SYRIA'S LOST GENERATION

While I was watching this video, I could not help thinking of my teen students and even in myself at that age, as well as about how sensitive and dependent a human being is at that stage of his life.  I have been impressed by the sad and hopeless children's look. It should be the consequence of the shock of becoming suddenly adults. Try as I might, I could not imagine their feelings after losing their childhood, their home's safety  and their   family's support.

Apart from this, it is no wonder that the majority of this youth generation will suffer from psychological sequels in the future. Some of the words by which I have felt really moved are: "we should have died before have seen such things", told by a girl who is now playing the role of mother and father of her younger siblings. These two millions of people are supposed to bear the rest of their existence the bitterness of being witness and victims of their enemies's cruelty and barbarism .

 Nevertheless, I would like thinking that among this crowd, maybe some individuals will be able to transform their distress into wisdom, and forgive without forgetting the mistakes of the past, as an exceptional man- Mandela- did, in order to rebuilt their country free of hate and nastiness.

SAN VALENTINE'S DAY:BIG BUSINESS/BIG PRESSURE

Rent-A-Boyfriend Business Booming In China As Women Hire Fake Beaus To Please Nagging Parents

By Philip Ross   on November 11 2013 7:18 PM

The rent-a-boyfriend market, in which women pay young men to meet their parents, is on the rise in China. 

These days, finding a charming boy to impress the folks with is as easy as clicking “Add To Cart.” According to English People Daily, young people in China, particularly women, are renting bogus sweethearts through online marketplaces to parade in front of their scrupulous parents, who often pressure their daughters to find partners before a certain age.

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MY OWN REFLECTION

      Is only in countries such as China where this kind of pressure exist?. I am afraid that it is not. In our own society, similar thoughts are kept, despite the fact that we are believed to be a modern country.

     For a large number of people,single women in their thirties or forties (as it is my case) are supposed to be in the obligation of searching for a husband. For some of them if a woman is talking to a good-looking man, she has to be expecting something else that a simple friendship.

     Apart from that, have your friends sometime 'prepared a boyfriend' for you without asking you in advance?.  Have became they a bit upset if you have not shown especially enthusiastic with their great help?.

     So that, even in our 'developed world', this kind of stress exist and some women agree to get engaged to a fiancé, although they do not like him at all. Their reward is to have an ordinary life and a partner for special dates (such as San Valentine's day) or social events (what in Spain is called BBC).

     Nevertheless, luckily this mentality is slowly disappearing and relationships are becoming more flexible and sincere. It does not matter how you fall in love, face to face, by internet or whatever it was, whether the feeling is authentic.