Why I Need To Be Disastrous Essay

An international concern I have is the fear being put into the heads of people worldwide. With terrorist organizations becoming a larger threat, they are implanting this permanent thought of "What if they come here next" or "What if they are near me and could do something disastrous?". One of the reasons I am applying to a United World College is because I want to try new things, go somewhere new, meet new people with different cultures than what I am used to, interact with them; however, some people are too scared to do that because they feel like there is a possibility of them getting threatened or even killed. With groups like ISIS who are killing in a public and grizzly manner by doing things such as gruesome be-headings and executions, they put fear into the minds of a large portion of people that they will be hunted down. This does not just apply to normal people, this also applies to just everyday Muslims. This applies to everyday Muslims because they are scared that they will be portrayed as a threat because of the stereotype being made. This is what groups like ISIS want to happen though, because this leads to fear which then weakens people allowing them to be vulnerable.
If this fear is eradicated then these groups lose their appeal and there is a lesser chance of them becoming successful, or of other groups copying their methods.
Although fear holds a lot of people back from what they want to achieve, some people use that same fear as motivation. Even though they are afraid, it does not hold them back from what they want to accomplish. A great example of someone like this is Noble Prize winner Malala Yousafazi. Malala is a Muslim teenager who protested her not being allowed to be educated. Even though she had fear of what would happen, she did not let it affect her point of view because was not only trying to help herself but she was also trying to help other
people.