Making decisions

I am thinking about my life and try to recall all of wrong decisions I have made. It is very hard to say which one was wrong and which one was good. In a way all of them were good because thanks to them I am who I am and I am now writing this essay. As far as I am concerned the wrong decisions do not exist. You can't make a wrong decision. It is always your choice. Sometimes after, you may wonder if you did everything what could be done, or if it was good but you cannot change it and the only thing you can do is to accept it. I think that all those decisions make a person, a character. You meet your friend because it is your decision, you study and work and that is your decision, you can even kill somebody and that is always your decision. In my opinion you should always reckon with the consequences. Even if we make a mistake it is good because it is another experience for us and the next time we won't make the same mistake. Sometimes the decision which seem to be wrong are turning to be good in the future. I think that we always make the best decisions for us at the moment we are concidering it. The future is a mystery and life is going on so I think that there is not much time to think if one decision was good or bad.

The old people

Being old is not easy especially in Poland. When you are young and healthy you don't think about that far future. But that are the usual ups and downs. First we are beautiful and then we are old. But can you be happy when you are eighty years old and you can barely walk? Unfortunately, in my opinion there are more disadventages than advantages of being old.
First of all, your appearance changes very much. You get smaller and you have got wrinkles all over the body. Your hair become gray. I think that it is very hard to get to used to such changes. What is even more important than appearance is the phisical fitness. Very often old people have got troubles with walking. They need to use walkingstick or even the wheelchair.
The next thing is that because of the lack of the phisycal fitness old people are not able to exist by their own. Very often they are dependent on their children. Moreover, children decide to send their parents to the old people's home which is rather condemning them to death than help. They feel unnecessary but they prefer to stay alone at house than go to the old people's home.
Furthermore, are old people poor very often. They are reciving their pensions but it is just enough for very modest living. They cannot afford going on vacation or sanatorium. They cannot even meet their friends because often they are just dead already.
As far as I am concerned it is not easy to be old person. I wish I had good children who would take care of me or maybe it is better to dye earlier. I think that the age is the only thing on this world which cannot be bought.

STEREOTYPES that Polish people like vodka

To start with, the definition of stereotypes sais that it is some kind of belief about different behaviours of people or nations. There are a lot of stereotypes mainly of nations. For example we can say that Gypsies are thieves, German people like drinking beer and sausages, French people are very fashionable, etc. Of course not all of the stereotypes are true and many of them are not real and may be very offensive. Those believes are the result of gathering the experiences by a large number of people from one country about people from the other countries. Most of the stereotypes are based on one's experiences which could be very good or very bad. So, we should be very careful before we start to judge other nations or people because very often the stereotypes are absolutely different. Lets look at the polish nation stereotype. We are said to be hospitable and kind. When we talk about polish person it is clear that she or he is a catholik who goes to church every Sunday. In free time polish person drinks a lot of vodka. We are very brave as the nation and we are great patriots but we quarrel a lot and we cannot build our country properly. We are good workers especially abroad but we are also thieves and we mainly steal cars forom Germany. This is how our polish stereotype looks like. Unfortuantelly I cannot agree with everything what is said about polish people. It is sad that the stereotypes are deep - rooted in the general view and that they are very hard to be changed. On the other hand it is good to know the customs of other countries but we should not listen to the all stereotypes and try to create as positive view of our country as possible.

Addictions

In contemporary times addictions are present in almost every spheres of people's lives. There are many different kinds of addictions, for instance: alcoholism, workoholism or even shopaholism. Now the question arises whether everything can be a drug and is it actually possible that everyone is addicted.
Many people claim that one of the aspects of addictions is connected with people's emotional site. Drugs and alcohol are a common cure for family problems, lack of money, professional failures, loneliness or boredom. They strongly believe that these things are able to solve all their problems and make them happy.
The second very important dimension of the case is television, which may become equally addictive as drugs. Nowadays people more and more often are becoming "coach potatoes" and simply can not resist watching programmes. Especially young people are prone to exaggerate with the television which makes a lot of harm to their brains. And the last, yet not the least important is the fact that addictions like workoholism or shopaholism are becoming even more and more common. In shopaholism are especially involved women, who feel the overwhelming need so as to buy something. Very often all the purchases are completely useless. Whereas workoholism is mostly the domain of men, for whom their job and competition are the only passions.
However, despite all these addictions, there are still people who appreciate more a good book rather than a television programme and more relaxing for them is a walk in the park than a trip to the shop.
To sum up, in every one of us, there is a little part despising the consumerism of this world. The most important thing is to discover it, as any drug or addiction will not make the world easier.

