The Art of Life

Cosmetic Surgery Nowadays the problem of cosmetic surgery is extremely popular and up-to-date. On the one hand, there are so many women who try to copy the features of flawless plastic dolls, like Barbie, widening their eyes, making nostrils smaller, putting collagen into their lips, adding implants, and so on. On the other hand, lots of women (and men also) protest and insist on accepting your own features. Thus, let us discuss the all the pros and cons to make up a conclusion about this controversial problem. Speaking about advantages of cosmetic surgery, the most people say that it gives them more confidence. If you are not satisfied with your lips, why do not you change it to be more self-assured? Maybe the nature did a mistake that makes you suffer? Moreover, such people say that there is nothing special in having a cosmetic surgery, because it is similar to having your hair dyed or teeth straightened. They claim that it is just a way to be well maintained. Nevertheless t...

My life absolutely changed since I had entered the NSU. Thus, in this short essay I want to share my ideas about studying at school and at the university. To start with, the hardest thing I faced with when I entered the university was to understand the system. I mean the so-called unspoken rules which everybody follow. For example, it is up to you whether you attend classes or not - nobody cares; or, for instance, if you want to know and understand any subject well, it is not enough to do all the home tasks – you need to find the necessary material on your own. Then, actually the most surprising   thing for me was the way lecturers explain the material. At school we were just to read different student’s books together with a teacher, but here lecturers explain the material with their own words and make it much more interesting. However, there was also an unpleasant surprise - the way we get marks. In the most cases it depends on your activity during seminars-if you are not r...