Opinion essay

Is it important that people stay informed?

There are many different ways to stay informed in our world. One can see news on television or listen to the radio. Another chance to get informed is to read the newspaper or articles in the internet. In the following essay I will present some aspects why I think that people should stay informed.

First of all I want to start with the necessity of staying informed for the communication between human beings. Having good knowledge supports the self – confidence and makes people open – minded. So you can easily start a conversation and start on exchange of views.
Another aspect for the importance of a good know – how is the education. We should know what is going on in the world and not only live within our own four walls. We shouldn’t be shielded from the outside world but we should develop a thirst for knowledge. I think one of the most important news are the political ones because we live in a democratic state and everybody has the right to vote. In addition to that it could be that a bad political party gets too much influence on our state.
The last point for the necessity to stay informed is that you should broaden your mind. Concerning culture, politics, sport, nature, health, history,… To come to an own decision it’s very important to choose from a variety of different kind of opinions and then come to an own conclusion. You have to be informed to understand the world because there are many questions to be answered. For instance: Where does the gen - technology lead us to? How can our planet deal with the pollution?

To conclude, I must say that information makes the world go round. At the same time the main problem is that there is a flood of news and therefore the big challenge to choose between necessary and unimportant information. Without staying informed you can change nothing. Knowledge is power.

Graph description

This graph gives us precise information about the financial turnover situation. The years from 2000 to 2007 are indicated on the X-axis whereas the Y-axis expresses the money in million euros. In the year from 2000 to 2001 there was a slide but in the following year was a rapid rocket. After a second drop followed the next climb and this continues steadily. The prognosis says that this trend is going on.

Letter of application

Raphaela
Riedstraße 7
6840 Götzis
1.Feb.2009

Mr. Simon Rosenegger
Continetta Antionri
Restaurant
Jasomirgottstraße 3-5
1010- Wien
01/5337722

1.Feb.2009

Dear Mr. Rosenegger

Application for the cook position

I would like to apply for the cook position advertised on the Standard newspaper. The reason why I’m requesting for your advertisement is that I think I have got the essential skills. I’m very creative, I can handle with stress, I had a very good education and as well as I’ve got practical experiences.

I hope that these following experiences are also speaking for me:

• I worked in the Ambach restaurant as a cook for two years.
• For the period of five months I worked as a cook assistant of Tim Mälzer
• For the last one year I had the chance for a practical course in the Hilton Hotel in Vienna.

One of my reasons for applying is that I’ve always been cooking a lot and I like to practise my creativity through cooking. I hope these experiences will help me to get this job.

I would welcome the opportunity to discuss my application with you. I’m looking forward to hearing from you and I can be reached anytime via my cell phone, 0650/8977718. Thank for your time and I will hope that you give me the chance to work for you.

Sincerely yours,

Raphaela Klinger

Boys n the Hood

Group: 4
Evaluate this film: The pros and cons. Is the message relevant for us, too? Explain!

• Black Policeman:
  Racist against black people.
  Scene:
  1. A burglar gets into the house of Tre and there the policeman said: to bad that you don’t get him.
  2. Tre and Riccy drive home from the party. Suddenly the police stop them and one of the policeman hold a gun at Tre’s face.
  In Austria: That’s also like the situation here. It can also be that such a situation happens by us.
• Mother:
  Mother is different, because she earns more money. She lives different and she also doesn’t want to use slang. She wants to be integrated and be like white people. (The way she lives and the restaurant she chooses.)
  In Austria: A white woman from the middle class who wants to belong to the rich people.
• Education:
  It’s not usually that a black person gets a good job and a good education.
  The education is biased for white people not for black ones. For example: Riccy’s wife. Riccy is dead and so she has nothing now.
  In Austria: It is very important to get people educated otherwise it could be that they have nothing. Turkish people aren’t as good educated as Austrians.
• Drugs, alcohol, guns came from white people. It’s them making profits.
  In Austria: We don’t have a gun problem but the drugs and alcohol come from rich white people and are consumed by poor Austrians or Immigrants.
• Black people are interested in keeping their family together. Family, friendship, community -->Brotherhood.
  In Austria: Turkish people are interested in keeping their family. They don’t talk with white people, they don’t have a white community and they count themselves out
• A real man is not someone who kills and gets women pregnant.