Elderly care

In my culture usually the son or the daughter take care of the old parents or someone from the same family, if both of the children were at work or out they recommend the charwoman to stay with the old parents and take care of them until the son or daughter come back from the work. Also, the wife of the son take care of the old parents because when she married the son the father of the son become her uncle and the mother become her aunt so there will be like her parents, and vice verse.


In my culture the government pays all dues for elderly people and they offer free medications, free medical beds and a nurse if necessary. That's all free from the government and if the family want anything for their old parents the government helps them immediately. In our culture we respect old people and we estimate them, because they founded the state and they are our ideal.


I think the government should pay for elderly people in the first place or they can cooperate with members from the same family. Equally between the government and the old parents family because the government can't offer for each family a full payment neither the family can.


There are a big differences between my country and UK in taking care and who pays for old people. In my country the family takes care of the old parents and the government arrange everything for the old people from medications until the psychological comfort. On the other hand, In the UK when the child reach 18 years old most of them move out to study in the university and some of them don't come back to see his/her old parents. Also, if the elderly people have a more than  23.500 Pounds in their account they should pay for the nursery monthly 3000 Pounds for their staying and treatment.  

Smacking Children

Is the U.K government correct to legislate against beating of children by parents ?

Yes they are, I think they should make a law to stop beating children by their parents. Because beating is not the way to teach or to make the child learn from his/her mistake also, beating will harm the child physically and psychologically.


Should the Welsh Assembly legislate against smacking ?

there is a different between beating and smacking, beating will harm children badly while smacking may make children cray and may not. Therefore, It's not necessary from Welsh Assembly to legislate against smacking.


How much do government rules depend on which society a person lives in ?

I think the rules depends on the society where a person lives in, if there a violent society were parents beat there children there must be a strict rules and if there a usual society where everything is normal the government reduce the rules in this area.

 Wich parts of the UK laws regarding physical punishment of children by parents do you agree with? why?

I don't agree with any physical punishment and I don't find it a good way to teach or to let the child learn from it. Because if the parent punish the child physically the child will not learn from what he/she did wrong it might give a negative influence on the child for example the child will be afraid from other people.   

The Welsh Assembly

Roules of Welsh Assembly :-

The National Assembly for Wales is the democratically elected body that represents the interests of Wales and it's people, makes law for Wales, and holds the Welsh Government to account. The Welsh Assembly is made up of 60 elected Assembly Members. Forty are chosen to represent individual constituencies, and 20 are chosen to represent the five regions of Wales (North Wales, Mid and West Wales, South Wales West, South WalesCentral, and South Wales East). Assembly Members represent their area as a member of a political party or as an independent.

Do you think it is a good idea for Wales to have its own (lower level) government?

Yes, It's a good idea for Wales to have it's own lower level government because some laws in the UK wodn't be good for Welsh people and maybe there will be some problems in Wales because of that. 

Would this system be successful in the Gulf state? Central America?


I think no because, in the gulf countries there are a law in everywhere around the gulf and that is the Islamic law, people all over the gulf follow the Islamic law, also, every country have some rules for it's own and the citizen's happey with it. however, In Central America they should have this system because there are a large countries and many people live there, so it will be more important in Central America rather than in the Gulf states. 

Education in Qatar and in the UK

Nowadays, education is the most important thing for each country, first the education in Qatar, government provides free education for all children. The official language the curriculum is taught in is Arabic but English is commonly used. Education is compulsory for children aged between 6 and 15. The structure of the education system consists of elementary (primary), preparatory (intermediate), secondary and higher education. Boys and girls attend separate schools. Children attend elementary school from the ages of 6 through 12, preparatory school from the ages of 12 through 15 and then go on to secondary school for a further 3 years.

Second, education in the UK, by law, all children of compulsory school age (5 to 16) must receive a full time education that is suited to their age, ability, aptitude and special educational needs (SEN). Until 1988 schools were free to decide what they taught their pupils, with Religious Education being the only compulsory subject. As a result of the Education Reform Act 1988 The National Curriculum of England was developed and then introduced in 1992. Its aim was to make sure that all pupils had a balanced education by stating the topics that should be taught and the standards expected to be attained by pupils, Boys and girls attend mixed schools.

The advantages and disadvantages of the UK in the EU

The advantages and disadvantages of the UK in the EU

the European Union was set up in 1957 , the beginning of the EU was with six countries which is ( West Germany, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg and Italy). The Europe Union consists of the European Council , the Council of Ministers , the European Commission , the European Parliament and the European Court of Justice . the population of the EU today is about 450 million people, Britain did not join the EU because of the good relationship with the USA. But , In 1973 , Britain , Denmark and the Republic of Ireland joined the EU, and now it's contain 25 countries.

The advantages of the EU are : the same currency all over Europe this will make the people more comfortable with their money and an easy way to spend without changing the currency. It gives the European citizens more choices and more freedom to work in another European country, an easier way to travel between each country, to get health services and to get education ...etc.


The disadvantages are : the UK will not take it's full freedom for example : if the the court makes a judge about someone and he didn't like what the court says he can push the judgement a little up to the European Court of Justice and they can make another judgement and they can say to the court in the UK what to do. Maybe the UK will not be a sovereign nation because if they are in the EU they should follow the rules in the EU , some rules may effect the economy and the development of the country in a bad way.

The 4 Nations of the UK

The 4 nations of the UK are : England ,  Scotland , Wales and Northern Ireland . In England there are 50 million people , in Scotland there are 5 million people , in Wales there are 3 million people and in Northern Ireland there are 1 million people . The capital city of England is London , Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland , the capital city of Wales is Cardiff and Belfast is the capital city of Northern Ireland . The people who live in England they called English , in Scotland they called Scots , in Wales they called Welsh and in Northern Ireland they called Irish , the language in England is English but it's different in Scotland , Wales and Northern Ireland , in Scotland the speak Scots or Gaelic , in Wales they speak Welsh and in Northern Ireland they speak Irish Gaelic , although they all speak English but in the same time they speak there own language too . The main religions in these four countries is quite the same a part from England because England is the biggest in the population and it has a multicultural society , the main religions in England are Protestant , Roman Catholic , Muslim and Hindu , In Scotland , Wales and Northern Ireland the main religions are the same they all have Protestant and Roman Catholic . In the UK they follow the law and the rules that given from the government but in my country it's different , In Qatar we follow the religion and every Muslim is our brother it's don't matter where he's from . The religion come first especially in the Arabic gulf we are like brothers and then the law and rules comes in the second place . 

Culture Shock

. I was impressed from the organization in the classrooms in the university .

. The discipline , people always must be on time everywhere around the UK .

. When I arrived for the first time in the UK I got confused in the streets because when I stand beside the traffic signal I was looking on my right side but the car were in the left side ! In my country the streets is different than in the Uk . Many times I survived from accidents and I needed some time to get used to it .

. The driving here its impossible unless you know the rules , Its difficult for me to drive a car in the Uk because in Qatar we used to drive from the left side from the car but in the Uk you have to drive from the right side from the car and It's too difficult for me to drive here because everything is the opposite from what I know in my country .