Dragons And Teenagers

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What do a two teenagers and Dragons have in common? They both help people in need. Dragons risk their education sometimes even their life to help people with medical assistance while, a teenager and her brother decide to help soldiers with unfair phone bills. They are very similar yet different in their work. Dragons help on the call of a beep on the other hand, the two teenagers decided to help on their own mark. Dragons and teenagers are similar in many ways. Regularly, Dragons help 100-1,000 of people by providing medical assistance. Two teenagers from Norwell, Massachusetts, also help 100-1,000 soldiers with their unfair phone bills. “It's unbelievable and overwhelming to know that we've been able to help out families that we're never going to see; that we've had an impact on their lives."-Quote from Minutes That Matter by Kristina Waltz. Both Dragons and the Bergquist family (Two teenagers from Norwell, Massachusetts) work whenever they are needed. They also went through many hardships when helping people. “No matter what the emergency, it is important that Dragon Slayers remain calm and have the medical skills to help those who need them. They …show more content…
Dragons help people with medical problems while, the Bergquist family helped soldiers with their phone bill. Though, they went through hardships. The dragons had to deal with bad timing emergencies. On the other hand, the Bergquist family had to deal with the law. “Brittany and Robbie collected as many old cell phones as they could. But there was a problem. Because of security concerns, the Pentagon would not allow the phones to be sent overseas.” -Quote from Minutes That Matter by Kristina Waltz. Though, Dragons are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week while, the Bergquist family are not. “Today, the Dragon Slayers respond to about 450 calls per year. They are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.” -Quote from Defeating Dragons by Jennifer

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