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Most striking traits of people’s character

During our life we get in touch with many people. We all know a password: “So many characters, so many people.” And it is really true. Character is the most important thing in a person which attracts or repulses other people. Each of us has his or her good or bad features of character, but some of them come to the fore that’s why we can say:”He is a bad man, because he is rude or impertinent. And he is a good man, because he is courageous, generous, and kind-hearted.

I have many friends and a lot of acquaintances and all of them are different. Some of them are very kind-hearted and friendly. Some are not so kind but they are devoted friends and always help me and other friends but they can be very cold or indifferent to other people.

Also some features have a double nature example: modesty or perseverance and others. Modest people are usually polite, quite, but sometimes they tend to be too reticence. Persevering people can become obstinate. As for me I like devotedness, wittiness, kindness, friendliness in people. I think that there are two sorts of kind people. The first sort is really, kind –hearted people who are always ready to help all people in the world no matter what social position they have. The other sort who only try to look kind and friendly. But they are friendly only with people whom they interested in. I hate such people because you don’t know if they are really good or only want to look friendly and cannot trust them.

A lot of things can change a person’s character. If you are kind man and you have grown with rude, cruel people you can become kind. Some people have a strong character and they can try to change and become good. I believe that everyone can change his character, adding more good or bad features.

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My Future Profession

Finishing school is the beginning of the independent life for school leavers. Many roads are open before them: technical schools, institutes and universities. But it is not easy thing to choose a profession out of more than 2.000 existing in the world. Some pupils follow the advice of their parents, others can't decide even after leaving school. Teachers do not only teach their subjects. They develop their pupils' intellect, form their views and characters, their attitudes to life and to other people. It's a great responsibility.

Leaving school is the beginning of your independent life, the beginning of a far more serious examination of your abilities and character.

It is difficult to make up your mind and choose one of the hundreds jobs. You ask a lot of questions yourself to make the right choice: what sort of life do you want to lead? For example, do you want to live in the country or in town? Is leisure time of great importance to you? Is the size of your salary important? What sort of work do you want to do? For example, do you like working alone or with others? Do you want to be an organizer of other people's activities?

As for me, I have made up my mind to be a manager. My choice of this occupation didn't come as a sudden flash. I think that nowadays this profession is of great need and importance to our country. It is my aim to be a qualified specialist and to serve the interests of my country. To be a well-prepared manager I should have some important qualities: great persistence, sociability, considerable knowledge, and, of course, knowledge of foreign languages.

That is why I have entered my University. I think that I can get good knowledge and become a good specialist. And of course I want to learn languages better, because to my mind every educated person should know a foreign language. I always remember these famous words: «He, who doesn’t know a foreign language, doesn’t know his own language».