Writing Samples — Model Paragraphs by Topic

I think that the best thing to relieve stress is to watch some sitcoms or hear something funny like jokes. A person should develop his sense of humor and be cool, comic and optimistic, because some experts of mental health have noted that we can't imagine going through a day without laughter. Humor will make every part of your life better. It will help you through difficult times and help you make the good times even better. It will also attract good people and good situations to you.

Citizenship is membership in a society, community, city or town — but now usually a country — and carries with it the right to political participation. A person having such membership is a citizen. Citizenship status often implies some responsibilities and duties. It is largely coterminous with nationality, although it is possible to have a nationality without being a citizen (legally subject to a state and entitled to its protection without having rights of political participation in it). It is also possible to have political rights without being a national of a state. In most nations, a non-citizen is a non-national and called either a foreigner or an alien.

Nowadays it is important for women to work outside the home because of economic reasons. Yet, this idea is still debated by many people who argue that the family, especially small children, may be neglected. I believe that every woman has the right to work, but she should carefully consider many problems. Especially, when she is at work, she may concern and worry about her children. She may wonder if they are safe, and if her absence is hurting them emotionally. After a mother takes into consideration all these problems above, she must decide if a job outside home is worth it. I believe that in spite of all these obstacles, many mothers work and manage a family successfully.

One of the most serious issues in the world today is the brain drain phenomenon. Thousands of intellectuals leave their native country in search of a better life. There are many factors that breed this situation. First, the lack of job opportunities is one of them. Moreover, the host country offers better work conditions and ensures a comfortable life for these newcomers. This "capital flight," as many people call it, has both positive and negative effects. It not only helps these brainy people to improve their standards of living, but it also enables them to contribute to the development of their home country when they come back. One way to prevent this is to offer these people tempting salaries and opportunities to develop their potential inside their home country.

Sustainable development is a pattern of resource use that aims to meet human needs while preserving the natural environment so that these needs can be met not only in the present, but in the indefinite future. The term was used by the Brundtland Commission, which coined what has become the most often-quoted definition of sustainable development as development that "meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs." The field of sustainable development can be conceptually broken into three constituent parts: environmental sustainability, economic sustainability, and social-political sustainability.

Old people are more annoying by far. They are so quick to degrade and stereotype younger people, even though every group has had their criminals and bad apples. They are rude and think they can say or do anything to anyone without any recourse. I have been victimized numerous times by older people, and all old people can do is keep degrading us. So I chose young people because they have a "no one can touch me" attitude and think they know everything.

Advanced technology has transformed our lives completely, both physically and morally. Every day people are assaulted by new gadgets on markets. As a result, life is becoming more and more comfortable but complicated as well. Unemployment is spreading because machines are taking man's place. Armed conflicts break out here and there due to free arms trade. More and more refugees abandon their homeland in search of peaceful shelter. Technology is something good as long as it serves humanity. However, when it makes a mistake, the price to pay is very high: human lives!

International Organization is a leading peer-reviewed journal that covers the entire field of international affairs. Subject areas include: foreign policies, international relations, international and comparative political economy, security policies, environmental disputes and resolutions, European integration, alliance patterns and war, bargaining and conflict resolution, economic development and adjustment, and international capital movement.