lp115+Improving+The+World

=Changing The World One Step At A Time=

==Imagine a world where no body cared about changing rules for the better. Streets would be covered in litter. Houses would be vandalized. Anne Frank once said, "How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world." During the Holocaust, that is all people would dream about. Especially a hidden child. It might be hard to change the world, but that doesn't mean it's impossible. I believe that people can improve the world around them, if we don't give up.==

==One thing that you can do is teach others what you know. The book //Holes// is an amazing example. An example is that Stanley taught Zero how to read and write. At first, Stanley was selfish and didn't want to help him. Katharine Barlow was a school house teacher. Although, she didn't just teach students, in the evenings she taught adults. These are only two examples from the many in this book. They each made a difference everyday. In the same way, I could teach kids how to sing. You may not think that teaching only one person will make a big difference, but after you teach that one person, it starts a chain reaction.==

==Taking responsibility is another way to improve the world around you. //The Blind Side// is a great example to prove this point. In the film, a rich family takes in a homeless boy that they found in the street. This relates to the quote because, the family could of have driven past the boy and not cared, but they took the initiative to try and change the world. One of my favorite things about this movie is that it's based on a true story. Because they did this, he became a star football player. While some people are selfish and boastful, people in //The Blind Side are good role models.//==

==Lastly, become involved in your community. It doesn't even have to be yours! When I went to South Africa, I donated food to homeless people. Seeing the smiles on their faces made me feel like nothing could bring me down. My step mom has done about eight breast cancer walks all around the world. She does that because one of her good friends past away that had breast cancer. One of my best friends Ashley donated her hair to raise money for cancer. She raised over two hundred dollars! I could of have saved my food, my step mom could of saved her energy, and Ashley could have saved her hair, but we all tried to make a difference in the world, one baby step at a time.==

==If everyone in the world did one good thing a day, imagine the outcome. Streets would be clean. Houses would be safe. Most likely, people would be happier. This world would practically be Utopia. Like Anne Frank said, "How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world." If you think about it, changing what we live in isn't hard IF we work together to make it shine.==