uh, i’m real mad guys.

so in my science class we are supposed to look at our footprint on this earth, take some quiz online, and then it will show us the amount of earth’s it would take to sustain us if we all lived the way i live (or you, or whoever is doing the quiz)…

anyways, this guy went on this rant about survival of the fittest and if we are giving people $/resources (aka, showing him how to fish), then we are depleting our resources ourselves and thus totally screwing ourselves over because everything sucks already… (totally paraphrase of what he said..)

ok well, you know me. i am NOT just going to let him say that. i mean, i kind of agreed on some stuff and saw his point.. it is just WRONG. we are so blessed. it’s our obligation to give it back…  maybe not throwing $ at people, but we MUST help them. we are being ‘judged’ on THIS.

so, i found some stuff on the matter. please read:

• 923 million people across the world are hungry. ³
• Every day, almost 16,000 children die from hunger-related causes–one child every five seconds. ¹²
• In essence, hunger is the most extreme form of poverty, where individuals or families cannot afford to meet their most basic need for food. 1

• Hunger manifests itself in many ways other than starvation and famine. Most poor people who battle hunger deal with chronic undernourishment and vitamin or mineral deficiencies, which result in stunted growth, weakness and heightened susceptibility to illness. 1

• Countries in which a large portion of the population battles hunger daily are usually poor and often lack the social safety nets we enjoy, such as soup kitchens, food stamps, and job training programs. When a family that lives in a poor country cannot grow enough food or earn enough money to buy food, there is nowhere to turn for help. ¹

http://www.bread.org/learn/hunger-basics/hunger-facts-international.html

 

ok. that’s all for today. i’m in shock. plus i have way too much studying to do.. guh.