Activity 4

Years have passed and only one thing remains constant, change. There came a time in the past where people used to say "hi" or "hello" or any other greetings that you can think of, to anyone that they meet in the streets, in the stores, and everywhere else. You can say that people at people like this are polite but in their time, this level of politeness is as normal as breathing. Ask the oldest people that you know about how polite the people were in their time and I'm sure that their answer will be something like "yeah".

Nowadays, people are all arrogant and busy. Only a few cares to say "hi" any more. When you walk at the streets or when you eat outside, you can see that less people only cares or shows kindness to others any more. Maybe its because of the increase in the population or maybe people just got tired in being polite and kind. Even in private schools where values and manners are well-practised and taught like everyday, you can see that students don't learn anything at all. You can see rude students and those that are disrespectful. Even children disrespects their parents and elders. The fact is that other people just love it when children do things that are unpleasant stuff to older people. People find this scene as entertaining and children are so innocent that they may start to think that what they are doing catches attention and we all know that children loves attention. When these children grow up, they will bring with them what they have learned while being a child and it's like an illness which keeps on getting worse.

In my opinion, I think that the idea of revolt against greater power caused this degradation of manners. This phenomena is rampant on highly developed countries and basing on that, I had the idea that the more dominant a person thinks of himself, the more disrespectful and rude a person is. I'm not saying that people should hold on to the idea that the world is developing in terms of technology, intelligence and mentality, we should focus less on manners but all I want to point out is that everything starts on what a child has seen and learned from people. Everybody should be a good example to children and teach them the proper way. I admit that most of everyone in my age are impolite and disrespectful but we are the ones who can stop the cycle by being good examples to children.

Hani's Inspirational Story

Today, money is in the top of list when it comes to everything. Whenever you need something or you want something to be done, money is the easiest answer. Though perseverance and diligence are on the list, they just ranked second or so. But there are people who succeeds through diligence and perseverance. A good example of that person is Hani. The fact that she is poor and discriminated by educated people, her will and desire to learn made her endure these things and still learned and was educated.

The most important thing that Hani lacks was money because she wasn't born with a silver spoon on her mouth. Being a native isn't a problem, but I can say that as natives, they should accept change like the need for education and accepting science and technology. This was what Hani did. She accepted change and worked hard for it. She was so courageous that she went to the professor to teach her how to speak in English in order to understand the language of the world. Her story sure is something to be of an inspiration specially in our country which is branded as a third world country.

I hope that people will use Hani as inspiration. What we need is progress and the ability to endure the things that we will go through in our way to success, not reasons that will not solve anything. Hani's courage and will to learn is something that people should imitate. We should believe in ourselves and never back down to challenges even if we think that it is unreachable.