Children don't want to be considered dumb


But to show care and unconditional love for them, too. Then, they trust you, they hear you, you're on their side. They challenged the views of course. Not in a partisan way, but arguments about racism and immigration authority and obedience, xenophobia and must be challenged.

Values ​​and education is also an important figure (and missing a basis of today's core curriculum). I found teaching the following topics appealing in particular:

"Acceptance: I know that everyone is different, and we all have a unique we have a combination of our pros and cons of seeking to know the pros in another country, you will be able to be seeing more of the positives in yourself you both win.!

Intelligent, critical thinking: Children do not want to look dumb. Give one piece of information (label) to thousands of individuals is hardly a sign of intelligence. Check each person individually and I know that in every case there are several aspects. Seek, learn, study, judge for yourself. I do not think dumb nor swallow the views of others.

Open-minded: Be curious. If you know everything about someone or something in advance, life becomes very boring. Life to be an adventure, seeking to find out for yourself and you may find a lot of gems where I think there is none. In fact, most of the gems hidden. Trying to get to know people to think different about you, with an open heart and mind and you may be pleasantly surprised.

Compassion and love: All humans have much more in common than differences. That alone is reason enough to love another. Try to think how you would feel if you were in another shoe? Only through love your willingness else you can really feel larger, healthy way. You will feel happy very much.

Peace: the absence of peace is the root of all the problems lies within us, not in someone from outside. You can deal with the practical problems more effectively, in a peaceful and quiet the mind. Hate does not lead to inner peace, but internal and external turmoil. Do you want to live a life of turmoil? "

These arguments have proved effective. Has touched me to hear a little boy, expressing his earlier views horrific, unexpectedly, saying bullying incident: "But, we can not know them even before we meet them!" And he saw it then that the seed has really taken root within the heart of this boy's mind, and regardless of what his family has learned. This is a potential tool for education.

Faded racist crimes in Greece by light and extremist activities seem to have been greatly reduced. However, the following combination of factors makes the situation is still very fragile: a) poverty, high unemployment rate among young people and deprivation in large numbers across indigenous people, b) ignorance and media manipulation that immigrants and refugees are taking resources and job opportunities in the country and so on, c) a network of extremists, who have the money to get the organization and look like a savior and rescuers systematically, especially to young people, d) large numbers of desperate refugees stranded in this country and yet, completely marginalized and excluded from society. It is a test how well we have absorbed the lessons of history for peace and the teachings of the spiritual heritage of love and compassion, and not just in theory but in practice. As far as we are teachers, we are concerned, we are still in a unique position to teach love, rather than hate, to the minds and hearts of our students sensitive. Plant the seed, even if it has already been injected poison in their minds. If the seed is strong, it can not, but sooner or later, and the opening and growth, and this is my hope.

child of immigrants


The child of immigrants from neighboring Balkan countries and it was. Underachieving, poor and after receiving racist bullying himself, it is ironic that have already joined the ranks of a group of local neo-Nazis. One may wonder how you got to accept in the first place, being the child of immigrants himself. Well, Employment does not really care much about race as much as they claim. They care about the cultivation of their strength. Therefore, if they can attract obedient followers to their ranks, they can easily extend from the poles of the "Greeks against non-Greeks 'to' whites against non-whites. Joined many other Balkan teenagers ranks and they all set out to attack other immigrants of different skin color and those from Pakistan and Bangladesh, and so paradoxically logical to attack immigrants when you are an immigrant yourself do not touch the minds of those brainwashed by authoritarian organizations vertical. it also shows the seriousness of the spread of these ideologies can be anyone who feels rejected, marginalized and hopeless.

Later, the student bumped into one of his former teachers: "How are you, Miss, how is the new school?" Fine, thank you, how are you? "" Are you okay Miss at the New School, is anyone bothering you? " "What do you mean?" "Did anyone bother? If they do, just let me know, and I can sort it out. "I was shocked teacher at ease on the way gangs that offer student (unwanted) protection. She had no doubts about what to do (with associates of his party) and worry too much about the children marginalized young people to mobilize this power in their hands.

