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1st Year University
Oresti Caushaj from Saranda
Topic: What is the worst thing parents can do to their children?
Now a days parents are more tolerant that their parents before them. They are starting to understand their children’s thoughts and emotions and try to be more close to them as possible and help them with everything.
But as hard as they try they can still understand their children completely. There are many things which they can’t or don’t want to understand. This is one of the worse things a parent can do to his child.
There are many things that a parent can do to his child but the worse thing in my opinion is to abandon him. This is a crime that should have severe punishment.
When a parent abandons a child, he lets them suffer by not allowing it to know what it is like to have a family. Most of the abandoned children go to the orphanage or they may start begging on the streets for something to eat or even worse they can be found by thugs and be sold to others for slaves or many other things.
Some of those children may form aggressive behavior which will make them violent to others and most likely they will fall. Others may be victims and forced to do things they don’t want to do.
Whats more is almost all of these children will be depressed and they will feel abandoned, scared and alone without anyone to be there for them.
That’s why in my opinion the worse thing a parent can do to their children is abandon them and let them face a cruel future.
Topic: What is the worst thing parents can do to their children?
Ketrina Sejdi from Saranda
Nowadays, it’s very difficult to grow up a child. Maybe to be a parent is a great responsibility. First of all, you should create your child all the conditionals. In this way, he would have a beautiful childhood. Childhood is a very important part of life. It can influence people’s lives. During their life, they would remember their childhood. Parents have a big responsibility to make the best choices for their children. For example: if their children want to play football/basketball etc., he has to let them free to make their choices. This can make their children happy and if the children are happy, the parents are happy too. For parents it is very important the happiness of their children. Another example is when they want to choose the profession of the future. Before they go to college, they have to choose what they want to do in their life. In this case, in my opinion parents should let their choice to their children. Many parents want to see their children in the future like a doctor and they insist that their children study medicine but this is not his/her dream. Maybe their dream is to be a judge or lawyer and study for judgment. This can influence in their future. So it would be a worst thing that parents can do for their children. However, they always want to the best thing for their children and always they try to make the best for them. Parents are the only people that always love you without conditions. This is the reason why we should hear their advice.
Topic: What is something that everyone around the world can agree on? Why?
Ana Mitro from Saranda
People around the world… everyone is so different from another. Even brothers or sisters are different. But these people can find something in common. Something that everyone wants from this, let’s say, unfair world.
Peace… what a great word. Is there anyone that doesn’t want world peace? No more wars, no more famine, no more all of bad things that happen to us. Imagine, only one second, how the world would be if we had only peace. People don’t have to suffer or be anxious about what tomorrow can bring us. Everyone of them prays to God for something. Some pray for money, some about health, some others about love. But I can tell you that everyone’s last words are “Please God give us peace”. Don’t you think that in some way this is absurd? Why we have to wait for God to do some magic? Because we aren’t brave enough? Or are we stupid? It’s the human itself that makes this disastrous happen. But the question is how can we stop it? Honestly I don’t think we can do anything. Not after what we have done and we done this to ourselves and not to any other. You must understand that if you wanna harm someone this action will always turn back and harm you, mostly you.
Everyday, almost everyday, here in my country I see on TV people blind from their passion and kill. Everyone has a different passion of course. Now, why must this happen? Because people are fools and don’t know what they are doing?
This happens because people, of course they are fools, but think that was the only solution, the only way to solve the problem. They are wrong. Everyone who does this is wrong. Don’t trick yourself. Why do people have to think the first solution is murder or robbery and other crimes? These reasons make you wonder what I am doing for this? NOTHING. Everyone does nothing. This is why peace doesn’t exist. This is why people suffer. Because they do this to themselves. You can only blame yourself.
2nd Year University
Julisa Gjetja from Saranda
Topic: How would the world be different if there were no jails? What would happen to people who commit crimes?
First of all, thanks god there is no such world. Who knows how many people would be killed in a second, not saying more. People would be free and happy killing everyone who drives them mad without thinking of the consequences. We would be called hyenas.
What a world!
Imagine such a world, a world without rules. I don’t really know who invented such things as jails but there is one thing I’d like to say to them. Alive or not, thank you. If such a world would exist, I’d be a professional killer based on every time I thought about killing my big brother or every time he annoyed me.
Every poster of my favorite football player was burned mercilessly. For every “thank you” he forgot to say for the many times I prepared his breakfast, lunch and dinner. For everytime I washed his clothes, for every picture of him I photoshopped obviously thinking of humanity first because he is the ugliest creature ever.
That was mean, okay, one of the ugliest creatures ever. And I’m not being mean, I’m being real. Oh boy, he’s such a pig.
P.S. Just kidding.
Topic: If international money existed, what would it look like?
Sabina Merkulaj from Shkoder
If international money existed I’d like it to be totally different from existing money. Much more interesting and unique.
First of all I’d like that it be in all the colours. So it would be colourful and much more attractive for people’s eyes. Another thing I’d like to change would be the picture on it. I’d like that on one side of it to be a woman and on the other one a man.
About the woman it would be perfect to be a very famous and with a strong personality. And the perfect one would be Margaret Thatcher. A very strong and beautiful woman. So, in this way she will represent all women with dignity. This will be also more attractive for men’s eyes. And about the man I’d like him to be Martin Luther King, a brave coloured man. He will represent all people around the world and by this to mean that all blacks and whites are equal.
