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World Changers

Anne Frank was one of just thousand’s of jews who attempted to hide from Nazi’s during WWII. Unfortunately, she and her family were taken to Nazi concentration camps. As Anne witnessed so many of her friends and family die and suffer, she remained positive the whole time. She once wrote, “How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before trying to improve the world.” By this I think Anne meant no matter the problem you can still stay positive and make a better world for you and the people around you. I believe that people can change the world around them by teaching others what they know, taking responsibility to solve problems, and volunteering in the community.

One way people can improve the world around them is by teaching others what they know. For example, the book The Devils Arithmetic. In this book a girl who had been in a Nazi concentration camp for a long time, Rivka, teaches some camp rules to a new girl, Chaya. This may seem like a small act of kindness, but it may have saved Chaya’s life on many occasions. When Rivka told hannah these rules the girls didn’t know each other, but Rivka still felt the need to teach Chaya what she knew. Perhaps, if we all teach each other something we knew, the world would be a much better place.

Taking responsibility to solve problems is another way we could improve the world. For Example, Los Angeles Clippers owner, Donald Sterling, was caught on tape making racist comments, and NBA commissioner Adam Silver had to take matters into his own hands. To solve this problem, Silver banned Sterling for life from all NBA activities. This helped prevent protest on the streets of L.A. and also may have prevented an NBA strike. Adam Silver didn’t sit back and let the Clippers solve the problem, he took responsibility to solve the issue, and did a great job doing it. If Adam Silver didn’t take action, the streets of Los Angeles might be as crazy as a zoo! A third way that people can improve the world around them is by volunteering in the community. One time, to volunteer in the community, out football team cleaned up a family's yard that had been wrecked from Hurricane Sandy. We may have not changed the world, but we made a huge difference to that family. When we went out to clean this family’s yard, we weren’t expecting a paycheck, but it was our chance to volunteer in the community. Although we didn’t cure cancer or make world peace, we definitely changed this family’s world for the better.

Anne Frank may have passed away in the concentration camp, but her positive attitude and amazing story still continue to inspire people today. You might argue that don’t have what it takes to change the world, but even if you can’t improve the lives of all 7 billion people on earth you can still improve the world for you and people around you. We don’t need to wait to improve the world around us.

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