I appreciate that Kakenya Ntaiya not only considered boys for her program but also children that would not be able to go to her school. The programs providing information for children to learn about equal rights is great for every child in Kakenya’s community. It can help change the perspective of the elders of her community but also help children expand their interests for what roles and careers they can achieve. The kids being able to access this kind information, can allow for progress and change in the community.

Proving safety, education, counseling, and food support are great elements for a school to provide for their students. Safety is an important role for children because regardless of gender, no child should be in fear as they are walking to school that something bad can happen to them. It is great that Kakenya Ntaiya is aware of this being a factor for her students. Some schools in the U.S. have monitors and parent volunteers to be close around the school for arrival and dismal times. They have adults around the school to help provide safety as children go to school and leave to go home.

That is just beautiful!! Not only did Kakenya Ntaiya create a foundation for young girls to get an education but she created a safe haven for them. Kakenya Ntaiya wanted a space for girls to not worry about FGM or being married off at a young age. I am aware of some cultures having a common practice of young girls getting married to a man much older than them. Children should not have these kinds of concerns or worries. It is a wonderful thing when a person wants to help their community and provide sources for them.

I did not even consider that I could preserve lettuce in this manner. It seems extremely obvious since it is a plant and you should treat it as such, but I did think of this idea. My views are partially due to being used to having expiration dates and basing my foods shelf life by these specific dates. It was not until I saw this egg hack video years ago that gave me insight on expiration dates. I realized after watching the video, that food is still good after the suggested date. It made me wonder why expiration dates are even placed on food. If food is still sustainable and fit, there is no reason to embed this concept of throwing away your food at X time. I think if expiration dates change to a realistic shelf life or learn how to properly preserve food, this will help consumers obtain less waste consummation.

This does not surprise me. America is known for bigger portions and food sizes. In Europe when people go out to eat, it is not common for them to take home leftovers. In Europe, the portion sizes they give to their patrons is the recommended amount from federal regulations and in American the portion size recommended expand based on the increase of obesity. In American, having the option of value sizing/ value meals gives individuals the perception of getting more food for less money. Individuals end up eating more than what they need and expanding on their portion sizes unnecessarily.

It is sad how often this happens at grocery stores or even in restaurants. If fruits or vegetables have imperfections, discoloration, or oddly shaped, they are deemed as not being “perfect” to the customer. If the food is not aesthetically pleasing, the perfectly good edible food is tossed and wasted. Recently I have discovered there are apps that help restaurants and grocery stores with their “not perfect” food and stopping their food waste. There is an app called “Imperfect Foods” and it is similar to “Hello Fresh” by being a food service subscription but the food is from local grocery stores, bakeries, and restaurants. The food from “Imperfect Foods” is all the discarded food that would been thrown away but instead it is given to someone and not wasted.

This whole sentence bothered me. The statement implies that society or people have not be fighting for social and economic causes to help improve society. Individuals have been demanding for change, but it takes more than a group or even a leader to evoke that to happen. Progress takes time and it does not matter if we do things differently, because there will always be one person opposing from the majority. Sometimes people who seek change, could be the minority group. It is unfair to claim society is not demanding change because there is evidence of this, but it just takes time.

Yes, every country needs to do their part but global stratification is apart of the issue as well. Some of the global inequalities are caused by core nations exploiting semi peripheral and peripheral nations. Core nations exploit semi and peripheral nations by using their resources and labor. If peripheral nations depend on core nations for aid, they cannot achieve stability for themselves. The core nations that help these countries can feel as if they have power over them and try to control them.

I think it would be hard not to slide into a pessimist mindset or to be at least realistic. It would be great of all the Global Goals are met but I just do not see how each country can reach those goals effectively. Each country has their own economic system and depending on what kind of leadership the country has, can make it difficult for the citizens to even have the basic human rights. Each country has their own social and economical issues, how can we achieve to help each other globally, if each country has individual issues.

When I see the title “Charter for Compassion” I believe the chapter will be speaking about what it means to have compassion. The main focal point of a charter is, to support the expectations of everyone involved to focus their energy on the project's priorities. The people involved have guidelines and goals they need to follow and work towards. Since I now have a better understanding of what a charter is. The title may imply these are the expectations for what being and showing compassion means.

A good reminder to process constructive feedback, instead of taking the comments to heart. You can only learn from mistakes and listen to feedback. I have seen in discussions where you had to either disagree or agree with another classmates posts, and it did not go well. Some classmates were responding with passive aggressive remarks, especially if another classmate disagreed with them. Everyone’s feelings are valid but just try to take feedback with a grain of salt and to not take it personally.

We engage in principles of compassion, because of norms and values within society that we as individuals learn. We also learn compassion from socialization. Socialization is the lifelong process through where people learn the values and norms of a given society. This validates why our social interactions are important because we learn from each other. We as individuals depend on social interactions to provide the information and skills we need to be apart of society and develop “self.”