POINT OF VIEW
MY WORLD, MY FUTURE,
CLUED UP
MY CONCERNS
In this Clued Up section, young people discuss what worries them most in their
daily lives and in the world around them. In this issue, in which we look at life
in the Middle East, Maria Hertz, aged 12, living in Kuwait, challenges us to take
a look at what kind of world we are bequeathing to her and future generations
“It disturbs me to think that there
are people in this world who have
such vastly different ideas of how
animals should be treated.”
Maria Hertz
Dear Ancestors
I am really concerned about the number of poor people in the world. Why are there still shanty towns, why are there children eating mud
cakes and why do these children not receive even a basic education?
Why is the Earth in crisis? We appear to be having more natural disasters than ever before; hurricanes terrorising North America, fierce
floods in India, droughts in Africa, bush fires in Australia and it seems to be getting worse and worse. I would like to know for how long
you have been polluting the earth. Why did you start cutting down the rainforests? Did you not think about the consequences?
BUDDING
How come there are so many wars? It seems to me everyone wants the earth's precious natural resources. I think you and I should sit
down and discuss what you have done to make me so concerned about my future.
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Why is there still racism? Wasn't that supposed to have stopped years before I was born? I thought the world was becoming safer so
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why am I worried about gang warfare and knife crimes? child’s work in print?
Disease, overpopulation, global warming, tiny children working in sweat shops . . . you seem to have achieved so much but the big
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issues aren't going away. Do you understand why I worry about my future and the future of my children and their children? Maybe not
to us by 3 November
today, maybe not tomorrow but someday, the earth might melt away.
And if there is a World War III that will definitely destroy the whole world.
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Please think about this letter. Think about the mistakes you have made and the problems your generations created that my generation
and the next will have to solve. Email:
Yours sincerely
cluedup@edsup.co.uk
Maria Hertz
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