Happy New Year!

I would like to extend my best wishes to the Arete Youth Blog Contributors and Arete Youth Partners for a happy and healthy-2008.

Many of us start each year vowing to live healthier and make an essential change, but then reality saps our motivation to make a difference in our lives. What could be done? Sticking to REALITY can be an alternative.

Reality…and motivation- those are the things that should keep young people going. One needs to realize that persistence and patience will lead them to succeed in life and eventually one’s hard work will be rewarded.

Emigration…the constant human desire for self-satisfaction is not a new phenomenon. It has existed since the rise of humanity- either on conscious or subconscious level of human mind. However, nowadays, emigration has become a necessity for the Bulgarian youngsters. Young people in Bulgaria don’t feel much of a difference because most of them don’t dare to stand out of the crowd.

According to me the Bulgarian educational System in general doesn’t need transformation. What is needs is a community involvement. It is a matter of appreciation of what the educational system is now. My observations are that Bulgarian students’ minds are mainly occupied with making comparison between the different institutions instead of benefiting from an institution. Besides, the development of the educational institution, in particular, depends on how we perceive it.

Maybe, one should ask himself if the opportunities abroad are really so secure as they are believed to be?

To be persuaded, means to act, but in accordance with the reality(including social and cultural heritage).

All Bulgarian institutions: educational, cultural, social, economic and others, are in a process of improvement. The idealistic goal for them is to become similar to the ones functioning in the Western societies. However, idealism differs from realism. A change requires more than dreams.

I hope this provoke more of you to discuss the different issues Bulgaria face today.