ΑΠΟΤΥΠΩΜΑΤΑ whatever you desire, which is where the problem arises: You are given the better part of the responsibility of your actions, especially if the results are negative. When simply taking orders, you aren’ t asked to evaluate them, but blindly follow, regardless of their morality, something which stops being the case when you are in charge of yourself. Ethical dilemmas flood your mind, what is right, wrong, appropriate and suitable for each situation? You will be heavily judged and criticised for your every mistake and you will have no one to blame but yourself for not knowing better.
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ΑΠΟΤΥΠΩΜΑΤΑ whatever you desire, which is where the problem arises: You are given the better part of the responsibility of your actions, especially if the results are negative. When simply taking orders, you aren’ t asked to evaluate them, but blindly follow, regardless of their morality, something which stops being the case when you are in charge of yourself. Ethical dilemmas flood your mind, what is right, wrong, appropriate and suitable for each situation? You will be heavily judged and criticised for your every mistake and you will have no one to blame but yourself for not knowing better.
It’ s not as if you have much time available for the activities you would like to spend your time on either; academic burden stemming from all the work you are expected to deliver, the unbearable stress brought on by those unrealistic expectations as well as family-related matters, the need for social
PUNS WITH“ PLAY”
• The musician refused to play by ear because he prefers reading the notes
•( improvise) When the actor forgot his lines, he just played for time.( delay to gain time)
• The coach said the striker should stop playing games and start scoring.( not be serious)
• My little brother played dead so convincingly that even the cat got confused.( pretend to be)
• The comedian’ s jokes didn’ t play well with the audience.( be successful)
• The detective liked poker because the suspects had each a part to play.( have a role) acceptance and the journey through selfdiscovery— all things that completely drain you of all energy and take up majority of your time. This all goes to show how painfully unaware of the reality young children are. While they might be sulking, bored out of their minds due to the constraints their supervisors have introduced, teenagers may consider them not only painfully ignorant, but painfully fortunate to be imagining an exciting future, which couldn’ t be farther from the truth.
Imagination is a wonderful concept, especially when you come across it in the youth. I don’ t know about you, but I have always found it fascinating to be looking curiously at the world around me as I dream of the endless possibilities for innovation and change. All until I am met with the realisation that in actuality very little is feasible in today’ s world. Too much evil, too few opportunities, too much injustice, all parts of an unfair system that punishes effort and keeps you hostage in a cell you pay for with your restless work, all so you can sleep in it and go back to working the day after. In other words, you work to work. A little pawn in the game of life controlled by players who couldn’ t care less about your existence and solely view you as an asset which they can exploit for cheap profit, all because they know that however much they wrong you, at the end of the day they are the“ generous” ones, those who even allow you to earn any money in the first place, meaning they can take advantage of your desperation. All this creates the perfect circumstances for greedy and unethical people in power to thrive at the expense of countless honest and moral others.
Unfortunately, we live in a massively unfair world, a world which forces you to make a crucial decision early on in life: defy the injustice, or be part of it. Want to remain honorable? Well, too bad, prepare to be punished for being the bigger person and doing what’ s ethically right. I would go as far as to even disregard it as a choice. In reality it isn’ t a choice: It isn’ t about choosing between right and wrong. It is about choosing between surviving and not. Without taking religion into consideration, being ethical only holds you back, restricts you; there is nothing to gain from it other than keeping your conscience at peace. Is that a fair trade, however? You could