Education in Britain - Homeschooling

Education is a big problem in most families, whether in Britain or China. Nowadays, many families consider homeschooling. All parents would like their children to have enough chances to fulfil themselves.

Nowadays, more and more families prefer homeschooling than traditional education. Because each child could has his own teacher and the teacher also could spend enough time on his student. Homeschooling make the children have much time to study and the time is uncontrolled. The teacher could teach the children base their own conditions and interests. The children could ask their teacher till they understand each point of knowledge too. Hence, homeschooling is more popular than previously.

On the contrary, homeschooling also has some shortcomings. The most important thing is that it can not make children know how to work together. The children are not able to understand the importance of team spirit. When the children grow up, they may not know how to get along well with other people either.

In conclusion, each thing has both two sides. Homeschooling has its own advantages and disadvantages. We should deal with it correctly.

History of Halloween

October 31 st was the eve of the Celtic new year. The Celts were the ancestors of the present-day Irish, Welsh and Scottish people. On this day ghosts walked and mingled with the living, or so the Celts thought. The townspeople baked food all that day and when night fell they dressed up and tried to resemble the souls of the dead. Hoping that the ghosts would leave peacefully before midnight of the new year.

Since the 800's November 1st is a religious holiday known as All Saints' Day. This day was called Allhallowmas. The evening before became known as All-Hallow’s Eve, the short name that be used today is Halloween.

Today children dressed in costumes knock on their neighbors' doors and yell "Trick or Treat" when the door opens. Their neighbors give each child sweets, and try to guess who is under the masks.

Pumpkins are also a symbol of Halloween. Carving pumpkins into jack- o'lanterns is a Halloween custom also dating back to Ireland. A legend grew up about a man named Jack who was so stingy that he was not allowed into heaven when he died, because he was a miser . He couldn't enter hell either because he had played jokes on the devil. As a result, Jack had to walk the earth with his lantern until Judgement Day . The Irish people carved scary faces out of turnips , beets or potatoes representing "Jack of the Lantern," or Jack-o'lantern. When the Irish brought their customs to the United States, they carved faces on pumpkins because in the autumn they were more plentiful than turnips.

It's a special tradition for people, and it becomes more and more popular today.