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Comment on Arab Unity – still relevant? by ammiche

ammiche — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 23:21:57 +0000

Tous mes compliments pour votre analyse pertinente ,s’il en était ,si l’on tient compte des contradictions qui apparaissent au grand jour.Quant aux ‘’intellectuels’’qui avaient concocté cette idéologie au nom d’un panarabisme béat sans tenir compte de la diversité culturelle,je pense qu’ils ont été victimes de leur intellectomanie qui consistait à prendre des vessies pour des lanternes sans le moindre discernement.Force est de considérer le bilan jalonné d’échecs de cette organisation ne serait ce qu’à travers le destin vécu par ses principaux ténors .De nos jours le ‘’monde arabe’’ reste un mythe dans la mesure où cette hypothèse lyrique se référant à un passé révolu constitue le bréviaire pour les régimes moyenageux ou antidémocratiques…
Avec la même cessité ce’’ monde’’ qui a puisé ses racines dans les méandres d’une histoire qui avait cessé d’être commune depuis l’avènement des khalifats,s’est donné le nom de ligue sans préciser s’il se liguait contre un autre peuple désigné comme ennemi commun ou contre lui-même…
Actuellement les principaux acteurs de cette tragédie utilisent leurs pétrodollars pour promouvoir l’islamisme comme paravent à leur régime rétrograde dans le seul but de garder le pouvoir.Le printemps arabe apparait d’ores et déjà hypothéqué dans la mesure où les principaux pouvoyeurs ne cachent plus leur volonté de financer le terrorrisme à l’échelle planétaire pouvu qu’il agisse loin de leurs frontières et surtout contre les régimes des pays frères moins attachés à leur conception de l’islam tels que la Tunisie,la Lybie ou la Syrie.

Comment on Damini: A story that was destined to move an entire nation by David

David — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 01:35:04 +0000

Hello Arjun. No confusion, I was talking about the prevalence of rape in India whether it’s a victim on a bus, a wife by her husband, a daughter by her father or a trafficked sex slave. Not just India! This includes every country on our planet and it highlights a serious gender inequality. As students we could do a lot to change these inequalities and this is why I support your article.

Comment on These Black Tables… by Anish Gupta

Anish Gupta — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 04:56:05 +0000

Definitely disagree! The black tables are just a sign of progress, of distinguishing the young from the old. It is nothing but a tradition, a sign of respect from the younger grade 11′s to the seniors. A negative hierarchy is one that promotes values that lead to disagreements. The tables are simply there as a tradition, and they have no such negative value. Is it too much to ask that after 12 years of schooling that seniors can have their own space, their own status? If you wish to highlight segregation it would be much smarter to talk about the differences between the tables, not the idea that grade 11′s cannot sit on them. As a UWC student, one would expect a much more reasoned, and a better thought of approach.

Comment on Videos by Hhafsy

Hhafsy — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 16:31:09 +0000

This is PURE AWESOMENESS!!!! Cant wait to apply!!

Comment on Damini: A story that was destined to move an entire nation by Arjun

Arjun — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 21:04:25 +0000

I am afraid David, you are perhaps talking about the wrong problem here.

Comment on Damini: A story that was destined to move an entire nation by David

David — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 02:24:33 +0000

It’s a shame on any nation if their government doesn’t care enough about this issue. Cities and towns in India are full of women and children who are at the mercy of slavers, pimps and brothel keepers and they endure torture, rape and gang rape on a daily basis. I’m referring to the vulnerable Indian, Bangladeshi and Nepali’s who are hidden from society because they have been trafficked into the illicit sex trade. Please refer to: http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/sunitha_krishnan_tedindia.html

Comment on St. Donats! by Adrian Leong

Adrian Leong — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 16:15:50 +0000

Yay go Maisie!:D I love all the details;D

Comment on The famous UWC experience by uwcspain20112013

uwcspain20112013 — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 16:43:31 +0000

Reblogged this on livingfromto and commented: Lo que Itamar Carrillo, (Mexico, ’13), United World College of South East Asia cuenta sobre su experiencia. Reblogeado de "United Words".

Comment on The famous UWC experience by Paul Lau

Paul Lau — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 03:21:47 +0000

Should be “Kurt Hahn” no?

Comment on Two UWC Campuses in the same city: UWCSEA by Itamar

Itamar — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 06:07:56 +0000

Thanks for reading!
Definitely! The second campus in Singapore was a fantastic idea! We only have to ensure that both work under the UWC values, we are working on it, and that is the good aspect.
As UWCSEA East is new, the campus in Dover is starting to adapt to the new situation.. “having a brother”.
Students, parents and staff need to bring our energies together to build the desired community between both campuses!!

