Ted Talk Argument

She paints readers the vivid picture of children sleeping in piles like dogs on dirt floors, mothers who brewed alcohol to make money feeding their children the mash from which it is made to dull the pain of starvation, and crowds of people who haven’t eaten for days fighting like savages to access a pot of beans. She admits that many times she felt overwhelmed at the work there is to do. This portion of the book reminded me of my mission trip to Guatemala during my freshman year of college. On the day our group went to the local street market, I had dozens of villagers following me around the market, begging me to buy their product. I ended up using all of my money that day because I had such a hard time saying “no” to these people. I remembering collapsing on my bed that afternoon, mentally exhausted and heartbroken because I could not do more for the villagers who really needed the money to feed their families. Connecting this memory with Katie’s experience brings me the understanding that in the social work field, as well throughout life in general, we cannot reach every person who needs our help, no matter how hard we try. What we can control is the love we show the people we interact with and the action we put into making a

On 9th May, 2016 I watched the TED Talk of Magnus Walker, Car enthusiast and an entrepreneur. He claimed that people should follow their gut feeling. Specifically he claimed that one should do what he or she loves. As he said , “common bond for me really was freedom — freedom to do whatever I wanted to do, on a dream sort of to be able to, I suppose, live my life to the fullest and do whatever I wanted to do.” Although some people believe that most of the time doing what one loves doesn't get him or her any success, Walker insists that by doing what he loved he was able to find success. He stated when he came out with his clothing brand it was different but he liked it to support that he got success by doing what he loved. In addition, he

After watching the TED talk by Bryan Stevenson “We need to talk about an injustice” I became more aware of the injustices upon certain groups in society. Whether it is the poor, the African Americans, the white, etc. there are controversial things that happen in the united states and many of these things affect certain groups more than others. As I was watching this a lot of issues stood out but, this one quote really made me think, “Do people deserve to die for the crimes they commit?”. Every minute of everyday people are being convicted of crimes. A lot of people have been sent to prison over small crimes such as possession of small amounts of marijuana or shoplifting although these crimes may seem harmless the people convicted of these crimes

In “Why I keep speaking up, even when people mock my accent,” Safwat Saleem, shows his passion and his courageous side when speaking in his Ted Talk, describing the main idea of there not being such a thing of normalcy, as well as arguing that individuals should be confident and accept who they are from their special qualities. Agreeing with Saleem (2016), however to also consider it has become common in today’s society to want to be normal. Therefore many people would not agree with wanting to be exactly known as quote on quote ‘normal’ but they may want to assimilate to norms because that person is or may be in a unique way socially accepted.

She explains how human trafficking is more than sexual acts. It is also sweatshop work, organ transplants, and agricultural. Most women did not look like they do in the media: beaten, bruised, and with a black eye. She said this trip was a very humbling experience. She had to build trust with the people there, especially because she was different than them. Human trafficking is looked at in many ways; for example, globalization, economics, gender, human rights, and organized crime. On one of her trips in 2011 she collected women’s stories. Many women live in poverty but that does not mean that they were all trafficked. One quote that really stands out from her is “We don't have to engage in grand, heroic actions to participate in the process to change the world…” . Sister Angela Reed’s speech reflected Mercy Week’s theme of Make Mercy Real because she talked about how we as students can make a difference, or show mercy to those in need. Although I only went to two events, they all correlate with each other because of the theme, make mercy

When it comes to choice it always seems to be a love hate relationship: we hate making them, but we can’t live without them. Anyone can all look back to a time in our lives where they wish someone could just pick for us, or times when we wish there were more to choose from. All Americans have many choices, and it is such a part of our daily lives that we don’t even realize it. Barry Schwartz and Sheena Iyengar‘s TED talks bring up interesting ideas about choice, how people deal with them and their affects. They both state that although choice is good, it can also have negative effects. Schwartz explains what most people believe and experience with choice, while Iyengar shows cultural differences in choice making. Both Schwartz and Iyengar

The Ted Talk entitles “teach every child about food” by Jamie Oliver is about the obesity in america. He describes how important it is to educate children on food and how to stay healthy so that they can avoid the #1 disease in america, obesity. Jamie’s viewpoint being a chef is that food is everything. The way you eat and what you eat is extremly vital to a persons everyday life. I agree with him, it is so crucial to know what you are eating. Jamie played a clip during his ted talk of him in a elementary class room displaying various vegetables. The children did know what they were, he showed a child a tomato and he said very confidently that it was a potato. children need culinary education so that they atlas have the basic knowledge of

Human trafficking is the transportation of human beings all across the nation for prostitution, slavery, and organ removal. People of all ages are taken every day and sold in the black market for only ninety dollars per person; also one in five of those missing people are children no older than ten years old. A film that clearly illustrated the horror and cruelty of human trafficking was Taken. It showed the audience what innocent people went through as they were kidnapped and transported away from their homes and families into slums and brothels. While a Famous Youtuber by the name of JoeySalads showed his viewers the naive minds of children who he kidnapped without ever presenting any threat to the kids. They willing walked with him to

