THE GLOBE

November / December 2016

Student Writings from IEI

WRITING TWO
My Big Day
By Fayi Alkhamsi (Saudi Arabia)
My name is Fayi, and I have a lot
of big days. I was going with my friend to a
small store when someone cut across the
road while driving very fast. The car hit my
friend. I was looking for the car that hit my
friend and taking care of my friend at the
same time. I took my friend to the hospital.
He had a broken leg and hand. He is good
now, though. He can walk and play, and he
is driving again.

Seasons
By Oscar Arce Gutierrez (Colombia)
In my country, I lived in Bogota city. In that city,
we dont have seasons. The weather is cold. Maybe in
August it is hot. In August we celebrate a Festival of
Summer. We have a big park called Simon Bolivar
where families go together. The children play all day in a
park just for them. The families make BBQ and eat in the
afternoon before finally going home.

A Party
By Meznah Aloyuni (Saudi Arabia)
Weddings in my city are different. First, we give
gifts. Then we go to the reception wearing special clothes.
The bride wears a white dress, and the groom wear
traditional clothes. The party is in separate rooms. People
get married at the palace. The party continues all night.
The food is in a private room. Dancing is very important.
The appropriate age to get married for women is 20 years
old and up, but for men it is
25 and up. After the
reception, they go on a
honeymoon, and after the
honeymoon we have a
special party for them.

WRITING THREE
Vacation with my Boyfriend

Best Friends Or Many Friends

By Kemelin Mancilla Gonzalez (Guatemala)

By Wenxuan Zhang (China)

My boyfriend has received some money and will

spend it on a vacation. He won the lottery, and we took a
vacation to UNIVERSAL STUDIOS. It was an incredible
trip, and it was fun. Next I went to this place as a birthday
gift. It is a majestic Park with a lot to enjoy. We had a
marvelous day. It has some serious magic. For an instant, I
went back to being a girl. Finally, if I have the opportunity
to return, I would not hesitate, and it would be the same as
the first time.

Diffenent people have different choices.

As we know some people like many friends
accompany himself. And some people like
choose very a few but important friends.
I agree with people who own one or two
best friendsbecause general friends just play
together or talk about simple things. If you have
best friends, you not only play together, but also
listen when you are sorrowful, happy and upset.
They can understand you. They can comfort you.
Any time they can accompany you. If you only
have general friends. They will not do so much
for you. Maybe they reject you some requests.
For example, three months ago, I needed
go to USA. Most general friends just sended me
email. But best friends, they gave me a hug. At
the same time, we said many promises. I dont
think that the other friends could do this. And
since I stay USA.I have needed to some money
buy game equipment. My best friends could lend
me money, but general friends didnt lend me
and they didnt believe me.
All in all, I like to spend a lot of time
with my best friends. But sometimes I need to
spend a little time with general friends. I insist
on my understanding. While listening to other
peoples ideas.

Autism and horses

By Hesah Alayuni (Saudi Arabia)
The horses are a treatment for autism. Some
people have tried to find solution for autism, so first they
try to make the horse and the child with autism to connect
together like draw on the horse body or touch the horse on
the first week. Second they make the child ride it and walk
with it, After that, the child will going to be more
connected with it. The child will be more connected by
steps like what he did with the horse touch the face if he
wants to connect with people then try to
play with hem. These stable gives child
with more aplomb and respect for other
people other. Finally we have to give
every one chance. They did not choose
their diseases. If we cannot help them.
Who will help them. We have to
cooperate to have a good life.

With Who I Like Spend Time

My friend and his money

By Ali Alayuni (Saudi Arabia)

By Asma Alharbi (Saudi Arabia)

I like to spend a lot of time with many friends

because I will have more choices. I can talk with who I
want talk. If I want to play PS4 with who plays or play
cards together. But if I have a problem or something
happens, and I need to talk to my best friend, he can help
me and make me good. He knows what I want, and he
knows what is good for me. Finally sometimes I like to
spend time with many friends and sometimes I like with
best friend

My friend wants me to help him

with his money. He received some
money, and he doesnt know what he can
do with it. He asked me, should I spend
my money for a car or for a vacation? I
think it is best to spend the money on a car because the car
is important. He needs to use the car every day and every
time. If you want to go to institute, Wal-Mart, or visit his
friend, he needs the car. His car also travels on vacation by
his car. So I say spend the money for a car. Also, we go
and return from vacation. But money is deferent. Maybe it
will go, but it wont return.

I Agree with One Friend

By Mohammed Shiban (Saudi Arabia)
I like to stay all the time with my best friend. Its
better for me because first thing I can do with him
anything. For example I like what he likes, and I like to do
what he likes to do. I chose best friend who likes me. The
people sometimes think hes my brother. Finally I like to
stay with all my friends. Sometimes its good for me, but
best for me is just to stay with one friend all of the time.

WRITING FOUR
Literature
By Furkan Akyelken (Turkey)
Literature is the biggest ocean on the world. If you can swim, you may travel to different
continents, or if you cant, you may drown. This ocean, literature, can be divided into two groups:
fiction and non-fiction.
Did you know that book can transport you around the world, especially fiction books? You can
be a Chinese adventurer in Asia tonight, and the next night maybe you can be a worker in the
mines of Africa. This is your choice. Fiction books or novels are the best option for dreamers. Also,
you can learn many things from fiction books. For example, maybe you will not try to fly a space
ship like in the Star Wars series, but you can learn something about friendship from this adventure
or the importance of family ties from Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker. Finally, fiction books are
more interesting and fun than non-fiction books, like places which are waiting to be discovered.
The other kind of literature is non-fiction books. We may divide non-fiction literature into two
groups: reference materials, which are useful for academic area and other books about topics like
history, language, cooking, travel etc. Non-fiction books generally tell about something real like
university research, research about bird, making chemical medicines or building a bridge. You can
write on essay about anything, but firstly you have to learn lots of thing before start to write
something.
The other non-fiction books are different from reference books. You can buy these books from
a bookstore or a library. For example; My Struggle, which is Adolf Hitlers book, he wrote when he
was in jail. You can learn a lot of things about World War II from this book; additionally, you can go
back to the middle of the 20th century. These books are very useful for curious people, not for
dreamers. If you are hungry for knowledge, you may be a real non-fiction lover. So, if there is an
ocean, non-fiction books are the deepest area of this ocean.
To sum up, people may like to read each type of literatureits normal. But we know that
literature has two kinds: fiction and non-fiction. You can share your ideas about your books with
your friends when you finished them. Also, in my opinion, reading a book is better than watching
movies or TV series. Because you can imagine characters, places and scenes when you read
something.

