There are far more effective punishments for criminals than prison

Judge not, that you will not be judged…

GOD

Silence… There is the drops’ sound through the opening window. The rustling of light breeze is in the leaves of oak. The small lights are from the big yellow moon. The man, who is sitting on the floor, embraces his legs. Thoughts… there are a lot of thoughts in his head. What will be tomorrow? How it will be? He takes a piece of paper and a stub of a pencil and becomes to write… His head is full of thoughts and his heart is full of pain…

“Only one movement, just one motion and my life was yesterday. Who am I? What am I doing here? Why? I hear my heart is beating, I am here. My history can be written just in the one line. I AM A CRIMINAL. I am sitting here for twenty five years. I have nothing in my mind. But I am waiting for forgiveness.” He gets down on his marrowbones and becomes to pray: “My dear God, I have faith in my heart. I know about your love for me. And I can not live in this way. Thanks, God, for your being in my life now.”

Somebody is saying, “Your life will be saved…”

Next day his story was stopped. Yes. You can ask, “Why?” I have answer for you, “God gifts him new life forever.”

God gives life for people, life, which has good and evil. God created personality with special features and one thing were the most interesting) Human imagination has no limits. “I can do everything with God's creation”, said man. “I can be criminal, I can be judge…”

There are a lot of more effective punishments for criminals than prison in our “fashionable life”. What about death penalty? Ok) not about the most terrible way of punishments, but what about moral + physical influence? Are you drunk driver? Ok, you will never buy a car. Yes. NEVER! Or, maybe, are you grafter? Ok, your hand will be glued with the help of resin. Are you thief? Ok, your legs and your hands will be in handcuffs for three years. How do you think, is it the most effective or the most horrible punishments?

Really, we are just people, we are full of anger, fear, pain, impatience, but we are social creature. What can be worse for person than prison? What can be more effective? You are alone for more years; you are only with your mind, in one moment somebody becomes to speak in your head. You have your body, but can not move in life. You stay. The blood is flowing through your veins, but you can do nothing. What can be better for person than isolation? Most of psychologists say that it is too special, but isolation is a problem for everybody. You are like food for yourself especially for your mind. But!!! Can we use this punishment for every criminal? It is question…

So… Life is just a choice to stay straightly, to go fast as you can, to move slow as somebody wants… It does not matter… Why? Because it is your life, your heart, your mind, your body and only your steps. You can do something kind or something bad, you can give birth and can kill somebody or something, you can be criminal, you can be judge, you can live and you can die, but one time you should answer. This answer will be pronounced loudly and confidently. In that moment you should stay behind God and should know what to say and how to say.

My Education

I am a student, who is studying at the most famous university of my city. I could not even imagine that the State Black Sea University can become my “sweet home” for these 4 years… Now I want to look at my life and to see this way of educational rise.

As for my studying at nursery school I have a little recollection. I had not much friends, but all teachers liked me, because I was quiet but sociable. I did not do something special but I liked to take part in poetry class. We played on the playground and during my break time I was with everyone but not with somebody in special relations.

After happy days at nursery school my mother, who wanted I had a good education, decided that I should study at prep school. As for me I do not remember something unusual. We tried to study, to learn to read and to write. We studied English. It was the most interesting. My memories can tell that it was a lot of fun.

At six, a public school had a great influence on my life and my future moral state. An inferiority complex became to develop there. I had an angry teacher, who cried all time. Even now sometimes I see her at my nightmares. My school was co-educational and I much preferred boy environment. I tried to study well and received document about good studying after every class. I think that that school life was not too interesting, because I studied all my break time, read books, wrote compositions etc. But it was only one thing, which I liked. All time at that school I “fought” boys.

When I was ten, my mother had no money to pay for my education at that special school, that’s why I began to study at state school. My life changed greatly when I became a new pupil at our form. Here the atmosphere was more relaxed for me, because the educational system was not too saturated. All teachers were interesting not only in our marks, but also in our own moral upbringing. At that time I became be interested in drawing and dancing. I took part in extra-curricular activities. I preferred to go to dramatic class. I read poetry on different concerts. So I must admit I became another person. I felt comfortable in my form, because I tried to be not only a good pupil, but also a good friend. But school taught me to be out of society. After my studying I knew one rule: “Either ASK or EXPECT anything from anyone and you will never be disillusioned or disappointed”. So at 17 I passed my exams at school, all with good marks.

As the result I was awarded a gold medal. Maybe this fact of my biography took great place. During last year at school I became to decide, where should I study??? I studied at different courses. At school I liked Math, that’s why I wanted to enter to Economics Department. Maybe it was not my destiny. I tried to enter four universities. As a result I began to study at the Faculty of Philology. My first language I study is Ukrainian. It was not my dream, but I had not another choice.  As for now… I do not know what will I do after graduating from university, but I dream about some unexpected changes.

If I could do it all again, would I do anything differently? I do not think so. Everyone has the right to make mistakes, but if we will not try to do something we will never know is it good or bad. So I think that I had good educational system.