Exam

Reading Engseng Ho's text, I feel independency and freedom profoundly. It doesn't just talk about being independent from foreign countries' culture or thought, but also being free of all elements that cause us to forget our freedom or origin; which make us be away from our real 'self'; which cause us to feel that we are nothing. We need these kinds of reading to be taught in our classes to realize that one like Ahmad has been in the world not to accept to be under control of another power, and he won't be the first and the last one.
My parents have always told me that the presence of "Halal" in one's life guarantees his essence forever, and I've got that "Halal" means the remembrance of God in every moment, that we are independent to on spirit and that's God.

Giroux's reading reminds me of children whose rights have been rubbed by some selfish people that don't ever consider themselves to be guilty and it's really ridiculous that they consider the poor(those children) to be guilty of their poverty and adversity. Most of us (I don't say all of us because there are still some sensible souls) have learnt to put this expression as a main factor to go ahead in life:"All for one " not "All for all", we've learnt to concentrate on just "one", "I", "me", "mine", "my"; I don't say to eliminate this "one" or "I", but I say that everything should start from "one" or "I" and be led to "ones" or "we" and again at last be one( unity: a soul that consists of several souls). Our problem is that we want everything for "oneself" or "myself" not for "oneselves" or "ourselves", we just think about "myself";in fact, we've got stuck in "I" context and don't try to share our stories (which contain our "I") with the others' "I". We always say "He is in trouble, he is sick, he is jobless, he is homeless not me!" You see we really don't want to see this "I" in trouble, we do everything to feed this "I" perfectly but by closing our eyes to see "you", "he", "she", "we", "they", "it" and the most important "their right". I like to teach this reading to the students to remember that just "I" doesn't exist in this world, there are always "I"s who are always looking for a some kindness that respect their rights from the others, and also to remember that this "I" has an origin and a destination for which they should do their best because it is consist of numberless "I"s.

Yes the skills acquired by students of the "maktab" in Cheshmeh are properly called "ideological";yes, it's th best adjective to attribute to them. Since 'ideology' for me means 'the best activity of mind': 'looking at things profoundly': 'questing for the best of best!'. I myself have seen these features a lot in Quran as it orders us to look at the nature of things created by Him seriously not in a shallow way. To dwell(for me means: challenge for existing) with these thoughts "What is the philosophy of creation and life?" and " What are the meanings of these words, these languages of things, of people, around us?". This is students' right to think about "who", "how", "what", "where", and the perfect way to get this purpose can be established by reading Quran.

Elnaz Torabi