his brother’s death being a result of drug abuse, and how the government should have invested more money into building up these communities and providing the children with football fields, better education, fixing the sewage problems.
What is drug abuse? Does the parent take the drug and do the abuse or does the kid take drugs and the drug attacks his normal thinking?
The children were all of firm spirit – they laughed, they played football, they teased each other and had fun amidst the building material.
It's good that the children are still having fun despite their conditions.
This 14 year old Brazilian boy didn’t have much in the way of riches, but he had a loving family, warm and hospitable neighbors, loyal friends and an intelligent and creative mind.
This is saying that The 14 year old Brazilian boy doesn't really care about how rich he is, he cares about his family and knowledge.
Our world is full of intrigue, deceit, and broken promises. It is merely the nature of things, nothing personal. Grand undertakings often hold dirty little secrets underneath the surface, and promises of happiness and betterment end up being yet another strategy for the powerful few to gain riches at the expense of others.
that is a very inspirational quote. Something that i can learn about this passage already is that humans will do anything to get wealthy and rich.
Student Reporting Labs connects classes with public media resources to teach journalism, digital literacy and civic engagement and is supported by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
I think the main idea of this article or video is that no matter what age you are you can always find something to help with, volunteer for to give back to your community.
Produced by James Canada, Caleb DiPetro, Ashley Jury, Hannah Pickerell and McKaelin Taylor, students at Central Hardin High School in Elizabethtown, Kentucky. This video was produced with mentor support
is this a point of view of a person who has special needs?
Produced by Gracie Eck, Gracie Hall, Cameron Lane and Risa Tomioka, students at Central Hardin High School in Elizabethtown, Kentucky.
What does "underprivileged" children mean, are they in poverty?
Produced by Olivia Jacobs, Paul Olive and Caroline Pribble, students at Judge Memorial Catholic High School in Salt Lake City, Utah
It's nice that the person wanted to give back to the community and it shows that this person is grateful for what he has.
running pet rescues on Facebook, creating local TEDxYouths, holding math tutoring programs and mentoring peers with special needs.
Is this author trying to say that our generation has more people who are willing to help the people who are in need?
Citizenship shows that millennials and teens are more likely to volunteer than other recent generations, and are more civically engaged.
This is kind of like what the article ," The problem with youth activism" says. They say something like our generation has more people that are volunteering to make a difference.
People from a family with incomes of over $150,000 are more than twice as likely to volunteer than those from families with less than $50,000, and those who work full-time are nearly 20% more likely to volunteer than those who are unemployed.
Isn't that kind of common sense though? Of course when you get a better income you can volunteer more and do things that you want to.
People who find themselves in poverty or struggling to find a job are unlikely to feel that they can spend time and effort volunteering.
I'm pretty sure our school isn't in poverty or struggling with money..
Parents frequently volunteer for their kids’ school.
Probably because usually the PTA are moms. I rarely see any PTA dads volunteering for our school. Why is that?
So are women just the more altruistic sex? Or is this a reflection of other social realities, like fewer women choosing to be in the labour force, or working part-time?
What does altruistic mean? Maybe they couldn't choose, but they are still trying to make a difference.
So are women just the more altruistic sex? Or is this a reflection of other social realities, like fewer women choosing to be in the labour force, or working part-tim
What does altruistic mean? Maybe they women couldn't choose whether that they go to work or not.
The YCore team set to work to recruit men
Why do they want to recruit men?
She knew women often dominated volunteer spaces, but 95%?
That is a very large space and gap. Bassically 95% are women and only the 5% are men. 5% is not a lot
Why Don't Men Volunteer as Much as Women?
I think that this is because even still in some families only the father or the husband goes to work, so maybe they don't really have time to go and volunteer for things. Not saying that girls and women have nothing to do in the daytime, just saying they have more time if they don't go to work.
Michelle Obama volunteering at Miriam’s Kitchen, a nonprofit that serves the homeless.
Is this a example of how women volunteer more then men??
Our generation needs to step into our raw power -- the priceless power of being young and mad. We need to stay hungry long enough to get angry.
Does this mean that she wants the youth activism to stop or keep on going.. I'm kind of confused.
"Gen Y is less engaged with civic and political activities than they are with other causes."
What's Gen Y? And do they not fight for what they believe in? I don't think that is really good because you are just going to stay were you started and you're community isn't going to get better and better, its just going to stay on the same level if you don't take action. That's what I think.
They funnel their outrage into weekly club meetings and awareness campaigns that look good on paper
What are they supposed to do? Fight the people that they are protesting about? Writing on a awareness campaign is basically peacefully protesting and to get the word out. (I'm not really sure that I agree with the person that wrote this arcticle)
Students for a Democratic Society, the Weather Underground, and the Black Panther Party
Did these groups protest, or did they just get together and do nothing?
Plus, it's so much easier to just eat the free pizza and cut the three-inch ribbons than to mastermind a rebellious and potentially dangerous student uprising.
So, the article is saying that people should not do protests and fight for the greater good to make communities better?
acts of civil disobedience like sit-ins, hunger strikes, boycotts -- don't seem like such a smart idea.
1 what are hunger strikes? 2 What are they boycotting? 3 If they are peaceful protests I don't think that they are likely to get hurt.
a yearly total of $150 million is spent on campus programming.
How does the campus afford this kind of money? 150 mil? Is it funded by the government? I don't think that is very likely..
98 percent of students at their annual meeting saw the war in Iraq as one of the issues most important to them.
The NACA sounds like another organization for MUN, in MUN we look at modern day problems and issues and try to bring attention to them.