I have a new statement to test and I am very curious what you think:Sometimes it's true, sometimes not. And things don't always play out exactly the same way as in your dreams, for example, I once dreamed that there was a bird in our backyard and I hit it's beak with a brick. A few years later, my sister got chickens, and guess where they were? In the backyard. Though I never hit the hens with a brick, after a few years we still had to kill them because they had health problems and were suffering.
➡️ Dreams tell more than that it is just random about everything. They can tell the future or they can tell important things that happened and you think about that with dreaming. 😴😴✨✨
What do you think? True ✅ or false ❌ ?
Today I did not make a new statement myself but it is from our society class so I copied it what we discussed about:Considering that EU is an organization partly made up by the US, the statement from your teacher sounds funny to me. I also get sick of this weird rhetoric only EU members have like "You can't do that aloooone. You must be part of EU to be stroong!" after the disaster that "strong EU" showed multiple times, namely energy crisis and covid crisis just the last 4 years (+euro collapse).
➡️ Because Trump is the new president in the US it is important that we help the EU to be stronger.
Our teacher in society class said that if you have a stronger EU than you are not so dependent on the US and countries cant do that alone so you have to cooperate.What do you think about the statement? Do you think it is true ✅ or false ❌
We had a very strange discussion in the class. Our teacher hates Trump and he started by saying that and normally he only says what we discuss about and explain it but he does not say his own opinion first.in France, and theoritically, it's forbidden to bring your political ideology in classroom before university. I thought it would be the same in Netherlands and, if it is, then it demonstrates how much issues there are with the education system.
I said i dont know because I dont know Harris. And I think it is not good if you support somebody only because you dont like Trump. So if I dont know enough about what she wants i said it is difficult to know if that is better or not than Trump.Congrats, you have a better way of thinking than most citizens, and also a better scientific thinking than most scientists 😉
"And because they said the EU is only for south European countries". What?It's typical of rightists/"anti-EU" politicians. South will say that EU is only for the northerners/rich that leech on South. North will say that it's only for Southerner/poor that leech on the North.
Both exclude the idea that the problem can lie in the way EU itself is constructed, leading to South becoming poorer and poorer, and North having the feel that they pay for it.
Sometimes it's true, sometimes not. And things don't always play out exactly the same way as in your dreams, for example, I once dreamed that there was a bird in our backyard and I hit it's beak with a brick. A few years later, my sister got chickens, and guess where they were? In the backyard. Though I never hit the hens with a brick, after a few years we still had to kill them because they had health problems and were suffering.
Woww that is special that it also says about the future things even if it is not exactly the same!! 😬😬 Does anybody else also had dreams and it really did happen like the dreams in real life? 😴😴✨✨🙄🙄
in France, and theoritically, it's forbidden to bring your political ideology in classroom before university. I thought it would be the same in Netherlands and, if it is, then it demonstrates how much issues there are with the education system.Congrats, you have a better way of thinking than most citizens, and also a better scientific thinking than most scientists 😉
Do you mean that is only for the teacher that he cant say his political wishes in classroom or children that you cant say your own opinion about politics? In my school we discuss almost everything in our social class (maatschappijleer it is in Dutch) and we have discussions about that.
And thank you for the nice comment!! 😊😊 But i think scientists are a LOTTT smarter than anybody in my class! 😛
It's typical of rightists/"anti-EU" politicians. South will say that EU is only for the northerners/rich that leech on South. North will say that it's only for Southerner/poor that leech on the North.
Both exclude the idea that the problem can lie in the way EU itself is constructed, leading to South becoming poorer and poorer, and North having the feel that they pay for it.
I think that in the EU we always have to help each other. Because i thought that was what the EU had to do. But people now fight a lot about it in Brussels and countries and it is now very difficult to understand everything that the EU does because i think it is like almost everything right. Because there are so many rules. But how can you know all the rules?? 🙄🙄
Do you mean that is only for the teacher that he cant say his political wishes in classroom or children that you cant say your own opinion about politics? In my school we discuss almost everything in our social class (maatschappijleer it is in Dutch) and we have discussions about that.In schools, at least public school, there is a rule of neutrality (as well as for civil servants, which public teachers are). Hence, it's not forbidden to talk about politics and we have courses that presents some politics (civic education), but it is forbidden for the teacher to express his opinion/use his classroom as a place to spread his ideology, be it political, religious or something else. Students also are forbidden to be proselytes or spread political propaganda.
