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| In this Sunday, July 19, 2015 file photo, Syrian refugee girl, Zubaida Faisal, 10, skips a rope while she and other children play near their tents at an informal tented settlement near the Syrian border on the outskirts of Mafraq, Jordan. (AP/Muhammed Muheisen)
It is
widely known the Syrian refugees´ despairing situation these days. They are
escaping from their homeland and looking for a decent place to live, a place
where they can finally leave behind all the sorrow and pain caused by a
senselessness war. Entire families travel thousand kilometres risking their
lives trying to find a place to settle in. Not only a safe place and food they
want; what they desperately need above all is peace. Peace, it seems so obvious
for us but something so cherished for them.
This image
shows a refugee camp in Jordan where some tents were given to Syrian people who
are waiting for a place to be safe in. This picture is the striking proof that
these children -despite their despairing situation-they believe that everything
is going to be alright. They show us that they are still kids no matter what.
Playing is the only thing they can´t be deprived of.
A profound shame is what invaded my eyes; shame on our mankind that can´t stop hurting and causing pain to the ones of their kind. Despite our intelligence for technological improvements, we are not able to put ourselves in the others´shoes. If only the powerful ones stopped the nonsense wars and used all that power for worthy causes, all these atrocities wouldn´t exist. These children show us that the show must go on" and we have to keep on going even though our situation is tough. Zubaida´s eyes are supplicating that we adults stop letting her- and every child on earth- down and start doing something right now. |
viernes, 18 de septiembre de 2015
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Analia, the picture you included to support your information was full of joy and hope, I really liked it. Despite the fact that Syrian are going through many difficult situations regarding the war, kids still are kids and they need joy and play with peers.This image portrays the other side of the war. A side in which kids, as you said, show us that war cannot deprive them of having fun. It is high time that we, as adults, think about this situation and help them to face the world which will be theirs.
ResponderBorrarAni, I couldn't have said it better myself. I agree with everything that you said. You presented a whole different perspective of this matter. Most of us focused on the Syrian's boy death and your post is filled with hope, and that's why I think it's great. I also believe that children are not responsible for some people's actions and it is sad but they are the ones that suffer the most from what we as a society do. If we go to war, who benefits from it? People die all around to make rich people richer. We should start thinking about what we are doing to the next generation, to the kids we are teaching and our future sons and daughters. We should think about them before doing anything and think about if our actions are going to benefit them or not and I believe that we all, as teachers, can do the changes necessary to make this new generation think about what matters the most.
ResponderBorrarYour post had me thinking a lot about these matters. I think it's great. Keep it up!
Great post Ana!!! I share your point of view on human beings and their incapacity to solve the most important issue: war and its consequences. It seems that the past hasn’t taught us anything. We see pictures, listen to stories and yet here we are witnessing terrible crimes against humanity.
ResponderBorrarAni, I really love the picture you have included in your entry! That little girl's face reflects a sense of warmth and hope that not everybody has when immersed in a context of war. I think the main reason of that tender countenance is the fact that we are talking about children. Kids never lose hopeful ways of conceiving life and they always enrich every adult perspective by bringing a postivie side to every problem.
ResponderBorrarAs portrayed in the picture, Asian children who escape from war seem to share the same way of enjoying childhood in a refugee camp. In fact, I consider it is really important since, throughout history, kids have sometimes been treated as adults during war times. Their psychology and the peculiarities they have to deal with in this development stage, such as certain ways of recreation and lack of stress and worries about adults' matters, have not always been taken into consideration when their families run away from bombings.