Books or computers - what is the better form of entertainment?

Computers belong to the greatest inventions of the 20th century. Since they were invented, they make our life much easier. Thanks to the computers we are able to communicate with our friends from the different parts of the world and we are given the great opportunity to educate, work and have fun. Today, some of us claim that computers are for them the only form of entertainment. Although computers have a huge impact on our life, there is still a tiny percentage of people who think that these machines couldn't ever replace good books, which are the best kind of entertainment.
Books appeared much earlier then the computers and we shouldn't forget about all these great writers, who for ages have been making our libraries full of wonderful, interesting and breathtaking stories. In my opinion, we shouldn't stop reading books, because it is the one way we could develop our imagination and vocabulary. By reading we can gain some information about world and history. It is not true that people stop reading. Many people, including myself and my friends, prefer reading to staring at a computer screen. For us it isn't funny to spend a lot of time in front of the computer and playing stupid computer games. It's nothing as a waste of worth time. Instead of computers I have my own way to enjoy myself. Every evening I spend with one of my favourite books. When I am reading, I don't care about anything. This form of spending time is for me the best one.
It is said that children whose parents used to read them in their childhood grow up to very intelligent people with richer vocabulary. What is more, their imagination seems to be more flexible and well-developed.
There is also a reasonable solution for these computer lovers, who couldn't imagine spending day without a computer. They can read books published in the Internet. In this way some authors try to make their books more available and connect a modern way of entertainment with the old one. They believe that this method will encourage more potential readers to read.
Books constitute a great part of our life. They have been present for many years and their pages contain a lot of history. Books are a very important source of information. I think that books are better form of entertainment than computers.

Why do people go on diet?

Nowadays people want to look healthy and slim. They think that it will help them in their career and private life. Especially woman try to lose their weight. They usually take slimming pills and go on exhausting diets. They do that because they want to be admired by men and they want to look like well-known actresses, models and TV announcers. But they have to remember that there are some extreme cases when diet leads to serious disorders and illnesses, for example bulimia and anorexia.
Of course there are some safe ways of losing your weight and looking good. First of all you have to limit proteins and fats, and you must remember to drink a lot, because if you don't, you will dewater your body. You should also remember about exercising because it speeds up metabolism and builds muscles. A good idea is to make a list of things you eat and to count calories.
But we have to also remember that there are a some people who go on diet because they want to feel better or they don't eat some kinds of food because of their convictions and religion. For example Jews don't eat pork, and vegetarians and vegans don't eat any kind of meat.

Learning foreign languages

Learning foreign languages can be very useful in our lives. People learn languages because they want to make contact with new people in foreign countries. They also want to be more self-confident when they are abroad. It is very important to know how to ask what direction you should go or simply where you are at the moment. Besides when you know foreign languages you can find out something new about customs and traditions of foreign countries.
People who know many languages expect to find a better job. And it is true, because there are a lot of professions where you simply have to know foreign languages. For example journalists and diplomats must know languages to be able to take part in conversations and to exchange point of view, or for example scientists, they should know foreign languages to follow the latest news in many fields of science.
Some people learn foreign languages because they are forced to do that if they want to pass their exams. But I must also say that there are a lot of people who do that because they like learning languages. They do that just for themselves and that is their hobby. They also learn languages because they want to read foreign books in original or to communicate throw the internet with their friends abroad.
I think that the most popular language is English. It is called "lingua franca". People use it to make deal all over the world and it is also the language of a pop-culture. Many singers think that it sounds better then their own languages.
I must say that if we want to understand a modern world we should learn foreign languages, especially English.