These children did not suddenly wake up one day and decide: "Life sucks I think I will become a neo-Nazi." There was an organized effort to deal with them and give them things. The groups of neo-fascists in Greece suddenly their offices spread all over the country at the beginning of the economic crisis. They went to the neighborhoods, gyms, and football teams, and build an image beyond politics, and it became almost a lifestyle. Organized food aid to the Greeks only tried the Greek blood donations only (this was blocked by the medical societies). They also announced to give all Greeks jobs. They provided protection for areas hit crime, which police routinely neglected. On a practical level, it seems, caregivers, and fill the void for those lost children, the void that the community is uncaring left. On an emotional level, he played with glee distinctive privacy and nepotism: baby starving is happier to know that they are given two breaks down when it was given to the child starving next starved her only one, so the Greek only provisions: "It doesn 't matter if We are starving, but we starve less than immigrants, at least, someone who cares about us and non-governmental organizations only care about immigrants and refugees. " Using immigrants as scapegoats and manipulation of jealousy and lack of competition, was a powerful distraction from thinking about the real reasons for this situation. The cognitive level, they provide a sense of identity for those missing teenagers, as well as they power and pride. Greeks young people, seeing their national identity and mocked in the international press and practically turned their country into an obedient colony, it was easy for any party ultra-nationalism for the rape of a national sound and customized to xenophobia and racism, and turned to humiliate the illusion of superiority. Membership in a range of body-compulsive building, and take up arms and carry out brutal attacks of migrants (while enjoying immunity by the police) gave the frail young thrill intoxication of power, and when they were unable to change their lives for the better (or to express a different view of their leaders! )

What could I do?

The question is of course a very complex issue for the whole community in a state of shock. The society, in any sense of the common living conditions as fade, so does common sense itself. What can be done for children?

The school has a vital and central role to play. The school has become a refuge for these children. No oppressor else, another reviewer, but asylum. On schools to extend the timetable in the hours must afternoon, feeding the students, with two full meals a day at least three, if necessary, and the recruitment of teachers inspired to provide meaningful activities for children, especially with regard to personal, social, education, health, civic education , solidarity and volunteer work activities, and circle time and creativity, theater and art activities, sports and play time. It has to become a cell where children can feel they belong and find something interesting to do, and listen to talk to him. Teachers are still only adult group (outer parents) who are in daily contact with children. S. may be going to have a partisan political meetings twice a week, but she still came to school every day! The school is still in a position of privilege to help these children, but a lot of this opportunity is wasted away in the teaching of technical Det not very helpful

childlike and spontaneous


Although X and inflexible impossibility for his views, he was still one and only student. The danger has become clearer to us when we found out that by the end of the year, 3 or 4 of his peers, and are affected by it, had already adopted his views. Unlike him, and it was these young people from poor families, some orphans, some of the broken families, looking up to him, admiring him as a symbol of strength and masculinity. Whether X deliberately seeking to recruit other students from the school, I do not know. But, there have been rumors by colleagues that one of their tactics is to target adolescents in schools through the children of the members of the list. Slums (such as my school was located) offers a good prey.

Eventually, you may have lost a patent X in childlike and spontaneous. Except in a few fleeting moments, when playing basketball with his peers, he has become like a born-again, would temporarily forget about the ethnic origin of his fellow players and all that matter was playing football good basketball ... but it was the poison had already entered our school .

