“Poverty is the worst form of violence.” Mahatma Gandhi
Don’t ask: “Why does God allow this to happen?”
Pray: “God… give me the wisdom and strength
to do what I must to stop this from happening?”
Most of the problems related to poverty nowadays rely on the fact that many people are willing to ignore poverty and sickness around the world.
Poverty is the single biggest killer in the world today, and it is insane to say that it is the most preventable. -Minnie Driver, actress
It is easy enough to tell the poor to accept their poverty as God’s will when you yourself have warm clothes and plenty of food and medical care and a roof over your head and no worry about the rent. But if you want them to believe you—try to share some of their poverty and see if you can accept it as God’s will yourself! -Thomas Merton, Seeds of Contemplation
Instructions:
Answer each question in complete sentences. Each response should have at least 2 sentences.
Number your responses.
1) How can you describe the picture presented above?
2) Gandhi: "Poverty is the worst form of violence." What do you think he meant? Explain your answer in detail.
3) How can you contribute to your society to help stop violence? Provide two alternatives.
1- The image presents a hungry, homeless and malnutrition child. The child seems to be sad and lonely in a deserted area. The image demonstrates how cruel poverty can be.
ReplyDelete2- In my opinion what Gandhi meant in this phraseis that puverty can cause selfdestruction and can be more cruel than any other violence. People in poverty suffer from many illness and depression due to the lack of money which is needed to survive in this world. Poverty can be considered violent because it's somehow killing a person whithout being able to do anything about it.
3- One form we can contribute to our society is by formins community projects such as extracurricular activities where the youth can entertain themselves and keepout of the streets. Another way to help stop violence is by offering the community conferences with the help of counselors and police officers who cam teach and provide the community about the importance of safety in the streets.
Estudiante:
JONATHAN ACEVEDO GONZALEZ
1.The image represents the poverty and the lonely of a child.
ReplyDelete2. Poverty is the specific type of violence. The torturer takes us to a dark place, isolates us from any support system. He weakens our already weakened systems with malnutrition, withholding medical attention, fatigue and lack of sleep. Poverty is the tormentor who does it in broad daylight, and who never, never leaves.
Gandhi was a lawyer and knew how to be as precise as a surgeon in his choice of words. It simply reveals the truth of injustice, and the oppressor will be forced to abandon it. After all, his path was civil non-violent disobedience: to show injustice in all its "glory" and pure humanity will prevail.
3. Be smart we believe that targeted investments in income de-concentration, primary and secondary education, early family support, and the rest can prevent violence but not if conducted in a blanket approach. We need to get smarter about how we allocate aid if we want to really have a meaningful impact on preventing and reducing violence. If the goal is to reduce homicides, then programme selection should be located in hotspot areas and focused on the population group most likely to commit violence crimes.
Joshua Ruiz Soto estudiante
1. It is a picture of strong and terrible impressionn. It shows that due to poverty, the child is malnourished and dying, and the bird is waiting for his death to eat it.
ReplyDelete2. I think Gandhi mean that death by poverty is the most inhuman death that can exist within violence. By not having the economic resources for food, clothing, housing, education, medical care, etc., the lack of these forced to die. Nobody can live thos way, and this is the saddest, ruthless, insensitive and infrahuman way to die a human being.
3. Two alternative:
A. I contribute to stop the violence, promoting good values and manners in my son. In this way, violence at an early age is avoided, as is bullying.
B.Denounced any violent event that you see or hear.
Estudiante: Jennifer Perez Torres
Engl 109- CRN 29320-SEC 130
Date: January 28, 2018
1.In some way or another we are all part of that poverty.Not physically but emotionally.The world is full of physical,mental and spiritual poverty.
ReplyDelete2.In the face of lack of resources,the human being struggles to survive ,this lead them to act in different ways of then violence to obtain their resources and those of their family.
3.One way to contribute is to form children with values,honest,humble,sensitive to pain and full of love.No matter what social class that is the basis,of a helthy society and above all love God.
Student:Crisaly Collado
English 109
Date:January 31,2018
Luis Dumey Valentin
ReplyDelete1. The image presents the sad reality of what it is to go hungry. A poor child lies on a road on the brink of death and a bird waits for it to devour it. A very hard reality of life.
2. When Gandhi said that, it mean a lot of things. Poverty takes you to be mistreated by the social position. This constant abuse leads to depression and/or suicide. Poverty is a slow and very painful torture that will destroy anyone, regardless of the age.
Two Alternative
A- In the first place violence must be worked on in your own home, educating correctly and teaching values to our children, greatly contributing to stop the violence.
B- A very good way to contribute against violence is to take youth out of the streets by organizing sports events. In this way they will be interested and will have their minds diverted from violence.
1. This photo demonstrates extreme poverty. It also show the hunger, many children go through.
ReplyDelete2. He refers to poverty as a weapon. Because of poverty there is much suffering and death.
3. The two alternatives to help stop violence are:
A. Create a neighborhood watch.
B. Have monthly meetings that involve everyone in the neighborhood as to how they feel, what bothers them and how to have children's safety.
