Comments on: My dad is important! a trip to Poland http://madas.jordanplanet.org/2005/10/25/my-dad-is-important-2/ Casting the first stone Thu, 09 Sep 2010 20:04:52 +0200 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://madas.jordanplanet.org/2005/10/25/my-dad-is-important-2/comment-page-1/#comment-1122 Anonymous Mon, 26 Dec 2005 08:55:42 +0000 http://madas.jordanplanet.org/2005/10/25/my-dad-is-important-2/#comment-1122 hey,,surfed into madas journal by chance,,and this blog grabbed my attention,,as i often participate in youth exchange programs,,in italy ,,,greece,,egypt... anyway,,,i have a question,,,why from the beginning such people were picked to represent Jordan??? if young guyes and young ladies have nothing special in personality,,creativity,and ethics they shouldn't have been chosen,,, I say this because i know how youth are picked to participate in youth exchanges,,,yu3ny bel 3arabi ,el ekhteyar '3air dakeek abadan w 3ashwa2y,,lazem ykoon madroos,,mesh la2enno folan akho sa7bi wella areeby akhdo ma3y,,,la2enno hai som3et balad,,,mesh ra7 yiji walad 3omro 18 saneh y5arrebha,, sorry for my attitude but i had a similar experience w kont madghoot menha ktir,, bye <a href="http://livejournal.com/users/" rel="nofollow">(http://livejournal.com/users/)</a> hey,,surfed into madas journal by chance,,and this blog grabbed my attention,,as i often participate in youth exchange programs,,in italy ,,,greece,,egypt…
anyway,,,i have a question,,,why from the beginning such people were picked to represent Jordan??? if young guyes and young ladies have nothing special in personality,,creativity,and ethics they shouldn't have been chosen,,,
I say this because i know how youth are picked to participate in youth exchanges,,,yu3ny bel 3arabi ,el ekhteyar '3air dakeek abadan w 3ashwa2y,,lazem ykoon madroos,,mesh la2enno folan akho sa7bi wella areeby akhdo ma3y,,,la2enno hai som3et balad,,,mesh ra7 yiji walad 3omro 18 saneh y5arrebha,,
sorry for my attitude but i had a similar experience w kont madghoot menha ktir,,
bye

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]]> By: Anonymous http://madas.jordanplanet.org/2005/10/25/my-dad-is-important-2/comment-page-1/#comment-1121 Anonymous Thu, 27 Oct 2005 02:10:57 +0000 http://madas.jordanplanet.org/2005/10/25/my-dad-is-important-2/#comment-1121 ma bas toomha gher toom oomha.... So much hypocricy in our society....but that's a different subject .... <a href="http://livejournal.com/users/" rel="nofollow">(http://livejournal.com/users/)</a> ma bas toomha gher toom oomha….

So much hypocricy in our society….but that's a different subject ….

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]]> By: madas http://madas.jordanplanet.org/2005/10/25/my-dad-is-important-2/comment-page-1/#comment-1120 madas Wed, 26 Oct 2005 20:23:45 +0000 http://madas.jordanplanet.org/2005/10/25/my-dad-is-important-2/#comment-1120 Wallah ya nour fada7ouna udam il ajaneb! one of the egyptian boys was a bit more than flirting with every girl he was representing liberalism, so the girls asked him, so do you have a girl friend? and he says, no and if I do i will never marry her, my wife has to be as pure as milk!!! DUH! <a href="http://livejournal.com/users/madas" rel="nofollow">(http://livejournal.com/users/madas)</a> Wallah ya nour fada7ouna udam il ajaneb! one of the egyptian boys was a bit more than flirting with every girl he was representing liberalism, so the girls asked him, so do you have a girl friend? and he says, no and if I do i will never marry her, my wife has to be as pure as milk!!!

DUH!

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]]> By: madas http://madas.jordanplanet.org/2005/10/25/my-dad-is-important-2/comment-page-1/#comment-1118 madas Wed, 26 Oct 2005 20:21:55 +0000 http://madas.jordanplanet.org/2005/10/25/my-dad-is-important-2/#comment-1118 I agree with you completely, our kids are so spoiled, and i wonder how and why we became like this? not so many years ago, we were trying to survive the issues of foced immigration, and trying to build a life, let alone a career and safety and stability and all that... we did a great job... so when did we change from being a fighting ambitious society to a spoiled, shallow one? <a href="http://livejournal.com/users/madas" rel="nofollow">(http://livejournal.com/users/madas)</a> I agree with you completely, our kids are so spoiled, and i wonder how and why we became like this? not so many years ago, we were trying to survive the issues of foced immigration, and trying to build a life, let alone a career and safety and stability and all that… we did a great job… so when did we change from being a fighting ambitious society to a spoiled, shallow one?

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]]> By: madas http://madas.jordanplanet.org/2005/10/25/my-dad-is-important-2/comment-page-1/#comment-1116 madas Wed, 26 Oct 2005 20:15:22 +0000 http://madas.jordanplanet.org/2005/10/25/my-dad-is-important-2/#comment-1116 yup....tell me about it, it is actually sad, because they are smart, intellectual and very good looking... who do you think people who have all these qualities lack self confidence? <a href="http://livejournal.com/users/madas" rel="nofollow">(http://livejournal.com/users/madas)</a> yup….tell me about it, it is actually sad, because they are smart, intellectual and very good looking… who do you think people who have all these qualities lack self confidence?