Case 2

G. was another student of mine at a different school. Sweet and quiet, diligent 15-year-old boy, he did not give any signs of sexy behavior of concern throughout the school year. One day, G. came to school with a T-shirt weird. The T-shirt colors (white lettering on a black line) and the issue of a clear message from the neo-Nazi party symbols and letter style. The national writing content and expectations of the whole reminds us of a certain group. Provide any point colleague for T-shirts, with the exception of the two of us, who went to the President and teachers to determine the course of action. Head position and the teacher was: "Maybe, and will only get worse if we have to give it attention if we ignore it, it might go away.". In fact, the head of the teachers are afraid. In a country, and it ended who last dictatorship in 1973, which ended in 1949, and where citizens have been completely lifted from their political views over the decades, and activate the reactions of staying alive in the collective memory of the people of the past civil war, turning many colleagues in education mute about such "political" matters. Especially if the new adult gang-fascist work in the area!

We insisted: "No one shall paraphernalia political party in school." To our surprise, the student and his parents cooperate, he says the latter was also concerned about his extreme options. This was an example of one of the children to fall into the trap of pretending bravado and strength, pride and manhood, without his parents supported his point of view. This was easier to handle, but it was as a diplomat. When discussing with students extreme, it is better to be quiet, independent and more intellectual and emotional. Kids often ask neo-Nazi theme in the class, and I'm always keen to talk about the relevant arguments, but the two sides did not specific about. As for the fear of teachers to talk openly, it is true that some teachers had threatened directly by the extremist parents, until very recently, and parents and teachers physically assaulted by these gangs at a meeting on refugee children bring to school. Most of the teachers are, of course, against these views, but most are too afraid to speak (although there are many very brave exceptions). Reduce the brutality of jobs ordered by austerity policies and a long history and the last of the citizens of discrimination and according to its political beliefs easily lead to fear. But up to what point we should remain silent? This is important to understand, because if we are to understand teenagers, it is important to understand the environment in which teachers work and speak.

Case 3

The S., 14-year-old girl, on the sidelines of the school system. Repetition of the year, with frequent absenteeism and lack of interest on achievement at all, was excluded by her peers. From a very poor background, S. was struggling with cancer in the family. At school, she does not mix with the others, but only with another girl marginalized, from another class. She also came from a troubled family background, both parents are unemployed and family violence. They never bothered anyone in the class. They simply were in their own world, drawing do other things or just being absent minded. Q confided one day to her teacher that was on the verge of local neo-Nazi party offices twice a week, and added: "They do not brainwash us, as you can blame them." But why is a child of 14-year-old political party will be meeting twice a week? This is where you must be 14 years old? Or those organizations and take advantage of the great void in the lives of children, the minds, hearts and they provide a refuge, a shelter and a sense of belonging, identity, and family? Well, I felt as accepted there and continue. She did not feel like an outsider, she received attention and became a nest offices. Although these groups are frankly sexual believes the only woman value as shoulder more of the fascists, for her, it was better than nothing.

helping children


Since I was a kid, it was my ambition to travel to developing countries around the world, helping, teaching and helping children, in a kind of humanitarian work. I had never imagined that I would not actually need to travel that far to achieve my dream. This situation came to find me in my country. In the past two years, and I have been surprised again and again to find activities, usually housed in the large aid organization ads (such as the distribution of food to the needy) is already happening in my hometown. Since the beginning of the refugee crisis, there was also a typical refugee camps, I found myself doing the so-called "field" work - literally next door ...

This puts a little background information in the context of the subject of the article. It has been said and written about the rise of neo-fascist, extreme right-wing parties in Greece, since the beginning of the economic crisis. Before 2009, it was barely heard of such groups, their followers less than 0.5% of the vote, and perhaps this is why we were a little late to take notice. Since then, we have seen the rise of the extreme right, especially with the continuing economic crisis and at the same time, with the worsening asylum crisis.

How is this situation affects young people? Why teens seem particularly easily attracted to extremist groups, even when their parents do not exchange views? What are the risks to young people who grow up in poverty and massive unemployment both for their parents' generation (30%) and themselves (60%), no prospects and value system shaped by decades of easy money and fame chase? This generation grew up sanctify exactly all the things that you do not have. They are not rich and famous, but the poor and humiliated instead. They need to turn somewhere. It seems that one of them was not quick to fill the gap ...

