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It’s Our Turn Alexander Christie

Anne Frank once said “How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before trying to improve the world”. People can, in fact, change the world around them. I believe that Anne Frank meant that anyone at anytime can begin to improve the world. Our world is not smiles, unicorns and rainbows. It may never be that way, but we can always try to improve our world, since it is ours to change. Even small charitable acts like donating a few dollars to charity can begin change. It’s really just the thought, the want of helping others that truly makes change.

Even though at first you may not think this, but Thomas Edison did change the world. He found solutions to the world’s problems with his inventions. For example, before Edison, lighting was done by candles, lots of them. They created fires that destroyed property and people’s lives. When Edison finished the lightbulb, he allowed people to have a safer, more efficient way to light their homes. Another example is the phonograph, because before it came along, only the rich could listen to music at home. Then the phonograph meant the middle class could listen to music. In any sense, Edison changed the world.

Another person who changed the world in some way was Leigh Anne Tuohy in The Blind Side. Here, Tuohy helps Michael Oher, a homeless ward of the state. She gave him food, clothing and shelter in her own home. She also sent him to a school and placed him on a football team, there he became an great football player. Leigh Anne Tuohy gave Michael Oher a new life. She changed the world.

Someone high on your list of those who changed the world should contain Martin Luther King Jr, because he lead the Civil Rights Movement. Most African-Americans were discriminated for being dark skinned. In 1968, that was changed. No racism was officially allowed. Even though that did not stop people from being racist, at least African-Americans could now have the same rights as the whites.

Overall, any charitable act, big or small, will help change the world. As Anne Frank said “How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before trying to improve the world.” I believe this is true because so many people have changed the world, even children. Some children may think that they must become adults before trying to improve the world, but this is not true. You can change the world anytime, anywhere, and be anyone.

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