(By Georgina Emmanouil, B class)

To begin with, scouts are an organization in all over the world where people from the very young age can take part. Scouts were made in 1912 from Baden Powder an American citizen. Scouts are supposed to teach people how to help other people in hard situations such as a fire etc

It is true that in our society word such as “help” are missing! Our children are growing up in a world where the most important thing is having money and a good job, so most children are living under the pressure of studying to succeed. As a scout, I’m inclined to believe that there are several reasons why someone has to join the scout club from a young age!

First and foremost, every child need to go somewhere during the summer to relax after the school exams! Scouts are the best solution! Every summer they visit for 10 days many places and they live in tents or in schools in every city or island they go! They own and excellent programme which not only include relaxing and swimming in the beach but visiting in many museums and learning about the traditions of each place! Moreover, taking part in a scout camping is very economical which means that in our days with the economical crisis many children can take part.

Apart from that, I would like to point out that scouts help children find new friends who can be there for them anytime they need them! It is commonly accepted that every child need to have by his side true friends to help him with his problems. Also, a child needs good friends to hang out with and relax, talk about their problems, etc…

Furthermore, during every year scouts learn a lot of thing that are very useful for their everyday life! Firstly, they learn first aid! They learn what they have to do when they hit the ground or when a fire break or when someone don’t know how to swim, etc. Secondly, they learn topography and how to making maps. This helps them find a way back when they get lost in a place. Thirdly, they learn other ways of communication such as morse code which help them communicate with someone when they are lost! It is easy enough for someone to understand how important this knowledge and experience is for a child who can know feel more confident about himself and know how to face thing in a calm way! He knows in every difficult situation what he can do to protect himself and others so he feels sure about himself and most of all safe!

Please, older people don’t cry! Scouts are here for every age! Anyone who is older than 18 years old can join the scouts’ club ethelontical and help younger people learn those important things! They can join them in their excursions, too. However, the most important thing is that they can find a place with true friends who will be always by their side!

(By Spilios Giannoulis)

  Mobile phones have become an essential part of our day today life. Teenagers are the majority of mobile phone users in the world.

Mobile phones offer an array of facilities and services. No doubt mobile phone is a need of the day, but teenagers have get into various evils and difficulties at a very early age. The facilities offered by mobile phones like SMS, MMS, video films, chatting and other application are used to a great extent could cause them addiction.

The addiction of teenagers to mobile phones and computers is affecting their education   adversely. The students in schools and colleges are using mobile phones all the time. They pay more attention to the facilities offered by these media and concentrate less in classes.

Mobile phones have become an inevitable part of life today. They lead to higher standards of living. But if misused, it can bring our standard down.

Finally, the concern of parents to keep in touch with their children and their security in society are behind their decision to get them a cell phone irrespective of their advantages and disadvantages. For all this reasons teenagers should use the mobile phone with limits.

(By Eleni Androutsopoulou, A class)

Occasioned by Russia-Ukraine conflicts…

Τhe twentieth century has already seen two world wars and many others between individual countries. The threat of war hangs over us all the time and is particularly acute in times of international crisis. War has disastrous effects on all countries, particularly on those which are involved on wars that go on for years. Civil wars, where people of the same country fight against each other, are also destructive.

In the two world wars, the countries involved lost an entire generation of young men. Those who could have contributed so much to the development of society were killed before they entered adulthood.

In addition to destroying generations of young people, war also destroys whole towns and cities and makes civilization take a step backwards. Instead of progressing, the world regresses. Time has to be spent on rebuilding cities and on rebuilding people’s hopes. The countryside is often damaged beyond all recognition. Innocent people are made to suffer because of the decisions of a small number of men. Normal life cannot continue: people suffer poverty, hardship and even starvation. People die because of man’s selfishness and greed, because of man’s aggression and desire for power, because of his mistrust of his fellow man.

Psychologically, war develops feelings of hatred for the enemy which can take many years to disappear. In these days when we are aiming to work together as nations for the common good, war merely drives us apart and encourages antagonism towards other people.

The suffering caused by war continues for many years after the war has ended. Many women are left to bring up families without their husbands. Soldiers are sometimes scarred for life, either physically or mentally. Countries struggle to create friendly relations but even in this situation, peace is sometimes simply an absence of war, precariously maintained in an atmosphere of treats and counter threats.