Around twenty years ago I was living in York. Although I had a lot of experience and a Master's degree, I could not find {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(satisfy) work.

    I was driving a school bus to make ends meet and living with a friend of {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(me), for I had lost my flat. I had attended five interviews with a company and one day between bus runs, they called to say I did not get the job. "Why has my life become so hard?" I thought {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(pain).

    {#blank#}4{#/blank#} I pulled the bus over to drop off a little girl, she handed me an earring {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(say) that I should keep it in case somebody claimed it. The earring {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (paint) black and said "BE HAPPY".

    At first I got angry. Then it hit me — I had been {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(give) all of my attention to what was going wrong with my life rather than what was right! I decided then and there to make a list of fifty things I was happy with. Later, I decided to add more things to the list. That night there was a phone call for me {#blank#}8{#/blank#} a lady who was a director at a larger hospital. She asked me {#blank#}9{#/blank#} I would give a one-day lecture on stress {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(manage) to 200 medical workers. I said yes.

    My day there went very well, and before long I got a well-paid job. To this day I know that it was because I changed my way of thinking that I completely changed my life.

    The Internet is an amazing information resource. Students, teachers, and researchers use it as {#blank#}1{#/blank#} investigative tool. Journalists use it {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(find) information for stories. Doctors use it to learn more about unfamiliar diseases and the {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (late) medical development. Ordinary people use it for shopping, banking, bill-paying, and communicating with family and friends {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(live) far away or in different parts of a city. People all over the world use it to connect with individuals from {#blank#}5{#/blank#} countries and cultures. {#blank#}6{#/blank#}, although there are many positive developments {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(associate) with the Internet, there are also certain fears and concerns. One concern relates to a lack of control over {#blank#}8{#/blank#} appears on the Internet. With television and radio there are editors to check the accuracy or appropriateness of the content of programs, and with television there are restrictions on what kinds of programs can {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(broadcast) and at what times of the day. With the Internet, parents can not check a published guide to determine what is suitable {#blank#}10{#/blank#} their children to see.

    There's no one reason why women return to school. Going back to school provides private and public benefits. College graduates, generally enjoy higher salaries,{#blank#}1{#/blank#} (employ) more consistently, and work in nicer conditions. College-educated people vote more, give more to charity, and rely{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(little) on government support.

    Making the switch from{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(support) to supporting oneself can be a challenge,{#blank#}4{#/blank#}often a necessary one. “Financial{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(dependent) for women is key,” says Nancy Schlossberg, a professor at University of Maryland. “I think{#blank#}6{#/blank#}important for women to make some direct achievement, because chances are that women will live alone in later life, either divorced{#blank#}7{#/blank#}never married.”

    To Schlossberg, education is critical in the long run. She says, “You are going to do much better than before{#blank#}8{#/blank#}you have a good education; you are going to be happier than before on condition that you have{#blank#}9{#/blank#}education that enables you to do what you have to do in life. The question is{#blank#}10{#/blank#}you are ready at this time to go for it.