What is volunteering? What is the point of community service? It is giving back to your community, of course. We live in a country where in some cases, education is free, food is free, parks are free, transportation is free, and other services are also free. From where and how are all these complimentary attractions provided? From volunteering, of course. Students helping out their community truly learn a lot about reality. They learn responsibility and how it really is out there in the real world. It is a complete new experience for a student. Teens can learn about other cultures, races, hierarchal classes, and the situations of the less fortunate. This experience will allow them to be more open minded and more educated and understand countless ways of being helpful and benevolent to others who need help. Some high schools have taken the right step into making community service mandatory.
Although the extracurricular may add an extra burden on teens or make them feel like they are being forced to doing work, which will eventually lead them to lose interest, volunteering has many positives. If a student is doing the right work and volunteering at the right place which is a place of their choice, they will not feel like they are being forced. It will also be an activity they look forward to going to attending and will not be as burdensome. Community service may have its ups and downs but at the end, volunteering truly benefits a student, not to mention, the more volunteer hours, the better it looks on one's college resume.
Sunday, October 5, 2014
ISIS Strikes Again
"Islamic State Militants Publicly Kill 6 Iraqi Troops As Airstrikes Continue"
By: Qassim Abdul-Zahra
Source: Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/05/isis-public-murder_n_5935724.html
ISIS has done it again! ISIS has once again captured the media's attention executing their heinous acts. People are becoming so used to hearing and reading about ISIS, that the current matters are now to no surprise. ISIS publicly murdered six Iraqi troops. This event broke out in a town about 140 kilometers west of Baghdad, called Hit. Hit was overrun by ISIS on Thursday. The Iraqi soldiers were lined up against a wall, one of them being in uniform, and shot to death. They also bombed a police station in the town. The witnesses of the crime maintained anonymity in fear of being caught by ISIS and having to face the same fate as the victims of the Hit town shooting.
With these tragic events taking place, the United States has responsively abided ISIS. The United States has sent several airstrikes targeting ISIS based camps and positions. One of the airstrikes took place in Anbar where a group of ISIS positions were held. Another day, The United States had sent six airstrikes to Iraq, including one in Hit destroying two Islamic Humvees. Another four airstrikes were conducted in the city of Fallujah, which was in northern Iraq. In southern Iraq, one airstrike was conducted in the town of Sinjar.
Although the United States is working on ISIS, their efforts are not enough. But it should not the United States concern. How can a countries like Iraq and Syria have people of their own country be killed by people of their own country? If their presidents or leaders cannot control their own citizens, they should simply be replaced. Having so many people die over an abhorrent group is just unacceptable.
By: Qassim Abdul-Zahra
Source: Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/05/isis-public-murder_n_5935724.html
ISIS has done it again! ISIS has once again captured the media's attention executing their heinous acts. People are becoming so used to hearing and reading about ISIS, that the current matters are now to no surprise. ISIS publicly murdered six Iraqi troops. This event broke out in a town about 140 kilometers west of Baghdad, called Hit. Hit was overrun by ISIS on Thursday. The Iraqi soldiers were lined up against a wall, one of them being in uniform, and shot to death. They also bombed a police station in the town. The witnesses of the crime maintained anonymity in fear of being caught by ISIS and having to face the same fate as the victims of the Hit town shooting.
With these tragic events taking place, the United States has responsively abided ISIS. The United States has sent several airstrikes targeting ISIS based camps and positions. One of the airstrikes took place in Anbar where a group of ISIS positions were held. Another day, The United States had sent six airstrikes to Iraq, including one in Hit destroying two Islamic Humvees. Another four airstrikes were conducted in the city of Fallujah, which was in northern Iraq. In southern Iraq, one airstrike was conducted in the town of Sinjar.
Although the United States is working on ISIS, their efforts are not enough. But it should not the United States concern. How can a countries like Iraq and Syria have people of their own country be killed by people of their own country? If their presidents or leaders cannot control their own citizens, they should simply be replaced. Having so many people die over an abhorrent group is just unacceptable.
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