Stressful Vacations
By Sakinah Alminyan (Saudi Arabia)
Most people travel somewhere. Some of them have bad
vacations, and some of them have good vacations. But me, I had a bad
vacation. Last year, I went to Dubai. That was a terrible vacation. There
are many qualities in a stressful vacation: bad weather, not having a
schedule, and traveling with people that you dont feel comfortable with.
First, bad weather, like a lot of rain and fog, can make your
vacation stressful. You cant drive anywhere, and you cant go outside.
Also, it is crowded on the street, and the rain makes accidents. Its
dangerous. For example, when I was in high school 5 years ago, in a
final exam, we had bad weather. I couldnt even go to my school. There
was fog, a lot of rain, and dangerous weather.
Second, if you dont have a schedule for a trip, it can make your vacation stressful. If you
dont have one, you waste your time. When you want to travel, the first thing you should think about
is making a schedule, so that you can go anywhere you want on time and not waste time. Because
if you travel in a group, everyone will want to go somewhere they like. On the last trip I had, we
were a group, and we didnt have a schedule. All of us had a place we wanted to go, and
sometimes we wasted our time talking, and we didnt do anything.
Third, if you travel with people, and you dont feel comfortable with them, it can make your
vacation stressful. I didnt have a bad vacation with other people. But when you want to travel,
choose a good group to travel with. If you travel with people you dont feel comfrtable with, then
you waste your money and your time. You cant do anything fun with them.
In conclusion, there are many aspects to a stressful vacation like bad weather, not making
a plan, and having bad people on the trip. Do you like to travel alone or with a group? If with a
group, do you choose the people who are in the group? My advice is to choose a group with whom
you feel comfortable.

Gifts
By Lama Almahmood (Saudi Arabia)
A gift means someone giving you what you like or what you need. Gifts can be divided into
gifts from god, and gifts from other people.
First, there are many gifts from god. God gives you gifts when you pray, and if you are a
good person, god gives you what you hope for. For example, when women and men marry and
they want a child, god gives them a child and that is a gift from god. Also, there are a lot of different
kinds of gifts from god, like: money, a job, and a good life.
Second, there are gifts from other people. When
someone loves you, or has a strong feeling towards you, they
give you a gift that says, You are important to me, and I want to
keep you safe. For example, your child gives you a gift when he
loves you, or your friends give you gifts on a holiday because
they want to tell you, I remember you. I didnt forget about you.
Finally, gifts are so beautiful. Everybody likes gifts, and
gifts have two important kinds: gods gifts and peoples gifts. My
advice is if you have someone who loves you, give him a gift that
makes a strong relationship.

Vacations
By Dalal Alshamrani (Saudi Arabia)
What does vacation mean? Vacation means getting some rest after
hard work or study. A vacation is very important after stressful times because
when you dont take vacations after long work or study, you may not have
another chance. So, there are two types of vacations: short vacations and long
vacations.
First of all, there are short vacations. Taking a short vacation means only
spending a few days or a short time on your vacation. In fact, some people dont
have time to spend on a long vacation. Also, some people prefer short vacations.
But when you get a short vacation after hard work or study, you feel
uncomfortable. For example, last year when I started to study at I.E.I., I didnt get
a vacation during this whole time, so right now I feel very tired because I didnt
get a vacation.
The second type of vacation is a long vacation. A long vacation means spending a lot of
time on your vacation. I prefer this kind of vacation because it refreshes your mind after a period of
hard work. In addition, this kind of vacation brings you new energy when you go back to your work
or study. For example, when you spend a long time and relax, you feel comfortable and able to
start work again.
In conclusion, there are two kinds of vacations, and its clear to you which is the best
vacation for you. In my opinion, I prefer long vacations because they seem to help you by
refreshing your mind. Also, when you go back to your job, you can be ready!

Smoking
By Elaf Tayeb (Saudi Arabia)
Do you like to smoke cigarettes? We have seen cars that
smoke because they burn gas, but when people smoke they are
burning their life away. There are many effects of smoking
cigarettes. They can be categorized in three ways: health, social
and finance.
The first kind is about health. Some people don't care their
health. Every cigarette you suck it sucks the life out of you.
Smoking will cause a lot health problems. For example, cancer,
heart disease and will decrease your fitness.
The second kind is social. Some people avoid sitting next to people who smoke cigarettes
because they are afraid of second hand smoke. Some people don't like sitting next to people who
are smoking because they don't like cigarettes smell. Anyway, both reasons result in some social
problems.
The third kind is about finance. When people get addicted to drugs, they lose their money
to buy the drugs. On the other hand, when people get addicted to the nicotine in the cigarettes it
results in wasting their money. Keep this in your mind that every time you smoke a cigarette, you
are burning your money.
In conclusion, these three points, health, social and finance, are the effects of smoking. It
is easy to become addicted to smoking.

Honesty
By Jana Alqasir (Saudi Arabia)
It is important to be honest in your life. Also being honest will make a good person, and will
help you have good relationships. People from everywhere like an honest person. A person who is
honest in life can usually be a happy person. Honesty can be divided in two ways; honesty with
yourself and honesty with your parents.
The first way is honesty with yourself. I want to be personally honest because people will
like me and love me. In a perfect world, each person I interact with would be nice, and appreciate
my honesty. In addition it creates peace of mind and promotes relationships of trust. The benefits
of honesty extend to personal health as well.
The second way is honesty with your parents and your family.
Honesty with your family is a different from honesty with yourself.
Everybody probably talks with their friends more than with their parents.
But you should have a great relationship with your parents too. For
example, I have a good relationship with my sister. She tells me everything
that happened with her. She never lies to me. Now she knows me better
and is closer to me than to her friends.
As you can see, they are many ways to be honest: honesty with
your friends and honesty with your family. These things are very useful in
your life. I believe you will be better if you are an honest person.

