The Neglected

1. The Neglected By Ming Hi! I’m Bob! I have clean sanitized water and am fed well. I don’t suffer from life threatening diseases like malaria and have proper clothing. Hi, I’m Joe. I don't have clean sanitized water and suffer from malaria and malnutrition. I walk miles to get water. Joe here represents billions of people on the planet who are in extreme poverty because they were born into a poor family. Why are they so often neglected in many fortunate families? Why are they left to suffer when it isn’t there own fault that they’re suffering? Why are so many rich folks lacking compassion to “the least of these?” Whatever the case, it needs to change. 22,000 dead everyday to poverty! A quarter of humanity- no electricity Most of humanity-$10 less a day! Albert Einstein's!

2. h Let’s start with some facts. 20, 000 children die daily due to poverty. Most of them are children. Those who do live to be adults make only $10 a day. 80% of humanity live on $10 and less a day. There is a huge gap between the rich and the poor. In fact, 7 of the world’s richest people have more money than 41 legitimate size countries. Who thinks that’s fair? Don’t be one of those people that say life isn’t fair and walk off unchanged. If you can make life fair, then make it. So what can we do? Well the average American makes around $70 a day, and that includes the few poor people in America. I’m sure even if you did make only $70, you still make more money than those that only make $10. So help! What you may consider a necessity may not be one. Electricity isn’t a necessity. For example, take electricity. Almost everyone in America has it. However, a quarter of humanity doesn’t. Now take cars. 92% of humanity doesn’t own a car. Now take running water. 1/6 of the world doesn’t have it. And finally, refrigerators. Almost no one in the entire world uses refrigerators. Part of that has to do with people not being able o afford the electricity to afford it. Another part is that refrigerators aren’t eco-friendly. That’s a totally different subject.

3. Now, imagine you were a poor person. What would you feel? I bet a lot of poor people might not know America, or they might know it as a place in their dreams. However, if you did know, you would be pretty mad. “They’re just sitting there doing their thing while I’m sitting here starving? Come on! Get some logic!” It’s hard to even imagine all the little things that can happen. For example, take toothpaste. I’m sure your teeth would be rotting really bad. Little things together make a big impact. Imagine all the results. If all these children were educated and given an opportunity, I’m sure the human civilization would be more advanced. All the ideas that these people could bring us. You don’t need to be rich to have an idea. Many people who came up with great ideas or were great athletes or singers didn’t start off at the highest rung of the ladder. In fact, it is probably more likely for a person to start at the bottom rung because then they would learn to persevere. Now you’re probably going to read this and be like “okay. I’ve written a response. I’m all done. Let’s move on.” Sadly, that is what happens to a lot of great persuasive essays like mine (not to boast) and others in my classroom. I don’t know what it takes to make it sink in. I’ve been guilty of this. So, I guess there’s only one way to make this sink in.

4. Change