The Importance Of Living In The United States

“The most important thing in life is being happy and healthy,” my father always advises me and I believe everyone should live happy and healthy lives, but over the years I have experienced countless history classes as well as watched and read what feels like thousands of news reports that address conflicts and disasters outside and inside of the United States. As I got older I realized that living in this country has presented me with a considerate amount of opportunities to better my life and to accomplish my goals, but unfortunately not everyone can live in the United States. There are people inside and outside this country that are suffering hardships I can’t begin to comprehend; meanwhile I don’t have to wonder when my next meal will be presented to me, nor do I have to worry where I’ll be sleeping or if
I’ll freeze in the middle of the night. It’s specifically for that reason why I donate my time and effort to assisting people during school and over the summer, helping tutor people at my school or volunteering at organizations like the Orphan Grain Train. The Orphan Grain Train is an organization dedicated to dispatching medical kits, food, clothes, and other beneficial and needed resources to people and places in foreign countries, to aid with disaster relief. Every day I worked there packing boxes of clothes, I witnessed the satisfaction people exhibited when donating supplies to us so I could box them up and then ship them to locations both inside and outside of the United States where they are needed.
Whether it was volunteering at the Orphan Grain Train, tutoring my peers to help them understand the lessons we were learning, helping resolve conflicts between my peers or friends, or even my initial dream of becoming a doctor, helping people is something I’ve strived for my entire life. I initially wanted to be a doctor to help the sick and injured heal and lead happier, healthier lives, however, among the news about disasters and diseases in foreign countries, there have been a plethora of news reports depicting the crime in the United States, criminals that have poisoned, dismembered, shot, and raped innocent people like you or me. Doctors cure the sick and injured, but there are people dying and if nothing is done more people will continue to die. I can’t idly sit by and watch the reports wondering when or if someone I know or love will become one of the faces in the tragic reports, because anyone can be a
victim. I have set my sights on becoming a forensic pathologist, someone who investigates crime scenes to collect and test evidence in order to help detectives catch and prosecute criminals. I can’t save the dead, but I can help save the living. The first step towards my goal is getting accepted to Western Washington University for a bachelor’s degree in biology.