Scientists are just people. The students in your class didn't have a full education yet, and science is mostly learning a method 😉
I think that in the EU we always have to help each other. Because i thought that was what the EU had to do. But people now fight a lot about it in Brussels and countries and it is now very difficult to understand everything that the EU does because i think it is like almost everything right. Because there are so many rules. But how can you know all the rules?? 🙄🙄It's unfortunately a myth. EU has always been a battlefield between European nations, more than a place where cooperation is developped... It has also always been nebulous as to understand everything EU is doing. However, better to dig about the topic with various sources by yourself than just referring to what I say, as I am very much anti EU myself.
Thank you very much @Lianshen!! 🙏🙏 You always write very nice and smart things and I think about it what you say always. Merci beaucoup! 🙂
For today I have a VERY different statement because it is weekend!! 😛 😛
➡️ The Saturday is the best day of the weekend!!
I think the Saturday is the best day of the weekend because it is the first day and you need it the most!! ANDDD you know that you have a next day free too but on Sunday you KNOWWW that you go to school or maybe to work again. So I think Saturday is the best day. 🙂 What do you think about the statement? Do you think it is true ✅ or false ❌
Thank you very much @Lianshen!! 🙏🙏 You always write very nice and smart things and I think about it what you say always. Merci beaucoup! 🙂For me it's true, but I think not for everyone. I have similar reasons as the ones you said already. 🌼For today I have a VERY different statement because it is weekend!! 😛 😛
➡️ The Saturday is the best day of the weekend!!
I think the Saturday is the best day of the weekend because it is the first day and you need it the most!! ANDDD you know that you have a next day free too but on Sunday you KNOWWW that you go to school or maybe to work again. So I think Saturday is the best day. 🙂 What do you think about the statement? Do you think it is true ✅ or false ❌
Thank you very much @psysarah15 and @nikikat_03 for your comments!! 🙂 It is very nice to read about the statements what others think. I like that a lot. 😊😊
For today i have a different statement and I know that many people disagree maybe:
➡️ Old small printed photos in black and white are nicer than large colour photos from now.
I like watching old photos and not just of people but for example life in old China in black and white or other places and of course persons. And I know that you see more things with colour photos but with black and white it makes you feel about the past more and that is a special feeling. What do you think about the statement? Do you think it is true ✅ or false ❌
Yes i think old pictures are cooler in general idk why, i always used to look at old pictures from my parents and it‘s just like someone tells you a story but in a picture i think lol i hope you can understand what i meanI think I agree. Those little black and white photos give you a certain nostalgia colored pictures can't give you. I like colored as well, it's just a different vibe. 😊🌼
Thank you very much @nikikat_03, @psysarah15 and @-Kiki- for your comments! I did not expect everybody now to agree with the statement! 🙂
I am curious what do you think @Etienne, @Pennarossa2024, @Simone724, @H_E_A_R_T, @Fleurke, @Lianshen and @Sabri_KC if you prefer old small black and white or new colour photos more? 🙄🙄
I am curious what do you think @Etienne, @Pennarossa2024, @Simone724, @H_E_A_R_T, @Fleurke, @Lianshen and @Sabri_KC if you prefer old small black and white or new colour photos more? 🙄🙄It seems that it is an unpopular opinion here, but I prefer new colour photos more. I enjoy life with all its colours. The blue of the sky, the green of the trees, the yellow of the wheat fields, the grey of the cities, etc. Photos only in black and white have a charm as well, but I often find them too monotonic. Photos in colours show more liveliness.
Thank you very much @Emmi1711, @Sarahsalah27 and @-Kiki- for your comments! I did not expect everybody now to agree with the statement! 🙂I prefer black and white photos, they look more fascinating and often they portray old subjects, so it is more interesting for me to look at them and imagine at the times people shot them. New photo may also be interesting of course, but i don't find them that captivating.I am curious what do you think @Etienne, @Pennarossa2024, @Simone724, @H_E_A_R_T, @Fleurke, @Lianshen and @Sabri_KC if you prefer old small black and white or new colour photos more? 🙄🙄
Thank you very much @Lianshen!! 🙏🙏 You always write very nice and smart things and I think about it what you say always. Merci beaucoup! 🙂The best day of the weekfor me is every day because we are a life we,are in good health 😊🤲For today I have a VERY different statement because it is weekend!! 😛 😛
➡️ The Saturday is the best day of the weekend!!
