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Creativity in translation
Splendid books deserve to be shared, just like fantastic movies or music. I have translated excerpts in Chinese from books and poems to English. They are treasures that belong to the world, and I don’t want to see them trammeled by the scopes of language. A good piece of translation is part of the creative process, not a mechanical exercise that is easily done with a computer. A computer can translate words, but they can't translate feelings. Computer-generated translations can be grammatically correct, but lack imagination. When we start to draw the images that hide in our head and lead them...
A letter about the ¨Migration Crisis¨ from a Honduran girl
There are ways to solve social/political problems. It's understandable that countries may not react positively to foreign people entering their territories, but it is also understandable that there are human ways to solve conflicts. Tear gas, hitting, discrimination, among many other things are some of the situations that migrants are dealing with. This is a TOTAL violation of their human rights. This is not about migrants from Honduras alone, it is about humanity and the way we are ending it ourselves. There are hundreds of people from Central American countries migrating who are suffering...
Overcoming obstacles by believing in yourself
On World Children’s Day, meet the children standing up for children’s rights
Racial Discrimination: a deadly poison
Racism is not just an added stress to individuals of minority ethnic groups, but is a pathogen which generates depression. Racism usually occurs at workplace and schools and is mostly experienced by immigrants and refugees. The immigrants and refugees are often taken advantage as labour force, human trafficking and even cases of rape and child marriage. Their human rights must be protected, so they will have the right to life and liberty, freedom from slavery and torture, freedom of opinion and expression, the right to work and education to eradicate poverty, and end child marriage. Being...
Beaten For Buying Books
It was around 10:30 in the night when this girl, around 14 or 15 years of age, came and stood next to me in a market place. She had a pen and a notebook in one hand and her little brother, in the other. She told me how she didn’t like to beg but her mother forced her to do it every day. She asked if I could get her something to eat which she could take home for all her siblings. She had tables and alphabets written in her notebook. She doesn’t go to school. There is someone who comes to a nearby Metro Station every day to teach her a few basics. She was upset because she couldn’t understand...
#womenempowerment: It's time that we stand up
As young women, it is important that we love and support each other to empower and enrich the minds of other young women as the future leaders. And it's not only about commending each other when we do good and amazing things; it's also about everyday ordinary women who wake up every morning, striving for a better future, where by they can live in peace and knowing that they won't be #MeToo. I think it's time that we as women stand up and take charge, make a difference and be heard in this male dominated world, and show that when women stand together they can move mountains.
Is your democracy in danger?
Democracy is the basic fundamental right of an individual. The strength of nations lies in democracy. Democracy allows the people to elect their representatives and form government. The general idea is that Democracy is of the people, for the people and by the people. We never thought of how our democracy could be in danger. There are various incidents that have taken place all around the globe, which are the prove that democracies can die if the people living in democracy do not identify the cause of its collapse and also not taking necessary actions to protect it. Whether it is America...
Why rural education is fundamental to Sustainable Development
Have you ever taken into account of Rural Education being the fundamental aspect to measure diversification under Sustainable Development interventions? Millions of people are focusing on the urban poor and to a certain degree ignored rural poor interventions. In Africa, the rural population has continually been producing poor results based on developmental contribution to national political, social and economic improvement. And schools lack effective resources (libraries, qualified education mentors, low class education system) to provoke or influence pupils for success. The exposure to...
Sexual Harassment
Sexual harassment is one of the major problems in our generation. I look at myself every morning on my way out with different thoughts in my head. Will I be judged by what I wear? Can I walk down the streets without the opposite sex getting the wrong ideas? There is no age limit to rape or molested victims. Predators are everywhere stalking and watching your every move. Most victims are molested by family members or someone they trust. Victims are blamed and tortured by the memories. I was at an event few weeks ago and the rape topic came up. 40% suggested females should cover up more, attend...