Over the past few years, she worked in several schools, all in very poor areas, where international charities had help from the poor locals long before the refugee crisis began. These areas were strongholds since the neo-fascist. It is no coincidence, I do not think. The following situations are snapshots of 'climate' ...

Case 1

The X-nice and quiet and bright 13-year-old old boy when I first taught him. A smart kid, giggling and laughing with his colleagues, is well in science, with the potential to do even better, like most children. Sitting in the front row, and take notes from the board, not X does not seem to cause the slightest attention to his teachers. Two years later, 15 years ago, X person was completely different. Longer any appearance of the child, he has grown into a handsome man tall, who spent much of his time in the gym, and increasing muscle and strong. With a shaved head, wore black T-shirts and more I laughed less. X. does not play with his colleagues. He chose to sit alone in the back. His interaction with his colleagues changed. Looking up to him, and influenced by it easily. In fact, students delegates elected by the entire school. Another girl got elected to the school committee is excused publicly success "having nice ass." X. studied no longer became totally disinterested in lessons- looking down on them and look out the window instead. He said there is not really, except when it comes to come one way or another to the issues of immigration, racism, etc. When will support enthusiastically considering the views of most of the hard-core racist. He defied all attempts by teachers to debate. In response to a question: "? The Greeks themselves were immigrants in many countries over the years and you yourself, you may find yourself in this position, we would like to be treated that way", he replied: "I will not leave Greece Greeks rest shouldn. 'T leave Greece, or that they deserve what is happening. people should stay in their own countries. " This was a little poem that he had been taught, and it was this little poem he read. He got penalties, but they seem to be more of a trophy for him. When I finally contacted his parents to disciplinary action because of his racist remarks, and said: "Oh, he was very good. We agree with his views. To persuade X to choose tolerance in the face of racism would be to ask him to refuse one way or another his parents. In spite of the insurgency, and can not be many teenagers really do this.

X has been indoctrinated by a group of neo-Nazis, and perhaps too recruit them. Regardless of ideology, these extremists teach a way of life, a life of hate. I felt powerless to help the X, looks like hitting a brick wall. Wall built inside the child's mind, by outsiders. Neo-fascists are explicitly "anti-education". They support that education is useless (except their own beliefs of poison and a copy of the special distorted history), and they turned out very successfully to achieve the highest level, intelligent student to denier stubborn. After all, ignorance is a fascist weapon. Devoid of basic skills and cognitive maturity, the easiest option is to think in black and white (mostly black in this case) and the next.

Encourage children


Encourage children to write during the summer is a big part of being sent to the camp. In addition to writing those adorable messages to the home, and children like to express their thoughts through daily. After a long day of outdoor adventures are amazing, and offers a magazine for the child quiet time to think about the latest experiences, and that it provides at a later date and a fun way to look back on their time at summer camp. As you packs bags son of the camp, use these ideas to get the trolley favorite excited fill their newspaper with creative stories and memories.

Involve them in the selection of their newspaper

Magazines for children ranging from basic binding books book colored patterns that will last for years to spiral folder. While some children such as lined paper to help them organize their thoughts, while others prefer blank pages that provide plenty of space for tampering. Your child may also prefer a magazine in his or her favorite color or with awesome graphics on the cover. Spend some time with them browse the different styles, and let them pick the magazine reflects their personality.

Helping them to prepare a time schedule writing

It is packed every day at a summer camp full of activities. However, the staff also carefully planned quiet periods of time during the day for children to rest and meditation. Look at the time a sample table with your son, talk about the best times of day for writing. For example, some children prefer to write their separation during the middle of the day when they are activated, while others prefer to wait until the other evening since the writing helps you relax. In both cases, let them know that the day should always be something they enjoy. Although it may miss one day because of a camping trip exciting night, as they could write more in the next day of adventure.