Comment on The UWC Lip Dubs by Sofia

Sofia — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 11:47:31 +0000

Please embed the UWCiM lipdub! :)
http://vimeo.com/43992619

Comment on Two UWC Campuses in the same city: UWCSEA by Penny Lee

Penny Lee — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 02:38:54 +0000

Dear Meera, I was wondering if you would mind sharing more information about your son, Krishan’s experience in the school? I am considering sending my son there for Grade 11 in August 2013. We live in Hong Kong. You can email me on pennycw@gmail.com. Thanks

Comment on Two UWC Campuses in the same city: UWCSEA by Meera naik

Meera naik — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 07:00:59 +0000

Opening a second campus in Singapore, in my opinion was a very good decision, why not? It is giving quality education to 2500 well deserved children from all over the world including my son Krishan Naik who joined along with Jose in August 2012 and is thriving. Being away from family and home for the first time, I was worried at first, but Singapore is so safe, friendly and clean my worries were soon put to rest.
In the words of my son ” thank you mum and dad for giving me this opportunity ”
Krishan is so happy to be at the east campus. What more would a mother want, so taking that important decision and following through was in my opinion a good decision.
There is power in numbers so instead of using words like competition, words like united should adopted.

Comment on “I am in pain…” by McSquared

McSquared — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 00:23:47 +0000

No offense, but the credibility of a text that starts out with unjustified assumptions and leaps of logic, like he ones seen in this text, is questionable to say the least. I fully agree with you on the matters of social problems that the crisis has brought along; there’s no question about that. But, please, do not write a text that draws heavily on economics, if you don’t justify your views from the standpoint of economics.

“From what has been said above, we can conclude that the economic crisis is not a matter caused by one country’s financial situation. ” That’s true. There’s more than just one country whose economy is messed up. But if you go on to say “Economists say that the international banking system and people who gain money from other countries’ economical disasters are responsible for the crisis.”, please justify it. Surely it’s true that people profiting from the crisis are not exactly helping the economy to get back on it’s feet, but that doesn’t mean they would have caused the crisis in the first place.

It’s always easy and convenient to blame the banking industry. But let’s face it; we are responsible for our own actions. The economies in countries like Greece are messed up because of irresponsible spending, which has led to uncontrollable growth of the fiscal deficit and thus debt. After the economy was hit by the 2008 financial crisis, it was inevitable that the “bubble would burst”. If you stack up a lot of debt, more than you can afford, and the economy takes a big hit, the chances are that you’ll be screwed up. Surely the private sector is also partly responsible for the crisis, but failing to acknowledge that the people themselves are also responsible, is a big mistake. They chose the politicians who made the decisions that led to this situation. (And as I understand, Greece loses a lot of tax revenue because of normal people (and businesses) avoiding taxes).

“P.I.G.S, a term that insults the one who says it rather than the one who is targeted”. How so? I don’t think that “term” was coined for insulting any particular individual, as you suggest. It’s a humorous way of saying that Portugal, Italy, Greece, and Spain haven’t really done a good job taking care of their economies. Which is actually quite true.

Peace.

Comment on Social Disparity in the United Arab Emirates by David

David — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 11:53:04 +0000

Hello Emily.
LPC ‘Students Against Slavery’ are trying to encourage all UWC’s to unite against slavery and human trafficking as every country on our planet is involved in it. Our group is having considerable success in Hong Kong so please get in touch for more information.
Dave.

Comment on Rwanda of a thousand stories by Silken

Silken — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 04:41:05 +0000

So, in your opinion, the horrendous murder of 1 person is ok.
Well what about 2 persons?
4? 10? At what number of murdered people do you consider it Not to be ok?

Comment on BLASPHEMY ! This is madness…….. by lista de email

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Comment on Interview with Keith Clark, Executive Director UWC by Quora

Quora — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 09:05:11 +0000

What are the ‘founders’ stories to each of their respective United World Colleges?…

So, I am afraid I can find very little about the ‘personal’ story of Per Grieg Sr. (UWC or otherwise), but here is what I have learnt about the establishment of UWC Costa Rica. > “The official inauguration in August 2006 was thanks to the financial …

Comment on Dive deeply into the pool called Cambodia (Part II) by Cambodia

Cambodia — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 10:21:47 +0000

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