Kusambilila: The cost of an education
Before the sun gets too bright each morning, Beauty Mulenga (15); and her younger sister Paulina (12) are rushing through their daily routine. Chatting animatedly with a bucket full of tomatoes on their heads, Beauty leads the way as they go off to sell the vegetables… or rather, fruits if you insist; to passer-bys’ in their neighbourhood. Most people would think it odd that this is what young girls are doing as early as 5am, but this is the reality of many young Zambian people. Although it may seem hard to believe or even far-fetched; these young girls are the lucky ones. Once done selling...
Lessons From “Tuesdays With Morrie”
Sometimes in life you come across a book which has answers to all your unasked questions. Interestingly, that book is the one which you bought in a hurry from the bookstore because your parents were being impatient as you are taking so long to purchase “that one perfect book”. But, once you start reading that book which you bought under pressure, you realise that it is not the book which you should keep aside and allow the dust particles to make their new home on the cover-page. Instead, you realise that it is the kind of book which would help you in understanding what an enigma life is. So, I...
Covid 19, Quarantine life and lessons for humanity
Coronavirus is all over the news, and seriously, if you have anxiety with all the covid 19 updates happening, please do not read on. The coronavirus hit us by surprise, and consumed us within months. Nobody predicted that it would kill so many people, force countries to lockdown, shut schools and public places and put our life on hold. It hit us and now it's everywhere. It made the whole world bleed, and spreading like wildfire. Everyone has been writing on this (and no it's not a post about panic buying and no toilet paper), and I honestly do not know where I stand. I am an international...
Making sense of the world through photography
Information has never been more accessible than it is today. With just a few clicks, I can find out just about anything on any subject of my choosing. With just the press of a button, I can access 24-hour news. While this certainly has its benefits (I cannot imagine having to write an essay on epistemology without the aid of the internet), I have come to realize that for many people, this has at least one big downside. In a time when we are constantly bombarded with general information, facts, and figures, people have become numb to some of the most pressing issues humanity is still trying to...
Mastery-learning
In recent years, there has been talk about the need to transform school education. Among the ideas is the transition to mastery learning, a system of learning every topic one hundred percent. Mastery learning is a way of learning in which the pupil moves forward at his or her own pace. In this approach, each topic is taught at 100% and only after the unit is completed does the student move on to the next one. The speed depends on initial knowledge, personal disposition, and desire. According to the mastery-learning concept, the ability of students should not be measured by the material they...
World Children’s Day: 9 young leaders making a difference for children worldwide
Every day, this group of 9 inspiring leaders advocate to include children in decision-making processes, to raise awareness about climate change, or to make sure people with disabilities are included in sports. On November 20th, they marked World Children’s Day and the 30th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child by taking the stage of the United Nations headquarters in New York City, in front of international delegates and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassadors. Get to know them and share their stories on social media using the hashtag #WorldChildrensDay so other youth feel inspired to...
Our New Norms
In the last two weeks, the Malaysian government had allowed some students to start schooling, and some of them were us. We are going to sit for the biggest examination of our life early next year. It was such a blessing that we're able to meet each other again. Apart from this COVID situation, we're still able to study with each other. This was a picture was taken before the school closed due to this pandemic. We really miss our senior life and we wish that this pandemic could end soon. Personally for me, this really didn't stop me from studying hard and achieving good result so that I can...
The Deadliest Disease
Tinged red blood in colour Running and fleeting in a chase from One To Another. Weak yet sudden Causing choking tears Cracking coughs And stinging foreheads. Women cry as they lunge for the last tissues While others step back as soon as they Spot those Narrow Small eyes. Chinese Chinese. They whisper. And that girl spotted with those Narrow Small Eyes clenches her hand As the eyes of the crowd stalk Her like prey. Strangling Wrenching Shoving Hurting Our hostile friends Our abandoned sisters And I cry. Because Didn't you know? The worst disease of them all Is never the disease itself. It is...
What does good parenting really mean? Part one
Every child has his/her own personality. They have their own abilities and interests and have a right to choose which activities they would like to participate in, we can't decide that on behalf of them. Our role is only to provide them with the required information and opportunities to discover the different paths and the appropriate supervision for them to make their own informed decisions, with no force of any type. Our children are more than their academic achievements and school grades. We should help them to evolve in each aspect of their personality, not only their academic performance...