Determination Is Worth Fighting For!

" All of us can pursue our dreams in life but some people lack determination. We must believe in ourselves and also in God." I like to encourage teens. Never let your guard down :) Believe in your dreams.

- Author Unknown -

All over the world there are people changing the world. Mostly there are adult changing the world but there are also youth fighting for a better future. All over the world people want to improve on everything and there are so many things to improve on. In order to change something in the world children need certain characteristics. Determination is what youth’s need to fight for change.

Alex Scott, a cancer patient, needed determination to change the world. She was determined in many ways to help other people with the same sickness as she had. One of the ways how Alex was determined was by making her own lemonade stand. Alex said to her mom, "when I get out of the hospital I want to have a lemonade stand." This shows that Alex was determined because she wanted to raise money for people who had the same sickness as she had. Whenever Alex was not being diagnosed she would have a lemonade stand in her garden to raised money for her hospital to research and cure cancer. Alex Scot already showed her determination through her childhood years by showing everyone some actions that men are actually not able to do with the sickness Alex had. One of the actions was walking at a young age when most children are not able to walk at a young age. This shows determination because Alex did not want to become sick. Alex started training to walk and stand up with leg braces. Alex Also showed some determination by fighting her own sickness. Cancer is one of those sicknesses where you can be really weak if the tumor is growing. Alex did not want to suffer but help the children around her who are going though the same procedure. The money that Alex has raised will really help the children in the future who are diagnosed with cancer. Alex Scott has really changed the world with her lemonade foundation because people all over the world are now having lemonade stands in their neighborhood to give to Alex Lemonade Stand Foundation. If everyone raises money for different causes the world will soon change into a better place.

Louis Braille, a blind boy used determination to change the lives of many blinds. A way how Louis showed determination was by learning because it was not easy to learn when you were blind and did not have many resources. The only way that Louis could learn when he was young was by listening. This taked determination because it is hard to always listen and not learn through different activities. From Louis's website you can see that Louis got really frustrated and wanted to stop with his learning. From his difficult and challenging experience Louis wanted to make it easier for other blind people to learn. This showed his determination because he had to trim down Barbier’s book into a smaller addition so it was easier for everyone to learn. These sign that are in Louis’ book are now used all over the world. Once the book was published Louis did not stop with creating sign. He was determined to make more and more signs for math, music and many more subjects. It is so much easier for blind people to learn because  is so much easier to learn through feeling and listening rather than listening only. The termination of Louis Braille changed the world of many blinds because the language of the blind is used everywhere in the world. Since the signs are everywhere, blind people can now go into cities on their own without to much guidance. 

Ryan Hreljac, a boy who had determination for improving many children’s lives in Uganda. He changed the lives by making a well so that the children don’t have to walk a couple of hours to get clean water. ‘’All I had to do was take 10 steps from my classroom to get to the drinking fountain and I had clean water.’’ said by Ryan. When Ryan came home from his first grade class and had heard about the water issues in Uganda, He was determined to do something about it. He wanted to raise money for them so that they would have a well in their village. In order for this to happen he needed to raise money. Ryan did not have any money to start off with so he had to raise money. Ryan did not want to leave the project to he kept begging and begging but his parents kept refusing. This shows determination because Ryan is not giving up and he want to improve lives of other African families. Another action of how Ryan showed determination was to raise money and go to Uganda. Since Ryan did not have enough money he started doing more chores, collecting money at school, started talking to his school to gain money. He was determined to get as much money as he needed to help these children. After a couple week’s of work Ryan found out that he need about 2000 dollars more then what he had raised so far. Nobody really just gave him the money that he needed, he got it all by himself. This shows determination because he wanted to be proud and say that he changed the world at a very young age. Ryan has really impressed me because I never taught that someone could change a huge part of a village life in Africa at an age of first grade. I always taught that power had to do with changing the world but even very young kids can fight for change.

As I mentioned earlier, children need a certain characteristic in order to change the world. Determination is a very important one. Determination is need to pursue you ideas and to actually act them out. When Alex, Louis and Ryan were children they all had determination and that’s why they were successful in changing a bit of the world. These children stood up for their rights and proved to everyone that the world is worth fighting for and that we should all take part in it. If you have determination the world is worth fighting for because you can turn your own ideas into a big change. Big, tall, old or young, everyone has the possibility to change themselves and the place around them.