Peace (Lets struggle for peace together!)

By Mesut Keklik (Turkey)
Peace is important with myself, and peace is important with
other people. Peace can be divided into two kinds. One of them is with
myself, and one of them is with other people. For world peace, first of
all, we should establish peace within ourselves, and then with other
people.
For world peace, first, I should establish peace with myself.
So, if I love myself, and if I spend quality time with myself, I will
establish peace with myself.
After I establish peace with myself, I can fight for peace for
other people because for a good life, for a peaceful life, and for a life
without war, all people should establish peace together. When we can be respectful, thoughtful,
and care about other cities and other countries, eventually we can make the world a more peaceful
place.
In sum, peace can be divided into two kinds: first, with myself, and then with other people.
When we establish these two things, life will be better for everyone. For this reason, lets start to
love ourselves and lets struggle for peace.

Happiness
By Abbas Alalshalab (Saudia Arabia)
What does happiness mean? Happiness is simple chance it will enter the heart and show the
beautiful smile on human face. There are three causes to be happy: make friends, travel, and occupation.
Making friends is one cause of happiness because friends are substantial in the life. For example,
friends help each other in everything and friends give people a lot of advice and hope to be happy.
Travel is one cause of happiness because people want travel to change air and to be happy. For
example, if someone who travels enjoys and sees another culture, it will be useful. In addition, it will be
pleasurable.
Occupation is one cause of happiness because everyone who
makes his occupation will be happy because they produce their
occupation. For example, someone has occupation to fix cars and he has
broken car so he fixed it and he was happy.
In conclusion, occupation, travel, and making friends are causes
to be happy because the humans have to feel pleasure inside humans.
My advice, people should make strong friendship to help them in their
future. Also, people should like travel to develop their ideas and to know
more about different countries.

The Fast Food

By Natnael Azath (Ethiopia)
There are three effects of fast food: get fat, not clean, and it is not healthy for your body.
The first effect is to make you fat or it is not healthy for the body because they are not cooked enough.
Effect number two is the material is not clean and because of what I say many people talk about it. They
dont have time to clean everything because they are busy.
Effect number 3 is for your bodys health because if you eat every day fast food your body will get fat very
fast.
Fast food is not good for your body because when you eat everyday you will get fat.

To Be Healthy Person
By Hala Baabdullah (Saudia Arabia)
Have you ever thought to eat food, or to make your body healthy by doing some sports? When I was in
China two years ago, I went daily to the gym, and did some sport. My body was very good, and some time I ate
healthy food. There are three causes to make your body healthy: to lose weight, athletic body, and health reasons.
One of the most popular causes is to lose weight. Some of the obese people have to lose weight to make
their body more healthy. For example, I know one person who is around 150 kg, and he cant run, walk, and do
some sport. He has problem on his body. For that he decided to go on a diet and be in the right weight. Finally he
had the weight which he wanted, and he enjoyed his life and has good health.
In addition, to get an athletic body, you should do sports daily, and dont let your self eat any things you
want it, or eat it, but not too much. Furthermore, here is one example. I have one brother who has an overweight
and he wants to have an athletic body, and he hikes the mountains. This one example of the one who wants to
have an athletic body.
The last cause of having a healthy body is health reasons. There are some
people who should have a healthy body for some reasons. For example, my dad
has slipped disc, and he has a little overweight. For that, he should lose some
weight to feel more comfortable in his life. Also, he has the diabetes and he has to
go on a diet some time, but not all the time. For that some people have to get
healthy body because they have health reasons.
In conclusion, these are the three causes to have healthy body: to lose
weight, athletic body, and health reasons. In my opinion, all the people try to be in
the right weight, and try not to eat a lot of non healthy food. To avoid problems to
not hurt you.

Work
By Norah Alsubaie (Saudi Arabia)
Everyone believes that finding a good job is important in
community. When you got a good job, you can live a better life. But, if
you did not find a good job, I think you will feel bead. There are many
effects of unemployment: finances, depression and loneliness.
First of all, finances is kind of money. If you do not have money,
so you are going to have bad things happen. Also, when you do not find job, you cannot buy anythings like
furniture, food, clothes, and car. It will affect your personality. For example, I remember when my father was talking
to me. When he was a child, his father did not find a job. So, he did not have money. He said if he went to school
his friend laughed at him. Also he cannot eat enough food and he wore old clothes.
Second, depression all things where people feel if they do not find work. For example, my cousin has
depression because he quit his job because his salary was very little. After that, he was trying to find another job,
but he did not find it. In addition, he does not like to meet with his friend and does not go to anywhere. He just stay
in his home.
Three, there are some people who have loneliness if they do not get a good job. Those people do not want
to see anyone. Some day, they cannot meet with their parents. I think they have psychological stress because they
cannot do anythings like travel, buy a car, food, new clothes, and go with their friends to coffee.
In conclusion there are many effects of unemployment, finances, depression and loneliness. You should
finish your university and then look for a good job. In my opinion, the work is important and necessary in life if you
must interest and keep it.
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Online Shopping
By Reina Garcia (Colombia)
There is an easy method or easy place to buy anything. Everybody needs this place to be quiet and the
internet allows that. Actually, technology has developed many websites to buy things. The most important
companies have websites. The effects of buying things in internet are saving time, the store is open all year, and
you buy in a safe place with debit or credit card.
When you buy anything in internet, you save time because you dont have to go to any place. You can buy
in your home, your work, or at a restaurant. You have to use your phone or your computer. It also saves time
because the steps are very easy and fast.
Another effect to buy something in internet is you dont have to worry about the day or the hour because
the online shopping is open all the days of the year at any hour. For this advantage you can be quiet and you can
spend the time in other things because you buy in internet at any moment.
The Websites are secure places because they are protected with specialized software. When you buy
anything in internet you must use your debit or credit card. You dont have to pay with cash, and thats easy and
very fast. The companies spend a lot of money in their websites to protect their clients.
In conclusion, to buy things on internet is an advantage in these days because the people are busy all the
time. The internet gives the people options ot buy things saving their time, protecting their debit or credit card, and
giving them peace. My advice is to look at the url; those urls must be green and that indicates that it is a secure
place.

