I haven't been in the Chamber for some of the afternoon's session today because I was presenting awards to 8 groups of young people at the National Museum, who had won awards for projects to do with human rights and ethics in their community.
The scheme was initiated by Impetus, which is funded by the Welsh Assembly Government. It was inspiring to see the children and students involve themselves in tackling important issues of the day such as taking part in a play about child soldiers, and those who had helped elderly people who were victims of crime.
Others concentrated on questions surrounding their heritage in the South Wales Valley, and others took part in a play about aslym seekers. There was also a local group from Hafod School in Swansea who's project it was to take part in philosophy sessions in their school. When I asked them what they enjoyed most about the session they said-
' talking and aruging!'
'About what?' I said
' Turkies'.
'Why Turkies..?' I said, expecting a Vegetarian sympathiser to pipe up in support of the human rights of Turkies world wide....
' About why we always have it on Christmas day, and why we want crisps instead!'
There we go, the children of Swansea have spoken;-)
A very interesting day all in all.
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Dwi ddim wedi bod yn y siambr am gyfnod hir heddiw oherwydd o'n i'n cyflwyno gwobrau i 8 grwp am brosiectau lleol a wnaethant yn ymdrin a materion yng nghyd destun hawliau dynol.
Roedd y cynllun yn cael ei rhedeg gan Impetus, sy'n cael ei ariannu gan y Llywodraeth yma yng Nghymru. Roedd o'n wych i weld pobl ifanc yn taclo materion pwysig y dydd, er enghraifft fe wnaeth un grwp gwneud drama am filwyr plant, a grwp arall yn trafod sut wnaethant helpu hen bobl yn y gymuned a oedd wedi cael eu ymosod arno.
Roedd eraill yn edrych ar eu hanes, ac ar effaith byw yng Nghymoedd de Cymru, tra fod eraill wedi creu drama am geiswyr lloches.
Roedd un grwp lleol o ysgol Hafod yn Abertawe, a oedd, yn rhan o'r cynllun, yn cymryd rhan mewn gwersi athroniaeth yn yr ysgol. Pan ofynnais i beth oedd yr elfen gorau o'r gwersi, dywedodd un plentyn-
'Y gallu i dadlau'
' Am beth' dwedes i.
' Twrci!'
'Pan Twrci?'dwedais, yn disgwyl i rhywun brwydro'r achos lluseuol o blaid hawliau dynol pob Twrci byd eang.
' Pam da ni wastad yn cael twrci ar ddydd nadolig, pan da ni moyn creision!'
Dyna chi, mae plant Abertawe wedi siarad!
Dydd diddorol iawn.
4 comments:
Child Soldiers in Lesotho? Have you actually been to Lesotho? You are clearly mistaken, please get your facts right before you can publish such things to the whole world.
Well, I've never really liked turkey anyway so I can understand that crisps are preferrable. Turkey is basically a hangover from having so many sailors in the British navy who went and ate turkey in the New World, and for some weird reason thought it was a tasty meal.
All over the world, people eat pork, beef, venison, and anything else that moves, on Christmas day. But turkey is a great example for arguments on inequality. Henry VIII was the first person in Britain to eat turkey at Christmas, reputedly. But up until the 1950s, most of us common, poor people didn't get turkey.
Inequality is winding back the clock - present income inequality stands at the levels and in wealth inequality terms we are back in 1937.
So, where's the turkey?
A compilation of creative expression, shared by the pupils and a wider audience. It included sensitive work with the Small World Theatre on Child Soldiers. It also included establishing a link with a rural school in the remote high veldt of Lesotho including a sharing of culture and lifestyle and reciprocal visits by teachers.
This is the explanation of the project. apologies.
I expect that these youngsters have already heard of, and were discussing, my popular campiagn to introduce Compulsory Voting, with the proviso that the option of 'None of these Turkeys' is given to those who would have previously failed to vote or spoiled their papers.
Having noted the dreadfully low turnouts at recent elections it would appear that 'None of these Turkeys' seems to be on a 'roll'.
Your postprandial pal.
johnny.
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