Monday, May 17, 2010

Students pay for education



In every place in this world governments have opened many colleges to allow the students to complete their higher studies. In the UAE there are many colleges as HCT, some people think that students must pay for education at HCT. I do not agree with this, although there are arguments on both sides.
Students have to pay because the students will take more care and seriously in their classes, if they pay they will try to not repeat the course again and try to study harder than whom not pay for the education. Another point is that the college would have a higher budget which means better facilities and teaching materials. The colleges with get a higher budget and can afford new facilities, and new technology to use the newest in technology in facilities equipment. I would also argue that payment for education would support a larger schedule, for example, more and later classes and elective courses. Students can study what they want to study and at what time they want to study.
The main reason why I disagree with the statement at students should pay for education is this is fairer for students from poorer families. For example, a student from a less wealthy family has the same chance to fulfill his dream of getting a good education to get a better life in the future and they can help them families. Another point is that there would be a better mix of students. In other world, students would be from different families and regions of the UAE. I would also argue that students who might not think about studying would have a chance to get a degree than otherwise. For example, a student who might not have a chance to study could apply and get motivated to improve themselves.
There are arguments for and against the statement. However, on balance, I believe the arguments in favour of a free education are stronger than those against students paying for education.

Sunday, May 16, 2010

The visitors to Canada, between 1996 to 2006


Canada is a very nice place to visit, it’s to the north of USA, and so the weather there is cooler than in the US. This line graph illustrates the number of visitors over 10 years from two countries Japan and Spain to Canada between the years 1996 to 2006.
The number of Japanese visitors was highest in 1996 to 1999 at more than 800 thousand visitors. The number of Spanish visitors was sharply increased from about 300 thousand in 1996 to about 650 thousand visitors in 1999. But after 1999 the number of visitors from both countries changed, in 2001 the Japanese visitors were reduced to 800 thousand visitors and the number of Spain visitors greatly decreased to about 500 thousand visitors. In the last five years the number or visitors from Japan to Canada started to go up and in 2006 was about 630 thousand visitors and the number of Spanish visitors greatly dropped and in 2006 it reached less than 600 thousand visitors.
In conclusion, the number of Japanese visitors outnumbered the Spanish visitors during the ten-year period.

Monday, May 3, 2010

The Number of the US Farms & Farm workers from (Rewrite)


The lines graph shows the US farms and farm workers in millions between1910 to 2000.
First, the best time was at the beginning of the century from 1910 to 1935, the number of farms was around 6,250,000, and the farm workers were about 13,800,000 workers. In the next decade there was a slight decline in the trend, in 1950 the farms fell to six million farms and the farm workers were reduced to less than 10 million workers. But in the next two years there was a sharp decline in both farms and farm workers, the farms fell to less than four and a half million and the farm workers fell to around half, about 3 million farm workers. In 1970 the fall did not stop and the number of farms and farm workers were close together. The farms fell to around 2 million and the farm workers were about 3 million, this means some farms had only one to two workers.
Nowadays, the government and people in the US know this is a big concern. But, although, the number of farms and farm workers has declined dramatically in the past country, overall the numbers have stabilized since 2000.

Are the examinations in the HCT fair?


From many years students in the HCT have studied to have the certificate of the college to increase their knowledge, but are examinations the best and fairest way of assessment in HCT. In this essay I am going to discuss whether examinations are useful in the HCT or not and why.
Every year many new students come to the HCT to study and these students have exams about every month to know if the students work hard, and to assess them at the end of the term. I think the exams are important to follow up the student and assess them; also these exams help them to know their area of weakness and fix it. These exams help student as well to keep studying well and work hard. The HCT is open more than twenty years and the way of assessing students has been the examination.
As we know, sciences develop in every second. I think the way of studying in the HCT also must develop faster than what’s happenings now. The exams are still not enough to know if the students are ready for the labor market and what is needed in the labor markets in the UAE. The management of the HCT must study the needs of the labor markets in the UAE and what are the areas of weakness of the study in the HCT to improve it. Exams are a good way but maybe the best way to know if the students are ready for work. There are many better ways than exams, one example of these ways is to make an interview with the students or let the student go to work for two to three weeks as a trainee. There are many ways to be used by the HCT management.
To conclude I think the HCT management must change the way of assessment of the student and improve the way of studying depending on what the government needs for future in the UAE and to keep the ways of examinations improving year by year.