World Problems

“Oh my, I think I can’t afford the new iPhone 5, I think I’m going to cry!”  Individuals should look at the world’s problems instead of being resentful for what they don’t have. Wondering where they’re going to get their next meal there are many families and kids that don’t have electronics. Some people complain about their cell phones, because when they have an iPhone 4. They just have to have the iPhone 5 like everyone else. People care about what others think of them, and some even worry about what others think because they want to fit in. In the meanwhile there are families and kids out in the world that are starving. These are some examples of how people have their priorities mixed up.

In the video clip “Miniature Earth” it states the major point, which is that “If you have a bed, a closet, and a roof over your head and food in a refrigerator than you are richer than 75% of the entire world’s population;” and the video also states that turning the population of the Earth into a small community of 100 people, would result in: 21 of their 100 people living on around a dollar a day. If the money spent on the military and not education and trying to help the poor how are students supposed to succeed without the proper tools or support to do so? The Last quote that I understood was “The village spends $1.24 trillion on military expenditures and only 100 billion on development aid.” We complain about: phones, hair, taking two trips to the store when some people don’t even have a car or enough money to catch the bus.   

There is a song by 2 Pac and it is called “Keep Your Head Up.” In the song 2 Pac talks about how we have money to fight in wars, but can’t help feed the poor or the homeless. He stated in his song “They got money for wars, but can’t feed the poor.” 2 Pac also states the reality of the academics that are occurring in the world as of today; with drugs, women with no husbands and having children, and the poor and why the rich is getting richer and the poor is getting poorer. We need to understand the real problem that’s being damaging today’s society. Having a home is something to be thankful for and to appreciate because that means you’re well above the entire population.