Does your homework help you to learn ? 

Every day, every hour, every minute, hundreds, thousands, millions of exhausted and tired students around the world are forced to spend their precious free-time doing homework. Sometimes, it takes the whole afternoon to do their homework carefully and there is no time left for leisure activities. Homework is just a revision of the things you have learnt at school. Is really necessary or only a waste of time? 

Homework is absolutely necessary because it‘s learning by doing. The most important argument for doing homework is that it doubtlessly helps you to keep the things you have learnt in school in your mind. Repetition is really useful to remember things for tests or other schoolwork. Furthermore, you‘ll have no problems in your subjects either, if you do your homework regularly. An argument for parents is that their children should have to do a lot of work at home to keep them from developing weird ideas. 

However, there are some disadvantages with homework. First of all it‘s very tiring to do homework after you have been in school the whole day. You just need some time to relax and it should be possible to have some hobbies beside school but the more homework you have to do the less spare-time you have. Moreover, some homework such as copying a text is extremely senseless. 

To sum up, homework is not always the ideal way of spending your free-time but it is necessary to learn something. It surely helps you to prepare for tests and teachers need evidence to see that pupils do something at home for the subject. In my opinion, homework should be kept short and it must definitely never ever be a way of punishing pupils. 

American English vs. British English:

In school I doubtlessly learned British English - my school books were from Britain and my teacher studied English in London. Although there was some influence from the States, at my school British English dominated the subject. The first time I‘ve been to America was at the age of thirteen. At that time my aunt had lived in Florida, so I went to visit her for the whole summer. When I got back I not only had a deeper understanding for the English language but also I‘ve learned tons of new American English expressions. Nowadays I watch many TV-Series from the States in their original language. Mostly because I can‘t wait to see the newest season of my favorite Tv-Shows. Therefor, American English has a bigger impact on my English so far. 

There is a great amount of words between American English and British English which has different meanings or rather different expressions e.g.: Ground floor BE - first floor AE, film BE - movie AE. Besides those differences, the Americans and the British differ significantly in their pronunciation.  I have to say that for me the American accent is easier to pronounce, however, I have a weakness for the British pronunciation. This is why Britain absolutely wins the battle AE vs. BE FOR ME :D 

What the Americans think about British accents ? WATCH THIS! 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvfVopjx1zs

Here is a link about the differences between American English and British English: http://esl.about.com/od/toeflieltscambridge/a/dif_ambrit.htm

Have you ever been to Johnny Rockets?

Now that you are studying  English at University,  you may be thinking about going to an English speaking country. If you are considering  it,  I recommend you to either go to the States or to Canada. It isn‘t because I have something against Britain but North America has something that the Queen doesn‘t have: Johnny Rockets.  To clear things up, Johnny Rockets is an American restaurant franchise whose concept is to create a classic American restaurant atmosphere. The theme is the 1950s diner-style and the reason why I fell in love with Johnny Rockets. 

The food at the restaurant is incredibly delicious, especially the burgers,  and unlike McDonalds you get Oreo or  peanut butter  Milkshakes instead of Coke or Ice-Tea to drink. The first time I‘ve been to Johnny Rockets in Toronto, all the waiters began to dance to the Bee Gees ‘ song “Night fever“; it was hilarious. 

If you ever go to North America, IT IS FOR YOUR OWN GOOD,go an try the Bacon Cheddar Double and the Oreo Milkshake! You will never forget it, trust me. 

Disneyland Club 33 

Last week my mum came home from the US after visiting her sister in Miami. Besides getting to know Miami she also went to Disneyland in Orlando. My aunt told her an interesting story: In Disneyland they have one of the most secret club of the World, the Club 33. Club 33 is a private club located in the heart of the amusement park Disneyland. If you want to be a member you have to pay an amount between 7500 an 10.00 Dollar per year. 

However, it isn‘t that easy to get in because there is a waiting list which can last up to 15 years. Moreover,the club never has got more than 487 members.  

The entrance to the “Club 33“ is situated in the park “ New Orleans Square“ and the doorbell is hidden so that no one besides the members and the member of staff have access to the club. In addition, members get free access to both Disney parks whenever they are open, plus early park admission several days each week. 

Sounds pretty awesome, right??