Reflection on "The Taximan Story"

‘The Taximan’s Story’ by Catherine Lim mainly talks about students lying to their parents about having extra coaching or so when they actually went out with some European friends. I believe that such a problem is caused by the students themselves. Why should the students lie when they can tell their parents the truth about them going out with their friends? I doubt that their parents would scold them and maybe even allow them to hang out with them if it is not too frequent.
However, I also feel that the school is partly at fault. The school should inform the parents about the school activities held and when is it held. This will allow the parents to know if their children are lying or not and also to know about their children’s whereabouts.
In the story, the taxi driver was extremely happy when some of the students paid more money for the fare. He seemed happy that the students went out with their friends as they will pay more for the taxi fare. However, when he saw his daughter doing the same thing, he was infuriated and beat her and locked her in her room. He willingly drives the students in his taxi because they actually pay him more money but he forbids his daughter to do the same thing.
In conclusion, I think it is mostly the students’ fault as they could actually tell their parents the truth and prevent a lot of trouble.

Point of view on a character in"Nothing But The Truth"

During the weekends, I read a Book titled "Nothing But The Truth". It is a very interesting book and it is typical as this book is written in dialogues. Now, I would like to share the point of view of one of the minor character, Allison Doresett, and I hope you would enjoy this.

In "Nothing But The Truth", Allison Doresett is a very pretty girl and many boys hopes to date with her, including the main character, Philip Malloy. Lets talk about the hottest topic in the newspaper according to the book, although everybody thinks that Philip Malloy is right and Magaret Narwin is wrong to stop him from singing the national anthem, but she personally thinks that this could not be possible. She supports Magaret Narwin as everybody from her homeroom likes her and thinks that she is an excellent teacher. Nobody says that Magaret Narwin is strict and all her students achieves good results in the examinations, except Philip Malloy. She thinks that this is because Philip Malloy dislikes her lesson and of course, he had been kicked out of the track team just because he failed his english tests. Besides hating Magaret Narwin more, I think that he should do more english worksheet and submit it to Magaret Narwin because she is still trying to help Philip Malloy.

Reflection on "Lamb to the Slaughter"

“Lamb to The Slaughter” is a story by Roald Dahl is a story about a lady, Mary Maloney, who killed her husband, Patrick Maloney, and gets away with it by persuade the policemen to eat the murder weapon.
In my opinion, Mrs. Maloney is not just a cold-blooded murderer, but also a liar as she deceived the policemen in eating the murder weapon which is the lamb leg and did not get caught. She should be punished to the full extent of law.
In the story, Mr. Maloney said ‘I’ll give you money and see if you’re looked after’. This quote tells us that Mr. Maloney had an affair with another woman and plans to abandon her. This shows that Mr. Maloney is unfaithful to Mrs. Maloney and the fact that Mrs. Maloney was pregnant made Mr. Maloney look even guiltier. If Mr. Maloney had not cheated on her, this murder could have been prevented.
In conclusion, I think that both of cause the murder. I believe that if Mr. Maloney did not cheat on her, she would not have murdered him and this would be prevented. I also believe that if Mr. Maloney controlled her emotions and was calm that time, she would not have murdered him out of anger after knowing that he was going to abandon her.

The Fierce Gunners

Wenger pleased with balanced display
Arsenal's all-round display gave Arsene Wenger reason to smile as Manchester City was dispatched 2-0.
Wenger also hailed the creative impact of returning captain Cesc Fabregas after he set up both goals for Emmanuel Adebayor.
The Gunners are now unbeaten in 17 Barclays Premier League games, cementing their position back in the top four.
With a Champions League quarter-final against Villarreal and an FA Cup semi-final date with Chelsea at Wembley all to come before the end of the month, Wenger believes things are shaping up nicely for the resurgent Gunners.
With leading scorer Robin van Persie unavailable because of a groin problem, Wenger elected to deploy Fabregas - playing his first match in three months after knee surgery - in a more advanced role.
It paid off handsomely as the Spain international set up Adebayor in each half, the forward taking his tally for the season to 14 on his return from eight weeks out with a hamstring problem.
"We had a very strong performance, a good team performance, both offensively and defensively," said Wenger
"But there is a lightness in the team now which I enjoy and we are playing without the handbrake."
The Arsenal manager continued: "Cesc had Denilson and Alex Song behind him who were strong, so he dedicated more of his game to the offensive tasks.
"He likes to come deep and play long balls, but he is still in the phase where is learning all the aspects of the game.
"I used him to adjust the balance of the team. I had choices today, could have pushed [Andrey] Arshavin up and one of the midfielders wide, but I felt we were well balanced."
Arsenal's form of late has been in marked contrast to earlier in the campaign when they struggled for consistency.
Wenger admitted: "If we had won two more games, we could have been challenging, but the other teams could maybe say that as well.
"We are 17 unbeaten, but we lost five of the first 14 - you can't do that and win the league.
"However, it shows that when a team is young, they can improve and they are showing that now.
"We are not the same team that was playing in the autumn.""I am proud to be captain of this club and see my future at Arsenal."
City boss Mark Hughes, meanwhile, lamented the impact of injuries to his plans - losing Stephen Ireland to an ankle problem in the run up to today's match while Wayne Bridge and Vincent Kompany both hobbled off during the first half.
"We did not have enough power and presence on the field, but were compromised by the changes we had to make because of injuries," he said.
"In the end we just did not have enough to get back at a very good Arsenal side

My reflection on "the Lady or The Tiger"

" The Lady or The Tiger?" is a short story about a semi-barbaric king who set up a plan for the accused subject to pick a door among two, one containing a ferocious tiger while another containing a fair lady. If the door containing the tiger was opened, the accused subject would be killed instantly as the tiger is swift and very hungry. On the other hand, if the door containing the lady was opened, the accused subject would marry the lady on the spot. One day, a man was accused for loving the princess and thus had to go through the same privilege.
In my opinion, I think that the king should not have set up this plan as it is unfair to the accused subject. What if the accused subject was innocent but he was unfortunate and opened the door containing the tiger? What if the man was guilty and but opened the door containing the lady? Wouldn't he be rewarded for committing a crime? This might also decrease the number of innocent people and also increase the number of criminals and thus making the society unsafe as it is full of criminals and crooks.
I think that the king should abolish this plan as it does not help to find out who is the real criminal. He should recruit policemen and investigators to find out who the crooks are and then punish them severely. Besides that, we can infer that the king is just running away from the social problems and maybe that is the reason why he set up this plan, to solve this as quickly and as easy as possible.
However, it was said in the story that the masses entertain and pleased and nobody opposed the king to set up this plan. I think that they should have opposed. What if someday one of them was accused of something he did not do and was eaten by the tiger as he was unfortunate? By then, they will feel the unfairness of this plan but they cannot do anything about it.
In conclusion, I think that it is rather foolish for the king to set up this plan and also for the masses to be pleased with it as it will not solve any crime. The king should have abolished this plan. No, he should not even think of this plan as it will bring unfairness to the people