Amizade Essays

Volunteering is when you freely offer to do something without pay. In a person’s life, they have at least participated in community service one time. Whether it be working the concession stand at a ball game, picking up the mail for an elder, or even babysitting. For some people, volunteering helps them feel like they play an essential role while they are giving back to their community. Although volunteering is purely an act of kindness, it can also be very helpful in some people’s lives, such as

“42% of college students in the United States fail to complete their degrees. Of those 42%, 15-25% will drop-out, and the remaining 17-27% will leave college, for reasons that are less clear.” There is obviously something wrong with our education system as a whole for so many students to drop out of college. Yet, individuals believe that college tuition should be free, and paid for by the government with taxpayer money. Secondary school should not be free because it should not replace the education

Stereotypes are highlighted in the text, ‘Africa: The Danger of a Single Story’. “The single story creates stereotypes, and the problem with stereotypes is not that they aren’t true, but they are incomplete. They make the one story become the only story” (Amizade). Over exaggerated judgements lead to actions taken in a false manner. Stereotypes limit one’s understanding of another way of life. Stereotypes are spread as the social “norm” about a group of people, and often lead to disruption and tension. Stereotypes