My two School Exam essays

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My first school was Rosewood Downs Primary School. However, during Grade One I shifted to Glen Waverley Primary School. I moved because we changed houses; so my brother could go to a school in that area.

Two years later y brother sat the Melbourne High School (MHS) entrance exam; I wanted to go back to my old school. My mother said that if my brother made it into MHS I could go back to Rosewood Downs. Fortunately he did make it in.

From Grade Four to Grade Six I was at Rosewood Downs. During these years I made many friends, went through many challenges and upheld my faith. Many of my friends are still in contact with via email or/and telephone.

One of my most memorable challenges was being House Captain of Barwon. Barwon was the blue house; houses at my school were named after famous rivers: Yarra (yellow), Rubicon (red), Golburn (green) and Barwon (blue). Despite the fact that being house captain was challenging it was also quite enjoyable, seeming my cousin and best friend were house captains as well. Two of our duties were to run the office during the breaks for at least one day, this included taking calls and making announcements over the loud speaker. Our other duty was to run assembly once a fortnight.

At the end of Grade six I had a choice of going to Dandenong High, Wellington Secondary or Minaret College. I ended up choosing Minaret but it was a hard choice seeming my friends were at Wellington and I had been short-listed for the Dandenong High accelerated program

This year I am in Year Eight and I have sat the MHS entrance exam, like my brother before. I sat the exam on the 16^th of June. Now I await my results.

Television: Should it be banned?

Television is part of the new generation. A TV set is installed in nearly all the houses of Australians. But exactly how much good does a television really do? And how much harm does a television cause? And what would Islam say about it?

Television can be either a source of education, a source of entertainment or a tool used to destroy a child’s life. How? On TV they show many informative and interesting documentaries. In these documentaries they will educate you about the subject which can range from war to religion to peace or from animals to the stars. TV can also provide us entertainment, showing us comedy shows or cartoons for children, it would be a great way to relax after a long hard day. Then again TV can also have negative impact on one’s children. On TV they do show violent content or scenes your child shouldn’t be watching. If a child does grow up watching these shows he/she may think of it normal to fight, murder, rape, steal, swear or commit adultery.

Islam would definitely forbid the watching of unacceptable programs where they show inappropriate images. However, on the other hand it would probably be permissible to watch that aren’t unsuitable.

This shows that television, like most things has its ups and downs. However we cannot say we should ban it just because of its downfalls. We should be optimistic and work on reducing the downfalls and improving the positives.