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WRITING FIVE
Apple Declines the FBI Request
By Atheer Alghamdi (Saudi Arabia)
With increased technology people are concerned about their privacy. Therefore, most
electronics companies are trying to preserve their customers and provide protection for their
information and preserve the privacy of each individual. Apple is a company that has strong and
effective management and many users prefer it. The FBI requested Apple to create a new IOS that
has a backdoor feature; in this case, the FBI would be allowed to access all the iPhone products.
"FBI would allow a computer to try to crack the phone by entering thousands of possible passcodes until it found the right one"(Brown). However, Apple did not accept. There are many causes
and effects related to Apple's decline to the request to build the backdoor in their system.
First reason that Apple declined the request is privacy. Most users want to have freedom of
use, and the company should not violate this privacy. If Apple made this service, it would be easy
to hack and steal all information from their database. So, the company has stated that the backdoor
feature would allow hackers to penetrate any device with ease (Brown). Moreover, if some
strangers had the ability to entry the system, it would weaken the entire Apple company.
Consequently, the company would lose one of its most important features, high-security.
The other reason that Apple declined the request is loss of time and customers. It would
take a long time to build a new OS, and this would overburden the workers. Also, Apple wants to
build user trust and never lose them, and make them feel comfortable. Respecting them and their
information is essential to accomplish this.
There are many effects of Apple declining the request. One of these would be a decrease
in the number of customers and earnings. If Apple built a backdoor, the company would lose most
of its customers because they would have lost the service they need which is privacy; therefore,
they would try to find other companies that meet their needs. Thus, Apple's sales would be reduced
and profits would even affect investors. Also, the stock price of the company would decrease and
therefore all shareholders would lose their money. In the end, a backdoor would affect the
company's reputation it would lose its credibility.
In conclusion, Apple declined the request to build the backdoor because there are many
reasons and effects for their system. It is a very good decision from Apple to save its reputation
and clients. You have to choice the best company that can protect your information and make a
suitable device that meets your needs.
Works Cited
Bryan, Brown. "Apple vs. the FBI: the battle between the tech
giant and the government agency over the right to search an iPhone
may have an enormous impact on our lives." Junior Scholastic/Current
Events. 4 Apr. 2016, p. 8+. Academic OneFile. Accessed 28 Nov.
2016.

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Prejudiced Ideas about the Muslim Community

By Ali Albrahim (Saudi Arabia)
The Islamic world is facing a big wave of misunderstanding from others at the
present. Many communities have a lot of incorrect ideas about the Muslim world.
Simultaneously, the Muslim community has a big difficulty in addressing this problem. Day
by day, the results of this complex problem become bigger. Nevertheless, there are some
religious communities who are cognizant to some extent that the Islamic society is
misunderstood by. Subsequently, they try to help the Islamic society treat this problem.
These prejudiced ideas are results of two prominent reasons: the news media and the
misguided action of Muslim people. Likewise, numerous results ensue, two of which are
disrespect and a lack of cooperation.
First, the news has an enormous impact on people everywhere. It is an immediate
way to transport what is happening in the world nowadays. To illustrate, by watching the
news, the people who are in the Middle East are able to know what happens in the West
before some people who are living in the West know. Hence, news is able to influence
individuals immediately. First of all, a lot of news companies exploit this ability in a wrong
way to serve personal interests. They always change the facts according to the
governments' desires. Aasima Safdar noted that it is normal in every community to be there
positive and negative individuals ('War against Terrorism'). The number of Muslim people in
the world is more than a billion and a half individuals. However, the news always
concentrates on what a small awful group of Muslims are doing, seeking to conceal what
numerous great Muslims do. The news always ignores the innovations, the extraordinary
ideas, and the achievements that are made by Muslim people. And when we compare a
limited number with more than one and half billion, the result will be nothing. Secondly, a lot
of people have blind trust in the news. Consequently, it is easy for the news to lie to these
people. Therefore, news companies will feel comfortable transferring distorted news without
being afraid of denial by the people. By these ways, the news plays a big role in giving other
communities incorrect ideas about the Muslim community.

