Whether it was volunteering at the Orphan Grain Train, tutoring my peers to help them understand the lessons we were learning, helping resolve conflicts between my peers or friends, or even my initial dream of becoming a doctor, helping people is something I’ve strived for my entire life. I initially wanted to be a doctor to help the sick and injured heal and lead happier, healthier lives, however, among the news about disasters and diseases in foreign countries, there have been a plethora of news reports depicting the crime in the United States, criminals that have poisoned, dismembered, shot, and raped innocent people like you or me. Doctors cure the sick and injured, but there are people dying and if nothing is done more people will continue to die. I can’t idly sit by and watch the reports wondering when or if someone I know or love will become one of the faces in the tragic reports, because anyone can be a
Whether it was volunteering at the Orphan Grain Train, tutoring my peers to help them understand the lessons we were learning, helping resolve conflicts between my peers or friends, or even my initial dream of becoming a doctor, helping people is something I’ve strived for my entire life. I initially wanted to be a doctor to help the sick and injured heal and lead happier, healthier lives, however, among the news about disasters and diseases in foreign countries, there have been a plethora of news reports depicting the crime in the United States, criminals that have poisoned, dismembered, shot, and raped innocent people like you or me. Doctors cure the sick and injured, but there are people dying and if nothing is done more people will continue to die. I can’t idly sit by and watch the reports wondering when or if someone I know or love will become one of the faces in the tragic reports, because anyone can be a