Reaction
In today’s post-9/11 society, a global approach is needed more than ever. We have global warming, ozone depletion, species extinction, and problems of such magnitude that no nation by itself can fix these problems that threaten humanity. It’s that mindset of self-interest, competition and isolation that has brought us to where we are now. It’s time for kids to become effective by being cooperative, compassionate and connected. You can call it the 3 C’s.
Robert FreemanThe organization was described as part of a "generation of post-9/11 children". San Francisco Chronicle hypothesized that it was a direct result of them being "the first set of students to be taught by teachers who were required to do community service in order to get a high school diploma."
Macheru Karuku, a Kenyan official who oversaw the numerous school-building campaigns throughout Kenya was afraid that the volunteers might act negatively, and was "encouraged when I talked with them later and they realized how lucky they were to be living in good houses back in America, adding that they would never forget what they had seen."
Because of the enormous need of American teenagers to "find a purpose larger than themselves," as described by ODFL, students from an Arizona high school have rebuilt a school in post-Hurricane Katrina New Orleans, while high schools from Florida and New York have requested fundraiser boxes to host in their respective schools.
Jody Hare, a teacher at West High School remarked the speed and efficiency in which the projects were completed, saying "Within three months of the fundraiser we could see pictures of what our students’ money was doing." Students have also expressed gratitude to the organization, saying, "I’ve never been able to feel I could actually do good in the world. Now I can see that I can."
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Famous quotes containing the word reaction:
“More and more, when faced with the world of men, the only reaction is one of individualism. Man alone is an end unto himself. Everything one tries to do for the common good ends in failure.”
—Albert Camus (1913–1960)
“Sole and self-commanded works,
Fears not undermining days,
Grows by decays,
And, by the famous might that lurks
In reaction and recoil,
Makes flames to freeze, and ice to boil.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“Christianity was only a very strong and singularly well-timed Salvation Army movement that happened to receive help from an unusual and highly dramatic incident. It was a Puritan reaction in an age when, no doubt, a Puritan reaction was much wanted; but like all sudden violent reactions, it soon wanted reacting against.”
—Samuel Butler (1835–1902)