1.For me, the image is horrible. Not so much for the situation, but for the photographer who took advantage of a situation of poverty to increase his greatness.
ReplyDelete2."Poverty is the worst form of violence" well ... I suppose it refers to a type of violence since poverty is created by the same humanity, which for its hegoism does nothing about this situation.
3.Well ... The first alternative for me would be not to be selfish and not think only of themselves .. help the neighbor, who does not have nothing ... and the second would be joining us more as a human being .. only one can not do a lot if we do not have apollo of the others.
Melvin Vazquez.. Engl109
Delete1. can see very sad image because an innocent child is dying. He also has neither water nor food to be able live.
ReplyDelete2. I would not like any person to go hungry. Nor do like to be mistreated by children because they are not guilty of anything
3. I helped put a camera that shows you the face and the computer says if you mistreat the I children or not. And also if the kidnap.
estudiante joyce e feliciano ingles 101
1-A kid waiting to die of poverty , and a Vulture waiting to eat him sad.
Delete2-Death by being hungry,thirsty,and alone.
3- Alternative 1speak up about it to create a group of volunteers to help with this matter around the world.
Alternative 2-Internet campaign for donations for this kids.
R.concepcion
Engl 101
1) An image that shows what is true poverty. This shows a mixture of sadness, malnutrition, loneliness and helplessness, through which some cross and as in the worst moments of that child the bird waits for the death of the child to get their food.
ReplyDelete2) It means that really poor people do not have the necessary resources to lead a healthy life, for those who have to expose their families to terrible circumstances and experiences that are really frustrating in order to survive.
3) Alternative a. - It can contribute to stop the violence in our society by not remaining silent before situations and making donations to the needy.
Alternative b. - Another alternative to stop violence is educating people as better education opens opportunities and can avoid desperate situations that trigger violent episodes.
Student: Gabriel Hernández Lorenzo
1. In this picture I can see a homeless and hungry child. This picture shows how cruel poverty can be.
ReplyDelete2. What Ghandi is trying to say is that poverty is one of the worst thing that is happening in our world. Poverty kills a lot of people and a lot is suffering.
3.a) One alternative to help poverty violence is creating a group that bring food or whatever that people could need all over the world.
b) A way to avoid violence is to give a good education in the houses and prevent the youngest of the bad street because they are the future.
1-The image shows a poor and hungry child. Behind the child there is a carnivorous animal waiting for the child to die to eat it.
ReplyDelete2-In my opinion Gandhi refers to that nobody in life should go hungry or have need, there should be a balance in the world so that we all receive the same. People are used to not helping the neediest and they keep getting richer.
3-One way to help reduce violence is to penalize the person who does it. You can also give talks and guiding people.
Edwin Y. Perez
1. The image present an abandoned child. We can see a lot of cruelty and sadness.
ReplyDelete2. I think Gandhi meant that there is no worse poverty than mental. Poverty is something that can be improved and nobody does anything about it.
3. To stop violence we should make a national plan against violence. Invest in projects to support youth and adolescents at risk.
Student: Keishla M. Nieves
English 101
1. The image is a reality that unfortunately many people in the world are suffering. The lack of food, home, medicine and help from governments to these communities are a lack of humanity too strong and incredible.
ReplyDelete2. With that phrase I understand that he wanted to say how cruel and inhuman it is to let people die because they are poor, since suffering daily hunger, cold, illness and insecurity is something that no human being should go through.
The most fortunate people are aware of this sad reality and do not contribute or do anything to help and address the needs of these communities is an act of complicity.
3. Our society can co-contribute to these communities to stop this violence first of all by educating themselves about these needs and contributing as much economically as with food and basic necessities.
Another way is by marching to demand that powerful governments not allow any person to go through these needs by creating shelters and helping people to heal and that these be of great benefit to society. Helping each other and not taking a long look at the needs of people will make us better human beings.
By: Rosa H. Pérez Rivera
English 101
1.I can describe the image, as a very sad one. observing the child about to die. and see what will be the food of a bird. I observing desnutition, hungry.
ReplyDelete2.That when one is poor he does not have many opportunities nor is he taken into account. When rejections come, it's a kind of violence.
3.I would help with more security in children's homes. I am create groups that are aware of the care of children.
By.Jennifer Cortes Perez
ENGL101
1. This image demonstrates extreme poverty. I can see a lot of cruelty and sadness.
ReplyDelete2. Poverty can be considered violent because it's somehow killing a person whithout being able to do anything about it.
3. -We need to get smarter about how we allocate aid if we want to really have a meaningful impact on preventing and reducing violence.
-Would create a foundation for abused children.
Estudiante Ingles 101
Zulayram Varela Pérez
The image presented describes hunger.In my words poverty.I understand that poverty generates violences because sometimes people who do not have work have nothing are subject to discrimination and mistreatment.
ReplyDeleteViolences should not be accepted under any circumstances.we have to have control in ourselves before the action to put ourselves in their place and try to help instead of criticizing and mistreating.
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