"Equality is a contentious idea, and huge disparities exist."

"Fairness is an idea that people argue about, and huge differences exist."

In class today in Global Issues, we looked at what different families in different countries eat every week. Although we couldn't say all families in the countries were like the diets we saw, but we could say that they would be a typical family. There was such a huge difference in diets between European countries, Asian countries, American countries, and in African Countries. But where there was the most difference/contrast was Germany and a refugee camp somewhere in Africa. Although, they looked pretty happy, a family of 6 used around 4RM for an entire week. This surprised me a lot because that's how much one of our smoothies cost. I could not imagine how a family could survive with 4RM for the whole week. While in Germany, they had a lot of luxury food and they spent over $500 on food per week. I believe that that is not fair and that someday, we will be able to somewhat even it out. Because right now, there is such a huge difference between the poor and the wealthy.

Again, I learned that how much I had, and that I was actually having too much. I think our school has been doing pretty well raising money for the needy such as refugees around Malaysia and Japan after a disaster. We don't need everything we have. And the sports equipment donations that is going on right now, we all have something to donate, I am pretty sure. It could be a jump rope (which won't seem like much to us) and that will make a child's time at school much more enjoyable. Not many of us would be able to imagine ourselves in their shoes. And that is why we need to be aware of what is going on around the world. :)