We hear this phrase very often "if i can just touch one person then i know that what i have done is worth it." This is pathetic people. I guess its ok if you are saying that to a very specific task like feeding some poor people at a soup supper one time. But if you volunteer at this soup supper regularly you should have touched a couple more people than one. Anyone can touch or help one person actually i bet every one does. Like the hobos, beggars if you will, that just drink away all that they get anyway. Even they most likely average one affected person a-day. Their is always that person that thinks hmm... i really don't want to turn out like that.
I'm ranting about this because a school teacher was talking to someone on the radio and she said that if she could just help one kid find a better life for themselves or inspire one kid then it all was worth it. Come on... jeez... I don't know how many kids you teach, this is a rough estimate of my school, if the teacher works for only 20 years and she teaches 30 kids a year she will have taught 600 students. If she only inspires one of those students that's a terrible percentage. That's like a cop that lets 599 people die and saves one but its ok because he believes that he saves one person then his whole life was worth it. I give you credit for going out to inspire but you can do better than one kid. Everyone doesn't want to die thinking they didn't make a difference if you set out every day saying It is worth my living if i can inspire one person to change how they live their lives TODAY.
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ok grant this is super harsh i mean its like a metaphor almost!! basically they are saying that they are doing this certain something to have an affect on someones life. your views are so pessimistic
ReplyDeleteI agree that it's a great goal to change someone's life everyday. And I thinkt that everyone does change someone else's life everyday. But usually just in a little way. I think that that teacher was talking about changing a students life in a big way. Smaller example- Tutoring a kid after school to help get their grades up.
ReplyDeleteBigger example- Raising money to help a poor kid go to college.