The more I read about poverty and human rights, the more I feel the whisper to do something. Two weeks ago my friend said, "Fear exists in the calling. When you feel something that you are worried of A,B,C and scared of A,B,C, it might also be a sign of a calling." You might have read my post on my crazy dream and one of it is one day I'd like to set up an NGO.
When I attended the leadership training in my high school, some students actually said that the leadership training was a "brainwash-process" to think that poverty is the fault of a large system. Now I know that it was not a brainwash process without reasons. The problem is it's always easy to think that the poor are lazy. It's quite normal to think that "If we don't allow free trade now, we'll never be competitive enough to fight in international trade." Now that I read Thomas Pogge's chapter and found some other articles in my coursepack, I realized that there is a huge debate out there in this topic. There are various philosophy and political thought behind the argument that they planted in me when I was high school. I'm grateful that the leadership training in my high school set the foundation for me to be opened to this unpopular view, the non-capitalist view.
At this moment, how I wish I could talk to the nun in my school who facilitated our training that time. How I wish I could discuss my reading and presentation next week with my other ex-facilitators and said, "Hey, thanks for what you all told me 4 years ago!"
Ok now let me finish my presentation preparation and I'll post my 'script' tonight. Hehehe. Then you can understand more what stuff I'm actually talking about. :)
When I attended the leadership training in my high school, some students actually said that the leadership training was a "brainwash-process" to think that poverty is the fault of a large system. Now I know that it was not a brainwash process without reasons. The problem is it's always easy to think that the poor are lazy. It's quite normal to think that "If we don't allow free trade now, we'll never be competitive enough to fight in international trade." Now that I read Thomas Pogge's chapter and found some other articles in my coursepack, I realized that there is a huge debate out there in this topic. There are various philosophy and political thought behind the argument that they planted in me when I was high school. I'm grateful that the leadership training in my high school set the foundation for me to be opened to this unpopular view, the non-capitalist view.
At this moment, how I wish I could talk to the nun in my school who facilitated our training that time. How I wish I could discuss my reading and presentation next week with my other ex-facilitators and said, "Hey, thanks for what you all told me 4 years ago!"
Ok now let me finish my presentation preparation and I'll post my 'script' tonight. Hehehe. Then you can understand more what stuff I'm actually talking about. :)
You express yourself very well here in your blog, Ferninda. If you put the effort here, writing in English will become more natural the more you write. :)
ReplyDeleteoh, and I have another Thai drama to recommend when you go on holiday.haha