“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world” said Nelson Mandela one day. But if there is no education how can we change the world? Shannen has done a lot of great things to Attawapiskat where Shannen lives. This video made me feel how youth can make a difference. This video inspired me and now I want continue Shannen’s dream to make First Nations education better. Shannen is a very brave girl because she is standing up for her own rights and she has lots of courage and initiative to do that.
One thing I noticed during the Shannen video is that we are not giving equal rights to the First Nations than us and we are pretending that they are not there. For example people are building factories around a First …show more content…
We can do this by going on the internet and making tweets and comments about these education systems and that we can help them. We can also do protests and make the government change the system.
Not only first nations we can help but we can help everyone. These people in poverty do not need money. Money is for later on. What they need is food, water, shelter and just a family or someone so they are not lonely. We can give them good education systems and make sure their opinion is always respected because every opinion matters.
I also have a text to self connection with this video but for a different reason. This one did not go as far but I was really happy it happened. We had a lot of books in our bookcase and I wanted to sell them. But other than selling the books I decided to sell the books and give the proceeds to Markham Stouffville Hospital Mental Health foundation. The reason I chose mental health is because I realised how tennagers are becoming more depressed and we need to help these kids in need. Also these type of kids just need someone to talk to and to let their feelings out. I also had some handouts about Mental Health which explained what Mental Health is and ways we can cope with it. In the end I raised about $701 and all of that went to Markham Stouffville
One thing I noticed during the Shannen video is that we are not giving equal rights to the First Nations than us and we are pretending that they are not there. For example people are building factories around a First …show more content…
We can do this by going on the internet and making tweets and comments about these education systems and that we can help them. We can also do protests and make the government change the system.
Not only first nations we can help but we can help everyone. These people in poverty do not need money. Money is for later on. What they need is food, water, shelter and just a family or someone so they are not lonely. We can give them good education systems and make sure their opinion is always respected because every opinion matters.
I also have a text to self connection with this video but for a different reason. This one did not go as far but I was really happy it happened. We had a lot of books in our bookcase and I wanted to sell them. But other than selling the books I decided to sell the books and give the proceeds to Markham Stouffville Hospital Mental Health foundation. The reason I chose mental health is because I realised how tennagers are becoming more depressed and we need to help these kids in need. Also these type of kids just need someone to talk to and to let their feelings out. I also had some handouts about Mental Health which explained what Mental Health is and ways we can cope with it. In the end I raised about $701 and all of that went to Markham Stouffville