Nikola Tesla: The best inventor of all time

There have been a lot of well-known extraordinary people who were obsessed with many different fields of our world and they left a mark in humankind’s history. But today I want to talk about a man who invented today’s world and hadn’t got his recognition until recently.

This man is a Serbian American Nikola Tesla. He was an inventor, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer, physicist, and a futurist best known for his contributions to the design of the modern alternating current electricity supply system.  Nikola Tesla devoted his life to make the world a better place to live in. There are about 300 patents for his inventions which took about 50 years for humankind to understand how they work and how to use them but none of them have a patent protection. Nikola Tesla gave permission to other scientist to use his patents for their research. He succeeded in making X-rays, radars, wireless transmissions and even Death ray, which he destroyed, because he knew that it could have handed world domination to whoever held it. Because of these devices Nikola Tesla has gained reputation as a “mad scientist”. Another interesting action in Nikola Tesla’s life was when he ripped apart a contract, when he found out that, because of that contract a person will lose his business, and all of his employees will lose their jobs.

Although Nikola Tesla was a good man and in my opinion the best inventor of all time he died poor and alone, except for the pigeons which he loved. But despite that he had forgiven everyone their ignorance and literally made the world a better place to live in.

Letter: Grandmother issues

Dear Agne,

Thanks for your last letter. It was great to hear from you and I symphatise with you. Sorry, that i haven't wrote earlier - I've been very busy for the past few days.

First of all, if I were you, I would try to expalin to my grandmother, that I'm a grown up already. Also, you should explain to her, that you are on diffrent wavelenghts about life, because of the generation gap. Things have changed since her day, so did the fashion and even behaviour at school. I think then she'll understandhow you feel about her behaviour and if she doesn't, you should ask your parents for help to finding the solution to this problem. Explain them how you feel about beeing critized by your own grandmother in front of your friends. I reassure you, they'll definetelly help you.

I hope my advise helps. Write me as soon as you know how it goes. I'm looking forward to it.

Lots of love,
Jimmy

Dialog roommate

S: Hello, I haven't seen you for a long time. How are you?

M: Hi. I'm fine. How are you?

S: I'm fine too, thanks. I got this new roommate, Chris, I think you should know her. She said you used to live next door and go to school together when you were thirteen. Do you remember her?

M: Yes, I remember. When I was thirteen we went to school together.

S: Oh, can you tell me more about her?

M: Yes, sure. She used to wear a blue  uniform. Her hair was orderly tied into the pancreas.

S: Really? I guess she's changed a lot since then. Now her hair is short and messy most of the time and she never leaves the house without her black leather jacket. Did she use to play the guitar back then?

M: Yes. She used to play the guitar very well.

S: Well, she does play very well, but it's really tiring sometimes.. What about her habits? So far I've only noticed that she is leaving the top off the toothpaste every morning and it's so annoying!

M: I remember that she used to talk behind someone's back. I hope she break oneself of a habit, because it's very rude.

S: Really? I would've never guessed that. She seems so nice and friendly to me. Are you still friends with her?

M: Not exactly. We sometimes meet and talk about childhood.

S: I see. Well, could you tell me something more about her? Because she's so reserved, I feel like I don't know anything about her.

M: She used to like animals and watch films. She also liked sports. She had joined the gymnastic club.

S: Well, she still watches lots of films, but I don’t think she’s still interested in sports. She’s mentioned that she goes to a drama-club twice a week. Anyway, thanks for telling me about her.

M: You're welcome. I hope you two will become friends.

S: I hope so too. Well, I have to go, I've promised to meet someone. See you later!

M: Bye!

Habits

Five years is quite a long time and I think that everybody changes in that time. Five years ago I was only twelve years old and since then I have grown up and changed quite a lot. First of all, I used to be very shy back then, especially around new people and now I feel much more confident about myself. Moreover, I used to read a lot of books and now I spend more time browsing on the Internet instead of reading. My style has also changed – I used to wear baggy clothes and look like a boy a little bit but now I understand that I’m a girl and I should act like one.

In the last five years I’ve also made some new friends and some people who are now very close to me, were only strangers back then. I think that I’ve also become closer with my family members and even though I’m a teenager now, we talk more with each other and I think my parents understand me better.

I don’t think there’s a huge generation gap in my family, because my parents are trying to be modern and as I said, they understand me and my behavior most of the time. However, I do know some families where generation gap is really visible and not only age difference but also teenagers are guilty for that because they want to be independent and smarter than everyone else. That kind of behavior definitely has a negative effect on the family because teenagers start arguing about almost everything with their parents and that never solves anything. However, this problem could be solved by both sides working with each other like equals and, of course, a little bit of tolerance for the different opinion would help a lot.

Dialog: Multilingual radio

V: Hello, Agne! Long time no see. How are you?

A: Hello! I’m fine, thank you. How about you? Did you hear about our school new project about multilingual radio?

V: Good, good. Yes, I did. By the way, have you known that our class has to do a proposal project for this radio?

A: Yes, I have. And I also have some suggestions.

V: Ok. Share them with me.

A: First of all, I think that this radio could offer programs in as many languages as possible including Estonian and Japanese. What are your feelings about it?

V: That’s a valid point. But don’t you think that it would be better if radio play programs in our native language and in languages that we learn in school, because what’s the point of broadcasting programs in languages no one understand?!

A: Yes, I suppose so. But I think that playing programs in different languages than we are learning could inspire students to learn them on their own.

V: You may be right. What are your other suggestions?

A: The radio could play songs in different languages and provide short lessons. Don’t you think so?

V: Well, others might think that it would be better if radio play programs which would cover topics such as: ways of learning or tips for doing homework?

A: Okay, but don’t you think that music during breaks could help pupils to relax?

V: True, I’d never thought of that. But tips for doing homework is a good idea too, don’t you think so?

A: Yes, I do. How about your suggestions? Do you have anything in mind?

V: Perhaps we should interview teachers and other pupils about the most interesting activities and play it as suggestions what to do in free time?

A: I don’t entirely agree with that, because I think that our school radio should make programs in Lithuanian about the different languages and cultures of the world. Would you agree?

V: I’m not totally convinced, but it’s an interesting suggestion.  Ok, I had written down all of our thoughts. We’ll discuss about it later with rest of the class and maybe we will use them in our class proposal project.

A: Ok, I have to go to Biology class. See you later!

V: Bye, bye!