I would also like that this money be printed with all the flags of all countries around the world. And absolutely, this will make these countries more proud and make them all feel part of it and its contribution.
To sum up, by all these I’ve mentioned, and how the international money would look like despite the fact that it is a necessary mean of use, it will also give a message to people. All people are equal and they should be treated like this. Whether it is black or white, woman or man. It will also make all the countries much more united with each other. And this is the message I’d like to present by this money.
Topic: How would the world be different if there were no jails? What would happen to people who commit crimes?
Armena Djli from Shkoder
What if the people lived in a world where joy was not a part of it? Absolutely, everything would be different in the development of the society. Just imagining the situation that bad people are not punished and not locked in jail makes me go crazy. It is better to consider all the consequences and so we will be realistic and think of the welfare of the society. It is obviously normal that many people would prefer living in a world without jail especially for human beings who take somebody’s life and act violently without thinking twice. Let us imagine and describe the atmosphere in this universe where jails are not present.
A world without a jail is presented as a jungle where everybody acts without caring about the judgments and punishment. Then mankind becomes the animals displaying the same features. The different types of animals can be represented in some way be different characters of mankind. For example, a man or woman who is cunning can possess a double identity resembles a fox that kills other creatures at the end. Moreover, a snake can be represented by the evil people, anti-heroes of the story of life. These people with their bad intentions will lead to catastrophe, a disaster in the society. In this way, people will act and feel free to commit crime. The idea that there is no jail, would make them live in an extreme freedom where everything is allowed. What a resemblance between mankind and wildlife creatures! How can we distinguish themselves from animals when we act just like them? This is the question that should make us be aware of the situation.
The people would protect their parents, their cousins and act by killing the enemy. The problematic issue of blood feud would be encountered in everyday life. It would be considered as a widely spread phenomenon. However, killing would lead to a catastrophe. The population would be reduced and murder would be a normal action of daily routine. The murder of person would be as shouting to a child who has bad behavior.
The world would experience the World War III if it lacks jails. This world would never last and the situation would worsen so much that people would lose their humanity and the sense of being kind with others.
What does war mean would also mean the life in a society without jail. It would be easy to see people fighting and hurting each other. The people who commit crimes would be left to continue as though they didn’t do anything. Committing one crime and not being punished, would lead them to commit another in a difficult situation. How many crimes would a personal commit then? Maybe, it would be normal to find a great number of criminals loving their life, having fun as they acted positively in the past. However, what would happen to good people? I believe there would be a small number of good people. These representations of mankind would offer the consequences and would live everyday with fear. It is difficult to imagine how people who kill are violent, who rob and rape, etc could live in the same way as people who have a great personality and express the best behavior. Thinking about people risking other’s life without taking anything into consideration is a disastrous way of organizing the society. How could a criminal walk along the road, live in his house (and continue) when he committed a crime?
In brief, a world without jails is a world without limitations. We know when there is no limited, everything good or bad can happen. However, there can probably take place more bad things. Feeling you (don’t have) have no limit while living with others is a bad idea that can manipulate people to do bad things. I could never agree to change the world by closing jails. I absolutely disagree with that. This would be a change of world for the worse. What is our goal? To make the world a better place. Therefore, this is contrary to our goal. We should hope that one day people should be conscious about other’s lives and think better before committing a crime.
3rd Year Univesity
Arsjola Bode from Saranda
Topic: Respond to this quote - "Youth is wasted on the young."
Time is gold. I believe that everyone has heard it but how many of them have understood it and have practiced it in their life? For what we can see around us I believe that it’s not too much. When everyone speaks about youth in his mind comes strength, energy, life and hope but the question is what do youngsters do?
I believe that only an old man knows the real importance of youth but how bad that man’s value things when they lost them especially things that cannot come again.
Many times in my every day life I hear old people say:
“Oh god, if I were just young just one more time.”
For what we all see in nowadays youth is spent by doing nothing. There are many students that go to university just for obligation and not as opportunity for their life. Spend time in cafes, internet and rarely see young people with books in their hands. It is inhuman nature to value things when they don’t have them anymore.
I believe that youth is not just related with the young. There are people who stay young for all their lives no matter how much time passes. There are people who are in love with life and want to live every moment of it so they don’t waste their youth on the young but stay young for all of their lives.
Topic: Respond to this quote - "Youth is wasted on the young."
Xhuljeta Strafasani from Saranda
Youth!!! For me is a big word, because in that time we spent the most beautiful days of our lives, is the age where everything looks wonderful, is the age of activities, is the age of opportunities, also is the age where youngsters do a lot of mistakes.
But why is this happening and are the younger people doing the right things??? Nowadays, everything has changed, including human beings. Today’s youth is not very organised like before. They spend a lot of time with games, internet, facebook, café and everything else that is not good for them. The time where people spend their time with books is gone. For example, I am talking with my friends, some of them want to do different things in their lives, are interested to know new things and to go in different places to have a lot of activities because for them life is long but some others just want to live these days for them the next day doesn’t exist, are not interested in nothing.
Even the youth have a lot of opportunities to be the best but they don’t value this fact.
I think that a group of people or camps can rise for the youth to get them involved in activities and different situations. This can be the best thing for youths.