Why Students Dream of Education in England

Comments Off Posted on Aug 2, 2007 by Jodie in English Culture, English Education, English Language, English Life, English Traditions

For students, the desire to be able to study in England is among the dreams that would be a good investment for their future. Rich in culture, history and customs, prestigious colleges, garnering the level of education from England is world-renowned and achieving such a feat shall surely be a good feather in the cap of successful students.

England is best related to the works of Shakespeare, one of the famous writers that people know and whose works have been portrayed in different plays all throughout the world.

A lot of the educational focus would be focused on their artistic and theatrical knowledge, tagged as being unique and unlike that of others in the whole world. With its rich pool of resources in castles and religious beliefs, it is not hard to notice why England has gained much headway into one of the more famous destination points to which people would visit or perhaps rant for educational opportunities today.

[tags]england education, career, arts, shakespeare, sciences, diploma[/tags]

Golden Retrievers as Pets

Comments Off Posted on Jun 14, 2007 by Jodie in English Culture, English Education, English Life, English Pets, General

Golden Retrievers are ideal English pets that people would usually prefer since they are quite friendly and would rarely bark or attack people. They are usually known for hunting in the early times and for sniffing out drugs. They are good pets to have because their faces look like they are smiling all the time. They are also good for aiding blind people hence wanting to see people around them all the time. Once they are left alone or left tied up, they would usually become very sad and cry to get the attention of people nearby.

Golden Retrievers are classified as toy dogs because of their friendliness. They are also tagged as show dogs and field dogs. The difference lies in the length of their hair. Field dogs are easier to groom because they have shorter hair.

Having big boned structure, these English dogs are prone to bone diseases, notably their hips which may develop into hip dysplasia. Their skin is also sensitive hence the need to ensure that they would be eating the proper dog food and bathed at proper times to avoid contracting fleas that wills surely make them itch and develop skin allergies.

[tags]golden retriever, pets, dogs, toy dogs[/tags]

Anyone for English Toffee?

Comments Off Posted on May 3, 2007 by Jodie in English Cuisine, English Culture, English Life, English Traditions

Toffee traces is roots from the English and the Americanized descent. Toffee is usually known to be that buttery and chewable like candy that people would love to sink their teeth in, especially the people with the proverbial sweet tooth. Toffee is made up of sugar or molasses along with butter and milk.

It is a widely known sweet coating that is used to cover such other ingredients and elements like apples, almonds, nuts and raisins. Put altogether, they produce the usual candy bars that consumers would purchase from candy stores and supermarkets anywhere.

Toffee has been known to be in demand in various parts of the world. One of the better issues surrounding toffee is with regards to its point of origin since American and English type of preparation differ a lot. A lot of creations have been made around this usual candy or chocolate coated bar but its identity for being chewy is something that people with strong teeth will surely enjoy.

[tags]english toffee, candy, chocolate, almonds, raisins, sweets[/tags]

All About English Economics

Comments Off Posted on Apr 22, 2007 by Jodie in English Culture, English Education, English Life, English Traditions

The economics of any country is a telling factor with its carried success of handling the infrastructure and needs of its region. England for its part, holds the second largest economy in Europe and fifth largest economy in the world. England is known to be the leader in pharmaceutical, technical aerospace and the arms industry. Everyone is well aware that such industries are among the highly demanded innovations and needs of people today.

England follows the Anglo-Saxon Economic Model. This capitalist model follows a macroeconomic model where taxes are low and the government offers lesser services. Given a free market type of an economy, this has been the ticket for a growing and stable economy to which England has been flourishing and ranked among the best economies other countries are quite envious about.

This can be seen with their obvious exchange rates with other currencies where the Pound Sterling offers better exchange rates to which people from other countries are aching to find jobs to have better opportunities and better compensation and financial aid for themselves and their families.

[tags]economics, england, pharmaceutical, technology, business, exports, imports, taxes, anglo-saxon economic model[/tags]

English Thatching of Roofs

Comments Off Posted on Mar 26, 2007 by Jodie in English Culture, English Life, English Places, English Traditions

Ideally, house roofs would be made by usual stone or concrete carvings to top of beautifully constructed houses anywhere in the world. But in Britain, thatching roofs through the use of straw of grasses has been noticeable and have actually been an attraction to it, a practice that dates back to the Bronze Ages of the English nation.

Thatched roofs would usually represent the poor and peasant population for most countries where it is used. However, in Britain, this is entirely different. Outside that of classy and preserved cultural traditions, they hold a more lightweight type of constructing homes.

The use of thatches was evident during the primary ages. Life was not as advanced in the early ages and the main focus was to make do with whatever materials they could see and was available. Some people considered it a sign of poverty, but today, they are classic examples of preserving traditions due to their rare appearance in English regions today.

