Some people think that school years are the happiest days in people's lives. Can you say that you have been happy at school? Why?

Some people think that school years are the happiest in their life. As for me, I can not say whether it is right or wrong. I am still too young and it's difficult for me to say if my future will be happier than my past. But I am sure that school plays a very important part in the life of every person, and knowledge we get at school is the key to our future success. For students, who are doing well and want to get higher education, school is a very attractive place, but others, who are not successive in learning, think that school is boring and uninteresting place. (As for me I think that school is a great place). So, people think differently about this time of their life. School is not only a place of education. It is also the place where almost everything happens with a person for the first time. School is the first true experience of the real life. School society is a model of real society with its advantages and disadvantages. But these lessons may be very pleasant and happy for ones and unhappy for others. I'm rather a good student. I don't have many problems at school and I really like to study. First of all, it's interesting for me to learn a lot of new things every day. A teacher plays an important role in our education. I can say that I'm lucky because all our teachers are experienced and knowledgeable. We study various subjects and our lessons are usually interesting and exciting. My favourite subjects are Literature, English. Informatics and I like these lessons very much. I have some friends among my classmates. We go in for sports and spend a lot of time together after school. And it's so great to have real friends and good teachers, whom I can respect and trust. I go to school with pleasure because I like my school, my teachers and my class. So I can say that I 'm really happy at school and may be my school years will stay in my memory as the happiest years in my life.

Television is much spoken about nowadays. It has both good and bad points. What are your arguments for and against watching tv?

Television plays a very important part in people's lives. It's a wonderful source of information and one of the best ways to spend free time. TV channels show a lot of different programmers': documentaries and news programmers, feature films and comedies, soap and police series, concerts and talk shows. Television has a lot of advantages. It gives us the opportunity to travel all over the world, to see different people and to learn about their customs and traditions. Television keeps us information about the rest of the world. TV is the cheapest form of entertainment, which gives pleasure to millions of people, especially to old people who live alone. But many people say that television has a lot of disadvantages and that watching TV is a terrible waste of time. There are really a lot of bad programmers on TV and of course, there are TV addicts who just sit down in front of the "box" and watch TV for hours without choosing programmers. In this case, watching television is for such people really waste of time. Television really makes some people lazier. They stay at home, they read less, and think less, even talk less. To cut them off from reality and real life is better than this passive enjoyment. The other disadvantages is that there is too much violence on TV and many people think that watching such programmers can turn people into criminals. But if we watch TV for an hour a day to know what is happening in the world or to relax, or to watch some interesting programmer, then television is really useful. Many of programmers shown on TV can help us a lot. A good soap-opera, or a comedy or even an advertisement may be a source of relaxation and even some new knowledge for many people. I think that television has a lot of advantages (good points, good effects). I think that TV itself doesn't have bad effects, but people should learn how to use it properly. The ideal thing is to turn on the TV only when there is a really interesting programmer, and to turn it off, if the programmer is stupid or boring and uninteresting. As for me, I like watching different quizzes. My favourite TV-programmer is "Who wants to be a millionaire? ». It is a game-show where a player is asked different questions. .If the answers are correct, the participant gets a lot of money. But if he is wrong, he losses everything. The questions are always very interesting and they help me to learn many new useful things.