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FACEBOOK
Facebook is a networking site, which connects people all over
the world, making the Earth a global village. This social networking giant was
launched by Mark Zuckerberg and his friends. The website mainly aims at
connecting people or helps them socialise and makes its revenue out of
advertising. A lot of teachers today feel that since the usage of facebook is
very familiar with students across the globe, it may prove to provide an upper
hand in their education, if used properly. Teachers and students may become
facebook friends. That way, teachers may know a lot about their students
personally. The student teacher interaction which may not be plausible in the
classroom may be made possible online. Teachers and students can post study
related videos and articles on their wall, for other students to view and
learn. If students and teachers are facebook friends, students will be able to
ask doubts any time and get clarified based on the availability of the staff
online. If the topics and dates of submission for assignments are posted on
facebook, it would be convenient for both the staff and the student. This
networking may create a bonding between the preacher and the preached that may
not be possible in today's classrooms. As we all know, there
are two sides to a coin, to an untold story and to every other thing on earth.
Everything has its pros and cons. Hence, facebook, if used properly can be made
a powerful educational tool. But, the students who spent more than six hours on
facebook were found to have lost interest in studies and eventually, their GPA
were less. But, the advantages of facebook can be made to outweigh its
disadvantages if educators start using facebook as an educational tool. In
conclusion, this study is all about fore fronting the emerging phases of Facebook
with special attention to education and academic purposes. Therefore, this
paper triggers empiric and theoretical probe on academic activities in Facebook.
ROAD ACCIDENT
The recent movement
of Banladeshi students for Road safety in the name ‘We Want Justice’ is really
phenomenal for parents, teachers, leaders and for the generation next.
Bangladesh is beset with many problems including road accident and the root
cause of all problems is over-population. Road accident is one of
them and nowadays it has become national catastrophe or crisis for Bangladesh.
Everyday road accident is taking away enormous innocent lives ruthlessly.
Whenever we turn over the newspaper pages everyday, we find such types of
unexpected road crashes news. Day after day we are becoming helpless to the
street accidents. Now it is the greatest concern for Bangladesh to reduce death
tolls and injured people which are being occurred for sudden road accidents. It
has even become dreadful to walk on the busiest roadside in the urban areas. No
individual is responsible for causing road accidents singly. There are various
reasons for occurring road crashes in Bangladesh. The reasons include
inexperienced drivers, lack of social awareness, overtaking tendency, lack of
training, ill-motive of earning huge profit, lack of control of our
law-enforcing agencies and the like. “Stop plying of three-wheelers on highways,
introduce speed metres and create awareness among drivers about the danger of
reckless driving” -- these are the major recommendations of the
experts. Road accident should be
declared as the national disaster and the prompt and effective actions are much
needed to mitigate this problem. The more delay to take actions, the more death
tolls to be brought. Traffic rules should be imposed strictly. Passers-by
and drivers should be aware. Radio and television can play a vital role in this
regard.
Satellite
TV Channels in Bangladesh
Satellite TV channels greatly divert
our young generation from our rich heritage. Earlier our youths were influenced
by western culture but with the introduction of satellite TV channels they are
now dominated by Indian culture. Noticing that those channels were diverting
our young generation to foreign culture, the local entrepreneurs launched local
satellite channels. ATN, the first private TV channel, started operation in
1997. Gradually other channels came into being. At present about 17 local
private TV channels are continuously airing programmes upholding our
long-cherished culture and tradition. But if we shuffle through the channels we
will come across the ubiquitous dance sequence of the Indian music video.
Unfortunately, the young generation is easily lured into those things. They
remain glued to Indian channels most of which air music videos that ooze with
sexuality. As the students waste most of their time watching vulgar music on
the satellite channels, they do badly in their exams and thus ruin their
future. But satellite TV channels have their bright sides also. There are some
very good informative and educative channels like Discovery, Nat Geo Wild, Al
Jazeera, BBC, CNN, etc. Watching those channels we can easily widen our gamut
of knowledge which will ultimately give us power. So, to protect society from
the catastrophic effect and to protect our own rich culture we must ban those
channels that air sleazy stuff. TV for kids ought to combine entertainment with
some sort of value, be it educational or artistic. Furthermore, while it
needn't be juvenile or dumbed down, it cannot contain elements that are
completely unfit for a very young audience. Unfortunately, we cannot control
what is being shown on our television sets. We can, however, lead our children
to understand that there is a world outside of the virtual one. And it's not
all that bad out there.
City Life and Rural
Life
We, modern humans, willingly choose to live
our life. Sometimes we choose to be free while sometimes confined. Free life
is the village life which refers to living in the greenery. City
life refers to the life of urban people. There is wide difference between
village life and city life. Both the City and the village serve functional
purpose in their own way. The village feeds and clothes people and the city
provide learning and culture. There is a wide gap between the two in the matter
of amenities of life. This gap must be bridged or at least made narrow. The
villagers also should enjoy some of the comforts enjoyed by the people living
in the cities.Village-life is plain and simple.
Here, there is no din and bustle of the city. Everything is calm and
quiet. People are in direct touch with nature. Most of their time passes in
looking after fields and cattle. They are religious and pious. They devote much
of their time to prayer and to signing in praise of God. They enjoy pure air.
They get pure and unadulterated food grains, fruits, milk and milk products.
They also get fresh vegetables and fruits. The village has many
disadvantages, too. There are no good doctors in the village. Therefore, many
people die for want of proper treatment. There is much dirt and filth in the
village. There is illiteracy also. They are very few libraries. For want of these,
people generally remain superstitious. They quarrel among themselves and waste
their time in idle gossip. City-life is full of glamour and is very
fascinating. There are magnificent multi storied buildings, broad roads,
shopping malls, multiplexes, electric light, etc. In large cities, there are
mills, factories and industries too. All these dazzle the eyes of newcomers to
the city. Here, there is novelty in everything. The dress of the people is
different, the habits are different, and there is difference in manners and
speech also. Even the daily routine of life is different. People spend their
evening in a park, a library, a shopping mall, or a cinema hall. From time to
time circus, dramatic parties and exhibitions visit the city and provide
diversion to the people. Then there are football, tennis and cricket matches,
public meetings, speeches by eminent persons, etc. all these are entirely
absent in villages. In the midst of all these, the city-people lose their soul.
They turn into something like a machine. They exist merely to each and to
spend. City life is good only for the rich. Poor people do not fit in the City.
They have to live in dirty quarters. They find it difficult to make both ends
meet. In spite of these disadvantages, poor people have to live in Cities. The
City provides various sources of income. There are a large number of
occupations in the City. They provide livelihood for a large number of poor
people. Whatever be the conditions in both lives, we have to choose one just to
be happy and just to live a dream life.
