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There are many injustices in the world today and not everyone is treated equal even when it is obvious that they should. There are many people who do not get hired for a job because of their gender, race, or religion. There are many forms of injustice in the world as well and that could happen in a workplace, in the community, or even in your own home. There was a time when working with youth that I saw an injustice happen. There was a kid who was always teased for personal reasons and was treated unfairly. I pulled the whole group and talked to everyone about being nice to each other. I told them that we are all the same and no one should be treated poorly or looked down upon. I was always told treat everyone with respect and that is how I was raised. It was natural for me to treat everyone like how I wanted to be treated because that was all I knew from an early age. Later on I was able to lead anti-bullying activities and at that time I wish that I could have done these acti...

Youth in Action has given a safe space to youth to become leaders and promote this leader ship in their community.  This program gives encouragement and power to help the youth become leaders for their generation. They give a safe space to the youth to come and talk about controversial subjects in today's society. While we were at youth in action two teens lead the activity that they did with us and I though that they were excellent. You can see the results of this program through these students, Youth in Action has given them the strength to be competent leaders. Youth in Action's Mission "   Youth In Action gives the space for youth share their stories, practice leadership, and create change in their communities"

Teachers always care for their students and some teachers go into teaching because they are helping the youth. Michelle was a teacher we read about in the reading and she does so much preparation even before she gets to school. She talks about getting food in the morning for the students and making sure they were well fed. She talks about how kids would fall asleep in class and how having a snack really helped them get through her class and the day. She goes out of her way and uses her own money to buy her students snacks and that is the best form of caring for students. A teacher uses their own money to help her students which there are teachers in the world who would not even do that for their class. Those are the best teacher, they teach because the love working with the youth. I think for most youth workers they are doing it for the youth and not for their own personal benefit. I have seen teachers who had snacks in their class room and they had different things for students. They...