[tags]english houses, english roofs, thatching, bronze age[/tags]

April Fool’s is Just around the Corner

Comments Off Posted on Mar 20, 2007 by Jodie in English Culture, English Life, English Traditions

April 1 has always been known to be the day that everyone would term as April Fools Day. It is a day where friends and pranksters play jokes on their friends and colleagues. British customs call for it to be done before noon, otherwise, the joke would boomerang with the known rhyme “April Fool is gone and past, you’re the bigger fool at last”.

Common pranks would be similar to asking a person to find something or go somewhere when in fact they do not really exist. Such is a common practice done all over the world, although no one really knows where it all started. There are theories however and one of them traces back to the British roots. Among them:

“People used to give presents to one another. In 1564, Charles IX, the French king, adopting the Gregorian calendar and fixed January 1st as New Year’s Day. Those who were against the revision continued to express their complaints by giving presents or paying New Year’s visits on April 1st. In the following years, these traditionalists who insisted on celebrating the New Year at its old time were mocked as fools and people would play pranks and tricks on them and called them ` Poisson d’avril ‘, meaning April Fish.- British Culture, British Customs and British Traditions”

[tags]english occassions, april fools, jokes, pranks[/tags]

The Rough and Tumble Sport of Football

Comments Off Posted on Mar 14, 2007 by Jodie in English Culture, English Life, English Sports, English Traditions, General

One of the more popular sports today is football. While everyone is aware of the American style of football that the National Football League (NFL) offers, England also has its share of wide followers for this game that they consider among their national sports. Football in England is very much followed and since people are very much into the sport, it tends to go out of hand, showing the desire and attachment that people have for the sport.

The English style of football is however in the form of soccer where it is mostly the legs that are used rather than a highly physical American football game similar to rugby, another national sport that England considers. The best football or soccer players are easily born from English nations since people serve this sport as a part of their daily rituals and practices.

The large success of the UEFA Champions league is evidence that England does indeed put premium in it soccer matches such as the World Cup which is composed largely of English nations and some other countries like the United States, Korea, Japan and China.

[tags]rugby, uefa, football, soccer[/tags]

Housing the Football Stars

Comments Off Posted on Mar 6, 2007 by Jodie in English Culture, English Life, English Sports

When a person would talk about football, it would immediately point towards the NFL of the Americans. But England has its share of love for the sport, mostly participating in the league that has now been acclaimed worldwide, that of which is the UEFA league. Soccer is a sport that has garnered quite an attention especially when the World Cup takes center stage.

The passion and love for the sport can be seen. In the same way that other sports have been embraced and treated with such animosity, the same holds true for soccer fanatics in England. Truth of the matter is that a lot of the best players are located in this part of the world, something which justifies why most of the best teams are situated in England.

Soccer is also known all over the world as a good sport to follow and watch. But for Englishmen, it is simply more than a sport but a passionate rugged activity that has caught the attention of the world today.

[tags]uefa, soccer, football, england[/tags]

Name Calling in Great Britain

Comments Off Posted on Mar 4, 2007 by Jodie in English Culture, English Education, English Language, English Life, English News

Depending on the sensitivity of a person, names used to call someone who may be around would get the wrong idea since they are simply easily identifying factors to note on the person in the way that they would perhaps describe them. To other cultures, this may be a bad way of citing a person but to the English, it is a form of christening when it comes to tagged names.

Among the tagged names that people may call others include dear, dearie, chuck, me duck and so on. For people who are not used to this, they may think that they are making fun of them but when they are actually not. Such practices are known in England and to be able to determine the actual meaning, a person may act dumb at times and act why they were called those names.

Most people would be surprised at the different approach of social interaction in England. But once they have been briefed, a better understanding of the practice and name calling can be expected.

[tags]english tradition, name calling, english culture[/tags]

The Descent of Boxing Day

Comments Off Posted on Feb 28, 2007 by Jodie in English Culture, English Life, English News, English Traditions, General

The day itself should not be associated with the usual boxing sport that most of us watch over the famous world sports channels such as HBO and ESPN. Rather, Boxing Day is also known as St. Stephen’s day where people share food and is a national holiday for the families and friends to share friendship and love.

This event is usually spent on the 26th of December of each year, the day right after Christmas. This is celebrated in known regions such as Austria, Britain, New Zealand and Canada. During this time, most business and government offices are closed and people can be found in malls savoring the holiday for the time to enjoy and be with their loved ones.

Such a practice is considered and extension of the usual Christmas breaks. For some people, they technically practice this although unnamed. Besides, there is no harm in extending a one day vacation considering that the Christmas season should be spent at its fullest potential worldwide.

[tags]english tradition, boxing, boxing day, christmas[/tags]