EPTAnyways, all that aside here's the essay:
PROMPT: Choose an issue of importance to you - the issue could be personal, school related, local, political, or international in scope - and write an essay in which you explain the significance of that issue to yourself, your family, your community, or your generation.
ESSAY:
Living in a country where food is plentiful and poverty is almost non-existant, we Americans tend to forget about other less fortunate countries; countries where the people don't even have enough food and water for the people to survive. The most prominent country known as a poverty-struck wasteland is Africa. We take so many things we have for granted and sometimes don't realize that there are people out there that are dieing every single day becuase they don't have enough food and water. As little as fourty dollars a month could make a vast impact on many lives and even save lives.
Poverty was something I could always relate to. Many times in my life, there were instances where we had to skimp out on what may be considered essential to others to get by. Things such as turning off the lights, flushing the toilet sparingly, and going without air conditioning during the hottest times of summer became routine for us. Most of my childhood was spent living in cramped apartments until our church helped us move into a small rent reduced home. There were other times when I would see all my friends have new clothes and shoes while I still had my hand-me-down clothes and torn up shoes. However, all these things do not compare to what the children in Africa go through everyday which made me realize how much things I take for granted. Althoguh they were not nice new clothes, I was thankful that I had clothes on my back and warm shoes to wear as opposed the living conditons in Africa where they struggle just for food and water. Sometimes, all we care about is ourselves and everyday we constantly try to find things to satisfy our own selfish greed that we forget about others that are suffering in other parts of the world.
Poverty in Africa is not something we heard on the news just yesterday but has been an on going problem for years. Americans have been giving aid to those African countries during that time and to this day has made little impact. In contrast, South Korea has also been given aid and is now flourshing and even paid back aid that was given to them. Even in the years after World War II, the Marshall Plan helped restore Europe to its rightful place. So what went wrong in Africa? As we dig deeper to the root of the problem, we find out that they lack one significant piece in order to grow. That piece is leadership.
Leadership can be defined in two concepts. The first type of leader is one that is corrupted with no plan or vision for the advancement of their society. The other is one that is driven with strategic plans and vision for the future in hopes to create a better environment for their society and even if he fails, he doesn't let it hold him back but learns from it and uses it to push himself even further to grow as a leader. What Africa needs is a leader with a vision and one that truly know what they are there to do instead of name recognition and money. These are the people who make the difference which in turn help the country prosper and grow. In this case, someone who can strategically use the aid so that it can feed and recover as many of the countries in Africa as possible.
Until Africa finds someone who is driven and truly willing to reform, no amount of financial aid will be able to help them. It's now up to the people of Africa themselves to elect good leaders and hold them accountable. Which leads us to the most important point in that in anything we do, there has to be that right leader who has a purpose, some kind of vision to move forward in the right direction and essentially have some sort of goal that he or she is working towards for the betterment of everyone and society and not just himself.
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PROMPT: Choose an issue of importance to you - the issue could be personal, school related, local, political, or international in scope - and write an essay in which you explain the significance of that issue to yourself, your family, your community, or your generation.
ESSAY:
Living in a country where food and water are in the least concerns for many in our own personal agenda, we Americans tend to forget about other less fortunate countries; countries where the people don't even have enough food and water to survive. The most prominent place known as a poverty-struck wasteland is Africa. We take so many things we have for granted and sometimes don't realize that there are people that are dying every single day because they don't have enough food and water. However, countless aid has been given to Africa for years. So why are they still in the same miserable living conditions even to this day? Because Africa lacks something that's necessary involving a group of people to move forward and that something is leadership. Although the process will be long and difficult, Africa must first start off by finding someone strong and trustworthy with some kind of vision to move forward towards that final goal to cure poverty in Africa.
Poverty was something I could always relate to. Many times in my life, there were instances where we had to skimp out on what may be considered essential to others to get by. Things such as turning off the lights, flushing the toilet sparingly, and going without air conditioning during the hottest times of summer became routine for us. Most of my childhood was spent living in cramped apartments until our church helped us move into a small rent reduced home. There were other times when I would see all my friends with new clothes and shoes while I still had my hand-me-down clothes and torn up shoes. However, all these things do not compare to what the children in Africa go through everyday which made me realize how many things I take for granted. Although they were not nice new clothes, I was thankful that I had clothes on my back and warm shoes to wear as opposed the living conditions in Africa where they struggle just for food and water. Sometimes, all we care about is ourselves and everyday we constantly try to find things to satisfy our own selfish greed that we forget about others that are suffering in other parts of the world.
