Category: Essays

Short essay on A Little Learning is a Dangerous Thing (free to read). These words by Alexander Pope are full of meaning. As a general rule, learning must not be a dangerous thing.As Horace Mann says, “A human being is not in any proper sense a human being till he is educated.” But a little learning becomes a dangerous thing when it is applied to real life as a substitute for perfect learning.Take the medical line. If a doctor has not got a proper degree through hard and dedicated work, he can prove a nuisance to society. He can kill more people than he can save. The bridges, buildings and dams built by an engineer with imperfect knowledge of his subject will collapse sooner rather than later. A teacher who…

Short essay on Failures are the Pillars of Success (Free to read). Life is a struggle. It is a mixture of successes and failures. Nobody can be sure of success all through his life. Failure can come in any venture and that sometimes most unexpectedly.A person, who loses heart after failure, is a lost soul. But a person, who takes failure in its own stride and continues his efforts for success, does succeed in the long run. The story of King Bruce is too well-known to need to be described. That is why one poet has said, ADVERTISEMENTS: ‘Ties a lesson you should heed: Try, try again!Till at last you do succeed Try, try again!” Image Source : i.ytimg.comAll the great men of the world- the religious reformers, the scientists…

360 words essay on A Railway Journey (free to read). Traveling is a great and inspiring experience. It is at once instructive and interesting. If we travel second class, a railway journey gives us a true picture of India for the majority of its people travel second class.I had a great desire to go to Shimla. Imagine my joy when I received a letter from my cousin to visit him during the summer vacation! My father gladly allowed me to go.It was the sticky month of July. The day at last arrived. Our school was closed for two months. I reached home, packed up my articles and left for the railway station. I reached the station fifteen minutes before the arrival of the train. There was a great rush at…

Short essay on the Autobiography of a Horse. I remember nothing about my birth or early child­hood. My earliest remembrance dates back to the time when I lived with my mother in a stable. There were a number of other horses there. AIL of them were grown up ones. Often they did not allow me to have my meals undisturbed. Sometimes, some of them even planted their forceful hoofs in my back, which caused me intense pain. My mother was agonized to see me thus and tried to lick me and sooth -e me whenever possible.The owner was, however, a nice young man. He was very fond of me and took special care of me. He often patted me on the back and sometimes even brought special tasteful food for…

Short Story on The Tortoise and the Ducks. The Tortoise, you know, carries his house on his back. No matter how hard he tries, he cannot leave home.They say that Jupiter punished him so, because he was such a lazy stay-at-home that he would not go to Jupiter’s wedding, even when especially invited.After many years, Tortoise began to wish he had gone to that wedding. When he saw how gaily the birds flew about and how the Hare and the Chipmunk and all the other animals ran nimbly by, always eager to see everything there was to be seen, the Tortoise felt very sad and discontented. He wanted to see the world too, and here he was with a house on his back and little short legs that could hardly…

This long word literally means putting “forward” to “tomor­row”; for it is derived from the Latin word, eras, “tomorrow”, and prefix pro, “before” or “forward.”Of course it is sometimes necessary and wise to postpone a decision or an action, where hasty conclusions would be foolish; but “procrastination” always means putting things off tomorrow which ought to be done to­day. ADVERTISEMENTS: It is the fault of dilatoriness and laziness, that leads us to shirk the doing of present duties and inclines us to defer them to some future time.Thus the fault of procrastination is just the opposite of the virtue of punctuality. A punctual man takes care to do what has to be done exactly at the right time; the dilatory man never does anything at the right time, but always…

Father’s Day is usually celebrated on the third Sunday in the month of June. It is celebrated to honor and respect fathers. The dates may vary slightly in other countries. On this day people buy gifts for their fathers or treat them to special things like a dinner at a fancy restaurant or sponsor a vacation abroad, etc. Father’s Day was first observed on July 5, 1908, by Dr. Robert Webb of West Virginia at the central Methodist church of Fairmont. Later, a Mrs. Sonora Smart Dodd thought of having a similar celebration for her father in 1909, while listening to a Mother’s Day sermon in church. Her father, Henry Jackson Smart, had raised her after her mother died young. Image Source : craftbeerandkitchen.com ADVERTISEMENTS: He had made a lot…

An average energy requirement by a healthy man is about 2500 Calories/day, if the intake of calories is less than this then food is said to be under nourished. It affects human beings in following ways:1. Inefficient energy makes human being unable to perform work properly.2. Body becomes susceptible to disease lack of proper nutrients. ADVERTISEMENTS: The affects of under nourishment on children are:1. Body growth becomes low2. Various abnormalities arise.3. Mentally retartedness is seen. ADVERTISEMENTS: 4. Hormonal disorders such as goiter is seen.5. Delayed adulthood is observed.6. Physical abnormality generates social inferiority complex. Image Source: aquaponicsworld.net ADVERTISEMENTS: MalnourishmentLack of healthy ingredients in diet is called as malnutrition. If the food is being eaten, has nutritional imbalance due to lack of appropriate dietary ingredients, malnutrition may take place which can…

An ideal student is someone who is thirsty for knowledge. Such a student will not be distracted in class. After all that is what every teacher desires. This thirst for knowledge will ensure that she is attentive and is committed to learn all that she can about a particular subject so that she can understand it fully. An ideal student will also have certain other distinguishing qualities. She will have well – defined goals in life and her effort will be to do whatever it takes to achieve these goals. For instance, if you ask her what she aspires to be, she will have a ready answer. And she will have a good reason for what she aspires to be. She will also have a clear vision of what is…

It was a bad day for my brother. He had got a mouthful from my father for playing cricket all the time and not studying. My brother was in a bad mood and I felt sorry for him as I also used to get a good scolding from my father from time to time. I was wondering how to pacify my brother and change his mood. It was mid- afternoon and my father were having a snooze. Everybody knew better than to disturb him when he was taking his afternoon nap. But not the neighborhood tomcat. He and another torn were having a free for all in our front yard. There was much hissing and spitting and growling and meowing. Between the two of them, they created such a racket…