Recount any experiences you’ve had with the police and describe your feelings about the police generally** The only experiences I’ve had with police are when they have door knocked to ask about my neighbours in my home town and as a one-time witness to a car accident involving two people on the run. In these experiences, the police have been
Read moreDescribe a time when you’ve helped someone** One experience that sticks with me is my second year of uni when I helped one of my then-roommates get to the hospital. I remember getting up early on Saturday morning to do my laundry as the washing machines and dryers at the student accommodation where I lived at the time would constantly
Read moreDoes suffering have any value?** It depends on the suffering. People grow as much and sometimes more from suffering and adversity than happiness, however if the suffering only manages to make life more difficult than beneficial and there is nothing but pain with no hope or cure, then I’d say suffering has no value. **Reference: Marsden, J 1998, Everything
Read moreWhat are your views on punishment?** I think punishment is necessary as it teaches people that there are consequences to their (bad) actions or choices, however the punishment has to fit the crime. A punishment has to be neither too light nor too severe. When I read news articles on magistrates’ and judges’ decisions on punishments for criminals, more often
Read more‘If you want to test a person’s characters, give him power’ (Abraham Lincoln) When I read this quote I thought of another one ‘absolute power corrupts absolutely’. I believe Lincoln’s quote is true, power can either corrupt a person or make them stronger. What way power sways an individual is dependent on said individual’s mental strength and morality. **Reference:
Read more‘There is enough for everyone’s need but not enough for everyone’s greed’ (Mahatma Gandhi)** My interpretation of this quote is that there is enough food, money, material possessions, jobs, people and time for everyone to fulfill their basic needs but it is never enough because everyone’s needs are different and constantly change over time. Everyone is always greedy for more
Read moreAs you can guess from the title of this post, I have completed 100 writing topics in my John Marsden 600 Writing Topics Challenge. I wanted to publish a post to record my progress. As I stated in my introductory blog post to this challenge, the writing topics are split into several categories, which are: Topics 1-93: Quickies Topics 94-130:
Read moreWhen are people no longer children? How do you tell that they’ve ‘grown up’?** I believe people are no longer children when they reach the age when they are entitled and sometimes legally required to make decisions on their own (e.g. voting, paying bills, paying taxes). I also believe that you can tell that children have grown up when they
Read more‘What you do will be insignificant, but it is important that you do it’ (Mahatma Gandhi)** My interpretation of this quote is that unless you’re famous, everything that everyone does in their life is insignificant, however it is significant to the individual. If I got a new job or went back to uni to get a postgraduate degree it would
Read more‘Everyone thinks of changing humanity and no-one thinks of changing himself’ (Leo Tolstoy)** My interpretation of this quote is that everyone feels certain outrages towards flaws in society–homelessness, crime, abortion, wrongdoings, the class differences between the rich and poor, etc. When everyone feels these outrages, they want and expect society to change all on its own, however they don’t consider
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