Maressa's thoughts

Maressa Zahra from Zebbug is a staff member at The Tattoo, a global journal for teen journalism. She also writes for The Writing Kid website. In two weeks time, she will be a fresher at university studying commerce. In view of her passion for writing she recently started a blog. From one of her posts:

I am one of those incurable bookworms who can't tolerate reading one book at a time. Currently I'm reading three - one is about journalism by a famous journalist herself, Jill Dick, another is Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen, and the other is a transcript of the speeches at some World Youth day. The latter book set me thinking - especially one speech about freedom.

Let me not beat about the bush - I don't agree with the system that sends people to prison if they've been found guilty of whatever they've been accused upon. Why, you may ask? Well, I really don't believe two wrongs can make a right ( ie. that a wrong can mend another). Is prison mending the wrongs these people have done? If you've been robbed, you still have the shock; if your brother's been killed, he won't come back, just because the murderer is in prison...The system is failing. Rather than focus on taking away the freedom of these people, why not focus on teaching them life-coping skills, and preparing them for their eventual re-entry into society?...

Teens can make awesome writers...if they are willing! by Maressa Zahra