Dragon Slayers Argumentative Essay

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How can teens use cell phones and become Dragon Slayers help the community they live in? In the article Minutes That Matter, 14-year-old Brittany Bergquist and her 12-year-old brother Robbie, collect cell phones that are old and/or no longer working and send them to a recycler in Michigan who pays them $5 for each phone. Brittany and Robbie donate this money to buy pre-paid phone cards for the troops in their community. In the article Defeating Dragons, local teenagers ages 14-18 both boys and girls provide emergency services 24/7 to residents in their community. The teenagers all are certified emergency trauma technicians with over two hundred hours of medical and fire-safety training. Even though these are 2 separate programs these teens saw a need in their communities to help people save money, lives and property. …show more content…

Minutes That Matter is in Norwell, Massachusetts. After seeing a news story about a soldier’s phone bill of $7600 Robbie recalls, “We were taken aback and wanted to make sure he didn’t have to pay the cell phone bill!” Brittany and Robbie found a cell phone recycler in Michigan who would pay for cell phones that are old and/or no longer working. In contrast, the Dragon Slayers are in Aniak, Alaska. The program was started by the fire chief, not because the town had too many teenagers but because there was no emergency service in town after 4 pm. Their efforts have saved both lives and property. These two programs work to solve two different problems, but are alike in an important

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