( Advanced Level )
For many young men around the world, it is mandatory to enlist in the military. It is a duty but also an honor. Yet, in some circumstances, you may not have a choice.
Being part of the military strengthens the core of your being. Teaches you discipline. Helps you come into adulthood.
If you are lucky, when you enlist, there isn’t a conflict or a war. If not, do you think these young men and women are prepared mentally?
And what about the innocent people? Civilians? In times of a crisis, everything about their lives has been wiped clean. Innocence destroyed with the first attack.
Instead of sending your child to school and heading to work, you run for safety. You run to survive. Taking what little they can carry. Watching people die around you and feel helpless.
We as adults, understand or try to understand what the purpose of such an ordeal is. It is the innocent children who do not. Everything and everyone around them is changing moment by moment.
They are experiencing things that most of us only see through our television or in the movies. They are living it. “I cannot even imagine this.“
We comment, “It saddens me to see this happening. This needs to stop.” Then we start our day. Never gave it a second thought.
We live in our protective little bubbles. If the situation is not right in front of us we tend to forget until we pick up the newspaper or watch a video on the internet. Unfortunately, they cannot.
Many lives are lost. Many homes, communities, and cities are destroyed. People’s lives will never be the same. Over what?
We know our nation’s leaders will take the correct measures needed. Not only to help the country in need but also to keep their own citizens safe.
Until then, all of us around the world watch idle. Hoping….hoping this will end soon. Hoping not too many more innocent lives are lost.
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Vocabulary:
mandatory – adjective: required by law or rules
enlist – verb: enroll or be enrolled in the armed services
circumstances – noun: relevant to an event or action
core – noun: central or important part of something
discipline – noun: a code of behavior
conflict – noun: disagreement or argument
mentally – adverb: prepared; relating to the mind
crisis – noun: intense difficulty, trouble, or danger
ordeal – noun: painful experience
protective – adjective: protecting, sheltering someone or something
situation – noun: set of circumstances
communities – noun: a group of people living together in one place
measures – noun: a plan or course of action taken to achieve a particular purpose
idle – adjective: without purpose or pointless
Question ( s ):
What, to you, is a reason to go to war over?
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