Beautiful Sunset

Operation Christmas Child

I am a Chi Alpha member on campus and our club got involved in this great program that is " Operation Christmas Child". This ministry delivers gifts to children in third world countries. 
We are encouraging FGCU students to donate this gifts. It is not expensive to fill one shoe box with toys , pencils or hygiene products. I believe Christmas is about others not just about ourselves and it would be nice if we could give a smile to a kid in this special holiday.

Living in United States is a privilege and we should share a little bit with others who are less fortuante than us. It is really sad how some people just think about themselves and they don't care about others. I believe that we need to be more generous begin help others.

Repair!!!

While I was reading the book  State of the World I found something interesting and that I identified a lot with. One of the topics was about how children should learn to repair toys instead of buying new ones.

In United States it is not a habit to repair things and most of people prefer to replace them. But I believe it is important to teach kids to repair objects. Example is the best way to teach kids ; showing them that we have to take care of our things and also of our planet.
Repairing toys can be a fun activity for the kids and also this fun activity can show them how to be more responsable .

The Beauty of Nature

Too much TV

State of The World book is really interesting and has a lot of good thoughts. One of the most interesting things that caught my attention was how kids watch too much TV. I agree completely with what the author mentions; the author says that most of kids spent a lot time watching TV and they don't enjoy playing outdoors. 

I believe that kids must play outside in order to develop really important traits. When you play in nature you develop a creativity and critical thinking.  Playing outside gives you freedom makes you see the world from a different point of view. Also kids learn not to be dependent in physical things to be happy.

Diamonds

Nowadays everybody wants to get a diamond for her engagement ring. Every single woman dreams about this symbol of love. But is it because what it means or it is what society has teach us to believe.

In this consumerism society everybody wants to have what the  media promotes. But do we really need diamonds in our engagement ring?. Well I believe that society has made us believe we do. It is all about what media sells us every day. This influence makes us try to feet in at any cost and we have become really superficials.

It is really sad to know that even a pure demonstration of love has become a business for some. We need to realize what is really important and understand that even though we don't have certain things we can still be happy. 

Socialism in the 21st Century

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Recently a lot of people have been talking about the idea of socialism and communism as a better than capitalism. I really feel that this topic is important for a society as a whole. Maybe in the past I did not care that much about these kind of topics but now things have changed because it has really affected me to see what it happening in my own country.

Ecuador has never been the best country to live; corruption has been a constant in Ecuador’s government. When president Correa became president of Ecuador everybody believed that he was the salvation for this corrupted country. He promised a better country for everyone and as Robin Hood , he said that he will take the money from the richest to give them to the poor. Well, it has been almost three years since he has been president and nothing has changed.

From my point of view nothing has changed so much in my country. He actually did what he promised , he took some industries from the wealthy people but until now he hasn’t gave anything to the poor. As Hugo Chavez and Fidel Castro , he believes in socialism of the 21^st century. Is socialism the best way to go?. Well I believe that a clear example of this is Cuba. So it is obvious that Cuba is not doing well , and why president Correa and Chavez want this for their own countries?. Well maybe it is all about personal interested and not love for their people.