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Furthermore, some Muslim actions have a role in distorting the image of Islam.
According to Aasima Safdar, " Islam was misrepresented by the foreign media and through
the actions of some Muslim factions. Cultural traits of certain countries also played its role"
("War against Terrorism"). Irrespective of the bad Muslim, by doing wrong actions, the they
give the news a huge chance to exploit their weaknesses. There are some people who call
themselves Muslims, who stole, lie, kidnap, and do numerous other wrong stuff, while
Islamic teaching warns from doing like these actions. The number of these people is limited,
nevertheless, they still distort Islam and give prejudiced ideas about the Muslim community
for other communities. It is difficult to make them adhere to the Islamic teaching due to their
indifferences. This small group of Muslims is not careful about what others may think as a
result of their actions. When these kinds of people travel to other countries, they keep doing
a lot of mistakes in the name of Islam without thinking about what results will ensue.
Nicola McCarthy said, quoting Newton: "For every action there is an equal and
opposite reaction." This means that as a result of news and the small bad group of Muslim
people's actions, the Muslim society will face some problems from other societies. One of
these problems is disrespect. Facing disrespect from any side may make building
relationships with this side very difficult. Likewise, other societies may isolate Muslim society.
They will not accept the presence of Muslim people around them in their countries.
Moreover, they will not marry Muslim individuals. That means that Muslim society is facing
wave from others.
As a second problem, most people may not think to become Muslims as a result of
the incorrect background of belief. Consequently, the number of Muslims will shrink day by
day. To make that clear, when no one marries other Muslims, the number of Muslims will
decrease. The same is true when no one changes his religion to be Muslim. In addition, the
relationships between the Muslim community and the other communities might be weak and
this will effect being in useful cooperation. The Muslim governments will probably have an
enormous difficulty in having good cooperation with other countries. The Islamic economy
might be very weak since the others don't trust making investments within Islamic countries.
Hence, Muslim countries will not have the ability to develop their community, their education,
their soldiers, and their level of life. Subsequently, Muslim communities may be weak.
In summary, a lot of bad results The Muslim community may face as a consequence
of what news portrays and what a small group of Muslim people are shrinking in disrespect
and cooperation. This war becomes stronger day by day. Nevertheless, the Islamic societies
should try to fix this problem before it becomes impossible.
1- "War against Terrorism: Perception of Pakistani informants." Journal of Pakistan
Vision, 30 June 2016, p. 1. Academic OneFile. Accessed 16 Nov. 2016.
2- McCarthy, Nicola. "Newton's third law." Nature Reviews Cancer, vol. 5, no. 11,
2005, p. 840. Academic OneFile. Accessed 17 Nov. 2016.

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Reason To Forgive As Illustrated In Anime And Drama

By Kawthar Emsallam (Saudi Arabia)
Forgiveness is the way to live in peace. Forgiveness depends about the ways to think and
ethically, when some people believe in some things they will act as what they believe. When
someone confidence in forgiveness and practice it, that will help other people. It make them realize
forgiving other people make a lot of things: happiness, harmony, amity, care for other people, new
lessons. There are also other purposes that convince people think to forgive other people such as:
being human, making an end to nemesis, not knowing about other how live, trying to disguise their
emotions, and not having knowledge to act in some situations. The results from forgiving other
people are: establishing trust, altering people.
First, people should forgive because we are all humans. We have some emotions, brains,
and bodies the only different between us is our personalities. Therefore, people can understand
how other can feel when someone forgive them about their mistakes. Even if we have different
personalities we have a lot of similarities that make us understand each other. For example,
Princess Protocols it is about boy tried to revenge from man. This man had one girl when she
grew up she became a protocol, when that boy knew about that, He exploited this chance to leave
his daughter to knew about what her father did to his father. Her father killed person in accidental
way and he ran away. At that time, his father worked in that place so when police came, they put
him in the jail. He visited his father in the jail and his father told him he did not do that. He promised
his father to directed him from the jail but because he is kid he can not do anything until his father
died in the jail. When they grew up. He came to her and became as her friend. He was helping and
saving her and when she need something he tried to gave her that thing. When she knew about
what happened she forgave him because he was acting like her friend. However, he helped her
and saved her many times. Because she loved him and she understood how he felt when he knew
the truth. She decided to help him to make all world knew his father did not do anything wrong. This
feeling when someone close to you feel pain and you help that person, this feeling stems from your
heart because we have some emotions make us understand each other.
In addition, forgiveness teaches you the effects from holding and using revenge. Some
people did not forgive other people for many reasons: they have wounds, they are victims, they feel
pain. the Revenge will not heal your wounds or your pain or fix your problems or change the other
person. On the other contrary, that will hurt you and other people who didnt do anything wrong
more and will increase your problems because people do not know about what that person did to
you. They will feel afraid of you and no one will understand you. It will make you more hurt and
lonely, it will cause you to lose everything you have. For example, "Hyde Jekyll and I" is a Korean
drama. It is about doctor who wanted to revenge toward his childhood friend because of what his
friend's father did. Although this is what he thought, in reality it was the doctors father who was the
criminal. He was an excellent psychology doctor, but because of revenge, he hurt some people
who had not done any thing and he lost everything: his friends, fan, job and he become a criminal
because of what he did. The real meaning of forgiveness is to stop thinking about revenge.
"Generally, forgiveness is a decision to let go of resentment and thoughts of
revenge. The act that hurt or offended you might always remain a part of your
life, but forgiveness can lessen its grip on you and help you focus on other,
more positive parts of your life. Forgiveness can even lead to feelings of
understanding, empathy and compassion for the one who hurt you"
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Furthermore, forgiveness make you aware people have different lives, circumstances,
experiences. Your life environment is what create our character and your habits as the people who
you live and visit with. Some people are not bad inside but because of their bad experience, they
act as what they believe. If someone had a bad experience about a friend relationship, that person
will not believe about who friendship is a treasure in our life. For instance, forgiveness makes some
people try to hide their emotions. They try to hide it because: they are afraid no one will understand
them, they will hurt someone or someone will be hurt or they are shy and they do not know what
they should say or do. For example, "Candy Candy" is anime about orphaned girl. She met strange
boy, he hid his real feeling because he didn't trust about people. His life was so tough that what
was make him didn't trust about people but candy forgive him about his mistakes when she knew
about his life. Therefore, hiding the real feeling is not good most of the time.
Moreover, forgiveness teaches you some people do not have a lot of experience so they
dont know what should they do in some cases. They do not mean to hurt or ignore. They need
someone to tell them what they should do; they need someone patient to teach them. For example,
"She Was Pretty" is a Korean drama is about a girl who was rich but then became poor, and about
a boy who was poor and then became rich. When they was children, she always helped him. Ten
years later they met each other. He was looking for her and he wanted to married her but, she
always hid from him.She did not want him to know about her new life. she sent her friend instead of
her to meet him. At the end, he knew the reality. He forgave her and she explained why she did
that because she was shy and do not want to shocked him. He forgave her and married her.
As a result of using forgiveness is building trust between people. It make you believe there
is always love, and good people are everywhere and anywhere. If people make mistakes this
doesn't mean they are bad people, because all of us did mistake. For example, in the anime above
"candy candy." He was so tough. However, sometimes he was helping her in other time he was
bothering her but she forgave him and then they become the best friend and lovers. This
demonstrates how make us know inside most kinds of people pains they try to hide it by this way.
Therefore, forgiveness is one of the ways to change people. When some people believe in
wrong things and they make mistakes and you forgive them you will change them. You will change
their believes; they will realize the right things by themselves. To illustrate, Naruto is anime about
a village distracted by a monster. The king of this village decided to protect the village by putting
the minister in his son. Naruto was hated by villagers. However, when he grew up he saved all
villagers and changed their opinion about him, He taught them when someone makes a mistake
toward you don't do the same her/his mistake because if you forgive their mistake and act with
them in a kind ways you will change them. They will realize what they did wrong.
In conclusion, forgiveness is necessary in our life to have a good life
and relationships. One day you will need forgiveness from a person who you
hurt, so if you mercy people they will mercy you. All that you do will return to
you somehow, to make you understand how people feel about what you did to
them and make you realize what you did was right or wrong.
Works Cited
"Forgiveness: letting go of grudges and bitterness" by Mayo Clinic.
November 11, 2014. www.mayoclinic.org