Provide some writing claims

Kids sometimes need ideas for things to write about, even when their days filled with fun. For this reason, it's a good idea to print a small number of claims writing and stick them on the inside cover of the magazine. Your claims as you create, be sure to mix it up by asking open-ended questions to give your son a few starters story that is perfect for the camp. In this way, you could choose to write about the "real" life experience or get creative and develop the short story.

Stimulate their creativity with fun accessories

Diary involves much more than writing for children, including a few accessories fun stimulates self-expression. For example, colored pens will add an item to enjoy writing your son and to encourage the development along with writing. Posters, Rhine and other art supplies also helps customize your son a magazine because she writes.

Along with the constant fun, and magazines are the basic summer camp that fits easily in bags for the child. Your son also tells the adventures and atoms down new ideas, and will be creating a keepsake value of their summer experiences. And you know that the daily reinforce important skills such as creativity and vocabulary, and your son simply enjoy the chance to relax and fill the page with colorful words and graphics.

5 Steps to a Love Relationship


Some of these beliefs are:

1. "If only ..." I had this kind of a person, or that kind of relationship, or this new home or that body, and I'll be happy.

2. "This is just life": going to school, and her acting career, get married, get a mortgage, and settles in the upbringing of children, and if you're stuck with someone I do not like at the end of it all - oh well - it's harder to start a new life to survive in a sad, because everybody just shoulds "stick out." (Perhaps the most copied blueprint for life in the world).

3. I, have no control over what happens on the external level, and in our lives. We, have no control over who we meet, how others behave towards us or how others can make us feel.

The benefits of holding beliefs thesis are:

1. Do nothing. "If only" is a way to escape the fact that you are not satisfied with your choices and are looking for any external thing that might help. It will not. If you do not know so you can make your own choices - you choose May inadvertently strongly again and continue to live life, "if only ..."

2. Nothing. "This is the Life" is a policeman from a policeman outside the data release. "This is life" means of assembling You do not have become aware that you are your own happiness manager. And please, let's let all of the above scheme of life as 'Al-Qaeda' and finally put it to rest for the benefit of future generations. If what you choose to do because it makes your heart sing, wonderful. Purpose If you think it's how you're supposed to live 'issue' This is the life, "and that scramble and claw to find the ideal partner to start the above scheme, at the expense of learning and love yourself, you can aussi look forward to a life of saying to yourself and others:" This is the life, "and "unless".

3. Absolutely nothing. Because it is not entirely true. Reading belief No. 3 again and return to this. It is not true at all. We are spiritual beings just play in person. Life is a game and we are the directors of our own plays. We, have attracted all we have, or do not have, in our lives. As soon as I was old enough to know you can think for yourself, there is not one person on the entire planet who can control you or your feelings or thoughts - unless you let 'em.

The fact is, all relationships are spiritual. All relationships lead to our own personal growth. All relationships are the lessons, and if we choose to open our awareness to this, we begin to live in a world where the words and beliefs above do not exist.

That's all they are - words and beliefs of pre-programmed. In your film, words can and beliefs SCCM hard as to slaughter as the dragon breathing fire, when, in fact, saying 'the mantra "can work just as well in the battle die almost in excruciating pain. Just write" mantra "in the script rather than the alternative Horror film.

Words that begin as ideas, or act as a catalyst for the creation of ideas, and a fifth, and create relationships and emotions and this wound, to a much larger degree, affect the vibration of the whole human race in ways that communicate with each other.

Therefore, before starting on a trip to strengthen ties spiritual, if you have not done it, I realize this will not only be your own frequency increase, the purpose of helping to raise the pace of the entire planet.

This leads us to the first step:

1. You may remember the most important person in your life

All you have to remember, do not plan a fifth issue of the completion of the copies - is that you can make up your own at any time. Once you remember this, you have to be released from the illusion that you 'must' do some things, whether with some people or make some impressions in order to be happy. Then you can get on the road in yourself happy.

