Ibn Battuta, the great Muslim traveller, was born in 1304 in Morocco, in the north-west of Africa. His real name was Mohammad ibn Abdullah.
His (1) FAMILY came from Egypt. He travelled to America, Africa, southern and eastern Europe,Arabia, Persia and Afghanistan; and (2) ACROSS the
Himalayas to India, China, central and south-east Asia and the Maldives.
In 1325, when he was just 22 years old, he decided to go to (3) NEW
lands and visit Mecca. In his first journey to Mecca he was in Alexandria and Cairo. Then he decided to see India and China.
In 1333, he made his (4) LONG journey to India via Samarkand and reached Delhi.
In 1342, the Sultan sent Ibn Battuta to China. This was a good (5) CHANCE
for him to see China.
In 1345, he went to Cambodia and on his way (6) BACK he visited
Sumatra, Malaya, Amman, Baghdad and Ceylon.
In 1347, he came back to his homeland after 28 years.
In 1352, he left home for his longest and (7) LAST journey. Passing
along the kingdom of Grenada in Spain, Western and Central Africa,
he returned to Morocco in 1354.
Ibn Battuta travelled for almost 30 years and (8) COVERED more than
120,000 kilometers. No one ever did better.
No doubt that school is our second home. We spend a lot of time at school acquiring deep knowledge, which can help us to understand our lives better. It plays an important role in our life.
I had never thought that the 11 form would be so had for me. By this time I always thought that studying in this form was simple. I thought that all of the teachers help us to finish school well. But I was wrong. We have one teacher who doesn't like us. She has some of the pupils, which she likes. I am not of this pupils and I can't find a common language with her. Therefore she doesn't like me and I don't like her. So I am very happy that I am finishing school and I shall not see this teacher. And she will not destroy my nerves! And I have the good thins and teachers in a school which I will remember with pleasure.
I think school gave me not only knowledge but also a confidence in my strengths. And school taught me not to appear before problems even somebody says to me that I am not very clever and I could not study at university and my parents always should pay for me.