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Racism
By Asma Alghamdi (Saudi Arabia)
This earth was created for us. For a long time, people lived together without
any ethnic problems. Black or white, men or women, rich or poor that did not matter, The most important
things to them were home, food and a safe life. However, the world became bigger and people became
proud of their race. Racism has existed throughout human history it may be defined as the hatred of one
person by another or the belief that another person is less than human because of skin color, language,
custom or place of birth (RacismAnti-Definition-League). Our culture, education and negative experience
helped spread racism. Which leads to fearing other, weak relationships, and an unhappy life.
Lately, racism has affected human relations for several reasons. Including, culture, education and
bad experiences.
First, Many people think that culture can develop racism. For example, for many years ago African
American people lived as slaves. They served white people and they could not sit or eat with them until
President Lincoln declared emancipation and President Kennedy equality for all Americans citizens.
However, we face people who affected of their culture and think they have higher status because of their
race or color. For instance, what was happened for African American.
Second, a lack of diverse education and uneducated communities may strengthen racism between
them. Childhood is often racialized. Children learn to walk and talk, but they also go through stages of
understanding race. From birth, children are exposed to institutionalized racism, through interactions with
their parents and caregivers, who "bring a vast array of their own experiences to bear in creating social life
for their young children" (Van Lugo & Feagin 178). According to Pew Research center, Statistic shows that
most people who elected Hilary Clinton were educated. So, people who elected Donald Trump were
uneducated. This real example show us how can education affect of people.
The last cause is bad experience. One Mexican student she had talked about alcohol when one of
her classmate interrupted her. She said she could not drink a lot that make her feel dizzy and her classmate
said, you are liar because Mexican people are always alcoholic! Another example is about my neighbor, old
woman who lives alone with her dog. She hates us without any reason, she told us to get out and go back
day after day. Prejudice is usually a reaction to bad experience. Mexican are not alcoholics and Muslims are
not terrorists.
So, because of all of these reason, the result must be unhappy and uncomfortable lives. When we
live expecting the worst from people who are different, with all these bad emotions this causes fear in our life;
we do not trust anyone. It is difficult to live alone or expect the worst things to come from people who are
different.
That also makes our relationship weak when we fear and avoid others. I heard a lot before, but I
learn about different culture in my school in U,S. by meeting new friends and learning about their culture.
This can help us be more open-minded.
Finally, our task is to learn how we can coexist and teach our children that all people have the same
prerogative. We should confront our wrong information. For instance, before I came to the U.S, some people
told me it was dangerous to live here because American people hate Middle Eastern humans! But actually I
have met beautiful people who are living, studying and eating with us.
Be happy and safe.
Sources:
Lugo, Sujei. "A Latino anti-racist approach to children's librarianship." Teacher Librarian, vol. 44, no.
1, 2016, p. 24+. Academic OneFile.
Pew Research Center,people-press.org.Web.july7,2016. http://www.people-press.org/2016/07/07/2voter-general-election-preferences/
Racism,Archive.adl.org.Web, http://archive.adl.org/hate-patrol/racism.html#.WDM17LUpqaM
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Judging by Appearance
By Maryam Alshaikh (Saudi Arabia)
Judgment is a tool people use t to make an opinion or comment on others behavior,
clothes, and action. Some people these days see others without noticing themselves. When
hearing or seeing something unusual, the first thing people do is prejudge without knowing
the reason: because the nature of humans always want to know why people act like this or
change their clothes like this. There are three reasons people judge; it is due to common to
judge, appearance, and previous experience.
Most people consider judgment as a regular lifestyle so, everyone judges without
observing himself. When they judge others it seems to be an easy way to speak out on
others appearance or acts. For example, a judgmental person might claim that someone is
fat why does not he workout? or this person might judge neighbor who passed by without
saying hi. Why is he so rude and never gives any attention to me. This is an obvious
illustration how judgment became so ordinary between people.
In addition, People pay much attention to what others are wearing and may make
their entire final decision about persons character on external appearance. Everyones
dress or talk depends on their traditions; thus, when some see an Arab woman wearing a
headscarf, the first thing they may think is that she is a terrorist. Because of the fact that
some Arab woman did ugly things and illegal work, that made a bad influence on others, too.
According to Patricia Sanchez, during the initial competition of Britains Got Talent, a selfconfessed frumpy 47-year-old woman stepped out on the stage before a group of judges
and the audience. On her way to the performance place she noticed whispers, chuckles, and
ugly words that came from the audience and judges who estimated her as a competitor. The
judges made fun of the woman as well the audience, too. After that, throughout the short
interview, no one said a sarcastic comment until the woman confronts the audience that she
aimed to be a professional singer like Elaine Page. When the audience heard her there was
ridiculous laughter. However, when Susan Boyle appeared and started to sing the song I
Dreamed a Dream, everyone remained silent and was astounded at her performance. This
illustrates the audience pays attention to appearance instead of the real talent and became
disappointed by their judgment when Boyle began to sing (Sanchez 31). Our judgment
should not be narrow to make final judgments by what others look like. People judge by
appearance. Just looking poor brings with it a stigma, accompanied by the withdrawal of
much of the social civility most of us take for granted lacking the culturally acceptable
symbols of belonging in this milieu. We became, to a degree, objects with less inherent
dignity as a person(Carlin 31). Our judgments of others make our relationships less kind
and peoples differences unbearable.
People judge by appearance. Just looking poor brings with it a stigma,
accompanied by the withdrawal of much of the social civility most of us take for
granted lacking the culturally acceptable symbols of belonging in this milieu. We
became, to a degree, objects, with less inherent dignity as person (Carlin 31).
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In addition, our previous experience holds most of our memories that mislead our
judgment. For instance, if someone has an arrogant boss in their work and then they meet
someone who resembles their bosss appearance, their boss may pop up in their mind
because this person resembles their boss and could be arrogant too; nonetheless people
should remember every person is unique. Thus, never let old memories get confused with
our present life.
The effects of judging people hurts others feeling and its never right to make fun by
mocking others actions or appearance. Do not act nave and harm a persons emotion with
a false word. Everyone should not judge their friends behavior, it will never make us satisfied
and it will harm others feelings. Furthermore, judge others will make you bad person who
likes to talk behind peoples back.
Another effect of make prejudged toward people is propagating stereotypes that
lead to discrimination. The way some judge people in front of their family, their children will
get used to it and may pass this heritage to unborn children in the future. For instance, if a
mother always insults a woman who wears old style clothes, her daughter may gain this
attitude, too.
However, judging one another never builds a friendly or beautiful life. Moreover,
trying to assume and give a harsh word to create a background of a persons character will
build a hostile community. If someone attempts to interpret a person by how he looks into
their eyes and stares at them, they will express to him an bad angry look without letting him
explain why he did it. The image of judging others will make our relationships weak.
All in all, wearing clothes will never reflect the inner soul, so stop judging and making
assumptions about others appearance. I recommend everyone mind his own business and
never focus on others appearance or action.
Works Cited
Carlin, Kathleen. "You become what you wear." Commonweal, vol. 123, no. 11,
1996, p. 31. Academic OneFile. Accessed 22 Nov. 2016.
Sanchez, Patricia Datchuck. "Seeing beyond appearances." National Catholic
Reporter, 21 Aug. 2009, p. 31. Academic OneFile. Accessed 22 Nov. 2016.

