When I first started social, I thought I knew quite a lot about how the world worked. Boy was I wrong. When I read about racism, and when the South African government introduced apartheid, I was shocked. It was like it all just clicked. The world is really falling apart. People are so badly treated because of colour! Just reading about it in a book was sad enough. Then I went down to Mexico and witnessed it first hand. The poverty is unbelievable. As soon as we got across the US border, there was garbage everywhere. The houses were cement blocks, if even that nice. There were young mothers with two or three kids in the streets, all dirty and sad looking. I will never react the same way again, because I know too much to just let it go. I have learned so much, and I greatly appreciate what our country has done about some of the global problems. I hope that I will be able to do something more than just read, and acctually try.

Everyone has the right to a house, more than just a shack made of sheet metal. Fresh water to drink and clothes to wear. Every child has the right to be able to have fun instead of work so their family can survive. Girls should have the right to go to school and learn just like every boy their age. They shouldn't have to sell their body as a young teen to live. Nobody deserves to be treated like an animal. There is more than enough money on this earth for everyone to live equally. I think it only takes one person to make a difference. No government is needed to fight for what is right. I just need to keep telling myself that, because all people are connected and many are willing to do what is right, even if they must lose the little they have. There are so many things that can be done, that I can do. So many people are working to stop these horrible things that take place every day. Groups are speaking to the public, writing letters, going to the countries, and being missionaries. I can react and respond the same way that so many others do every day.