fm115+A+World+of+Improvement

//** Start the Change **//

Would you want to live in a world where nobody cared about what was around them? Streets would be littered with people fighting over food and clothing. Everyone would be grouchy and dumpy, dirty and smelly. Would you want to live in a world where nobody cared about what was around them? Well, I certainly wouldn't. But in the world we live in, we can improve our surroundings. Like Anne Frank once said, "How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world."

Teaching others what you know is a great way to change the world, even if you don't know much. For example, in the book //Holes//, Stanley is sent to a juvenile detention camp. There he meets a boy names Zero who hasn't learned how to read. At first, Stanley is selfish and does not what to teach, but after a while he gives in. At the end of the book, Zero saves the day thanks to his new ability to read. But that's only one example of people teaching their knowledge out of many. You could teach children how to have a ride on their bike without training wheels, or how to backstroke to the deep end. That's just a few instances out of millions to help your world around you and your community.

Abraham Lincoln was a fantastic leader who had enough discipline and courage to take on the responsibility of fixing what was wrong. After some hard work, he stopped slavery in North America. But he doesn't need to be the only one who can step up and take on a challenge. My friend Arnold saw that every day at the lockers, seventh graders would trample kids who were packing up so they could get to their buses. So he went and stood in front of those kids as the teenagers were stampeding over their outstretched legs. Although he might have gotten pushed and shoved, he had the ability to solve a problem.

You are sitting at your house with nothing to do. You're bored out of your mind. Instead of slumping around all day, go help out at an animal shelter! Or give your hours to a soup kitchen. You could donate your money. You could walk for cancer. So don't just think there is nothing to do, because there is always something you can accomplish to help out your community and its people. In a movie called //The// //Blind Side//, a family takes in a homeless football player to help him get back on his feet. Now I'm not saying to invite every homeless person on the street into your house, I'm saying that you should help them. Give them food, clean clothes, or money. Just get involved in your community!

Even though you might think that your town is perfect, and your city doesn't need any help, the smallest change could make a big difference. Instead of playing shoot- em- up games and watching //SpongeBob// all day, you could help out at a fundraiser. Do you really want to end up living in a world where nobody cares about what is around them? For heavens sake, go and improve your world!