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is it worth it?
I feel like I have done a significant amount of work in peripheral countries for my age. Peripheral is the correct word for third world just to keep everyone on par. I started at 17 teaching English and Health in rural Argentina and Bolivia. I am now 20 and have spent over a year in these areas. I found out today that one of the kids I worked with starved to death. I am just at a point where I'm wondering whether it's worth it. It costs me over $3000 dollars a year to be able to volunteer. I'm a triple major in Spanish/Political Economics/Latin American Studies with a Portuguese minor. Can one person really change anything? Am I wasting my time? Most of my peers have decided that spending their money on cars and parties is more worthwhile. I'm beginning to think I'm the unrealistic one. Guevara died and South America remains in poverty. Ghandi died and the India remains an impoverished country. Should the privileged just enjoy their wealth? I'm sorry if this seems like a sob story. I'm just looking for evidence that there is some progress being made, and I can't find it..
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Wow, you are an inspiration to me. I would love to do that. I think you should make a documentary, like the invisible children thing. it's a good way to show people what is going on. If you do it on you tube, and just teach people about it, you can help change things. help get other people involved & stuff like that.
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yes it worth it its just that some people dont save money write well america is gettin better its just the ways thing are going things are inceasing but mabe you should teach at a college you would get paid more college give more benifits just you gotta look in to things ok
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You are doing a wonderful thing.
Who knows how you may have impacted the people you've helped.
If I could I would deffiently do what you're doing.
You sound like an amazing person.
What you're doing now has made part of who you are.
Think of who or what you might be without this experience and all not only you've done to help other people but what its done for you.
I deffiently think that one person can change the world. You seem like one of the people.
And even if you can't help the world. You may have ment the world to one of the kids you've helped.
I can't express enough how much you are doing and even at 17. Adults don't even have enough courage or are to selfish to even try to help third world countries even by giving a donation let alone their time like you are.
Thank you.
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