The Importance of Open-Mindedness and Social Awareness

Throughout life you meet many different people and encounter many different personalities. This at first confused me because sometimes due to this people cannot understand or respect each other's opinions and feelings, but after realizing that there are so many people with different ideals all over the world I realized how close minded my views were. I can even use my home country as an example. As a child I was raised to believe that there is equal opportunity but learned eventually this is not the case in America due to things such as institutionalized racism. Nothing is perfect but there are some things in the world that could be helped or prevented and people often fail to take notice of these problems. Things such as water shortages, energy pollution, and dwindling fossil fuels often fall behind things like what clothes someone famous is wearing. Everyone may not be socially aware of what is going on around them but, I think that people who support my views would agree with me when I say the people who are worried about these kind of problems have to be prepared to think of some kind of solution to these problems. They have to work harder to actually help with these problems and they need the work ethic and selflessness to put themselves aside and do it for the

I have learned that children have a lot to say and deserve to be listened to and taken seriously, it has affected how I interact with children and those in my family. It has made a positive impact on my life. I gained self esteem and confidence in myself. Knowing that you can help someone that you don't know and impact their lives in a positive manner makes a wonderful heartwarming experience. I have learned so much from the experience, it opened my eyes to the plight of others and really gave me the gift of being able to put myself in someone else’s position and understand where they are coming from with their