What 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
Read moreWrite ten irresistible opening sentences** 1. I knew I shouldn’t have brought vodka to the party. 2. Why did I ever become a time traveller? 3. I remember the exact moment when I set the office on fire. 4. November 5, 1989 was the day when animals took over the world and it started like any other. 5. Today’s the
Read moreDescribe a time when someone helped you** One specific time that someone helped me which has stuck with me is when I threw up on a train last year. Early last year I was on a train on my way to the Pacific Magazine offices as I was undertaking an internship at Marie Claire. I woke up that morning with
Read moreWhat are some things that have grossed you out?** -Body parts with severe problems (e.g. out of control rashes or growths) -Huge pimples or blisters that are popped, burst or need to be popped or burst -Eyelids turned inside out (it was a trend at my school among the boys in year 5) -Animal corpses -Roadkill -Graphic scenes in movies
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