My favoite school subject is probably English. I love to read and write. Writing is very enjoyable for me. It can be fast or slow, long or short. I could write a chapter of just one sentence. I could write a short poem or a long copy a long conversation I heard.
Writing is an exercise for the brain, it requires thinking. You can’t write unless you think about it. Sometimes you can write a little bit, ut you have to think a lot to write a little bit. Or maybe you only need to think a little bit to write a lot. You could use fancy words, or maybe you like simple words.
Writing can be used for anything. You can string a series of words together into a song. You could write down a description of the reaction two chemicals had on eachother. You could write a short story about a walk in a park during each season, or you could write a long novel about a fantastical land far away where mystical creatures live.
Writing is a good outlet for creativity. Let’s say you like to paint, but you’re in the process of moving and all you have in your suitcase is your clothes, toiletries, and laptop. You’ve taken an interest in creative writing. You’re inspired by the fancy hotel you’re staying at, but you don’t have your painting supplies and you don’t have an art p rogram on your computer. You decide to describe the hotel in detailed writing. As you write, you’re inspired to write a story about the hotel and the people that work here and stay here.
Perhaps you’re bored. You’re sitting on the couch, casually channel surfing for something that looks worthwhile. You finally switch off the TV and sit quietly for a minute. You remember that creative writing essay that’s due on Friday, and it’s Thursday. For a minute you panic, and then calm down. It’s Thursday, and the essay isn’t due until tomorrow. You turn the TV back on, and flip to the movie channel. There’s an old western movie on, and you’re inspired to write about cowboys, life on the ranch, and old style shoot outs with the law. Bordom banished!
Reading is a great way to gain knowledge about a wide range of subjects. You can read books about anything, comets, cooking, ants, queens, fictional creatures, adventures, mysteries, thrillers, historical fiction, anything! There are books about writing books, books about clams, books about travelling around the world, books about languages, books about math, everything! God gave us the Bible, His Word, for us to read and to learn from!
Reading can be leisurely or serious. Perhaps you have a test and need to study for it. Reading is a great way to study, as well as taking detailed notes. Reading is great for quiet time. Maybe you have a younger sibling that takes naps. During that time, you could read. In fact you can anywhere!
English is definitely my favorite subject.
There are very many large cities in the USA.
Washington, the capital of the United States of America, is situated on the Potomac River. In comparison with such ancient historical cities as, for example, Rome, London, Moscow or Paris, Washington is quite young. The capital owes much to the first Presidento f the USA — George Washington. It was G. Washington, who chose the place for the capital and laid in 1790 the corner-stone of the Capitol, where Congress sits. Washington has many historical places. The largest and highest among the buildings is the Capitol with its great House of Representatives and the Senate chamber. There are no sky-scrapers in Washington because no other building must be higher than the Capitol.
New York is the largest city in the USA and the biggest sea-port. It is situated in the mouth of the Hudson River. New York was founded by the Dutch. It is interesting to know that Manhattan Island — the central part of New York — was bought from the local Indians by the Dutch for 24 dollars. That was the most profitable commercial deal in the US history. Today Manhattan is the heart of business and commercial life of the country. New York is the city of skyscrapers. The highest of them is the 102–storeyed building. There are many other places of interest in New York: Central Park, Times Square, Rockefeller Centre, the shopping districts and the United Nations Building. In Manhattan, at Broadway, there is Columbia University, one of the biggest universities of the USA.
Another large city of the USA is Boston, one of the first cities which were built on the Atlantic coast of America. It is an important port and a financial and cultural centre. It has three universities.
Chicago is one of the biggest industrial cities in the USA and the second largest after New York.
Los Angeles, in California, is the centre of modern industries. Not far from Los Angeles there is Hollywood, the centre of the US film industry.
