First they came for…

Lukas Mladenovic

 

Adapted from the poem by Martin Niemoller “First they came for the jews” in response to the poem “Danger of silence”

First they came the whites.

I was white, but it made sense so I agreed.

The others around me told me it was bad to be.

 

Then they came for the Christians.

I was a Christian, but it made sense so I agreed.

The others around me told me it was bad to be.

 

Then they came for the conservatives.

I wasn’t a conservative, but they made sense so I agreed.

The others around me told me it was bad to be.

 

But then I opened my eyes and looked at other ideas and realized that all those ideas and hate was directed at me.

How can one build resillience in the face of extreme discrimination? – Luka Mladenovic

  1. I have been in many situations where I don’t feel like I belong somewhere.

I have joined sport camps where everyone else was 6’0 tall, have been playing for years, made fun of me, and I thought were much better then me, and i have always done one thing to persevere in those conditions.

Block them out. Anything that is not constructive critisism that is said to me i use as my advatantage and motivation to get better and persue what I want more. If someone says something rude and already has a pre assummed thought of what I will be like and I dont know them, what they speak to me means absolutely nothing at all.

No matter how much you are discriminated against, the words they speak to you and the things they say or do should only be used as motivation or should be completely ignored by me and used to my advantage.

Prove them wrong, change their mind.

Should we be teaching people not to discriminate? Or should we teach people how to not get affected by discrimination?

What it means to be human – Luka Mladenovic – English 10

Luka Mladenovic’s response to the video.

Humans show compassion for others.

Humans Understand the situations you are in and taking action.

Humans like looking out for eachother.

Humans want to communicate, humans have/need a dream.

Humans seek happiness.

Humans need friends.

Humans want to learn.

Humans need to express themselves.

Humans can be ignorant and should be more aware.

Humans are violent.

Humans fight for what they believe in.

Humans have conflict/war.

Humans prevail despite conflict.

Humans may abuse power.

Humans evolve.

Humans want to be remembered most like recognition.

Humans disagree.

Humans may be discriminatory/racist.

Humans like to make our easier and better.

Humans like to help and fight percieved injustice.

Humans are curious and seek knowledge.

In the movie Lion by garth davis, I learned that humans will do anything to go back to the ones that they love and that times are very hard when you are looking for something that is very important to you. I’ve learned that love can stay forever and if it’s really important to you you will persist and keep pushing through what is hard at the moment. I also learned that families and relationships are affected when you’re going through an emotional time and your feelings can easily pass on to them too. The story is about a little boy who is born in India and lived very happily but poor with his mom and his brother in a village where they’re all happy together. One day him and his brother were sent out to collect rocks so they could sell them but he got stuck on a train and the train took him thousands of miles away from India. He got separated from his brother and got put in a foster home in India and escaped lots of people who tried to capture him. When you got put in the foster home in India a couple from Australia decided to adopt him, and he grew up there having an Australian accent cheering for Australia and saying he’s Australian. He lived there until he was in his late twenties and finally he decided to take action and find where he came from. So he went on Google Maps and looked at every single train station in India and spend almost over a year trying to find his home. When he finally found it his adopted family was very happy for him and the encouragement to go visit back. When you went to go visit back memories came right away when he saw the village and when he saw his mom he cried and give her very big hug. The only thing about this movie is that when he goes back to his home and turns out the day that he left was the day his brother died and got run over a train and he never got to see him again. I think this story is very powerful because it shows how far Love Takes you and it shows how far you can go with persistence and Care over something you want.

This is my favourite movie of all time and am glad to chose it for this.

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