The fact that half of the slaves in the world are children shows the scale at which traffickers exploit the vulnerability of youth. It also shows how many children deserving of care and guidance are left to fend for themselves because of poverty, conflicts, or other factors out of their control. There is a disturbing lack of assistance and support for the millions of children who need it. None of the organizations shown in the documentary were specifically focused on helping children, something that is clearly needed in many regions of the world. However, the organizations that were shown employed effective tactics for helping victims. For example, the making of jewelry in Thailand by former sex trafficking victims is successful because it allows them to take control over what they are doing and begin to feel proud and productive. One of the women said she went from being ashamed to holding her head high. A major factor of recovery that Night Light focuses on is the psychological healing that must occur in order for victims to truly come back from the terribly experiences they faced. The aftermath of trafficking is a complex and multifaceted issue that

The TED Talk “The Danger of a Single Story” from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, is talking about what is a single story by telling a few personal stories. The single story is a stereotype of one group of people. In the video, Adichie says when she the year she turns eight, her family got a new houseboy, name Fide. The only thing her mother talks about his family was poor and this makes Adichie feel enormous pity for Fide’s family. When she went visit Fide’s village, she saw something else expect poor. This demonstrates a single story as a stereotype. Adichie has oversimplified thought of Fide’s family. This is important because the single story can easily affect a person’s thought thus affect the attitude and treatment to one specific type of

The benefits of voluntourism are most seen by the volunteers themselves. They include; travel opportunities, providing invaluable education, field experience, acquiring vital skills, and network ties (Smith 2015). Some of these volunteer experiences may lead to future involvement in the field of social movements on a global scale (McLennan 2014). Likewise, the marketable skills that voluntourists develop such as self-sufficiency and cultivating emotional skills are pivotal for the neoliberal markets (Germann 2017). The institutions through which voluntourist volunteer at, whether it be a hospital or orphanage, became a place where local and international populations connect, which allows one to make a global network of connections (Smith

The ted talk “The Linguistic Genius of Babies” by Kuhl (2010) tells about babies are genius on language learning, and shows some results of research as proof of this idea. The article “Learning a Language as an Adult” by Pakenham, McEntire, and Williams (2013) shows an idea about the “critical period hypothesis”, children during this period learn much better than people older than this age, especially in pronunciation, because their brain activities are different than adults during this time. Personally, I totally believe the idea of children younger learn better, because the scientific research and data are shown to audiences, and they are persuasive enough. And I do see proof in my life, like four of my Korean friends who came China around

Voluntourism is when you're traveling and also volunteering at least developed countries such as Africa, and etc. Voluntourism is a good way to get hands on experiences and learn what you are interesting to it. voluntourism is a people-to-people experience, in which both the helper and the helped become acquainted with one another. Volunteers take their experiences home with them, and the majority of host organisations/projects confirm that volunteers tend to stay in touch when they finish the placement and return home, even actively fundraising on their behalf. However, unskilled workers just graduate from high school are in the operation room. Without any post-secondary education and training the voluntourism are considers as doctors because

This video was well planned. The speaker, Paul Gilding, was confident, calm, spoke clearly, and understood the topic he was addressing. Accordingly, these facts led to the video being easy to understand and decently persuasive. The timing was well used, he paused often enough that the audience could reflect on what he said, but not so long that they became bored. Gilding’s use of visuals, such as the screen going dark when he wanted to illustrate his point, were engaging and helped anyone watching from home to have that image in their heads. Gilding also ended the video well, he left no doubt that there was a problem, and he also allowed the audience to hope by assuring them it wasn’t too late, so long as they were willing to make real changes pertaining to the way they and the rest of the world behaves when it comes to the economy and resources.

Human trafficking in modern day America and the rest of the world is higher than it’s ever had been before. Today there are twenty-one million people who are in human trafficking under forced labor, forced prostitution, several forms of state-enforced labor all across the world spanning the six habitable continents. This is a global issue that needs to be addressed properly and be known and spoken to for the general public. In Noy Thrupkaew’s Ted talk entitled “Human trafficking is all around you,” she does this exact address to the public. The audience includes those physically at the Ted talk and those watching online who are most likely researching this topic, have an interest in it, or seek to understand this system in the world in a more enlightened sense by this speech. The author, Noy Thrupkaew, is a journalist who reports mainly on human trafficking and how this illegal system works through personal stories via interviews and providing data in her journalist work. The subject is human trafficking and is an informative speech. The context is the relation that others have to human trafficking and how it can impact their daily lives in direct and indirect ways where family members or others they know of in their life can be forced into this system, news coverage, and certain hotspots where people may be in for human trafficking in the world. The purpose was to have the audience members be well informed on the complex issue of human trafficking. Her use of rhetoric for