"What Are My Roots?" And Empathy

The ability to feel what another person feels. Service learning. Responsible citizenship.

Art by Gemma from Spain

My grandfather told me that when there was the second world war he was just a boy. His brother (his name was Giuseppe)helped his mother because his father went to the war, was captured by the Germans. He had to shot buty a german general took him at his service. At the same time my greatfather was seriously injured, and the doctor sayd that he was going to die. Luckyly a nun save him kept him inher house after some days my greatfather recovered. When my grandfather told me this story cried because he lived this emotions on his skin. Bye, see you soon Luca from Italy

My grandfather--Volodya was born in Baku in on December 14 in 1939 . He finished school # 3 in 1957, where I study now. When he was 18 he joined   army .After completing his service  he entered  a technical school. He had worked in  the factory ýAzerkabel" as a specialist on automatics for 20 years. He was elected  the secretary of ýComsomol ý organization of the factory. It was a youth organization for young people in the Former Soviet Union. Several times he was awarded with certificates of appreciation on behalf of the administration and his colleagues for his excellent work. He was also awarded with ýLeniný award. In 1977 he started to work at the other enterprise "Electro-Izolitý. There he worked as the chief of laboratory. He died in 1992.There is an apartment and library with set of books as an inheritance from him. He was very inquisitive, read a lot and he had a good memory.Iým proud of his life and try to do good things in the life to be a dignified successor to my grandfather. Rita from Azerbaijan

Our parents went to school in Bosnia and Kosovo. In some schools they got food in others they had to buy or take food from home.They got grades from the first class. They had to wear uniforms and if they came too late for a lesson then their teacher beat them up. From Gezim, Seima, Meho and Senada,School in Bosnia and Kosovo

The life at the time of my grandparents wasn't well, because the II world wars had just finished. There was a lot of country and also the children went to work. There weren't the TV, the radio, the washing-machine, the dish-washer. When I was born this household appliance, they were simple and the TV was on black and white colours. Also the music and the clothes were different, but now it has come beck to fashion. The school was more severe, and there weren't a lot of school, in anywhere in the city, like now. They were far. So now it is comfortable. Before there wasn't pollution. What do you think about these?Roberta from Italy

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