Poverty in Africa is not something we heard on the news just yesterday but has been an on going problem for years. Americans have been giving aid to various African countries such as Ghana, Ethiopia, and South Africa and still to this day has made little impact. In contrast, South Korea under General Pak Chang Hi has also been given aid and is now flourishing and even paid back the aid that was given to them. Even in the years after World War II, the Marshall Plan helped restore Europe to its rightful place. So what went wrong in Africa? As we dig deeper to the root of the problem, we find out that they lack one significant piece in order to grow. That piece is leadership.
Leadership can be defined in two concepts. The first type of leader is one that is corrupted with no plan or vision for the advancement of their society. The other is one that is driven with strategic plans and vision for the future in hopes to create a better environment for their society and even if he fails, he doesn't let it hold him back but learns from it and uses it to push himself even further to grow as a leader. What Africa needs is a leader with a vision and one that truly know what they are there to do instead of name recognition and money. These are the people who make the difference which in turn help the country prosper and grow. In this case, someone who can strategically use the aid so that it can feed and recover as many of the countries in Africa as possible.
Until Africa finds someone who is driven and truly willing to reform, no amount of financial aid will be able to help them. It's now up to the people of Africa themselves to elect good leaders and hold them accountable. This leads us to the most important point in that in anything we do, there has to be that right leader who has a purpose, some kind of vision to move forward in the right direction and essentially have some sort of goal that he or she is working towards for the betterment of everyone and society and not just himself.
ESSAY:
Living in a country where food and water are in the least concerns for many in our own personal agenda, we Americans tend to forget about other less fortunate countries; countries where the people don't even have enough food and water to survive. The most prominent place known as a poverty-struck wasteland is Africa. We take so many things we have for granted and sometimes don't realize that there are people that are dying every single day because they don't have enough food and water. However, countless aid has been given to Africa for years. So why are they still in the same miserable living conditions even to this day? Because Africa lacks something that's necessary involving a group of people to move forward and that something is leadership. Although the process will be long and difficult, Africa must first start off by finding someone strong and trustworthy with some kind of vision to move forward towards that final goal to cure poverty in Africa.
Poverty was something I could always relate to. Many times in my life, there were instances where we had to skimp out on what may be considered essential to others to get by. Things such as turning off the lights, flushing the toilet sparingly, and going without air conditioning during the hottest times of summer became routine for us. Most of my childhood was spent living in cramped apartments until our church helped us move into a small rent reduced home. There were other times when I would see all my friends with new clothes and shoes while I still had my hand-me-down clothes and torn up shoes. However, all these things do not compare to what the children in Africa go through everyday which made me realize how many things I take for granted. Although they were not nice new clothes, I was thankful that I had clothes on my back and warm shoes to wear as opposed the living conditions in Africa where they struggle just for food and water. Sometimes, all we care about is ourselves and everyday we constantly try to find things to satisfy our own selfish greed that we forget about others that are suffering in other parts of the world.
Poverty in Africa is not something we heard on the news just yesterday but has been an on going problem for years. Americans have been giving aid to various African countries such as Ghana, Ethiopia, and South Africa and still to this day has made little impact. In contrast, South Korea under General Pak Chang Hi has also been given aid and is now flourishing and even paid back the aid that was given to them. Even in the years after World War II, the Marshall Plan helped restore Europe to its rightful place. So what went wrong in Africa? As we dig deeper to the root of the problem, we find out that they lack one significant piece in order to grow. That piece is leadership.
Leadership can be defined in two concepts. The first type of leader is one that is corrupted with no plan or vision for the advancement of their society. The other is one that is driven with strategic plans and vision for the future in hopes to create a better environment for their society and even if he fails, he doesn't let it hold him back but learns from it and uses it to push himself even further to grow as a leader. What Africa needs is a leader with a vision and one that truly know what they are there to do instead of name recognition and money. These are the people who make the difference which in turn help the country prosper and grow. In this case, someone who can strategically use the aid so that it can feed and recover as many of the countries in Africa as possible.
Until Africa finds someone who is driven and truly willing to reform, no amount of financial aid will be able to help them. It's now up to the people of Africa themselves to elect good leaders and hold them accountable. This leads us to the most important point in that in anything we do, there has to be that right leader who has a purpose, some kind of vision to move forward in the right direction and essentially have some sort of goal that he or she is working towards for the betterment of everyone and society and not just himself.