I think the Saturday is the best day of the weekend because it is the first day and you need it the most!! ANDDD you know that you have a next day free too but on Sunday you KNOWWW that you go to school or maybe to work again. So I think Saturday is the best day. 🙂 What do you think about the statement? Do you think it is true ✅ or false ❌
Thank you very much @Sarahsalah27 and @Emmi1711 for your comments!! 🙂 It is very nice to read about the statements what others think. I like that a lot. 😊😊nice topic! to me they are both beautiful. I love the old, black and white photos of my grandparents and their parents and my parents. I can look at it for hours and imagine how beautiful everything was in the photos. My grandmother would tell me that they were getting new clothes especially for the photo. because in their time new clothes were luxurious. For now I like to have colored photos and I also have my photos finished on paper because I find that more fun and beautiful than just on your mobile phone or computer.
For today i have a different statement and I know that many people disagree maybe:
➡️ Old small printed photos in black and white are nicer than large colour photos from now.
I like watching old photos and not just of people but for example life in old China in black and white or other places and of course persons. And I know that you see more things with colour photos but with black and white it makes you feel about the past more and that is a special feeling. What do you think about the statement? Do you think it is true ✅ or false ❌
Hello everybody!
Tomorrow is in Europe the Equal Pay Day. I read that and i looked online and i found this: https://commission.europa.eu/strategy-and-policy/policies/justice-and-fundamental-rights/gender-equality/equal-pay/equal-pay-day_en But there is also an International Equal Pay Day and that is on 18 September and i also found online this website about that day: https://www.un.org/en/observances/equal-pay-day
So I made a statement about it:
➡️ There is still work that we need to make men and women equal.
What do you think about the statement? Do you think it is true ✅ or false ❌
For me I think it is important that if men and women do the same work than I think that they should deserve the same for that. But I dont think it is fair if for example a woman gets a job but a man is better but they only give the job to make it equal, because i dont think that is really equal.
And also there are other things that you can think about if things are equal or not. And sometimes that is not the case i think. For example in some countries women cant vote or are not free to do the same things as men can do. But there are also differences because of different roles sometimes like for example if you are a couple and a woman cooks and a man does other things for the couple. That is also not equal but that does not matter because sometimes you have different roles and if everybody is ok with it and everything is nice it does not matter. For example in my family the role of my dad is different than my mom and me but that is normal and ok. And everybody of us care for each other. 🙂
I am curious what you think about the statement!! Thank you for the comments!! 🙏🙏🥰🥰
➡️ There is still work that we need to make men and women equal.
This is a fundamental question that is largely misunderstood, embodied by 2 mutually exclusive concepts:
- equality of opportunity (eg. state funded education so kids from rich families don't have a substantial advantage over poorer ones, or no gender discrimination for employment so men/women have the ability to apply for any job)
- equality of outcome (eg. ensuring all jobs are occupied by 50-50 men/women, or everyone occupying the same job position should be paid the same regardless of their individual performance)
We should most definitely strive for equality of opportunity, where the most successful and hard working earn their place up the ladder, which - in addition to being morally right - can drive the whole society upwards along their way.
However, equality of outcome (which has been on the rise in the last few years, mostly under the acronym "DEI") is inherently unfair and backwards: people are judged based on their gender and/or race and are given an advantage over more deserving people who some left-leaning elites deem "over-represented". This discourages initiatives and slowly stifles the economy, eventually bringing everyone down.
Regarding the pay gap between men and women, it's important to understand that men are not paid more "just because they're men": the Market is gender/race blind, it's an abstract entity constantly striving for better cost-effectiveness. Men are overall paid more because: they work jobs that happen to pay more, generally work longer hours, and tend to negotiate their salaries more aggressively.
Hi Yue 🙂
that's an impressive topic. Thank's for that.
Without reading the links... in my opinion it's difficult to define what does "equal" mean.
Yes it is a fact that in average women earn less then men for the same work. Besides that we don't know is there the same qualification and the same framework conditions (ex: full time/part time). In addition we don't know the private target. For example one person get a lower challenged job to fulfill the private tasks in the family.
In my private situation, my wife earns near 20% more then me. Why? Cause of her education, workload and beeing excelent in her job. It's okay for me, so I handle more of our private tasks and we are fine with our private distribution.
However there are two points I want to mark out, what I think it is important for that both genders have the same opportunities:
1. Same education: Unfortunately, there are still many countries where education is unequal between the sexes. The gender role model is that women stay at home and therefore do not need a good education. In my opinion, both must receive the same education to have the same opportunities.
2. Quotas in senior (management) positions: The social picture that we still have in Europe is from the 19th century. Women have to stay home, growing up children, are the weaker gender etc. So in my opinion we need obligatory quotas for women in visible position to change the actual social picture we have. Of course it would become problematic if there is not the same qualification between men and women for the same position, but taking point 1 into account, the difference should be equalized 🙂