The importance of being well-informed

we live in a world where we can get thousands of informations and news out of many sources, like TV, internet and newspaper. But is it improtant for people to stay informed? I think it's a very important thing and in the following paragraphs i will show you why.

First of all, if you are well informed about whats going on on this world you have allways something to talk about with your friends and family. You can discuss about an issue or the latest results of elections, like recently in the USA the election for presidency. You also make the impression that you are a quite intelligent person if you know what happens in our society. Furthermore it's easier to make knew contacs if people don't think that you are stupid and you don't know whats going on.

Secondly, it's importan to follow the news because if there is a big storm coming or even a natural catastropg like an hurricane it can save your live, because then you have time to prepare for such a catastroph and avoid worse. An other good example are avalanches. Every year die many people because they don't know about the danger of avalanches in certain regions. This could be avoid if the people watch the news or read the newspaper, because there are mostly reports about the alarm level of avalanches.

As you may know we live in a democracy, and because of this its really important to be well informed about politics, about the problems in the state and also about solutions that are given. It was a long way to this political system, and now it's our turn to make the right decisions. So if they have the right to elect theire politicans, then they shoukd be informed about them. Therefore people have to watch the news, read the newspaper and listen to the radio.

To conclude i have to say that not all news are the same important, but it's never a disadvantage if you are informed in "unimportant" things like stars and promis. But all in all its very important for all people to stay informed, read the newspaper , watch tv or use the internet for getting information.