So much is written on how to make ourselves happy, how to pour augmenter confidence, how to attract what we want, and it can SCCM, such as the vast amount of work, just to be happy with ourselves.

It's not hard work. It can take less than 1 second to be happy with yourself. Think of how it feels to good 10 heavy grocery bags on the floor drop after you hold them up four flights of stairs. Feel the lightness of freedom and relief. Drop ideals anyone else, and I realized that you are the only one that counts. You can do this right now in the amount of time it takes Sammy to drop groceries. After all, you shoot down all ideas - and you're about to make a new editor.

Properly so that we can not love others until you love yourself. Loving yourself means assembling put yourself first, and listen to your intuition, and remember that you are here for one reason - to grow revisions to a higher version of yourself by releasing ideas and programs discourage others, thus allowing yourself to flow with what comes your way, instead of the struggle against him.

Only then you will be ble to give love another person who comes from the heart, love without conditions. Unconditionally means assembling within the knowledge that you yourself just happy

relationships can be very difficult


The creation of an affair does not, it should be as difficult as you might think!

As most of us know, relationships can be very difficult. Generally we get into a relationship with many wounds healed since childhood. These wounds caused easily get in committed relationships. And it includes our wounds all our fear of rejection, fear of immersion, and when it is activated fears thesis, generally go in the ways of the old and the response programmed, such as anger and blame, and compliance, withdrawal, resistance, defense, pointing out that threat, and so one. It may be between programmed with many ways to make your life responsible for the painful feelings partner.

Love gets eroded when we continue the work of our concerns and the resulting protection.

Purpose, it does not always have to be hard! The following are basic keys to create and maintain a loving relationship.

Relationships thrive when both partners feel safe and be themselves to the problems of chatting as they arise. Partners feel safe when they know they can rely on each other to be open and caring in the face, and even conflict.

There are four choices you can make to create this safe, open space relationship connected:

1. Cultivate an intention to learn with yourself and your partner

We need to be reliable to rely on ourselves and each other to remain open to learning about our wounds and behavior and the resulting preventive and control we have. There is nothing that grinds down more than love to control behaviors, such as those mentioned above, behavior or intent of this is to avoid your feelings - such as ignoring your feelings, judging yourself and your partner, or turning to addictions to numb your feelings.

If you are currently not in a relationship, then take the time to learn to stay open with your feelings and see what they tell you, instead of continuing to abandon yourself when you feel pain. Learn to stay open with yourself makes it much easier to remain open with your partner.

If you ares currently in a relationship, not Sami anything. It takes a long time to learn to be present with your own feelings, with an intention to learn.

2. Practice with kindness, with a focus on yourself and your partner

Just as openness to learning is essential in creating a safe relationship space, and so is kindness. If brought` were not with kindness and you, and the judgmental with yourself and others, rather than type, then you need to keep the concept of kindness at the forefront of your mind.

Relationships thrive when loving yourself and your partner is the highest priority of your own. For most people, the protection of bread and protective anti-highest was their priority, so it takes a lot of practice to successfully make love higher than avoid bread priority.

3. Develop a spiritual connection

Relations stumble when you make your partner love the source. It is not supposed to be your life partner, your high energy - first you have own supreme power, and this is an infinite source of love. When your intent is to learn about loving yourself and your partner, and open to learning about it with a source of spiritual guidance, you will learn to fill yourself with love to share with your partner. In an attempt to acquire control-love ruins relationships. Sharing love creates intimacy and contact with your partner.

4. Make time relationship high priority

One of the greatest experiences in life is to share love, and this takes time. Learning, growth, intimacy, connection and emotion are the natural results to create a safe and open relationship space, kind and loving, and all this takes times. Spend time together connecting relax, laugh, hug and exchange necessary to create long-term, loving and prosperous relationship.

Is all this easy? It can be when love is the highest priority of your own. When fully accept that your reason for being on this planet is to evolve your soul in your ability to love, it becomes easier and easier to act in loving ways oven thesis.