5 year old Ivy tells her Mum that she wants to play football her Mum just laughs saying "No darling I have already signed you up for dancing lessons we will pick up your pink sparkiling outfit tomorrow." Ivy just stomps off. Barbie dolls, dresses, makeup, heels, long hair thats what people expect from women. Not just women men to. Men are taught to grow up to be the musely, popular, sporty guy. Why cant people just be who they want to be?
Women think that they are going to be judge by people for playing a (boy) sport. Imagine you as a girl lining up for the football team the coach laughs at you and say "did you know that there is a chearling team over there, you should join!" This is what happens to girls, its DISGUSTING! Women have expectations to be the popular cherrleader from the day they are born. We need to make a change so that women and men around the world can feel like they can do anything. Why cant people just play a sport that they love?
Did you know that on average women make 87cents but men make 1$ how unfair! Do you want to know something disgusting? When men play high level basketball they make 8,321,937 dollars but when women play high level basketball they make 75,181 dollars you can even buy a house with that much money. That is disgraceful! The gender pay gap is disgusting and needs to get fixed. Why can't people just earn the same there is no difference?
"Mum how many job opportunities do I have when I am older?" "Heaps honey you are a man." Do you think that there is a such thing as boy and girl jobs? NO! Many people think that being a builder or tradie you need to be a man. But it can be any gender. And girls can even do the job better. People are protesting for women to have the right education and to have more or just to get some education. Over in some places women are forced into marrige and usally thry dont like who they are forced the marry. Women have to follow their husbands rules. Like if the husband says that she can't ever show her face than she can't. How stupid? Why can't people just love who they want to love?
It is clear that women deserve more. Women should have equal opportunities in sports, so that they can play and enjoy anything they want. Women should be able to apply for any job they want and earn the same amount of money. Gender should not stop women for their education, jobs or chasing their dreams. Not just you not just me but everyone needs to take action for women so that future generations can live a happy life.
Your cell phone has already replaced your watch, clock and alarm clock don't let it replace your family. Screams, Terrified children and break ins this is caused by something called sharenting. Parents post photos of their kids and they can be super embarrassing. Holiday photos can cause robbery. Parents think that they are just being proud of their kids but little do they know that this is causing problems for their kids in the future.
Newborn crying the flash shining brightly in your eyes then your mum presses post. 15 years later you start getting notifications from your friend sending you a photo of your face but you think this doesn't look like you. Young children have no control over the photos that their parents post of them. Sometimes they can't talk and parents aren't mind readers. Sometimes the photos that your parents post of you can lead up to bullying in the future.
Imagine being kidnapped from that one photo your mum posted of you. That one photo can change your whole life. Strangers can watch you grow up and can save the photos that have been posted. Also the strangers who do save your photos can try to take you by saying to the police "My daughter or son has gone missing and I have proof here are some photos." The photos your parents post can ruin your dreams, your future, your life. How would you feel if someone tried to take you away from your family?
Imagine your mum posts a photo of you on holidays and the guy who has been stalking you your whole life has finally got the opportunity to rob your house. He also knows where your secret stash of money is and he knows the code because your mum videoed you doing the code and the guy just zoomed right in. This just shows how dangerous social media is.
Your cell phone has already replaced your watch, camera, clock and alarm clock don't let it replace your family. Parents can be proud of their kids but they don't realize what they are causing for their kids in the future. Just remember one little post can ruin your entire life.
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Hope you enjoy it because I did!
Door slams. OH no mum and dad are home, did I do everything? WAIT! Greet them home. I wake up phew just a dream. "Teija! Get down here now I don't have all day!" Mum yells.
"Ccoming." Scarred, worried. Do I get breakfast today? I think it's been 4 weeks. "Darling! Or should I say BRATT! Open all the curtains NOW!'' Mum demands. I do as she says and realize no breakfast for me today. I head outside and feel the breeze. Grace, who is my next door neighbor, is having a barbeque breakfast LUCKY! I wish I could get that her dad is making the sausages and her mum is setting the table. It looks like Grace is hanging out with her friend. If I keep on watching Grace I think I might sneak in there and grab some food. I turn away and go and get my soccer ball. Well it's not really a soccer ball because it's cardboard because my parents won't buy me a real soccer ball or a real soccer goal or a real bed. It's all cardboard. I kick my ball so high and do a couple of tricks then the next second I know it's over the fence in Grace's yard. I panic don't know what to do. Grace grabs it and looks around confused, then looks at me. "I am so sorry, please forgive me," I plead. "You can keep it if you want burn it I don't mind."
"That sounds like a great idea, doesn't it Grace," Says Grace's friend.
"No that sounds like a terrible idea, here is your ball." Grace hands the ball over to me.
Her friend comes running over with tongs and picks up the ball and tosses it onto the grass aiming for the fire.
"Delilah! Stop!" Grace pleads.
"No never," Says Delilah.
Grace runs to grab the ball and quickly hands it over to me. Grace and Delilah talk for probably a good 10 minutes. Grace comes walking over to me saying "What's your name?"
"Teija," I replied.
"Teija, Lovely name," says Grace excitedly. "My friend doesn't really like outsiders."
Outsiders? I have no idea what an outsider is. Is she calling me different? Am I not good enough? "Water please," I parched.
"Yes ok, here," Grace says out of breath. I drank it very quickly.
"Thanks," I whisper. "What's an outsider?" I ask
"Oh, umm I am religious and my family runs the church and they call people who aren't in our church outsiders they think they have a disease," GRace explained to me. Grace's dad walks over, I get ready to run. Her family runs the church, hates people like me, do I have a disease, too stunned to run. He gets closer and closer and my legs are shaken.
"Oh Grace you have made a new friend, so proud of you honey," Grace's dad says with excitement.
"Dad she's really nice, her name is Teija!" Grace blabs on about something else but I zone out. Her dad walks away to check on the sausages.
"Does he know I am an outsider?" I ask
"I think so, to be honest he's not really religious,"
I am stunned her family runs the church and dad is not really religious, this is making my brain go fuzzy too much to take.
"Hello?!"
"Oh sorry,"
"Can I come over to kick the ball with you?"
I am overjoyed I want to say yes straight away but I would say it so loudly that the birds would get scared. I take a deep breath.
"Sure I would love that."
This is the best day of my life.