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A Good Mother
By Fatimah (Saudi Arabia)
Life occurs in different stages starting from childhood to the teenage
years, and then parenthood. It is good to be a perfect person at each stage.
Motherhood is the most important stage. One of the reasons that result in a
good mother is education. Further, the effect of the mothers being good is
that they will be role models for their children and they will make a
successful family.
First, the cause of good mothers is education. There are many ways
in the education is received. The first is that their mothers were good
mothers. For example, my mother is a great mother because her mother
was a good mother. My grandmother cared about her children, helped them
achieve their goals, and helped them to solve their problems. Effectively that
made my mother a good mother. I saw that from my mom in my upbringing
and I will raise the same way the breeding for my children. Also, books help
mothers know how to be good mothers. They give advice and provide some
experience in order for mothers to benefit from them.
One result of being a good mother is you will be a positive role model for your children.
Being good role models affects the character of your children and that gives children self-confidence.
Consequently, they will have strong personalities. For example, if the mother cares thanking and
appreciation for what they do, this grows thanks and appreciation of others in their personality
and they will imitate you in their lives. According to Krisbeergh, Role modeling is one of the most
powerful tools you have in your parenting tool belt to influence the direction of your childrens
character, whatever their age. . .
The second effect is that you can build a successful family. The basis of successful family
characteristics is the mother. The most important characteristics which a family needs are cooperation,
respect, and, love. Successful families also need to express love to one another. Love is generally
delightful to people because love produces joy; the joy that comes when one cares for others
(Effective Papers). Also, a mother fosters cooperation between family members, and that helps them
assume responsibilities. As well, when the mother is respected by the father, the children will get used
to the respect between the family.
In brief, there are many factors that result from a good mother, the most important of which
is education. And the effects of a mother being good are many, including becoming role models for her
children. Also, when the mother is a good mother, her family can be successful in life. If all mothers
learn how to be good mothers, problems will be reduced in the community. Since there are bad
mothers, their children acquire bad habits, and cause problems and it affects the community.

Work Cited:
Krisbergh Audrey ,The center for Parenting Education. Web. 30 Nov 2016.
<http://centerforparentingeducation.org/library-of-articles/focus-parents/role-model-promise-peril/>
Effective Papers, Effective Papers.7 Aug 2010. Web. 30 Nov 2016.
<http://effectivepapers.blogspot.com/2010/08/essay-on-family.html>
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Effects of Divorce on Children