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]]> By: madas http://madas.jordanplanet.org/2005/10/25/my-dad-is-important-2/comment-page-1/#comment-1114 madas Wed, 26 Oct 2005 20:13:40 +0000 http://madas.jordanplanet.org/2005/10/25/my-dad-is-important-2/#comment-1114 lol... believe me i was so tempted, it took a very big excerice of self control not to! <a href="http://livejournal.com/users/madas" rel="nofollow">(http://livejournal.com/users/madas)</a> lol… believe me i was so tempted, it took a very big excerice of self control not to!

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]]> By: Anonymous http://madas.jordanplanet.org/2005/10/25/my-dad-is-important-2/comment-page-1/#comment-1112 Anonymous Wed, 26 Oct 2005 20:12:17 +0000 http://madas.jordanplanet.org/2005/10/25/my-dad-is-important-2/#comment-1112 Ifft my hands were beyond full, but i did a good job ;) I discovered that sometimes you need to be a cold hearted strict cruel human being in order to be good :) I am very glad that they went back home safe, and I am hoping that they had a great time, i mean these girls were taught a lesson in real life... who knows maybe they will start having their own personalities from now on. <a href="http://livejournal.com/users/" rel="nofollow">(http://livejournal.com/users/)</a> Ifft my hands were beyond full, but i did a good job ;) I discovered that sometimes you need to be a cold hearted strict cruel human being in order to be good :) I am very glad that they went back home safe, and I am hoping that they had a great time, i mean these girls were taught a lesson in real life… who knows maybe they will start having their own personalities from now on.

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]]> By: Anonymous http://madas.jordanplanet.org/2005/10/25/my-dad-is-important-2/comment-page-1/#comment-1119 Anonymous Wed, 26 Oct 2005 19:56:41 +0000 http://madas.jordanplanet.org/2005/10/25/my-dad-is-important-2/#comment-1119 An interesting post... lol, the first thing that crossed my mind was a line that my eldest bro use when he gets into situations like that "fa67tona 2odam el2ajaneb" And this is not the only issue that is happening around here, I'd say there's also wastah, ma7sobyeh, 3asha2ryeh... all could be used for evil... perhaps it's not the kids fault, it's the society they live in? and how they raised and forced to become what they are now? Noor <a href="http://livejournal.com/users/" rel="nofollow">(http://livejournal.com/users/)</a> An interesting post…

lol, the first thing that crossed my mind was a line that my eldest bro use when he gets into situations like that “fa67tona 2odam el2ajaneb”

And this is not the only issue that is happening around here, I'd say there's also wastah, ma7sobyeh, 3asha2ryeh… all could be used for evil… perhaps it's not the kids fault, it's the society they live in? and how they raised and forced to become what they are now?

Noor

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]]> By: Anonymous http://madas.jordanplanet.org/2005/10/25/my-dad-is-important-2/comment-page-1/#comment-1117 Anonymous Tue, 25 Oct 2005 23:05:58 +0000 http://madas.jordanplanet.org/2005/10/25/my-dad-is-important-2/#comment-1117 there is something fundamentally flawed in the upbringing of children in the majority of families in our region. the concept of responsibility and accountability is almost nonexistent, offspring are spoon-fed everything as if they're children well into their adulthood, even when the family has limited means. young adults well into their 20s have no problem taking pocket money from their parents without a bit of shame.. just to go out dressed in the latest fashion and go to the cool hangouts, then they'd go on to say "baba beddi atzawaj". it's disheartening seeing all these young men with perfectly gelled hair and very pointy shoes spending their time in chunks of hours just sitting on the side of road checking out the giggling girls walking by. parents are supposed to help their children, i'm not against that, but there should be a line between "help" and "spoiling" with the latter we end up with a generation of brats, like the ones in your story Mariam. i'm not generalizing, i know not everyone is like that, but sadly the spoiled brats appear to be the majority. --Oleander <a href="http://livejournal.com/users/" rel="nofollow">(http://livejournal.com/users/)</a> there is something fundamentally flawed in the upbringing of children in the majority of families in our region. the concept of responsibility and accountability is almost nonexistent, offspring are spoon-fed everything as if they're children well into their adulthood, even when the family has limited means. young adults well into their 20s have no problem taking pocket money from their parents without a bit of shame.. just to go out dressed in the latest fashion and go to the cool hangouts, then they'd go on to say “baba beddi atzawaj”. it's disheartening seeing all these young men with perfectly gelled hair and very pointy shoes spending their time in chunks of hours just sitting on the side of road checking out the giggling girls walking by.

parents are supposed to help their children, i'm not against that, but there should be a line between “help” and “spoiling” with the latter we end up with a generation of brats, like the ones in your story Mariam. i'm not generalizing, i know not everyone is like that, but sadly the spoiled brats appear to be the majority.

–Oleander

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]]> By: Anonymous http://madas.jordanplanet.org/2005/10/25/my-dad-is-important-2/comment-page-1/#comment-1115 Anonymous Tue, 25 Oct 2005 22:19:44 +0000 http://madas.jordanplanet.org/2005/10/25/my-dad-is-important-2/#comment-1115 WEST AMMAN KIDS THINK LIKE THAT <a href="http://livejournal.com/users/" rel="nofollow">(http://livejournal.com/users/)</a> WEST AMMAN KIDS THINK LIKE THAT

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