Parallel Viewpoints (Mawi/Syrian refugee crisis) blog

      The article "Report: Half of Syrian refugee children in Lebanon not in school" has a very different and yet similar viewpoint from Hileab and Tsege on the importance of education. In Of Beetles and Angels, Mawi says about his parents, "From our very first days in America, my mother and father hammered into our minds the importance of excelling in school." This shows that they have an extremely pro-education viewpoint, which caused several mini-conflicts in the memoir. Additionally, organizations supporting Syrian refugees in the modern day agree with this viewpoint. In the article, it says, "'Children should not have to sacrifice their education to seek safety from the horrors of war in Syria,' Khawaja said." This shows, again, that the higher authorities in this situation agree with the values of the parents in the memoir, which would objectively be a good viewpoint to have.
      However, some of the children in Syria oppose those viewpoints. In the article, it states, "Syrian refugee Saddam al-Khleif hates going to school..." as well as, "'I love to play and prefer to go to work rather than going to school.'" While he may have a legitimate viewpoint, it is stunningly different from Mawi's parents' points of view, and also interesting that there are two different points of view on what, one would assume, would be a rather one-sided topic. To conclude, different circumstances may, and often will, result in a stew of different viewpoints.

Edit: I forgot a paragraph. Here it is. (Sorry.)
     War affects individuals and their societies as a whole negatively. For example, separation from home and the life you knew is a common occurrence. There's also a lack of education, good food, and  generally anything we'd associate with a normal life. That's huge. War is one of the worst things that can happen to anyone, and the fact that Mawi succeeded through that is incredible on the level of climbing Everest. Well, maybe more than that, but you get the general gist.