Though the letters were sent out to a gender balanced group, 95% of the responses came from women.
I think the women responded more because they might be free and the men might be working and have less time or not really interested. Not saying that there not but just wont have time.
Why Don't Men Volunteer as Much as Women?
I think its because the father in a family might be very busy so the mother might have time and volunteer. I also think its because men do a lot of other things then women do.
According to a 2014 survey, on average, women are nearly 30% more likely to volunteer.
Why is that? What about all the men that want to volunteer what happened to them?
Volunteering is defined as any unpaid work performed for an organization. It can include anything tutoring English at the local library, coaching your child’s basketball team, or helping your church with a fundraiser.
That's very nice of them when you volunteer to help them in a way.
Though the letters were sent out to a gender balanced group, 95% of the responses came from women.
95% wow girls responded more but why? What happened to the all the men?
So when you’re sending your students off to volunteer, be sure to communicate with the organizations ahead of time to find out what their needs are and consider if your students have the skills and time to fill those needs.
Its very important to communicate with the programs before you send of all the students. This is because you want to now if your students are good for that programs and have the skills to do it.
However, I would add from personal experience that requiring service might help students who would never consider volunteering try it out—and they just might fall in love with it. Case in point: One of my best friends was required to do community service in high school and found that working with autistic children changed his life. Rather than becoming a lawyer, he decided to teach high school and start his own fabulous service-learning program.
Many people who has tried out volunteering it has changed there life forever. So I think more people should try out and it will make your life better as a person.
One study discovered that student volunteers who worked directly with people versus those who didn’t afterwards felt a stronger connection to other people in general, along with the belief that they could make a difference in the world.
So the idea is people who go out there and help will feel good and get along. But what about if you don't? What will happen then?
So, while the study didn’t focus on decreasing obesity specifically, it did show that volunteering may prevent one of its potential consequences: heart disease.
Heart disease? so when you volunteer for something you might get a heart disease? I very confused but why?
Teens Who Help, Help Their Hearts
What does that mean? Does it mean when they do something good you have a good feeling in your heart?
Last week, Michelle Obama traveled across the country promoting her “Let’s Move” Campaign, which encourages schools, families, and communities to combat childhood obesity through healthy food and exercise.
Wow that's very cool that Michelle Obama did that and encouraged people to exercise. I wonder if she will be a part of helping other campaigns.
after being inspired by her
This will happen if you have that determination that Capres had. People will start to be inspired by your movement to the world.
she shouted into the crowd, “Hello everybody, thank you so much for coming. It’s going to be an amazing day!” At that it was.
She has the confidence and energy that will make people listen to her because if she didn't there would be a less crowd and her idea wont be happening.
In the end, approximately 3,000 people attended, a feat that still stuns
Wow 3,000 people! it has increased by 60 to 3,000. Look how many people that have the same idea as Capres an who will agree with her.
“I [didn’t] even have a megaphone,” Capres admits. She had only expected a handful of people to show up — 30 at most, she recalls. To her surprise, far more showed up. “I walked out of Oxford Circus station and there's already like 60 people there and I'm like, oh my gosh, what do I do?”
Capres is going to be in shock to see at least 60 people there. When she said "what do I do? I was wondering just talk about why you protested? that's what people want to know.
"That's what really got me riled up and frustrated me because it was just, like, why? What's going on with the world? I thought we had hope. I thought things were getting better.”
sometimes you look back at ask your self what's going on in the world? and Why?. This is exactly what Capres did the moment she that the video.
I lost my mom when I was younger and I just remember thinking, ‘there's a little girl in the backseat watching [her mother’s boyfriend] being killed,’" Capres tells Teen Vogue.
So when seeing the video it really effected her by her own personal life. She can really relate to that little girl in the backseat.
"a lack of education, poor health care,"
Its sad to see or hear kids that have a lack of education and poor health care. You think how will they survive and you feel guilty because you have that.
The girls we spoke with all live in the U.S., but some have roots in the countries they're trying to help.
That's nice of them to do. Helping other girls not only in the U.S but in other countries.
there are an estimated 62 million who don't —
Well they should soon! What happened to all the 62million? I am glad that at least these girls are part of the 5,000 teens who do volunteer.
Yet they've learned that even though girls in low-income countries face many obstacles, they have a sense of hope and gratitude.
I feel like this part really shows that they look on the bright side of the even when times are tough. Also the girls are having hope that one day they will go to school and have an education.
Does the unfairness of it all make the teen leaders feel guilty?
Yeah if you think about it you do feel kind of guilty. This is because you got a privilege that someone else might not have. So when your trying to help them you feel guilty.
her first public speech since becoming a global news story and still only nine months into her recovery.
Wow she is strong! how can she have a speech and still be nine months in the recovery?
At a time when 62 million girls are out of school globally, including many in war-torn regions, the Fund’s mission is both specific and ambitious
I am glad that Malala has changed so many kids lives and made them better each day.
Now Malala lives in England with her family and has the opportunity to do more than she ever dreamed of to help the cause of girls’ education all over the world.
That's very good to know that she is in a good place to continue. I wonder if Malala had a goal in her life and went beyond that to.
The upcoming film, directed by Davis Guggenheim, will be widely released in 171 countries, translated into 45 languages, and later broadcast by National Geographic. It will coincide with a social media campaign to use the film to turn more people into education activists.
I am very impressed how far Malala has come from being a normal girl and now having a movie and traveling to all different types of places. You can really see how you can have Malala as a role model by not giving up and having that determination.
Malala became a global symbol of strength and resistance when, at 15, she miraculously survived being shot in the head by the Taliban.
This shows that if Malala can get shot in the head and she recovered then, she can do anything.
giving girls the chance to define their own dreams.
The girls got so shocked that you could be anything you want to be. And what Mary said changed there lives forever.
My advice is to just begin. When you see a need, act. Dream big, but start small, taking little steps. Set an initial goal and don’t scare yourself thinking about the “what ifs.” Each step taken will present both new opportunities and new challenges. Face each one as it comes and then keep going. All those little steps, done with love, will lead you to places impossible to imagine.
This is great advice for younger kids who can start. You have to take little steps to get to those bigger ones. All those little steps count.
It means that I am part of something bigger than my dream
I like how she said is is bigger than her dream. That means she is taking this seriously and want to take a step further into the project.
Families often believe it is better to invest in sons who will remain with them than in daughters who will join their husbands’ families.
That's sad. Daughters don't always have to be with there husband family they can come back. Why would they think that?
Girls are aborted because families do not want to pay a dowry; desperately poor families sell their daughters
Selling your daughter?? What does this really happen? Why would you want to sell your daughter?
Pretty soon, Mary Grace had raised enough money to reach her goal. But she couldn’t stop there: so many other girls still did not have access to education.
Her determination is so big. She could of stopped at her goal and giving one girl education. But instead she kept going.