Schools: Student Quotes 2006/2007

Mount Anville Dublin

[Through this project]...we get to know what's going on in other countries and not just in your own country."

"It opens your knowledge a bit more and your mind."

"We can learn it from the childrens' perspectives."

"It shows that we care too...and we can learn about our differences."

"Young people are not in control of what their country is doing. They're the same us, they're not making the decisions."

"They can learn from us as much as we can learn from them. They can learn about the situation in Northern Ireland."

"[Universal Values and Rights]...are not just words, they've meaning behind them because we wrote them for them. We sat down and made these posters and thought about it. The words that we put on the posters are the words we want to send out to them."

"Equality: what does it mean, unless every child, whether Israeli or Palestinian, has a right to play and rest?"

"How can we talk about communication, unless every child has the right to freedom of expression?"

"What is the point of freedom unless everyone has it, unless every child has the right to a name and nationality?"

"What is equality without the right to an education for every child?"

"How can a child have dignity for themselves and for others unless...they have the right to speak their own language and practise their own religion and culture?"

"Peace ... Freedom ... Equality ... what's the point of these values if you don't respect the rights? "

"We all know you cannot get peace without the freedom of your basic rights. "

"We want to show that we can listen to both sides and hear what they both have to say and exchange our views."

"If you don't work with both sides, you won't get peace between the two."

"You can't work with one side and neglect the other side."

"It's important to know about them because they'll be the ones making the decisions, so it's interesting to know their opinions now, to see how the world will be in the future."

"We only get the news and facts, while the students give their opinions."

"It's important to actually meet people because you take them more seriously when you meet them face to face."

"If you don't respect the rights, then you're taking away people's dignity."

"If you respect the rights, you give them dignity."

"If you respect the rights and respect each other, then it'll lead to peace."

"We need to show them that we care about their problems as well as ours."

"We can sympathise with them..."

"We have to try to do something about it..."

"We need to raise awareness about the subject."

"It's important to love one another and show consideration for each other."

"It helps our own situation with the conflict over here if you compare it with another conflict."

"The rest of the world needs to be aware of their problems in order to make progress."

"It's upsetting, because when you look at all the stories you feel that it's the younger people that are paying the price for the conflict. The future generations are the ones that are being killed and when they've done nothing wrong, except being born into a world of conflict."

"Universal values and rights are the starting point to solve any conflict. If you can't base it on something we all believe in, then there's no point in trying."

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