that middle children totally ignore their siblings or the rest of the family. They come in to this role naturally because they are often right in the middle. They naturally develop problem-solving skills, especially against problems in personal relationships. Obviously, the middle children often become the best adjusted adults in the family.

Children should not own mobile phones.

Although proponents of children's using mobile phones believe that it is almost impossible for working parents to control their children without mobile phones, I propose that children should not own mobile phones as it interferes with their studing and it is unhealthy. To begin with, it keeps children away from studing. Since there is an advance in technology, there are also unneedable items, such as songs and games, which discourage children from studing. Consequently, it makes children to have low grades. Moreover, it is unhealthy. As there is radiation in it, children may have severe diseases, such as heart disease, cancer and etc. These may lead to loss of generation. However, proponents of children owning mobile phones argue that it eases communication; that is, contact anywhere and at anytime with their parents. They have a point, but this claim is not strong enough because health is the most important issue in one's life. To sum up, to have healthy generations, children of nowadays should not be allowed to own mobile hones.

Get up early.

Although opponents prefer to get up later in a day and work until late at night, I prefer to get up early in the morning and start the day's work for two reasons. First, getting up early in the morning is good for ones health. In fact, in the morning there is fresh air that has not been exposed to pollution. In other words, getting up early makes your mind and body much more healthy. Second, provided that you get up early, you may finish your daily work and have much time to spend with your friends and family. However, the proponents of getting up late in a day argue that it is impossible to be able to keep concentration. What they say is totally wrong. In fact, at night the brain is proved to be tired because of day's work. Therefore, it must be difficult to keep concentration at late times as night. However, in the morning you have your brain relaxed and it will work properly and effectively. To sum up, getting up early in a day is healthy and efficient for one.

Argumentative paragraph

Thesis statement: Nowadays whether prefering to get up early in the morning and start the day's work or to get up later in the day and work until late at night has been an controversial issue. Although opponents prefer to get up later and work until late at night I prefer to get up early in the morning and start the day's work.
Reason 1: Getting up early in the morning is good for one's health. In fact, in the morning there is fresh air that has not been exposed to pollution. In other words, getting up early makes your mind and body much more healthy.
Reason 2: Provided that you get up early, you may finish your daily work and have much time to spend with your friends and family.
Reasons against: Not being able to keep concentration
Refutation of opponent's argument: At night the brain is proved to be tired because of day's work. Therefore it must be difficult to keep concentration at late times as night. However, in the morning you have your brain relaxed. As a result, brain will work properly and effectively.

Whether to talk to mother or to friend

This week we talked about whether one should talk to a mother or to the best friend in case there are relationship problems with boyfriend. Mostly agreed answer was to talk to the best friend. There are three main reasons why one should talk to the best friend. First, both would be nearly in same ages. So she/he may understand what one means exactly. Second, friend has a big possibility to have experienced the same situation. In fact, usually a friend is one who may be inspired by. Therefore, friend's word may work out more effectively. Third, she won't get angry even if you have done something wrong, which is main reason for one not talking to a mother. In conclusion, I prefer talking to a stranger rather than talking to a mother and to the best friend.

Compare and contrast paragraph

Today, in Second Life I traveled to Oise Bristel Edunation III and Novatech HQ. Although I couldn't realise any similarities, there are some differences I was able to recognize. Firstly I went to Osie Bristel Edunation III. It can be named as a beach which had very outstanding villas and boats. Alla villas were dublex. There were also many trees, bridges and cliffs. Then I traveled to Novatech HQ which is an techno centre. The most noteworthy thing that attracted me was an aquarium which was standing at the middle of the building. And there were some rooms filled by computers and technological items. To sum up Oise Bristel is a very nice place to have a holiday while Novatech HQ is the best place for people who are interested in technology.

Causes of financial crisis

Financial crisis has been one of the worlwide problem lately. It is a loss of confidence in a country's currency or other financial assests causing international investors to withdraw their funds from the country. There are 3 main causes of financial crisis. First, living and spending beyond your means. When you don't keep trail of what you spend, it is easy to have your expenses exceed your income. After few years, negative cash flow will lead financial crisis. And important changes to overcome it will need to be made. Second, loss of a job. Depending on the overall health of the economy, a job search can easily outlast four or six months or more. This may lead to big troubles. Third main cause of financial crisis is divorce. Usually a divorce implies expences increase, while household income decreases. Between legal fees, moving costs and countless other expenses, it is simply itself an expensive process. To sum up, being aware of the main causes of financial crisis may help you to know what to avoid.

Narrative paragraph

This week, we learnt how to build house in Second Life. First, we made up a group of 5 people. We looked an appropriate place for our house. Deciding where to build, we began with base of our house, floor. The main button we did use is build button which is located in the bottom. Second, we built walls of the house by making boxes and by joining them. Third, we did build a roof and discussed in which colour should be our house.In fact, it was the most difficult part because everyone suggests her opinion. To sum up, we learnt how to build a house and had a nice experience.

Studing in abroad has many advantages. However there may be two disadvantages. One of the disadvantages may be not knowing language of country where you study. Because of this you may not only have trouble in your education, but also have difficulties in surviving. Second may be culture shock. In fact, every country has its own culture and beliefs. And not knowing them may labor under a sense of wrong. To sum up, despite of its disadvantages studing abroad is enjoyable.

METU is one of the best universities in Turkey. In fact, students studing in METU are better in many ways than students studing in other universities. There are some reasons why METU students are. To begin with, they are more knowledgable since they are the ones who were successful in university entering exam (ÖSS). Second, they are social. You will not find anyone not attending to activities. Third, they are internationally minded. In METU there are too many sudents coming from abroad. By means of it, native students have an opportunity making friendship with foreign students and learning different countries and cultures. To some up, METU students are better in many ways than ones studing in other universities.

For which purpose do people use Second Life?

Purposes for using Second Life may be classified into two groups. First purpose is for meeting new people. People using for this purpose claim that using Second Life is the easiest way to meet people from all over the world. Second purpose is for fun. People using for fun say that the Second Life is the only place where they can be fully satisfied by amusement. To sum up, Second Life is used for two purposes.

This snapshot is from Second life in which we may travel wherever we want. I traveled Berlin. There was a supermarket with no people inside. At the beginning, I scared to be honest. Then, while I was looking around I saw a girl who is in the picture looking at us. I came near to her and asked her to introduce herself. She told me her name but I forgot it. She was from Germany. She has graduated university in Germany. This is everything that I experienced in Second life and I really had fun.

Hello, I would like to introduce my best friend. Her name is Gulcan. She is from Turkmenistan. She is 18. We studied in high school together for 5 years and she was my classmate and roommate. To talk about her outlook she is tall and pale-skinned. Her eyes are like chinese. She loves studieng, reading and playing volleyball. The thing that made me impressed on her is her personality. She has a sense of helpness. She is the most reliable person I have ever met. I always shared my feelings and difficulties with her and she never got angried even if I had done something wrong. She always helped me to find my own way which is true. Unfortunately life has separated us. She studies in Moscow now. We planned to study in Turkey but her parents did not let her. However, we still keep in touch unless life has separated us. She is one of the most important reasons of me studieng here. I will thank her forever for being my friend.

Introduction

I am Gulnara Pirliyeva. I am from Turkmenistan and I am 17. I graduated from Ashkabat Turkmen-Turkish girls high school in 2008. I've decided to study in Metu because of its better education. And I hope that I won't regret about it.