By Sarah Alaqili (Saudi Arabia)
All around the world, there are a lot of divorce cases. But in Saudi Arabia, divorce
is Increasing, which many studies have shown this year. One of the studies presents that
the percentage of divorce in Saudi Arabia has increased in 2016 by 375% which means more
children will be affected as a result. There are many effects of divorce on children. Also, there
are many causes of divorce.
The first effect of divorce on children is that children have bad daily habits. Children
sometimes think that they are the reason for their parents divorce. So, they feel sad and afraid
of losing their parents. Moreover, some children are exposed to psychological shock after
divorce, and their daily habits are affected. The childrens emotions have an impact on them. As
a result of that, the children feel a loss of appetite. Also, when they go to sleep, they think about
their parents and they wish that they were with them. They do not feel comfortable without them
or one of them and because of that children can not sleep. For example, their sleep is not
regular or they are very wakeful.
Next, undesirable behavior is another effect on children when their parents get a divorce.
Many research studies have shown that, on average, children of divorce have more behavior
problems then children growing up in two-parent families. When children feel the lack of
interest from their parents and they do not trust their parents , they feel nervous and because of
this they have behavior problems. An example for this lying. Some children lie because they are
angry at their parents, others lie because they are afraid of telling the truth; they think that they
will be punished if they tell the truth. Also, children sometimes hate one or both of their parents
because they do not feel that they take care of them and love them. For example, after divorce
when a child lives with his mother and does not see his father a lot, he thinks that his father
does not care about him and does not love him. As a consequence, the child hates his father
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Children are clearly affected by their parents divorce, often changing for the worse when
their parents divorce. On the other hand, parents sometimes have a strong cause for divorce.
The first cause of divorce is domestic violence. Violence against women and children is
not something which is confined to Saudi Arabia, it is global issue. But, it is a major reason of
divorce in Saudi Arabia. In some cases, the man is forced to marry by his family. So, he gets
angry whenever he sees his wife. He does not feel comfortable if he does not hit his wife or
harsh words to her. When he stifles his anger, he feels comfortable if he hits her because he
releases some anger which is inside him. Sometimes he thinks that his wife is preventing his
freedom. But other times, the man just suddenly hates his wife after marriage. When they live
together, he sees her in many cases during the day. While she sleeps or cooks, the wife
usually does not care much about her style. So, when the man sees her in these situations day
after day, he does not love her anymore.
In brief, divorces in Saudi Arabia are on a high trend. Now the Saudi government has
taken this issue very seriously and is launching a very innovative idea to reduce it to an
acceptable level. A lot of social workers conduct a seminars to clarify the damages of divorce
on man, women, and especially the children since they suffer more in divorce cases. From all of
this, it is clear that divorce has negative effects on society. So, I would suggest that there should
be awareness and advice given to men and women before marriage. Disintegration of the family
causes loss of children, and this produces a bad kids.

Works Cited:
Causes of divorces in Saudi Arabia. Life in Saudi Arabia. Web. 27 Nov. 2016.
<file:///F:/Sara's%20outside%20sources/Causes%20of%20Divorces%20in%20Saudi%20
Arabia%20_%20Life%20in%20Saudi%20Arabia.html>
Divorce in Saudi Arabia. Saudiwomans Weblog. 7 April 2009. Web. 27 Nov. 2016.
<file:///F:/Sara's%20outside%20sources/Divorce%20in%20Saudi%20Arabia%20_%20Sa
udiwoman's%20Weblog.html>

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Effects of Being a Pregnant Teen

By Sara (Colombia)
Having a child as a teenager is a common in many countries. Governments are worried
because this aspect affects society directly. The way society considers teenagers changes when the
teenager becomes pregnant. For this reason, we should give teenagers more importance to do this
stage well, not forgetting that the future depends of them (Chor,1). When pregnant as a teenager or
young person, there are areas that change in their lives such as economical, educational and
emotional factors that make it difficult to improve their lives during this transition.
First, pregnant teenagers suffer more economic difficulties in their lives as a result of their
pregnancy. The financial burden is one of the most important consequences. If you have a lot of
money, you can find the answer for many problems. Governments compile statistics about this
phenomenon because of the effects that they have on a country. Furthermore, there are fewer
professionals and less development. One of the statistics shows that some 16 million teenagers from
15 to 19 years old and 1 million younger than 15 years old have a child each year. The majority of
these teens are from low income or developing countries (OMS). Also, a teenage mothers child is
prone to be pregnant again. Consequently, poverty increases in countries that are already poor. On
the other hand, the cost of having a child is very expensive because you need someone to take care
of your child if you work or study, and the basic needs are the same.
Second, most pregnant teens dont finish their studies. For instance, education is another
important issue because our future depends on it and teenagers sometimes havent finished high
school or they havent begun university yet. Frequently, they stop studying to take care of their baby
when they realize they are pregnant. Also, they often dont find help from their parents because of
their parents anger and the fact that they dont know how to help. Consequently, the teenage mother
cant study and get a good job. Education affects our third consequence, which is emotional.
Third, this consequence is about a pregnant teens feelings that other people are ready to
judge them although this situation is not their problem. There are different groups where they can find
information and support for their situation like the family, a psychologist, the church, websites and
government programs, but many times they dont know how to find this support or they feel shame. As
a consequence, they feel alone. This action of being alone can have terrible effects on their decisions,
such as low self-esteem, loneliness, stress, confusion, etc. Listening to advice will help a person
choose the best way for her situation.
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To summarize, many aspects show that teenager mothers are more exposed to changing their
methods of living according to their bodys fast development, relationships, and society that can help
the teenage mothers or in contrast make her decisions a serious problem. To reverse this trend, we
must think more carefully about our actions because all of them have consequences for ourselves and
others like your families, other organizations like the government, and society. My advice is that
people should recognize opportunities and make a good future for their children, whether they are
alone or with an accompanying person. Its essential that they think about the goals that they want to
complete and adjust their timelines. Many continue studying, getting good jobs and making a good
home. It is important to go to the organizations that give help to teenage mothers and babies and
teach about physical health and emotional wellbeing to improve each day and make out better things
of this situation. My second advice is that people listen and learn from their parents, teachers, and
others who can teach good things and give good advice because they have lived longer and have a
great deal more experience. Finally, people should set goals for the future and make a timeline to
follow.
Works Cited:
Chor, Cinthia P. Madres Adolescentes Monografias.com April, 2012. Web December 04, 2004.
<http://www.monografias.com/trabajos93/las-madres-adolescentes/las-madresadolescentes2.shtml>
OMS. El Embarazo en la Adolescencia Organozacion Mundial de la Salud. September 2014. Web.
December 04, 2016. <http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs364/es/>
Portafolio. Embarazo en adolecentes frena desarrollo economico ONU. Semtember 2, 2011. Web.
December 14, 2016. http://www.portafolio.co/internacional/embarazo-adolescentes-frena-desarrolloeconomico-126612.

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Enjoy Your Break!

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