Teachers’ Day

This is with reference to the story “A teacher’s gift” by Sanaullah Shapuki (YW, October 5, 2019). I appreciate the writer for such a wonderful story about World Teachers’ Day.

This story tells us that it is not necessary to give gifts to teachers because a student’s hard work is the most important gift for them. Students can wish their teachers a ‘Happy Teachers’ Day’ without a gift.

Thanks to the writer for giving us the awareness of this beautiful concept.

Imran Sattar,

Jathovi

Smart tips for studying

I enjoyed reading “Smart tips for studying” (YW, October 12, 2019). I cannot agree more with the writer that in this day and age, we have internet that gives us access to a world of information and we should utilise it for our studies.

Usually for subjects such as science and mathematics, I take notes when the teacher is explaining a topic to the class. Then I write them out neatly once I am at home. After the homework is done, I spend some time on the internet, browsing those topics that I found particularly interesting or a bit difficult.

For science and math, I have come across many websites that have explanations, pictures, tutorials and online sums and quizzes that one can do. Sometimes you can also mark yourself and see if you are progressing well. When all these modern tools and techniques are available to us, why just sit with your textbook and try to learn the topics by rote. Try opening your mind and learning new ways of getting information and you will start enjoying your studies.

Noreen Khan,

Dera Ghazi Khan

Pen pals

I am a regular reader of Young World magazine and love reading all the articles. I live in a cantonment area in Sargodha.

There is not much going on here except the daily humdrum of life — going to school, coming back home, visiting a couple of friends for playtime. I am curious to learn about other places in the world which is why I thoroughly enjoyed the cover story “Our colourful world”, by Benazir Raz (YW, October 19, 2019). It gave interesting information about so many unique places around the world.

The story gave me an idea. It would be great if we could have friends in different places all over the world. What if YW started a pen pals programme? This way we could write letters to each other and find out about how people live in faraway places in the world.

I know that this is the age of technology, but writing letters will have its own charm. Those readers who are interested in creating pen friendships can send in their addresses especially for this programme.

Hira Farooqi,

Sargodha

Published in Dawn, Young World, October 26th, 2019