Do you really think that poetry is not important?

Art fills a prodigious place in our life. It’s the method used by everyone to express their feelings without repressing them. Art can be in the form of drawings, pictures, music, or poems. Poetry is the universal language which the heart holds with nature and itself. I believe it’s a mixture of  everything. The poet draws  things by writing and describing feelings or objects  to give you the chance to imagine them. Adolescents think that it is insignificant, that it is a simple piece of paper that everyone can write  easily.  Poetry throws a beautiful light on anything. There are many poems about love, sorrow, pain, injustice and a lot more but you will never find the same way of writing. Perhaps different poets will write about the same theme but  will not have the same style because everyone has his own way to express his ideas and feelings..It is a means of bringing out what is deep down in our souls . Poetry appeases us and inspires us . We should read poetry because we are a member of a human race  filled with passion, hope, love, romance… that’s what we live for. Don’t you feel that there is something in common between you and  poetry ? So, are you still not convinced that it is important?

I  personally thought  it was prosaic at first, just like most of the children my age. Then I realized that I was wrong, it is totally the opposite. It’s animated and full of fervor. It shows you the meaning of things, gives you advices, tell you how to live. Poetry is plucking at the heartstrings, and making music with them.  Poetry is relegated and we should show people its importance . It is now time for us to inspire the new generation. Its importance is no less than science, it seeks a hold upon reality, and the closeness of its approach is the test of its success.

SOPA?

When I first heard the word SOPA the first thing that came to my mind was that it was a disease I hadn’t heard of before like HIV or AIDS. Then I started hearing people talking about it and realized that I was wrong. I was so curious to know what this abbreviation meant so I immediately started searching.

What is SOPA?  To my surprise ,it is not a disease or anything strange as its sound leads us to believe. In fact, SOPA is a “Stop Online Piracy Act “ . It is an anti-piracy bill introduced by the U.S. congress on October 2011 which grants movie studios and record labels the right to remove foreign sites against whom they have a copyright claim.

How will SOPA actually affect us if it passes? IP owners can take action simply by notifying Google or PayPal who have five days only to abide to this blockade. This will lead to sites being blacklisted on the internet. The potential for abuse is also high. For example, Google could remove any rival domains claiming that they are hosting copyright material. SOPA gives them this right without getting permission.

This is appalling . We have to do something about this. We have to support and advocate the anti- SOPA movement. We, the children, rely on the internet everyday and for everything: our homework, movies, YouTube , and facebook. The internet was built on the principles of freedom. These principles will be marred and diverted by SOPA. We have to continue defending the ant-SOPA movement, but at the same time, regulations should be put to prevent the theft of other people’s work.   

Well, now that you finally know what SOPA is , how do you feel about it ?

About Me

Everyone has his own life, and his own story. We will never find two people who are exactly the same, perhaps we’ll find something similar, because everyone has a unique personality and a special point of view. Because “Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You”. That’s why I’ll introduce and talk about myself . I am a simple Egyptian girl, born on the 10^th march 1997, I’m Noor Eissa. I am a student in Oasis International School. It’s the reason for who I am now. This is the school where I began my studies and there I will finish them. It’s not the perfect school that I wanted to enter but it’s much better than others, and it’s the place that changed my life and affects it. I’m a vulnerable person who cares about people’s feelings and doesn’t want to break someone’s heart. It’s too hard for me to belittle someone but it’s way better for me to heed them and respect them. I’ve always tried my best to be a philanthropist ,and to condone people. I’ve treated people as if they’ll die tonight, to treat them the way I want them to treat me. I’ve repressed my feelings a lot. I am that person than never gives up. just because I fail once, doesn't mean I’m going to fail at everything. I should Keep trying, hold on, and always, always, always believe in myself, because if I don't, then who will? It is better to be hated for what you are than loved for what you are not.

Once you’ve got a good soul, you’ll see everything with a benign heart, and you’ll feel that you’re in your own film that you create. Because  “We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.”                                  

Life for me is art, it’s the creativity that is rolling around us, the music that appeases us and makes us fly. The movies full of emotions make you remember a part of your life. Stories that we live in and read  with our hearts. even the cartoons , I can’t imagine that I am still watching them. It’s so animated that I realize that there is no specific age for watching them. I opened my eyes, finding drawings everywhere, I’ve been inspired from my family. Now the way I want to express my feelings would be in drawing and sometimes singing. I go to the balcony and start to sing as I know that well that no one will hear me. The time of sorrow, it’s the time when I’d like to be alone .

My future is very hypothetical and elusive. I don’t even know what I want to be, every day I change my decision. I want to do innumerable things when I grow up. But what I really what to do, it’s to help my country, to play a role in the human rights. I want to change the world. I want to nullify the disparities between people and also between different countries. Why shouldn’t we be united and to put our hands in each other ‘s hands? To save people’s lives and to live all in a peaceful world, in the paradise that we will create. Or I can be a lawyer, to save lots of persons from the inequality that is growing and transpiring everywhere. I’d like to advocate and to convince people of my point.

I’ve been inspired by lots of people that shows me the meaning of life and helps me knowing what should I do and to stop thinking of only myself but the community and the people around me. Because my happiness is related to the others.

I’d like to make something in life, I want to die and proffer a history before I leave this world, I want people to remember me not by the negative points but by the positives ones. I want to give to my children a good example of an amiable person after inspiring them to be better and not to be supercilious and arrogant. “In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.”

There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. And that we only live once, but if we do it right, once is enough.

New Year's resolution

When the clock strikes twelve on December 31^st, I’ll open my book where it is full of blank pages because I want to fill it with my own words. We shouldn’t wait all  year to open this empty book since we can open it anytime. Do you think that there is anything that could stop you learning from your mistakes, stop your infamies, or give second chances? I don’t think so. Because every early second will be better for you and your new life. But for most of us the beginning of a new year is encouraging us and giving us enthusiasm. It comes only once a year, hence before looking forward to the next year we should first remember the 365 days that just passed and every second that had marked our life. We should realize that those moments will never come back, they are gone and most of them will never  be repeated. There are some happy moments but also times of sorrow.

That’s why I’ll fill my 2012 book with all my resolutions. Before finding  new ones, I should hold on to my old ones, to keep them and not to neglect them because it’s a new year. This is the day  we should enjoy with our beloved ones, because when you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible. Consequently, I will stay more with my family and friends, to condone, to be less vulnerable, that doesn’t mean to be lax and indifferent. Moreover, not to preclude the unwanted future, to have hope and faith in god. We should be animated, do new things and not to live in a prosaic life, to retract our words because they could be forgiven but not forgotten.

We should be true to ourselves and to admit  that we are not perfect and  have lots of negative points in our personality, and we should not  be  supercilious to say it. That’s what we should do on new year’s eve: to make a new YOU. That’s why that night could change our life. This amazing day could be a fresh spirit for everyone.

New year’s eve is not only for celebrating and having fun. But it’s to remember the important things that  you’ve passed through and also  the rare and precious moments. It’s the day you are trying to be a better person, to help and heed people. You want to stop all the hatred and fill your hearts with joy and happiness. Even if this year may be a bad  one but we should always be optimistic, and remember that there are others living in very bad conditions which are much worse than ours, and we should  thank god. We should look forward, start thinking about others and not only of ourselves.Because that's what New Year  is all about: getting another chance. It is a chance to forgive, to do better, to do more, to give more, to love more. It’s a new beginning and another tomorrow that will be full of cheers and happiness.

For last year's words belong to last year's language and next year's words await another voice. And to make an end is to make a beginning.